What is the Engage Portal?

The Engage portal offers Calgarians an online space to learn about and engage in City projects open for public input. Click the 'Home' button above to view all the projects. Using the portal you can:

  • Provide feedback
  • Explore upcoming events
  • See participant input
  • Track project progress
  • Learn about final decisions

Join in, share your thoughts and stay connected with projects of interest!

Your Input and Influence

At The City of Calgary, daily decisions impact over a million people. Your input, along with that of fellow citizens and interested parties, aids decision makers in understanding the perspectives of people potentially impacted by City decisions. Public input is balanced with factors like budgets, regulations, and best practices.

Decision

Our Approach

At The City of Calgary, public engagement follows the Engage Policy, Engage Framework and Process.
The Engage Policy sets a high standard for consistent engagement with the public and interested parties across The Corporation.

The City will provide context and background information (for all levels of engagement) to assist Calgarians and interested parties in understanding issues, problems, alternatives and / or solutions, and services we provide. Our commitment is to:

  • Provide information that is timely, accurate, balanced, objective, and easily understood.
  • Respond to questions for clarification and direct citizens and stakeholders to sources of additional information.
  • Share with stakeholders what we heard from them.
  • Share with stakeholders if the input cannot be used in making the decision and the reasoning for why it may not be used.
  • Share how the input was factored into the decision.

Below is the public participation spectrum used for engagement projects.

Listen and Learn

Strategy: Interested parties and The City listen to and learn about each others’ views, plans, concerns, and expectations.

Promise: We will listen to interested parties and learn about their plans, views, issues, concerns and expectations and ideas.

Consult

Strategy: Interested parties’ feedback is obtained through consultation to analyze issues and build alternatives, and thereby make contributions to the decision-making process. Consulting with interested parties ensures issues and concerns are understood and considered.

Promise: We will consult with interested parties to obtain feedback and ensure their input is considered and incorporated to the maximum extent possible. We undertake to advise how consultation impacted the decisions and outcomes.

Collaborate

Strategy: Interested parties are considered partners in the decision-making process, including collaboration on analyzing issues, building alternatives, identifying preferred solutions and making recommendations.

Promise: We will partner with interested parties in a process that results in joint recommendations. We undertake to advise how collaboration impacted decision-making.

Empower

Strategy: Aspects of the decision-making process are delegated to interested parties.

Promise: Where legislation permits, we will abide with the decisions made under delegated authority. Where legislation precludes making such a commitment in advance, we undertake to be guided by the outcome.