Public Participation Strategy for the Caspian Sea Workshop on Communication Planning Guide & Resource Kit for Int’l Waters Vienna - Austria Jan Melina Seyfollahzadeh Grants and Public Participation Manager

Discussion Topics  CEP and Public Participation  Public Participation Team  Public Participation Activities  PPS Preparation Process  PPS Objectives  Challenges

CEP and Public Participation CEP places emphasis on public participation Project Document phase I and II Highlighted in SAP

Public Participation Team ☼Matched Small Grants and Public Participation Advisors (MPPAs) in each Caspian countries; ☼Two persons in Programme Coordination Unit ☼Int’l Stakeholder Analysis Advisor ☼Int’l Public Participation Advisor (IPPA) ☼Caspian Concern Groups (CCG)

Public Participation Activities  Background Analysis - Ground Truthing (GT) - Stakeholder Analysis (SHA)  Strategy Setting - Formulation of Public Participation Strategy (PPS)  Public Awareness - Website, E-Bulletin, Brochure, Booklet, Databases (Media, NGO, …), Networking (NGO, Media), Public Awareness Campaigns (POPs, EcoNet, …), Educational Posters, Promotional Items  Grants - Matched Small Grants Programme (MSGP) - Micro Environment Programme (MEG)

PPS: Preparation Process  Process - Participatory - Drafting - PCU Discussion - Consultation/discussion at Regional/national/local level: - Brainstorming / regional mtg - Final regional feedback - Principal agreements  Regional Ownership -Voluntary Guidelines/Strategy - Flexible framework

PPS Objectives Objectives  Generally, facilitate the establishment of an effective mechanism for public participation in environment management of the Caspian Sea  Specifically, involve public in decision-making, planning/design, policy formulation, implementation & monitoring of CEP activities Pillars  Awareness raising and facilitating a systematic and transparent information flow  establishing and strengthening the legal and institutional basis for participation

PPS for the Caspian Sea Interventions Issues at different levels Actions to be taken Stakeholders involved Levels: -Regional -National -Local Stages: -Diagnostic -Design -Implementation -Monitoring

PPS for the Caspian Sea PP Mechanism Awareness raising/Info flow Public Involvement Capacity Building Interventions at different stages and different levels Monitoring -NGOs -CEP -Secretariat of Convention

Public Participation Challenges  New in the region  To be bought by Govt.s  Capacity Building issues  Networking issues  Budget constrains

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