Participatory policy modelling for operational policy stream

Abstract

An introduction of the participatory element into the existing policy making scheme challenges the whole policy making practice, since unmanageable stakes have a risk to mask the proper distribution of interests and hide needs of the society. The particular interest of this research is to describe participatory modelling procedures and construct the model by means of system dynamics that capacitates an input of policy stakeholders via a rational balance of interest expression in policy making and policy administration streams. The primary intention is to use these modelling techniques for the description of participatory procedures and apply them to governance of wider public policy issues. The model primarily is targeted to introduce such mechanisms to the policy making process that enable control of the completeness of the stake representation and to balance the stake representation. Equally the model has to protect policy makers from narrow interest advocacy against the public interest.