(This is a draft for posting to the Communities and Local Government discussion forum, due to close August 8 2008)
Some fine words in the White Paper but little to suggest action will be up to the scale of the challenge. Defensiveness, for example about representative democracy, still seems to be favoured at the expense of more holistic solutions. As Charles Leadbeater puts it, "The challenge for public services is how to enlist users as co-producers and co-designers ...." Design needs to be open as well as detail. I feel we need something like 'Open involvement' as described on the Sustainable Community Action wiki - standards for involvement to rebuild trust amongst citizens and community groups that all contributions will be fairly, adequately, respectfully and transparently valued. Citizens' use of new technology continues to challenge government complacency. Events such as BarcampUKGovweb hint at wider pools of ideas and enthusiasm.
Account requested Philralph @sca21 17:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
Comment posted, awaiting moderation Philralph @sca21 15:56, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
Confirm comment included Philralph @sca21 07:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
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- Summary of the Evaluation of the Impact of the National Standards for Community Engagement, July 2008 The Scottish Government / Scotland Resources