Public Engagement, Consultation & Deliberative Democracy
Consult citizens in ways that change decisions, not sentiments.
The executive challenge
The problem this program solves
The programme was launched with a speech, funded with a loan, and designed without asking the only question that matters: what would make public engagement actually change on the ground? Public trust is spent not in one scandal but in ten thousand unkept public engagement promises — each small enough to deny, and large enough to remember. This programme treats public engagement as a delivery craft: evidence before commitment, incentives before exhortation, systems before speeches.
Context
Why this matters now
Capability
What you will be able to do
- Design public engagement policy that survives implementation: evidence, incentives and delivery capability.
- Trace public engagement money to outcomes and defend the trace under scrutiny.
- Sequence public engagement reform so it survives resistance, turnover and the next budget cycle.
- Manage public engagement programmes with fiduciary discipline and visible value for money.
The IPAT Course Standard
The five-day journey
Each day is a deliberate progression in managerial capability — from strategic context, to analytical frameworks, to applied practice, to executive judgement under pressure, to a capstone that produces something your organisation keeps.
IPAT Signature Case™
The Dam at Two-Thirds
A flagship project at a ministry of finance is two-thirds complete when independent review finds the hydrology assumptions optimistic and a cheaper alternative existed. Cancelling embarrasses the government; completing it strains the debt ceiling.
Your decision: Complete, redesign, or pause — and design the public accountability for whichever you choose, public engagement evidence included.
IPAT Data Lab™
The public engagement data at a devolved county government measures activity; nobody measures delivery.
Dataset: Synthetic administrative and survey data for a devolved county government — the two sources disagree.
Your task: Reconcile the sources, build the delivery dashboard, and defend it before a faculty "cabinet".
A public engagement delivery dashboard that resists gaming.
Data → Analysis → Decision, not Data → Code → Certificate
Day 5 · The Capstone
What will you change when you return to work?
Build the design and evaluation framework for your institution's flagship programme: evidence base, causal chain, measurement, and delivery governance.
Methodology
Frameworks you will master
- • IPAT Data-to-Decision Framework™
- • IPAT Transformation Architecture™
- • Cost-benefit analysis and regulatory impact assessment
- • Results-based management
- • Randomized and quasi-experimental evaluation methods
Cohorts
Upcoming cohorts
New dates are being scheduled
Register with your preferred start date and our admissions team will match you to the next available cohort — or contact us to arrange an in-house delivery for your organisation.
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