Citizen Participation IIMC Certification Course John Stephens - - PDF document

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Citizen Participation

IIMC Certification Course John Stephens February 15, 2017

Is this your reaction when you hear about “citizen participation”?

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Or do you have a lot of “helping hands”? Citizen Participation (CP) Objectives

• Assess the costs and benefits of CP
• Identify barriers to broad, effective CP
• Best practices for supporting Advisory Boards
• Learn from each other: Lessons, tips, ideas
• Your next steps: Choose one new or enhanced way for

CP work

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Action on Citizen Participation

How and When? Who? Why?

How do you engage with citizens?

• Worksheet 1 – How do you engage with citizens?

– Table discussion (5 minutes) – Full group discussion

• Share table discussion with full group
• Instructor will record results in three secret categories

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Your view on citizen participation

• Worksheet 2 - Your view on citizen participation

– Table discussion (10 minutes) – Full group discussion

Costs and benefits of citizen participation

• Public Outreach and Participation (POP)

– Individual responses – POP worksheet, page 10

• Full group discussion

– Compare answers – Hardest costs to avoid/minimize? – Benefits you would like to maximize?

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Most important barriers to broad, effective citizen participation

• Public Outreach and Participation (POP)

– Individual responses – POP worksheet, page 20

• Table discussion – Worksheet 3, Section A
• Individual responses – Worksheet 3, Section B

Clerks and Advisory Boards

• Benefits and costs of Citizen Advisory Boards
• Best practices

– Range of possible clerk duties – Discussion/tips from clerks

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Choosing a way to improve citizen participation

• Public Outreach and Participation pages 21, 33-44
• Table discussion, Options 1-4
• Individual writing