Archive for the ‘ Public Engagement ’ Category
Community Planning is talk of the town in some local authorities. The stated aim is to help people get involved in their own governance, moving from being passive consumers to empowered actors. The expectation is that engaging people in public policy deliberations and public service delivery can increase productivity while reducing costs. This is not a [ READ MORE ]
In mid July last year, discussion of the Big Society led to the idea of a Social App Store. Suggested initially by David Wilcox as a means to hold a variety of community tools to support the common good, others have now come on board to step up to the challenge. In this post, John Popham describes [ READ MORE ]
I’m definitely not against decentralisation of power, but am wondering how the 6 steps from Big Society to Big Government illustrated in Decentralisation and Localism: An Essential Guide will pan out in practice. Also thinking some local governments will find it extremely challenging to support decentralisation with fewer staff and funds to enable localism and real [ READ MORE ]
Local authorities, the Police, Fire Service and other organisations in UK might want to consider the following success factors for engaging with local people. Reference: Terry Amsler of the Collaborative Governance Initiative (Canada)[ READ MORE ]
The Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act received Royal Ascent on 12th November 2009, meaning that councils will be required to respond to local Petitions and ePetitions about issues people feel are really important to them and their local communities. Another requirement of the Act is a duty on local councils to promote democracy [ READ MORE ]