Today the University of Edinburgh's public policy network is holding an event it hopes will lead to better public participation in governance. They're calling it the conversation cafe.
Organisers claim that despite a lot of talk about involving communities in the public sector, "there seems to be a lack of spaces for cross-cutting dialogue between different areas of practice."
Today's event, which starts at 4pm in the David Hume Tower, aims to set an agenda to open such a space.
Introduced by Oliver Escobar, the cafe will hear some short stories from people working in different fields who share an interest in citizen participation.
Emerging themes from the following discussion will be taken forward to setting up the agenda for future events.
Find out more on the PPN's events page.
If you go along, get in touch to share your ideas and let us know what you thought.
