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American Evaluation Association
The American Evaluation Association is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. Evaluation involves assessing the strengths and weaknesses of programs, policies, personnel, products, and organizations to improve their effectiveness.
The American Evaluation Association's mission is to:
- Improve evaluation practices and methods
- Increase evaluation use
- Promote evaluation as a profession and
- Support the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action.
AEA has approximately 4000 members representing all 50 states in the US as well as over 60 foreign countries.
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American Planning Association
APA is a nonprofit public interest and research organization committed to urban, suburban, regional, and rural planning. APA and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, advance the art and science of planning to meet the needs of people and society.
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AmericaSpeaks
AmericaSpeaks, a non-profit organization, engages citizens in the public decisions that impact their lives.
AmericaSpeaks develops innovative deliberative tools that work for both citizens and decision makers. These tools give citizens an opportunity to have a strong voice in public decision making within the increasingly short timeframes required of decision makers. As a result, citizens can impact decisions and those in leadership positions can make more informed, lasting decisions.
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Association for Conflict Resolution
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is a professional organization dedicated to enhancing the practice and public understanding of conflict resolution. ACR represents and serves a diverse national and international audience that includes more than 6,000 mediators, arbitrators, facilitators, educators, and others involved in the field of conflict resolution and collaborative decision-making. Anyone interested in the field of conflict resolution is welcome to join.
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Canadian Policy Research Network
CPRN's mission is to create knowledge and lead public debate on social and economic issues important to the well-being of Canadians.
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Centre for World Dialogue
Organization formed on the principles of the right to free and open discussion of ideas. They produce a quarterly journal and host various dialogue themed events and conferences.
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Co-Intelligence Institute
The nonprofit Co-Intelligence Institute (CII) promotes awareness of co-intelligence and of the many existing tools and ideas that can be used to increase it. The CII embraces all such ideas and methods, and explores and catalyzes their integrated application to democratic renewal, community problems, organizational transformation, national and global crises and the creation of just, vibrant, sustainable cultures.
We research, network, advocate, and help organize leading-edge experiments and conversations in order to weave what is possible into new, wiser forms of civilization.
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Coastal CRC - Citizen Science Toolbox
Citizen science is a participatory process for including all sectors of society - general public, government and industry - in the development and conduct of public-interest research in order to bridge the gaps between science and the community and between scientific research and policy, decision-making and planning. Bridging these gaps involves a process of social learning through sound environmental research, full public participation, the adoption of adaptive management practices and the development of democratic values, skills and institutions for an active civil society.
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Communication Initiative
Goal: Advance the extent and quality of communication and change information.
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Community Engagement in Policing
This site is intended to provide an information space for members of the Practitioner Panel and those involved in the three demonstration areas – along with other community engagement practitioners who have an interest in this work. It lprovides links to resources that are being made to UK police in their work to achieve a closer neighbourhood/community focus.
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Cooperative Conservation
Cooperative Conservation describes the efforts of landowners, communities, conservation groups, industry, and governmental agencies who join together to conserve our environment. Through cooperative conservation, citizens from every walk of life enhance, restore, and protect lands, waters, air, and wildlife resources on public and private lands. Through cooperative conservation, citizens play a central and substantive role in the stewardship and governance of the environments in which they live, work, and play.
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Crime Reduction UK
A guide on building community cohesion in the UK.
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Deliberative Democracy Consortium
The DDC is a network of researchers working together to strengthen the field of deliberative democracy.
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Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation & Accountability
The Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, or Citizenship DRC, is an international research partnership exploring new forms of citizenship that will help make rights real.
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Educators for Community Engagement
Educators for Community Engagement is the only national organization committed to democratizing classrooms and communities through learning circles, service-learning, and critical dialogue.
ECE brings together college and university students, faculty, staff, and local community organizations to develop and implement creative strategies for teaching, learning, and social justice.
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EPA - Public Involvement Site
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s public involvement web pages have been expanded to include new materials and links to useful information about tools and techniques in use all over the world. The site also includes a new Feedback section with ready-to-use surveys for activities such as: hearings, meetings, listening sessions, FACA groups, community advisory groups, small group discussions and stakeholder negotiations. In addition, the Public Involvement Resources and Training (PIRT) database, previously on EPA’s intranet, is now publicly available. Not only can you use the information it contains, you can suggest additional resources, conferences and trainings.
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Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals are to:
- Strengthen democratic values,
- Reduce poverty and injustice,
- Promote international cooperation and
- Advance human achievement
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Idea Catchers
Idea Catchers is a virtual organization offering tools to
- Foster positive group dialogue
- Enable consensus-based decision-making
- Facilitate conflict resolution
- Manage transition and change
- Achieve break-through results
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Imaginal Training
A great source for ice-breakers and other tools.
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Institute of Public Administration Australia
The Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) is the professional association for people interested in government reform, policy issues, trends, best practice and innovation in public sector management. IPAA NSW aims to enhance the relevance, integrity, reputation and intellectual base of the public sector.
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International Association of Facilitators
The IAF encourages and supports the formation of local groups of facilitators to network and provide professional development opportunities for their members.
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International Observatory on Participatory Democracy
This is a Web site that is open to all of the world's cities that want to learn about, exchange or apply experiences relating to participative democracy on a local level.
- To strengthen democracy in city government
- To learn about innovative practices of active citizen participation in urban planning and management
- To promote the integration of all of the city's residents in the local government
- To apply local policies for sustainable development and social cohesion
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National Assembly for Wales
The aim of HOWIS is "to promote the health and well being of everyone living in Wales and provide effective and efficient health services".
The site provides links to practical guides for health workers and managers on ways to involve patients and the public in decision-making.
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National Association for Community Facilitators
COMMUNITY MEDIATION offers constructive processes for resolving differences and conflicts between individuals, groups, and organizations. It is an alternative to avoidance, destructive confrontation, prolonged litigation or violence. It gives people in conflict an opportunity to take responsibility for the resolution of their dispute and control of the outcome. Community mediation is designed to preserve individual interests while strengthening relationships and building connections between people and groups, and to create processes that make communities work for all of us.
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National Association for Community Mediation
NAFCM'S MISSION is to support the maintenance and growth of community-based mediation programs and processes, to present a compelling voice in appropriate policy-making, legislative, professional, and other arenas, and to encourage the development and sharing of resources for these efforts.
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National Charrette Institute
The National Charrette Institute (NCI) is a nonprofit educational institution. We help people build community capacity for collaboration to create healthy community plans. We teach professionals and community leaders the art and science of Dynamic Planning, a holistic, collaborative planning process that harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties to create and support a feasible plan. And we advance the fields of community planning and public involvement through research and publications.
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National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
NCDD brings together those who actively practice, promote and study inclusive, high quality conversations. We believe that elevating the quality of thinking and communication in organizations and among citizens is key to solving humanity's most pressing problems.
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National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution
The National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution (NIACR) was founded for the purpose of advancing the field of conflict resolution in the United States, and promoting a greater understanding of the role of mediation in resolving disputes. This website was created not only to provide an online resource for practicing mediators, but also to make available to the general public information about issues pertaining to mediation and conflict resolution.
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National Issues Forum Institute
National Issues Forums (NIF) is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally sponsored public forums for the consideration of public policy issues. It is rooted in the simple notion that people need to come together to reason and talk — to deliberate about common problems. Indeed, democracy requires an ongoing deliberative public dialogue.
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Public Conversations Project
Public Conversation Project promotes constructive conversations about divisive public issues and offers training in dialogue.
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Public Dialogue Consortium
A group of educators, consultants, and practitioners who promote high quality communication on group issues.
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Quirk's Marketing Research Review
For 15 years Quirk's Marketing Research Review has been providing practical applications in marketing research. Our mission is to be the marketing research information source.
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Resource Centres for Participatory Learning and Action
The RCPLA network is an alliance of seventeen different organisations from around the world, that strives to promote the empowerment of the disadvantaged through participation in their own development. The Network helps researchers and practitioners share information and experience about Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) approaches, and encourages the improved implementation of these approaches globally. The Network hopes to further the role of participatory approaches into governance structures to create change. Each member of the Network brings with it specific strengths, but are united in their desire to provide access to a variety of resources.
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Study Circles Resource Center
The Study Circles Resource Center is dedicated to finding ways for all kinds of people to engage in dialogue and problem solving on critical social and political issues. SCRC helps communities by giving them the tools to organize productive dialogue, recruit diverse participants, find solutions, and work for action and change.
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Toolkit Partnership
WHAT IS THE TOOLKIT PARTNERSHIP?
We are a growing group of civil society (NGO) and local government organisations from all over the world, working together to promote participatory local governance.
Our site offers information on tools which promote citizen participation, a forum for discussions and it holds articles for further reference. We hope that our site inspires you to participate more fully in local governance!
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