Welcome to Good Practice Participate
This website is a resource promoting good practices for government employees working with non-government organisations. Each main section of the site has a 'related resources' area featuring case-studies, useful links and further reading. Your suggestions of additional resources are welcome.
Building government capability
Government agencies must take action both at the planning level and in their day-to-day activities to involve community members in policy-making and service delivery.
Benefits of community participation
There are many benefits from effective engagement for both government and communities.
Levels of participation
The degree of public participation in government decision-making depends on what you're trying to achieve. The diagram below illustrates different levels of community participation in decision-making.
Working with specific groups
This section will help you reach particular groups when your agency needs input from particular communities.
Techniques
Choosing appropriate tools and processes that match your community engagement aims is vital to your success.
Measuring success
If you need to research and/or evaluate a project, a great first step is to find out what information already exists.
Managing costs and risks
Every activity carries risk and working with the public by its very nature is unpredictable. Adequate resources and awareness of risk are needed when government agencies involve communities in decision-making.
