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Deliberative Democracy | Bulletin vol.2 no. 3, March 13, 2003
This edition of the eBulletin is pretty packed. Please keep the
submissions coming and this may become a twice-monthly service.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.
d-d.net is seeks entries for its online Œthink piece¹ service on an
on-going basis. We¹d like to get your 2,000 word article
introducing an idea central to the theory and practice of
deliberative democracy. Send your article to
<editor@deliberative-democracy.net>.
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features:
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several interesting topics and discussion posts from leading
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<http://deliberative-democracy.net/governance.html> * An online
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<http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/cgi-local/calendar/calendar.c
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1 | CBC Hosts Interactive Debate: the Case for War
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Moments after US president George Bush delivered his recent address
to the American people and the world, the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation hosted ³Ultimatum Iraq: A Time for War?²
CBC newsman Peter Mansbridge moderated Thursday¹s two hour debate
between American defense strategy expert Elliot Cohen (Director of
the Strategic Studies program at the School for Advanced
International Studies and member of the US Defense Policy Board) and
former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. On hand
were a panel of 8 experts from cities around the world. Also, a
group of 300 Canadians across the country were polled on the issues
as they were debated. And Canadians had their say, via letters and
feedback during the program, presented by Rex Murphy. The program
was taped before a live studio audience.
For more information, and to see the results of the poll, visit:
<http://cbc.ca/news/iraq/time/>
2 | By the People: Shifting into Local Gear
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After its successful nation-wide launch in January, By the People
(an initiative of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions) is bringing people
together in communities to deliberate ³America¹s Role in the World.²
The most recent activity was ³By the People: A Town Hall Meeting to
talk about American foreign policy, held in Austin, Texas on
February 26, just days after the city Council passed a resolution
against war with Iraq (interestingly, results of the national survey
conducted in January showed that, ³Informed Americans see Iraq as a
threat, support multilateral response).
For more information on the ongoing activities of By the People,
visit <http://www.by-the-people.org>
3 | IAP2 Annual Conference: Information to Empowerment: A Global
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-------- The International Association for Public Participation
(IAP2) 2003 conference will explore what stakeholder engagement
means to people wanting to be involved in decision-making. By
bringing together representatives of civil society, indigenous
communities, NGOs, government, academia and the private sector from
around the world, the conference will be global in perspective and
community-based in application.
This year¹s conference will run May 19-122; IAP2 will offer training
in public participation May 17-19.
For more information visit
<http://www.iap2.org/conference/index.htm>
4 | Way To Go Ford
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The Ford Foundation's Global Civil Society initiative has earmarked
1 million dollars to promote civic engagement in global governance.
The deadline for submissions is 1 April. For more details email
Lisa Jordan at: l.jordan@fordfound.org
5 | EPA Community Involvement Conference and Training
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The sixth annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Community Involvement Conference and Training will be held July
22-25, 2003, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This dynamic conference
brings together public participation and community involvement
professionals from across all EPA programs and EPA's federal, state,
tribal, and local partners. Come and share expertise, participate
in training, and network with colleagues from around the country.
Presentations emphasize the process of public participation and
community involvement, focusing on techniques and approaches used in
regional and national community involvement programs. Presentations
are designed to be interactive and encourage an open exchange of
information. Share your expertise, network, and enhance your
professional growth by attending this conference.
For more information visit:
<http://www.epancic.org/2003/overview.cfm>
6 | eDemocracy Boost for London?
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Plans to integrate online consultation with public services across
London could be boosted by 450 thousand pounds of central government
funding after a proposal to develop software for consultations was
short-listed for ŒInvest to Save Budget¹ funding from the Treasury.
If finally approved, local councils, health service bodies and other
public services will pool ideas to build software applications for
consulting citizens on policy development and service delivery. The
project partners, operating under an umbrella organisation London
Connects (http://www.londonconnects.org.uk), will also develop
criteria for successful e-democracy projects and build an
information base of specific products and applications that are
known to work.
The initial phase of software development will work on a range of
local applications, but the eventual aim is to provide generic tools
that would be customisable by individual organisations.
The Invest to Save fund (http://www.isb.gov.uk), a joint Treasury
and Cabinet Office initiative that supports partnerships between
public bodies to deliver innovative services, will have provided
around £380 million funding by the end of 2004.
7 | Democracy In the Digital Age Conference
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School, with New York
Law School and the Democracy Design Workshop, will sponsor Democracy
in the Digital Age, April 4-6 at Yale Law School in New Haven.
Keynote address by Benjamin Barber.
Among the panel themes are: How do People Deliberate: Deliberative
Discourse and the Internet; How Political Decisions are Made:
Citizen Participation and Decision-Making; and Creating Public
Discourse: Cultural Transmission and the Creation of Democratic
Discourse. Among the panelists are Beth Noveck, of New York Law
School and the Democracy Design Workshop; Peter Shane of Carnegie
Mellon University and the InSiTes project; Jim Fishkin of the
University of Texas-Austin and the Center for deliberative Polling;
and John Gastil, of the University of Washington.
For more information visit:
<http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/democracy_conference_main.html>
8 | Engaging the Public for Better Policy Decisions
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AmericaSpeaks President Carolyn Lukensmeyer will present the 21st
Century Town Meeting and Taking Democracy to Scale models in an
Executive Education course at the Brookings Institution in
Washington, DC April 14-15. Work with some of the top practitioners
in the field to learn how new technologies and methods for engaging
citizens can help your agency manage public input to create better,
more sustainable public policy. Over the course of two days,
executive session participants will learn from case studies, hear
from top speakers, build skills, and begin to develop engagement
strategies for their agencies.
For more information and to register visit
<http://www.brook.edu/execed/open/Engaging.htm>
9 | New Resource: Collaborative Communities eNewsletter
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The Community Building Institute has launched a free newsletter that
features information on the latest resources in community
collaboration, conflict resolution, partnerships, and citizen
participation; stories of efforts to build collaborative
communities; reports on relevant research; and information on
upcoming events.
For more information or to sign up, visit:
<http://www.collaborativecommunities.org/>
10 | Call for Papers: EGOV03: From E-Government to E-Governance --
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-- The EGOV Conference (Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5,
2003) intends to assess the state of the art in E-Government and to
provide guidance for research & development in this fast-moving
field. The annual conferences bring together leading research
experts and professionals from all over the globe. EGOV03 in Prague
will build on the success of the 1st EGOV Conference
(Aix-en-Provence, 2002), which provided an illustrative overview of
E-Government activities, with nearly 80 contributions and more than
20 European projects funded by the IST Programme of the European
Commission. The Aix Declaration is an result of the 1st EGOV
conference
(http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fb3/lehre/lenk/aixdecla.rtf).
Contributions to the Second EGOV Conference are expected to mirror
current developments in e-Government and to provide fresh ideas from
a multitude of disciplines.
Among this year¹s paper topics are: E-Democracy strategies, citizen
participation in local public affairs; E-Governance tools for
policymaking in governments and in policy networks; and Frameworks
and guidelines for E-Government and E-Governance
For more information visit:
<http://falcon.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/news/cfp_egovernment2003.html>
11 | Request for Evaluation Methodologies for Online Discussion
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The folks at PoliTalk are in the process of setting up a online
Student discussion with about 500 participants from the US and
Europe. They would like to put in place an evaluation/assessment of
the project and are looking for ideas or resources. If you have
thoughts or suggestions, please contact project director Tim
Erickson <tim@politalk.com> or visit the project at
<http://www.politalk.com>
11 | Upcoming New Mexico Town Hall
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Nominations for participants for upcoming New Mexico Town Halls are
now being accepted. The next Town Hall is: "Leadership and Ethics,"
to be held at the United World College, Montezuma, New Mexico March
27-30, 2003.
New Mexico First is a non-profit, non-partisan organization which
hosts annual statewide Town Halls on a variety of topics important
to New Mexico. These Town Halls use a unique consensus-building
format to obtain public policy recommendations from a broad range of
citizenry.
For more information, visit the New Mexico First website at:
<http://www.nmfirst.org>
13 | Porto Alegre City Congress
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In May and June of this year, the City of Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil)
will hold final plenary meetings on the 4th City Congress. This
project, an initiative of the Getúlio Foundation Vargas of São Paulo
- EAESP/FGV and of the Ford Foundation, is a public forum to address
the question, ³What kind of a city do we want?² Plenary sessions in
May and June will deliberate final proposals in three areas:
mechanisms of participatory democracy; direct and representative
democracy; and structure of public management and popular
participation.
For more information on this effort, it is recommended that you
perform a Google search for ³Porto Alegre mais cidade constituinte²
and select the ³Translate page² option for the first returned item
in the search.
14 | News Media, NIF Issue Book Released
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The National Issues Forums has released a new issue book, News Media
and Society: How to Restore the Public Trust, prepared by The
Harwood Institute.
The book suggests three approaches to repairing the relationship
between the news media and the American people. Each approach
offers different perspectives on what has damaged citizens' trust
and each presents various ways to address those problems. The ideas
and suggestions come from citizens and experts across the country.
Visit <http://www.nifi.org/media.html> to read a detailed
description of News Media and Society and to order a copy of the
book.
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