These guidelines were prepared by the OECD Public Governance Directorate (GOV) under the leadership of Elsa Pilichowski. They were developed under the strategic direction of Alessandro Bellantoni, Deputy Head of GOV’s Open and Innovative Government Division and Head of the Open Government Unit. The guidelines were written by Ieva Cesnulaityte, a Policy Analyst in the Unit working on innovative citizen participation. They were developed in close collaboration with Claudia Chwalisz, Innovative Citizen Participation Lead, and the OECD Advisory Group on Evaluating Representative Deliberative Processes: Manuel Arriaga (New York University), He Baogang (Deakin University), Nicole Curato (University of Canberra), Rikki Dean (Goethe University Frankfurt), Yves Dejaeghere (Federation for Innovation in Democracy – Europe), Laurie Drake (Mass LBP), Stephen Elstub (Newcastle University), David Farrell (University College Dublin), John Gastil (Penn State University), Jane Mansbridge (Harvard University), Jane Suiter (Dublin City University's Institute for Future Media, Democracy, and Society), and Iain Walker (newDemocracy Foundation). A special thank you to John Gastil for comprehensive editorial and strategic advice, and to Danni Trainor (Think:Worthy Writing & Editing) for additional editorial assistance.
The guidelines benefitted from feedback provided by members of the OECD Innovative Citizen Participation Network and their colleagues: Sarah Allan, Graham Allen, Victoria Alsina, Lyn Carson, Obhi Chatterjee, Chris Ellis, Karin Fuller, Doreen Grove, Dimitri Lemaire, Josef Lentsch, Peter MacLeod, Benedikt Montag, Alex Renirie, Graham Smith, and Lazaro Tunon.
The guidelines also benefitted from strategic comments by OECD colleagues Monica Brezzi, Sara Fyson, Stephane Jacobzone, Mariana Prats, and Ivan Stola.
The OECD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to the Working Party on Open Government for reviewing the guide and to the Public Governance Committee who approved this report.