Past conferences
Engagement
Local Government: Providing services without a budget?
Annual Conference of the Austrian Local Government Association
Dornbirn, 30 May- 1 June 2012
The Citizen Advisory Council in the state of Arlberg as well as the controversy on the Stuttgart 21 project in Germany have raised awareness on the need to involve citizens in local decision-making processes. Elke Loeffler has been invited to present international good practice to show Austrian local authorities new ways of involving citizens in public decisions.
A new alliance for citizen engagement
Conference of the State Government of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Stuttgart, 22 May 2012
The new state government in Stuttgart organised a major conference at which engaged citizens and participation experts took stock of citizen engagement in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Elke Loeffler provided a keynote on international perspectives of citizen participation.
Download Elke's presentation and visit the conference page (both in German).