The Inter-Council Network (ICN), consisting of seven provincial and regional councils for international cooperation across Canada, is presenting its 2011-2014 public engagement program exploring public engagement effectiveness in Canada. The program includes conducting a context analysis, national public opinion poll, annotated bibliography and literature review, knowledge hubs, and developing a public engagement toolkit. The goals are to better understand public engagement in Canada and demonstrate its importance while fostering collaboration.

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THE INTER-COUNCIL NETWORK MCIC
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 This presentation will:
 Provide an overview of the Inter-Council Network and its
programs
 Outline components of the ICN Public Engagement Program
 Tell you about how you can get involved
 Answer your questions about the PE program
 Provide contact information for national and regional level
questions

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 Overview of ICN
 The Inter-Council Network (ICN) is a dynamic coalition of seven
provincial and regional member-based Councils for
International Cooperation across Canada committed to social
justice and social change.
 The ICN provides a forum in which the Councils collaborate for
improved effectiveness, learn from each other’s specific skills,
troubleshoot challenges and identify common priorities for
collective action.
 The Councils’ collectively have over 400 diverse members,
ranging from international development organizations to
individuals to universities to environmental organizations.
 From 2011-2014 the ICN’s activities are funded by CIDA.

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 The seven regional and provincial Councils are:
 Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)
 Association quebecoise des organismes de cooperation
internationale (AQOCI)
 Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC)
 British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC)
 Manitoba Council for International Cooperation (MCIC)
 Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC)
 Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation (SCIC)

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 ICN Capacity Building Program
 Peer Learning initiatives:
 Staff exchanges
 Peer learning sessions
 Webinars
 Broadening our reach:
 Presentations to new stakeholders
 Sharing processes and communications systems

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 ICN Public Engagement Program
 Purposes:
 To develop a comprehensive understanding of PE for active global
citizenship in Canada
 To learn and develop capacity about good practices for PE
 To demonstrate that PE is a meaningful and necessary endeavour
 To build relationships and foster collaboration between different
actors in the PE community

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 The ICN PE Team
 National Coordinator: Based at OCIC for the next three years,
Sarah Power will work with all provincial and regional councils
to coordinate capacity building and public engagement
activities for the councils and, by extension, their members.
Sarah Power
icn.rcc@ocic.on.ca
416-972-6303

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 The ICN PE Team
 Regional coordinators: Working in each council, the RCs carry
out ICN activities on the ground. They will be your contacts over
the next two years. The regional coordinators are:
 ACGC Diana Coumantarakis diana@acgc.ca
 AQOCI Annick Des Granges adesgranges@aqoci.qc.ca
 ACIC Janelle Frail pe@acic-caci.org
 BCCIC Lynn Slobogian programofficer@bccic.ca
 MCIC Kirsten Earl McCorrister program@mcic.ca
 MCIC Bequie Lake pe@mcic.ca
 OCIC Jennifer Muldoon icnontario@ocic.on.ca
 SCIC Steffany Salloum worldbeat@earthbeat.sk.ca

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 Context Analysis (mapping/inventory)
 Goal: To get a snapshot of what is going on in PE in Canada
today, where is it happening and who is doing it
 This information will be gathered in a variety of ways:
 Online National Survey
 Focus groups with PE practitioners
 1:1 interviews with key informants
 Discussion forums through the PE Hub
 Timeline: October 2011 to March 2012
 Reach: PE practitioners

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 National Public Opinion Poll
 Preliminary goals :
 To measure levels of awareness and engagement of Canadians on
global poverty issues
 To demonstrate the importance of PE work for keeping Canadians
informed and engaged
 To have a baseline for the international development community
 To share the results widely with the sector, the Canadian public
and government agencies
 Timeline: Spring of 2012
 Reach: General Canadian public

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 Annotated Bibliography and Literature Review
 Goals:
 To compile academic and institutional (UN, Governmental, formal
organizational level) research on PE, to identify gaps in the
research and to make this information available to PE practitioners
 To build relationships between academics and practitioners and to
promote collaboration between them
 Timeline:
 Annotate bibliography - fall 2011/winter 2012
 Literature review - spring/summer 2012
 Reach:
 Academics
 Institutions
 PE practitioners

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 Knowledge Hubs
 Goal:
 To convene PE practitioners to share expertise and best practices
on specific dimensions of PE leading to active global citizenship
 To build relationships and foster collaboration between different
actors in the PE community
 Timeline: Beginning March 2012
 Reach: Geographically or thematically based PE practitioners

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 PE Toolkit and National Web Conference
 Goal: To highlight best practices in PE and share this
information at a national level
 Timeline: Year 2 and Year 3 (2012-2014)
 Reach:
 Members
 PE Practitioners
 Students
 Funders
 General public
 Other sectors

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 How to get involved?
 Contact Sarah Power for questions regarding this presentation
 Contact your regional coordinator to find out how you can be
involved and to get on your regional ICN email list
 Keep an eye on your inbox for communications about the ICN’s
PE programming
 Get familiar with the councils and what is happening in your
region
 Tell your friends and networks

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Questions ???

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 How to contact us
 National Coordinator:
 ICN Sarah Power icn.rcc@ocic.on.ca
 Regional Coordinators:
 ACGC Diana Coumantarakis diana@acgc.ca
 AQOCI Annick Des Granges adesgranges@aqoci.qc.ca
 ACIC Janelle Frail pe@acic-caci.org
 BCCIC Lynn Slobogian programofficer@bccic.ca
 MCIC Kirsten Earl McCorrister program@mcic.ca
 MCIC Bequie Lake pe@mcic.ca
 OCIC Jennifer Muldoon icnontario@ocic.on.ca
 SCIC Steffany Salloum worldbeat@earthbeat.sk.ca