Week 8 - Public Engagement

Question 1

What is Public Participation

Answer 1

Public participation is any
process that involves the
public in problem solving
or decision making and
uses public input to make
decisions

Public participation includes all aspects of
identifying problems and opportunities,
developing alternatives and making
decisions. It uses tools and techniques
that are common to a number of dispute
resolution and communications fields

Question 2

Public Participation is Interacting with

Answer 2

-Media
-Elected Officials
-Intrest Groups
-Professional Groups
-Developers
-Public

Question 3

Why involve the public?

Answer 3

-To achieve results
-To build trust
-To educate people about the situation
and the options
- To build relationships (and social
capital)
-To improve the quality of decisions
- To ease implementation