The term public participation can be understood as the involvement of people in the process of decision making. Here, decisions are those planning, political, administrative or any other kind of decisions that are related to the people directly or indirectly.
Generally public participation seeks and facilitates the involvement of those potentially affected by or interested in a decision. The principle of public participation holds that those who are affected by a decision have a right to be involved in the decision-making process. Public participation implies that the public’s contribution will influence the decision. •In a democratic region, public participation plays a vital role for peoples’ empowerment. •Public participation is part of “people centred” or “human centric” principles. •Public participation is advanced by the humanist movements and in the context of post-modernism.
Public participation may be advanced as part of a “people first” paradigm shift. In this case, it is argued that whether it can sustain productive and durable change.
The role of public participation in economic and human development was enshrined in the 1990 African Charter for Popular Participation in Development and Transformation.
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