安偉烈 第三周實習(6月17日－6月21日)：公民如何參與政府?

前言：公民會第四期實習生美籍安偉烈 Alex Anthony-Williams 6月4日來報到，立刻投入公民會募款影展活動，這是他第三週實習報告，讓我們來看看他的實習感想。

公民如何參與政府?
安偉烈 第三周實習（6月17日－6月21日）How Can Citizens Actively Participate in the Government?Alex's Third Week Interning

During the internship on Monday, June 17, I went to the Legislative Yuan Zhongxing Building to attend a public hearing for the referendum organized by the Chen Manli Committee. I also was fortunate to have the opportunity to meet former Vice President Annette Lu. The whole discussion process was very lively and interesting. There are many representatives from different fields who offered a diversity of opinions. Everyone during the discussion held similar goals, namely increasing the participation of citizens in Taiwan.

在6月17日週一的實習期間，我到立法院中興大樓參加一場由陳曼麗委員所主辦公民投票修法公聽會。我也有機會見到前副總統呂秀蓮。整個討論過程非常熱烈真有趣。有許多不同領域代表提出各種意見。所有這些人都有類似的目標，即增加公民在台灣的參與。

That night, I went back to the office to celebrate the film festival and discuss how it went over. We all shared our different opinions and made suggestions for the film festival next year. After that, Mr. He discussed the goals of TCPA and the goal of maximizing citizen participation. He has introduced several different initiatives that TCPA has promoted in the past, such as the Four Seasons Democracy.

當天晚上，我回到辦公室與志工一同慶祝募款電影感恩聯誼，並討論它是如何進行的。我們都分享了我們對電影節的不同意見和建議。之後，何理事長分享了TCPA的目標以及最大化公民參與的願景。他介紹了TCPA過去推動的幾個不同的活動，如四季民主講座與行動。

On Thursday (June 20th), I went to the Taipei City Council to participate in the "Taipei City Council’s Citizen Participation Public Affairs Committee" hosted by TCPA and four different party members, which called upon the citizens of Taipei to become "super citizens".

It is the first of a kind new experiment in Taiwan. The meeting also the introduced a system originally developed by the Danish city of Genofte, on more effectively allowing citizens to participate in public affairs.

星期四（6月20日）我去台北市議會參加了TCPA與四個不同黨派的議員所推動「台北市議會公民參與政策委員會」，並對台北市民號召「超級公民」。

這是在台灣第一個全新的實驗。這也是引進丹麥城市Genofte引入的系統，如何讓公民更能有效參與公共事務。

Afterwards I researched and compared systems of participatory budgeting being introduced in the US cities of New York City and Chicago. Although, these initiatives have been great steps towards further citizen participation, the discretion of these city’s budgets remain limited.

之後，我研究並比較了美國紐約市和芝加哥市引入的參與式預算制度。儘管這些舉措是進一步吸引公民參與的重要舉措，但這些城市預算的自由裁量權仍然有限。