The Health Canada Policy Toolkit for Public Involvement in Decision Making

Information Toolkit
Guidelines

Planning Process Overview

Successful public involvement requires careful planning, execution and evaluation. This section provides a standard six-point planning process. Employees may wish to adjust the planning process to meet their objectives. Being flexible with the planned process is often essential to meeting key objectives.

The first chart summarizes the steps and key success factors of the planning process in a checklist format. The second chart provides a series of key success factors to consider for each step in the planning process.