Urban politics and the further development of cities can be effective only if citizens take responsibility for the urban spaces they inhabit. Therefore transparent and democratic processes of decision-making are essential. Cities and urban communities can be – and many of them already are – excellent laboratories and breeding grounds for new kinds of interaction between citizens, stakeholders and the city´s administration. Participation becomes the leitmotif and strategy of good urban governance. How can cultural and citizenship education moderate the dialogue between often very disparate interests to foster participation of citizens in urban political processes and to implement innovative concepts of civic participation? How can acceptance and legitimation be promoted, and a closer link between political leadership and civic commitment be encouraged?
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Project Presentations
- Interner Link: "Supporting Participatory Budgeting Models", presented by Sophia Rieck, Freelance Consultant (Germany)
(PDF-Version: 277 KB) - Interner Link: "BudgetMaker", presented by Jan Dirk Gerritsen, Institute for Political Participation (the Netherlands) (PDF-Version: 280 KB)
- Interner Link: "Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations – EGTC", presented by Christian Lamour, CEPS/INSTEAD (Luxembourg) (PDF-Version: 291 KB)
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