Manual on Public Participation
in Environmental Decisionmaking

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part I: Using Public Participation
  • Chapter I. Public Participation as an Instrument for Environmental Protection - by Karel van der Zwiep
    • Introduction
    • Public Participation
    • The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
    • Subject of Public Participation
    • Instruments of Public Participation
    • How to Use These Instruments
  • Chapter II. Public Participation in Practice: How to Get Started? - by Margaret Bowman and Veronika Thiebach
    • What Environmental Problem Concerns You and Why?
    • How Can You Get More Information about the Problem?
    • What Objective(s), if Achieved, Will Help Solve the Problem and Most Benefit Your Community's or Country's Environment and Health?
    • What Are the Option(s) for Pursuing Your Objective(s)?
    • Which Option(s) Will You Pursue?
  • Chapter III. Public Participation in Central and Eastern Europe - by Stephen Stec and Magdolna Tóth Nagy
    • Introduction
    • Problems of Definition and Recent History
    • The Political Process
    • The Legal Process
    • The Public Forum
• Part II: Country Reports - by Steven Stec
  • Introduction: A Note about the Country Reports
  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Hungary
  • Macedonia
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
• Annex 1: An Overview of Various Forms of Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking - by Margaret Bowman and Edith Roberts
• Annex 2: List of Public Participation Experts
  • REC Public Participation Program
  • Address List
• Copyright notice

See also the Baltic Supplement of the Manual on Public Participation in Environmental Decisionmaking.