Evaluating a participatory process

Emeline Hassenforder (1, 2, 3) , Nils Ferrand (4, 3, 5)

1 INAT - Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie
2 Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
3 UMR G-EAU - Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
4 STEEP - Sustainability transition, environment, economy and local policy
5 INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

One can argue that “Setting up a participatory process is already cumbersome, adding an evaluation on top of that is beyond any ambitions I may have”. And yet... What’s the point of involving different stakeholders, if in the end, you cannot tell if that participation has truly served a purpose? Following this statement, we invite you to read this chapter. We assert that evaluation is not synonymous with depression. Your evaluation can be adapted to suit your ambitions. Let’s get to it!

Keywords: monitoring; participants; representativity; impacts; changes; indicators; subjectivity; ENCORE; CoOPLAGE

Domains: Environment and Society

Emeline Hassenforder, Nils Ferrand. Evaluating a participatory process. Emeline Hassenforder; Nils Ferrand. Transformative Participation for Socio-Ecological Sustainability - Around the CoOPLAGE pathways, QUAE, pp.122-130, 2024, Update Sciences & technologies, 9782759239214. ⟨hal-04558960⟩