Citizens as Partners: Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making - Country Case Studies
These nine country case studies were undertaken as background for the recent OECD report Citizens as Partners: Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making. They cover a number of key policy sectors in government-citizen relations (e.g. health, education, social policy, environment). They also reflect the diverse contexts and traditions of the countries reviewed, namely: Belgium (Flanders), Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Korea, Norway and the United States. The case studies centre on different stages of the policy-cycle: four focus on public participation in policy-making [Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Denmark, the Czech Republic] and four on citizen involvement in policy implementation (France, Hungary, Korea, United States). Examples of systematic citizen engagement in the evaluation of public policy are very rare in OECD member countries, and only one country case study included reference to such an experience (Norway). Several country case studies made reference to efforts to evaluate government actions in providing information and undertaking consultation.
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