Stakeholder participation - manuals and guidelines

Cabinet Office. How to consult your users - An introductory guide. (available at http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/consultation-guidance/content/methods/index.asp.)
This UK government guide contains tips and best practice guidelines for public consultation in policy formulation
Connor Development Services Ltd. Participación Ciudadana en la Actividad Forestal. (available at http://www.connor.bc.ca/connor/espanol/forestal.html.)
Un proceso sistemático que provee una oportunidad a los ciudadanos, planificadores, gerentes y representantes políticos, de organizaciones y grupos de base para compartir sus experiencias, conocimiento y metas, y combinar sus energías para crear un plan que sea técnicamente viable, económicamente atractivo, entendible, políticamente factible, y aceptable para la mayoría de las personas afectadas.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit. Co-management of natural resources: Organizing, negotiating and learning-by-doing. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit. (available at http://nrm.massey.ac.nz/changelinks/cmnr.html.)
This volume is designed to assist facilitators and partners of co-management processes. It provides guidelines for multi-stakeholder management of natural resources and describes in detail relevant concepts, methods and tools.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. SEAGA Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis Programme Field Handbook. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (available at http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/downloads/Eng/Field_Engl.2002.pdf.)
The purpose of this Handbook is to support participatory development planning at the community level. Using the tools provided in this Handbook will help outsiders and insiders to work together to: Identify key development patterns, Understand the livelihood strategies of different people, and Build consensus about development priorities and action plans.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Women's participation in national forest programmes. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (available at http://www.fao.org/docrep/W6206E/w6206e00.htm.)
This Technical Note aims to present a concrete and systematic mechanism through which gender considerations can be taken fully into account during the planning, implementation and review of national forest programmes. It highlights the importance of taking the female dimension into account in such programmes in order to strengthen the success of forest planning and development activities.
International Monetary Fund. Aspectos operativos de los documentos de estrategia de lucha contra la pobreza. International Monetary Fund. (available at http://www.imf.org/external/np/pdr/prsp/esl/poverty1.htm.)
En este informe se resumen las directrices que se han propuesto para la formulación de las estrategias de lucha contra la pobreza y el DELP, y se analiza la función que desempeñará en esta labor el personal de ambas instituciones.
International Monetary Fund. Cadre stratégique de lutte contre la pauvreté - Questions d'ordre opérationnel. International Monetary Fund. (available at http://www.imf.org/external/np/pdr/prsp/fre/poverty1.htm.)
Ce document résume les directives suggérées en vue de la mise au point des stratégies de lutte contre la pauvreté et des CSLP et examine le rôle respectif des services de la Banque et du FMI.
International Monetary Fund. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers-Operational Issues. International Monetary Fund. (available at http://www.imf.org/external/np/pdr/prsp/poverty1.htm.)
This paper summarizes suggested guidelines for the development of poverty reduction strategies and PRSPs and discusses the role of Bank and Fund staffs.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Citizens as partners: OECD handbook on information, consultation and public participation in policy-making. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (available at http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/4201141E.pdf.)
A practitioner's guide designed for use by government officials in OECD Member and non-member countries. It offers a practical road map for building robust frameworks for informing, consulting and engaging citizens during policy-making.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Des citoyens partenaires : information, consultation et participation à la formulation des politiques publiques. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. (available at http://www.worldbank.org/participation/francais/citoyenspartenaires.pdf.)
Le manuel représente un guide pratique dans l�établissement de cadres solides pour informer, consulter et impliquer les citoyens dans la prise de décision sur le politiques publiques.
Overseas Development Institute. Participation in Forest Management. Overseas Development Institute. (available at http://www.keysheets.org/green_6_pfm_rev.pdf.)
The challenge is now to identify and operationalise the most appropriate form of participation in any given situation.
The Centre for Global Studies. Rethinking Governance Handbook: An Inventory of Ideas to Enhance Participation, Transparancy and Accountability. The Centre for Global Studies. (available at http://www.globalcentres.org/html/docs/Inventory.pdf.)
An inventory of best practices (tested) and innovative approaches (as yet untested) to increase transparency, participation and accountability.
United Nations Development Programme. Empowering People - A Guide to Participation. United Nations Development Programme. (available at http://www.undp.org/sl/Documents/Manuals/Empowering/toc.htm.)
This Guidebook has been prepared as a means to brief and to inform staff promoting participation in development programmes.
World Bank. The World Bank Participation Sourcebook. World Bank. (available at http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/sourcebook/sbhome.htm.)
The Sourcebook is primarily intended for readers who are seeking to use participatory approaches in their professional work.
last updated: Thursday, October 27, 2005