About the Center
The Center for Collaborative Policy is a unit of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies at California State University, Sacramento. The Center was established in 1990 as the California Center for Public Dispute Resolution, which was originally a joint program of California State University Sacramento and the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific.
Mission Statement:
The mission of the Center is to build the capacity of public agencies, stakeholder groups, and the public to use collaborative strategies to improve policy outcomes.
Strategic Goals:
- Enhance the existing capacity of governing institutions to use collaborative methods (governance capacity);
- Enhance the existing capacity of communities and the public to collaboratively engage with governing structures and public policy decision-making (civic engagement capacity);
- Create and share knowledge about collaborative public policy development and capacity building (knowledge capacity);
- Enhance the collaborative policy and civic engagement network across the state (statewide capacity); and
- Continue to enhance the Center’s internal organizational capacity and provide opportunities for practitioners’ professional growth (internal capacity).
Core Competencies:
The Center for Collaborative Policy has identified five core competencies as the essential skills and attributes in which the Center's program staff need to be effective in order to carry out our mission:
- Process Design and Execution
- Policy Competency
- Political Grounding
- Project Management
- Presence/Presentation
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Services Available:
- Collaborative Policy and Conflict Resolution Services:
- Assist government agencies and stakeholders to develop sound public policies that address their key interests
- Mediate public policy and related conflicts among governmental and/or non-governmental stakeholders
- Find innovative solutions to complex policy dilemmas and build broad support for implementation
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- Collaborative Public Involvement Services:
- Create effective communication and dialogue between government agencies and the communities affected by their decisions
- Help build capacity for effective communication and interaction between elected officials, agency leaders and the public
- Use multiple media and methods of access to elicit public knowledge
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- Organizational Services:
- Assist organizations to successfully navigate transition
- Help equip organizations to employ new strategies, methods and/or systems
- Support organizational leaders to achieve mission-critical roles and results
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- Training Services:
- Deliver highly interactive, customized learning experiences related to collaborative processes
- Share knowledge to enhance collaborative problem solving skills
- Build capacity to participate effectively in negotiations
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- Research Services:
- Enhance the practice of collaborative policy processes and public engagement
- Evaluate the effectiveness of collaborative projects
- Build the theory underlying collaborative democratic process
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