Transcript Diapositiva 1 - CIHEAM,Istituto Agronomico Mediterraneo

Anita Fassio
14-17 February 2007 - CIHEAM Bari, Italy
Water Saving in Mediterranean Agriculture & Future Research Needs
Application of the NETSYMOD
approach in support of decisions
about irrigation management
Outline of presentation
 Participation and decision making
 NetSyMoD
 The ISIIMM Project and the Italian case study
 NetSyMoD application
 Results
 Key messages
Guidance on PP in relation to the Water Framework
Directive
Potential benefits of public participation processes
are:
 increasing public awareness of environmental issues;
 making use of knowledge, experience and initiatives
of the different stakeholders and thus improving the
quality of the decisions;
 public acceptance, commitment and support with
regard to decision-taking processes;
 more transparent and more creative decision-making;
 less litigation, misunderstanding, fewer delays and
more effective implementation;
 social learning and experience.
NetSyMoD
“Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling –
Decision Support”
 Natural Resources Management Research Programme at
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (NRM-Feem)
 A flexible approach aimed at facilitating the involvement of
stakeholders in the process of IWRM and NRM in general
 The problem itself, the information, and the choice set are defined
with the contribution of different actors, who may be experts, or the
stakeholders and the decision makers that are either formally or
informally involved in the process
 The main assumption of NetSyMod is that creative system
modelling and decision support systems may provide not only a
common ground for mutual understanding between the involved
parties, but also a scientifically sound basis for effective decision
making
communication
& adaptation
ACTIONS &
MONITORING
III
decisions
ACTOR
ANALYSIS
Social
Networks
I
3-step approach
CREATIVE SYSTEM
MODELLING
preferences
PROBLEM
ANALYSIS
scenarios & models
II
ANALYSIS
OF OPTIONS
information
management
DSS
DESIGN
NetSyMoD: Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling – Decision Support
PROBLEM
ANALYSIS
CREATIVE SYSTEM
MODELLING
Actors identification
III
decisions
& adaptation
ACTIONS &
MONITORING
ANALYSIS
OF OPTIONS
preferences
Social
Networks
II
communication
scenarios & models
ACTOR
ANALYSIS
I
information
management
DSS
DESIGN
NetSyMoD: Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling – Decision Support
communication
Social
Networks
PROBLEM
ANALYSIS
CREATIVE SYSTEM
MODELLING
ANALYSIS
OF OPTIONS
scenarios & models
II
III
decisions
& adaptation
ACTIONS &
MONITORING
Actors
involvement In
planning process
information
management
preferences
ACTOR
ANALYSIS
I
DSS
DESIGN
NetSyMoD: Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling – Decision Support
communication
III
Social
Networks
decisions
& adaptation
ACTIONS &
MONITORING
PROBLEM
ANALYSIS
CREATIVE SYSTEM
MODELLING
scenarios & models
II
ANALYSIS
OF OPTIONS
Actors
inv. in
decision
making
information
management
preferences
ACTOR
ANALYSIS
I
DSS
DESIGN
NetSyMoD: Network Analysis – Creative System Modelling – Decision Support
ISIIMM Project
 “Institutional and Social Innovations in Irrigation Mediterranean
Management” – Project funded by the EC under the MEDA
Water Programme initiative
 Co-ordinator: Agropolis (Montpellier, France)
 The main concern is irrigation management in Mediterranean
catchment areas (in France, Italy, Spain, Morocco, Egypt and
Lebanon) and its aim is to share experiences, knowledge and
find innovative institutional solutions to local water
management involving water users, citizens, development
agents, researchers and administrations.
Italian case study context
 “The Battle of the
Piave”
 Urban sprawl
 Decline of
agriculture
 Low-efficiency
gravitational
irrigation
Italian case study project
Integrated project aiming at conceiving a pressurised dual water
system together with a new sewerage network
Consorzio di Bonifica Destra Piave + ASU Schievenin
Dual distribution network project
+
New sewerage system
Conversion of the current surface
irrigation system with a subsurface
pressurised sprinkler system;
Supply of non potable water
for landscape purposes.
Objectives of application of NetSyMoD to case study
To manage and facilitate the participatory process of
the actors involved in the Italian case study and to
test the various components of the approach itself
 identify and involve local actors in the planning
process of the project
 collect information and opinions related to water
resources management in the area and to the project
 contribute to the evaluation of the rationality of the
restructuring of the irrigation system in the light of
different possible future evolutions of the territory
Application of NetSyMoD to case study
I.
Identification and involvement of actors and
Social Network Analysis
II. Elicitation of knowledge and preferences
from actors
III. Analysis of options
I. Identification and involvement of actors and Social
Network Analysis
 Actors identification:
– interviews to authorities responsible for on-site institutional
activities
– once identified, stakeholders involvement by means of
individual meetings, interviews and the organisation of local
seminars
 SNA - data on relations and positions of the identified
actors was analysed in order to:
– assess stakeholders’ interests and influence and the ways in
which those interests affect the decision-making process
– identify the relationships between the selected actors
– identify the key stakeholders to involve in the core of the
participatory modelling process - a Creative System Modelling
Workshop on scenario building and evaluation
II. Elicitation of knowledge and preferences from actors
Creative System Modelling Workshop – Treviso 14
December 2005
In the seminar, selected local actors were put together
to exchange views and experiences and to discuss
future scenarios. Participants were asked to:
 create a shared vision of the problem related to future
land and water uses
 judge the strengths and weaknesses of the project in
the light of the evolution of water and agricultural
policies and the dynamics of the territory
Cognitive mapping for problem exploration
Partial implementation
Good financial
support to rural
development
Water Framework
Directive
Water quality protection
Participatory decision making
CAP Reform
???
Irrigation
???
Agricultural
land use
Water consumption
not related to
agriculture
Available water
resources
???
???
Urban sprawl
decreases
Urban planning
???
Non agricultural
land use
Increase of town
population
density
III. Analysis of options
mDSS for analysis of options and ID of best
option
 Decision Support System software shell providing
multiple criteria analysis capabilities developed in a
previous research project, MULINO (FEEM)
 through the application of Multi-Criteria Decision
methods, the “best option” is identified, i.e. the
solution which performs better according to the
agreed set of evaluation criteria and their weights
Decision criteria
Qualitative analysis with mDSS4 (1)
The Analysis Matrix is filled with
values provided by previous studies,
modelling and/or judgements by the
stakeholders involved
Alternative options:
2 irrigation systems evaluated in
3 alternative territorial scenarios
Qualitative analysis with mDSS4 (2)
Ranking of alternative
options and
communication of results
The sprinkler irrigation systems is
preferred independently from the
evolution of the local socioenvironmental system
Results
 collection of opinions concerning water management from main
stakeholders
 collection of visions concerning possible future land and water
uses in the pilot area
 general agreement on the fact that water conservation
measures need to be introduced
 general pessimism about the future of agriculture in the area
 general acceptance of the new irrigation system project,
independently from future scenarios
The results obtained constitute good ground for further
discussion among participants and were useful to gain insight
into the problem from other perspectives, which may then
facilitate the process of decision-making, as well as encourage
negotiations and help to reduce conflicts
Key messages
 The process of participatory model-building can bring about
substantial benefits and improvements in the management of
natural resources, in terms of increased knowledge and
awareness, reduction of conflicts, and easier implementation of
the selected management strategies
 In the field of natural resources management, there is a need to
develop and apply robust methodologies to link formal,
analytical tools provided by the scientific community and
qualitative information and cognitive models that result from
participatory approaches
 The combination of qualitative models developed by
stakeholders and more complex simulation models within the
same conceptual and decision framework may contribute to
increase quality of decision processes
Contacts
Anita Fassio – Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Tel: +39 02 52036989; [email protected]
Carlo Giupponi – Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Tel: +39 041 2711453; [email protected]
For more information on NetSyMoD: http://www.netsymod.eu
For more information on mDSS: http://siti.feem.it/mulino/ and
http://www.netsymod.eu/mdss/
For more information on the ISIIMM Project: http://www.isiimm.agropolis.org