Kivinen, K. 1999. Co-operation in Finnish regional forest programmes. Diskurssi Ltd. Helsinki. 39 p. (In Finnish)

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Abstract: Co-operative processes were organised in regional forest programmes in Finland. Two of them were evaluated. The aim was to get a firm basis for future work. The study showed that the organisers would benefit from quality training aiming at deeper understanding of and know-how about public participation. It is evident that the efforts to adopt co-operation and public participation without changing the old planning culture cannot be fruitful. Also some technical problems were found. For instance the participation was not planned adequately, the documentation of the discussions was poor and the meetings could have been timed better.

Keywords: Regional forest programme , Public participation

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