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PIMMS TRANSFER Master Class 2009 Almada | March 25 th. Public Participation Urban Mobility Planning and Management. Catarina Freitas Sustainable Environmental Management and Planning Department City Council of Almada, Portugal. … Goal.
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PIMMS TRANSFER Master Class 2009 Almada| March 25th Public Participation Urban Mobility Planning and Management Catarina Freitas Sustainable Environmental Management and Planning Department City Council of Almada, Portugal
… Goal The purpose of this Master Class is to improve the knowledge of the participants about public participation processes, … what are the concepts behind it, …how should we address it, …how to plan it, …what rules should be followed… and to guide and help them to design a public participation program that fits their specific needs.
… Objectives Objectives • Identify what are the major steps to prepare a Public Participation Program; • Get some ideas, rules and guidelines on how to design a Public Participation Program, namely techniques and methods of Public Participation; • Beware of different levels of Public Participation.
What is Public Participation • Porquê ?
Topics ... Why do we need Public Participation? ...What is the context of Public Participation? ... Ideas and concepts behind Public Participation ... How to set up a Public Participation Program ... Conclusions
Topics ... Why do we need Public Participation? ...What is the context of Public Participation? ... Ideas and concepts behind Public Participation ... How to set up a Public Participation Program ... Conclusions
... all the trees in our Planet can absorb 50 tons of CO2 per second ...
... all the Earth’s population produces 127 tons of waste per second ...
... each 20 minutes an animal or plant species disappears ...
... each second, 55 kg of oil are discharged into the sea...
... in 65 years, the world’s oil reserveswill be finished ...
... in each 4 seconds, a person dies of famine ...
… Earth is the only Planet in the Solar System that can give us shelter. Children’s Parliament 2008 | Forum 21 da Criança
... Why do we need public participation ? Why do we need Public Participation? • We ALL need to change ! (habits, attitudes, values, priorities, agenda …) • In order to change, we need to find common solutions, we need consensus, we need to act together … • To achieve consensus, we need to understand the perspectives of each other and overcome some differences …
... Why do we need public participation ? Why do we need Public Participation? • We need to arise awareness on the real problems humankind is facing today… • We need to communicate and provide information to the public in an accurate, complete and meaningful manner… • We need to involve and engage the population in planning and decision-making process… • We need to get the commitment from all the parts.
... Why do we need public participation ? Why do we need Public Participation? • We need to arise awareness on the real problems humankind is facing today… • We need to communicate and provide information to the public in an accurate, complete and meaningful manner… • We need to involve and engage the population in planning and decision-making process… • We need to get the commitment from all the parts. ... create open, early on, complete, effective and meaningful opportunities for public participation is of crucial importance …
Topics ... Why do we need Public Participation? ...What is the context of Public Participation? ... Ideas and concepts behind Public Participation ... How to set up a Public Participation Program ... Conclusions
... What is the context of Public Participation ? «Public participation is nice, but when we organise something, no one appears! » a sceptical Councillor …
... What is the context of Public Participation ? « In our Council there's not political will. That's it! » a Local Authority employee …
... What is the context of Public Participation ? « If politicians and local decision makers don’t prepare our city for future challenges, one can ask what do we need them for ?» a citizen …
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Pre-conceived ideas of decision makers, planners and experts: • The public doesn’t want to participate (only people that are against) … • The public does not know how to participate … • The public interfere in technical decisions … • Participation generates chaos and delays the projects... • Decision makers often get information on public opinion on a second-hand basis (briefings and summaries provided by staff)
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Pre-conceived ideas and complaints of Public • Public is involved in later stages of the project • “90% of the document/project is already defined” • Sometimes important stakeholders are left out • High controversial issues are not answered • Incomplete information provided (“hidden issues” or “impacts under valuated”) • Badly perceived idea of the problem/issue, based on misinformation
good public information is a necessary precondition for effective participation ! ... What is the context of Public Participation ? Pre-conceived ideas and complaints of Public • Public is involved in later stages of the project • “90% of the document/project is already defined” • Sometimes important stakeholders are left out • High controversial issues are not answered • Incomplete information provided (“hidden issues” or “impacts under valuated”) • Badly perceived idea of the problem/issue, based on misinformation
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Example:(An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore) Massive study carried out by University of California on scientific journal peer-reviewed articles on Climate Change during the last 10 years (sample of 10%,928 articles) Alongside, another study about articles on climate change published on popular press for the last 14 years (sample of 4 newspapers,636 articles)
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Example: % of articles in doubt as cause of Climate Change No. peer-reviewed articles dealing with Climate Change published in scientific journals during previous 10 years No. articles dealing with climate change published on popular press for the last 14 years 0% 928 626 53%
... What is the context of Public Participation ? What society do we want? Projections on World Energy Consumption Scenario 1 Scenario 2
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Scenario 1: BAU Business As Usual Is the scenario that no one wants, but almost everyone follows.
Almada (A2) 8.00 – 9.00 am More traffic
Extinction in plant communities Change in Temperature (Source: Green Paper – Adapting to climate change in Europe 2007) Source: Green Paper – Adapting to climate change in Europe – options for the EU action, 2007
... What is the context of Public Participation ? What society do we want? Projections on World Energy Consumption Scenario 1 Scenario 2
... What is the context of Public Participation ? Scenario 2: F4 Do twice as much with half the resources Is the scenario that (almost) everyone wants, but almost no one follows.
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