Ghent's Citizens' Cabinet

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In 2017, the municipality of Ghent set up a "citizens cabinet" composed of 150 randomly selected citizens to deliberate and provide recommendations to the city council, as part of a broad citizen consultation process on the city's traffic plan in progress since 2015.

Datum
2017-2018
Einrichtung
Stad Gent
Ebene
Lokaal
Standort
Gent
Organisator
Stad Gent
Teilnehmer
150
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