Welcome

The Participation Playbook is an interactive tool to help you successfully advocate for and implement a participatory program for your government or community. It’s a resource for people who want to open up government to meaningful and equitable community participation, in person and online.

 

About the Playbook

How to use the Playbook

1. Explore participation solutions.

First, understand  how participation solutions can help address big policy challenges.

2. Assess your needs.

If you’re not sure about the participation solution that’s right for you, answer a short questionnaire to get a recommended participation methodology that meets your needs.

3. Choose your solution.

Then, select a participatory approach and answer a series of questions to design a plan that works for your situation.

4. Get an action plan.

Finally, after completing your playbook, you’ll have an action plan that prepares you to run a successful participatory program!

Policy Challenges

Our communities face big challenges — climate change, social exclusion, declining trust in public institutions, and so many more. Meaningful public participation can help governments address these challenges. Click on the cards below to learn more about policy challenges.

Participation Solutions

The Participation Playbook can help you overcome policy challenges with specific approaches that have been proven to work in diverse contexts around the world. Click on the cards below to learn more about each participation solution.

Build Your Action Plan

The Playbook will walk you through the most important questions to answer when designing a participation process.

If you are unsure about using a particular participatory methodology or taking participation online, answer a short needs assessment to get a recommendation. Then, choose a participation solution that fits your needs.

Each step of the way, we will share recommended options and information to help you decide. At the end, you will have an action plan for your process.

 

Build your program

Get Help

Have questions about how to use the Playbook? Check out our frequently asked questions page and instructional videos.

 

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