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Citizens' Assembly Websites: Practical Guidance
This guide discusses "broad design and editorial principles, as well as information that should be included. While we include what we consider good practice from previous assembly websites, this is very much a first attempt at consolidating good practice rather than a definitive document" (Crow, Nixon, and Parsons, 2019).
The State of Digital Public Engagement
As part of the joint mySociety and Democratic Society project Public Square - this literature review p"rovides an overview of current academic research into the themes relevant to the goal of developing a meaningful, participative and collaborative digital environment, and "draws out salient points to inform the development of tools and approaches to be created as part of the project" (Rumbul 2019).
Digital tools for democratic participation
This new report examines the role digital tools can have in helping democratic participation in local government - and the obstacles to success. "As a companion paper to a review of current academic research in this area, this report examines how digital tools can be used by local authorities" (Parsons, Rumbul, and Brook, 2019).
Digital Tools for Citizens Assemblies
"While there is no unified Citizens’ Assembly digital service, there are a number of different tools that can be used to enhance the process... We also tried to identify where innovative tools could be put to new uses, while always bearing in mind the core importance of the in-person deliberative nature of assemblies" (Parsons 2019).
Freedom of Information in Local Government
"Freedom of information is a significant legal instrument in the UK… While central government Freedom of Information (FOI) statistics are well covered… there is no equivalent picture for local government. The goal of this research was to construct a more detailed picture of FOI at the local level…" (Parsons and Rumbul, 2019).
Evidence Based Policy Research Project 2019
“This research project was commissioned ‘to coax more evidence-based policy decisions by all tiers of Government by reviewing and rating 20 high profile government decisions against the Wiltshire business case criteria’” (Lesh, 2019).
The 2019 Berggruen Governance Index
"The 2019 Berggruen Governance Index evaluates countries on the basis of their quality of political governance. To do this, the Index disaggregates governance into three key components: Quality of Democracy (Inputs), Quality of Government (Throughputs) and Quality of Life (Outputs)." (Berggruen Institute, 2019)
Education for Preventing Violent Extremism
This report “presents key recommendations, challenges, actionable solutions, and practical examples for policymakers to implement appropriate educational approaches to preventing violent extremism (PVE) in the formal education setting” and “seeks to integrate informal education” and suggest ways “the formal education sector and informal education overlap” (Club de Madrid, 2019).
Annual Report 2019 Culture Foundation of Europe
This is the annual report of the European Cultural Foundation for 2019.
Supporting Media for Democracy
“This publication presents EED’s work in the area of independent media, and reflects on lessons learned in six years of media and democracy support” and analyzes “worrying trends and challenges faced by media today and calls for an urgent re-set in thinking about donor support to media” (Pomianowski, 2019).
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