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Organising a participatory process
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Objectives
To understand how to organise an inclusive and consultative law or policy-making process
To learn about good practice for such processes
To map the stakeholders who will be involved in the process and determine their role
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The seven stages
Consultation and participation
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Initiating the process
How should the process start?1. Make an official decision to
develop and adopt an instrument- Government: sovereign act- CSOs, international
organisations, special rapporteur: advocacy
2. Communicate the decision to stakeholders, including IDPs and others affected by displacement
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Good process = good document
• Consultation• Participation• Transparency• Information• National ownership• Broad buy-in• Depoliticised
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Keys to a successful process
Maintain access to political stakeholders
Keep the process technical
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Consultation table
National policy on
IDPs
National, provincial
and district authorities Parliament
IDPs and other groups affected by
displacement
National civil society
National Red Cross
SocietyNational human rights
commission
National research
institutions
UN, ICRC, international civil society
AU and UN special
rapporteur on IDPs’ human rights
Donors
African Union
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Participation of IDPs and others affected by displacement
Different IDPs in terms of age, gender and diversity
NGOs, religious and traditional instutitions can represent IDPs
Host communities and other affected people are included
Participatory tools: Information,
communication and empowerment
IDPs’ representatives and organisations
Promotion of gender equality and participation
Focus group discussions Participatory assesment Complaint mechanisms Surveys
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Stakeholder mapping
Government agency
International organisations People
affected by displacement
Local government
Other government
bodies
CSOs
IDPs
National human rights institutions
Regional institutions
Donors
Regional organisations
Stakeholders
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Get the process right
Lead agency
DF
ZEC
AX
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Who’s who?
Steering/draftingcommittee
Lead agency
Consultationpartners
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Getting to work
AU dialogue for actionAction plan for the domestication and implementation of the Kampala Convention in Uganda
YemenRegional consultative workshops for stakeholders on the development of a national policy to adress and resolve displacement