Community engagement is becoming integral to how providers of public services operate. It is considered a key to both project success and risk reduction.
It is increasingly a ‘must have’ competency for anyone overseeing programs that have an impact on the community, or require the involvement of stakeholders for project success.
Through participating in this ‘learning by doing’ interactive workshop, you will gain an appreciation of the importance of developing well considered community engagement plans and be able to discern effective community engagement from “tokenistic community consultation”.
Dialogue and deliberation: a framework
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