This dissertation examines the ways in which three Aboriginal communities in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories are participating in decisions and activities related to non-renewable resource extraction on Sahtu lands. In particular, I examine local involvement in the assessment and regulation of a 1,220 km natural gas pipeline and related infrastructure, collectively termed the Mackenzie Gas Project, currently proposed for the Mackenzie Valley. Overall, this work addresses the conditions under which Sahtu Dene and Mtis participation in resource decision-making takes place; it identifies and offers a critique of some of the assumptions inherent in regulatory, environmental assessment, and consultative processes currently in place in the Sahtu region, and argues that while there has been significant progress in establishing avenues for Sahtu Dene and Mtis participation in resource decision-making, non-local epistemological underpinnings of governance, regulatory, and environmental assessment institutions and practices can hinder local participation in resource decision-making and may serve to reinforce existing power relationships between proponents, Aboriginal communities, and the Canadian state. The findings of this research suggest that there are several barriers to Sahtu Dene and Mtis participation in resource decision-making, including: 1) how environmental impacts are assessed and the associated determination of their significance in environmental assessment and management regimes; 2) the naturalization of techno-rational knowledge paradigms and legalistic discourse in environmental assessment and regulatory processes; 3) incongruent communicative practices and norms of appropriate human and human/other than-human relationships between local Dene and Mtis participants and those of large development corporations and governments; 4) divergent perceptions of the landscape; and 5) changing governance structures resulting from the Sahtu Dene and Mtis Comprehensive Land Claim. This research contributes to a growing assessment of current participatory and resource co-management processes in the Canadian north, and addresses the call for research reflecting local experiences of various participatory processes in resource management, including the often messy and contradictory positions taken by members of a diverse community.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-220). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Public participation in the procedures under the Building Act Abstract This work deals with the participation of environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making with emphasis on the procedures under the Building Act. The purpose is to evaluate the level of public participation in the Czech Republic and assess whether it meets the international obligations. The protection of the environment relies on the activity of public authorities. However, the public participation also plays an important role in this matter. The public participation is a valuable tool of a democratic society, as it may help to protect the environment. The institute of public participation takes many different forms. The rights and duties related to the public participation may vary depending on its particular form. Natural and legal persons are both able to take part in decision-making of public authorities. Nevertheless, these two subjects have different position and may set up different claims in the administrative procedures. The institute of public participation is not regulated unanimously. The regulation varies upon different acts and areas of participation. The regulation of public participation exists at several levels - the international law, the law of the European Union, the national constitutional law and the Czech...

Magister Administrationis - MAdmin / This research critically sought to conduct a study, to find out whether there was public participation prior to the installation of portable flush toilets (porta potties) in Makhaza Area, Khayelitsha, during 2011-2015. A discussion of a theoretical framework on public participation and decision making forms the basis upon which this study is grounded. The study proceeded to explore public participation in public policy in the local South African context with a specific focus on the legislative environment. To gather information, a maximum number of 30 households in the area of study were interviewed using the technique of purposive sampling falling under non-probability sampling. The selected participants have a distinct connection with the phenomenon under research, and adequate and significant living knowledge of public participation, but have not participated in the process of public participation. Furthermore, both qualitative and quantitative approaches were followed in order to enrich the study deeply.

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O acesso à informação na participação é essencial para a construção de sensibilização do público, principalmente nas questões relacionadas à água. As informações são necessárias, pois são capazes de fornecer aos envolvidos a oportunidade de expressar as suas preocupações e permite que as autoridades públicas tenham conhecimento sobre tais preocupações, garantindo que as decisões sejam implementadas de forma mais equitativa possível. Com a implementação da Lei Federal 9.433/1997, que instituiu a Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos (PNRH) houve um grande impulso ao processo de gestão das águas no Brasil. A Lei Federal introduziu um novo paradigma à gestão hídrica, destacando-se o princípio da descentralização da administração de recursos hídricos, com a participação dos governos, dos usuários e das comunidades no processo de tomada de decisões. Os Comitês de Bacias Hidrográficas (CBHs) foram criados, com o objetivo de articular as questões relacionadas à gestão dos recursos hídricos destacando a atuação das entidades envolvidas, em nível de bacia hidrográfica. No Estado da Paraíba, a Política Estadual de Recursos Hídricos (PERH), estabelecida pela Lei 6.308/96 (alterada em 2007, pela Lei 8.446/07, para adequação às diretrizes da PNRH), também adota a gestão participativa como fundamento. Em Portugal, a Lei 58/2005 adaptou para a legislação nacional a Diretiva 2000/60/CE da União Europeia. Em 2009, no seguimento desta lei, o governo descentralizou a sua gestão criando 8 regiões hidrográficas, a cargo de órgãos autônomos intitulados Administrações de Região Hidrográfica (ARH). Foram também criados 5 Conselhos de Região Hidrográfica, com funções de órgãos consultivos das respectivas administrações. Neste contexto, o presente estudo avalia e compara a atuação do Comitê da Bacia Hidrográfica do rio Paraíba e do Conselho de Recursos Hídricos do Alentejo, nas discussões dos instrumentos de gestão, ressaltando as semelhanças e dificuldades intrínsecas ao processo de implantação das políticas participativas. Em Portugal, a gestão das águas apresenta características de centralização, os Conselhos de Região Hidrográfica serviram, em grande parte, como espaços de prestação de informações da administração para os outros segmentos representados. As lacunas observadas no caso português são refletidas pelo modelo de gestão top-down, em que raras questões podem ser inseridas às discussões. Para o caso brasileiro, ainda são necessários ajustes no modelo de gerenciamento das águas, no sentido de promover à participação mais ativa dos membros, o fortalecimento das bases locais, através da aprendizagem social e, consequentemente, a independência desses espaços públicos tornando, a gestão dos recursos descentralizada e participativa. / Public participation can be defined as a process by which different actors pose problems and solutions and methodologies and tools, able to promote the creation of collective spaces for reflection and dialogue, aimed at building and common knowledge. This approach takes into account the specific scenario where the process and alternatives occur in a political context, social and economic. Access to information on participation is essential to building public awareness, especially on issues related to water. The information is necessary, as they are able to provide those involved the opportunity to express its concerns and enable public authorities are aware of such concerns, ensuring that decisions are implemented in a more equitable manner possible. With the implementation of Federal Law 9433/1997, which established the National Water Resources Policy (PNRH) was a big boost to the water management process in Brazil. Federal Law introduced a new paradigm for water management, especially the principle of decentralization of water management, with the participation of governments, users and communities in the decision-making process. Committees of Watershed (CBHs) were created with the objective of coordinating issues related to water resources management highlighting the role of the entities involved in watershed level. In the state of Paraíba, the State Water Resources Policy (PERH), established by Law 6.308/96 (as amended in 2007 by Law 8.446/07, in compliance with the guidelines of PNRH) also adopts participatory management as the foundation. In Portugal, Law 58/2005 adapted into national law Directive 2000/60 / EC of the European Union. In 2009, following this law, the government has decentralized its management creating eight river basin districts, in charge of autonomous bodies entitled Regional Hydrographic Administration (ARH). They were also created five Councils River Basin, with advisory bodies functions of their administrations. In this context, the present study evaluates and compares the performance of the Basin of the Paraíba River Committee and the Board of Water Resources of Alentejo, in discussions of management tools, highlighting the similarities and difficulties inherent to the implementation of participatory political process. In Portugal, water management features centralization features, the River Basin Councils served largely as spaces to provide management information to the other represented segments. The gaps observed in the Portuguese case are reflected by the model of top-down management, where rare issues can be inserted into the discussions. For Brazil, are still necessary adjustments in the water management model to promote the more active participation of members, the strengthening of local bases through social learning and hence the independence of these public spaces making, management the decentralized and participatory resources.

The diploma thesis is focused on the public participation in the municipality development through the community planning methods. The main goal is the evaluation of processes of public participation in the municipal planning documents preparation for some selected municipalities in the region of South Bohemia. These documents have been created on the principles of community planning. Among the documents belong strategic town plans, community plans for health and quality of life, and community plans of social services. The theoretical part is primarily focused on the issue of local development, community planning including its principles, historical links and legal foundations. Last but not least, there is a public participation process described in the theoretical part as well. At the end of the theoretical part, there is a theory of evaluation of the successful public participation in the planning process. The empirical part relates to the mentioned theory of the evaluation of the public participation methods. The empirical part contains the analysis of the public engagement in creating documents in three particular towns: Třeboň, Dačice and Český Krumlov. The analysis aims to the approach of mentioned towns in the case of public participation, measuring related costs, assessing the success of the process according to the assigned evaluation criteria and eventually on the mistakes identification. On the basis of this analysis there are the key, determining the successful community planning implementation, defined. According to the analysis new procedures are suggested.

Submitted by Heraldo Barros (heraldo@fapesp.br) on 2011-09-15T18:23:08Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Acompanhamento das Ouvidorias.pdf: 1609273 bytes, checksum: 0a3ac15dfbf9a4526e21d1cf7b11c315 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-15T18:25:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Acompanhamento das Ouvidorias.pdf: 1609273 bytes, checksum: 0a3ac15dfbf9a4526e21d1cf7b11c315 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Suzinei Teles Garcia Garcia (suzinei.garcia@fgv.br) on 2011-09-15T18:25:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Acompanhamento das Ouvidorias.pdf: 1609273 bytes, checksum: 0a3ac15dfbf9a4526e21d1cf7b11c315 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-09-15T18:42:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Acompanhamento das Ouvidorias.pdf: 1609273 bytes, checksum: 0a3ac15dfbf9a4526e21d1cf7b11c315 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-30 / Dissertation elaborated according to the term of reference made by FGV and the Public Management Secretariat of the São Paulo State Government (SGP), whose objective is to analyze and propose improvements to the semiannual report of São Paulo’s 'state ombudsmen'. The semiannual report is a compilation of all the São Paulo's 'state ombudsmen' information, made by SGP. The dissertation analyzes the report and the processes that regard its elaboration. Therefore, it aimed the understanding of: the 'state ombudsmen' institutional role, despite their lack of independence; the types of analysis on it, with quantitative comparisons that doesn't consider different realities; the information flow, from the moment the citizen makes his manifest to the delivery of the report, considering the different channels; IT system underutilized; misinterpretation of the 'ombudsmen' role, informally coordinated by the SGP. After the analysis, improvement suggestions have been made, regarding issues such as: presentation, standards, participation, communication, IT system and governance. / Trabalho elaborado de acordo com o termo de referência acordado entre FGV e Secretaria de Gestão Pública, cujo objetivo é analisar e propor melhorias ao relatório semestral das Ouvidorias Públicas do Estado de São Paulo. O relatório semestral é uma compilação das informações de todas as ouvidorias de todos os órgãos públicos estaduais, contempla as reclamações e manifestações recebidas por cada um dos órgãos e é elaborado pela Secretaria de Gestão Pública (SGP). O trabalho contempla a análise do relatório e dos processos relacionados à sua elaboração. Procurou-se entender: o papel institucional das Ouvidorias Públicas como representantes do cidadão, apesar da falta de independência frente aos Poder Executivo; os tipos de análise feitos no relatório semestral, que contemplam apresentações e comparações quantitativas que não consideram as realidades de órgãos e períodos distintos; o fluxo da informação, desde a manifestação do cidadão até a confecção do relatório, com diferentes e pouco integrados canais de entrada, sistema de TI subutilizado, e alta incidência de cidadãos que utilizam a ouvidoria como fonte de informação; os ouvidores, coordenados informalmente pela SGP e com percepções diferentes de sua função. A partir da análise, foram feitas sugestões para a Secretaria de Gestão Pública melhorar relatório semestral das ouvidorias, envolvendo uma melhor forma da apresentação das informações, a padronização de formas de contato, o incentivo à participação, a orientação por meio dos sites institucionais do Governo do Estado, a melhoria dos sistemas de TI, de coordenação e de governança.

abstract: Public participation is considered an essential process for achieving sustainable urban development. Often, however, insufficient attention is paid to the design of public participation, and processes are formulaic. Then, participation may not match the local context of the communities within which a project is conducted. As a result, participation may become co-optative or coercive, stakeholders may lose trust, and outcomes may favor special interests or be unsustainable, among other shortcomings. In this research, urban public participation is a collaborative decision-making process between residents, businesses, experts, public officials, and other stakeholders. When processes are not attuned with the local context (participant lifestyles, needs, interests, and capacities) misalignments between process and context arise around living conditions and personal circumstances, stakeholder trust, civic engagement, collaborative capacity, and sustainability literacy, among others. This dissertation asks (1) what challenges arise when the public participation process does not match the local context, (2) what are key elements of public participation processes that are aligned with the local context, (3) what are ways to design public participation that align with specific local contexts, and (4) what societal qualities and conditions are necessary for meaningful participatory processes? These questions are answered through four interrelated studies. Study 1 analyzes the current state of the problem by reviewing public participation processes and categorizing common misalignments with the local context. Study 2 envisions a future in which the problem is solved by identifying the features of well-aligned processes. Studies 3 and 4 test interventions for achieving the vision. This dissertation presents a framework for analyzing the local context in urban development projects and designing public participation processes to meet this context. This work envisions public participation processes aligned with their local context, and it presents directives for designing deliberative decision-making processes for sustainable urban development. The dissertation applies a systems perspective to the social process of public participation, and it provides empirical support for theoretical debates on public participation while creating actionable knowledge for planners and practitioners. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Sustainability 2015

abstract: Research suggests that a particularly important variable in determining success in public participation is the presence of a facilitator. Data from a study of 239 public participation case studies is analyzed using descriptive and statistical analysis to determine the impact on success of the participation efforts if a facilitator is present and whether or not internal versus external facilitators have a significant impact on success. The data suggest that facilitators have a positive impact on the success of public participation efforts and, in particular, that public participation efforts that use facilitators are more successful when the facilitator is a third-party intermediary (external) versus a member of the lead agency's staff (internal). / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Public Administration 2013

Naturally occurring arsenic in ground water is currently threatening millions of people’s lives in Bangladesh and has emerged as one of the world’s largest water pollution and environmental disasters. Various studies have been conducted in order to find a solution to the problem and several mitigation projects have been conducted with various results. In many cases the mitigation options provided have failed in terms of sustainability, why there is an impatient drive to find the solution that can solve the problem permanently. Since technical solutions appear to be hard to transform into practical implementation many professionals are advocating the use of public participation in sustainable project planning and implementation in order to make the project successful. This Minor Field Study focuses on how an environmental problem can be managed through social processes. The main aim of this study is to investigate peoples’ experiences of public participation and project planning from two rural pipeline water supply projects and discuss how these experiences relate to how ideas about public participation might be used for sustainable project planning. To do this I have studied three key groups of actors: national development professionals, project professionals and local project beneficiaries. The aim is also to get a deeper understanding of how public participation within water supply management can be used and further developed for project sustainability. The results show that the implementing organisation has used a project implementation plan with a vision that public participation motivated by sustainability and cost-efficiency will lead to a process towards collective action. The objective is that the users, through joint ownership, takes full responsibility for the project and its future planning. To enable this, learning is a prerequisite given that without understanding and knowledge of how to operate the water supply system, the project and the system will fall short. A learning platform has also been found as a prerequisite for maintaining of public participation, and for interest and motivation of being involved at all. The theory argues for the importance of involvement of all for a sustainable project process, nevertheless is this not made possible in reality. Due to socio-cultural traditions where women are not accepted to attend public meetings or be involved in decision-making, the empowering process that public participation might facilitate, have been neglected. Further have those who are incapable of paying regularly for access to fresh drinking water been excluded from the projects. To attain the efficient bottom-up action wanted to achieve project sustainability, empowerment in combination with public participation is necessary. An improved methodology of how public participation can be integrated in project planning is compulsory, why more practical experience and continuous project evaluations is needed.