The workshops are intended for local government employees and will be of interactive nature. Their goal is to acquire practical knowledge and skills necessary to effectively plan, conduct and communicate public consultations in the municipality. The workshop programme addresses new challenges related to the general plan and the potential for using innovative deliberative tools in local government practice. The workshops will also provide a valuable opportunity to develop practical recommendations for implementation in local governments.
The event is organised in cooperation with the Zdu艅ska Wola City Office as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Faculty of Economics and Sociology of the 91滴滴.
The workshops coordinator is Dr Agnieszka Rze艅ca and they will be led by Dr Ewa Boryczka, Dr Kamil Brzezi艅ski and mgr Agata Burli艅ska.
The workshops are a continuation of the IDUB project "Participatory adaptation of cities to climate change 鈥� a guide for effective action by authorities and residents for Polish and Eastern European cities". The publication 鈥� the eponymous Guide 鈥� can be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Lodz University Press.
Programme
Introduction
What are and what are not public consultations?
Part I
The Municipal General Plan Consultation Process: How to Discuss Individual and Public Interests?
From the Basics: Requirements of the Spatial Planning and Development Act
- Consultation is a Process. A Good Plan is Necessary!
- My Interest and the Public Interest: How to Communicate Difficult Information
- Embarrassment of Riches 鈥� How to Manage a Meeting with Many Participants?
- Communicating Consultation Results: Transparency and Plain Language
Part II
Deliberative Co-Decision-Making: A New Real-Utopia in Public Consultations?
- Deliberation and Deliberative Democracy: Main Assumptions, Characteristics, and Possible Applications
- Selected Deliberative Methods and Techniques: Adaptability in Polish Conditions with Examples
- Pros and Cons of Deliberation: Collaborative Development of Arguments For and Against Deliberative Co-Decision-Making (Workshop Part)
- Summary and Discussion
Part III
Questions and answers and individual consultations with the instructors
Source: mgr Klaudia Kami艅ska
Edit: Dr Jakub Zasina