Planning for Effective Public Participation
This introductory module of the IAP2 Certificate Program provides the fundamentals for effective public participation. Using IAP2’s Spectrum for Public Participation, participants will learn how to establish clear and achievable objectives for public participation and how to define a promise to the public.
Participants will learn how to prepare their organization for conducting public participation and how to plan for the timing, techniques, and resources needed to make public participation a success. Students will also learn about the practical application of IAP2 Core Values of Public Participation, how the IAP2 Code of Ethics applies to both practitioners and clients, and how to employ the IAP2 Foundations of Public Participation in a step-wise approach to plan and design public participation programs.
Course content includes detailed examples and practical hands-on exercises so participants leave with the tools needed to build realistic public participation programs. Course materials include exercises using IAP2’s five steps for planning effective public participation.
At the conclusion of Planning for Effective Public Participation, you’ll be equipped to:
- Apply the full scope of planning needed for effective participation, including information, timing, resources, techniques, and roles and responsibilities
- Use a variety of ways to identify publics and how to understand potential impacts of actions
- Select the appropriate level of public participation
- Set clear, shared objectives for effective participation
- Develop a public participation plan
- Identify appropriate evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of public participation programs.
Note: Planning for Effective Public Participation is aprerequisite for all other IAP2 Public Participation Certificate training.
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