Module reflection and facilitation

Reflection questions

• To what extent is your local government practising participatory democracy?
• Have you faced any challenges when implementing participatory democracy?
• Take a closer look at the ladder of participation again, at what level do you think your local government’s participation processes are?
• Are you currently implementing any deliberative methods?
• Have you used, or now plan to use, any of the following mechanisms in your municipal project?
  
  Meeting of a citizen’s assembly or committee
  Citizen dialogue or consultation
  Online consultation
  Participatory budgeting
  Participatory planning
  Providing information to citizens about an upcoming project
  Other: what?

Facilitation tips

Consult ICLD’s Democratic workshop’s handbook below for faciliation method tips for this module. We suggest the following methods:

• Cafe method if participants have practical and concrete participatory democracy examples to share with the group.
• Circuit Training