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Aim:
Public Debate
The
SUM component of the SCP aims at spreading and further expanding knowledge
and experience on sustainable low-cost mobility in cities in the developing
world. An important tool for doing this is public debate.
The discussion
forums created as part of the SUM expert network are meant to trigger
interesting and efficient debates on specific, well-defined, SUM issues.
If you wish
to participate go to the SUM membership page and register
Conditions for success
The discussion forums opened on the SUM website are an experiment. Experience
shows that it is not easy to create a meaningful public discussion. We
hope that, with a growing number of expert network members, we can meet
a/o the following requirements:
- Clear
questions, the answers to which really matter, and well-defined issues
to investigate.
- Capable
discussion management and quality assurance, carried out by network
members.
- Discipline
of the participants, and respect for others and their opinions.
- Momentum,
i.e. enough progress and interesting contributions.
- Benefits
from taking part, such as:
- Contact
with colleagues that are active in the same field,
- Learning
and/or a way to obtain useful information,
- Recognition
of one's own good ideas by others,
- Satisfaction
of making a meaningful contribution.
Forum
organisation
- Discussion
topics will be clustered in four categories: Public Transport, Pedestrian
traffic, Bicycle traffic (the three low-cost modes of urban travel),
and Traffic calming.
- Within
each category, separate discussions may concern a single well-defined
topic (e.g. informal public transport stops and terminals).
- Usually,
SUM-team members will initiate discussions. However, other members can
also do so: email your proposal to the SUM website manager scp-sum@unesco-ihe.org
- The SUM
team will for each discussion invite one or more members to act as a
discussion chairperson or committee.
- No strict
rules for how a chairperson should encourage the discussion exist at
present. Over time, experience will enable formulating useful rules-of-thumb.
- A discussion
must have direction, and within a limited period of time produce conclusions
or recommendations. Experience will show what timeframe is suitable
(2-6 months?).
- Finished
discussions that were relevant will be stored in the knowledge base.
- Participation
to discussions is possible as: (also see "membership"):
- Reader,
without making an active contribution.
- Member,
writing comments and communicating original ideas.
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