Public Engagement to Achieve Self-Sufficiency in New Brunswick, Canada

Driven by a world of increasing complexity and interdependence, OECD governments are struggling with how to evolve classically hierarchical structures into more horizontal, open and responsive service delivery and policy development models. An emerging strategy to create this shift is establishing system-wide goals that co-ordinate public service agencies and enlist other stakeholders, including other levels of government, business, civil society and individual citizens, in an attempt to achieve results. Open and inclusive policy making is critical to such a strategy, since stakeholders are more likely to buy into a goal they have some say in setting.