This checklist can be used by any public authority as step-by-step guide through the design and implementation of a participatory process. Further detailed information about every step is included in various sections guidelines.

The main objective of this study is to show the willingness citizens act through prism opportunities offered by participation at local level. Citizens’ activity in public life core democracy. Their engagement may assume various forms, among which most common form elections. When it comes direct democracy, referendums widespread. However, an element cognitively equally important as above ones, r...

This paper assesses the use of conversational agents (chatbots) as an interface to enhance communication with participants in citizen science projects. After developing a study engagement and motivations interact chatbots, we explored our results. We based analysis on current needs exposed literature assess opportunities. found that chatbots are great platforms can help engage all-in-one interf...

Citizen science is a social innovation that has recently been recognized by initiatives as possible tool to increase participation, build knowledge, and raise civic awareness. In order work efficiently, citizen requires the adoption of proper technological solutions critical mass people. According Unified Theory Acceptance Use Technology, people are more likely adopt technology compatible with ...

Public participatory geographic information systems (PP GIS) aim at enlarging citizen’s involvement and participation in decision-making processes. In this paper we review existing online PP GIS applications and present the framework of our analysis. We concentrate on the aspects of interactivity of such applications and the GIS functionalities needed for their operation. First results of ongoi...