Supplementing your written exercise
You will usually find that you need to supplement your written consultation with public meetings or conferences. Written consultation exercises which are not supplemented by any other kind of engagement risk failing to reach certain key audiences that you would need to hear from for your consultation exercise to be successful. Public meetings, stakeholder meetings, conferences, practitioner panels and sector-specific forums, regional focus groups, online discussion forums, market research, etc. can all be used to supplement your consultation exercise. The important thing is to use the means that will reach the people potentially affected by and interested in the policy under consideration.
Peopleandparticipation.net is a useful resource for deciding which supplementary means are best for your consultation exercise.
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