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Governance matters – We pay too little attention to the governance of public consultation
Organising a public consultation on any significant scale requires project management skills. It is a project, with the need to co-ordinate a range of different activities, both sequentially or in parallel – and with all the inter-relationships. There’s a need to acquire resources and deploy them properly. There are sensitive political and timing considerations, and it needs good leadership.
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