Draaiboek burgerparticipatie in beleidsvorming

Twenty-six experimental projects were designated in 2006 to prepare Dutch municipalities for the Social Support Act (WMO). The municipality of Groningen was one such project, focusing on citizen involvement in neighborhood policy design. This dataset, published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, documents these experiments.

Use Cases

• Analyzing models of citizen involvement in local policy-making based on the described experimental projects.
• Studying the implementation of national social support legislation at the municipal level.
• Comparing different thematic approaches to citizen participation in neighborhood governance.

Strengths

• Documents a specific, government-led experimental program involving 26 municipalities.
• Focuses on a concrete policy area: citizen participation in neighborhood policy under the Social Support Act.
• Published by the authoritative source, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, which may hinder structured analysis.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Documentation from experimental projects (Proeftuinen) designated by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.

Time Range

Projects were designated in 2006.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

The Netherlands, specifically involving the municipality of Groningen and other pilot municipalities.