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IAP2 has a wealth of resources available to assist organisations, decision makers, policy makers and practitioners to improve the quality of their community engagement work. The following resources are available from the public section of the web site. IAP2 members have access to a wider range of resources as can be seen below.

Foundations Document

The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) was founded to protect the integrity of public participation processess. It is for people who advocate for, implement and/or participate in public decision making processes. IAP2's focus on practical tools and best practices has made it the primary resource for developing public participation processess.

Click on the link at the bottom of the page to download the complete Foundations document.

IAP2 Core Values

As an international leader in public participation, IAP2 has developed the "IAP2 Core Values for Public Participation" for use in the development and implementation of public participation processes.

These Core Values were developed over a two year period with broad international input to identify those aspects of public participation which cross national, cultural, and religious boundaries.

IAP2 Core Values

IAP2 Spectrum

IAP2's Public Participation Spectrum is designed to assist with the selection of the level of participation that defines the public's role in any community engagement program. The Spectrum show that differing level of participation are legitimate depending on the goals, time frames, resources and levels of concern in the decision to be made. However, and most importantly, the Spectrum sets out the promise being made to the public at each participation level. The Spectrum is widely used and is quoted in most community engagement manuals.

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IAP2 Public Participation Spectrum

State of the Practice

The State of the Practice project aims to provide IAP2A with an ongoing sense of how well public participation is being conducted in Australasia. SOTP also aims to generate evidence of the broader impacts of participation.

NEW! State of the Practice Reports are available to Members in the Member Resources section. Click on the Member Resource heading then follow the link in the left hand menu.

Newsletters

IAP2 issues an email newsletter to everyone on its mailing list on a monthly basis. If you would like to receive the newsletter, you simply need to click on the sign up button on the home page of this website. You can find back copies of the newsletter in this resources section.

Newsletter back copies

United Nations Declaration on Community Engagement

IAP2 Australasia was very excited to be involved in the drafting of the UN Declaration on Community Engagement. A draft of the Declaration was developed in the lead up to the International Conference on Engaging Communities held in Brisbane 14 - 17 August 2005. It was reviewed and revised to reflect the feedback from the community of practitioners, academics, policy advisers, government and citizens who responded to a questionnaire. Importantly, there were also a number of deliberative sessions on the Declaration held during the conference. Feedback from these sessions has been incorporated into the final version of the Declaration.

UN Declaration on Community Engagement

Strategy Plan 2010 - 2012

Please follow the link to view the Strategy Plan for 2010-2012.

Annual Report 2011

The IAP2 Australasia Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2011 was presented at the Association's Annual General Meeting on 19 October 2011. Please follow the link to view the Annual Report.

2010 AGM Presentation

Please follow the link to view the 2010 AGM Presentation (2.88mb)

Member Resources

IAP2 members have access to the following resources in the members only section.

• Journal of Public Participation
• Participation Quarterly Magazine
• IAP2 Toolbox
• Case Studies
• Podcasts from the IAP2 Australasian Symposium in Melbourne 2007
• Proceedings of the IAP2 Australasian Symposium in Melbourne 2007
• Proceedings of the IAP2 Conference in Montreal in 2006
• Notes from various IAP2 events around Australia

If you would like to become an IAP2 member, follow the member link on the home page.

• Click here to download 2010 AGM Notice (279Kb)
• Click here to download 2011 Annual Report (7.35Mb)
• Click here to download the 2010 IAP2 Annual Report (574Kb)
• Click here to download the letter to the Vic Government re the offer of help to fire effected townsh (75Kb)
• Click here to download the letter to the Vic local Governments re the offer of help to fire effected (77Kb)
• Click here to see the response letter from the City of Bendigo re bush fire assistance. (66Kb)
• Click here to see the response letter from the Fed Govt re bush fire assistance. (64Kb)
• Foundations Document (290Kb)