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Author Archives: Ingrid Prikken
Reframing conflict
This post explores the challenges of conflict to effective participation. Should we reframe our approach to dealing with conflict in light of the localism agenda? A few weeks ago Involve and Consumer Focus hosted a seminar to explore ‘where next … more » – Reframing conflict
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Tagged citizen participation, community, localism, pathways through participation
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The use of public engagement in tackling climate change
This blog is featured from our newsletter. Sign up for our newsletter here. Today we are launching our latest briefing paper. It explores the potential for impact of public engagement on individuals’ attitudes towards climate change and potentially their behaviour … more » – The use of public engagement in tackling climate change
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Tagged behavious change, citizenship, climate change, dialogue, distributed dialogue, nudge, nudge think shove, public, sustainability
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Community Rights: a daunting prospect for local participation?
The Localism Act presents a transfer of power from central government to local councils and communities, giving them the right to take over local assets, drive improvements in local services and draw up neighbourhood plans. There appear to be some barriers … more » – Community Rights: a daunting prospect for local participation?
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“Making Open Data real”: Involve’s consultation response
In August the Cabinet Office launched a public consultation “Making Open Data Real” about the Government’s proposed approach for Transparency and Open Data Strategy, which is aimed at establishing a culture of openness and transparency in public services. We have … more » – “Making Open Data real”: Involve’s consultation response
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Tagged consultation, deliberative democracy, national government, Open Data, public services, transparency
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Climate change demands radical behaviour change… to how government engages the public
The UK has committed to reducing carbon emissions with 80% by 2050. This is the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s 2050 Challenge. It is a colossal challenge that can only be met if radical changes are made to the … more » – Climate change demands radical behaviour change… to how government engages the public
What’s keeping Young Urban Professionals from becoming Young Urban Participants?
Last week (Tuesday the 8th of February) Involve hosted a session at the launch of the Faiths Forum for London. Drawing from the preliminary results of our Pathways through Participation research, we intended to foster a discussion exploring how to unleash social … more » – What’s keeping Young Urban Professionals from becoming Young Urban Participants?
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Turkey: the ‘why’ of participation in strategic planning
In October I had the privilege of going to Ankara for a week to examine the quality of stakeholder engagement in strategic planning in Turkish public policy making. The project is carried out in cooperation with TEPAV (Economic Policy Research Foundation … more » – Turkey: the ‘why’ of participation in strategic planning
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