Lessons from Czech experience

LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

D21 is a civic tech-advisory enterprise which powers consensus decision-making for individuals and communities in cities, organizations, and businesses. • D21 has developed a suite of online products featuring its hallmark state of the art voting methodology. • Our multi-disciplinary team consists of 35 people in , Paris and New York using expertise in policy design and stakeholder engagement for projects with cities, schools, civil society, and governemnts worldwide. • We have worked on more than 263 projects on 3 different continents, engaging over 630 000 participants and voters. LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

D21

• Reasearch project > business enterprise > NGO • Pioneers of participation in CZ • Using unique D21 voting system • Our own D21 app

In : • 89 towns and cities • 269 polls in D21 app LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Vote 21 We believe that traditional forms of voting built on a binary logic generate frustration among voters.

For this reason, we have developed a voting system that enables voters to cast votes for and against multiple options. This (optional) approach makes it possible to quickly identify points of consensus and controversy and refine the policies and response measures based on the public opinion.

PARTICIPATION IN CZ: DEVELOPMENT

1H 2017 LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Participation in CZ: Development

• 2014 – first attempts • 2016 – first succesful projects • 2017 – PB organized by more than 40 municipalities • 2018 – number increases • Trend: usage of ICT technologies and engaging youth • Not only PB LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Participation in CZ: Development

• Majority of municipalities uses external contractors and platforms • Participatin in urban planning, school participation > including all stakeholders • Increasing number of „participation coordinators“ • Key role in the process • Managing participatory projects • Important in long term perspective LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Share of PB in city budget

Opava 0,03% Brno 0,17%

Ostrava-jih 0,85% Chomutov 0,49%

Praha 3 1,46% Turnov 0,06%

Praha 7 0,27% Litoměřice 0,05%

Praha 8 0,48% Mníšek 0,15%

Praha 10 3,03% Říčany 1,77%

Praha 20 0,80% Krnov 0,10%

Slivenec 2,43% Sadská 0,37%

Zbraslav 0,70% Mnichovice 0,99%

Průměr 0,76% Hejnice 0,15% LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

PB amount per citizen

Brno Kč52,91 Opava Kč5,14

Chomutov Kč102,59 Kč100,53

Turnov Kč13,96 Kč169,78

Litoměřice Kč8,28 Praha 20 Kč65,34

Mníšek p. B. Kč54,33 Praha 10 Kč45,73

Říčany 328,17 Praha 8 Kč95,95

Krnov Kč21,04 Praha 7 Kč0,23

Sadská Kč67,51 Praha 3 Kč41,38

Mnichovice Kč165,70 Ostrava-jih Kč65,39

Hejnice Kč36,71 Průměr Kč75,82

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Říčany

• Suburban town near Prague (15k citizens) • Facing issues typical for suburban localities • „Bedroom of Prague“ • Question: How to engage people and build community? • Answer: Participation! • Part of research project EMPATIA • One of the most successful cases in CZ • 1st position in participation index LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Řídím Říčany / I manage Říčany

• First participatory project (2015) • Letting citizens to play advisory role • Creating feedback culture • About 2k citizens inside platform • More than 700 regularly voting LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Překvapte Říčany / Surprise Říčany PB

• 3 years – 2017, 2018 and 2019 starting in Jan • Budget: 5 bil. CZK / 200k EUR • More than 1k voters • Public meetings • Online/offline participation • Only registered voters LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Říčany success story

• Number of engaged people is increasing • Town hall collected important data > better decisions • More people active in PB process – more proposals, more voters • Feedback from citizens • Support in local election – 52,3% of votes • Mayor Vladimír Kořen elected for the 3rd time LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Překvapte Říčany PB 2017 statistics

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Chomutov: Participation makes people happy

• 2 years of PB (2017,2018) • Budget: 5 bil. CZK / 200k EUR • Big interest from the side of citizens • City is planning more participatory projects • Urban planning • Participatory platform

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Urban Planning: Solidarita ()

• Revitalization of park in a specific location Solidarita at Prague 10 • Comprehensive space with advanced civic amenities – a strong community life • A series of in-depth interviews with selected representatives of the local community, detailed urban sociographic analysis from open data • Information campaign LESSONS FROM CZECH EXPERIENCE

Urban Planning: Solidarita (Prague 10)

• Survey on the quality of life in the locality, vote on suggestions for architects • Neighborhood meetings (interactive map exercises) • Voting on priorities and topics arising from neighborhood meetings and exploration (verification: PIN codes in the mailboxes) • Proposals from architectural studios on revitalization • Online voting on architectural studies

Pupils decide how to spend their budget. They run their own projects and try to get support from classmates. They step out of their passive role, contribute to school development, practice presentation skills, learn to manage money and lead a creative campaign. SCHOOL PB: STEPS 1. Rules 2. Proposals 3. Evaluation 4. Campaign

5. Voting 6. Results 7. Implementation SCHOOL PB BEZRUČOVA IN ŘÍČANY

• PB 2016: • Winning project: Installation of school radio • Number of projects in the vote: 15 • Number of voters: 419 • Budget: 20,000 CZK • PB 2017: • Winning project: Purchase of athletic uniforms • Number of projects in the vote : 9 • Number of voters: 293 • Budget: 20,000 CZK RESULTS 2017 How can school use 20 000 CZK (~ 750EUR) ?

1. Athletic uniforms 137 137

2. Lounge area 113 113

3. School magazine 106 106

4. Gardening program 105 105

5. Gym equipment 80 80

6. Bathroom mirrors 74 74

7. Gate to the gym 67 67

8. Paint the school 55 55

9. Score board 46 46

28 - Mgr. Marie Lejčková, director of the school OTHER FORMS OF SCHOOL PARTICIPATION

School survey

• Setting priorities, discovering likes, dislikes and risks • Modeled in collaboration with child psychologists and school counselors • Made in an eye-catching, age-appropriate form which generates higher interest from children and thus higher validity of the results • Accompanying analysis to support decision- making

Survey topics: school behavior, dreams and aspirations, perceptions of the environment and public space in the city

Don´t be afraid of online/IT solutions! Involve pupils and youth – they have a great ideas! Rules matter, but don´t be to strict! Team work is the most important for your success! You need a coordinator! Participation = data Participation is more than PR and more than PB! Don´t „overparticipate“! Repeat! [email protected]