The European institutions are the driving force in European policy making. Their decisions have leverage over big constituencies and need to be flawless. SMART Method of Public Policy helps enhance the understanding and the roles of the European institutions and how they function and encourages wide public interest and participation in the decision-making process. Moreover, the Method provides a participation platform called Public Policies Made by Citizens that allows citizens to raise issues of importance to them but at the same time makes people more accountable by engaging them in providing solutions to those issues. This way, more creative ideas reach the desks of the European policy makers.

The partnership that we propose to the European institutions is based on a methodology that enables citizens to exercise their right to participate in the democratic life of Europe and also to exercise their right to express constructive views on important issues. SMART Method of Public Policy brings to the policy-making table the most important player – the CITIZEN. The core activities of our partnership are:

• The Head of the institution/department/agency makes a public “call for solutions” to a given problem that the institution wants to address.


• A problem’s page is created on www.Public-Policies.eu that contains a video of the call.


• Citizens contribute with solutions, on the problem’s page, on a given period of time.


• The Managing Partners of SMART Method of Public Policy officially ask the institution/department/agency to solve the problem issuing a policy paper backed-up by the solutions from the citizens.


• The Head of the institution/department/agency chooses the best solution to be implemented.


• A ceremony is organized where the person/s giving the best solutions are offered a prize.

Advantages:

• Citizens will offer solutions whenever they have time, free of charge, having the possibility to do background research.


• Any person can offer solutions, living anywhere in the world.


• All the messages are monitored to avoid licentious language.


• Only constructive solutions are published on the problem’s page.


• SMART Method of Public Policy does not generate complaints.


• The Head of the institution/department/agency spends little time to launch a “call for solutions.”


• The European institution/department/agency becomes closer to the citizens it serves.

For specific collaborations, contact Radu Oprea from SMART Development Centre Romania at tel +4 0723 342410 or email office@public-policies.org.