United States
Project set up by seventy federal managers from more than three dozen federal programs with more than a dozen citizen engagement experts from organizations
The Playbook is a resource for US governments, a guide to assess citizen participation. The aims of this project are to analyse citizen participation, open government and accountability.
Establish goals
Play 1: Clearly define and communicate your objectives
Understand the Playing Field
Play 2: Understand your participants and stakeholder groups
Play 3: Understand and communicate the benefit of participation
Play 4: Empower participants through public/private partnership
Design Participation
Play 5: Select appropriate design format for public participation
Play 6: Design for inclusiveness
Play 7: Provide multi-tiered paths to participation
Play 8: Provide effective and timely notifications
Play 9: Encourage community building through responsive outreach
Play 10: Protect citizen privacy
Facilitate Participation
Play 11: Use Data to Drive Decision Making
Evaluate and Report
Play 12: Transparently report outcomes and performance of participation