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Mission and Purpose

The mandate of the Office is to "support all City activities and projects through public consultation and engagement. The Office of Public Engagement will ensure that there is consistency and transparency in sharing information with citizens about City projects".

The City of Winnipeg Project Management Manual defines Public Engagement as a process, involving communication and interaction between the City of Winnipeg and its residents that serves to inform and involve the public, and uses public input to make better decisions. The purpose of engaging the public is to achieve decisions that are sensitive and responsive to community values and concerns.

Origins and Development 

In 2014, a new public budget consultation process was implemented in Winnipeg which encouraged citizens to provide feedback through public workshops, an on-line survey, a telephone survey, written submissions or by e-mail. This work was contracted out to a consulting rm which was generally perceived to have conducted an ineffective process with few shifts in spending as a result of community input. The following year another consulting rm conducted a similar exercise which included a series of town hall meetings and an online survey with the results ultimately not reported to council or released to the public. This rocky start to formal budget consultations in the city caught the attention of the incoming Mayor Brian Bowman (assumed office at the end of 2014), who promised improved public consultation for both the budget and other projects. To this end, Bowman established an office of Public Engagement in 2015 with a mandate to support all City activities and projects through public consultation and engagement. The Office of Public Engagement will ensure that there is consistency and transparency in sharing information with citizens about City projects. 

Organizational Structure, Membership, and Funding

The Office of Public Engagement is a branch of the City of Winnipeg government funded through regular operating budget. 

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See Also

Winnipeg "Let’s Talk" Budget Consultation 2016

References

External Links

Official site: https://winnipeg.ca/publicengagement/default.asp 

Notes 

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