Delivering Climate-Development Co-Benefits through Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Projects in Madagascar: Opportunities and Challenges

This paper explores multi-stakeholder perspectives on the extent to which forestry projects that pursue ecological restoration and rehabilitation in Madagascar engage with local communities and can co-deliver climate-development benefits. Drawing on mixed methods (policy analysis, semi-structured interviews, participatory site visits and focus groups) in two different forestry contexts, we show that by strengthening access to capital availability, projects can enhance local adaptive capacity and mitigation and deliver local development. We show that active consideration of ecological conservation and action plans early in project design and implementation can co-develop and support monitoring and reporting systems, needed to progress towards integrated climate-compatible development approaches. Climate mitigation benefits remain poorly quantified due to limited interest in, and low capacity to generate, carbon revenues. Monitoring alone does not ensure carbon benefits will materialize, and this research stresses that institutional considerations and strengthened engagement and cooperation between practitioners and communities are key in achieving both climate mitigation and community development impacts. Multiple benefits can be fostered by aligning objectives of multiple landscape actors (i.e., community needs and project developers) and by systematically linking project deliverables, outputs, outcomes and impacts over time, grounded in a theory of change focused on ensuring community buy-in and planning for delivery of tangible benefits.

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Expanding Neonatal Bloodspot Screening: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective

Frontiers in Pediatrics ◽

10.3389/fped.2021.706394 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Tessa van Dijk ◽

Adriana Kater ◽

Marleen Jansen ◽

Wybo J. Dondorp ◽

Maartje Blom ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Gain ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Life Planning ◽

Stakeholder Perspectives ◽

Societal Challenges ◽

Uncertain Significance ◽

Reproductive Life ◽

Stakeholder Perspective ◽

Multi Stakeholder

Neonatal bloodspot screening (NBS) aims to detect treatable disorders in newborns. The number of conditions included in the screening is expanding through technological and therapeutic developments, which can result in health gain for more newborns. NBS expansion, however, also poses healthcare, ethical and societal challenges. This qualitative study explores a multi-stakeholders' perspective on current and future expansions of NBS. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 22 Dutch professionals, including healthcare professionals, test developers and policy makers, and 17 parents of children with normal and abnormal NBS results. Addressed themes were (1) benefits and challenges of current expansion, (2) expectations regarding future developments, and (3) NBS acceptance and consent procedures. Overall, participants had a positive attitude toward NBS expansion, as long as it is aimed at detecting treatable disorders and achieving health gain. Concerns were raised regarding an increase in results of uncertain significance, diagnosing asymptomatic mothers, screening of subgroups (“males only”), finding untreatable disorders, along with increasingly complex consent procedures. Regarding the scope of future NBS expansions, two types of stakeholder perspectives emerged. Stakeholders with a “targeted-scope” perspective saw health gain for the neonate as the exclusive NBS aim. They thought pre-test information could be limited, and parents should be protected against too much options or information. Stakeholders with a “broad-scope” perspective thought the NBS aim should be formulated broader, for example, also taking (reproductive) life planning into account. They put more emphasis on individual preferences and parental autonomy. Policy-makers should engage with both perspectives when making further decisions about NBS.

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Serving the People in Long Beach, California: Advancing Justice for Southeast Asian Youth through Community University Research Partnerships

10.36650/nexus16.1-2_1-34_patraporn ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1-2) ◽

pp. 1-34

Author(s):

R. Varisa Patraporn

Keyword(s):

Asian American ◽

Research Work ◽

Community Based Participatory Research ◽

Youth Empowerment ◽

Long Beach ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Research Partnerships ◽

Community Needs ◽

The People ◽

The Impact

Khmer Girl’s in Action is a nonprofit that successfully utilizes community-based participatory research (CBPR) with university partners to create social change for youth in Long Beach, CA. Based on semi-structured interviews and content analysis of news articles, I explore the impact and sustainability of this research work and the research partnerships. Findings highlight impacts such as youth empowerment, heightened awareness around community needs, policy change, and CBPR curriculum improvements in the field as impacts. Sustainability requires integrating research into program funding, utilizing a tailored training curriculum, building on community members prior relationships, and selecting partners that share common goals, levels of commitment, and flexibility. As funders demand more data to justify community needs, understanding more examples of such work in the Asian American community will be useful for informing future partnerships.

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Social Solidarity Economy and Village-centric Development in North-West Cameroon

The International Journal of Community and Social Development ◽

10.1177/25166026211015474 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 251660262110154

Author(s):

Charles Fonchingong Che ◽

Marcellus Mbah

Keyword(s):

Community Development ◽

Local Development ◽

Social Economy ◽

Sub Saharan Africa ◽

Community Relations ◽

Social Solidarity ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Solidarity Economy ◽

North West ◽

Secondary Sources

Amidst shrinking budgets for community development in most of sub-Saharan Africa, the social solidarity economy is touted as a model in local development. This article situates solidarity initiatives and capability-focused outcomes that deliver enhanced livelihoods, social security and community development. The conceptual framing of social theory, social capital and social economy informs this case study with focus on the Ndong Awing Cultural and Development Association, North-West region, Cameroon. The analysis of semi-structured interviews and secondary sources suggests that solidarity networks such as njangis, cooperatives, quarter development unions and diaspora networks promote village-centric development. These overlapping networks generate scarce financial and human resources–essential packages for livelihoods and welfare. Emerging state policy is yet to calibrate these mechanisms of ground-up, mutual development drives. Galvanising these solidarity assets require meaningful co-productionand revamped state−community relations. This article offers a paradigm shift in how village groups mobilise income, capital and financing of village projects, nurtured through human development and agency.

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Achieving Social and Ecological Outcomes in Collaborative Environmental Governance: Good Examples from Swedish Moose Management

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13042329 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 2329

Author(s):

Sabrina Dressel ◽

Annelie Sjölander-Lindqvist ◽

Maria Johansson ◽

Göran Ericsson ◽

Camilla Sandström

Keyword(s):

Social Learning ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Collaborative Governance ◽

Theory Of Change ◽

Ecological Context ◽

Discretionary Power ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Resource Governance ◽

Social Ecological ◽

The Social

Collaborative governance approaches have been suggested as strategies to handle wicked environmental problems. Evaluations have found promising examples of effective natural resource governance, but also highlighted the importance of social-ecological context and institutional design. The aim of this study was to identify factors that contribute to the achievement of social and ecological sustainability within Swedish moose (Alces alces) management. In 2012, a multi-level collaborative governance regime was implemented to decrease conflicts among stakeholders. We carried out semi-structured interviews with six ‘good examples’ (i.e., Moose Management Groups that showed positive social and ecological outcomes). We found that ‘good examples’ collectively identified existing knowledge gaps and management challenges and used their discretionary power to develop procedural arrangements that are adapted to the social-ecological context, their theory of change, and attributes of local actors. This contributed to the creation of bridging social capital and principled engagement across governance levels. Thus, our results indicate the existence of higher-order social learning as well as a positive feedback from within-level collaboration dynamics to between-level collaboration. Furthermore, our study illustrates the importance of institutional flexibility to utilize the existing knowledge across stakeholder groups and to allow for adaptations based on the social learning process.

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Reviving the consumption of insects in Japan: a promising case of hebo (Vespula spp., wasps) by high school club activities

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed ◽

10.3920/jiff2019.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 45-50 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K. Nonaka ◽

H. Yanagihara

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Resource Use ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Local Development ◽

Participant Observation ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

New Development ◽

School Research ◽

Recent Initiative

For people who hunt and eat hebo (Vespula spp., wasps) it is more about culture than it is about food production or environmental sustainability in mountainous central Japan. Individuals who currently semi-cultivate hebo do not intend to industrialize hebo semi-cultivation. Semi-cultivation of hebo is a seasonal activity and it is a hobby for them. This paper focuses on the declining number of wasp hunters. The number declined because younger generations did not take up the hobby or moved to urban areas in search of jobs. Hebo hunters thus consisted of seniors only. The number further declined as those who reached old age were no longer able to practice hebo hunting. Very recently, initiated a promising new development at Ena Agricultural High School. The support to the Hebo Club initiative was quickly expanded and now covers the members belonging to the Japan Vespula Association, and academics involved in edible insect research. We present an overview of the efforts of hebo hunters to maintain and promote the use of Vespula spp. as food and we describe the Hebo Club, a promising recent initiative spearheaded by the students of Ena Agricultural High School. The information was collected between fiscal 2015 and 2017 (namely from September 2015 to March 2018) by participant observation and semi-structured interviews with hebo hunters collaborating with the Hebo Club activities. The Hebo Club uses a hands-on approach: students gain knowledge on edible wasps and their semi-cultivation by actively engaging in the semi-cultivation of the wasps. The club thus teaches the students about resource use by engaging in resource use. The students are taught by experienced wasp hunters how to find, collect, house, and raise hebo. The Hebo Club’s colonies are housed in a shed in the school research forest. By cooperating with the members belonging to various Hebo Associations of south-eastern Gifu and northern Aichi, the students experience the variation in employed techniques and equipment, and make observations of hebo biology and ecology in different environments. Other than the hebo season, the club practice develops their idea for local development and applying it to tourism according to the evaluation of their activities. The successful beginning of the Hebo Club, a well-organized cultural initiative spearheaded by youngsters who are backed by seniors, is indicative of how people caring about hebo culture in central mountainous Japan maintains and preserves its culture and identity.

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Peran Gerakan “Sewu-Sewu” dalam Pembangunan Desa dengan Berbasis Gotong –Royong

Etos : Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat ◽

10.47453/etos.v1i1.192 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Muhammadun Muhammadun

Keyword(s):

Physical Development ◽

Survey Method ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Community Based ◽

Mutual Cooperation ◽

Community Needs ◽

Public Facilities ◽

Self Help ◽

Surrounding Environment ◽

Distribution Process

This research was conducted by observing the location to see how the community looks for alternative policies that can help solve the problem of limited development funds in the surrounding environment, and finally to explore and understand sewu-sewu activities as a way to generate community-based development funds. This study used a survey method with direct observation, structured interviews and tested the validity of the data using source triangulation. The results showed that the provision of public goods (public facilities) can be realized through mutual cooperation which is reflected in sewu-sewu activities. This activity includes regulation and management in which there is a money collection process, distribution process and a process of managing sewu-sewu collection. The implementation of this activity is carried out in RW. 4 villages of Karang Asem, Luwemunding District, Majalengka Regency. Through the implementation of this activity, it can increase the independence of a community to be able to provide community needs, one of which is in the form of physical development through community self-help. Abstrak Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan pengamatan ke lokasi untuk melihat bagaimana cara masyarakat dalam mencari alternatif kebijakan yang dapat membantu memecahkan masalah keterbatasan dana pembangunan di lingkungan sekitar, dan akhirnya menggali serta memahami kegiatan sewu-sewu sebagai suatu cara untuk menghasilkan dana pembangunan yang berbasis komunitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survei dengan observasi langsung, wawancara terstruktur dan menguji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penyediaan barang publik (fasilitas umum) dapat di wujudkan melalui gotong royong yang tercermindalam kegiatan sewu-sewu. Kegiatan ini meliputi pengaturan dan pengurusan yang didalamnya terdapat proses pengumpulan uang, proses pendistribusian dan proses pengelolaan hasil pengumpulan sewu-sewu. Pelaksanaan kegiatan ini dilakukan di RW. 4 desa Karang Asem Kecamatan Luwemunding Kabupaten Majalengka. Melalui pelaksanaan kegiatan ini, dapat meningkatkan kemandirian suatu komunitas warga untuk dapat menyediakan kebutuhan komunitas yang salah satunya berupa pembanguna fisik melalui swadaya masyarakat.

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Portfolio Evaluation and Impact Assessment

Event Portfolio Management ◽

10.23912/978-1-911396-91-8-4205 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Vladimir Antchak ◽

Vassilios Ziakas ◽

Donald Getz

Keyword(s):

Impact Assessment ◽

Portfolio Management ◽

Evaluation System ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Theory Of Change ◽

Change Models ◽

Portfolio Evaluation ◽

Value Evaluation ◽

Multi Stakeholder ◽

Key Terms

The purpose of this chapter is to introduce and explore the main event port- folio evaluation and impact assessment methods. The principles of financial portfolio management are discussed, considering their applicability to event portfolio evaluation, which should be done with caution, as events are not merely financial assets. The chapter highlights that the evaluation of event portfolios is complex, requiring new theories, methods and measures. To develop a comprehensive evaluation system, it is emphasised that there is a need for a multi-stakeholder approach to valuing event portfolios, considering both intrinsic values and extrinsic measures of worth. The chapter discusses four types of impact assessment and their application to portfolio evaluation. Key terms and concepts are explained, including value, evaluation, impact assessment, asset, outputs, and outcomes. The relevance of organisational ecology theory to portfolio evaluation is stressed. The nature and use of logic and theory of change models are examined followed by a discussion of portfolio strategy models and their relevance to evaluation. Finally, it is illustrated how to assess values against costs and risks within portfolios.

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Multi-stakeholder perspectives on the impacts of service robots in urban hotel rooms

Technology in Society ◽

10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101846 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 101846

Author(s):

Lina Zhong ◽

Rohit Verma ◽

Wenqi Wei ◽

Alastair M. Morrsion ◽

Liyu Yang

Keyword(s):

Service Robots ◽

Stakeholder Perspectives ◽

Multi Stakeholder

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Mega-events brand meaning co-creation: the Olympic case

Journal of Product & Brand Management ◽

10.1108/jpbm-08-2019-2539 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nathalia Christiani Tjandra ◽

Ivana Rihova ◽

Sarah Snell ◽

Claire S. Den Hertog ◽

Eleni Theodoraki

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Brand Identity ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Historical Sources ◽

Content Type ◽

Brand Meaning ◽

Stakeholder Perspective ◽

Multi Stakeholder ◽

Mega Event ◽

Purposive Sample

Purpose This paper aims to explore a multi-stakeholder perspective on brand meaning co-creation in the context of the Olympic Games as a unique mega sports event brand with a strong brand identity, to understand how the brand manager may integrate such co-created meanings in a negotiated brand identity. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative methodology, the paper provides a tentative framework of co-created Olympic brand meanings by exploring the narratives of stakeholders’ brand experiences of the brand. Sixteen semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of Olympic stakeholders were conducted and analysed to identify key meanings associated with the Olympic brand. Findings Through their transformational and social experiences of the Olympic brand, stakeholders co-create brand meanings based on Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect. However, at the same time, they offer their own interpretations and narratives related to competing meanings of spectacle, exclusion and deceit. Alternative brand touchpoints were identified, including blogs; fan and sports community forums; educational and academic sources; and historical sources and literature. Practical implications The brand manager must become a brand negotiator, facilitating multi-stakeholder co-creation experiences on a variety of online and offline engagement platforms, and exploring how alternative brand touchpoints can be used to access co-created brand meanings. Originality/value The study contributes to tourism branding literature by providing exploratory evidence of how brand meanings are co-created in the relatively under-researched multi-stakeholder sports mega-event context.

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Multidimensional Assessment for “Culture-Led” and “Community-Driven” Urban Regeneration as Driver for Trigger Economic Vitality in Urban Historic Centers

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11247237 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (24) ◽

pp. 7237 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Lucia Della Spina

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Local Development ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Urban Regeneration ◽

Decisive Role ◽

Well Being ◽

Scientific Debate ◽

Main Driver ◽

Inclusive Processes ◽

Multi Stakeholder

In the current scientific debate, cities represent the contexts in which resources, capital, skills, and talents are concentrated and, at the same time, they are places where many challenges are concentrated regarding environmental (pollution, waste, climate change), economic (unemployment, social exclusion, well-being), political (instability in governance processes, lack of strategic planning), and cultural (training, creativity and innovation) dimensions. The city and historic centers in particular, are able to experiment the paradigm shift from a linear economy to a circular economy, in which synergic, fair, and inclusive processes capable of activating new forms of urban productivity and social and economic innovation are promoted. In particular, the European Commission identifies cultural heritage as the main driver of development and supports strategies in which it is considered as one of the founding elements of possible transformations, which can be activated through mixed top-down/bottom-up approaches, in the short and long term. In this perspective, cultural heritage can play a decisive role in terms of the urban strategy capable of generating new economic, cultural, and social values, which trigger innovative dynamics of local development. To address current urban challenges, this paper attempts to use a multi-criteria analysis to decision support, starting with a Multi-Stakeholder Decision Analysis (M-SDA), in order to assist decision makers in choosing suitable scenarios to trigger circular development processes, taking into account the role of cultural heritage in a systemic landscape perspective. The result is a hybrid methodological approach for designing complex urban regeneration processes able to assess which new uses/functions and potential actions, identified by the involved community, can trigger a circular development model which could be more suitable to implement a model of “culture-led” and “community-driven” development.

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