pantelleria island a testing ground for a participatory approach aimed at fostering the creation of...
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Pantelleria IslandA testing ground for a participatory approach aimed at fostering the creation of an MPA proposed and developed by local inhabitants
https://social-media-empowerment.com Gianpaolo Rampini - [email protected]
The future of MPAs should involve the active participation of local communities through the recovery and preservation of sustainable practices peculiar to local
traditions
41st CIESM Congress Kiel, Germany, 12-16 September 2016
The community’s cohesion takes place through the reactivation of interest (as feeling concerned and willing to care ) for the environment and the territory
The strengthening of the communities of interest’s identity and the participatory process are facilitated through multidisciplinary skills (social, anthropological, psychological and visual sciences)
used as tools for action (SME - Social-Media-Empowerment), as well as by proposing a lifestyle
based on a new sustainable relationship between man and the environment
Participatory Process of Pantelleria - Based on civil society started in 2013 to facilitate the local community in their access to the governance for the protection of the sea and the coast
A Participatory Process for MPA encompasses a whole series of a community of interest’s actions for the sea protection as common good
Step 1
gather all thestakeholders and listen totheir needs
(fishermen, divers,tour operators,Pantelleria dwellers)
Step 2
create aworkgroup ‘Tutela Pantelleria’
including eachcategory's representativesWith a supervisor(can't be a stakeholder)
Step 3
work out acommon proposal
based on LEK (Local Ecological Knowledge)
Step 4
submit theproposal tothe institutions
After submission - the workgroup as a link between the local community andinstitutions
Step 5
to play a role in MPA governance proposed tool will be the Participatory Budgeting
MPAs: A Participatory Process is Fundamental
Top-down processes are uneffectiveInstitutions are “far” from local communitiesNeed for sustainability
Social Media Empowerment to- (Re)activate the interest toward a common goal- facilitate Participation
WHY ?
HOW ?IN ORDER TO
Give an active role in the governance of MPA's to local community Rebuild local identities and sense of community (belonging)Strengthen confidence in institutionsDevelop a sustainable local economy