URP Toolbox

The URP Toolbox is designed to enhance community participation and consultation processes. The toolbox profiles over 60 community involvement tools, from public meetings to kitchen table discussion, Samoan circles and consensus conferences.

The URP Toolbox is a free resource of principles and strategies to enhance meaningful stakeholder involvement in decision-making. Stakeholders include not only communities, but also scientists and decision-makers. Meaningful involvement of all stakeholders occurs through a commitment to social learning - learning on the part of communities, other stakeholders and institutions.

One of the key elements of using the Toolbox is that strategies need to be tailored to fit unique issues and stakeholders. In many cases, a combination of different tools is required to effectively involve all stakeholders in decision-making.

Included in the Toolbox:

• Over 60 community involvement tools, from public meetings to consensus conferences
• Case studies of the uses of various tools and the reflections of stakeholders who participated
• An annotated bibliography of over 500 urban research references
• Theoretical discussions of citizen science issues

While the Toolbox has a focus on coastal and catchment environments, the principles and tools can be used in many other areas for a wide range of issues.

The original Citizen Science Toolbox was an initiative of the Coastal Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), Queensland.  The toolbox is now called the URP Toolbox and is hosted at Griffith University.

Follow this link to the URP Toolbox

For further information

Contact	:	Urban Research Program
Address	:	Griffith University, Nathan Campus, 170 Kessels Rd, Nathan QLD 4111
Phone	:	07 3735 3742
Fax	:	07 3735 4026
Email	:	urp@griffith.edu.au

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http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/urp/