Großdubrau calls for citizen participation: your voice is part!

Großdubrau calls for citizen participation: your voice is part!

On August 12, 2025, the members of the technical committee met in the Großdubrau club house to advance the development of the community. At 7:00 p.m. it was time - under the motto "design together", all residents were invited to participate. At this session, important topics were discussed that affect Life in Großdubrau and to improve their design with the citizens.

But what makes citizen participation so important? As a look at current developments shows, it is a key to lively, democratic politics. In these processes, masterminds are often not only the politicians, but also the citizens themselves who are included in decision -making processes. An example of this is the local and administrative reform (KVR) in Rhineland-Palatinate, which shows how successful citizen participation can look like. The state parliament decided to involve the citizens at an early stage, which should create a future -proof administrative structure - a model that could also be interesting for the community of Großdubrau.

Citizen participation as a treasure for the community

The idea behind an active citizen participation is simple: if people can have a say, this increases not only the acceptance of decisions, but also the general well -being in the community. The problems of the past reforms, such as in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, show what happens when the bourgeois voice is not heard. In contrast, there are experiences from Rhineland-Palatinate, where citizen congresses and regional conferences serve to collect ideas and criticism. Over 80% of the citizens there support the measures - a clear indicator that citizens' participation in politics is urgently needed.

outlook for the future

In Großdubrau, the next step could be to put on similar participation processes and give the citizens the opportunity to actively help shape. A new culture of communication and participation could increase both the interest and satisfaction of the citizens. In the best case, this means that conflicts are addressed early and the disenchantment with politics decreases. It remains to be seen whether and how the ideas and impulses from the technical committee are processed in local politics.

The session on August 12 was only the beginning. It will be exciting to observe how the municipality of Großdubrau gives the citizens a voice and which models prove to be viable. The integration of the citizens would not only benefit the municipality, but to every single in the community - this is a fact that experts also underline again and again.