From:
Ella Taylor-Smith
Date:
2007 Jun 21 08:42 UTC
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Hi,
Some of you may be interested in this new Guide:
"Making a Difference: A guide to evaluating public participation in
central government"
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/index.shtml
It's about public participation in general, but almost all of it could
be applied to e-participation initiatives.
It's also written more about top-down initiatives. But it's well written
(seems useful for all sorts of initiatives)
The following bits are of particular interest:
1 - The diagram showing the relationship between the evaluation process
and the overall engagement planning process
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/evaluation_start2.shtml
2 - I like the idea of analysing data - against agreed principals of
good practice in participatory working
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/evaluation_howto3.shtml
Some principals are listed here:
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/annex4.shtml
3 - In the example given, they define the level of participation they're
aiming for :
"On the spectrum of public influence (see page 7 of the evaluation
framework), the YHYCYS objectives suggest that it aimed for a
'collaborate' level of public influence. However, the methods chosen to
provide the greatest depth of involvement (the deliberative research
workshops), resulted in an 'involve' level."
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/annex3.shtml
spectrum of public influence:
http://www.involve.org.uk/evaluation/engagement.shtml
-Ella
Ella Smith
International Teledemocracy Centre
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