Social Validation of INSPIRE Annex III Data Structures in EU Habitats

Andrea Scianna ( National Research Council Italy )

consultant for Madonie Park Authority

Petralia Sottana (Palermo), Italy

e-mail: a.scianna@libero.it

Social Validation using Habitats Social Networks:

the case of Madonie Park Pilot Projects

27th of June 16:00 room Fintry

Regional Park of Madonie

Madonie Park case studio

Palermo

Cefalù

Regional Park of Madonie- Park officially constitued

on novermber 1989

- Park Area 39.679 hectares

- 15 Municipalities interested

- Elevation :

from 200 to 2000 m about

Natura 2000 Network

- About 1700 flora species

and 170 endemic species

- 10 Special Areas ofConservation orSACs (SIC)

- 1 Special Protection Areas or SPAs (ZPS)

- 24 Habitats, 7 of which are priorities

Pilot projects at Madonie Park

-Hiking Trip Planner;

- Sheep and Goat Herd Managemement.

� International and local users

�Discussions in local languages (mainly) and English

�Users: stakeholders, scientists, policy makers, local

communities, general public

Users and Levels

HABITATS core Communities:

hiking planner

The stakeholder community is composed by three main groups:

� Stakeholders that have economic interests (tourist reception structures as hotels, bed & breakfast, car and cycle rental, shops, producers of typical products and all other people that can get economic benefits from the development of tourism);

� Stakeholders without economic interests (Sport Clubs, Italian Alpine Club, Sicily Alpine Club, no profit Environmental Associations );

� Single users: people interested to independent hiking.

HABITATS core Communities:

Sheep and Goat Herd Managemement

The stakeholder community is composed by subjects that have economic interest in carrying out their activities (herds owners, shepherds, dairy farmings, scientist).

The other relevant part is the Madonie Park Administration that has to manage the grazed area to be assigned to shepherds.

Getting in contact with stakeholders:

approach for requirements capture

• getting in touch directly with stakeholders;

• submission of Questionnaires;

• organization of workshops.

• hence = social forums

Goals of questionnaires

Questionnaires allowed to:

– Know deeply the needs of user

– understand degree of knowledge of stakeholders about

Inspire

– understand the degree of interest of stakeholders about the actions;

– understand the availability to collaboration from stakeholders;

– understand the degree of knowledge about the use of hardware and software specialized instruments.

Questionnaire for Sheep and Goat Herd Mangement

HABITATS core community on NING

www.inspiredhabitats.ning.com

HABITATS Social networks

HABITATS pilots community on TLL Sicily (ning

site of Territorial Living Labs of Sicily)

International -Multi-language

http://tll-sicily.ning.com/group/habitatsmadonie

National -Italian

HABITATS TLL Sicily statistics

Thank you for your attention !

Andrea Scianna ( National Research Council Italy )

consultant for Madonie Park Authority

Petralia Sottana (Palermo), Italy

e-mail: a.scianna@libero.it