Data

General Issues
Education
Collections
The POLITICIZE Project on Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe
Location
Vorarlberg
Austria
Scope of Influence
Regional
Links
The POLITICIZE Dataset of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe, 2000–2020
The POLITICIZE Project
Bürgerrat zum Thema Bildung tagte
Wie sieht zukunftstaugliche Bildung aus?
Bürgerräte in Vorarlberg. Eine Zwischenbilanz.
Landesweiter Bürgerrat: Wie sieht zukunftstaugliche Bildung aus?
Start Date
End 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
Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Total Number of Participants
20
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Recruit or select participants
Propose and/or develop policies, ideas, and recommendations
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberation
Civic Lottery
Sortition
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
Decision Methods
General Agreement/Consensus
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Public Hearings/Meetings
Primary Organizer/Manager
Vorarlberg State Government
Type of Organizer/Manager
Regional Government
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials
Lay Public

CASE

Mini-Public on What Future-Proof Education Looks Like (Vorarlberg, Austria)

March 19, 2021 Jaskiran Gakhal, Participedia Team
March 18, 2021 Joyce Chen
March 16, 2021 Joyce Chen
March 12, 2021 Patrick L Scully, Participedia Team
March 11, 2021 Joyce Chen
General Issues
Education
Collections
The POLITICIZE Project on Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe
Location
Vorarlberg
Austria
Scope of Influence
Regional
Links
The POLITICIZE Dataset of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe, 2000–2020
The POLITICIZE Project
Bürgerrat zum Thema Bildung tagte
Wie sieht zukunftstaugliche Bildung aus?
Bürgerräte in Vorarlberg. Eine Zwischenbilanz.
Landesweiter Bürgerrat: Wie sieht zukunftstaugliche Bildung aus?
Start Date
End 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
Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Total Number of Participants
20
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Stratified Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Recruit or select participants
Propose and/or develop policies, ideas, and recommendations
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberation
Civic Lottery
Sortition
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
Decision Methods
General Agreement/Consensus
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Public Hearings/Meetings
Primary Organizer/Manager
Vorarlberg State Government
Type of Organizer/Manager
Regional Government
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials
Lay Public

The Mini-Public on What Future-Proof Education Looks Like (Wie sieht zukunftstaugliche Bildung aus?) involved 20 citizens creating recommendations regarding education across 1.5 days.

Problems and Purpose

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities

This mini-public was commissioned by the government of Vorarlberg and professionally organized and facilitated by the Büro für Zukunftsfragen.

Participant Recruitment and Selection

Participants were selected using population registers (600 invitations were sent out, about 60 responded, with 1/3 positive responses). 21 registered, while 20 showed up. It is unclear however which criteria were applied for the selection among the random population.

Methods and Tools Used

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

The mini-public formulated policy recommendations, which were publicly presented at a Bürgercafé (Citizens’ Café) on June 7th 2013, including citizens and politicians (around 100 people). The recommendations focused on (1) improving pedagogical competences; (2) enhancing talents and encourage strengths; (3) triangle of parents, teachers, students; (4) flexible, life-long education offering diversity instead of all the same; (5) increasing the reputation of apprenticeship system (Lehrberufe) ; (6) education starting with the family. In addition, an uptake of recommendations from representatives of education organizations took place in a one-day workshop (June 8th 2013) to look into concrete implementation possibilities (around 25 people). Both the Bürgercafe and the workshop resulted in a magazine (Gute Aussichten – good outlook).

Analysis and Lessons Learned

See Also

References

External Links

Notes

This entry is based on the POLITICIZE dataset. More information can be found at the following links:

  • Paulis, Emilien; Pilet, Jean-Benoit; Panel, Sophie; Vittori, Davide; Close, Caroline, 2020, "POLITICIZE Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z7X6GT, Harvard Dataverse, V1
  • Pilet J-B, Paulis E, Panel S.,Vitori D & Close C. 202X The POLITICIZE Dataset: an inventory of Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe. European Political Science.