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Co-production in a non-contact environment
We’ve written previously about co-production, its role and increasing prominence in engagement and consultation through policy and practice and last week we had an online Wednesday Wisdom session on the…
Read moreA heavy hitting consultation or the easiest diet in history?
As it’s a bank holiday weekend, I thought we’d take a quick look, external to the regular Week in Parliament, at something else that cropped up this week and caused…
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The Week in Parliament
Consultations in Parliament it turns out, are like buses, you go weeks without any and then a whole bunch of them turn up at once. Even more amazingly, only three…
Read moreResponding to the climate emergency – who are the key stakeholders?
The UK is currently at the forefront of this growing ‘climate emergency’ campaign as many local authorities, universities, NHS trusts and various organisations, such as engineering and energy firms, have…
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Is there a climate change benefit from lockdown?
Global carbon emissions are likely to see their steepest fall this year since the second world war, according to researchers who say coronavirus lockdown measures have already cut them by…
Read moreGuest article: Public consultation during Lockdown – learnings & predictions
We are currently facing an oxymoron in our working lives – a state where there is ‘a new normal’ and at the same time, where everything is changing. Public consultation…
Read moreCOVID-19, the environment and democratic freedoms: a cautionary tale from a Canadian province
In April 2020, in an interesting case for public engagement and environmental protection, Ontario passed a new regulation in response to the COVID-19 crisis, effectively suspending public consultation under Ontario’s…
Read more The Week in Parliament
For a couple of weeks I have been confidently predicting that we are due an upswing in mentions of consultations in Parliament as we move out from the more desperate…
Read moreExit from Lockdown: are stakeholders being heard?
If you are a representative group of some sort, a trade association or part of the Third sector, this is especially for you. The weeks and months that lie ahead…
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