I’m in Tucson, AZ this week attending the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’s sixth national ECR Conference: ECR2010: Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution – Evolving to Meet New Opportunities.
I had been eyeing this opportunity ever since I first heard about the conference back in October of last year. A number of people highly recommended it, and their strong technology track this year finally won me over (see the conference agenda here).
This morning during the breakfast plenary session, they launched The ECR Technology Network, a new community hub for practitioners.
As one of the first resources there, you can find the latest draft version of the Guiding Principles for Incorporating Technology and ECR (PDF, 304 KB).
The document lists the following guiding principles:
1. Clearly Articulated Process Goals and Design2. Impartial Process3. Inclusiveness and Accessibility4. Openness and Transparency6. [sic.] Accountability7. Meaningful Engagement and Implementation8. Quality Dialogue
1. Surveys / polling / comment collection & analysis2. Social Networking3. Web forums / email lists4. Trade off Analysis / Decision Aiding / Online deliberative tools5. Modeling /simulation6. Visioning /Scenario development / Mapping / Visualization7. In‐Meeting Tools / Synchronous Online Meeting Tools8. Project Management / Scheduling9. Implementation and Monitoring10. Governance Support
It’s very refreshing to see this level of interest in the use of technology and the web for collaborative governance among the attendees, and the sessions definitely reflect that.
If you have a few minutes, you can help them get off to a good start by completing this brief survey: ECR Tech Training Needs Assessment.
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