Five things about IPEN #1 – Public Engagement Toolkit

In this new series, we’re looking back over the past five years at some of the great things that have come about as a result of the network. First up is our Public Engagement Toolkit.

This resource came out of IPEN’s Public Engagement and its Impact on Parliaments conference, hosted online across different time zones on 20 March 2021.

60 participants attended an interactive session to explore principles and challenges of public engagement, with a view of establishing a toolkit on public engagement. The toolkit was co-designed at the session using visual thinking methods to draw out key themes. 

Hosted in the ‘resources’ section of the IPEN website, this collaborative toolkit includes a set of principles to guide effective public engagement practice by parliaments. 

The Public Engagement Toolkit is structured around three key questions:

  • What is public engagement?
  • What is effective engagement?
  • How do we evaluate public engagement?

Explore the Public Engagement Toolkit.

We’re interested to hear from you if you’ve used the toolkit – get in touch with us at [email protected] with any comments or feedback.

Image: IPEN’s Public Engagement Toolkit. Design by Nifty Fox.