The Involvement Standard
We will identify and involve the people and organisations who have an interest in the focus of the engagement.
Indicators for the Involvement Standard are:
- All groups of people whose interest are affected by the issues that the engagement will address are represented
- Agencies and community groups actively promote the involvement of people who experience barriers to participation
- Agencies and community groups actively promote the involvement of people from groups that are affected but not yet organised to participate
- The people who are involved, whether from agencies or community groups:
- want to be involved
- have knowledge of the issues
- have skills, or a commitment to developing skills, to play their role
- show commitment to taking part in discussions, decisions and actions
- attend consistently
- have the authority of those they represent to take decisions and actions
- have legitimacy in the eyes of those they represent
- maintain a continuing dialogue with those that they represent
