... in the study sites (Stakeholder Workshop 2).
The workshop methodology consists of three main elements:
- A participatory approach to guide and lead the workshop participants through a process of multi-criteria evaluation of different options which finally results in decision-making on strategies to be field-tested.
- The WOCAT database containing locally applied options as well as options from a number of other contexts.
- ‘Facilitator’, a Multi Objective Decision Support System (MODSS) software to support the single steps of the evaluation and decision-making process.
Target groups were the same as in the 1st workshop: local stakeholders (land users, representatives of local authorities, local NGOs) and external stakeholders (researchers, development professionals, NGOs, GOs).
Steps |
Objectives |
Step 1: Review and adjustment of objectives |
- To recall and refresh main discussions and results from the 1st stakeholder workshop.
- To decide on which objectives to focus on for the selection of options that will be implemented later.
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Step 2: Identification of options |
- To identify with the help of the WOCAT database a range of options (technologies and approaches) that fit the selected objectives.
- To visualize the potential options.
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Step 3: Identification of relevant criteria for evaluation |
- To identify and agree on a set of 9-12 criteria (ecological, economic, and socio-cultural) per objective, relevant for the local context, along which the different options can be evaluated.
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Step 4: Scoring the options |
- To assess for each option, to which extent it fulfils the different criteria identified in step 3, i.e. to assess the options by the criteria.
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Step 5: Creating a hierarchy and ranking criteria |
- To organise criteria in a hierarchical order.
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Step 6: Analysis and interpretation |
- To visualise the relative merits of the different options.
- To interpret the results.
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Step 7: Prioritising of options – negotiation and decision making |
- To find a final agreement on which option should be selected for test-implementation in the study site.
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Step 8: Embedding into the overall strategy |
- To refine the overall strategy and to ensure that the options selected for test-implementation fits in and framework conditions are considered.
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Workshop evaluation |
- To evaluate contents, methodology, and results of the workshop.
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More details ... the results from each study site of Stakeholder Workshop 2
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»Guadalentín, Spain
»Mação & Góis, Portugal »Rendina, Italy »Crete, Greece »Nestos River Delta, Greece »Karapinar, Turkey »Eskisehir, Turkey »Sehoul, Morocco
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»Zeuss Koutine, Tunisia »Dzhanibek, Russia »Novy, Russia »Yan River Delta, China »Boteti, Botswana »Cointzio, Mexico »Secano Interior, Chile »Ribeira Seca, Cape Verde |
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