http://www.ledebatmde.org
see the note in english http://www.ledebatmde.org/overview-and-results/
The EDM debate used ICT in an innovative manner, while combining internet-based exchanges with face-to-face meetings. The initial analysis was that with the growing awareness of climate change, the need for mastering better the energy demand was recognized and more or less consensual. However, the effective ability to act on the demand for energy does not seem to progress at the required speed for addressing what is at stake. The debate was held in 3 phases. In the first one, Internet users were asked to express their views on why energy demand management does not progress better and to formulate proposals on how to overcome obstacles. In the second phase, multi-stakeholders meetings took place in several cities, bring together internet contributors to the first phase, experts from ADEME and representatives of the NGO partners. From the mass of proposals, these 7 facilitated workshops selected 32 of them. In the last phase, these 32 proposals were the object of a new internet-based debate aiming at refining them, understanding their possible undesirable effects, and discussing the conditions for their application. At the end of this third phase, 30 proposals constitute the outcome of the debate (see below).
The first phase (open Internet-based debate) used innovative tools for thematic cartography. Thanks to their application, participants had a synoptical view on the debate proceedings and were able to contribute at the relevant place in the ongoing exchanges. Additional information was included in the maps as the debate developed, and even the structure of the maps evolved. Important changes to the maps were justified by the “cartographers” (from Sopinspace) and subjected to user comments. The usage of thematic cartography has proved to be remarkably useful for maintaining readability and in order to make possible for contradictory exchanges to develop in some “zones” without preventing other themes to be debated in a constructive manner.
| Source | ADEME |
| Difficulty | Easy |
| Compatibility | doesn't work well with safari |
| Rating | 4 |
| Language | fr |
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ADEMEAgence de l'environnement et de la Maitrise de l'energie