Comparing output and outcome of citizen—government collaboration on local climate targets

Abstract

The e2democracy project applies an integrative framework including an assessment of process, outcome and impacts for a longitudinal evaluation of citizen—government collaboration on local climate targets. This chapter analyzes the relation between project outputs, that is, the supply side of the process such as the quantity and quality of devices and products offered to citizens for information, communication and engagement, and the project outcomes, that is, the immediate effects of the output such as the number and activities of participants and their contributions. The paper first sketches the evaluation framework and specifies the inputs and activities that provided the basic setup for seven local (e-)participation processes before it describes the process output. Against this background eventually the outcome of the citizen—government collaborations including the final evaluation of output and process are presented.