Community Meetings Facilitation
Creating a process for views and concerns of the public to be identified and incorporated into decision making in our community. The goal is to promote a productive exchange of information, clarify potential issues and solve problems collaboratively in areas of mutual concern. |
The Process
- Identifies public concerns and issues
- Identifies stakeholders (who is needed to make a decision, has valuable information, will be affected by a decision, or has the ability to impede implementation of a decision
- Provides information and opportunities for the public, assisting in the identification of issues and problems and in formulating and evaluating alternatives
- Listens to the public
- Incorporates public concerns and input into decision making
- Provides feedback on how decisions do or do not reflect input received
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How Does It Work?
The Community Mediation Center will provide a facilitator who can help you create a peaceful process of identifying issues or concerns by:
- Interviewing the main parties to the issue to gain a clear understanding of the causes, characteristics, and the complexities of the issue.
- The facilitator will assist in framing the issues, identify the parties that should be involved and assess their needs and concerns.
- The facilitator provides information on the nature of the collaborative process.
- The facilitator works with the parties to explore and access their options.
- CMC will assist in structuring the meeting format and host the meeting.
- Produce a final report that captures the discussion of the meeting.
- Follow-up and evaluation of the process.
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Who Can Participate?
The Public, which means any affected or interested party, including, but not limited to:
- Community groups;
- Environmental and other interest groups;
- Business;
- Labor;
- Academia;
- Board of Directors;
- Federal Agencies;
- Members of the general, unaffiliated public.
To be accepted, projects must meet the following criteria:
- Provides an opportunity for innovative and expanding consensus processes to new arenas.
- Contributes to a diversity of initiatives including building consensus, education and training.
- Allows CMC to work with a diversity of citizens, communities, interest groups, businesses and government agencies.
- Complements the efforts of other collaborative problem solving activities and services in Montana.
- Focuses on a critical and compelling public issue.
- Includes multiple parties from the public and private sectors.
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