Are you in need of a thorough evaluation of your projects and processes?

If you are thinking about introducing and institutionalizing a participation agenda, the first thing you need to do is to find out what level of know-how your institution has in participatory planning and how the processes are set up in the different departments. It is natural that the participation agenda affects several departments within a municipal or regional office.

With participation diagnostics, we can analyze the current functioning of the institution, assess the internal infrastructure, skills, and knowledge required for effective participation and define areas for potential development.

Our diagnostics include a mapping of the institution’s organizational structure and an assessment of internal capacities, know-how, quality of communication, and the use of civic tech tools. The diagnostics also allow to map experience with participation in the past projects and identify opportunities for participation in the, current and planned projects, thus making sure participation helps improve already planned projects instead of introducing additional agenda.

The aim of the diagnostics is

• to assess existing or planned projects with participatory potential,
• to get an overview of the interviewees’ level of knowledge in the field,
• to assess the level of collaboration across the organization,
• based on the above, develop a list of practical steps (recommendations) that will help your institution to integrate participation agenda to your institution in a systematic and sustainable manner, that is tailor-made specifically for you.

We have experience with this service at municipal and regional levels.

Assessing the participation skills of each department is also the first step in optimizing internal processes for participatory planning so that the right environment can be created to establish the role of a participation coordinator.