Participation in forest planning in Sardinia

General case description

Brief overview

Briefly define purpose & objectives of the case introduced

• what was the problem
• what was the end product
• what was the planning area
• what was the planning organization
• who was the decision maker
• what were the aims of the project
• what were the aims of the participation process in the project (for example, conflict resolution, increasing acceptance of decisions)

Organization

• Who started the process?
• What influence did the participation have in the decision process? (for instance compared to Arnstein levels of participation)
• How is the participation process organized?
• What was the time frame for participation?
• What was the time frame related to the project time frame?
• What was the budget of project/participation (for example in money, workdays etc.)?

Problem structuring

• How was the problem defined?
• Who defined the problem? Was participation used in problem definition phase?
• What tools or methods were used in problem structuring, if any?

Intelligence

Stakeholders

• who were the stakeholders?
• how were they selected?

Objectives

• what were the criteria?
• how were they selected?

Preferences

• how were the preferences of the decision makers and stakeholders elicited?

Information

• what information was collected?
• what tools were used for data collection?

Design

Alternatives

• What kind of alternatives were considered?
• How were they defined?
• Who defined them?
• What tools and methods (if any) were used to define them?

Choice

Usage of DSS

• What kind of DSS was used (if any)?
• How was the DSS used in the process?

Usage of models, methods and tools

• What kind of decision support tools (models, methods) were used, if any?
• How were the decision support tools used? (for instance, through internet, with the help of a facilitator, with hands-on experiments)
• Was the use of decision support tools interactive?

Monitoring

• Was the success of the project monitored?
• How was the success of the project monitored? (both process and product)
• Who monitored the success?
• Were the decisions/plans implemented?
• Was the implementation monitored?
• Were the goals set for participation achieved?