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PROVIDER AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!

PROVIDER AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!. Annie Gunner Logan, CCPS, and Liz McEntee, GCVS. ABOUT OUR ORGANISATIONS. National representative association for major disability service providers in the voluntary sector

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PROVIDER AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!

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  1. PROVIDER AND CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT:BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! Annie Gunner Logan, CCPS, and Liz McEntee, GCVS DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  2. ABOUT OUR ORGANISATIONS National representative association for major disability service providers in the voluntary sector Local development agency and advocate for voluntary and community organisations in Glasgow and “Third Sector Interface” for Glasgow DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  3. Scotland and Ireland: some similarities • Importance of participatoryas well as representative democracy • Importance of wellbeingas a driver for better decision-making • Increasing momentum behind citizen and community engagement • Recognition that voluntary bodies are pivotal in facilitating community engagement DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  4. Scotland and Ireland: some differences • Scope and remit of local government • Degree of formality around participatory mechanisms DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  5. Proposed Community Empowerment legislation Community Planning Partnerships will have “a duty to consult and engage … on the outcomes to be achieved and how they can best be delivered, and consult and engage with communities in identifying and prioritising the outcomes that are to be delivered and ensure that community engagement is properly planned, resourced and integrated across partners.” DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  6. There’s more than one type of ‘engagement’… DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  7. Challenge #1: Specialist or generalist? DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  8. Challenge #2: Size and scope DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  9. Challenge #3: Representational credentials DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  10. Challenge #4: Capacity to engage “The trouble with democracy is that it takes up too many of one’s evenings.” DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  11. Challenge #5: Managing diversity DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  12. Challenge #6: DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

  13. Challenge #7: Beyond ‘representation’ DFI National Conference 2014: Citizen Engagement - Local Government for Local People

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