Right of Interactive Consultation and Dialogue

THE RIGHT OF INTERACTIVE CONSULTATION AND DIALOGUE

WITH GOVERNMENTS AND CORPORATIONS

• Citizens and residents have the right to interactive consultation and dialogue – as individuals, groups or organisations - with governments, their agencies, agents and instrumentalities and corporations, whether public or private, which affect their interests.

• A code of conduct will be drawn up by governments and corporations with widespread and representative community input to ensure a high standard of interactive consultation and dialogue. Such interactive consultation and dialogue will be based upon freedom of information with the same rights of discovery as exist judicially. This will be known as the Consultation and Dialogue (CaD) process.

• All major environmental applications will be subject to the Consultation and Dialogue (CaD) process.