Possibilities of ICT and tool limits relative to sustainable development, participation and partnership Besançon 17 th October 2008 Laurent Amiotte-Suchet UFC

Quality Letter of Research Action : principles Principle 1: Mobilization of the territorial actors and resources Investigation of the target territory’s actors and resources Organization of actors/researchers partnerships Principle 2: Mutualisation of the whole of competences and knowledge Multidimensionality of the action-research Co-learning Principle 3: Responsibility of participants and involved institutions Organization of a collaborative management of the project Deontology and autonomy of participants Principle 4: Common property of the results of the Action-Research Regular evaluation of the impact on the territory Durability of the implemented actions

Principle 1: Mobilization of the territorial actors and resources

Investigation of the target territory’s actors and resources

Organization of actors/researchers partnerships

Principle 2: Mutualisation of the whole of competences and knowledge

Multidimensionality of the action-research

Co-learning

Principle 3: Responsibility of participants and involved institutions

Organization of a collaborative management of the project

Deontology and autonomy of participants

Principle 4: Common property of the results of the Action-Research

Regular evaluation of the impact on the territory

Durability of the implemented actions

Delivrable 49 Title : Possibilities of ICT and tool limits relative to sustainable development, participation and partnership Objective : ITC potentialities panorama and tools’ limits with regard to the installation of a lasting cooperation partnership between researchers and terrain actors.

Title : Possibilities of ICT and tool limits relative to sustainable development, participation and partnership

Objective : ITC potentialities panorama and tools’ limits with regard to the installation of a lasting cooperation partnership between researchers and terrain actors.

Difficulties in the use of ITC Intellectual baggage and technical knowledge (technology difficult to access requiring expert competences ) Problems of a tools transfer resulting from the applied sciences and economy towards the social phenomena analysis.

Intellectual baggage and technical knowledge (technology difficult to access requiring expert competences )

Problems of a tools transfer resulting from the applied sciences and economy towards the social phenomena analysis.

Collaborative use of tools “ data” could not be built, analyzed and effectively used without in parallel the development of partnership steps, aiming to reinforce the collaboration between those having the competence to produce these data and those having a precise and close enough knowledge of the “terrain” to direct these same data structuring

“ data” could not be built, analyzed and effectively used without in parallel the development of partnership steps, aiming to reinforce the collaboration between those having the competence to produce these data and those having a precise and close enough knowledge of the “terrain” to direct these same data structuring

FOUR TOOLS OF FAMILIES PROMOTING THE LASTING COOPERATIVE PARTICIPATION Communication tools Information and database tools Observation and analyzing tools Management and projects’ evaluation tools

Communication tools

Information and database tools

Observation and analyzing tools

Management and projects’ evaluation tools

Communication tools E-mail, forums, collaborative workspaces, software of presentation (PowerPoint…) Potentialities : Network researchers and field actors Transformations on the decision-making processes Traceability of the exchange activity Encourages the individual participants’ responsibility Limits : Several network (redundancy and contradiction between the ideas and documents exchange within the project) Involuntary exclusion processes appears towards those using only too few the cooperative workspace

E-mail, forums, collaborative workspaces, software of presentation (PowerPoint…)

Potentialities :

Network researchers and field actors

Transformations on the decision-making processes

Traceability of the exchange activity

Encourages the individual participants’ responsibility

Limits :

Several network (redundancy and contradiction between the ideas and documents exchange within the project)

Involuntary exclusion processes appears towards those using only too few the cooperative workspace

Information and database tools Sites, internet portals, Data base (on ligne or not) Potentialities : Dynamic and evolutive consultation (according to various data accessibility levels) Density of information and structured data Capacity to generate network (new partnerships) Limits : Readability and regular actualization Confidentiality of personal data

Sites, internet portals, Data base (on ligne or not)

Potentialities :

Dynamic and evolutive consultation (according to various data accessibility levels)

Density of information and structured data

Capacity to generate network (new partnerships)

Limits :

Readability and regular actualization

Confidentiality of personal data

Observation and analyzing tools Statistical and space analyzing software (Pragma, Anaconda,…) Potentialities : Field actors bring an intimate knowledge of the population-target Realization of a common territory diagnosis Better familiarization with the operation of data processing tools Field actors can then find their place at the researchers sides in working groups Limits : Accessibility of tools Researchers/terrain actors’ border redraw them during the analyzing phase

Statistical and space analyzing software (Pragma, Anaconda,…)

Potentialities :

Field actors bring an intimate knowledge of the population-target

Realization of a common territory diagnosis

Better familiarization with the operation of data processing tools

Field actors can then find their place at the researchers sides in working groups

Limits :

Accessibility of tools

Researchers/terrain actors’ border redraw them during the analyzing phase

Management and projects’ evaluation tools Tools permitting projects carriers to evaluate the real actions’ impact implemented on the concerned territory Potentialities : Common control of results Collectively shared identification of evaluation criteria Limits : Evaluation takes the external expertise form which conclusions do not always satisfy the projects’ leaders Q uantitative tools can quickly be perceived like inapt to really take into account human impacts considered to be non quantifiable.

Tools permitting projects carriers to evaluate the real actions’ impact implemented on the concerned territory

Potentialities :

Common control of results

Collectively shared identification of evaluation criteria

Limits :

Evaluation takes the external expertise form which conclusions do not always satisfy the projects’ leaders

Q uantitative tools can quickly be perceived like inapt to really take into account human impacts considered to be non quantifiable.