Panel #4 - Lessons from Abroad: What Are the Best Ideas for Creating an Effective 21st Century Local Government?
Start Date
25-2-2016 5:30 PM
End Date
25-2-2016 6:45 PM
Description
California businesses and cultural institutions are envied for being on the forefront of innovation--in part because they look for the best ideas and people from around the country and the world, and bring them to California. But our state, city, and county governments do very little of this. This panel will explore innovative approaches from all over the globe to local efficiency, fiscal management and participation, and suggest ways to incorporate these ideas in California communities, and specifically in Orange County, which was one of the largest municipalities in the world to go bankrupt.
Moderator: Joe Mathews, California and Innovation Editor, Zocalo Public Square.
Bruno Kaufmann is a trained political scientist, conflict researcher and journalist and member of the city government in Falun, Sweden. He is the editor and chief of people2power.info.
Maria Vassilakou is the deputy mayor of Vienna, Austria.
Daniel Schugurensky is the head of Arizona State University’s (Argentina) Participatory Governance Initiative.
Panel #4 - Lessons from Abroad: What Are the Best Ideas for Creating an Effective 21st Century Local Government?
California businesses and cultural institutions are envied for being on the forefront of innovation--in part because they look for the best ideas and people from around the country and the world, and bring them to California. But our state, city, and county governments do very little of this. This panel will explore innovative approaches from all over the globe to local efficiency, fiscal management and participation, and suggest ways to incorporate these ideas in California communities, and specifically in Orange County, which was one of the largest municipalities in the world to go bankrupt.
Moderator: Joe Mathews, California and Innovation Editor, Zocalo Public Square.
Bruno Kaufmann is a trained political scientist, conflict researcher and journalist and member of the city government in Falun, Sweden. He is the editor and chief of people2power.info.
Maria Vassilakou is the deputy mayor of Vienna, Austria.
Daniel Schugurensky is the head of Arizona State University’s (Argentina) Participatory Governance Initiative.