Improving Citizen Participation and Feedback in Your Bagh: AManual on Town Halls
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IV.After the town hall
When the town hall meeting is over, the work isn’t – in
fact it’s just begun. The information and knowledge gained
during the meeting now needs to be disseminated to relevant
government actors and acted upon. There are many ways
to incorporate constituent priorities and needs into munici-
pal plans, proposals and services, both formally and infor-
mally. The results and findings from the meetings reflecting
constituent comments can be put into a petition addressed to
the State Great Khural, local governments, constituents and
relevant organizations.
In order to address
citizen needs in the most
efficient and effective
manner, government of-
ficials must determine
the best course of action
for response. The course
of action may take the
form of government
action and/or commu-
nity action. Govern-
ment action may be the
development of policy,
introduction of legisla-
tion or enforcement of
current legislation, allo-
cation of resources, or
the issue being sent to
another branch or level
of government to be addressed. In community action the re-
sponse may need to involve not only government, but also
Taskforces
One way to continue to
solve local issues with low-
cost solutions that arise from
town hall meetings is to form
informal groups of citizens
through government-citizen
taskforces. These taskforc-
es can be composed of local
government officials, citizens
and civil society represent-
atives. Taskforces can meet
frequently to discuss the cur-
rent issues, find solutions
and make plans to implement
these solutions.
