Including the closely related term panel.
… experiences and opinions. Challenging each other and learning from each other. To help them, with their task, the inquiry members received presentations from twenty-five ‘commentators’ (similar to expert witnesses in a legal jury), who they questioned or cross examined. In order to ensure the process was robust, fair and unbiased an Oversight Panel was formed to agree the recruitment methodology…
…, the overarching question and the identity of the commentators. This panel met parallel to the inquiry and was made up of some fourteen key local stakeholders (including the public, private and community sector), from the County Council to Extinction Rebellion. The People’s Inquiry is an example of a deliberative process, similar to a Citizens’ Assembly, but smaller. It was commissioned by Warwick…
… Future and panel of advisors who provided oversight to the process. All these people have not only made this process possible but have helped to ensure the recommendations have been so carefully considered and offer a fair and constructive way forward. It has been extremely heartening to see people from across our District give up their time to debate and discuss this most important issue. My…
… 7 Oversight Panel In keeping with best practice for deliberative processes such as this, a project Oversight Panel was recruited to work parallel to the inquiry. The oversight panel, made up of a diversity of local stakeholders, checked to make sure that the process followed was fair and unbiased. The role of the Oversight Panel was to: 1. Ensure that the project design is fair…
… and rigorous, 2. Agree upon and monitor the process of citizen recruitment 3. Suggest topics to be considered by citizens in the inquiry 4. Identify ‘commentators’/’witnesses’ best able to present on these topics. 5. Push for implementation of the Inquiry’s recommendations. The Question Part of the role of the oversight panel was to decide upon the overarching question which the inquiry…