The CSD Network (Community, Spirit, Development) offers excellent training in the areas of community development, cultural awareness, community engagement and facilitation. See the upcoming program here.
Participatory budgeting is a way of engaging citizens in the real choices in all or part of a local government’s budget. The Journal of Public Deliberation has an issue dedicated to participatory budgeting. In a...
This is a model for identifying better and transferable solutions. Right away I found this an interesting concept and explored further. It’s based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or...
This is an excellent resource on designing local democracy produced by the Local Government Community Development and Services Association of Australia Click here for the report on Redesigning Local Democracy
An interesting example of participatory budgeting in Canada Bay, NSW http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/power-to-the-people-as-they-take-on-their-councils-budget-20120727-22z96.html
Fabulous site sharing technologies for online community engagement
Very interesting article on participatory budgeting from New York. Have a read, let me know your thoughts. Putting in their 2 cents