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  • Support Strategic Direction
  • We will work with community and partners to identify and act on key upstream risk factors.
  • Incorporate People's Needs
  • Facilitate Understanding
  • Improves Decisions

Foundations of Public Participation

STEP THREE

Select the Level of Participation

Objectives

  • Public Participation Definition
  • Relevance of Public Participation
  • Assess internal and external expectations
  • Select level on the Spectrum
  • Assess “readiness”
  • Engaging Public Effectively
  • Foundations of PP

And one more thing...

  • IAP2 Spectrum

STEP TWO

Learn From The Public

Next Steps:

  • Developing Objectives and a Plan
  • Evaluating the outcome
  • Continue to develop IAP2 skills in staff
  • Develop Community of Practice
  • Add to tool box - pilot project
  • Understand how people perceive the decision
  • Develop a comprehensive list of stakeholders
  • Correlate stakeholders and issues
  • Review/refine the scope of the decision

In Summary...

What is Public Participation?

  • Any process that involves the public in problem solving or decision-making

Five Steps for Public Participation Planning

  • Uses public input to make decision

Why Engage in Public Participation?

  • Gain Internal Commitment
  • Learn from the Public (pre-engagement)
  • Select the Level of Participation
  • Define the Decision Process and Participation Objectives
  • Design the Public Participation Plan

STEP FOUR:

Define the Decision Process and Participation Objectives

  • Understand the existing decision process
  • Set P2 objectives for each step in the process
  • Compare decision process with P2 objectives
  • Check to confirm objectives meet needs

Participation Objectives Worksheet

The Decision Process...

Where does P2 Fit / Add Value?

To identify specific objectives for P2 at each step in the decision process to ensure that the IAP2 Spectrum level and promise to the public are met.

Planning for Effective Public Participation

Core Values for the Practice of Public Participation

STEP ONE:

Gain Internal Commitment:

  • Identify the decision maker(s)
  • Clarify the scope of the decision
  • Identify preliminary stakeholders and issues
  • Assess internal view of the IAP2 Spectrum level

4. Public participation seeks out and facilitates the involvement of those potentially affected by or interested in a decision.

5. Public participation seeks input from participants in designing how they participate.

6. Public participation provides participants with the information they need to participate in a meaningful way.

7. Public participation communicates to participants how their input affected the decision.

1. The public should have a say in decisions about actions that could affect their lives.

2. Public participation includes the promise that the public's contribution will influence the decision.

3. Public participation promotes sustainable decisions by recognizing and communicating the needs and interests of all participants, including decision makers.

Health Canada Spectrum

Why Do Public Participation?

  • A population health approach

Decision Oriented

Tell me, I forget.

Show me, I remember.

Involve me, I understand.

~ Chinese Proverb

Values Based

Goals Driven

Five Steps for Public Participation Planning

  • Gain Internal Commitment
  • Learn from the Public (pre-engagement)
  • Select the Level of Participation
  • Define the Decision Process and Participation Objectives
  • Design the Public Participation Plan

Core Values - Making a Difference

  • Collaboration and Partnership
  • System Responsiveness and Quality
  • People/Community Focused
  • Openness and Transparency

Each person's view is a unique perspective on a larger reality. If I can "look out" through your view and you through mine, we will each see something we might not have seen alone.

Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA , USA

STEP FIVE:

Design the Public Participation Plan

  • Determine plan format
  • Integrate baseline data into plan format
  • Identify the public participation techniques
  • Identify support elements for implementation
  • Plan for evaluation

Evaluate the P2 Process and Results

Through evaluation comes learning, which makes improvement possible.

Evaluation Tools

  • Informal Feedback
  • Interviews
  • Questionnaires
  • Peer Evaluations
  • Debriefs
  • Formal Surveys
  • Formal Program Evaluation
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