PA RTICIPATORY N ETWORKS AND D ATABASES F O R SUSTAINABILITY R ESEARCH AND A SSESSMENT

PARTICIPATORYNETWORKS AND DATABASES FOR SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT

www.feempandora.it

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

PANDORA team

Lorena Rocca: project coordinator; NICT participation

Livio Chiarullo: sustainable development; local governance

Martina Gambaro: technical support; forum management

Marco Scurati: internet public relations; venetian perspective

Valerie Cogan: translation; decision support systems



A non-profit, non-partisan research institution established to carry out research in the field of sustainable development

The foundation was established by Eni in 1989 to:

– carry out research on sustainable development

– promote interaction between academics, industrial and public policy spheres

Present in Milan, Venice, Rome, Genoa and Turin


The Programme

Part 1 Presentation (9.15 - 10.45)

– Participation for Sustainability– Using NICT– PANDORA – a work in progress

BREAK

Part 2 Workshop (11.15 - 12.45)

– Problem - Tourism in Venice– Future scenarios – working groups– Future scenarios – on line


Participation

The act of taking part or sharing in something

Association with others in a relationship (as a partnership) or an

enterprise usually on a formal basis with specified rights and

obligations


Arnstein, 1969; Wiedemann and Femers, 1993 Levels of Participation


Participatory Planning and Decision Making

Help us to learn more... Does legislation oblige administrations in your country to

participate with the public?

Do you have experience with any forms of public participation?

What would be the difficulties and benefits for your office with

conducting an on line public participation program?

...please spend some time over the next week with PANDORA


CONTENTS

1. Theoretical Framework

2. PANDORA: a tool for on-line participation

3. Experiments and Results


Theoretical Framework

Participation forGovernance and Sustainable Development

Participation withNew Information and Communication Technologies


Governance and Sustainable Development

AGENDA 21 – chapter 28 (1992)

The relevance of the involvement and participation of citizens in the decsions that affect social, environmental and economic

development in local communities

The Århus Convention (1998)

White Paper on European Governance (2001)

Environment 2010: Our future, our choice (2001)

The EC Directive on EIA (1997)



Thus the citizen acts increasingly as a supporter and co-decision

maker for the strategies for local development

Participation and Sustainable Development involvement of citizens in decision making and a greater awareness of the effect of individuals’ actions and decisions on the surrounding environment.



The three pillars of sustainability

SOCIETY’

Improve the quality of life and the equity among the living generations

ENVIRONMENTStop environmental

degredation

ECONOMYPrevent the

impoverishment of the future generations


NICTWhen one wants to begin a collaborative process among different actors, it is important to consider the many tools that can contribute to the development of a “multiple intelligence” for the legitimisation of individual viewpoints.

Among the “scaffolding” available for collaborative processes, the

New Information and Communication Technologies

have burst onto the scene.

The challenge for the Pandora project is to construct a virtual environment that will assist territorial planning in the real world, a tool to facilitate the involvement and participation of the “citizens of the web” in discussing the theme of sustainability in Venice.


NICT

Computer Mediated Communication The context:

– The communication itself is the place– Sinchrous– Asinchronous– Many to many communication

Technical Access: – Interface – Architecture to facilitate collaboration and partecipation.

Semiological level:– Strengthened writtten language

Phenomenological level:– Telepresence– Positioning


NICT

One way communication Multi directional communication

1 2 3 4 5

Noticeboards

NewslettersForumForumForum

ChatroomElettronicnoticeboards

E-mail

VideoconferenceShared blackboards

Chat room

Integrated environments for collaborative work

One to oneOne to manyMany to many

Messenger

Blog Newsgroup Guestbook


NICT

Sensitise and make aware (Information)

Debate among the population to share choices and priorities (Communication)

Involvement in decision processes and the formation of consensus(Participatione)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INTERNET

Information circulates freely

The citizens of the web are in continuous contact forming comunication networks

Internet facilitates participatory projects on the micro and macro scales

Technical instruments and telematic innovations have not yet been transformed into opportunities for public involvement. Through spaces of expression designed to construct a local

reality, PANDORA seeks to create such opportunities


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PANDORA: a tool for on-line participation

PARTICIPATORY

NETWORKS AND

DATABASES

FOR SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH AND

ASSESSMENT.

Pandora was the first woman created by Zeus. One day she recieved a sealed urn from him as a gift with the order not to open it. Pandora couldn’t resist her curiosity and she opened the urn and released all the evils of the earth. Hope was found in the bottom of the urn to help mankind face these evils. The mythical Pandora presented the people with problems, and nutured the belief that solutions would be found. Venice’s “evils” such as pollution, erosion, population exodus, and loss of local traditions which threaten the very survival of the city are presented to the “citizens of the web” in PANDORA, in an environment that inspires hope and the desire to participate in knowing and solving such problems.


PANDORA: a tool for online participation

Information Inform and sensitise people about the sustainability of local development (continual education)

CommunicationUse new technologies as scaffolding to favour communication and critical reflection about resource management methods and forms of organisation for activities in and between cities (user centred)

ParticipationDesign scenarios for urban sustainability through participatory tools such as blended focus groups.



- information overload+ one to one relationship



A map that positions the sites about Venice

Myvenice.org

Venessia.com

Ombra.net

Lanuovavenezia.it

Forumperlalaguna

Istitutoveneto.it

Insula.it

Salve.it

Sites for experts Sites for citizens

Generalist Sites

Sites about Sustainable Development

Comune.venezia.it


Statistics Pandora.it

AUDIENCE march 05: – Visits 1800– Pages Visited 17.000 x month– Average consumption: 10 minutes x visit

Participation ACTIVITIES march 05

– 64 registered, 170 messages written

Trend:

– From the time the site was put on line in May 04 there has been a continuous growth in traffic especially in the number of visits to the site. The average “consumption” however has not varied substantially.


The Visions Project

The VISIONS Project (Integrated Visions for a Sustainable Europe) was a three-year project which started in February 1998. It was funded by DG RTD of the European Commission through the 4th Framework Programme, Theme 4 Human Dimensions of Environmental Change (Contract no.: ENV4-CT97-0462).

The involvement of actors of policy and decision processes - policy makers, business community, NGO's, public, etc. in the design and tuning of the integrated visions must be seen as a quality assurance process, helping amongst other things with the identification and evaluation of consensus and conflict between multiple perspectives in alternative scenarios. The participatory processes deployed in VISIONS have led to some research into interfaces between scientific and non-scientific audiences, including the conditions and types of efficient involvement of actors of policy and decision processes in sustainable development challenges and debate, taking into account several publics concerned.

http://alba.jrc.it/visions/


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Experiments and Results

Phase 1

On line debate: hot issues for the city of Venice;

Surveys: collecting information and feedback

Phase 2

Blended focus groups: on line activities activated and concluded with meetings in person

Continuous monitoring

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Phase 3

Supporting institutional processes: environmental council; socio-environmental accounting


Phase 1


Phase 2

The Blended FG as a learning environemnt for expression, sharing and debate about local sustainability Collective intelligence

The Blended FG as a virtual space of sharing, legitimisation, and co-learning for territorial action Development scenarios


Phase 2

Primo incontro -in presenza- h. 2.30

Obiettivi: familiarizzare con i concetti di Sviluppo Sostenibile e Nuove Tecnologie; individuazione di un setting condiviso di comportamento per le attività del FG, scelta di una tematica significativa per la città di Venezia; avvio di un confronto

Attività:-Introduzione ai concetti di Sviluppo Sostenibile e Nuove Tecnologie per l’Informazione e la Comunicazione-Navigazione guidata del sito www.feemfandora.it e familiarizzazione con le tecnologie della partecipazione on line (sondaggi, forum, condivisione di documenti)-Individuazione tramite sondaggio on line della tematica da approfondire per la costruzione dello scenario-Discussione moderata

Settimana di lavoro on line

Secondo incontro – in presenza – h. 2.30

Obiettivi:

per la definizione di uno scenario auspicabile per Venezia nel 2015.Che fare? Immaginare in quale modo sia possibile realizzare l’immagine auspicata.

VENEZIA come dovrebbe essereI primi risultati del Focus Group di PANDORA:

“Venezia capitale mondiale del turismo”

SINTESI

DECORO URBANO e SALVAGUARDA AMBIENTALENo a bancarelle in zone ad alto valore artistico (si solo in zona mercato)No alle navi crociera in Bacino Di San Marco (si a barche transfer di stazza più piccola)

REGOLAMENTARE I FLUSSI:Ridistribuire i flussi in spazi più ampi (altre zone interessanti di Venezia e della laguna, integrare zone limitrofe dell’ hinterland Veneto, sale d’attesa con proiezioni multimediali)Diluire i flussi nel tempo (destagionalizzare, coordinare il calendario delle manifestazioni, mostre, eventi etc)Intervenire sulla pianificazione delle gite scolastiche

Far rispettare le regole che già ci sono, e attuare controlli rigidi

Riscoprire vecchie “arti e mestieri” e le vocazioni marinaresche di Venezia (Arsenale) ed evitare la monocultura turistica

Posizionare l’offerta di Venezia come un sistema organico di Turismo culturaleProgrammi di training su turismo sostenibile nelle scuoleRiutilizzare il patrimonio artistico e le risorse della Biennale

ResultsThe blended focus group


Continuous Monitoring

Analysis of the discrepancy that exists between the expectations

anddesires of the clients and their inherent perceptions of a given

“service”.

SERVQUAL

Tool and service for informing, communicating and allowing participation about themes that are linked to local sustainability for the citizens of the Web

PANDORA


Continuous Monitoring

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USABILITA' CONTENUTI PARTECIPAZIONE/INTERATTIVITA'

The importance of:– Usability– Contents– Participation & Interaction


Phase 3


Phase 3

The City of Venice’s Environmental Council

Consultation body of the City of Venice to incenivate «debate and collaboration among

associations, enterprises, groups and citizens who consider the environment as a common

good that should be cared for»


Future Scenario for PANDORA?

Participatory decision support on line for ...

…wise intervention on the ground


Participatory Planning and Decision Making

Help us to learn more... Does legislation oblige administrations in your country to

participate with the public?

Do you have experience with any forms of public participation?

What would be the difficulties and benefits for your office with

conducting an on line public participation program?

...please spend some time over the next week with PANDORA

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