For Immediate Release

Contact: Beatrice Briggs (bbriggs@iifac.com)

Public participation training now available in Spanish

The International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) now offers its certificate course in public participation in Spanish. The three-module training focuses on the principles of effective citizen engagement, including planning, communications and techniques. The course prepares those responsible for involving the public in a decision-making process to carry out this task in an ethical, meaningful manner. Those who successfully complete the five-day training receive a certificate from IAP2.

Available in English since 1999, these courses have received international recognition for both the quality of the content and the dynamic way in which the ideas are conveyed. The Spanish translation of the training is part of IAP2’s new Latin American initiative, a program designed to establish closer links between public participation specialists in the Americas. A French version of the certificate program is currently being developed and is expected to be presented at IAP2’s annual conference in Montreal, Quebec in November 2006. 

For more information about the International Association for Public Participation, visit www.iap2.org. To learn more about the Latin American Initiative or the Spanish-language training, contact Beatrice Briggs at bbriggs@iifac.org.

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photo caption: The first graduates of the IAP2 certificte training in public participation, Lima, Peru, April 2005.