Jul 4, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Local government, Participatory budgeting
Citizens juries are a site of adult learning. A common juror response is: There is masses of information coming in! Organisers need to be aware of information overload. At the end jurors always say: We learned so much. There is a big increase in understanding about...
Jun 17, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Participatory budgeting, Terms of reference
When you’re putting in the effort to hold a participatory budgeting jury or any citizen jury, you want it to be the best jury possible. The role of the jurors is at the heart of this. Apart from pulling out all stops with catering, what considerations should...
May 28, 2014 | Community Engagement, Participatory budgeting, People, place & governance, Planning
I’m sure that if there isn’t a book out there called ‘Participatory Budgeting for Dummies’, there soon will be! This increasingly popular approach involves the public in decisions about public budgets. It’s been used in countries such as...
