Making a Difference: A guide to evaluating .public participation in.central government - Involve

About the Guide

• Introduction
• 1 How can evaluation help?
• 2 Public engagement in public policy-making
• 3 Thinking about objectives
• 4 When to start evaluation
• 5 Measuring success
• 6 Doing the evaluation: What should it cover?
• 7 Doing the evaluation: How to do it
• 8 After the evaluation
• Annex 1: Glossary
• Annex 2: Costs and benefits of engagement
• Annex 3: Your Health, Your Care, Your Say – a case example of evaluation
• Annex 4: Principles of good practice
• Annex 5: Guides to engagement

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Annex 5

Other guides to engagement

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There are now many guides to public engagement, including on specific subjects or for specific agencies. The list below covers some of the best known and useful guides. Some of those mentioned below relate to public participation at local level, and have been included here because the principles and good practice they outline are equally relevant to participation in central government initiatives.

Involve is currently reviewing resources on public engagement for the Civil Renewal Unit, to support the Together We Can network, covering publications, training, funding, advice and support. Guidance will be available from January 2007.

Government

Audit Commission (1999) Listen Up: Effective Community Consultation. Audit Commission, Abingdon. Available at: http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/reports/ACREPORT. asp?CatID=&ProdID=EA01768C-AA8E-4a2f-99DB-83BB58790E34

Cabinet Office (2002) Viewfinder: A Policy Makers Guide to Public Involvement. Cabinet Office, London. Available at: http://www.policyhub.gov.uk/docs/Viewfinder.pdf

Cabinet Office (2003) Guidance on the Code of Practice on Consultation. Cabinet Office, London. Available at: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/regulation/consultation-guidance

DETR (1998) Guidance on Enhancing Public Participation in Local Government. DETR, London. Summary available at: http://www.odpm.gov.uk/stellent/groups/odpm_localgov/ documents/page/odpm_locgov_023831.hcsp

Home Office (2004) What works in community involvement in area-based initiatives? Home Office RDS OLS (on line report) 53/04. Available at: http://www.homeoffice.gov. uk/rds/onlinepubs1.html

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (2002) Public Participation in Local Government: A Survey of Local Authorities. ODPM, London. Available at: http://www.interactweb.org. uk/papers/ODPMPublicParticipationinLG.pdf

The Scottish Office (2000) Involving Civil Society in the Work of Parliaments. The Scottish Office, Edinburgh. Available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/government/devolution/cpsp- 00.asp

Scottish Parliament (2004) Participation Handbook. Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh. Available at: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/participationHandbook/Participation_ Handbook_6th_August_2004.pdf

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