Learning From a University-Cosponsored Regional Consensus Conference  

Oleh:

Hudspith, Bob ; Kim, Mike

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society vol. 22 no. 3 (Jun. 2002), page 232-238.
Topik: Consensus conference; waste management; public participation
Fulltext: 232BSTS223.pdf (76.09KB)

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A consensus conference can be used to enable ordinary citizens to have informed input into policy making concerning controversial science and technology issues. To test whether this process could be used at a local level, facilitated by expertise from a university, McMaster University and the City of Hamilton, Ontario, cosponsored a regional consensus conference on waste management. This article describes this experience and evaluates it from three perspectives: how well the process satisfied the criteria of a good public participation process, how much impact the conference had, and how well the positive role envisioned for university involvement was satisfied. Lessons learned are outlined briefly.

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