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have you participated in a public forum to discuss policy or community issues? Stay standing if at that forum there was a reasonable… …gender balance …mix of personal and professional backgr... ounds …range of perspectives and opinions …age range (i.e. 3 generations) …sense that most participants felt included and influential …sense that most participants enjoyed it … sense that their participation would have a clear impact Key challenges organisingcommunity participation in decision-making Why these three dimensions? Inclusion & diversity: legitimacy experience & expertise, effectiveness; Quality of communication: A method to promote dialogue or deliberation? informed + considered judgement Impact: making participation meaningful and consequential developing social capital: trust & capacity Enhancing citizen engagement in political decision making Participatory Budgeting in Scotland An assembly of citizens, demographically representative of the larger population, brought together to learn and deliberate on a topic in order to inform public opinion and decision-making Group work exercise: matching methods to public participation goals consider public participation goals strengths and weaknesses Whose Voice: how representative can any public be? Whose Agenda: are the benefits of participation equally weighted for participants as facilitators? Outputs versus Outcomes: are the constraints of time, money, relevance and consultation fatigue acknowledged for both parties? Aspirational or Tick-boxing? Further references and resources: Escobar, O (2014) Towards Participatory Democracy, now online: http://postmag.org/towards-participatory-democracy-in-scotland The most comprehensive study of citizens juries (‘Full Report’ is downloadable on the right column): http://www.climatexchange.org.uk/reducing-emissions/citizens-juries-wind-farm-development-scotland Other useful links and resources http://participedia.net http://participationcompass.org www.involve.org.uk http://www.pas.org.uk http://www.iap2.org http://pbscotland.scot http://www.voicescotland.org.uk http://www.communityscot.org.uk [Show More]

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