Community Participation In Decision Making
The 7 things for communities and decision makers to do, to achieve a better society.
Imagine a society where people find fulfilment in community relationships, each understands their role within society, each is free to help others, there is healthy competition and cooperation, and the focus is on community wellbeing, not simply material wealth.
To achieve this, WE need to:
1. Have vision led decision making
2. Advocate for and equip communities to be resilient economically, socially, and culturally so those communities can thrive and speak with their voices into decision making.
3. Recognise that whatever decisions are made by decision makers it is communities that need to live with them.
4. Recognise systemic poverty prevents people and communities from being resilient
5. Recognise and that the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.
6. Have a public value decision system which includes a holistic, systematic, and relational way for decision makers and communities to think medium to long-term to identify the initiatives to measurably improve economic, social, cultural, and environmental outcomes, thereby eliminating systemic poverty
7. Courageously and transparently navigate the ambiguity of difficult conversations by intentionally leaning in to listen and learn from each other, to build trust and confidence.
I am trying to be part of the solution by: