Integrating health considerations into spatial planning and development, communicative planning Lecture HEPRO partnership meeting May 2006, Alytus, Lithuania Roar Amdam Volda University College
Model of strategy formation Mintzberg 1994: “The rise and fall of strategic planning”
Instrumental (linear) planning Knowledge Power Actions ExpertClient
Strategies Actions Visions Knowledge Radical praxis Critical reflections Communicative (empowerment) planning
The policy process
The four domains of social practice Friedmann 1992: Empowerment
Formal and informal planning levels (The two parallel system of regional planning)
Partnership as network organisations
ThinkingActing ”Downloading” Who is helping you to open, up and reach down to deeper learning? Conversations Different level of learning
Public health work is about political power and policy making Achieve accept and legitimacy for the HEPRO project Put public health on the political agenda Take decisions about public health production Produce actions and contribute to sustainable public health policy Monitor and learn from output and outcome
Planning tools
Development variables
The public health chain
Group 1 Institutional planning, legitimacy and acceptance Brainstorm: What is positive with the current situation Brainstorm: What is negative with the current situation Brainstorm: What actions are needed
Group 2 Strategic planning, mobilizing and setting the agenda Brainstorm: What is positive with the current situation Brainstorm: What is negative with the current situation Brainstorm: What actions are needed
Group 3 Tactical planning, organising and decision-making Brainstorm: What is positive with the current situation Brainstorm: What is negative with the current situation Brainstorm: What actions are needed
Group 4 Operative planning, implement actions and contribution to sustainable public health policy Brainstorm: What is positive with the current situation Brainstorm: What is negative with the current situation Brainstorm: What actions are needed
Group 5 Reporting, monitoring and learning Brainstorm: What is positive with the current situation Brainstorm: What is negative with the current situation Brainstorm: What actions are needed
Brainstorm Step 1: Come together as a group and choose a leader and a writer Step 2: Use 10 minutes to storm ideas about the positive in the situation. Write them down and remember no discussion in this step Step 3: Use 20 minutes to discuss and prioritise the 3-5 most important positive ideas Repeat step 2 and 3 on what is negative and what actions are needed Prepare a report for the plenary session tomorrow on the groups prioritised positive and negative ideas and actions needed