This article presents findings and reflections of the Citizen Curators program, designed led by author on behalf Cornwall Museums Partnership seven participating museums. Dubbed an experiment in cultural democracy, as well providing a novel alternative pathway into museum work, took place between 2017 2021 with four cohorts resulting more than 80 successful completers, one-fifth whom went to jo...

This study aims to present the effects of citizen participation on Integrated Solid Waste Management – ISWM, considering all stages of urban cleansing: solid waste production, collection, transport, treatment, recycling and final disposal, as well as to help decision makers and agencies involved in solid waste management in developing a policy that will utilize citizen participation as an impor...

A citizen point of view on the healthcare system, its processes and their improvement is emphasised. From this point of view, five main processes are identified: Keeping Healthy, Detecting Health Problems, Diagnosing Diseases, Treating Diseases and Providing for a Good End of Life. The citizen should be looked upon as a cocreator of value and improvement of these processes.

We propose recommendations on how to improve healthcare management by utilizing the XML Web services, which enhance the quality and promote the efficiency of healthcare and medical services with a citizen-centric, patientoriented approach. Keyword: Citizen-centric, Patient-oriented, XML Web Services, Healthcare Management, Hub & Spoke, Collaborative