Principles of good participation

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Principles of good participation

• Short presentation and world café
• Felix Rauschmayer, UFZ

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Participation

• Involvement of individuals or groups who are not
  part of the elected or appointed legal decision
  making bodies in preparing, making or
  implementing collectively binding decisions.  
• A participatory process is open to public input
  possibly including new forms of deliberation.
• Public (citizen) or stakeholder participation.
  Participation can take place through
  representation when the stakeholders are
  organised (e.g. environmental NGOs).

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Evaluation criteria

• Multitude of different lists
• Fairness and competence (Webler/Renn)
• GoverNat evaluation grid
• Dependent on aims of participation
• differ according to the person asked
• Abstract norms or context-related criteria
• Output-, outcome- vs. process-oriented

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Normativity of criteria

• Evaluation criteria need a basis for their
  normativity
• Discourse ethics / utilitarianism / pragmatism /
• Abstract norms or case-specific
• Scientists should not select the basis
• Scientists can present a covering list of
  criteria
• Recommending scientists cant escape normativity,
  but they can make it more explicit

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Webler and Tuler 2006

• Based on Webler et al. 2001
• 4 perspectives on appropriate public
  participation process
• Science-centered consultation
• Egalitarian deliberation
• Efficient Cooperation
• Informed Collaboration

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Policy implications (Webler et al. 2001)

• Design a process that meets the needs and desires
  of the potential participants
• Reflect carefully on what participants and
  planners expect of the process
• Be familiar with participation techniques and
  resources available
• Build in flexibility

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questions

• What are - according to you - main goals of
  participatory processes?
• Can you group or classify them?
• Can you deduce principles of good participation
  from these goals?
• Can you group or classify them?

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Schedule

• Documentation on posters
• Oldest person hosts the table
• Younger persons are ambassadors

• Presentation
• 1115-1130
• First question
• 1130-1150 1st round
• 1150-1210 2nd round
• 1210-1220 3rd round
• Second question
• 1220-1240 3rd round
• Plenary
• 1240-1300

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questions

• What are - according to you - main goals of
  participatory processes?
• Can you group or classify them?
• Can you deduce principles of good participation
  from these goals?
• Can you group or classify them?