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Appreciative Inquiry, multiactor collaboration, development cooperation

Abstract:

One of the core characteristics of development initiatives is that they have to cross a variety of boundaries (cultural, geographic, disciplinary, socio-economic) and they have to incorporate a variety of actors belonging to different sectors (NGO’s, governments, local communities, knowledge centres, business) to tackle the complex issues that development cooperation wants to resolve. The work hypothesis for this symposium is that according to the degree development initiatives can involve all relevant stakeholders by making use of Appreciative Inquiry, possibilities for success will increase. In the symposium panelists from the North and the South analyze together with the participants best practices and experiences in development initiatives, to find out how Appreciative Inquiry contributes to involve all stakeholders meaningfully throughout the whole process.