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TAI Training:
Public Participation
Four Pillars
Acc
ess
to
Just
ice
Acc
ess
to
Info
rmat
ion
Pu
blic
P
arti
cip
atio
n
Cap
acit
y B
uild
ing
Public ParticipationPublic Participation
Provides a forum
Ensures voices are heard
Promotes dialogue around important issues
Provides a forum
Ensures voices are heard
Promotes dialogue around important issues
Valuing Public ParticipationValuing Public Participation
TAI Assessment StructureTAI Assessment Structure
Constitutional Law
Case Studies
Access to Information:
27 indicators
Public Participation:31 indicators
Access to Justice:
33 indicators
6 constitutional law indicators applied once per assessment
+General Law
16 general law indicators applied once per assessment
+
Capacity Building:
12 capacity building
indicators applied
once per assessment
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Capacity Building is integrated into the case studies and general indicators.
Public Participation Case Studies
Emergencies
Air QualityMonitoring
Facility Reporting
Policy-Level Decision
Regulatory-LevelDecision
Project-LevelDecision
Access to Information
Public Participation
Environmental Harm
Water QualityMonitoring
State of EnviroReports
Non-Compliance
Access to Justice
Access to Information
Public Participation
Public Participation Case Studies
Poverty Case StudiesPoverty Case Studies
Captures the concerns of the poor
Two (2) case studies must use the poverty indicators
Poverty-sensitized indicators
Number of Case StudiesNumber of Case Studies
Prescriptive Case Types
Case Types at Researchers’
Discretion
Total Minimum
Cases
Access to Information 4 4 8
Public Participation 3 3 6
Access to Justice 3 1 4
TOTALS 10 8 18
Three Levels of Participation
Decision-Making ProcessDecision-Making Process
Public Participation IndicatorsPublic Participation Indicators
What information is available?
Are there provisions,
regulations or rules?
What stage of the decision-
making process?
Are there laws
or constitutional
guarantees?
Who can participate?
Is government
accountable?
Valuing Indicators: LawValuing Indicators: Law51. To what extent does the law require the government to provide opportunities for public involvement in the selected decision-making process?
Valuing Indicators: EffortValuing Indicators: Effort60. To what extent does the responsible agency make available to the public a clear description of its decision-making processes, including opportunities for participation?
Valuing Indicators: EffectivenessValuing Indicators: Effectiveness
84. To what extent did public participation influence the final decision in the selected case?
Choosing Priority Sectors
Economically Significant
• Significant contributor to GDP
• Large employer
• Unique to your country
Environmentally or Socially Significant
Representative
• Significant environmental
impacts
• Significant health impacts
• Impact vulnerable populations
• Should reflect average
practice• If it is NOT an average case,
then this must be noted in the assessment
Sample Priority Sectors
IMPORTANT SECTORS Water and
sanitation Extractive
Industries Biodiversity
Forestry Agriculture Poverty
Electricity Tourism Women
Manufacturing Services Children and Youth
Government Fisheries Minorities
Chemicals Transport Health
Toxics Indigenous Peoples
Trade
Globalization Genetically Modified Organisms
Illegal immigrants
Project-Level Decisions
Guidelines for Case Selection
From a “priority” sector
Ideally from the same sector as a policy-making case study
Representative
Project-Level case studies should be:
Ideally one case will involve an EIA
Recent
Regulatory-Level Decisions
Policy-Level Decisions
Guidelines for Case Selection
CASE STUDIES SHOULD BE
From a “priority” sector
Representative Recent
EXTRA CASE STUDIES SHOULD
Represent different scales
Only one needs to be from a ‘priority sector’
Regulatory and policy-level case studies
Public ParticipationPublic Participation
LAW
PRACTICE
(Effort and Effectiveness)
Case Type Example Cases
Public Participation Legal Analysis
Policy level decision-making
Water Resources Management Plans of Saraburi and Petchaburi Provinces, Thailand
Regulatory decision-making
Reforms to the NOM ECOL- 22 (Water Standard) Without Taking Into Account the Public Participation Process Specified by Law, Mexico
Project level decision-making
Planning and Construction of the Via Baltica Expressway, Poland