Peregian Community Survey FINAL - Summary Report · MCU13/0092

Guiding	
  Principles	
  	
  

The IAP2 core values were developed with broad international input to identify those aspects of public
participation, which cross national, cultural, and religious boundaries.

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council recognises the full spectrum of engagement activities from
informing through consulting and involving to collaboration and empowerment as advocated by the
International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) (Community Engagement Policy 2009 p3) for
use in the development and implementation of public participation processes.

Within class the theoretical principles and IAP2 were examined and challenged within examples of best
practice application and inauthentic consultation cases. The student designed Consultation Plans
including stakeholder analysis, were prepared with this consideration, and importantly the ability to
critically analyse results based on sample and survey method.




IAP2	
  Core	
  Values	
  -­‐	
  ‘putting	
  people	
  at	
  the	
  heart	
  of	
  decision-­‐making	
  that	
  impacts	
  their	
  lives’	
  	
  

The	
  purpose	
  of	
  these	
  core	
  values	
  is	
  to	
  help	
  organisations,	
  decision	
  makers	
  and	
  practitioners	
  
make	
  better	
  decisions	
  which	
  reflect	
  the	
  interests	
  and	
  concerns	
  of	
  potentially	
  affected	
  people	
  
and	
  entities.	
  	
  
	
  
1.	
  The	
  public	
  should	
  have	
  a	
  say	
  in	
  decisions	
  about	
  actions	
  that	
  could	
  affect	
  their	
  lives.	
  
	
  
2.	
  Public	
  participation	
  includes	
  the	
  promise	
  that	
  the	
  public's	
  contribution	
  will	
  influence	
  the	
  
decision.	
  
	
  
3.	
  Public	
  participation	
  promotes	
  sustainable	
  decisions	
  by	
  recognizing	
  and	
  communicating	
  
the	
  needs	
  and	
  interests	
  of	
  all	
  participants,	
  including	
  decision	
  makers.	
  
	
  
4.	
  Public	
  participation	
  seeks	
  out	
  and	
  facilitates	
  the	
  involvement	
  of	
  those	
  potentially	
  affected	
  
by	
  or	
  interested	
  in	
  a	
  decision.	
  
	
  
5.	
  Public	
  participation	
  seeks	
  input	
  from	
  participants	
  in	
  designing	
  how	
  they	
  participate.	
  
	
  
6.	
  Public	
  participation	
  provides	
  participants	
  with	
  the	
  information	
  they	
  need	
  to	
  participate	
  in	
  
a	
  meaningful	
  way.	
  

7.	
  Public	
  participation	
  communicates	
  to	
  participants	
  how	
  their	
  input	
  affected	
  the	
  decision.	
  




	
  




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Guiding Principles

The IAP2 core values were developed with broad international input to identify those aspects of public
participation, which cross national, cultural, and religious boundaries.

The Sunshine Coast Regional Council recognises the full spectrum of engagement activities from
informing through consulting and involving to collaboration and empowerment as advocated by the
International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) (Community Engagement Policy 2009 p3) for
use in the development and implementation of public participation processes.

Within class the theoretical principles and IAP2 were examined and challenged within examples of best
practice application and inauthentic consultation cases. The student designed Consultation Plans
including stakeholder analysis, were prepared with this consideration, and importantly the ability to
critically analyse results based on sample and survey method.

IAP2 Core Values - ‘putting people at the heart of decision-making that impacts their lives’
The purpose of these core values is to help organisations, decision makers and practitioners
make better decisions which reflect the interests and concerns of potentially affected people
and entities.

1. The public should have a say in decisions about actions that could affect their lives.

2. Public participation includes the promise that the public's contribution will influence the
decision.

3. Public participation promotes sustainable decisions by recognizing and communicating
the needs and interests of all participants, including decision makers.

4. Public participation seeks out and facilitates the involvement of those potentially affected
by or interested in a decision.

5. Public participation seeks input from participants in designing how they participate.

6. Public participation provides participants with the information they need to participate in
a meaningful way.

7. Public participation communicates to participants how their input affected the decision.