Workshop Objectives

•  Articulate the importance of public participation and the benefits it can bring to participants’ work and to stakeholders and the public
• Identify a set of participation tools and techniques, and considerations in using these tools
• Identify ways of strategically integrating these tools and techniques into project decision-making and implementation throughout their project cycle/work
• Identify peers in region (or beyond) who can assist project in further addressing recognized capacity-building needs regarding participation
• Meet and apply participants’ own personal set of learning objectives to their IW management activities