Open Government - public participation strategy: advice

This report on advice to inform Scotland's Open Government public participation strategy is based on the findings of the Covid Public Engagement Expert Advisory Group. It considers public engagement in the form of information receiving, compliance with guidelines, and political and community engagement.


References

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Lightbody, R., (2017). ‘‘Hard to reach’ or ‘easy to ignore’? Promoting equality in community engagement’. Centre for Families and Relationships, What Works Scotland Evidence Bank. http://whatworksscotland.ac.uk/events/hard-to-reach-or-easy-to-ignore-a-review-of-evidence-about-equality-in-community-engagement/

Lightbody, R. and Escobar, O. (2021) ‘Equality in community engagement: A scoping review of evidence from research and practice in Scotland’, Scottish Affairs. 30.3 (2021): 355–380 DOI: 10.3366/scot.2021.0374

Lyne, K. (2020) How Scotland is bridging the digital divide. https://apolitical.co/en/solution_article/scotland-digital-divide

ScotGov (2021). ‘Public attitudes to Coronavirus: January update’. https://www.gov.scot/publications/public-attitudes-coronavirus-january-update/pages/8/

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Webster, N. (2020). Public discussions on COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland, Reflections from government on the challenges of digital engagement, https://medium.com/participo/public-discussions-on-covid-19-lockdown-in-scotland-8f34a586c69c

Yaqoob T. (2020) Policy, Participation and Power Sharing. https://talatyaqoobconsulting.wordpress.com/2020/11/01/policy-participation-and-power-sharing/

Contact

Email: doreen.grove@gov.scot

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