Maturity Model for Public Participation- Feedback Survey

Thank you for offering to share your feedback on the Maturity Model for Public Participation developed by Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue!

This developmental tool was designed to support governments and organizations to assess and enhance their public participation practices and the meaningful integration of public participation in decision-making. It was developed in collaboration with the Open Government Team of Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat, with input from leading public participation practitioners in Canada and abroad.

The Maturity Model has been published as a “Beta” version as we believe the best way to understand the levers for organizational change and core standards of quality public participation is to listen and learn from real-world organizations. Sharing your organization’s experience and feedback below will help us strengthen future iterations of this framework and develop supplementary tools.

Answers will be collected anonymously unless you choose to share your information below in order to be contacted by our team to learn more. You are also welcome to get in touch directly with project lead Nicole Armos at narmos@sfu.ca

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1. Tell us about your organization, are you...

A national government department or institution

A regional/provincial government department or institution

A municipal/local government department or institution

An Indigenous government department or institution

A non-governmental organization

Other (please specify)

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2. What was your primary goal(s) for using the Maturity Model?

Assessing organizational capacity for public participation

Assessing standard engagement practices

Evaluating a past engagement project

Scoping a potential project to determine if you have the necessary conditions for success

Other (please specify)

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3. How many team members participated in the assessment process

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4. Tell us about the outcomes or impacts of using the Maturity Model. Were you able to...

Identify strengths and weaknesses in our engagement practices?

Identify strengths and weaknesses in your organizational capacity?

Develop an action plan to enhance engagement capacity or practices?

Implement lasting changes to enhance engagement capacity or practices?

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5. How was your experience using the Maturity Model overall? Did any questions or challenges emerge?

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6. Reflecting on Maturity Model Tool A (Organizational Capacity), are there aspects of organizational capacity that you would add, remove or change levels?

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7. What activities, policies, processes or resources have you found best enabled or enhanced public participation in your organization?

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8. What challenges or constraints have you found limit public participation in your organization?

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9. If you developed an action plan to enhance capacity, which steps or resources were most helpful to you?

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10. Reflecting on the Maturity Model Tool B (the Assessment Matrix), are there particular engagement practices that you would add, remove or change levels in the Matrix?

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11. Do you have any other feedback on the Maturity Model (Tool A or B)?

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12. Would additional tools or guidance be helpful for you to use the Maturity Model, or to enhance your capacity for public participation?

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13. What further resources do senior decision-makers need to more effectively champion and commission public participation processes?

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14. If you would like to share more feedback in a 1-1 interview with the Maturity Model team at Simon Fraser University's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, we invite you to share your contact information below.

Don't enter an answer here if you prefer for your response to be anonymous.

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Maturity Model for Public Participation- Feedback Survey

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* 1. Tell us about your organization, are you...

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* 2. What was your primary goal(s) for using the Maturity Model?

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* 3. How many team members participated in the assessment process

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* 4. Tell us about the outcomes or impacts of using the Maturity Model. Were you able to...

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* 5. How was your experience using the Maturity Model overall? Did any questions or challenges emerge?

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* 6. Reflecting on Maturity Model Tool A (Organizational Capacity), are there aspects of organizational capacity that you would add, remove or change levels?

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* 7. What activities, policies, processes or resources have you found best enabled or enhanced public participation in your organization?

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* 8. What challenges or constraints have you found limit public participation in your organization?

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* 9. If you developed an action plan to enhance capacity, which steps or resources were most helpful to you?

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* 10. Reflecting on the Maturity Model Tool B (the Assessment Matrix), are there particular engagement practices that you would add, remove or change levels in the Matrix?

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* 11. Do you have any other feedback on the Maturity Model (Tool A or B)?

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* 12. Would additional tools or guidance be helpful for you to use the Maturity Model, or to enhance your capacity for public participation?

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* 13. What further resources do senior decision-makers need to more effectively champion and commission public participation processes?

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* 14. If you would like to share more feedback in a 1-1 interview with the Maturity Model team at Simon Fraser University's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, we invite you to share your contact information below. Don't enter an answer here if you prefer for your response to be anonymous.

1. Tell us about your organization, are you...

2. What was your primary goal(s) for using the Maturity Model?

3. How many team members participated in the assessment process

4. Tell us about the outcomes or impacts of using the Maturity Model. Were you able to...

5. How was your experience using the Maturity Model overall? Did any questions or challenges emerge?

6. Reflecting on Maturity Model Tool A (Organizational Capacity), are there aspects of organizational capacity that you would add, remove or change levels?

7. What activities, policies, processes or resources have you found best enabled or enhanced public participation in your organization?

8. What challenges or constraints have you found limit public participation in your organization?

9. If you developed an action plan to enhance capacity, which steps or resources were most helpful to you?

10. Reflecting on the Maturity Model Tool B (the Assessment Matrix), are there particular engagement practices that you would add, remove or change levels in the Matrix?

11. Do you have any other feedback on the Maturity Model (Tool A or B)?

12. Would additional tools or guidance be helpful for you to use the Maturity Model, or to enhance your capacity for public participation?

13. What further resources do senior decision-makers need to more effectively champion and commission public participation processes?

14. If you would like to share more feedback in a 1-1 interview with the Maturity Model team at Simon Fraser University's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, we invite you to share your contact information below.

Don't enter an answer here if you prefer for your response to be anonymous.