Citizen Participation IIMC Certification Course John Stephens - PDF document

2/17/2017 Citizen Participation IIMC Certification Course John Stephens February 15, 2017 Is this your reaction when you hear about “citizen participation”? 1

2/17/2017 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 2

2/17/2017 Why? Who? How and When? Action on Citizen Participation 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 3

2/17/2017 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? 4

2/17/2017 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 5

2/17/2017 Choosing a way to improve citizen participation • Public Outreach and Participation pages 21, 33-44 • Table discussion, Options 1-4 • Individual writing 6