Large-scale participation in policy design: citizen proposals for rural development in Tunisia

Braiki Houssem, Hassenforder Emeline, Lestrelin Guillaume, Morardet Sylvie, Faysse Nicolas, Younsi Soumaya, Ferrand Nils, Leauthaud Crystèle, Ben Aissa Nadhira, Mouelhi Safouane, Jebari Sihem, Augusseau Xavier, Imache Amar, Barbe Audrey, Jamin Jean-Yves, Amri Houria, Arfa Hajer, Bayar Ali, Ben Hassine Anissa, Ferchichi Rouhia, Ghanmi Kamel, Haddeji Fathi, Harbaoui Khadija, Messaoudi Noura, Zouari Ezzeddine. 2022. Large-scale participation in policy design: citizen proposals for rural development in Tunisia. EURO Journal on Decision Processes, 10:100020, 13 p.

Résumé : More and more literature and practice recommend involving the public at the early stages of the policy cycle, i.e. issue identification, definition of the policy objectives and policy design. Policy design involves, among others, identifying solutions, ideas or alternatives which may address the policy objectives. Three main arguments are often put forward to advocate for the involvement of stakeholders, or the public, in policy design: a “user-centered” argument (i.e. for the policy to better meet people's priorities), an innovation argument (i.e. to conceive new solutions) and a collective argument (i.e. to identify collective actions and better tackle environmental problems). However, in both research and practice these arguments have been challenged. Research has insufficiently generated evidence of the influence of large-scale participation in policy design on resulting proposed actions. The objective of this paper is to analyze whether a large-scale participatory process leads to action proposals that fit people's priorities and that are innovative and collective. It draws from a land management and rural development policy design experiment conducted in six vulnerable areas of Tunisia. 4,300 direct participants were involved and 11,583 action proposals were collected. Our results highlight the influence of the local circumstances on innovation and the interest towards collective actions. Our results also show that whether policy design is made individually or in group influences the outcomes. The results also suggest that appropriate facilitation can help fostering more collective and innovative actions. We conclude the paper by opening up the idea of hybridizing policy design methods with methods from political and agricultural sciences in order to better understand the drivers and rationalities behind participants' action proposals.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : développement rural, participation publique, approche participative, aménagement du territoire, innovation

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Tunisie

Mots-clés complémentaires : Action collective, Politique publique

Mots-clés libres : Rural development, Land use policy, Tunisia, Participatory planning, Innovation, Collective action

Classification Agris : E11 - Économie et politique foncières

Champ stratégique Cirad : CTS 5 (2019-) - Territoires

Auteurs et affiliations

• Braiki Houssem, INAT (TUN)
• Hassenforder Emeline, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (TUN) ORCID: 0000-0003-3873-8871 - auteur correspondant
• Lestrelin Guillaume, CIRAD-ES-UMR TETIS (TUN) ORCID: 0000-0001-6207-218X - auteur correspondant
• Morardet Sylvie, INRAE (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Faysse Nicolas, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (TUN) - auteur correspondant
• Younsi Soumaya, INAT (TUN)
• Ferrand Nils, INRAE (FRA)
• Leauthaud Crystèle, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA)
• Ben Aissa Nadhira, INAT (TUN)
• Mouelhi Safouane, INRGREF (TUN)
• Jebari Sihem, INRGREF (TUN)
• Augusseau Xavier, CIRAD-ES-UMR TETIS (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0002-3328-9889 - auteur correspondant
• Imache Amar, Lisode (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Barbe Audrey, Lisode (FRA) - auteur correspondant
• Jamin Jean-Yves, CIRAD-ES-UMR G-EAU (FRA) ORCID: 0000-0001-8540-7317
• Amri Houria, CRDA (TUN)
• Arfa Hajer, CRDA (TUN) - auteur correspondant
• Bayar Ali, CRDA (TUN)
• Ben Hassine Anissa, CRDA (TUN)
• Ferchichi Rouhia, CRDA (TUN)
• Ghanmi Kamel, CRDA (TUN)
• Haddeji Fathi, CRDA (TUN)
• Harbaoui Khadija, CRDA (TUN)
• Messaoudi Noura, CRDA (TUN)
• Zouari Ezzeddine, CRDA (TUN)

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