����������������COORDINATION �Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, New University of Lisbon PORTUGAL��PARTICIPANTS�-- Department of Environmental Studies, University of the Aegean GREECE�-- Institute for the Protection and the Security of Citizens. EC J.R.C. – Ispra ITALY�-- The Macaulay Institute. University of Aberdeen UNITED KINGDOM�-- Economic and Social Institute. Free University of Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS�-- Departament of Human Geography. University of Seville SPAIN��END-USERS�1) Institute of Water – INAG PORTUGAL�2) NA.ET.KY. Regional Development Agency of Cyclades GREECE�3) General Secretary for Water. Regional Goverment of Andalucia SPAIN�������� � �
ADVISOR Contract EVK1-CT-2000-00074
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RTD PROGRAMME
The project aimed to produce a set of guidelines to river basin authorities and related EU agencies for the execution of integrated evaluation of projects.
At the first stage, the project was built on the ex-post analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of river basin project evaluation processes in the EU.
The 5 case studies at this stage were:
ADVISOR Contract EVK1-CT-2000-00074
ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT RTD PROGRAMME
Evaluation Practices: concluding remarks (1)
Characteristics of the decision making process (1)
Evaluation Practices: concluding remarks (2)
Characteristics of the decision making process (2)
f) Assessment is not really considered as an independent , even less previous, stage in the design of the projects.
g) Evaluation constitutes a basically informal and iterative process, sometimes diffuse, throughout the entire project life, even throughout the post-decisional stage.
h) The implicit strategy, strongly incorporated into the project design, makes it difficult if not impossible to discuss global alternatives.
i) The complexity of ecological and social processes tends to be simplified by the starting diagnosis, which is basically incomplete.
Evaluation Practices: concluding remarks (3)
Implications for the development of evaluation theory
The assessment processes, both formal and informal, are dominated by the existing hegemony (dominant stakeholder nets and perspectives), resulting in a narrow and incomplete problem diagnosis and in proposals which ignore high levels of scientific uncertainty.
The complexity and inherently political nature of the decision making process, demands that the full range of values and beliefs is considered in a context where social and technical incommensurability is recognised.
This requires the development of assessment tools and methodologies that go beyond conventional scientific assessment, capturing different perspectives and accommodating uncertainty in both natural and social systems.
�SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION ��Water management alternatives for improving urban supply: Costa del Sol Occidental (Málaga, Spain)
Case study: Costa del Sol
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
WORKING WITH ACTORS (I): INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS
WORKING WITH ACTORS (II):
FOCUS GROUP
INTERPRETATION
OF RESULTS
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
+ presence in local press
ADVISOR in
La Opinión de Málaga
6 July, 2003
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
WORKING WITH ACTORS (I): INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
MAIN PROBLEMS
Ineffective river basin administration.
Lack of forward planning and land-use management.
Lack of coordination among the authorities responsible for water management and planning.
Weak information and participation mechanisms.
From shortage of water
to
resource mismanagement
Definition of
the problem
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
WORKING WITH ACTORS (I): INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
Alternatives:
Heightening of the La Concepción dam
Use of desalinated water
Reuse of waste water
Modernisation of irrigation systems
Rationalised use of groundwater
Improved efficiency and water savings in the urban water supply
Territorial policies to control urban development
Non-intervention: maintenance of status quo
Criteria:
Implementation costs
Operating costs
Effect on employment
Effect on economic activity
Impact on the ecological status of water systems
Impact on other ecosystems
Visual impact on the landscape
Degree of institutional difficulty
Degree of social acceptance
Equitable distribution of costs and benefits
Time required to fulfil the established objective
Identification of Alternatives
Actions aimed at increasing available resources /
Measures to improve demand management
Criteria
Economic
Environmental
Social
Institutional
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS
WORKING WITH ACTORS (I): INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES
Alternatives:
Heightening of the La Concepción dam
Use of desalinated water
Reuse of waste water
Modernisation of irrigation systems
Rationalised use of groundwater
Improved efficiency and water savings in the urban water supply
Territorial policies to control urban development
Non-intervention: maintenance of status quo
Criteria:
Implementation costs
Operating costs
Effect on employment
Effect on economic activity
Impact on the ecological status of water systems
Impact on other ecosystems
Visual impact on the landscape
Degree of institutional difficulty
Degree of social acceptance
Equitable distribution of costs and benefits
Time required to fulfil the established objective
Opinion Polls
Instituto de Estudios Sociales de Andalucía
Ecobarómetro de Andalucía
425 polls in:
City of Malaga
Costa del Sol
Rest of the province
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS
To explore alternatives with appropriate monetary and non-monetary criteria
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS
Institutional Analysis + Working with actors (I) =
Impact
Matrix
Equity
Matrix
In both cases support to increasing efficiency and reutilization of residual water.
In both cases lack of support to no intervention and hydraulic works.
Dendrogram of coalitions
Split between the administrations responsible for water management (Regional Water Department/ Confederación Hidrográfica del Sur / Costa del Sol public water supply and sewerage company).
SOCIAL MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION APPLIED IN THE COSTA DEL SOL CASE STUDY
WORKING WITH ACTORS (II):
FOCUS GROUP
Institutional Analysis + Working with actors (I)
+ Multicriteria Analysis =
Main results:
Focus Group
December 2003
The main results of the exercise can be synthesised as follows:
FINAL CONCLUSIONS
Deliberative decision processes will be successful only if it
really matters. Outcomes of deliberative processes should be
clearly embedded in real decision-making.
More than one tools and types of representation/participation
should be used together to overcome the limitations of any
given representation form.
Deliberative decision-making is not proposed as an alternative
but as a complement to legitimate representative democracy
structures.
Evaluation is closely dependent on the social and
institutional surroundings and on the balance of power
among actors, habitually affected by an increasing
polarization.
Still, reciprocally deliberative processes can build up an
Impetus for changes in the broader social context.