One of our specialties is helping local governments to consult and engage with their communities. We can do this very effectively with our Citizens’ Panel service. Citizens’ Panels provide local…
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Tararua District Council and PublicVoice are currently recruiting for the new Tararua District Council Citizens' Panel. The final day for recruitment is this Sunday 25 March.
Do you want to let council know what you really think on big local issues?
In their report ‘Online citizen panels as an advance in research and consultation: A Review of pilot results’ Anne Sharp and Katherine Anderson from the University of South Australia come to the conclusion that online citizens panel can provide councils with a viable alternative to traditional methods of community consultation and research.
Citizens panels they argue can provide councils with definite advantages for local government because of their ability to engage large numbers of citizens over extended period of times in a very cost effective way.
As part of the launch of PublicVoice we have compiled a special research into Citizens Panels in New Zealand.
This report supports the use of Citizens’ Panels as a consultation tool for local government. It summarises the legislative context for consultation, and the way in which councils currently meet their obligations to consult the community. It describes the concept of a Citizens’ Panel, and the advantages of using a Panel. The report concludes with a case study of the Citizens’ Panel developed by Palmerston North City Council.
A copy of this 18 page report is now available.
Recruitment has now been completed for the new Manawatu District Council PublicVoice Citizens’ Panel.
The aim of the Panel is to to simply gauge the views of the wider community and access the views of the silent majority.