Posts Tagged ‘Citizens Jury’
What is fashionable with community engagement?
A blog about Citizens’ Juries, Co-design and Collective Impact With the more frequent use of citizens’ juries, and deliberation in general, it can be tempting to think such processes as the pinnacle of community engagement. I really, really enjoy designing and facilitating citizens’ juries, and have been promoting them since 1998. They not only demonstrate…
Read MoreThe verdict is in: citizens’ juries just keep on giving…
A blog by written by Jacinta Cubis from Qbis, with Max Hardy Carol* weighed up the pros and cons carefully before signing up for the citizens’ jury in her regional town. The appeal was dubious. Five Saturdays with 30 people she didn’t know. Giving up her gardening to learn about, discuss and debate unfamiliar issues.…
Read MoreReflections on the growing trend of using Citizens’ Juries in Australia (and how we might make them even more effective)
It seems that is becoming more common for governments at all levels to entertain random selection of citizens to enable an informed judgment on controversial or complex planning matters (one form being the Citizens’ Jury). As an advocate for, and facilitator of, such processes this is exciting and most welcome. There is a growing weariness…
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