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Public Participation

Explore the diverse perspectives and tools of public participation in environmental decision-making, addressing key questions and assessing implementation effectiveness and citizen power. Learn about the challenges, good and bad practices of public engagement.

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Public Participation

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  1. Public Participation An Introduction to the NGO Perspective by Michael Ewing

  2. The Three Legged Convention European ECO Forum

  3. The bread has to be good, but the filling is what makes it a sandwich ! European ECO Forum

  4. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making • Who are the Public? • What is Participation? • What is Environmental Decision-Making? • What are the Tools we can use? European ECO Forum

  5. A common understanding of the meaning of Public Participation European ECO Forum

  6. What is Participation? Public participation, means different things to different people. The level at which the public is involved varies with the relevant legislation, and the attitudes of the other stakeholders. Simply stated, to participate is to take part, to share and act together. Participation is an essential part of developing a sustainable future European ECO Forum

  7. DAD or DEAD • Studies indicate a serious gap in understanding and trust between stakeholders • Existing decision-making structures are often based on either the traditional DAD (Decide, Announce and Defend) or DEAD (Decide, Educate, Announce and Defend) methods, and this can be seen as one source of this gap in trust. European ECO Forum

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  9. Degrees of Citizen PowerArnstein’s Ladder Increasing Public Power European ECO Forum

  10. An Assessment of the Implementationof Articles 6,7 & 8 • Law – Evaluate the national legislative frameworks • Effort – Assess the government’s actions to provide public participation, including the implementation of laws • Effectiveness – Assess if laws and government efforts resulted in effective practice European ECO Forum

  11. Apply Values • Very Good • Good • Intermediate • Poor • Very Bad • Justify with examples and explanation • Examples of good and bad practice European ECO Forum

  12. Initial Findings • Responses from across the region • 13 Parties • 3 Signatories • Follow up interviews • Ongoing research • Reporting in Sept • Thanks to the respondents so far European ECO Forum

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  17. Public Participation Practice • Wealth of expertise • Wide range of methods • Great lack of capacity • Lack of understanding • Cynicism • Clash between representative and participatory democracy European ECO Forum

  18. Thank You Goraibhmaithagat European ECO Forum

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