Citizens Economic Council Roadmap and Engagement Initiatives
Discover how The RSA's Citizens Economic Council is empowering citizens to have a greater influence on national economic decisions through informed engagement. Stakeholder support, positive participant experiences, and policy traction are key objectives. Engage with the roadmap, workshops in marginalized communities, and emerging themes on human happiness, economic decline, trust in politics, and discrimination.
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The RSAs Citizens Economic Council
Theory of change & objectives Citizens have greater influence over national economic decisions through processes that build their capacity to be better informed about and to better engage directly with economic policy. The Council also helps showcase and build the case for policymakers and stakeholders making use of deliberative processes involving citizens. 1) Stakeholder support Increased support among stakeholders (politicians, policymakers, media, academics & CSOs) for deliberation and citizen engagement on economic policy. 2)Positive participant experience Participants experience positive impacts on literacy, confidence and understanding of different citizens' values and priorities on economy and society. 3) Policy traction Stakeholders engage with the economic goals and policies generated by the Citizens Economic Council.
The Citizens Economic Council Roadmap Final Report Report & Launch at RSA (Jan 2018) COUNCIL s SUMMIT (June) Day 2 (March) Day 3 (April) 2 cohorts of 25-30 in Manchester & London (60 in total) Day 1 (Feb) Day 4 (May) Economic Futures (Work) Economic institutions and priorities What is the economy? Economic Futures Creation of Economic Charter and Policies Citizens pitch charter and manifesto to politicians and policymakers Insights from the Economic Inclusion Roadshow to be introduced throughout (videos, case studies, quotes on walls) Online crowdsourcing: citizens to suggest 3 key economic challenges to take out for online crowdsourcing
On the road: engaging marginalised communities Place based workshops (x 5): Clacton-on-Sea Port Talbot Glasgow (with Ardenglen Housing Association) Birmingham inner & outer city (with Birmingham Settlement) Identity-based workshops Disability: Disability Action Islington Young People: RSA Academies Tipton, RSA Takeover Day, GLA workshop Ethnicity: Oldham workshop with Coppice Neighbourhood Centre LGBT perspectives: Birmingham LGBT Care workers & gender: UNISON
On the road: emerging themes People are and make the economy, through everything we do How can you measure human happiness? Port Talbot participant Decline of local economies (mills, steelworks, tourism) and impact on participation/engagement Local pride and criticism of media/external representations of localities Low levels of trust in politics and decision-makers ( the elite ) Social cohesion seriously undermined by economic instability Discrimination often implicit/impacts upon people and groups invisibly: unforeseen effects of austerity discriminatory. Call for much greater respect & dignity for citizens including contributions made beyond paid work and empathy for those not able to work What you ve done is bang on . I felt like everybody here was valued as a citizen, this is what s missing and exactly what we need more of . The economy is what is needed to support life, essentially it comes down to a need to survive'. People are less willing to help than they used to be. Partly because they have been told there is no such thing as society, and partly because they are afraid of getting involved . Clacton-on- Sea participant Care workers participant Oldham participant
What can you do to support? Share our forthcoming work with your networks Look out for our: Got an idea or see synergies with your work? Get in touch: Email: citizenseconomy@rsa.org.uk - - - Economics for Everyone Toolkit Deliberative democracy animation CEC Roadshows/roundtables/workshops and events Or talk to programme team (Reema Patel, Josie Warden, Kayshani Gibbon, Tony Greenham) Thank you for your time! Social media & communications: #citizenseconomy @citizenseconomy www.rsa.org.uk/citizenseconomy CEC regular newsletter Share our Facebook posts/blogs/RT!
On the road: engaging marginalised communities Place based workshops (x 5): Clacton-on-Sea Port Talbot Glasgow (with Ardenglen Housing Association) Birmingham inner & outer city (with Birmingham Settlement) Identity-based workshops Disability: Disability Action Islington Young People: RSA Academies Tipton, RSA Takeover Day, GLA workshop Ethnicity: Oldham workshop with Coppice Neighbourhood Centre LGBT perspectives: Birmingham LGBT Care workers & gender: UNISON
