Good policies and good political decisions cannot be made without listening to those who are directly or indirectly affected by these decisions. The creation of social policies and their subsequent monitoring and evaluation should be a process based on continuous dialogue with all stakeholders. Participation enables the interaction between governments and relevant stakeholders which is
Have you ever participated in a public meeting without a facilitator? If yes, you probably felt it on some level. Maybe you wondered what even the purpose of the meeting was. Maybe you felt frustrated and thought it was a waste of time. Perhaps you felt like no one was listening to your input anyway.
What questions about CivicTech are asked most often? For participation to be done well and effectively, one needs to use the right digital tools that allow communication with the citizens and stakeholders as well as the collection of feedback – the so-called CivicTech. Participation Factory has a lot of experience in this field and
International conference to celebrate 10 years of participatory budgeting in Slovakia Is participatory budgeting merely a trend of the last few years or a process that’s useful and beneficial for everyone included? That was the question asked by the international conference in Bratislava, which took place last week from 24th to 25th June. It
