Civic Councils

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Rosa Zubizaretta:

"Vorarlberg rewritten their constitution to specifically include public participation, they have also committed to hosting Civic Councils on any topic for which there is a petition signed by 1,000 people (this is in addition to the regularly-scheduled ones.)

Manfred Hellrigl is the director of their small "Büro für Zukunftsfragen" (Office for Future-Related Issues, or more literally, 'Office for Questions About the Future). Given the success of these Civic Councils, they have been spreading in other parts of Austria, as well as parts of Germany and Switzerland..." (email, July 2016)