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Learning from Your Neighbor

Utilize mediation and facilitation for program, regulation, and policy development, fostering institutionalization at various governmental levels. Explore citizen and stakeholder input in public participation, differing approaches between PPDR and PP, evaluation studies, and future improvements.

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Learning from Your Neighbor

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  1. Learning from Your Neighbor Public Policy Dispute Resolution And Public Participation

  2. Public Policy Dispute Resolution • PPDR • Using mediation and facilitation to assist stakeholders on program, regulation or policy development • Growing institutionalization at local, state and federal level • Related topics: multi-party negotiation, consensus-building, deliberative democracy

  3. Public Participation • PP • Citizen or stakeholder input to government, nonprofits or businesses • Many forms: public hearings, online polls, open houses, etc. • Related topics: civic culture, dialogue, consultation, involvement

  4. PPDR and PP Commonalities • Goals and Values • Concepts and objectives • Practices Differences • Reaching an Agreement • Scope of Participation • Representation and Authority

  5. PPDR Evaluation • Separate stream from PP • A few overlaps of evaluation studies, PPDR and PP • PP has more robust studies • Future PPDR evaluation needs to learn/draw from PP evaluations

  6. PPDR Evaluation – Improvements • Four studies of PP evaluation • Findings A) Representation and Legitimacy B) Draw from inductive and deductive criteria C) Clearer relationships: Measures and Goals D) More robust treatment of participation dynamics within a PPDR case

  7. Thanks, Authors Maureen Berner and John Stephens School of Government University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.sog.unc.edu stephens@sog.unc.edu

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