Public consultations are important tools which help elected bodies gather sufficient evidence and information to decide policies or laws and to oversee the implementation of these measures. Since  2008, the Office of National Assembly (ONA)/United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project entered its third phase and started support to enhance public consultations at both the National Assembly and Provincial People’s Council level. During the implementation, some PPCs issued Decisions and Coordination Regulations in order to initially regulate the public consultations activity at provincial level. In order to further widen the application of public consultations in other PPCs, there was need for  a set of guidelines on institutionalisation of this practice. The institutionalisation guideline can also be used as material for various relevant trainings. 

In this context, the Project supported the drafting of the Manual on the Institutionalization of Public Consultations for the Provincial People’s Councils. This manual is mainly designed for PPCs deputies and supporting staff in charge of this matter. In addition, the manual can serve as an useful reference material for researchers in areas of political science, law, administration, institutional development and other interested readers.