Tool summaryName of the tool Public Planning Forum Description of the tool The Public Planning Forum (PPF) is used as a tool for public involvement in project development and implementation.
The tool helps to:
• improve understanding of the potential impacts of proposed projects;
• identify alternative sites or designs, and mitigation measures, to improve the environmental and social soundness;
• clarify values and trade-offs associated of the project alternatives;
• identify contentious issues;
• establish transparent procedures for carrying out proposed projects;
• create accountability and a sense of local ownership during the project implementation.
An effective public participation is guaranteed by: wide dissemination of information before discussion begins; development of a Participation Framework; use of two-way communication with, and wide sampling of, affected people; provision of feedback on results of discussion to participants; modification of project.
The PPF tool reviewed in one of PETUS case study was needed for guaranteeing public participation at an earliest possible stage of the project; for preventing potential conflicts of interests between land/ forest owners and the community; for raising public awareness on the issues discussed.
• participants - local authority representatives, municipal experts, local and regional business, sports organisations, NGOs, land- and forest owners, local citizens, project team;
• structure - divided into three thematic groups: environment, sports facilities and tourism development; an additional group could be proposed by participants if considered important;
• proceedings – presentation by the project team; questions disseminated in advance (aimed at getting an estimation on the town’s present state, the project proposal and its contribution to future urban development);
• tasks to participants - to grade proposals and estimations by importance;
• final product – schemes, written materials, comments, put together into a general written text by facilitator on a white board.
Specific topic Development of new ski facilities. Sector/s of use
Waste |
Energy |
Water |
Transport |
Green/Blue |
Building & Land use |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | M | 1 |
M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a Scale of applications
Component |
Building |
Neighbourhood |
City |
Region |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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