A description of the psychological process many communities go through as they move from a position of disempowerment to one of true empowerment. Nola-Kate Seymoar.

In this behind-the-scenes look at the first phase of the Imagine Durban process, city staff highlight 50 lessons learned  in the remarkable journey thus far.

 

Canada's World is a one-year collaboration of dozens of Canadian universities, foundations, private and non-profit organizations that uses dialogue, 'open source' and Web 2.0 tools such as forums, blogs and social media to broaden the discussion of Canadian foreign policy. The dialogues involved thousands of citizens in laying out a blueprint for how  Canada can serve as a role model in the world.  ICSC contributed the background paper on "The Power of Cities." Website canadasworld.ca