Organizations

Numerous professional associations and nonprofits/NGOs are actively involved in developing tools, techniques and approaches for stakeholder involvement. Email us if you’d like us to include your professional association or nonprofit/NGO on this list.

Professional Associations
American Planning Association [www.planning.org]
Association for Conflict Resolution [www.acrnet.org]
Canadian Institute of Planners [www.cip-icu.ca/english/home.htm]
Educators for Community Change [http://www.e4ce.org/default.htm]
International Association of Facilitators [www.iaf-world.org]
International Association for Public Participation [www.iap2.org]
International City County Management Association [www.icma.org]
International Society of City and Regional Planners [www.isocarp.org]
National Conference of State Legislatures [www.ncsl.org]
National League of Cities [www.nlc.org]
New Zealand Planning Institute [www.nzplanning.co.nz]
Planning Institute of Australia [www.planning.org.au]
Royal Town Planning Institute [www.rtpi.org.uk]

Nonprofits/NGOs
Bali Institute for Global Renewal [www.baliinstitute.org]
Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation [www.c2d2.ca]
Center for Compassionate Listening [www.compassionatelistening.org]
Center for Strategic Facilitation [www.strategicfacilitation.com]
Center for Wise Democracy [www.tobe.net/info/general.htm]
Civicus [www.civicus.org]
Congress for New Urbanism [www.cnu.org]
Harwood Public Innovators Lab [www.theharwoodinstitute.org/join/events/publiclab.html]
Institute for Civility in Government [www.instituteforcivility.org]
Institute for Cultural Affairs USA [www.ica-usa.org/]
Institute of World Affairs [www.iwa.org]
Kettering Foundation [www.kettering.org]
National Charrette Institute [www.charretteinstitute.org]
National Issues Forum [www.nifi.org]
National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation [www.thataway.org]
National MultiCultural Institute [www.nmci.org]
PolicyConsensus.org [www.policyconsensus.org]
Study Circles Resource Center [www.studycircles.org]