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Description
The project objective is to increase the level and quality of public participation in decision-making at the local level in Poland, by training approximately 400 ‘public participation practitioners’ to become promoters and organisers of participatory processes in their communities.
Main components:
1. Networking, exchange knowledge and education activities, including: 5 nation-wide ‘Participation Practitioners’ Forums’ (annual peer-learning 2-days events);7 regional ‘Participation Practitioners’ Forums’ (peer-learning 1-day events);one interactive event for young leaders of public participation;and 4-5 seminars focused on deepening knowledge on concrete aspects or topics of participation processes.
2. An anti-burning programme aimed at officials responsible for conducting civic participation processes in their local governments.
3. Development and promotion of a web portal
4. Promotion of dialogue and public participation in municipalities and institutions which have not used participative tools nor organised public consultations in the past.
The planned activities will enable the representatives of municipalities, CSOs and local leaders to gain new skills, knowledge and contacts, and as a result - to increase the group of civic participation practitioners in Poland. The project will help to identify, integrate and empower participation practitioners, both beginners and seasoned specialists from all over Poland: members of the CSO and local activists, including young people, but also local government officials and councillors.
Thanks to the project they will improve their skills and become promoters and organisers of participatory processes in their communities in the future. They will be able to organize more processes of better quality, engage new groups, collaborate with local partners, develop local activism.