EPA organized a regional public participation workshop in El Salvador for the CAFTA-DR countries as part of an EPA small grant program for public participation. The regional workshop provided an opportunity for NGOs to share information, learn from challenges faced by others, exchange innovative ways of involving the community, and discuss ways of developing a regional network for public participation professionals.

The participants created a core group which will start the development of the network by establishing a Facebook group. EPA will collaborate by providing guidance via the network. It is expected for this platform to serve as a way to leverage efforts and share experiences with other regions in the Caribbean.

Below are some of the materials used in the public participation workshop.  The materials are in Spanish.

• Taller Participación Pública (Spanish) (PDF)(1 pg, 155 K)
• LIDEANDO CON CONFLICTO (Spanish) (PDF)(107 pp, 2 MB)
• Usando los Medios Sociales de Comunicación para la Participación (Spanish) (PDF)(34 pp, 4 MB)
• Organizarse para la Participación - Step 1 (Spanish) (PDF)(6 pp, 2 MB)
• Identificar y Conocer a los Interesados (Spanish) (PDF)(11 pp, 2 MB)
• Determinar el Nivel Aduecuado de Participación Pública (PDF)(12 pp, 1 MB)
• Integrar la Participación Pública en el Proceso de Toma de Decisiones (Spanish) (PDF)(2 pp, 34 K)
• Relacionar las Herramientas de Participación Pública con los Objetivos del Programa (Spanish) (PDF)(10 pp, 1 MB)
• Resumen: La participación pública puede producir decisiones que son mejores y más sostenibles. (Spanish) (PDF)(9 pp, 996 K)
• Video Samples (Spanish) (PDF)(1 pg, 91 K)
• EJERCICIO CAFÉ MUNDIAL (World Cafe Exercise - Spanish) (PDF)(7 pp, 1 MB)