Citizen participation process on the waste management and cleaning service of El Prat

La Institució de les lletres Catalanes
Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB)
Casals Joves de Catalunya
Ajuntament d’Olesa de Montserrat
Ajuntament de Castellbell i el Vilar
Ajuntament de Torrelles de Llobregat
Santa Mònica
Spanish Society of Documentation and Scientific Information (SEDIC)
Montornès del Vallès municipality
Ivàlua – Institut Català d’Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques

Challenge

Faced with the imminent completion of the waste and road cleaning contract of El Prat, and before drafting the technical specifications that will govern the next contract, in September 2016 the municipality had two main objectives: obtain information regarding the operation of services and issues that citizens value as relevant, and involve citizens in the management of the city and public space.

Answer

Spora Sinergies with the Urban Ecology Agency designed a process of citizen participation -developed through a web application- and displayed information points in different places of the municipality, in order to make the process known to citizens and obtain their valuations and improvement proposals.