Bergamo Partecipa — Bergamo’s Participation Platform

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Bergamo Partecipa — Bergamo’s Participation Platform

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Bergamo City Council

Italy

Local policy

POLICY OBJECTIVE

Channel requests and needs of individual citizens, volunteer associations, retailers, entities, and various groups.
Build participation-friendly neighbourhoods.
Enable communication between citizens and administration.

CONTEXT

After a 2014 launch responding to the needs of specific citizens, the policy has shifted from a top-down to bottom-up approach.

POLICY DESCRIPTION

This policy represents an improved effort to bring the municipal institution closer to local communities and encourage citizens to participate in neighbourhood life and life in the city at large.

Born of projects both specific and spontaneous, the policy has grown to involve increasing numbers of citizens and representatives of groups, associations, and formal and informal committees.

KEY ASPECTS

Enhances the participatory process.
Facilitates meetings with and among citizens.
Encourages citizens to exchange information with the administration.
Citizens contribute feedback and new ideas.

RESULTS

870 people engaged with the project in 2018; the figure reached 3,622 in 2022. That year, 87 meetings took place with a city councillor present.

Policy's Website

Vera

Pedrana

European Projects Department

europeanprojects@comune.bergamo.it

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