Envision Prince George’s was a regional visioning and planning project. Citizens and stakeholders were engaged to create a vision for the future of Prince George’s County and prioritize the top long-term goals the county should pursue in the next five to ten years. Participants discussed goals in all six of...
Suffering from elite capture and low representation, Makueni County developed and implemented a new framework for Participatory Budgeting focusing on the village and sub-Ward levels. The new framework has increased participation and representation of lower-class individuals.
The project involves independent civil monitoring of police detention facilities and conditions and aims at establishing the extent to which legal provisions are being implemented and human rights are being protected. In the long run the project should contribute to promoting the principles of transparency and accountability in police work,...
The Supportive Housing Fund was created to give low-income families the opportunity to not only apply for subsidized housing, but to be part of the planning and development process.
The original version of this case study first appeared on Vitalizing Democracy in 2010 and was a contestant for the 2011 Reinhard Mohn Prize. It was originally submitted by Jenny van Skiver . Public engagement was at the center of the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, a...