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Stakeholder Consultation in the Context of Better Regulation
In this training you will get a comprehensive overview of the importance, uses, and methods of stakeholder (SH) consultation in the context of Better Regulation (BR). This hands-on training shows how SH consultation should be applied in practice.
It follows the sequential phases of consultation, namely, the planning, design, implementation, reporting and informing. Participants are provided with an in-depth understanding of how to use the various methods and tools to consult Stakeholders. Using practical sessions including examples, case studies and exercises, this course will enhance your capacity to draft fit for purpose and state of the art public consultation questionnaires. It will help you ensure that SH input can provide valuable evidence in Impact Assessments and Evaluations.
What will you learn
- To identify all the relevant stakeholders
- How to design an effective consultation strategy to reach out to all relevant stakeholders
- How to select the appropriate consultation method
- How to set the consultation activities in the right order
- To draft a user friendly public consultation questionnaire
- To design short, simple and relevant questions in a neutral manner
- To effectively communicate consultation activities and reach out to as many SHs as possible
- How to apply innovative consultation techniques to maximize public feedback
- learn how to perform basic analysis of data
- learn how to report on the findings of the consultation and inform policy making
- get familiar with data protection rules
Course methodology/highlights
The course delivery will combine interactive presentations showcasing practical examples and group exercises.
The two-half-day course will be led by experts with research and practical experience in SH consultations in the EU context and beyond.
Participants will be provided the slides as well as additional learning material and online resources to help them apply their new knowledge and skills into practice.
- diversify your methods in reaching out to different SH groups.
- Engage with SH groups to facilitate implementation of policy / legislation.
- Commission and manage meaningful consultation activities.
- Communicate effectively in order to reach out the widest audience
- Recognise and identify what makes a good quality consultation questionnaire
- Identify erroneously designed questions and amend them appropriately.
This course on Stakeholder Consultation is one of 5 courses we are currently offering in the context of the Better Regulation agenda.
Are you interested in taking a different course, please click below:
Introduction to the Better Regulation Agenda | Regulatory ex post Evaluations | Regulatory Impact Assessments | Introduction to Strategic Foresight – From Anticipating Surprise to Robust Strategy
Public officials, civil servants, policy consultants and policy analysts who work in government or parliamentary institutions, in EU Member States or other countries that seek to embed evidence in the decision-making process, such as the following:
- better regulation committees / programmes;
- centres for research and analysis;
- bureaucracy reduction agencies;
- budget offices;
- consultancy firms involved in better regulation
- councils for regulatory impact assessments.
Online Course
For this online course we make use of Zoom
Programme Organiser
Ms Eveline Hermens
Tel: +31 43 3296259
e.hermens@eipa.eu
Discounts
EIPA member fee
EIPA offers a discount to all civil servants working for one of EIPA’s supporting countries, and civil servants working for an EU institution, body or agency
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies
Early bird discount
The early bird discount is not cumulative with other discounts or promo codes, except for the EIPA member fee.
Who are the supporting countries?
Civil servants coming from the following EIPA supporting countries are entitled to get the reduced fee: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden.
For all other participants, the regular fee applies.
Confirmation
Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to participants on receipt of the completed online registration form.
Payment
Prior payment is a condition for participation.
Cancellation policy
For administrative reasons you will be charged € 50 for cancellations received within 7 days before the activity begins. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the activity up to 1 week before the starting date. In that case, registration fees received will be fully reimbursed.
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Programme
08.45 | Opening of on-line platform |
09.00 | Welcome and self-presentation of the participants Nikolaos Sarris, Impact Assessment and Evaluation Expert, EIPA, Maastricht (NL) |
09.15 | Introduction to Stakeholder Consultation This session goes provides a background on Public Consultation. It discusses the context and needs for such an exercise, the history of Public Consultation, how Public Consultation is embedded in the policy cycle. There has been much discussion about the use of consultation in the context of increasing trust. We will also discuss the consultation principles and standards. |
09.25 | Planning of consultation activities In this session we will discuss how to get started with your consultation strategy. Firstly, we will look at how to identify the affected SH, how to use the SH mapping matrix to prioritise the SH groups and how to select the appropriate consultation methods. We will then discuss how to draft a consultation strategy document. |
10.15 | Group Exercise 1 (part1) In this scenario-based exercise participants are placed in groups (break out rooms) and on a real case study using the Mural platform |
10.40 | Break |
11.00 | Group Exercise 1 (part 2) Participants present and discuss their findings in the plenary. |
11.25 | Designing questions and questionnaires In this session we discuss the various ways to structure an effective questionnaire looking at their merits and drawbacks. Participants learn how to design effective simple, short and relevant questions. |
13.00 | End of the first day |
08.45 | Opening of online platform |
09.00 | Conducting consultation activities In this session learn how to effectively announce and communicate consultation activities, how to draft communication plans and how to select the right communication channels. Moreover, participants will learn how and when to moderate responses received. |
09.25 | Analyse the data Participants learn how to prepare and clean the data and how identify and deal with campaigns. Additionally, participants learn about the basic qualitative and quantitative techniques needed to analyse the closed and open questions in the context of the Stakeholder consultation (reflecting on the representativeness of the sample). |
10.30 | Group exercise 3 Participants are asked to analyse a small sample of data and share their results in the plenary. |
10.55 | Break |
11.15 | Inform policy makers Participants learn how to report the findings of their consultation activities and how to effectively inform policy makers. They get familiar with data protection rules. |
11.55 | Group exercise 4 Participants work on a case study and are asked to report the findings |
12.20 | Engaging with SHs In this final session you will gain insight into the more general issue of SH engagement and discover the difference between the Stakeholder consultation and engagement. And finally, you will get an overview of the different SH engagement methods and tools available |
12.40 | Q&A and closing remarks |
13.00 | End of the online course |