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Mechanisms and Tools for Public Participation

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The County Executive and Assembly are expected to facilitate the participation of citizens in government affairs. This implies setting up institutional structures and processes but also a continuous commitment to make those processes meaningful by providing timely and accessible information and by giving appropriate consideration to citizens' inputs.

Counties might adopt sligthly different policies and processes, but most of the following mechanisms should be present in every county: