Citizen engagement initiatives - registration tool

Mapping citizen engagement initiatives in Europe on climate change adaptation

Background/Context
We are delighted to invite you to register a Citizen Engagement Initiative (CEI) in the forthcoming Digital AGORA online database. This mapping exercise is part of a European Commission-funded research project called AGORA that seeks to actively involve communities and regions in climate actions providing a comprehensive package of digital tools and co-developed frameworks (https://adaptationagora.eu/). The Digital AGORA will include a searchable database of adaptation-focussed CEIs around Europe, which we hope will facilitate knowledge sharing and will form the basis for our efforts to draw together the best practices on how to engage citizens in climate change adaptation themes.

Important Information
There is a very wide range of interpretations of Citizen Engagement Initiatives (CEIs), which are also sometimes known as Public Participation activities. We focus specifically on those participatory processes with citizens that are linked to matters of public concern on climate change adaptation and include any form of discursive interaction, such as talking, discussing, debating and deliberating.

How to include your CEI
This tool is designed to be manageable for data analysis and for searching for initiatives. Providing as much detail as possible will help us understand the universe of CEIs and help others to find your CEI. However, there may be sections of the tool that do not apply to your CEI. Please leave any non-applicable questions blank, and add any other information you think is relevant in the open field (the last question). On average, it takes around 10 minutes to add one CEI. We kindly ask that you add separate CEIs individually.

Data protection
If you would like any of your contact details to be published on the Digital Agora platform along with the information about your Citizen Engagement Initiative, please provide them below. This data will be stored and processed by the partners of the Agora project and will not be used for further distribution or any other purpose than the one mentioned above.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about the mapping tool, the AGORA project or our wider work on citizen engagement, please contact: Eulàlia Baulenas or Sam Pickard (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) at eulalia.baulenas@bsc.es / samuel.pickard@bsc.es

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* 1. Please provide some general details about the project

Project name

Location

Country

Start (Month/Year)

End (Month/Year or "Ongoing")

Website (project's own or other information source)

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* 2. In case you would like to have any contact details added next to the initiative information, please provide it below. Please, notice this data will be made public in the Digital Agora platform together with the information of your Citizen Engagement Initiative.

Name

Affiliation

E-mail

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* 3. Please add a short summary to serve as an introduction to the initiative in the Digital AGORA. For example:
The [NAME] had the goal of [X]. During [TIMESPAN], [N] citizens debated aspects related to [TOPICS]. It included [ENGAGEMENT METHODS] and the outputs may lead to [EXPECTED CONTRIBUTION] in [LOCATION].

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* 4. If you have an appropriate image to accompany the CEI in the Digital AGORA, please add it here.

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.

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* 5. What was the project’s main objective(s)? (e.g., participatory budgeting, including citizens’ perspectives in a climate adaptation plan)

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* 6. Did the project have any broader goals (e.g. to increase trust in local decision-making, to build local capacity, to empower a specific group of society)? (Please select any / all that apply)

Better decision-making/policy outcomes

Social innovation and problem-solving

Enhanced transparency and accountability

Improved service delivery

Increased trust in government/legitimacy

Strengthen democracy

Public education and/or capacity building

Public inclusion and/or empowerment

Increased social cohesion

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Please select the most appropriate climate change adaptation sector

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* 8. Were there climate change impacts the project focused on? Select if applicable.

Extreme heat events

Cold spells / snaps

Frost

Wildfires

Warmer climate over time

Colder climate over time

Droughts

Heavy rainfall events

River floods

Surface water (torrential, flash) floods

Landslides (due to heavy rainfall)

Wetter climate over time

Drier climate over time

Severe wind storms

Tropical cyclones

Sand and dust storms

Windier climate over time

Less windy climate over time

Heavy snowfall and ice storms

Hail

Ice sheet melt, lake melt, and river ice melt

Snow avalanches

Freeze-thaw cycles

Coastal floods

Coastal erosion

Sea-level rise

Marine heatwaves

Marine cold waves

Warmer oceans over time

Colder oceans over time

Changes in ocean chemistry

Fog

Lightning

Air pollution-inducing weather

Radiation at surface

Other (please specify)

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* 9. What scale was the project?

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* 10. Which of the following most closely corresponds to the type of initiative?

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* 11. How many separate meetings did the project involve?

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* 12. Where did the meetings take place?

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* 13. How many citizens were involved (please estimate if the actual number is unknown)?

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* 14. How were the citizens selected?

If you wish, please add more details below:

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* 15. Which roles, if any, did each of the following stakeholders play in the project?

	participant	funder	organiser	implementer	expert	advisory
Individual Citizens	Individual Citizens participant	Individual Citizens funder	Individual Citizens organiser	Individual Citizens implementer	Individual Citizens expert	Individual Citizens advisory
Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements)	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) participant	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) funder	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) organiser	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) implementer	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) expert	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) advisory
Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations)	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) participant	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) funder	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) organiser	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) implementer	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) expert	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) advisory
Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees)	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) participant	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) funder	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) organiser	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) implementer	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) expert	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) advisory
Politicians (elected officials)	Politicians (elected officials) participant	Politicians (elected officials) funder	Politicians (elected officials) organiser	Politicians (elected officials) implementer	Politicians (elected officials) expert	Politicians (elected officials) advisory
Academics	Academics participant	Academics funder	Academics organiser	Academics implementer	Academics expert	Academics advisory
Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning)	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) participant	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) funder	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) organiser	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) implementer	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) expert	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) advisory
Other Private Sector Representatives	Other Private Sector Representatives participant	Other Private Sector Representatives funder	Other Private Sector Representatives organiser	Other Private Sector Representatives implementer	Other Private Sector Representatives expert	Other Private Sector Representatives advisory

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Which stakeholders were responsible for deciding on the following aspects of the CEI?

	Issue of concern	Participant selection	Methods of engagement	Proposed solutions	Evaluation criteria
Individual Citizens	Individual Citizens Issue of concern	Individual Citizens Participant selection	Individual Citizens Methods of engagement	Individual Citizens Proposed solutions	Individual Citizens Evaluation criteria
Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements)	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) Issue of concern	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) Participant selection	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) Methods of engagement	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) Proposed solutions	Citizen Collectives (e.g. communities, social movements) Evaluation criteria
Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations)	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) Issue of concern	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) Participant selection	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) Methods of engagement	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) Proposed solutions	Third Sector Institutions (e.g. NGOs, philanthropic organisations) Evaluation criteria
Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees)	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) Issue of concern	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) Participant selection	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) Methods of engagement	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) Proposed solutions	Civil servants (e.g. government or agency employees) Evaluation criteria
Politicians (elected officials)	Politicians (elected officials) Issue of concern	Politicians (elected officials) Participant selection	Politicians (elected officials) Methods of engagement	Politicians (elected officials) Proposed solutions	Politicians (elected officials) Evaluation criteria
Academics	Academics Issue of concern	Academics Participant selection	Academics Methods of engagement	Academics Proposed solutions	Academics Evaluation criteria
Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning)	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) Issue of concern	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) Participant selection	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) Methods of engagement	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) Proposed solutions	Specialised Consultancies (e.g. experts in public engagement or event planning) Evaluation criteria
Other Private Sector Representatives	Other Private Sector Representatives Issue of concern	Other Private Sector Representatives Participant selection	Other Private Sector Representatives Methods of engagement	Other Private Sector Representatives Proposed solutions	Other Private Sector Representatives Evaluation criteria

Other (please specify)

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* 17. What engagement methods were used? (Please select all that apply)

Civic hackathons

Experiential and immersive education

Field data collection

Focus groups

Gamiﬁcation

Informal conversation spaces

Interactive content

Interviews

Meetings

Mobile apps

Online forums

Online platforms

Participatory arts

Participatory research

Public hearings

Research or experimental method

Surveys

Training sessions

Webinars and live streams

Workshops

Other (please specify)

Citizen engagement initiatives - registration tool

Mapping citizen engagement initiatives in Europe on climate change adaptation

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* 1. Please provide some general details about the project

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* 2. In case you would like to have any contact details added next to the initiative information, please provide it below. Please, notice this data will be made public in the Digital Agora platform together with the information of your Citizen Engagement Initiative.

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* 4. If you have an appropriate image to accompany the CEI in the Digital AGORA, please add it here.

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* 5. What was the project’s main objective(s)? (e.g., participatory budgeting, including citizens’ perspectives in a climate adaptation plan)

Question Title

* 6. Did the project have any broader goals (e.g. to increase trust in local decision-making, to build local capacity, to empower a specific group of society)? (Please select any / all that apply)

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* 7. Please select the most appropriate climate change adaptation sector

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* 8. Were there climate change impacts the project focused on? Select if applicable.

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* 9. What scale was the project?

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* 10. Which of the following most closely corresponds to the type of initiative?

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* 11. How many separate meetings did the project involve?

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* 12. Where did the meetings take place?

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* 13. How many citizens were involved (please estimate if the actual number is unknown)?

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* 14. How were the citizens selected?

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* 15. Which roles, if any, did each of the following stakeholders play in the project?

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* 16. Which stakeholders were responsible for deciding on the following aspects of the CEI?

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* 17. What engagement methods were used? (Please select all that apply)

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* 18. What was the output of the engagement (e.g., recommendations, binding decisions, data)?

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* 19. What is the scope of influence of the decision?

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* 20. Was a project evaluation carried out? (Yes/No)

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* 21. Is there any other information about the project you would like add?