Research on Methods of Deliberative Democracy at the Local Level -Analysis of Deliberative Citizen Forum and Measures for its Improvement

对2006年至2010年全国范围内协商论坛（DCF）的实施情况进行了研究，其中一半以上的案例是由日本国际青年商会通过几种类型的方案或组织组织的。这些话题与市民的日常生活密切相关；我们在高崎和丰山的案例中分析了他们的参与动机。为了对日本案例进行国际比较，我们研究了德国最近的发展，在那里实施了各种计划细胞；而在美国，“美国说话”和“凯特林基金会”支持协商民主作为一种基层民主。我们的研究结果是就参与机构的多样性和公平资料等方面，列出一套质素控制和改善基金质素的准则，以便我们提出一套质素控制系统，包括建立资料库和观察良好做法。

Implementation of Deliberative Forums (DCF) on a nationwide level between 2006 and 2010 were studied, more than half of the cases being organized by the Junior Chamber International Japan with several types of programs or organization. The topics were closed to the everyday life of the citizens; we analysed their motivation for participation in the cases of Takasaki and Toyoyama. For international comparison of the Japanese cases, we studied recent development in Germany, where variations of the Plannings Cells have been implemented; while in the USA, "America Speaks" and the "Kettering Foundation" support Deliberative Democracy as a kind of grass roots democracy. The result of our studies is a catalogue of criteria for quality control and improvement of DCF as regards variety of participants and fair information among others, such that we could propose a system for quality control including the implementation of a database and observation of good practices.