PARTICIPATION How to increase citizen engagement? Mainstreaming participation and deliberative processes Tim Hughes. Lead, Democracy & Participation, Open Government Partnership. Ariana Guevara Gómez. Pre-doctoral Researcher, Autonomous University of Madrid

1. EUPAN Summer School 2023
PARTICIPATION
How to increase citizen engagement? Mainstreaming
participation and deliberative processes
Tim Hughes. Lead, Democracy & Participation, Open Government Partnership
Ariana Guevara Gómez. Pre-doctoral Researcher, Autonomous University of Madrid
November 7th, 2023

2. Scan the QR code or use the link to answer the questions
https://www.menti.com/al4v93b3og8u
https://www.menti.com/
Code: 3418 3179

3. Spectrum of public participation
International Association for Public Participation

4. Group discussion
Identify an example of a citizen participation initiative
• What are some positive characteristics/outcomes of the initiative?
• In case you have had direct experience with the initiative, what were the main
drawbacks during the design and implementationof the project? If the information
is lacking about those stages, you can identify some negative outcomes
• Who participated in the initiative? How would you improve the citizen involvement
on this initiative?
• Considering previous answers, do you think the initiative was successful? Why? How
do you define “success”?

5. How do we evaluate the success of citizen participation initiatives?
Impact on
Legitimacy Effectiveness Social justice
(Fung, 2015)