1. Tools for supporting Grassroots Innovations
SwitchMed Civil Society Team:
Dafne Mazo, SCP/RAC
Andrea Calsamiglia, Escola de l'IGOP-UAB/ estArter
Juan del Río, Transition Network
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Main Speakers
Dafne Mazo, Project Manager at SwitchMed, SCP/RAC
Andrea Calsamiglia, SwitchMed expert, Escola de l'IGOP-UAB/ estArter
Juan del Río, SwitchMed expert, Transition Network
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3. Tools for supporting Grassroots Innovations Objectives of the session:
Civil Society Track 1:
Tools for supporting Grassroots Innovations
Introduction of the SwitchMed Civil Society Empowerment programme and social eco-innovation and grassroots concepts
Objectives of the session:
1. Goals and activities of the Programme
Describe the concepts:
Social eco-innovation
Grassroots initiatives
3. Present some of the initiatives
4. Imputs and new examples
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4. Grassroots initiatives
Representatives-
Grassroots initiatives
Khaoula Stiti and Mohamed Zied Gharbi, "De terre et d'argile" (Tunisia)
Chadi Faraj, "Bus Map Project" (Lebanon)
Boujemaa Gueghlan, "CIPA-Pierre RABHI (Morocco)
Mohamed Ouchene, "Ferme Agroecologique Pedagogique (TORBA) (Algeria)
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5. Group dynamics SCP Challenges
Projection and gathering of social eco-innovation (SEI) and grassroots initiatives (GI)

6. The SwitchMed Programme

7. The objective of the CS Empowerment component
Provide the necessary tools to develop grassroots initiatives on social eco-innovation in the Mediterranean region
Provide additional support to 16 initiatives (leverage point) :
Individual coaching
Technical support (according to the needs)
Support to develop a crowd-funding campaign
Create a community of grassroots initiatives

8. SwitchMed’s Regional Coordination

9. Development of the Programme in the
Mediterranean Region
Block 1 ( ):
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
Lebanon
Block 2 ( ):
Egypt
Jordan
Palestine
Israel

10. Block 1: National Coordination Local Partners
MOROCCO
TUNISIA
ARGELIA
LEBANON
With the support from the Ministries of Environment

11. The Training Programme (to date)
1 Co-creation Workshop with 8 selected local trainers from 4 countries (Block 1) (Barcelona – Oct. 2015)
4 National Workshops with key social eco-innovation actors (grassroots initiatives’ representatives)
(Nov March 2016)
“Social eco-innovation and grassroots initiatives on SCP”:
The Handbook
The Facilitation Guide for Trainers

13. Multistakeholder evaluation process
The “Support Phase”
On-line application for the SwitchMed
support phase
(Initiatives- National Workshops)
Multistakeholder evaluation process
(SwitchMed team,
Local Partner, Local Trainer)
Individual support to 2 initiatives (6-12 months)
 50 coaching hours (support plan)
 technical support
 crowdfunding campaing

14. Evaluation Criteria
Focus on Sustainable Consumption and Production- SCP approach
Grassroots Initiative character (social eco-innovation)
Viability of the initiative (feasible goals, equilibrium available vs. necessary resources, …)
Motivation and commitment

15. Morocco Algeria Lebanon Tunisia
Carrefour des initiatives et des pratiques agroécologiques- CIPA-Pier Rahbi
Taxi Social- Association Douirt-Sbaa de développement local
Algeria
Ferme Agroécologique Pedagogique- Collectif Torba (AMAP)
Valorisation des déchets oléicoles pour la production de compost à Takerboust - L’association « Tazemourth »
Lebanon
The Bus Map Project
Youth for Environment- Up-cycling initiative in Baalbeck
Tunisia
D’Terre et d’Argile
Pedalo (bike messengers)

16. Final results CS Empowerment component (2017)
16 change makers trained as Local Trainers
160 civil society actors (initiatives) trained on social eco-innovation
16 grassroots initiatives supp.
Block 2
 Starting December 2016

17. How can we tackle SCP through:
Social eco-innovation?
Grassroots initiatives?
Grassroots Initiatives are distinguished by:
Collective Innovation
Being led by the civil society or the community
The satisfaction of essential needs
The search for change

18. Grassroot Innovations (GI)

19. What are we talking about?
Collective experimentation spaces led by civil society, aiming at constructing alternative means of need satisfaction.

20. What are we talking about?
Organizational structures created to satisfy needs in an alternative way
Based on community leadership
Decision making is democratic and based on collective organization
Experimental or innovative dimension
More information: Gill Seyfang

21. What are we talking about?
Community Supported Agriculture
Barter markets
Community gardens
Local exchange networks/Time Banks/local currencies
Co-housing and community living
Community energy projects
Community composting
Grassroots cooperative finances

22. Who is looking for the resources needed? Who is providing them?
Who has the need/ problem and who defines it?
Who is in charge of the decision making? Who is executing the key activities?
Who has the idea?
Who is taking care of partners? Who are them?
Who is looking for the resources needed? Who is providing them?
Who gives value to the ecological impact ?
Who benefits from innovation?
Who receives the social impact?

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