Hepburn Shire is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. In 2013 the council in Hepburn embarked on a community engagement process to help create the council's strategic plan. The process involved a series of town meetings, an online forum with OurSay, culminating in a 'Conference of Big Ideas' workshop...
Campaspe is a relatively new local government area in Victoria, Australia. In 2014 the council undertook a consultation-led approach to develop their strategic plan on the future of the Shire over the next 20 years. The project made a particular effort to engage with children and young people through school...
The process of citizen participation that took place in the revision and study of the Regulatory Communal Plan (Plan Regulador Comunal) of the commune of Estación Central in Santiago, Chile will be presented and analyzed in this paper. This case is of high national importance thanks to the combination of...
In 2014 the city of Melbourne held its first experience in participatory budgeting - the Melbourne's People's Panel. The panel comprised a Citizens' Jury format of 43 Melburnians who were asked by Melbourne City Council to make comment and recommendations on the Council's 10-year, $5 billion financial plan.
The Everyone Counts project involved working with children between the ages of 6-11 years old from a variety of local primary schools, through the school council’s. The schools then came together to vote on how to spend money for summer and out of school activities, available to themselves and children...