Data

General Issues
Planning & Development
Location
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Wallonie
Belgique
Scope of Influence
City/Town
Start Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Independent action
Citizenship building
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Inform
Total Number of Participants
98
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
Targeted Demographics
Students
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberative Polling®
Legality
Yes
Facilitators
Yes
Facilitator Training
Professional Facilitators
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Face-to-Face
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Information & Learning Resources
Expert Presentations
Decision Methods
Opinion Survey

CASE

Citizen panel for the Esplanade (Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium)

General Issues
Planning & Development
Location
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve
Wallonie
Belgique
Scope of Influence
City/Town
Start Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Independent action
Citizenship building
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Inform
Total Number of Participants
98
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
Targeted Demographics
Students
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberative Polling®
Legality
Yes
Facilitators
Yes
Facilitator Training
Professional Facilitators
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Face-to-Face
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Information & Learning Resources
Expert Presentations
Decision Methods
Opinion Survey

Problems and objectives

History and background

Organizing, supporting and financing organizations

Recruitment and selection of participants

Methods and tools used

What happened: process, interactions and participation

Influence, results and effects

Analysis and lessons learned

See as well

References

external links

Notes

The full version of this text was originally published in French in the weekly Courrier du CRISP (www.crisp.be) and is available online at CAIRN https://www.cairn.info/revue-courrier-he Weekly-du- crisp-2020-32-page-5.htm

Source: Vrydagh, J., Devillers, S., Talukder, D., Jacquet, V., & Bottin, J. (2021). Mini-publics in Belgium (2000-2018): experiences of deliberative citizen panels. Weekly mail from the Center for Socio-political Research and Information.