Synthesis of all Stakeholder Workshops 2

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   1. Background
   2. Objectives and contents of WP 3.3
2. Workshops at the study sites
3. Results from the single steps
4. Workshop evaluation
5. Strengths, weaknesses and challenges
6. Annex 1: List of stakeholder workshop reports
7. Annex 2: Table showing technologies selected in the course of WB3

Objectives and contents of WP 3.3

The following is a brief recapitulation of objectives, target groups and other important aspects related to the second participatory stakeholder workshop (for more details please see the methodological guidelines, DESIRE Manuals and Training Guides, Report No. 17).

In the context of the DESIRE project the stakeholder workshop approach was selected to initiate collaboration of SST with relevant stakeholders in their study sites.

Overall goal of WP 3.3 is to select promising (existing and potential) strategies for land conservation to be tested / implemented in the selected study sites.

Objectives:

1. To jointly select 1-2 options (mitigation strategies) from the WOCAT database to be implemented / field-tested in the selected study sites in the context of DESIRE WB 4.
2. To strengthen trust and collaboration among involved stakeholders.

Contents of the workshop:

• Definition of options (mitigation strategies) for the local context.
• Identification of relevant criteria to evaluate the different options.
• Scoring the options.
• Creating a hierarchy and ranking criteria.
• Analysis and prioritizing of options. Decision on 1-2 options to be test implemented.
• Embedding the options into the overall strategy.

Target groups of the 2^nd stakeholder workshop are the same as in the 1^st workshop (WP 3.1).

1. local stakeholders (land users, representatives of local authorities, local NGOs etc.) who live in the specific rural environment (local participants); and
2. external stakeholders, i.e. researchers and development professionals (from NGOs, GOs etc.) working in rural environments (external participants), with different degrees of professional expertise on environmental and development issues.

The 2^nd workshop builds on the analysis and discussions made in stakeholder workshop 1; thus it is important, that the same stakeholders participate in the 1^st and the 2^nd workshop!

The workshop duration was suggested to be at least 2 days to give enough time for the learning process to evolve and for intensive discussion and interaction between different stakeholders.

The methodology consists of three main elements:

1. A participatory approach has been chosen to guide and lead the workshop participants through the process of evaluation and decision-making.
2. The options or strategies of land conservation from which to choose are derived from the WOCAT database into which locally applied options have been entered in WP3.2.
3. The single steps of the evaluation and decision-making process are supported by a
   Multi Objective Decision Support System (MODSS) software.

During the workshop, the software will be run on a computer at the background. If possible, use a beamer for projection.

The workshop programme follows a logical and consecutive sequence of steps, each with its own objectives, method, procedure, and expected results.

Table 1: Sequence of steps (workshop methodology)