From: Tim Hughes <[email protected]> *Involve <http://www.involve.org.uk> and the Building Change Trust <http://www.buildingchangetrust.org> are collecting examples of tools and methods that can be used by civil society organisations to enable and support civic activism (i.e. involving citizens in decision making processes). We need your help.*
*Please consider taking a few minutes to tell us about a tool or method you use or know of by completing this short form:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1FCUJAqKZ8efUDfFsTnGrjXcoBUPe4COa1I4QbZGzFTs/viewform?usp=send_form Alternatively, please email any suggestions of tools or methods we should consider including. We are particularly interested in tools or methods that can be used by a civil society organisation working at a local level (e.g. in rural, suburban or urban communities) for the purpose of: a) Involving citizens in the organisations own work; or b) Enabling or supporting citizens to scrutinise and engage with government. We want to find tools and methods that support six categories of activities: [These categories are derived from Civicus's Participatory Governance categories]. - Public budgets - Enabling / supporting citizens to understand and influence decisions about the allocation of public resources, monitor public spending and hold government actors accountable for their management of public financial resources. - Public debate - Enabling / supporting citizens to be aware of their civic rights and responsibilities, collectively deliberate on priority issues and/or express their opinions and concerns. - Public information - Enabling / supporting citizens to have access to relevant information about government policies, decisions and actions. - Public oversight - Enabling / supporting citizens to scrutinise the conduct of politicians and public officials, identify corruption, oversee public action, seek redress for injustices or misdeeds, ensure that elections are free and fair and hold politicians accountable for their electoral promises. - Public policy - Enabling / supporting citizens to engage constructively with policy makers on public policy issues. - Public services - Enabling / supporting citizens to monitor and evaluate the accessibility, quality and efficiency of public services. All of the tools and methods we collect will be published with the intention that they are shared, used and reused to inform and inspire civil society around the world. A selection of the tools and methods will be used by the Building Change Trust and Involve in our work to support civic activism and engagement in Northern Ireland, Britain and beyond. We hope this will be a useful resource for everyone involved in the Open Government Partnership. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Many thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Tim *Tim Hughes* Open Government Programme Manager t: 0207 336 9475 | m: 07841 133383 | e: [email protected] | w: www.involve.org.uk twitter: @TimJHughes <http://www.twitter.com/timjhughes> | skype: TimJHughes07 | linkedin: Tim Hughes <http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/tim-hughes/26/455/793/> Involve | 33 Corsham Street | London | N1 6DR Registered Charity No - 1130568 Check out Involve's contributions to the Open Government Guide: 'Citizen Engagement' & 'Public Services' topics <http://www.involve.org.uk/blog/2013/11/04/open-government-guide-citizen-engagement-public-services/> <http://www.participationcompass.org> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at [email protected].
