The city in dialogue

Introduction, summary and recommendations
Barbara Kosiol, Gary Lawrence, Reinhard Sellnow and Andreas von Zadow

Public participation from different points of view

The challenge of combining morality and political activity
Olgierd Dziekoński

The importance of communicating with the public as exemplified by
the project for revitalisation of SNP Square in Bratislava
Andrej Durkovský

Informal public participation in local government concerns gives prominence to
the social dimensions of urban development
Hans Nisblé

The value of public participation in urban planning in Vienna: the obligation to listen
to the public
Rudolf Zunke 

Obstacles and prospects in cooperation with local government – NGO experience in Slovakia
Zora Pauliniova

Public participation as seen through the eyes of a project developer
Johannes M. Pauen

Framework and conditions

Strengthening democracy through public participation: a principle which also applies to
central and eastern European countries
Elisabeth Schroedter 

EU enlargement and public participation – legal framework conditions
Sandor Fulop

The best way to gain power is to give it away: public engagement and sustainable communities
Gary Lawrence

The role of non-governmental organisations (NGO) in public participation
Laszlo Perneczký

Approaches in central European metropolises

City of Berlin
Dietrich Flicke 

City of Bratislava
Elena Petková and Milan Vajda 

City of Budapest
Richard Ongjerth

City of Ljubljana
Tomaz Souvan

City of Prague
Ivana Bursiková

City of Sofia
Victoria Damyanova and Kristian Milenov 

City of Vienna
Rudolf Zunke 

City of Vilnius
Asta Blăzyté and Šarunas Mikulskis

City of Warsaw
Marcin Herbst

Models in practice

Models for public participation – an overview
Frank Baumann

Local referenda as a component of direct democracy
Paul von Kodolitsch 

Public participation in traffic planning as exemplified by Salzburg Traffic Forum
Reinhard Sellnow

Community Planning – an integrative approach to town planning
Andreas von Zadow 

Energy tables for local climate protection
Arved Lüth, Thorsten Pinkepank and Natasha Walker

Waste management and public participation – Hungarian experience
Laszlo Perneczký 

Working with interactive decision making at Rijkswaterstaat
Sjoukje Rauwerda 

Job opportunities to increase the quality of life in an urban neighbourhood
Hans-Georg Rennert

Transport for everyone - alternative traffic and transport planning in public discourse
Heidemarie Kollatz

Müllerstraße Future Search Conference – working together for a mile of vitality and variety
Anke Stopperich and Cornelia Rövekamp

Planning Unit and public evaluation reports as demonstrated in a local neighbourhood area
(Wrangelkiez) in Berlin
Dietrich Flicke

Urban regeneration in Potsdam – commercial and business participation partners
Bernd Cronjaeger

Public participation, framework conditions and practice in redevelopment areas
in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin
Christiane Hannemann

Selected planning projects in Vienna containing elements of public involvement
Rudolf Zunke 

Appendix

Check list: key questions for participation models
References
List of participants