Are participatory processes a fantasy? Not for URBACT!
Image
Urban Stories
Published on
URBACT
Municipalities are daring to give more voice and space to citizens in policymaking. Stories from URBACT…
Citizen participation is on everyone’s lips at the moment. Well, maybe not everyone’s. But many people’s. Especially on elected officials’, civil servants’ and active citizens’. It is rather common today to stumble upon press articles, radio interviews, or political programmes that mention citizen participation, and to a wider extent, participatory democracy.
Just to clarify things from the start, what do we mean when we talk about participatory democracy? Well, it’s not rocket science: participatory democracy is a form of governance in which citizens are given (and take) an active role in public decisions, and therefore in the governance of the territory they live in. It can be at local level, regional level, national level or beyond.
...
This ressource is a summary. To view the full ressource, please use the link below.
About this resource
Author
About
URBACT
URBACT is a European Territorial Cooperation programme that enables the cooperation of European cities within thematic networks since 2002. The programme also provides capacity-building activities and tools, and shares knowledge and good practices to city representatives and urban practitioners.
Similar content
Productive, smart and connected
+4
Image
Key Tools
Functional Areas in the EU
Productive, smart and connected
+4
Image
Key Tools
Functional Areas in the EU
Research and Innovation
+2
Image
Urban Stories
UIA
