Citizen Engagement in Regional Planning and Policymaking
2 days total (9 hours) || ONLINE
Citizen engagement is recognised as a crucial task for socially robust, fit-for-purpose and inclusive policymaking. This training covers the rationales for citizen engagement, principles of best practice, as well as applied tools for running citizen engagement activities. The course includes a focus on the main types and methodologies of citizen engagement such as deliberation and co-creation together with case studies in their political context, and guidance on how to plan citizen engagement activities and find necessary resources. The training offers hands-on and practical exercises, in which participants will be invited to work on their own applied case.
The training will consist of four main modules:
- Module 1: Rationales of citizen engagement across public policy settings
- Module 2: Political context including local, regional and EU level initiatives
- Module 3: Approaches and methods with case study examples
- Module 4: Planning citizen engagement in a case study
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://europa.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpd-2orT0qHt3EB5HGOFaQOXeKQDyXVpGG
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Programme
9TH JUNE (DAY 1)
10:00 Welcome and Introduction
10:10 Icebreaker.
10:30 Break
10:40 Module 1: Citizen Engagement: meanings and rationales
11:15 Q&A
11:35 Break
11:40 Module 2: Social and policy context including local, regional and EU level initiatives
12:10 Q&A
12:30 Lunch break
14:00 Energiser
14:10 Module 3: Approach and methods with case study examples, with a focus on co-creation and deliberative approaches.
14:40 Q&A
15:00 Break
15:10 Module 3: Cont.
15:40 Activity
16:00 END
10TH JUNE (DAY 2)
10:00 Energiser
10.15 Module 4: Planning of Citizen Engagement in a case study. Organisation of group work.
10:45 Q&A
11:00 Module 4: Explain the group work. B|O rooms.
11:10 Break
11:20 Module 4: Exercise. B|O rooms. Cont.
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Module 4: Exercise. B|O rooms. Cont.
14:45 Break
14:55 Discussion – presentation of results
15:35 Implementation of CE opportunities: The Competence Centre on Participatory and Deliberative Democracy. The Community of Practice website and its inventories. Q/A
15:50 Evaluation
16:00 END