Sentence examples for citizen forums from inspiring English sources
ECAST organized two citizen forums in Phoenix, Arizona and Boston, Massachusetts in November 2014, with a total of 183 citizens selected so as to minimize self-selection biases.
He argued that the overarching question was too vague and considerable variability in the outcomes from citizen forums suggested the influence of experts in the deliberations (Wright 2002, 40 41).
Dealing with approaches to facilitate the voicing of public opinion and representatives of NGOs, such as consensus conferences, public hearings, citizen forums etc., they were further developed and given an institutional place (see, e.g., the 2001 White Paper of the European Commission (European Commission 2001)).
It's no coincidence that in many rural communities, most community-building events -- graduation ceremonies, formal dances, citizen forums -- take place in the high school gym.
We will write articles for publication in local media and will participate in citizen forums.
Similarly to the telephone poll, invitation to attend the citizen forum was based on a random sampling process.
"We conducted an online consumer survey as part of our preparations for the citizens' forums.
Catherine Brown, chief executive of the Food Standards Agency, revealed on Tuesday that special citizens' forums were being established to gauge the "consumer acceptability" of low levels of other species' DNA in beef, pork or other meats.
On the one hand, Ashley cites Brown talking encouragingly about how he has learned a more open style of politics from "citizens' forums organised by people like Age Concern and the National Consumer Council".
The month before Mayor Michael Nutter W'79 was charged with producing a new budget plan to address the city's financial turmoil, the PPCE orchestrated four citizens' forums that have no clear precedent in Philadelphia, or any other major American city.
"There would be a large number of people who would be pleased to see it go, mainly because there has been this resistance to sharing information and involving the community for decades now," said Ms. O'Kane, a member of a citizens forum that meets with lab officials periodically.
