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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:39:45 -0500 Subject: *** Deliberative Democracy eBulletin, March 2003 *** From: editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Deliberative Democracy | Bulletin vol.2 no. 3, March 13, 2003 > > > This edition of the eBulletin is pretty packed. Please keep the > submissions coming and this may become a twice-monthly service. > Thanks to everyone who contributed. > > d-d.net is seeks entries for its online Œthink piece¹ service on an > on-going basis. We¹d like to get your 2,000 word article > introducing an idea central to the theory and practice of > deliberative democracy. Send your article to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Finally, check out the updates to > <http://deliberative-democracy.net>. Here are a few of the new > features: > > * A Œblog service <http://deliberative-democracy.net/mt> featuring > several interesting topics and discussion posts from leading > thinkers and doers in the field. * Keep in touch with the governance > of the Consortium at > <http://deliberative-democracy.net/governance.html> * An online > events calendar at > <http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/cgi-local/calendar/calendar.c > gi> * Updated information about the mission, activities, and members > of the consortium at <http://deliberative-democracy.net/about2.html> > > Suggestions, comments or additions for this service? Write to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ~ editor > > > 1 | CBC Hosts Interactive Debate: the Case for War > -- ----------------------------------------------------- > Moments after US president George Bush delivered his recent address > to the American people and the world, the Canadian Broadcasting > Corporation hosted ³Ultimatum Iraq: A Time for War?² > > CBC newsman Peter Mansbridge moderated Thursday¹s two hour debate > between American defense strategy expert Elliot Cohen (Director of > the Strategic Studies program at the School for Advanced > International Studies and member of the US Defense Policy Board) and > former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy. On hand > were a panel of 8 experts from cities around the world. Also, a > group of 300 Canadians across the country were polled on the issues > as they were debated. And Canadians had their say, via letters and > feedback during the program, presented by Rex Murphy. The program > was taped before a live studio audience. > > For more information, and to see the results of the poll, visit: > <http://cbc.ca/news/iraq/time/> > > > 2 | By the People: Shifting into Local Gear > -- ------------------------------------------- > After its successful nation-wide launch in January, By the People > (an initiative of MacNeil/Lehrer Productions) is bringing people > together in communities to deliberate ³America¹s Role in the World.² > The most recent activity was ³By the People: A Town Hall Meeting to > talk about American foreign policy, held in Austin, Texas on > February 26, just days after the city Council passed a resolution > against war with Iraq (interestingly, results of the national survey > conducted in January showed that, ³Informed Americans see Iraq as a > threat, support multilateral response). > > For more information on the ongoing activities of By the People, > visit <http://www.by-the-people.org> > > > 3 | IAP2 Annual Conference: Information to Empowerment: A Global > Perspective -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- The International Association for Public Participation > (IAP2) 2003 conference will explore what stakeholder engagement > means to people wanting to be involved in decision-making. By > bringing together representatives of civil society, indigenous > communities, NGOs, government, academia and the private sector from > around the world, the conference will be global in perspective and > community-based in application. > > This year¹s conference will run May 19-122; IAP2 will offer training > in public participation May 17-19. > > For more information visit > <http://www.iap2.org/conference/index.htm> > > > 4 | Way To Go Ford > -- ------------------ > The Ford Foundation's Global Civil Society initiative has earmarked > 1 million dollars to promote civic engagement in global governance. > The deadline for submissions is 1 April. For more details email > Lisa Jordan at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 5 | EPA Community Involvement Conference and Training > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ > The sixth annual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) > Community Involvement Conference and Training will be held July > 22-25, 2003, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This dynamic conference > brings together public participation and community involvement > professionals from across all EPA programs and EPA's federal, state, > tribal, and local partners. Come and share expertise, participate > in training, and network with colleagues from around the country. > Presentations emphasize the process of public participation and > community involvement, focusing on techniques and approaches used in > regional and national community involvement programs. Presentations > are designed to be interactive and encourage an open exchange of > information. Share your expertise, network, and enhance your > professional growth by attending this conference. > > For more information visit: > <http://www.epancic.org/2003/overview.cfm> > > > 6 | eDemocracy Boost for London? > -- ---------------------------------- > Plans to integrate online consultation with public services across > London could be boosted by 450 thousand pounds of central government > funding after a proposal to develop software for consultations was > short-listed for ŒInvest to Save Budget¹ funding from the Treasury. > > If finally approved, local councils, health service bodies and other > public services will pool ideas to build software applications for > consulting citizens on policy development and service delivery. The > project partners, operating under an umbrella organisation London > Connects (http://www.londonconnects.org.uk), will also develop > criteria for successful e-democracy projects and build an > information base of specific products and applications that are > known to work. > > The initial phase of software development will work on a range of > local applications, but the eventual aim is to provide generic tools > that would be customisable by individual organisations. > > The Invest to Save fund (http://www.isb.gov.uk), a joint Treasury > and Cabinet Office initiative that supports partnerships between > public bodies to deliver innovative services, will have provided > around £380 million funding by the end of 2004. > > > 7 | Democracy In the Digital Age Conference > -- ---------------------------------------------- > The Information Society Project at Yale Law School, with New York > Law School and the Democracy Design Workshop, will sponsor Democracy > in the Digital Age, April 4-6 at Yale Law School in New Haven. > Keynote address by Benjamin Barber. > > Among the panel themes are: How do People Deliberate: Deliberative > Discourse and the Internet; How Political Decisions are Made: > Citizen Participation and Decision-Making; and Creating Public > Discourse: Cultural Transmission and the Creation of Democratic > Discourse. Among the panelists are Beth Noveck, of New York Law > School and the Democracy Design Workshop; Peter Shane of Carnegie > Mellon University and the InSiTes project; Jim Fishkin of the > University of Texas-Austin and the Center for deliberative Polling; > and John Gastil, of the University of Washington. > > For more information visit: > <http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/democracy_conference_main.html> > > > 8 | Engaging the Public for Better Policy Decisions > -- ---------------------------------------------------- > AmericaSpeaks President Carolyn Lukensmeyer will present the 21st > Century Town Meeting and Taking Democracy to Scale models in an > Executive Education course at the Brookings Institution in > Washington, DC April 14-15. Work with some of the top practitioners > in the field to learn how new technologies and methods for engaging > citizens can help your agency manage public input to create better, > more sustainable public policy. Over the course of two days, > executive session participants will learn from case studies, hear > from top speakers, build skills, and begin to develop engagement > strategies for their agencies. > > For more information and to register visit > <http://www.brook.edu/execed/open/Engaging.htm> > > > 9 | New Resource: Collaborative Communities eNewsletter > -- ------------------------------------------------------------- > The Community Building Institute has launched a free newsletter that > features information on the latest resources in community > collaboration, conflict resolution, partnerships, and citizen > participation; stories of efforts to build collaborative > communities; reports on relevant research; and information on > upcoming events. > > For more information or to sign up, visit: > <http://www.collaborativecommunities.org/> > > > 10 | Call for Papers: EGOV03: From E-Government to E-Governance -- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- The EGOV Conference (Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, > 2003) intends to assess the state of the art in E-Government and to > provide guidance for research & development in this fast-moving > field. The annual conferences bring together leading research > experts and professionals from all over the globe. EGOV03 in Prague > will build on the success of the 1st EGOV Conference > (Aix-en-Provence, 2002), which provided an illustrative overview of > E-Government activities, with nearly 80 contributions and more than > 20 European projects funded by the IST Programme of the European > Commission. The Aix Declaration is an result of the 1st EGOV > conference > (http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/fb3/lehre/lenk/aixdecla.rtf). > Contributions to the Second EGOV Conference are expected to mirror > current developments in e-Government and to provide fresh ideas from > a multitude of disciplines. > > Among this year¹s paper topics are: E-Democracy strategies, citizen > participation in local public affairs; E-Governance tools for > policymaking in governments and in policy networks; and Frameworks > and guidelines for E-Government and E-Governance > > For more information visit: > <http://falcon.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/news/cfp_egovernment2003.html> > > > 11 | Request for Evaluation Methodologies for Online Discussion > --- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > The folks at PoliTalk are in the process of setting up a online > Student discussion with about 500 participants from the US and > Europe. They would like to put in place an evaluation/assessment of > the project and are looking for ideas or resources. If you have > thoughts or suggestions, please contact project director Tim > Erickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or visit the project at > <http://www.politalk.com> > > > 11 | Upcoming New Mexico Town Hall > --- ------------------------------------- > Nominations for participants for upcoming New Mexico Town Halls are > now being accepted. The next Town Hall is: "Leadership and Ethics," > to be held at the United World College, Montezuma, New Mexico March > 27-30, 2003. > > New Mexico First is a non-profit, non-partisan organization which > hosts annual statewide Town Halls on a variety of topics important > to New Mexico. These Town Halls use a unique consensus-building > format to obtain public policy recommendations from a broad range of > citizenry. > > For more information, visit the New Mexico First website at: > <http://www.nmfirst.org> > > > 13 | Porto Alegre City Congress > --- ------------------------------ > In May and June of this year, the City of Porto Alegre, RS (Brazil) > will hold final plenary meetings on the 4th City Congress. This > project, an initiative of the Getúlio Foundation Vargas of São Paulo > - EAESP/FGV and of the Ford Foundation, is a public forum to address > the question, ³What kind of a city do we want?² Plenary sessions in > May and June will deliberate final proposals in three areas: > mechanisms of participatory democracy; direct and representative > democracy; and structure of public management and popular > participation. > > For more information on this effort, it is recommended that you > perform a Google search for ³Porto Alegre mais cidade constituinte² > and select the ³Translate page² option for the first returned item > in the search. > > 14 | News Media, NIF Issue Book Released > --- ------------------------------------------- > The National Issues Forums has released a new issue book, News Media > and Society: How to Restore the Public Trust, prepared by The > Harwood Institute. > > The book suggests three approaches to repairing the relationship > between the news media and the American people. Each approach > offers different perspectives on what has damaged citizens' trust > and each presents various ways to address those problems. The ideas > and suggestions come from citizens and experts across the country. > > Visit <http://www.nifi.org/media.html> to read a detailed > description of News Media and Society and to order a copy of the > book. > > ---------------- > END OF TEXT > ---------------- > > ------ End of Forwarded Message ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
