The Citizen’s Jury method
in practice
Citizen’s involvement and community participation in local
development projects, investments, and township development positive (and some negative) experiences of seven years
Gábor Kuna, Cromo Foundation
Hypotheses
 If sufficient information is provided, then the
participants will be able to take responsible
decisions even in complex issues.
Hypotheses
 If all the related parties are involved well in
advance in the decision-making, there is a
possibility to reach a consensus of all the parties.
Hypotheses
 A well-founded civic decision equals in its
grounding and validity with the decisions of the
elected public bodies and authorities, hence the
citizens take part with equal weight in decisionmaking and planning.
Keywords
 equal participation
 competence
 12-30 participants represent their own
community
 representativity
 independent exeprts involved
 result: consensus
 involvement of the public
Keywords
 conducted by independent facilitators
 written recommendation
 Fields of use: future planning, yes-no debates,
test of social resistance or support to a future
project/decision
Advantages and expected results
 Deliberate and responsible decisions,
strengthening competence
 Strengthening trust and communication between
citizens and authorities
 Pedagogical effects
Experiences, 2004-2006
 Pócsmegyer: illegal waste dumping
 Diósd: shopping mall
or sport field?
 Pilisszentlászló: community spaces
and cultural life
 Tápiószele: reconstruction of
cemeteries
 Pócsmegyer: environment
protection and waste management
Experiences, 2007
 CJM on the GLOBFESZT conference festival:
climate change
Experiences, 2008-2009
 Erdőkertes: local waste management
 Csór: future planning, township development
planning concept
 Adony, Nyergesújfalu: Citizen involvement in the
organisational development of the mayor’s
offices
Experiences, 2009-2010
 Gyöngyös: develpment of the local climate protection startegies
 Six small and mid size
settlements: community
involvement in the
development of the local
health strategies
Experiences, 2010-2011
 Roma community facilitartor training program, Pécs
www.gemkapocshalo.hu
 Local future planning forum, Kővágószőlős
Experiences, 2011-2012
 Sásd: Future planning forum – the new community house
 Törökszentmiklós:
12 CJMs,
township development
…and the next level, 2012
 „Kőkemény”: Portal for community initiations
 Collects and supports community initiations
 Provides methods, knowledge, and professioanl support
 Mediator system among initiations, experts, methods, and
resources
 Incubatior: support in communication and planning
 A place for donors
…and that’s it
Thank you very much
for your attention!
Gábor Kuna
kuna.gabor@cromo.hu
http://cromo.hu
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http://gakoroljuk.blog.hu