Roles of Participants in a Stakeholder Process
Respondents were asked to rate the most effective role for citizens, government officials, and scientists for the following factors (on a scale of 1 to 5, with one representing the lowest and five representing the highest.)
In general, citizens are seen as providing input on values, recommending policy options, and providing social and political risk information. Respondents did not see citizens having a role in providing science-based risk information. Government officials’ primary role is seen as recommending and choosing policy options. Predictably, the role of the scientist is to provide technical information, but respondents also felt strongly that scientists should not have a role in choosing policy options or offering input on values. This model was practiced in Columbus, Ohio’s, Priorities ’95 stakeholder process. In this case, a technical committee was established to deal with technical evaluation and to inform the larger stakeholder committee on technical and scientific issues. (See Appendix 5.)
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