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Involved Actors & Resources
Governmental body: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
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If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the governmental body |
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Municipality of Parma through Association IBO Italia | |
Other public actors: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
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If yes, explain by filling in the name(s) of the public actors and describe which sector and explain their role, briefly |
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Private for-profit actors: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
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If yes, explain by using types of private for-profit actors such as public engagement consultants, companies etc. |
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Company: Chiesi SPA (pharmaceutical sector) > located in the neighboordhood of the project | |
Private not-for-profit actors: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
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If yes, explain by using types of private not-for-profit actors such as associations, informal networks etc. |
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Civic actors: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
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If yes, explain on the heterogeneity of the participants with respect to gender, age, educational qualification, place of residence etc. |
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No info about that |
Other actors: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
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If yes, explain | |
Funding/Financial resources for the particular best practice example: |
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Yes |
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If yes, specify e.g. amount of funding/year | € 15.000 - 2020 |
and the source(s) of funding (if more sources, please specify) | Regione Emilia-Romagna - Bando Partecipazione 2020 |
Type of Governance
Participatory process: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Deliberative process: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
Other forms: if yes, specify; |
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No | |
Top-down | X |
Bottom-up |
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No |
Others: if yes, specify; |
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Specifal Features of the Best Practice which explain Practical Arrangements to Promote Inclusiveness
Cost reimbursement (e.g., for public transport, compensation of working hours): |
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If yes, describe |
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No |
Provision of care services: |
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If yes, describe |
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No |
Provision of mediators (e.g., linguistic, cultural): |
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If yes, describe/specify |
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Yes > surveys distributed in the schools and during events in the park have been translated in two languages | |
Frequency of activities within the best practice: How often and for how long did participants involve in best practice (e.g., in general friendly towards employed people or people with care responsibilities)? | Participants met 7 times, late afternoon for about 2 hours + 5 events in the park |
Target groups
External inclusion referring to who is invited or allowed to take part from the invitation = ideal situation | Target group: all individuals interested in giving a new live to the park |
Internal inclusion referring to the participation of all participants within = real situation | Negotiation table made up by actors indicated above, but during the process citizens joined the table |
Internal exclusion referring to certain participants who are overly dominant | Association "Amici della biblioteca di san leonardo" composed mainly by citizens reteired with high level of education. This association is very active in the neighborhood |
Vulnerable groups were specified in the designed plan of the best practice: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes, included among other categories |
If yes: Who in particular, e.g. migrants, people in precarious work-situation etc.? Specify. |
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Elderly people; disabled, women; migrants |
If yes: Special attention towards young people, women, elderly people: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes, specify. |
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Young people, since close to the park there's a youth center |
Did vulnerable groups participate in the best practice: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes: Who in particular, e.g. migrants, people in precarious work-situation etc.? Specify. |
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Elderly people; young people; citizens with migrant background |
If yes: Participation of young people, women, elderly people: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes, specify. |
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Women; elderly people |
If yes: Did special training and empowerment activities support these groups within the participatory process? |
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Yes > the process was guided by a facilitator |
Public Information Activities on the Best Practice
Means of Information
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Information documents (e.g., flyer, brochures, invitation letters): |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes: multiple languages available: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
If yes: non-technical language used: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Social Media (e.g., facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, websites, blog): |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes | |
If yes: please specify | |
Others (1-2 sentences) |
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No |
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Communication
Website and social media postings: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Information documents distributed in the post box: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
Information documents distributed on streets and public spaces (during events): |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
Press releases in “traditional” public media (e.g. linear TV, daily newspapers etc.): |
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Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Special-target activities (e.g. through gate-openers, community workers etc.): |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
Monitoring
Monitoring process on the best practice available? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes: Continuous information on monitoring results provided to the participants: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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If yes: How? How often? | Participants continue to meet in order of following the implemnetation of what decided |
Integration of participants in the monitoring process? Yes / |
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No |
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If yes: Did they have the opportunity to suggest changes to the process? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Continuous information on monitoring results provided to network partners (public and non-public actors)? |
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Yes |
If yes: How? How often? |
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Depending on needs |
Impact Assessment/Evaluation
Did an impact assessment (e.g., achievements, challenges) or evaluation (standardized success measurement) take place: |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No because the the work is not finished yet | |
If yes: Who evaluates? What? How? At which point of process? |
Citizen Empowerment & Representation
Structured Decision-Making
Explanation of objectives and methods, at the beginning of the process? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Do the participants make final decisions? |
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If no: Why? Who decides instead? | |
If yes: What kinds of decisions? | The decision is related to the use of the money for improving the park and for responding to citizens' needs and desires |
If yes: Is there a veto right by the citizens (i.e. if they are against a specific option this is not implemented?)? |
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Yes / |
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No |
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No |
At the end of the participation process: Final document on the decisions that were taken? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes: publication of this document available? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
If yes: publication of this document sent to participants and/or affected community? Yes / |
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No |
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Yes |
Tools to Enhance Citizens’ Empowerment
Clear definition and communication of mutual commitments, decision-making roles and any limits on the decisions? Yes / No | Yes. The only limit to the process was given by the budget |
Are specific tools available to participants (e.g., regular meetings or trainings, apps)? |
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If yes: What kind of? | Regular meetings during the process |
If not: Why not? | |
Integration of empowerment tools in multi-level-governance-system? |
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If yes: Where [in the sense of at which level in the multilevel-governance (vertical)]? | Involvement of policy makers > they learned from this experience an approach that can be reproduced |
If yes: For whom in particular (horizontal)? | For citiziens living in other neighbourhood s of the city |
If not: Why not? What results from that (e.g., disconnection etc.) | |
Involvement and Tasks of Participating Groups | |
Which groups are involved at which stage of the participatory process? | All groups described above |
What are the tasks of the groups? Describe for each group. | Each group took part at the discussions and decisions |
Which groups are underrepresented among the participants? Why? | Refugees |