DIALOGUE MATTERS LIMITED

Business Description

dialogue matters ltd was set up in 2000 to help people have better discussions and make better decisions about the natural environment.
We all care deeply about people and the natural world and the need for better decisions that lead to a sustainable future.
We firmly believe that well designed and skilfully facilitated stakeholder dialogue is key to this. We enjoy meeting people who care enough to come to workshops and have their say and we regard it a privilege that they trust us to help them.

Business Services
We are experts in stakeholder participation and passionate about helping people influence decisions that affect them. The main focus of our work is the natural environment. We help people with different interests to negotiate and find ways forward that will benefit people, places, nature and livelihoods, over the long-term.
We deliver training to inspire and skill others to run good quality stakeholder processes.
We hold conferences so people can share best practice and innovative solutions.
We work to transform how organisations engage with others and provide advice and guidance on good practice.
Our work ranges from helping communities solve local challenges, academics share knowledge, through to international UN Conventions and international organisations.
We work on projects that focus on the land, coast or sea and work in the UK, elsewhere in Europe and Overseas.

Business Clients
UK and Crown Dependencies
Public Bodies: Defra, Natural England, the Countryside Agency, English Nature, National Park Authorities, AONB units, Countryside Council for Wales, CEFAS The Environment Agency
Local Authorities: Local and Regional Authorities
Partnerships Projects: Marine Protected Area Projects, Landscape Projects, Living with the Sea LIFE Project, CO2 Sense, Biodiversity partnerships.
Research/Academic Institutes: Macaulay Institute, UK Climate Impacts Programme, Tyndal Centre for Climate Research, Countryside and Community Research Unit (CCRU) Cheltenham University, Newcastle University, York University.
NGO: The Wildlife Trusts, The National Trust
Crown Dependencies: Jersey Government, Isle of Man Government

European
We have worked in Brussels, Ireland, France, Estonia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia
European Commission - DG Environment
Regional Environment Centre for Eastern Europe
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Various InterReg Projects
Slovenian Institute for Nature Protection
Croatian State Institute for Nature Protection
Estonian Ministry for the Environment

Beyond Europe
We have worked in the Middle East and Africa
N Regional Seas Convention in the Middle East
African Technology and Policy Studies Network (workshops and conferences bringing together senior scientists and policy makers from 23 African countries)