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{{Event
  |acronym=Cyprus paves the wave for global peace 
  |image=ConferenceAbstract.jpg
  |project=
  |place= Nicosia
  |dates=11–12 October 2012
  |participants_type=Representatives from all 27 Member States 
  |participants_num=41
  |total_duration=2 days
  |link=[http://www.futureworlds.eu/w/images/c/ce/CYPRUS_DISPA_REPORT.pdf Download Report]
}}
==Description==
[[File:Enhancing Impact 1.jpg|thumb|Mr. Yiannis Laouris|left]] 
In accordance with tradition, the DISPA meeting was organised by the School of Public Administration located in the Presidency country, in this case the Cyprus Academy of Public Administration.

Mr. [[Yiannis Laouris]] and Mr. [[Marios Michaelides]] presented the Structured Stakeholder
Dialogue defined as a collective learning and problem solving methodology.

Mr. '''Laouris''' began by introducing the terms ‘Spreadthink’, ‘Groupthink’ & ‘Erroneous
Priorities’.‘Spreadthink’describes the views of the individual members of the group on
the relative importance of problems and/or proposed action options will be literally ‘spread all over the
map’. Facilitators who try to bring groups to a majority view or a
consensus without the aid of some methodology that resolves the difficulties caused by ‘Spreadthink’
may well be driving the group to ‘Groupthink’, and thus helping to arrive at a decision that lacks individual
support and, usually, lacks substance.”




Mr. Laouris further summarized the ABCs of Structured Dialogic Design “from common sense to
science”:
* We agree what we will be talking about.
* Those who participate commit.
* Only one speaks at a time.
* Every opinion is appreciated and protected.
* We listen actively to the others.
* Did we invite everyone who has a stake?
* Everybody has more of less equal time to talk.
* We recognize our cognitive limitations.
* We respect/document what everybody says.
* We respect one’s own words.


It was noted that Cyprus is an international leader in SDD. As an illustration, the project “Transforming
local governance, 2009–10” has been considered internationally as a pioneer example of using
the science of dialogic design to transform the whole country. Ten SDDPs across Cyprus diagnosed
the educational and training needs of the local authorities with the aim of upgrading the operation of
local governance in Cyprus.

[[File:Enhancing Impact 2.jpg|thumb|Mr. Marios Michaelides|right]]
Mr. '''Michaelides''' offered an example of applying SDD
to town planning and wine villages development as a new opportunity for participatory planning: the
Local Development Pilot Project (LDPP) for the Wine Villages district of Cyprus.

==Report==
The Report of the Meeting of the Directors of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration of
the European Union (DISPA) during the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU is available online: <br>

[http://www.futureworlds.eu/w/images/c/ce/CYPRUS_DISPA_REPORT.pdf Enhancing the Impact of Learning on Organizational Performance]





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