I’m concerned that the funding and regulatory environment and the perception of risk/liability means members of the public are less likely to want to take independent action and set up and join community activities. What can we do?
This is not in reply to Peter (sorry!) but just a quick post to alert people to the people and participation website, sponsored by the DCLG, MoJ and the Sustainable Development Commission. I haven’t had a chance to look at it in any depth but its an interesting site that builds on the excellent Involve publication of the same name. The site aims to be a central portal for information and inspiration about participation to practitioners across the world.
For those interested in participation and governance, you might like to have a look at the latest publication of The Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability which summarises the contents of an international learning event on engaging citizens in local governance. The event brought together 44 people (24 from the UK and 20 from 14 other countries)who looked at the challenges local governments face in responding to growing demands for citizen engagement and more participatory forms of governance. Chapter 5 is particularly interesting because it considers the implications for different actors (government, appointed officials, locally elected representatives, communities and civil society and donors).
NCVO and the ESRC NGPA programme is organising an event similar to the one I was talking about in my last post on public participation in decision-making.
The event is on 9 October. It’s a lunchtime seminar at NCVO focusing on changing governance and how voluntary and community organisations and other civil society organisations in the UK and several aborad are experiencing the shift from government to governance.
The speakers are:
Taylor and Jo Howard (University of the West of England) who will explore the ways in which third sector organisations experience and ‘navigate the tensions’ of working in new governance spaces in Bulgaria, Nicaragua and the UK.
Heather Blakey (University of Bradford) who will review a range of municipal innovations in public participation and policy-making in Latin America and the UK.
Peter
I’m concerned that the funding and regulatory environment and the perception of risk/liability means members of the public are less likely to want to take independent action and set up and join community activities. What can we do?
Dhara
This is not in reply to Peter (sorry!) but just a quick post to alert people to the people and participation website, sponsored by the DCLG, MoJ and the Sustainable Development Commission. I haven’t had a chance to look at it in any depth but its an interesting site that builds on the excellent Involve publication of the same name. The site aims to be a central portal for information and inspiration about participation to practitioners across the world.
Véronique
Third Sector ForesightFor those interested in participation and governance, you might like to have a look at the latest publication of The Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability which summarises the contents of an international learning event on engaging citizens in local governance. The event brought together 44 people (24 from the UK and 20 from 14 other
countries)who looked at the challenges local governments face in responding to growing demands for citizen engagement and more participatory forms of governance. Chapter 5 is particularly interesting because it considers the implications for different actors (government, appointed officials, locally elected representatives, communities and civil society and donors).
Véronique
Third Sector ForesightNCVO and the ESRC NGPA programme is organising an event similar to the one I was talking about in my last post on public participation in decision-making.
The event is on 9 October. It’s a lunchtime seminar at NCVO focusing on changing governance and how voluntary and community organisations and other civil society organisations in the UK and several aborad are experiencing the shift from government to governance.
The speakers are:For more information and to book a place