Espoo´s Participation Model
Espoo´s Participation Model tells us how resident participation is executed in Espoo.
Espoo´s Participation Model consists of 4 parts:
1) Vision;
All Espoo residents can participate in and contribute to developing the city. This section defines what participation is.
2) Goals and guidelines
tells us why it is important that residents are involved and what the focus points in it are.
3) Systematic participation work
is a key to changing working culture from partipative administrative culture to modern partnership based network relationship. In example resident volunteer work and expertise are recognized as a possibility and resource.
4) The cornerstones of participation
gathers up the guidelines for resident participation and involvement.