European public policy participation

Some practical thoughts & proven examples

Anthony Zacharzewski

Right Question – at the Right Time

Issue identification

Solution identification

Solution selection

LegislationImplementationAssessment

The participation methods we are discussingwork best in the orange boxes

The Policy Cycle

Rahvakogu, Estonia

Ready audience, interested audience

• Ready• COR has timetable that allows discussion

• Good information is available to citizens

• There is an opportunity to demonstrate clear outcomes

• Interested• A policy that elicits interest

• At a time when it can be influenced

• In ways that people can see the impact

Antwerp participatory budgeting

Distributed conversations

• Putting conversations where people are

• Networking networks – creating an infrastructure that can bereused

• Hand-out materials for people to seed their own debates

• Create the routes through which information can be fed back to the hub

• Celebrate ideas and positive behaviours

NHS Citizen

Always improving

• Need for discussion of ideas if they are not to be « top of the head »

• A balance of expert and citizen voice

• Opportunities to group and develop ideas

Paris participatory budgeting

Red Thread

• Trust is the core value

• Need to show that the ideas were used and useful

Practical possibilities today

• New Demsoc/Open Society project on networked Europeandemocracy, launching November

• EU Open Government network, just getting established

• Macron European Citizen Dialogues

• How to ensure they leave active citizens and networks behind

Fresh Integral http://bit.ly/fintegral

Your Turn: Poll + Discussion

• What help would raise that score?

– Training

– Event website

– ‘Explainer content’

– Promo support

• Your Questions, Examples, Remarks

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