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citizen participation and training  

Definition

  • Citizen participation is the involvement of people in the institutions and decisions that affect their lives. The process of encouraging citizen participation includes formal efforts by agencies to involve people in their proceedings, as well as informal efforts by people themselves to join together to take initiative on their own. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community: From the Village to the Virtual World; Citizen Participation and Training]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CQ4X6CQ7-5

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