The future of MPAs should involve the active participation of local communities through the recovery and preservation of sustainable practices peculiar to local traditions

1. Pantelleria Island
A testing ground for a participatory approach aimed at
fostering the creation of an MPA proposed and
developed by local inhabitants
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The future of MPAs should involve the active participation of local communities through the
recovery and preservation of sustainable practices peculiar to local traditions
41st CIESM Congress Kiel,
Germany, 12-16 September 2016

2. The community’s cohesion takes place through the reactivation of
interest (as feeling concerned and willing to care ) for the environment and the territory
The strengthening of the communities of interest’s identity and the participatory process
are facilitated through multidisciplinary skills (social, anthropological, psychological and visual sciences)
used as tools for action (SME - Social-Media-Empowerment),
as well as by proposing a lifestyle
based on a new sustainable relationship between man and the environment
Participatory Process of Pantelleria - Based on civil society started in 2013
to facilitate the local community in their access to the governance for the protection of the sea and the coast
A Participatory Process for MPA encompasses a whole series of
a community of interest’s actions for the sea protection as common good
Step 1
gather all the
stakeholders
and listen to
their needs
(fishermen, divers,
tour operators,
Pantelleria dwellers)
Step 2
create a
workgroup
‘Tutela Pantelleria’
including each
category's representatives
With a supervisor
(can't be a stakeholder)
Step 3
work out a
common proposal
based on LEK
(Local Ecological
Knowledge)
Step 4
submit the
proposal to
the institutions
After submission - the
workgroup as a link
between the local
community and
institutions
Step 5
to play a role in
MPA governance
proposed tool will
be the
Participatory
Budgeting

3. MPAs: A Participatory
Process is Fundamental
Top-down processes are uneffective
Institutions are “far” from local communities
Need for sustainability
Social Media Empowerment to
-(Re)activate the interest toward
a common goal
- facilitate Participation
WHY ?
HOW ?
IN ORDER TO
Give an active role in the governance of MPA's to
local community
Rebuild local identities and sense of community
(belonging)
Strengthen confidence in institutions
Develop a sustainable local economy