MENA and Public Consultations

The integration of consultation mechanisms throughout the policymaking process has proved to be a valuable instrument to help strengthen government-citizen interaction and improve the quality of government policies on key development areas by leading to better designed development projects, more effective service delivery, and improvements in the targeting of benefits. By making preliminary policy analysis available for public scrutiny, stakeholders are provided with a means to inform the development of a policy or its implementation. Consultation also helps regulators to balance opposing interests and to identify unintended effects while ensuring transparency to minimize administrative burdens and reduce corruption and rent-seeking. When successful, public participation can have a transformative impact by providing citizens with a platform for active engagement in the development process, and allows citizens to hold governments to account and to better influence decisions that affect their lives. While the benefits of public consultation are widely recognized, the MENA region still lags in the domain of public engagement, especially in regards to providing citizens with mechanisms to engage effectively in the design, implementation, and evaluation of public policy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Bteddini, Lida
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-06
Subjects:	ACCESSIBILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS, ANTICORRUPTION, CITIZEN DEMANDS, CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, CITIZENSHIP, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, CODES OF PRACTICE, COLLABORATION, CONFIDENCE, CONSENSUS, CONSULTATION MECHANISM, CONSULTATION MECHANISMS, CONSULTATION PROCESS, CONSULTATION PROCESSES, CORRUPTION, CREDIBILITY, DECISIONMAKING, DEMOCRACY, DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DRAFT LAWS, DRAFT LEGISLATION, E-GOV, ENGAGING CITIZENS, FOCUS GROUPS, FREE SPEECH, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNMENT DECISION, GOVERNMENT POLICIES, GOVERNMENT POLICY, GOVERNMENT REFORM, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS, INITIATIVE, INTEGRITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAWS, LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, LEGISLATION, MEDIA, OPEN GOVERNMENT, OPINION POLLS, PARTICIPATORY PLANNING, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, POLICY FRAMEWORK, POLICY ISSUES, POLICY MAKING, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, PUBLIC CONSULTATION, PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC HEARINGS, PUBLIC INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PUBLIC POLICIES, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR, REGULATORS, REGULATORY IMPACT, REGULATORY IMPACT ASSESSMENT, REPRESENTATIVES, RULE OF LAW, SERVICE DELIVERY, SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY, STAKEHOLDER, STAKEHOLDERS, TRADE UNIONS, TRANSPARENCY,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/18107984/mena-public-consultations https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16114
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