Advanced participatory methods for changing water governance

Date de publication : Sep 24, 2015 2:52:49 PM

A one day training workshop on the CoOPLAaGE toolkit

November 4, 2015, Univ. Paris Dauphine

When ?

Following up on the session “Transforming water governance with participatory modeling and simulation - a practical introduction”, held on the 6th meeting of the OECD Water Governance Initiative on 2-3 November at OECD headquarters in Paris

What is CoOPLAaGE ?

CoOPLAaGE is a an integrated set of participatory methods, tools and protocols designed to support all stakeholders’ groups, from citizens to policy makers, in discussing and engaging really into change strategies in:

·         design of an acceptable decision procedure

·         modeling of the joint situation

·         framing of shared social justice principles

·         simulation (role playing game) of change pathways and policy impact

·         planning to build coherent action plans

·         evaluation of the process and outcomes

·         implementation pathway

Why CoOPLAage ?

·         CoOPLAaGE is designed for the organizers of water management processes (planning, implementation), open to a wide range of participants (administration, policy makers, consumers, NGOs, farmers, experts, etc.). It covers most needs in participatory decision making

·         easily transferable and adaptable to various contexts, countries and players

·         attractive and innovative (e.g. role playing games)

·         it has a large international users’ network, fostered by trainings and cooperative projects (2014-2015: Tunisia, Kenya, Sénégal, Costa-Rica, Nicaragua, Australia, New-Caledonia)

·         it is produced by a French public and independent institution.

Content of the training

Practical exercises to let participants project themselves into their own case studies and consider possible decision procedures: Integration in multi-level participation / Playing one’s own local model with WAG / Participatory planning with COOPLAN / Integrated impact evaluation with ENCORE / Participatory design of the decision procedure with PRE-PAR / Assessing future needs

Training will be done in English ; teacher will be Dr Nils Ferrand, senior researcher at IRSTEA, coordinator of the CoOPLAaGE program

Cost: 560€ HT – for reduced fee rates, please contact us ; training certificate AgroParisTech

Contact: delphine.laot@irstea.fr ; Tel +33(0)4 67 04 63 20

http://cooplaage-course.watagame.info