Citizen Participation
Principles
Mr Heuberger of Rheinland-Pfalz:
Four conditions for successfulll citizen participation:
- The seriousness of the process: the eventual impact and role of the citizen participation process must be clear.
- Openness: the process must in principle be open to all citizens.
- Transparency: at all stages of the process information must be freely available.
- Communication: active communication is cruical for any successful and useful participation.