Huelva 2007 overview
The International Conference of Territorial Intelligence of Huelva ( Territorial intelligence and governance. Participative research-action and governance applied to territorial development), took place from October, the 24th to October, the 26th 2007.
This conference was mainly organised by the University of Huelva. We thank Blanca MIEDES and the team of the Local Observatory of Employment who made this event a success, which received 130 participants from 11 countries, with 50 communications and 104 authors.
This conference suggested three intervention and thinking themes:
- A. The participative research-action applied to the sustainable territorial development.
- B. Application of the methods and tools of participative research-action to the territorial sustainable development.
- C. Analysis of the participative Research-Action Experiences which are applied to the territorial projects diagnosis, programming, management and evaluation.
October, 24th day started with a meeting of the Steering Committee that decided the major orientations of the caENTI works until the end of the project, in February 2009. Meetings devoted to the CAENTI workpackages allowed finalizing the programming of the research activities.
October, the 25th day started with two invited conferences. The first one, “Challenges of World-Wide Governance” by Prof. Dr. Carlos BERZOSA (Rector of the Complutense University of Madrid) and the second one, “Research-Action Applied to Territorial Development” by Dr. Tomás RODRÍGUEZ VILLASANTE (Complutense University of Madrid). The afternoon was dedicated to the CAENTI scientific results, and it ended with the presentation of the Letter of quality of the territorial research-action that is drafted by the workpackage 5.
On October, the 26th, the morning was devoted to the communications submitted by the participants. Two debates about participation closed this conference.
Prospects : Preparation of the convergence of the CAENTI activities towards its main objective and reinforcement of the collaborations
The prospects for the end of the second period are to prepare the convergence of the CAENTI activities in relation with its main objective by reinforcing the collaborations within the workpackages and between them. The CAENTI, which experience mainly concerns the socio-economic sector, also wishes to develop the environmental and energetic dimension.
The WP1 will finalise the planning of the coordination activities until the projec end in February 2009. It will balance again the budget and the efforts repartition, so as to execute its general objectives.
The WP2 will constitute an external scientific committee from proposals of the CAENTI participants. This Committee will be in charge of the evaluation of the quality of the CAENTI results, then to prepare the projects allowing making the European Network of Territorial Intelligence perennial.
The WP3 will draft a global communication strategy in relation with the new portal of territorial intelligence. It will integrate all the communication means that are useful to the CAENTI results diffusion, including the annual conference. Besides, it will develop the editorial abilities.
Within the WP4, the WP4i “Information” and the WP4C “Competitiveness” get closer on the theme of Territorial Information and of the Sustainable Development Indicators, in order to contribute to the definition of the contents of the Territorial Information contents the WP6 should constitute in 2008. They will pay a special attention to the integration of the environmental indicators.
The WP4t “Territory” and WP4m “Methods” will get closer on the theme of the Analysis of the Territorial Information, so to as to contribute to the definition of the specifications of the Territorial Information Community System the WP6 will be in charge in 2008.
The Wp4p “Projects” coordination group that is reduced to the evaluation of the projects funded by the European Commission will get closer to a coordination group « uses » on the Territorial Information Tools Uses, which will be constituted within the WP6, with the CATALYSE projects that were studied in the WP6 and the other projects of the CAENTI participants identified by the WP5 in the framework of the catalogues of experience of research-action.
The WP5 will now ensure the diffusion of the Letter of Quality. It will also evaluate the participation of the research-action methodologies and of the technological tools to the territorial intelligence development, thanks to the Letter of Quality.
The WP6 will be restructured in relation with three coordination groups, respectively the contents, the tools and the uses. As we previously announced, a new group called WP6u « Uses » will follow-up the task started by the WP6g in 2006 through a description of the CATALYSE observatories of the CAENTI actors, the modelling of their observation mechanisms and the drafting of recommendations regarding the implementation and the use of the territorial intelligence tools (CATALYSE and other ones) in the framework of Development Partnerships. It will integrate the experiences and the projects that are respectively identified by the WP 5 and 4 so as to execute a Map of European Projects of Territorial Intelligence. The cooperation with the WP5 will allow valuating these projects by the means of a Letter of Quality.
The coordination group about contents (Wp6f) starting coordinating the execution of the CATALYSE toolkit and the definition of On Line Inclusion Itinerary Accompaniment File specifications. It is in charge of choosing indicators, defining them and their analysis and treatment protocols. Its activity will lead to the definition of the specifications of the European Portal of Territorial Information, jointly with the Wp4i+c group.
In a complementary way, the WP6g group coordinates the tools execution, adapt them to the contents and to the protocols and draft their guidance notes. Its activity converges with the Wp4t+m group, towards the deepening of the Territorial Information Community System specifications.
Pursuance of the debates
Huelva 2007
The blog Huelva 2007, which covered the conference in real time, remains open until the acts publication. You can find there the scientific presentations, minutes and photos of the events. So as to enrich the debate, do not hesitate in using the possibility to make comments after each presentation.
We thank very much all the persons who made Huelva 2007 a success.
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