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Local Government Programming In-service October 22 & 23, 2014. Deliberative Governance: Civil Discourse and Public Engagement Presented by Bill Rizzo Professor & Local Government Specialist UWEX Local Government Center. Toward More Deliberative Local Government: A Theory of Change. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Local Government Programming In-service
October 22 & 23, 2014Deliberative Governance:Civil Discourse and Public Engagement
Presented by Bill RizzoProfessor & Local Government Specialist
UWEX Local Government Center
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Toward More Deliberative Local Government:
A Theory of Change To be democratic, local government must be
representative. To be representative, local government must be
well-informed.
To be well-informed, local government must be deliberative.
To be deliberative, local government must be collaborative.
To be collaborative, the governance environment must be civil.
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What is ‘deliberative governance?’
Deliberative governance is a set of three topics dealing with how communities make decisions,
address local issues, meet local needs, and solve local problems. It is, therefore, not just a core local
government topic but a core community development topic.
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Three Topics
1. Civility and Civil Discourse
2. Public Engagement
3. Deliberative Process
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Civility
Tolerance
Respectful Interaction
Listening
Compromise
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Civil DialogueCivility – Tolerance, Respectful Interaction, Listening, Compromise
Dialogue – An exchange of ideas and opinions. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
Civil Dialogue – A respectful exchange of views during which participants listen to better understand others’ perspectives and seek solutions through compromise and the pursuit of common ground.
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Civility is not a new idea in government.
Absent a civil environment, effective public engagement is virtually impossible.
The public is frustrated with the lack of civility in government.
Civility is intentional; a civil governance environment can be built and sustained.
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Public Engagement…
…what local officials do to find out what their constituents think, feel, believe, and value…what concerns them…relative to a local issue, problem or decision.
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Purposes of Public Participation
(IAP2) To inform the public;
To consult the public;
To involve the public;
To collaborate with the public;
To empower the public
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Public Engagement Principles
(IAP2) Those affected by a decision are
involved in the decision-making process.
The public's contribution will influence the decision.
Decision-makers communicate to participants how their input affected the decision.
Recognizes and communicates the needs and interests of all participants, including decision makers.
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Public Engagement Challenges in Local
Government Differing views of representative democracy;
Local government culture, process, and history;
Public attitudes toward involvement;
The politicization of government
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Deliberative Engagement
Engagement activities in which the public collaborates with local officials to define an issue and generate solution and policy ideas to address it.
Two-step process:1. Issue Naming & Framing2. Public Deliberation
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Issue Naming & Framing
Issue Naming - What is the problem we need to talk about?
Issue Framing - What are the critical options and drawbacks are for deciding what to do about that problem?
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Done through a representative team of citizens;
Involves learning about the issue and how citizens feel about it?
Addresses three questions: What concerns you about this issue? Given those concerns, what would you or
others do about it? If that worked to ease your concern, what are
the downsides or trade-offs we might then have to accept?
Produces an Issue Guide for public deliberation step.
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When to Name & Frame an Issue
With “wicked” problems;
Contentious issue;
When an issue affects most or all of a community;
Issue keeps coming back…eludes resolution;
Do NOT use with routine issues or issues that can be resolved using education, technology, or technical information.
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Public Deliberation Facilitated, structured public events
where a representative collection of citizens meet to talk about and evaluate each alternative generated by a Naming & Framing team. Three questions are addressed:
What actions should be taken to implement this alternative?
What are the advantages of this alternative?
What are the tradeoffs of this alternative?
May produce preferred alternative/recommendation.
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Provides local officials with good information to support decision-making;
Build a community’s ‘deliberative capacity:’
Promotes sustainable decisions;
Helpful for addressing difficult, stubborn issues.
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Intended Outcomes & Impacts
(the “so what” question) Increase community problem-solving capacity;
Minimize transaction & opportunity costs;
Change the culture & cycle of disengagement;
Produce more supportable, sustainable policies;
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Audience Wants and Needs When and how to engage;
Tools and strategies for engagement planning and implementation
Reducing or intervening in conflict associated with uncivil or disruptive behavior by citizens and officials;
How to increase citizen involvement;
Core concepts and principles.
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Programming Opportunities Base concepts education
Public engagement planning
Tools & resources
Engaging local officials
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Resources My page on the LGC website
(http://lgc.uwex.edu/dg/index.html)
LGC Public Engagement Planning Tool
IAP2 Spectrum IAP2 Toolbox
Clear Vision Case Study
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Scholarship Opportunities Case studies, exemplars;
Impact measurement;
Examine attitudes of local officials toward civility, civil dialogue, public engagement, and deliberative process and techniques.
Training and education guides.
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Local Government Programming In-service
October 22 & 23, 2014Deliberative Governance:Civil Discourse and Public Engagement
Presented by Bill RizzoProfessor & Local Government Specialist
UWEX Local Government Center