Identifying Executive Factors and Considerations Affecting Public Participation in Defense Projects

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Nahjul-Balagha Sciences and Education, Faculty of Literature and Foreign Languages, Kashan University, Kashan, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.

3 M.A., Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Over the past few decades, collaborative activities of governmental and state institutions with the public as well as the philanthropic, such as the formation of school-building and health benefactors' assembly, demonstrate both the capacity and willingness of the public to participate in advancing the nation's strategic goals. Support for defense and security is one of the critical areas in which the people's experience in the sacred defense can be seen as well. Therefore, the objective of this research is to identify the effective factors and implementation considerations for attracting public participation in defense projects. A thematic analysis method was used to identify the influential factors, and focus groups were employed to identify the implementation considerations.
 According to the findings, the most significant identified factors were categorized into main themes as forming operational structures, support from high-level civil and military levels, inclusion in upstream policy documents, transparency and accountability, knowledge-based performance, promoting cultural awareness and public relations, and environmental conditions. Also, the obtained implementation considerations include: adopting a participation-oriented approach rather than merely compensating for budget deficit; developing a culture of participation in support of defense and security; being careful against questioning Iran's military capabilities; formulating an appropriate model for the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics to establish institutions for attracting participation; emphasizing the provision of performance and financial reports to contributors; and considering the preservation of the dignity of service recipients. The results further indicate that attracting the public participation for defense projects can serve as a strategy for developing the social capital of the armed forces, stabilizing resources for defense projects, and advancing military science and technology.

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اقتصاد دفاع و توسعه پایدار
Volume 10, Issue 38
December 2025
Pages 9-34

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