General description
This course would enable student to make use of mechanisms and methods to ensure better participation of stakeholders in decision making process in management of ecosystems, and effectively and cost effectively targeting resources, support and ownership. It, as well, builds his capacity to the identification of hot spots which require immediate actions to reduce its degradation and how to inform decision makers to ensure support for actions and follow-up.
The course consists of four chapters:
1- Definition and objectives of participatory approach: Definition of participatory approach and illustrating reasons behind making use of it in the management of ecosystems, and its development by time.
2- Enabling stakeholder including civil society to decision making: Identification of the concept of enabling people to actively participate in the management system and tackling different methods of enabling based on local national and global lessons learned.
3- Stakeholders mapping: Definition of different methods and tools to ensure an effective Stakeholder Analysis such as fuzzy cognitive system, levels system Ameoba systems, which aim at identify level of importance of stakeholders, are and develop a good understanding of the most important stakeholders so that you can consider ways to win their support and to whom to seek support of the management system.
4- Participation to ensure integration of natural resources management policies: Tools and methods of integration of ecological systems and natural resources strategies between relevant organization and establishments.