Water Planning Portal How To Guides
Planning Tools How To
Review the "How To" for the suite of existing and developed planning tools that provide practical support to water planners.
How to conduct a Field Workshop
Field workshops aim to let people to 'see for themselves' the place where a development is proposed to be placed, or to have a demonstration of a technique, for example, water quality testing, in the environment where the technique can be tried, and where it is most able to be seen, remembered, and understood.
Field workshops provide people with an understanding about a place and/or practice that allows them to incorporate a new method into their practice, or to provide informed opinions on a proposal or issue.
How to conduct a Mediation
Negotiation and mediation aims to deal with conflict in a creative and positive way, and to find a solution or a way for people to hear and appreciate the differences between their perspectives.
With negotiation and mediation, contentious issues can be discussed and agreements found in which differing opinions are considered and included.
How to conduct a Community Conference
A community conference creates a structure and provides a venue to bring a large group of people together to share information, hear the latest updates on a topic or issue, and make decisions.
The conference outcomes should include a report that includes all presentations and decisions for future reference; participants who have received up-to-date information; and outcomes may include recommendations or an action plan for future directions and outcomes.
How to conduct a Citizens Jury
Citizen juries aim to draw members of the community into participative processes where the community is distanced from the decision-making process or a process is not seen as being democratic.
The citizen jury will deliver a considered report with recommendations for future actions or directions.
How to conduct a Consensus Conference
Consensus Conferences aim to give members of the community a chance to have their say on community issues, to increase their knowledge of and abiltity to participate in such a discussion, and to come to one position statement that all participants can 'own'.
At the end of a Consensus Conference, the outcome should be a position statement that reflects the joint decision(s) of all participants on an issue or proposal.
How to conduct a Delphi Inquiry
A Delphi inquiry aims to engage a large number of experts and/or stakeholders in a process of coming to agreement without necessitating their leaving their usual domain. This usually involves circulating documents or options papers by email or post so that all comments and suggestions can be noted.
The Delphi study process should lead to an agreed set of guidelines and/or recommendations that includes the input of all relevant areas of expertise, regardless of how geographically far-flung this network might be.
How to engage multi-cultural communities
Despite intensive work with people from a number of ethnic and diverse cultural backgrounds, participation is often quite low. This may reflect either inadequacy in the consultation process or a lack of interest in the project.
How to develop a Media Release
Media releases aim to get the widest possible coverage for a community issue or proposal through the publication or broadcasting of the information in the release. It may also elicit further enquiries by the media organisation about the issue, or the group or agency that put out the release.
Wider awareness of an issue or proposal can be achieved if the media release is published or broadcast, and if the essential information is retained.
Developing an Engagement Strategy
Stakeholder analysis can be used as the basis of developing a stakeholder engagement plan.
The Murray Darling Basin Authority's (MDBA) stakeholder engagement plan for the development stage of the Basin Plan.
which identifies targeted stakeholders, activities and timeframes for their engagement plan. which sets out the rationale, principles and objectives of community engagement.Page 4 of 4
