#publicparticipation — Public Fediverse posts

📚 New article in the European Journalism Observatory (EJO)

Klára Odstrčilová explores the Czech Citizen Parliament on media & democracy, developed within MeDeMAP

🔍 The piece reflects on citizens’ experiences, challenges, and the potential of participatory democracy

📖 Read the article: https://cz.ejo-online.eu/8023/nejnovejsi-prispevky/this-is-how-democracy-should-work-perspectives-citizen-assembly

#CULCORC #MeDeMAP #Democracy #MediaResearch #PublicParticipation

https://www.europesays.com/africa/125275/ Executive power still shapes key appointments despite integrity laws —TI-Kenya report #ChapterSix #ExecutivePowerStillShapesKeyAppointmentsDespiteIntegrityLaws—TIKenyaReport #GenderInclusion #Headlines #Kenya #LeadershipAndIntegrity #National #PersonsWithDisabilities #PresidentialInfluence #PublicAppointments #PublicParticipation #TransparencyInternationalKenya #VettingProcesses #YouthRepresentation

Deliberative #Democracy in #Africa: #DemocracyNext Paper Launch Event, 12 March ,15:00 - 16:30 MEZ online. Learning from past #CitizensAssemblies and guidance for future action" by Rorisang Lekalake and Stephen Buchanan-Clarke. #PublicParticipation #DeliberativeDemocracy #Facilitation https://luma.com/zwivuf6f

I am looking for fellow social science scholars on wind power.

I am preparing an article about public participation in environmental assessment in Flanders and the Netherlands.

The dataset of publicly available comments is rich enough for additional publications, though that requires teamwork.

#energyjustice #risk #ambiguity #publicparticipation #environmentaljustice #uncertainty #sociology #contentanalysis #groundedtheory #acceptance #windpower #windturbine #renewableenergytechnology

I am looking for fellow social science scholars on wind power.

I am preparing an article about public participation in environmental assessment in Flanders and the Netherlands.

The dataset of publicly available comments is rich enough for additional publications, though that requires teamwork.

#energyjustice #risk #ambiguity #publicparticipation #environmentaljustice #uncertainty #sociology #contentanalysis #groundedtheory #acceptance #windpower #windturbine #renewableenergytechnology

I am looking for fellow social science scholars on wind power.

I am preparing an article about public participation in environmental assessment in Flanders and the Netherlands.

The dataset of publicly available comments is rich enough for additional publications, though that requires teamwork.

#energyjustice #risk #ambiguity #publicparticipation #environmentaljustice #uncertainty #sociology #contentanalysis #groundedtheory #acceptance #windpower #windturbine #renewableenergytechnology

🎮 How are new #digital tools reshaping #PublicParticipation?

👉 Check out our new package on #LearningCenter ECNL and discover examples of serious games and digital platforms promoting meaningful engagement worldwide.
https://learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-package/digital-tools-participation

#ParticipationMatters
#CivicEngagement
#HumanRights

Reasons to support environmental defenders and citizens’ assemblies
Democracies depend on citizen engagement

“States must address the root causes of mobilisation” not the mobilisation itself. Indeed, tackling protesters and not oil producers is the democratic equivalent of rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic."
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https://theconversation.com/three-reasons-to-support-environmental-defenders-227742

The repression and criminalisation of environmental protests
State repression of environmental protest and civil disobedience: a major threat to human rights and democracy. Position Paper by Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders under the Aarhus Convention, 2024
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https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2024-02/UNSR_EnvDefenders_Aarhus_Position_Paper_Civil_Disobedience_EN.pdf

Public Participation
The Aarhus Convention and its Protocol on PRTRs empower people with the rights to access information, participate in decision-making in environmental matters and to seek justice. They are the only legally binding global instruments on environmental democracy.
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https://unece.org/environmental-policy-1/public-participation

Re-imagining the Making of Climate Law and Policy in Citizens’ Assemblies
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transnational-environmental-law/article/reimagining-the-making-of-climate-law-and-policy-in-citizens-assemblies/A591CF2EBFF3E60CF2BC4FE3655503E3
#activism #protests #HumanRights #PublicParticipation #democracy #governance #ethics #ClimateBreakdown #BiodiversityCrisis #Nature #AarhusConvention #rights #climate #CitizensAssemblies #CivilDisobedience

Demanding participation and transparent policymaking in urban Ontario
#Ontario #Canada #DougFord #CanadianPolitics #Cities #Constitution #Governance #PublicParticipation #CivilSociety #Transparency #Policymaking #PolicyDevelopment #UrbanGovernance
https://the-14.com/demanding-participation-and-transparent-policymaking-in-urban-ontario/

Demanding participation and transparent policymaking in urban Ontario
#Ontario #Canada #DougFord #CanadianPolitics #Cities #Constitution #Governance #PublicParticipation #CivilSociety #Transparency #Policymaking #PolicyDevelopment #UrbanGovernance
https://the-14.com/demanding-participation-and-transparent-policymaking-in-urban-ontario/

> #PublicParticipation in voting has steadily declined as #television replaced face-to-face politics of precincts and #neighborhoods .
> Passive monitoring of electronic news and information allows citizens to feel involved while dampening the desire to take an active part.
> If people begin to rely on computerized data bases and telecommunications as a primary means of exercising power, it is conceivable that genuine #PoliticalKnowledge based in first-hand experience would vanish altogether.

#NewDetails about the #HaudenosauneeDevelopmentInstitute multi-million dollar operation — including #undisclosed success fees, limited #PublicParticipation & #ConflictOfInterest emerged after new court documents were filed Monday in the #MensFire effort to stop #HDIs application to intervene in #SixNations #LandClaim .

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/new-court-documents-outline-multi-million-dollar-corporate-empire-built-by-haudenosaunee-development-institute

#Indigenous #Mohawk #FirstNations #NativeCanada #Canada #Lawsuit #Haudenosaunee

#NewDetails about the #HaudenosauneeDevelopmentInstitute multi-million dollar operation — including #undisclosed success fees, limited #PublicParticipation & #ConflictOfInterest emerged after new court documents were filed Monday in the #MensFire effort to stop #HDIs application to intervene in #SixNations #LandClaim .

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/new-court-documents-outline-multi-million-dollar-corporate-empire-built-by-haudenosaunee-development-institute

#Indigenous #Mohawk #FirstNations #NativeCanada #Canada #Lawsuit #Haudenosaunee

#NewDetails about the #HaudenosauneeDevelopmentInstitute multi-million dollar operation — including #undisclosed success fees, limited #PublicParticipation & #ConflictOfInterest emerged after new court documents were filed Monday in the #MensFire effort to stop #HDIs application to intervene in #SixNations #LandClaim .

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/new-court-documents-outline-multi-million-dollar-corporate-empire-built-by-haudenosaunee-development-institute

#Indigenous #Mohawk #FirstNations #NativeCanada #Canada #Lawsuit #Haudenosaunee

#NewDetails about the #HaudenosauneeDevelopmentInstitute multi-million dollar operation — including #undisclosed success fees, limited #PublicParticipation & #ConflictOfInterest emerged after new court documents were filed Monday in the #MensFire effort to stop #HDIs application to intervene in #SixNations #LandClaim .

https://tworowtimes.com/news/local/new-court-documents-outline-multi-million-dollar-corporate-empire-built-by-haudenosaunee-development-institute

#Indigenous #Mohawk #FirstNations #NativeCanada #Canada #Lawsuit #Haudenosaunee