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Evaluating projects contribution to sustainable developmentChoosing a methological approach
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When evaluating the impacts of
projects into sustainable development,
there are methodological choices to
be done.
Selected approaches should
fit into the nature of
environmental
challenges
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High and multiple values at stake
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food security
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health cash incomes
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ressources property &
tenure
advocacycapacities &
knowledge
biodiversity
High and multiple values at stakein the decision making process
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Short-term projects outcomes
Multiple time and spatial scales
Natural resources renewal rates: renewal/ non renewal
Wide socio-ecological processes time scales
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Uncertainty of phenomena
Changing environmental conditions
Lack of predictability, incomplete knowledge
Constraints of probabilistic approaches
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Scientific research, technical consultancy, local knowledge
Convergence of Knowledge forms
Multiple understanding frames
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Who cares?
Local people and communities | women
|future generations | global citizens
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It becomes necessary to move
from scientific research and
consultancy advice to
Integrated Assessment
Enhancing the
quality of the evaluation process & results reliability
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Adopting a “weak comparability” of values approach
StrongsustainabilityEstimating the impacts of
projects on a multiple set of
relevant dimensions of
sustainable development
Evidencing externalities and
distributional impacts
Using an appropiate
combination of non-
compensatory methodologies
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Ecosystem services and
bio-cultural heritage
Adopting a “weak comparability” of values approach
Incommensurabilityof valuesLooking at the diversity of impacts in
multiple dimensions and terms:
monetary, bio-physical, human
wellbeing (health, incomes,
empowerment, happiness, equality),
cultural (symbolic, aesthetic, spiritual),
others.
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Does the meal
price constitute
the ecosystem
value?
Adopting a “weak comparability” of values approach
Willingness to pay does not
incorporate unperceived
but existent things
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price & valueare not equivalent
Adopting a “weak comparability” of values approach
Multiple valuationlanguagesSharing experiences to develop a
common framework of
understanding as a basis for
evaluation
Combining analytical procedures
with deliberative approaches
Using quantitative and qualitative
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The evaluation process acknowledges
phenomena complexity & uncertainty...
... but stills providing envidences of projects
contribution to sustainable development
Precautionary principleis operationalized into
decision making
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Managing analytical constraints
Process & ResultsreliabilityHighlighting and prioritizing
evaluation goals
Recognizing systems complexity :
from the attribution to the
contribution approach
Caution when comparing results.
Clear identification of the
evaluation subject and object
Reflecting how analytical
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Integrating the evaluation innovation management
InnovationIntegrating innovative practices into
the evaluation cycle. Reflective &
iterative learning exercises
Processing innovation results.
Validating and integrating them
into evaluation practices and
procedures
Moving from consultancy formulas
to adaptive learning processes
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Main idea
When evaluating the impacts of projects into
sustainable development, the nature of
environmental challenges requires
enhancing process quality to get reliable results
Evaluation result becomes then a
compromise solution between involved parties and evaluation criteria rather than an optimalsolution
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