Category Archives: Civic engagement

Civic Engagement and the Restoration of Community – Changing the Nature of the Conversation

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read This booklet is written for citizens who care for the well being of their community. It is for those people who want to live in a neighborhood and a city that works for all its citizens and who have … Continue reading →

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Resilience: plan for anything, don’t plan for everything

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Former Time foreign editor Joshua Cooper Ramo rightly concludes that ‘much of what we face cannot be deterred or prevented’. He argues in consequence that the US should ‘rechristen the Department of Homeland Security as the Department of Resilience … Continue reading →

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Civilian capacity in the aftermath of conflict

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read As communities emerge from conflict, they often face a critical shortage of capacities needed to secure a sustainable peace — the core capacities to run a government, to re-establish institutions of justice, to reintegrate demobilizing fighters, to revitalize the … Continue reading →

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Civic engagement in a network society

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read The Pew Charitable Trusts defines civic engagement as Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic engagement can take many forms, from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation. It can include efforts … Continue reading →