The opening of the decision-making processes and the involvement of public (public participation) is becoming a necessary condition for the achieving of social acceptability of environmental, spatial planning, energy and other projects that affect the quality of life of individuals and communities.
But the precondition for an effective public participation is above all a comprehensive and clear informing of the public. Here the establishment and maintaining of the continuous two-way symmetrical communication between the organization (or project managers) and the public is of particular importance.
In the field of organizing and facilitating the participatory processes we build a strategic partnership with the leading Slovene and foreign expert facilitators.
We advise our clients on:
- analysing the social environment (the general and special features of the social environment, identification of interest groups and their communication capabilities, identification of needs, problems and issues, acquaintance with the normative frames of public participation etc.);
- when and how to involve public in the decision-making process;
- how to define the purpose and scope of public participation;
- which tools and methods for public participation to choose (e.g. workshops, round tables, fora, panel discussions, etc.);
- how to plan and implement communication support of different events during the participatory processes (e.g. publications, web pages, press conferences etc.)