Data

General Issues
Governance & Political Institutions
Specific Topics
Public Participation
Collections
The POLITICIZE Project on Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe
Tuscany's Institutionalization of Public Participation and Deliberation
Location
Tuscany
Italy
Scope of Influence
Regional
Links
Le vie della partecipatione: Verso una legge regionale per la partecipazione dei cittadini
The POLITICIZE Project
The POLITICIZE Dataset of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe, 2000–2020 Dataset
Start Date
End Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberation
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Both
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Express Opinions/Preferences Only
Decision Methods
Voting
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Public Report
Primary Organizer/Manager
Region of Tuscany
Type of Organizer/Manager
Regional Government
Type of Funder
Regional Government
Staff
No
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in public policy
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials
Appointed Public Servants

CASE

Mini-Public on a Regional Law for Citizens’ Participation (Tuscany, Italy)

General Issues
Governance & Political Institutions
Specific Topics
Public Participation
Collections
The POLITICIZE Project on Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe
Tuscany's Institutionalization of Public Participation and Deliberation
Location
Tuscany
Italy
Scope of Influence
Regional
Links
Le vie della partecipatione: Verso una legge regionale per la partecipazione dei cittadini
The POLITICIZE Project
The POLITICIZE Dataset of 105 Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe, 2000–2020 Dataset
Start Date
End Date
Ongoing
No
Time Limited or Repeated?
A single, defined period of time
Purpose/Goal
Make, influence, or challenge decisions of government and public bodies
Approach
Consultation
Spectrum of Public Participation
Consult
Open to All or Limited to Some?
Limited to Only Some Groups or Individuals
Recruitment Method for Limited Subset of Population
Random Sample
General Types of Methods
Deliberative and dialogic process
General Types of Tools/Techniques
Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
Deliberation
Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
Both
Types of Interaction Among Participants
Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
Express Opinions/Preferences Only
Decision Methods
Voting
Communication of Insights & Outcomes
Public Report
Primary Organizer/Manager
Region of Tuscany
Type of Organizer/Manager
Regional Government
Type of Funder
Regional Government
Staff
No
Evidence of Impact
Yes
Types of Change
Changes in public policy
Changes in people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behavior
Implementers of Change
Elected Public Officials
Appointed Public Servants

This mini-public is supported by Tuscany Region. The town meeting was aimed at listing the priorities for the regional law on participation and at transforming these priorities in actual policy proposals.

Problems and Purpose

Background History and Context

Organizing, Supporting, and Funding Entities

Participant Recruitment and Selection

Methods and Tools Used

What Went On: Process, Interaction, and Participation

Influence, Outcomes, and Effects

Participants voted on several questions related to the law on citizens’ participation; voting sessions were divided into three areas:

  1. how to improve citizens’ participation;
  2. how to deal with problems related to infrastructure that concern a lot of people, but whose effect directly impacts a smaller community; and
  3. how to get more information on the choices that affect us and how to more effectively manage participation.

Analysis and Lessons Learned

See Also

The Tuscany Regional Participation Policy, Italy (method)

Tuscany's Regional Authority for the Promotion of Participation (APP)

Mini-Public on Citizen Participation in the Health Budget (Tuscany, Italy)

References

External Links

Notes

This entry is based on the POLITICIZE dataset. More information can be found at the following links:

  • Paulis, Emilien; Pilet, Jean-Benoit; Panel, Sophie; Vittori, Davide; Close, Caroline, 2020, "POLITICIZE Dataset", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/Z7X6GT, Harvard Dataverse, V1
  • Pilet J-B, Paulis E, Panel S.,Vitori D & Close C. 202X The POLITICIZE Dataset: an inventory of Deliberative Mini-Publics (DMPs) in Europe. European Political Science.