Workshop

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Workshop

• Governance
• Paul Keating and Eamon Dooley

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Content

• Why discuss governance at an IAP conference?
• The Politics of Participation
• Institutionalising Participation

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The Politics of Participation

• Central Government - Local Government
• Representative - Participatory Democracy
• Social Inclusion - Service Provision
• Active Citizenship - Communitarianism
• Participation As a Means - As an End.

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Participation and Development

• How do we see ourselves?

Service Deliverers
Development Agencies
Output Focus
Outcome focus
Culture of Efficiency
Values Culture
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Policy Focus on Participation
Green paper on Stronger Local Democracy Cohesion
Process Task force on Active Citizenship
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Institutionalising Participation

• Has long been identified as a key challenge in
  the global development arena.
• Scaling-Up from a pilot, once-off or departmental
  approach.
• Redefining Organisational relationships
• Inter-organisational
• Intra-organisational
• Client-Public-Citizen

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Inter-organisational Participation

• Why?
• National Policy
• Effective implementation of local development.

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Inter-organisational Participation

• How?
• Can be the most challenging element
• Diverging approaches to Development
• Diverging organisational needs
• Differing resources
• Clarity between agencies is critical

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Intra-Organisational Participation

• Why?
• Congruence - Values and Practice
• Culture - Power and Empowerment
• Champion - Need and Challenges

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Intra-Organisational Participation

• How?
• With difficulty and Commitment to the Why
• Internal leadership and external stimulus
• Organisational Theory
• The Learning Organisation
• Participatory Management

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Client-Public-Citizen Participation

• Why
• Strengthen local Democracy
• Fulfil planning requirements.
• Effectiveness.

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Client-Public-Citizen Participation

• How
• Clarify the why
• Be prepared to hand over the stick/Pen
• Training and resources for staff
• Legislation
• Building Trust and Confidence
• Adopting models.

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Why Discuss Governance at an IAP conference?

• Popular and Political commitment to
  Participation/Active Citizenship
• Recreating- re energising models of partnership
• Evolving the Legislative Framework
• Need for Further Evidence and Models