Agenda for Local Democracy
Process of co-creation
Local democracy as an ecosystem / La democracia local como ecosistema / La démocratie locale en tant qu'écosystème
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In my opinion an ecosystem does have to mean:
1) sustainability
2) efficacy
3) relations
An ecosystem with too much channels of participations, too much periods of participation, too much diversity in participatory processes makes participation unsustainable for ordinary citizens, then non-working.
An ecosystem that does not give concrete and foreseeable results (an answer by the public bodies, the implementation of the citizens' decisions, etc.) does not strengthen participation
An ecosystem that does not increase relations among citizens and between them and the public bodies - either in terms of human relations and ideas and opinion sharing - might increase participation in the short run but will not foster deliberation and common sense.
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