Edited by Cheryl Simrell King and Alicia Seegers Martinelli
Citizen Empowerment Links
Case Studies:
The Participative Budget in Porto Alegre: Insights from a Study Visit of a Canadian Councillor by Clive Doucet, Councillor Capital Ward, Ottawa, Canada (30/08/02)
Factors for Success in Participative Community Planning: Lessons from a Case Study in Child Welfare in the Province of Alberta by Peter Gabor and Ian Greene (06/07/02)
Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation: Ottawa, Canada October 27-30, 2005
Examples of Public Empowerment and Engagement:
The Internet and Democracy
The Internet offers the public the opportunity to participate in political activity, regardless of age or location. The Innovation Journal would like to identify some of these examples. Please send examples to: eglor@magma.ca. Any example is given below–more to come!
Examples of Web-Based Citizen Participation:
Moveon.org: citizens making a difference
Development Gateway (World Bank) Portal on Civic Engagement
Citizens League, Minnesota, USA
Citizen Participation Centre of Citizens League, Minnesota, USA
Government Information Awareness
Extras:
Read papers from the 6th annual Community Research Network Conference, held October 2003 in Sandstone, Minnesota -- "Powerful Collaborations: Building a Movement for Social Change"
Global governance and deliberative designs: A conversation between George Monbiot and Lyn Carson (from the Australian Review of Public Affairs)
None To Command & Control: A New Paradigm for a New Reality by Rune Olsen with Wanda Marie Pasz
Updated 14/01/2006