Public Involvement Best Practices Program  

Strengthening partnership between
community and government.  
Resulting in the best decisions for all of Portland.

Community members testifying at City Council

The Public Involvement Best Practices Program aims to strengthen and support public involvement processes citywide that are accessible to the community. 

We coordinate the Public Involvement Advisory Council, a new City committee comprised of community members and city staff who seek to strengthen and institutionalize the City’s commitment to public involvement and assist City bureaus in creating consistent expectations and processes for public involvement activities.

We organize the Citywide Public Involvement Network, a series of networking and training sessions for citywide public involvement staff on best practices for working with the community.