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Thank you to Joanne Caddy with OECD for the tip on two major releases from the OECD. You can find both of them from their home page <http://www.oecd.org> on the right under "Editor's Choice" or use some of the direct addresses below. Steven Clift Democracies Online Citizens as Partners: Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making - 268 pages. (See section 2.3 on pages 50-63 for direct references to ICT options and trends.) Free PDF download: http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/4201131e.pdf Buy a print book version at: http://electrade.gfi.fr/cgi-bin/OECDBookShop.storefront /EN/product/422001131P1 (paste on one line) Governments are in a crisis of identity, some would say legitimacy, with election turnouts low in many OECD countries and a widespread feeling of disenchantment among citizens with government and the democratic process. Can governments do something to change this? Certainly, doing nothing is not an answer. What every country needs is more transparency, more consultation and more participation. This book is a unique source of comparative information on this challenging subject. It examines a wide range of country experiences, offers examples of good practice, highlights innovative approaches and identifies promising tools (including new information technologies). A set of ten guiding principles for engaging citizens in policy-making is proposed. Table of contents includes: -- Strengthening government-citizen relations -- Country case studies in information, consultation and participation -- Consulting on health policy in Canada -- Engaging citizens in the Danish health care sector -- Engaging the poor in policy-making on poverty and social exclusion in Flanders (Belgium) -- Public consultation on education policy in the Czech Republic -- Access to information on the environment in the United States -- Public work programmes in Hungary -- Information and consultation in the field of social housing in France -- Using ICTs to strengthen government transparency and relations with citizens in Korea -- Using consensus conferences on genetically modified food in Norway. Available directly from: http://www.oecd.org/pdf/M00007000/M00007815.pdf OECD Policy Brief No. 10 Engaging Citizens in Policy-making: Information, Consultation and Public Participation. Public Management Policy Brief No. 10 This Policy Brief is designed to support policy-makers in building effective frameworks for information, consultation and active participation by citizens in public policy-making. It draws heavily upon the experience and insights of national experts and senior officials from the centres of government in OECD countries, whose deliberations have provided the Secretariat with broad comparative perspectives and concrete examples of good practice. The Policy Brief is based on the main findings of two OECD surveys carried out in 1999- 2000 on "Strengthening Government-Citizen Connections" and "Using Information Technology to Strengthen Government-Citizen Connections". The surveys were based on self-reporting by OECD countries: central governments provided information on current provisions for, and practice in, providing information, opportunities for consultation and active participation of citizens in policy-making. For related information from the Public Governance and Management section, cut and paste this one into one long URL: http://www.oecd.org/oecd/pages/home/displaygeneral/ 0,3380,EN-home-11-nodirectorate-no-no-no-11,FF.html ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
