Participatory Planning for Development

Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 14:00 Eastern US/18:00 GMT (90 minutes; $49.95)

Presented jointly by PublicDecisions and Planetizen, and part of Planetizen's Webinar Wednesday series.

Description: Involving local people in planning and development issues is a bedrock principle of the planning profession. This training session provides an overview of the range of participatory planning methods available, and it equips participants with the practical ability to devise a participatory community planning strategy for their own situation. Class participants will gain:

  • An understanding of the conceptual framework including Principles, Methods & Scenarios
  • The ability to plan an engagement strategy with other stakeholders for any development situation
  • The ability to help others to plan an engagement strategy for any development situation
  • The ability to use internet resources including communityplanning.net to find further information and assistance.

This course is particularly valuable for engagement practitioners who work on development/redevelopment (sometimes referred to as "regeneration") projects.

Instructor: Nick Wates

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