Deliberative Public Engagement - Nine Principles
Deliberative public engagement is a distinctive approach to involving people in decision-making. It is different from other forms of engagement in that it is about giving participants time to consider and discuss an issue in depth before they come to a considered view.
Deliberation itself - where a range of people learn, discuss and work out solutions together - is not new. Forums, advisory groups, partnerships and some forms of consultation have done this for years and are becoming increasingly sophisticated. More recently, citizens' juries and large-scale citizens' summits have found favour with government and public service providers at both local and national levels.
The aim of this document is to encourage and support good quality deliberative public engagement activities. The authors believe that when done well, such activities can help to create better public services, promote social cohesion and foster a thriving democracy.
The book has been produced by Involve, the National Consumer Council and Diane Warburton at Shared Practice as the lead author. The production of the principles was informed by a series of stakeholder discussions held between November 2007 and April 2008.
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