Dec 22, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Collaborating, Community Engagement, Local government, Participatory budgeting, People, place & governance, Planning, Rate capping
Christmas 2015. Presents piling up under people’s desks at work after lunch-time shopping. No doubt some won’t quite hit the mark. But it’s the thought that counts. When government spending doesn’t hit the mark it’s different. If I said...
Aug 11, 2015 | Community Governance, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting
Nobody would pretend the insistent and persistent don’t influence local government. At a council meeting you see the lady in the front row you saw at the last meeting, and at the one before that. She takes out her crochet. You put a strategy out to consultation and...
Jul 22, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Community Engagement, Deliberative, Participatory budgeting
When it comes to familiarising with the nuts and bolts of participatory budgeting, you’ve got your work cut out. First step web search. Lots on the reasons why you’d do participatory budgeting. It’s a great way to ….. But where’s the practical info? Is...
Jul 7, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning
How many times have you heard this old maxim? They don’t know what local government does. A maxim does express a general truth, but the good news is you can disrupt the general truth from time to time, to make the most of great opportunities. Disruptive...
Jun 23, 2015 | Citizens' juries, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Planning
You want to be sure it’s the right decision to run a participatory budgeting jury. It’s a big thing. You want the stars to be aligned, in all the constellations: the senior executive team, the councillors and managers. They may be champions of the approach...
Sep 17, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting, Sustainability, Terms of reference
This week the recommendations of the first Melbourne participatory budgeting jury were unanimously approved by Darebin City Council. The jury’s final meeting was in early August and council worked quickly to get the recommendations (Item 901 Appendix A 15...
