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P2 for Allied Professionals

IAP2's Public Participation for Allied Professionals

This course explores the underpinning models and frameworks of P2 and engagement practice, specifically in terms of what it is, who is involved, standards of the practice, why it is important to be practiced ethically and effectively, and the unique and critical role that applied professionals serve.

P2/Engagement for Allied Professionals explores the underpinning models and frameworks of public participation and engagement practice as defined by the IAP2 community, specifically in terms of what it is, who is involved, standards of practice, why it is important to be practiced ethically and effectively and the unique and critical role that allied professionals serve.

Who should take this course

P2/Engagement for Allied Professionals is a customized course that can be brought to other professionals in your organization that work closely with P2/Engagement. We work with you and your organization to identify these roles and how they work with P2/Engagement.

Allied professional are those in professions other than P2/ engagement where P2/engagement is not their sole or primary responsibility and who may be:

  • Responsible for ensuring P2/engagement is conducted

  • Required to do P2/engagement based on organisational or legal requirements in order to complete their projects

  • Providing support to P2/engagement processes

  • Technical experts

  • Overseeing P2/engagement conducted by others (e.g., executive staff, contractors)

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Examples of allied professionals include: engineers, land use planners, scientists, policy analysts, patient and family engagement practitioners.

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Course Objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Identify what makes P2/engagement meaningful and reflect on the benefits, risks and myths related to P2/engagement

  • Identify the role that values play in challenging P2/engagement work and the leadership attributes that will serve them as they practice

  • Reflect on and apply ethical leadership actions and abilities to challenging engagement situations

  • Apply the Profiles of Engagement model to P2/engagement, and explore organization-led and community-led engagement and how each impacts the engagement process

  • Apply the IAP2 Spectrum to challenging P2/engagement situations and practice

  • Explore the Practice Framework as a tool for effective planning and process

  • Reflect on and apply the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, and explore the concept of intercultural engagement

  • Explore the role of power and influence in challenging engagement contexts and its impacts on our work

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