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Better Regulation Through Public Engagement

This conference explored the importance of public engagement in achieving better regulation, including effective standards, compliance, and alignment. It highlighted the need for a multi-stakeholder approach and the benefits of continuous dialogue and shared responsibility.

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Better Regulation Through Public Engagement

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  1. Better RegulationThrough Public Engagement Better Regulation Conference Halifax September 30 2008 Don Lenihan Chair in Public Engagement Public Policy Forum

  2. What do we want? • Better regulation aims at: • More effective standards and regulations • Better compliance • Alignment across areas to improve efficiency and competitiveness • Continuous improvement

  3. Why consult? • Government doesn’t have all the expertise • Consultation promotes compliance • Harmonization and alignment are necessary to achieve key goals, like a skilled labour force

  4. How does government usually consult? • What do you think we should do to solve this problem? • Takes a narrow view of the issues that creates winners and losers • Makes government secretive, defensive and unwilling to make difficult decisions • Suggests that the responsibility for success/failure lies with government alone

  5. A different starting point… • Government doesn’t have all the answers • It can’t do all the heavy lifting • If we want to achieve key public goals—e.g. sustainable development—stakeholders and government must work together • Public engagement is about sharing the responsibility for achieving the goal (e.g. better regulation)

  6. How a multi-stakeholder approach works Views → Deliberation → Action → Evaluation The Engagement Continuum

  7. The on-going dialogue

  8. The results • A more disciplined public dialogue • Shared goals and priorities around which to plan and organize (e.g. harmonize standards and regulations) • Clarification and alignment of roles

  9. The results • Shared responsibility to act to achieve the goals • Trust and cooperation between the various stakeholders • On-going dialogue, and ability to adjust to changing circumstances

  10. Process matters… • Public engagement is not about “giving away” government’s power • It is about exercising it differently to engage the public in solving problems together

  11. The Crossing Boundaries Governance Program Public Policy Forum www.crossingboundaries.ca (613) 238-7160

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