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Der Bericht fasst die Ergebnisse des Participatory Poverty Assessment von 1998/99 zusammen, das in 60 Gemeinden Ugandas im Zuge der Vorbereitung der Poverty Reduction Strategy durchgeführt wurde. Ziel war es, der Politik in tieferes Verständnis der Armutssituation und ihrer Ursachen zu verschaffen sowie eine Bilanz vorangegangener Politiken der Armutsbekämpfung zu ziehen. Dass Assessment machte deutlich, dass Armut mehr als niedrige Einkommen bedeutet und mit sozialer Ausgrenzung, schlechter Gesundheit und mangelndem Wissen verknüpft ist. Auch zeigte sich, dass die Ungleichheit unter den Geschlechtern eine wesentliche Armutsursache ist. (DÜI-Sbd)

The design and assessment of development initiatives is increasingly participatory, where decision makers consider feedback from affected populations. While digital data collection facilitates faster and more reliable analysis, existing data collection tools are not optimized for unstructured qualitative (textual) data and peer-to- peer participant collaboration. In this paper, we propose a system called the Development Collaborative Assessment and Feedback Engine version 1.0 (DevCAFE), a customizable participatory assessment platform that collects and integrates quantitative assessment, qualitative feedback and peer-to-peer collaborative filtering. DevCAFE incorporates a library of statistical analyses for researchers to quickly identify quantitative and qualitative trends while collecting field data. DevCAFE can run on any mobile device with a web-browser and can work with or without Internet connectivity. We present results from two pilot projects: (1) 137 participants evaluating family planning education trainings at three Nutrition Education Centers in rural Uganda, and (2) 4,518 participants evaluating policy priorities for elected leaders in the June 2015 Mexico mid-term elections. DevCAFE collected over 19,000 peer-to-peer ratings of 336 submitted ideas. Feedback gathered through DevCAFE enabled targeted reforms to the family planning efforts in Uganda and the need for increased government attention to public safety in Mexico. Case studies and interactive demos are available at: http://opinion.berkeley.edu/devcafe/

The design and assessment of development initiatives is increasingly participatory, where decision makers consider feedback from affected populations. While digital data collection facilitates faster and more reliable analysis, existing data collection tools are not optimized for unstructured qualitative (textual) data and peer-to- peer participant collaboration. In this paper, we propose a system called the Development Collaborative Assessment and Feedback Engine version 1.0 (DevCAFE), a customizable participatory assessment platform that collects and integrates quantitative assessment, qualitative feedback and peer-to-peer collaborative filtering. DevCAFE incorporates a library of statistical analyses for researchers to quickly identify quantitative and qualitative trends while collecting field data. DevCAFE can run on any mobile device with a web-browser and can work with or without Internet connectivity. We present results from two pilot projects: (1) 137 participants evaluating family planning education trainings at three Nutrition Education Centers in rural Uganda, and (2) 4,518 participants evaluating policy priorities for elected leaders in the June 2015 Mexico mid-term elections. DevCAFE collected over 19,000 peer-to-peer ratings of 336 submitted ideas. Feedback gathered through DevCAFE enabled targeted reforms to the family planning efforts in Uganda and the need for increased government attention to public safety in Mexico. Case studies and interactive demos are available at: http://opinion.berkeley.edu/devcafe/

Managing protected areas (PAs) requires dealing with complex social-ecological systems where multiple dimensions (i.e. social, institutional, economic and ecological) interact over time. Uni-dimensional and top-down approaches have been unable to capture this complexity. Instead, new integrated approaches that acknowledge the multidimensional nature of PAs and the diversity of social actors in the decision making process are required. In this paper we put forward a novel participatory assessment approach which integrates multiple methodologies to reflect value articulating institutions in the case of a Natura 2000 (N2000) network site in the Basque Country (Southern Europe). This novel approach is based on a social multi-criteria evaluation framework, that integrates (i) economic values derived from a choice experiment, (ii) ecological values by means of a spatial bio-geographic assessment, and (iii) a participatory process among diverse social actors. The case study shows that through the integration of diverse perspectives it is possible to achieve compromise solutions that foster the ecological values of PAs while enhancing other socio-economic benefits. Such co-benefits are important to enhance the acceptance and scope of N2000 and overcome undesirable social-ecological conflicts. We also show that the inclusion of all affected parties in a deliberative process is a key prerequisite to ensure ecologically effective and socially acceptable decisions that will lead to sustainable conservation policies.

International audience ; Organic farmers aim at improving cropping systems to preserve soil fertility. To this end, researchers and organic farmers in two French regions have co- designed 14 cropping systems (prototypes) integrating the principles of conservation agriculture. The objective of this article is to show the contribution of prototype multi-criteria evaluation in the codesign process. Several indicators of the MASC 2.01 model are mobilized to evaluate the objectives farmers assigned to their prototypes. The evaluation proves useful at the individual level: it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each prototype, allowing each farmer to improve his prototype while considering these different aspects during the redesigning process. It also gives farmers confidence before testing the prototype on farm, as they have a clearer idea of the key points to watch during the experimentation. At the collective level, highlighting strengths or weaknesses shared by several prototypes reinforces farmers in choices made to improve their cropping systems, and encouragesthem to find collective solutions when weaknesses are shared. While it was already for researchers that evaluation is a key step in such work, the fact that farmers also have a positive perception of this method is a sign of its success. Multi-criteria evaluation is also apowerful tool to show the tradeoffs between empirical and scientific knowledge in the design of new cropping systems. ; Les acteurs de l'agriculture biologique réfléchissent à leurs systèmes de culture afin de préserver la fertilité des sols, socle de ce mode de production. À cette fin, dans deux régions françaises, des agriculteurs ont conçu, avec des chercheurs, 14 prototypes de systèmes de culture intégrant les principes de l'agriculture de conservation. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer les apports de l'évaluation ex ante de prototypes de systèmes de culture dans un processus de co-conception. Pour ce faire, 11 indicateurs provenant du modèle d'évaluation de la ...

International audience ; Organic farmers aim at improving cropping systems to preserve soil fertility. To this end, researchers and organic farmers in two French regions have co- designed 14 cropping systems (prototypes) integrating the principles of conservation agriculture. The objective of this article is to show the contribution of prototype multi-criteria evaluation in the codesign process. Several indicators of the MASC 2.01 model are mobilized to evaluate the objectives farmers assigned to their prototypes. The evaluation proves useful at the individual level: it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each prototype, allowing each farmer to improve his prototype while considering these different aspects during the redesigning process. It also gives farmers confidence before testing the prototype on farm, as they have a clearer idea of the key points to watch during the experimentation. At the collective level, highlighting strengths or weaknesses shared by several prototypes reinforces farmers in choices made to improve their cropping systems, and encouragesthem to find collective solutions when weaknesses are shared. While it was already for researchers that evaluation is a key step in such work, the fact that farmers also have a positive perception of this method is a sign of its success. Multi-criteria evaluation is also apowerful tool to show the tradeoffs between empirical and scientific knowledge in the design of new cropping systems. ; Les acteurs de l'agriculture biologique réfléchissent à leurs systèmes de culture afin de préserver la fertilité des sols, socle de ce mode de production. À cette fin, dans deux régions françaises, des agriculteurs ont conçu, avec des chercheurs, 14 prototypes de systèmes de culture intégrant les principes de l'agriculture de conservation. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer les apports de l'évaluation ex ante de prototypes de systèmes de culture dans un processus de co-conception. Pour ce faire, 11 indicateurs provenant du modèle d'évaluation de la ...

International audience ; Organic farmers aim at improving cropping systems to preserve soil fertility. To this end, researchers and organic farmers in two French regions have co- designed 14 cropping systems (prototypes) integrating the principles of conservation agriculture. The objective of this article is to show the contribution of prototype multi-criteria evaluation in the codesign process. Several indicators of the MASC 2.01 model are mobilized to evaluate the objectives farmers assigned to their prototypes. The evaluation proves useful at the individual level: it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each prototype, allowing each farmer to improve his prototype while considering these different aspects during the redesigning process. It also gives farmers confidence before testing the prototype on farm, as they have a clearer idea of the key points to watch during the experimentation. At the collective level, highlighting strengths or weaknesses shared by several prototypes reinforces farmers in choices made to improve their cropping systems, and encouragesthem to find collective solutions when weaknesses are shared. While it was already for researchers that evaluation is a key step in such work, the fact that farmers also have a positive perception of this method is a sign of its success. Multi-criteria evaluation is also apowerful tool to show the tradeoffs between empirical and scientific knowledge in the design of new cropping systems. ; Les acteurs de l'agriculture biologique réfléchissent à leurs systèmes de culture afin de préserver la fertilité des sols, socle de ce mode de production. À cette fin, dans deux régions françaises, des agriculteurs ont conçu, avec des chercheurs, 14 prototypes de systèmes de culture intégrant les principes de l'agriculture de conservation. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer les apports de l'évaluation ex ante de prototypes de systèmes de culture dans un processus de co-conception. Pour ce faire, 11 indicateurs provenant du modèle d'évaluation de la ...

International audience ; Organic farmers aim at improving cropping systems to preserve soil fertility. To this end, researchers and organic farmers in two French regions have co- designed 14 cropping systems (prototypes) integrating the principles of conservation agriculture. The objective of this article is to show the contribution of prototype multi-criteria evaluation in the codesign process. Several indicators of the MASC 2.01 model are mobilized to evaluate the objectives farmers assigned to their prototypes. The evaluation proves useful at the individual level: it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each prototype, allowing each farmer to improve his prototype while considering these different aspects during the redesigning process. It also gives farmers confidence before testing the prototype on farm, as they have a clearer idea of the key points to watch during the experimentation. At the collective level, highlighting strengths or weaknesses shared by several prototypes reinforces farmers in choices made to improve their cropping systems, and encouragesthem to find collective solutions when weaknesses are shared. While it was already for researchers that evaluation is a key step in such work, the fact that farmers also have a positive perception of this method is a sign of its success. Multi-criteria evaluation is also apowerful tool to show the tradeoffs between empirical and scientific knowledge in the design of new cropping systems. ; Les acteurs de l'agriculture biologique réfléchissent à leurs systèmes de culture afin de préserver la fertilité des sols, socle de ce mode de production. À cette fin, dans deux régions françaises, des agriculteurs ont conçu, avec des chercheurs, 14 prototypes de systèmes de culture intégrant les principes de l'agriculture de conservation. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer les apports de l'évaluation ex ante de prototypes de systèmes de culture dans un processus de co-conception. Pour ce faire, 11 indicateurs provenant du modèle d'évaluation de la ...

International audience ; Organic farmers aim at improving cropping systems to preserve soil fertility. To this end, researchers and organic farmers in two French regions have co- designed 14 cropping systems (prototypes) integrating the principles of conservation agriculture. The objective of this article is to show the contribution of prototype multi-criteria evaluation in the codesign process. Several indicators of the MASC 2.01 model are mobilized to evaluate the objectives farmers assigned to their prototypes. The evaluation proves useful at the individual level: it highlights the strengths and weaknesses of each prototype, allowing each farmer to improve his prototype while considering these different aspects during the redesigning process. It also gives farmers confidence before testing the prototype on farm, as they have a clearer idea of the key points to watch during the experimentation. At the collective level, highlighting strengths or weaknesses shared by several prototypes reinforces farmers in choices made to improve their cropping systems, and encouragesthem to find collective solutions when weaknesses are shared. While it was already for researchers that evaluation is a key step in such work, the fact that farmers also have a positive perception of this method is a sign of its success. Multi-criteria evaluation is also apowerful tool to show the tradeoffs between empirical and scientific knowledge in the design of new cropping systems. ; Les acteurs de l'agriculture biologique réfléchissent à leurs systèmes de culture afin de préserver la fertilité des sols, socle de ce mode de production. À cette fin, dans deux régions françaises, des agriculteurs ont conçu, avec des chercheurs, 14 prototypes de systèmes de culture intégrant les principes de l'agriculture de conservation. L'objectif de cet article est de montrer les apports de l'évaluation ex ante de prototypes de systèmes de culture dans un processus de co-conception. Pour ce faire, 11 indicateurs provenant du modèle d'évaluation de la ...