{"id":655,"date":"2020-03-13T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/participationfactory.com\/?p=655"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:55:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:55:52","slug":"new-trend-at-municipalities-urban-participatory-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participationfactory.com\/cs\/new-trend-at-municipalities-urban-participatory-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"New trend at municipalities: Urban participatory systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to do when the city hall organizes more processes and it is hard to be well versed in project-planning?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long gone are the days when only a handful of individuals in the Czech Republic had an idea of what participation is. As a result of rapid development in recent years, terms such as participatory budgeting or participatory planning are now a common part of the vocabulary for most city halls in the country. However, with increasing experience and a number of implemented projects, in particular, state officials and politicians are now facing a new challenge: successful urban participation requires a different conceptual approach to participation as a system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exactly this topic \u2014 \u201cHow to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">design<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> urban participatory system\u201d \u2014 was the subject of our lecture and a follow-up workshop at the last Smart Citizenship Academy in Cascais, Portugal. About one hundred practitioners, researchers, politicians, and officials devoted to participation came to the city to be known as an indisputable leader of participatory planning in the EU. \u201cA participatory system is a framework, an agenda that enables municipalities to plan out properly on what issues and topics to proceed in a participatory way. The system must make sense and also take a great number of variables into account. Does the municipality have enough capacity? Does it use communication effectively? Does it do the right projects? Are the necessary skills available across the authority? Does the city culture really favors participatory planning?\u201d commented Tom\u00e1\u0161 R\u00e1kos, CEO of the Participation Factory in his presentation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The process of creating such a system is relatively complicated and requires experience. To put it simply, the process can be divided into three parts: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">audit, design, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> implementation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe most frequent obstacle is not the lack of citizens\u2019 interest in participating,\u201d explains R\u00e1kos, \u201cthe pediment in most cases is a poor preparedness of municipalities\u201d. It\u2019s not specific politicians or officials to blame. Participatory planning is quite a new field of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expertise<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The problem is that they do not have the know-how. And its deficiency hinders the development of successful participation in the cities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in fact, the positive impact of participatory planning in progressive municipalities is no longer doubted. As a great many studies show, well-crafted participation saves money and time. It also increases the trust of people in the municipality, as well as the quality of life in their community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, does your city need a participatory system? Let us know and get a free consultation!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your Participation Factory team<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@participationfactory.com<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to do when the city hall organizes more processes and it is hard to be well versed in project-planning? 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