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This workshop report is a source of case study material
and group discussions by practitioners of participatory planning
(PP) for local governance (LG) from around the world, useful to
practitioners and students of PP.
The first section is an overview of approaches to PP
and a framework for analysing power dynamics in PP, followed by participant
questions and debate. Participants from Bolivia, South Africa and Indonesia
gave presentations on their experiences of PP in LG, which provide interesting
comparative material on the legal and institutional contexts and the operational,
cultural and attitudinal challenges.
Further input on the Indonesia experience comes later
in the report in the write-up of the field visits organised for this workshop
by the Indonesian Partnership for Local Governance Initiatives.
Participants identified key cross-cutting themes and issues:
- Changing habits to make PP happen (attitude and
behaviour)
- Citizen participation in PP (who participates?)
- Frameworks for PP (laws, regulations)
- Resource mobilisation and organisation for local
plans
- Skills and capacity for PP (both in LG and communities)
- Power relations in PP
Finally, discussions focused on sustainability and
innovation in PP, and the spread, scale and quality of these processes.
Feedback is tabled under 'dangers' and 'actions'. The report has several
annexes with lists of participants, activities, case write-ups and evaluations.
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