The government for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has just launched a consultation asking for the community's views on what the city should be like in twenty years time.
The Canberra 2030 consultation has gone some way to integrate Web 2.0 tools. It allows residents to submit ideas and vote on the ideas of others (up or down) and has a 'discussion forum' - although this is pre-moderated and not structured in a standard forum mode, which is likely to constrain the discussion somewhat.
There's a Twitter account and a Flickr account and also a video up at YouTube - although this doesn't appear to have been embedded in the Canberra 2030 site itself.
Despite a few basic usability issues and a little of a 'tickbox' approach, the site represents a real attempt to consult Canberrans in a more interactive way and it is worth a look.
Plus if you're an ACT resident you could win an iPad.
I have blogged my thoughts on how effective I believe the Canberra2030 forum will be as a useful participatory design tool:
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Hi Craig,
ReplyDeleteThanks for blogging about this. I've shared my thoughts on Canberra2030 from a participatory design viewpoint:
http://www.purecaffeine.com/2010/10/participatory-design-doing-it-wrong/