Problems and Purpose The CIVICUS World Assembly is a place for strengthening the rights of people around the world, to “exist, express and engage.” It involves the civil society, government, business and media in the processes it takes to make the steps towards this strengthening. These world assemblies provide a...
In 2015, Noosa council, in Queensland, Australia, convened two community juries to deliberate on local issues. The juries were part of the council's commitment to involve the local community in decision-making. Noosa recruited newDemocracy Foundation to help run the community juries as a trial approach. The first jury of 24...
With the launch of the Open Data Initiative (ODI), Alameda County (CA) became one of the first county-level jurisdictions in the United States to launch an open data program in 2012. County officials developed a system was developed for making a range of data sets generated and used by government...
A project of Public participation in Water Governance in Greece, on Managing the Anthemountas River Basin, under the WFD provisions and the funding of EU LIFE programme.