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PARTICIPATIVE
GOVERNANCE

PARTICIPATIVE GOVERNANCE

SOME DEFINITIONS OF PARTICIPATIVE

GOVERNANCE

Governance is described in Wikipedia as the activity of

governing, or also

as

what

government does.

The World Bank defines governance as the manner in which

public

officials

and

institutions acquire and exercise authority

to shape public

policy and

provide public

goods and

services. The World Bank 2007, p.i.,

para.3

Participative governance implies that the citizens can and

should

participate

with

the

Authorities in their country’s

governance.

Participative governance is also defined elsewhere as direct

and “mutually

beneficial”

relations between citizens and

decision-makers

.

The subjects that we shall deal with

1) Can the citizens in Lebanon assist their government in finding

some

solutions

to

the numerous political, economic and social

problems that

currently

confront us all?

1)

What are

the definitions of

participative governance

, participative

budgeting,

and participative

planning?

2)

I

n which countries

t

hese policies are currently

i

n application

?

Have

t

hey

justif

ied

t

he expectations of their citizens?

3)

Will

s

uch

approaches

work in Lebanon?

4)

W

hat are their merits

of these approaches

?

5

)

Can we have participative

governance

, and participative

budgeting

without

participative planning?

6) Who will take part in each of these processes?

7

)

How

s

hall we

i

mplement

the entire process

and

w

hat will be its

time

f

rame

?

governance