Dear all,

A conference announcement for some of you interested in public participation:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Announcing the November 2006 International Association for Public
Participation (IAP2) International Conference

***Call for Conference Session Proposals***

The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), working
through its members, helps organizations and communities around the
world improve decisions by involving those who are affected by those
decisions.

IAP2 is dedicated to pursuing a world in which public participation is a
dominant feature of the political, economic, and cultural life of all
nations. IAP2 fulfills its mission by organizing and conducting
activities to:

*   Encourage and enhance the professional development of people
worldwide working in public participation;
*   Educate decision makers worldwide about the value of public
participation;
*   Help the public in various sectors and spheres across the world
play an effective role in public participation processes;
*   Continue to define, review, and enhance best practices in the
field of public participation, and;
*   Create a global alliance of practitioners and citizens that
advances the use of public participation to move regional and national
agendas toward strengthening societies.

Plans are underway for an exciting, innovative, and participatory
conference.  We welcome a variety of approaches to conference sessions,
but place particular emphasis on PARTICIPATION.

We are looking for conference session proposals that reflect the
following approaches:

*
   Can you showcase a new methodology or technique for attendees to
learn or practice?
*
   Can you share a case study or project that brings hands-on
experience, including ways to involve marginalized or hard to reach
communities, and/or embraces diversity or differences?
*
   Do you have a good organizational example or project?
*
   Have you been part of a creative or new experiment - that worked
well or maybe not so well?
*
   Can you provide a look at the roles and perspectives of
practitioners, decision-makers, active citizens, and elected officials?
*
   How does grassroots activism and protest affect the process or
decision?
*
   How do the media impact public involvement?
*
   What is our role in making the world a better, more
participatory place?
*
   What is the role of advocacy in the practice?
*
   How can we overcome barriers to good decision making?
*
   How can we use creativity, graphic facilitation, visual
participation or the arts to showcase projects or experiences, or
involve people?

Please read the Call for Session Proposals for submission details and
timelines.
<http://www.iap2.org/associations/4748/files/IAP2CallforSessions_Final.p
df>


Go to www.iap2.org <http://www.iap2.org>  for more information or to
complete the submission online.


Submit your application by Friday, March 31, 2006 via email, fax, postal
service, or the web as follows:

   Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> .  Include
subject line "IAP2 - 2006 Conference Session Proposal"

  Fax: 1-303-458-0002

  Mail:

   IAP2 - 2006 Conference Session Proposals

   11166 Huron Street, Suite 27

   Denver, Colorado 80234

   USA

For more information, you can contact Stephani Roy McCallum, 2006
Conference Program and Design Team Chair and Member of the IAP2 Board of
Directors.  Stephani can be reached at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or by phone at (613) 302-2235. If
you are in Australasia and want to speak with someone local, please
contact Margaret Harvie (member of the IAP2 Board of Directors and
Program Team member) in Sydney, Australia at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or (02) 9350 4380.




Elisabeth Martin
Étudiante au doctorat en santé communautaire
Université Laval
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Send the following text: unsubscribe click4hp to: [log in to unmask] if you wish to unsubscribe. Go to http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html to view CLICK4HP archives or manage your subscription (you will have to create a password).