caENTI activities

The general objective of integration and visibility will be implemented through a threefold activities:

• Le management du consortium caENTI (WP1)
• La conférence internationale annuelle (WP2)
• Le portail Internet et Extranet (WP3)

The operational objectives will be implemented through three complementary scientific activities, each of them with its own objectives. These activities represent a strong commitment of the partners at a local level. They sometimes lead to national homogenized tools and data sets, which the caENTI consortium will harmonize at a European scale and improve their visibility and dissemination.

• The spreading of fundamental methods and research design in territorial information analysis within the social sciences and humanities (WP4)
• Analysis of the application of the principles of governance of sustainable development in territorial research-action (WP5)
• Conception and dissemination of methods and tools of territorial intelligence accessible for the territorial actors and respectful of a sustainable development ethics (WP6)

These three activities are strongly complementary. The activity of dissemination of fundamental methods provides useful technological means for the conception and the modelling of tools accessible to the actors in the form of technical modules and procedures for professional use. The spreading of scientific instruments of spatial analysis and processing of territorial information within the social sciences helps provide useful technological resources and skills for the actors. The activity on the principles of governance supplies an ethical frame that guarantees that tools developed for the actors, as well as their implementation, are respectful of sustainable development principles.

The use of tools by the actors allows the constitution of data sets, indicators and good practices for research activities on the fundamental methods and on the principles of governance for sustainable development.