Public Engagement in a Multi-Stakeholder World
Event documents
When: Friday, March 18, 2011 - 08:00 - 16:00
Where: The Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa
Public engagement is a new way of thinking about how government works together with citizens, communities and stakeholders to achieve a wide range of goals that it cannot achieve alone, such as population health, adjustment to climate change, building a highly skilled labour force or national security. This daylong seminar, facilitated by Dr. Don Lenihan, Vice President, Engagement, Public Policy Forum, takes seriously the idea that a new generation of public processes is on the horizon. They contrast sharply with traditional consultation processes, which are increasingly part of the problem, rather than the solution.
Since the fall of 2007, the Public Policy Forum has offered this seminar on public engagement over 75 times to over 1500 public servants across Canada and internationally. The course provides a practical, learning-intensive introduction to the PPF's public engagement framework, examines key issues in the field, and uses New Brunswick's ground-breaking Poverty Reduction Initiative as a case study to illustrate the approach.
What you will learn
The seminar will focus on four basic questions:
- What is "public engagement"?
- What's wrong with traditional consultation?
- How do public engagement processes work?
- How do they change the way we think about policy development and service delivery?
Origins of the approach
Our approach to public engagement was first developed by Don Lenihan through five pilot projects in the Province of New Brunswick. Over the last three years it has been refined through work with nine Canadian governments and the Government of Australia, including a network of over 500 public servants and several pilot projects.
Event Details
Public Engagement in a Multi-Stakeholder World
A Public Policy Forum Seminar
Date: Friday, March 18th, 2011
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: The Fairmont Château Laurier
Address: 1 Rideau Street, Ottawa
Room: Québec Suite
For more information, please contact Matt LeBlanc.
