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==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 | |||
the European Union (DISPA) during the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU is available online: | 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] | |||
[[Category:Conferences]] | [[Category:SDD Conferences]] | ||
[[Category:FWC Presidency Activities]] | [[Category:FWC Presidency Activities]] |