From Participation to Power

How to create a shared understanding for resilient social

change

Harald Katzmair, Phd(Founder and Director, FAS.research)

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Three things I want to talk about

Change

Power

Sharing

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Change

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It started in Spring 1977

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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

The site of first encounter (St.Leonard / Austria)

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My first bird book (1977)

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Floodplain forest of Danube/Linz

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Floodplain forest

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Annual Flooding

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Ecology

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Annual Flooding

A puls stabilized sub-climax system (Odum)

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Diversity

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Transformations in social and natural systems

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Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling

Different version - cycle of change

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Dangers of Transformations

trapped,

smashed

locked-in

Getting

lost

Web 2.0

depression, burn-outpoverty

addiction

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Power

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Mapping = Connecting the Dots

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Mapping = Identifying the Resources

FAS - Power Formula

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Different roles required

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Different set of skills required r-stage

– Pioneers– Decision Maker– Opportunists

K-stage– Bureaucrats – Specialists

Ω-stage– Activists– Visionaries– Dreamer

α-stage– Catalysts– Investors– Incubators 21(c) 2009 FAS.research

Different focus required R-stage

– starting– implementing

K-stage– scaling– downloading

Ω-stage– grieving – dreaming– crystallizing

α-stage– prototyping– debating 22(c) 2009 FAS.research

Dark Side of Web 2.0

get stuck!

depression, burn-out, poverty

get stuck!

addiction

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Getting things done

common action

exchanging

sharing online

offline

online/offline

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From participation to power to act

online conversations

ideas (crystallizing)

real world prototyping

established new action

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Sharing

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3 things to share

Shared embracement of change (pulsing)

Shared understanding of connectedness

Shared embracement of functional diversity

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Shared embracement of change

Forward Loop (starting and scaling)

Backward Loop (deconstructing and reorganizing)

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Shared understanding of connectedness

Social Network Analysis

Systems Dynamics

Complexity Theory

Chaos Theory

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Create a shared understanding

The case of Jordan

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Goal in Jordan

Enhance the capacity among the stakeholders to shape the changes required to solve the water problem

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Stakeholder Mapping

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Participatory Impact Analysis (PIA)

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Participator Impact Analysis (PIA)

Bottom up process facilitated by FAS for better understanding drivers and levers how to overcome water problem

Strengthen by-in and sense of ownership through participation

1.5 days workshop on 6/22-23 in Amman, members from JWA, different Ministries, NGOs, Universities, GTZ etc.

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Reduce agricultural groundwater overuse in the Northeastern Highlands in cooperation with

farmers

The Goal

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Practices that would change the problem

Practices

Practices

Practices Practices

Practices

Practices

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Action Domains identified by PIA process

Change crop pattern Illegal wells and land Land management pattern Efficient irrigation Waste water reuse Exchange experience among farmers Diversification of income sources

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Factors that drive practices

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Factor

Factor

FactorFactor

Factor

Factor\

Practices

Practices

Practices Practices

Practices

Practices

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Main policy factors identified by PIA process Awareness on problems and potential benefits for farmers

Financial incentives (tax system, loans, compensations, prizes)

Farmer's organizations and networks (unions, cooperatives, water use org.)

Role alignment and sectoral integration among governmental institutions

Stakeholder participation (project planning, law enforcement)

Effectiveness of law enforcement

Equity of law enforcement

Availability of improved technologies

Availability of alternatives outside agriculture (alternative income sources)

Availability of alternatives inside agriculture (new product markets)

Diversify income sources

Change the crop pattern (towards crops that need less water)

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Stakeholder that have an Impact on Factors

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Factor

FactorFactor

Factor

Factor\

Practices

Practices

Practices Practices

Practices

Practices

Stakeholder

Stakeholder

StakeholderStakeholder

Stakeholder

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Impactmatrix

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0 No Impact

1 Slight Impact

2 Moderate Impact

4 Strong impact

8 Super strong impact

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How things are connected (strong and extreme Impact)

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0.8

1.5

1.7

1.9

2.2

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4.2

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Effectiveness of Law Enforcement

Alternatives to Agriculture

New Product Markets

Availability of improved technologies

Financial Incentives

Equity of Law Enforcement

Awareness

Farmer's Organizations and Networks

Role Alignment

Stakeholder Participation

Average Active Values

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0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0

Effectiveness of Law Enforcement

Availability of Alternatives outside …

Availability of Alternatives inside …

Financial Incentives (Tax System, Loans, …

Awareness on Problems and Potential …

Availability of improved technologies

Equity of Law Enforcement

Farmer's Organizations and Networks …

Stakeholder Participation (Project …

Role Alignment and Sectoral Integration …

Policy Levers

Active/Passive

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AwarenessFinancial Incentives

Farmer's Organizations and Networks

Role Alignment

Stakeholder Participation

Effectiveness of Law Enforcement

Equity of Law Enforcement

Availability of improved technologies

Alternatives to Agriculture

New Product Markets

Income Diversification

Crop Pattern Change

Use of Efficient Technologies

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Average passive values

Role of success factors in the system

Policy Indicators

Performance Indicators

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Main Stakeholder idenfied

MWI / WAJ

MOPIC

MoA

Royal Court

Land Owners (not farmers)

Land owners who are also farmers

Sharecroppers

Managers

Farmer's Association

NGOs

Private Sector

Research Centers

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7 Dialog Domains

1. Change the Crop Pattern2. Improve the Land Management Pattern 3. Improve Use of Efficient Irrigation 4. Increase Use of Treated Waste Water 5. Improve Exchange of Experience among Farmers 6. Diversify Income Sources or Leave Agriculture 7. Resolve Use of Illegal Wells and Land

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Stakeholder Dialog

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Explanations

Evidence

Policy Alternatives

Observations

Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling

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Questions and challenges for the future How can we allocate resources and synchronize

understanding that we not remain scattered or stay stuck into the α-phase of re-organization without getting things going (dark side of Web 2.0)

How can we create resilient communities being capable to go through those cycles of re-invention without ultimately getting smashed and destroyed (depression, social stigma, isolation, poverty, resignation etc.) (institutionalized ways of new social security)

How can we transform the dangers of individual creative destruction into a collective creative de-construction(Meetup groups helping each other to transform)

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