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Promouvoir le concept d'écovillage en Afrique - Ecovillage Movement
in Africa
Eco-Villages for Africa
Strategies and Issues
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Why should we support the eco-village movement in Africa?
Contribution
from Roland Mayerl - June 2017
Contact: lreyam (AT) gmail.com
Promoting eco-villages in Africa
Reducing the economic and social divides
Fighting rural exodus and immigration to Europe
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/00_eco-afro-en.htm
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-- Why should we support the eco-village movement in Africa?
-- The origin of eco-villages
-- What is the situation in Africa?
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To highlight the concept of eco-village
/ The first stones
1.-
charter
2.-
strategy
3.-
accompanying structure
4.-
tools
5.- traps and possible drifts
6.-
actors to be
mobilized, the partners to be found
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Why should we support the eco-village movement in Africa?
Not only to curb the rural exodus and thus also immigration to
Europe, but above all to bring hope to young people, to women, to
men, by making them want to undertake on macro-scale in their
villages and even in urban areas.
Eco-villages will create jobs and improve the quality of life for
all those who may feel left out of the development of their country.
In the spirit of the eco-villages, the objective is to give small
groups of inhabitants the tools and knowledge to ensure them in the
long term more autonomy food, energy and financial, while allowing
them to open more on the world.
Here you will find a holistic approach to the issues, as well as
models and resources to motivate and guide the various actors of
this movement from the inhabitants to the politicians, experts,
artisans, inventors, researchers and students.
This is of course a first outline of proposals and subjects of
reflection to encourage others to refine each of these themes and
thus arrive at a global vision of what could be a method, a process,
A policy to promote the movement of eco-villages in Africa.
All that is presented here is in open-source and free of rights.
All good wills are welcome to improve the content as the
presentation. (References, comments, ideas, methods, translations
into several languages ...)
As an architect I would like to compare the project of promotion
of eco-villages in Africa with that of the concrete realization
of a building or an eco-neighborhood.
Initially an idea, a concept, a vision, then a program, a timetable.
Once must quickly find the right partners and collaborators who join
the project, and also convince the administration, the technical
departments, the bankers. The obtaining of appropriate funding for
each phase of the project requires its completion within a given
timeframe. It is necessary to define a specification, to realize the
first sketches, then the plans, models, a model apartment, etc ...
all well before the start of building.
Promoting eco-villages on a continent-wide scale is an arduous
and long-term task.
Baptizing "eco-village" with great pomp, one or the other existing
development project combining a few appropriate technologies and
agriculture is not enough to launch and diffuse this concept across
Africa, especially when we know that this continent will double
population in the next thirty years.
From my point of view, therefore, it is necessary to implement
approaches based on what has worked elsewhere.
A dual approach in fact: one that irrigates the continent from what
works around the world, the other from the bottom up that it is a
question of convincing and training but also collct information
about local know-how which must be valued.
Among the questions and the areas outline
How to start a project? How to manage it? How can we ensure its
sustainability?
How to find financing?
How can we forge links with experts, authors of good practices?
How to convince men and elders, how to train women?
How can we put in place a democratic dynamic?
How can we prevent that only a few privileged people could take
advantage of information and power?
How to avoid corruption, clientelism, embezzlement?
How to educate otherwise?
How to build quality buildings with local materials?
How to ensure food and energy self-sufficiency?
How to create jobs?
How to make the villages attractive especially for young people?
Imagine how we could accelerate the dissemination of the concept
of ecovillages in Africa:
Draw inspiration from existing good practices around the world:
identify them, visit them, analyze them. Create a network for
exchanging information.
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/03_eco-afro.htm
Share information with as many multilingual websites as English,
French, Portuguese, Arabic and Swahili regional languages, Wolof
etc., lowcost tablet, conferences, TED interventions, local radio,
documentary films, TV
Motivate universities, schools of architecture, management (South
and North) to take charge of the themes mentioned here (surveys,
memories, competitions of ideas, international competitions ...)
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/57_eco-afro.htm
Imagine ways for information to reach the field
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/69_eco-afro.htm
Imagine how to create across the continent three types of
networks, a kind of network of places that will be responsible for
promoting the emergence of ecovillages (information, training,
financing, management, sustainability of achievements ...)
- Network of resource centers - at least one by geographic or
linguistic area - drawing on GRT (Groupe de Ressources Techniques) in Canada or CAUE
(Conseil d'Architecture er d'urbanisme et de l'environnement) in France or Plan
International strategy
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/68_eco-afro.htm
- Network of training centers such as universities for field actors
(Barefoot College)
India - Barefoot College - The Tilonia model Barefoot school
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/03_eco-afro.htm#Tilonia_
- A network of model works that can be visited and provide training
and which also glean information on the remarkable local
achievements to be shared with all. Inspired by Songhai in Benin,
Development Alternatives Group in India, etc
Imagine how to finance the dissemination of information, the
realization of networks and then the financing of the projects
proposed by the inhabitants themselves:
Role of the African Diaspora around the world, crowdfunding,
foundations, development agencies, European Union (projects
supported by the European Commission on immigration), collection of
a tax on air tickets (1 / 00), creating a cooperative ethics body
(an alternative to Western Union), forging links with African VIPs
and showbiz and sports stars.
Move closer to Habitat (UNCHS) in Nairobi to find favorable echoes,
as important institutions in the world
https://unhabitat.org/
See how much the big GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) could
support this movement.
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/67_eco-afro.htm
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/55_eco-afro.htm
. .. all this must of course be only a basis for discussion.
Ideally, a Mindmapping, a multilingual forum, collaboration spaces
should be put online. It is also necessary to set up a small team of
reflection to draft a basic text that could be sent to the Schools
of Architecture and Management, Universities, experts and
institutions for advice.
This amended text could then be submitted to institutions such as
the European Commission to finance a first stage of feasibility and
testing in several African countries in partnership with European
NGOs.
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May the collected information and good practices pinned in the
world be useful to all stakeholders in the field open for the future. Networking
is desired, thank you to share with me information about your projects, best
practices known to you
Roland Mayerl architect, project developer, ideas smuggler - It would therefore
be in Europe's interest to support this movement by financing the implementation
of local resource centers: a project would have to be developed to submit it to
the countries of the North and to the European institutions.
Contact me to set up a project on this subject and then submit it to the EU in
particular.
Email:
Roland Mayerl
lreyam (
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gmail.com
www.habiter-autrement.org
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The origin of eco-villages
In the northern countries (eg Europe, North America, Australia) eco-villages
have developed mostly at the initiative of groups of individuals who have a
certain degree of self-sufficiency based on a model Economic environment where
ecology has a prominent place and gives priority to man and his environment. The
services available outside the community are those granted to all citizens,
including the possibility of connecting to the energy and information
distribution networks, having local means of transport, health services and An
education system often multi-faceted. The inhabitants can thus focus on their
projects. They usually provide their own funding. Eco-villages are, in this
context, a choice of the present for the future, laboratories of participatory
democracy that come in various forms: eco-villages based on ecology and
agriculture or on a spiritual philosophy, Eco-villages structured to revitalize
sociability, intergenerational or which follow broader objectives based on
notions of sustainability and equity.
The inhabitants of these eco-villages thus federate around a common vision to
create a community, a village or a sustainable hamlet, a model in liaison,
echoing the social, ecological and economic life of their respective countries.
It is also about promoting solidarity, education, leisure, culture, training,
personal development, the fight against exclusion, the exchange of knowledge and
skills, the enhancement of the historical and cultural heritage Protection of
the natural environment, renewable energies and green tourism.
Today, some ecological precepts are being taken up in initiatives on a larger
scale, such as Villages and Cities in transition, eco-neighborhoods and even
green or ecological cities.
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What is the situation in Africa?
On this continent, at least for the moment, only a small number of people - some
visionaries among intellectuals, researchers and policy-makers, some pioneers on
the ground - think that it might be possible, if not desirable, to To adapt the
eco-village concept to the rural world of African countries in order to vitalize
the campaigns and integrate them into the development process. A concept that
would also apply to peri-urban areas. The challenge is that this approach, this
global project, would be able to bring better living conditions to their
inhabitants - especially to women with their children and to young people -
which should help to curb the rural exodus and even Encouraging young people and
members of the diaspora to return "to the country" in their villages.
The target audience is not, a priori, not really asking! The vast majority of
rural people do not even know the existence of eco-villages and it is possible
to imagine that the villagers, like everywhere else, are rather suspicious if
not resistant to changes likely to change their habits and local equilibrium, We
can also say that a poor person is a priori a very enterprising person and the
only thing she desires in life is to go forward. Rural people are surely the
largest reservoir of small entrepreneurs in the world. If villagers are asked to
help them, with the money that is going to arrive, they will applaud with both
hands, but it will not necessarily be their project and the risk is great that
the project will hover as soon as the tap Of subsidies will be closed.
However, villagers generally have almost
no financial means, no know-how, to start an eco-village. In most cases, the
capacities of local or national authorities in financial and managerial terms
are rather limited. Cities, major works, and the large-scale economy concentrate
most of the investment. Infrastructure (roads, telecommunications, health,
education) remain relatively undeveloped on the continent or even lack in some
rural areas. The models conveyed, in particular by the media, are in tune with
those put forward by globalization and fuel the dream of individual social
success with rapid gains in the city if not fleeing to the north. The model of
the eco-village is still to be promoted.
The goal of transforming thousands of villages into eco-villages in a few years
is a real challenge, especially in terms of persuasion and logistics.
An eco-village is not, in any case, only a few solar panels, a water tank, a
biogas plant, a chicken coop and a drip installation. First of all there are men
and women, young people and the elderly who must be convinced, engaged in a
process, a process that they must understand in order to make them actors of
change, A sine qua non condition to ensure the sustainability of these
eco-villages and their duplication across the continent.
Or in other words, in our reflection for Africa, we must add to the concept of
eco-village the setting up of a sort of structure of sensitization, training and
monitoring as well as the implementation A network of eco-villages themselves, a
little by analogy, as for the human body, in which organs, organisms and
programs ensure the connections between cells, their functions and their
reproduction.
In the long run, it is important that villagers be able to take ownership of a
culture of ecological lifestyles that respects the planet and that they are able
to take charge of themselves in order to develop their Environmentally friendly
way integrating ecology and technology. Women are the surest actors in this
change.
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To highlight the concept of eco-village and bring hope to the villagers, it
is thus a matter of quickly laying the first stones with in particular:
1.-
a charter
2.-
a strategy
3.-
an accompanying structure
4.- tools
5. traps and possible drifts
6. the actors to be
mobilized, the partners to be found
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1.
a charter
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Gathering,
federating around a few simple ideas
A charter is to bring a vision, clarify the objectives, to
constitute a kind of label to which the candidates for an
eco-village project can refer.
A charter is a way to give the concept of eco-village a clear
framework assimilable by all. The charter, which is yet to be
drafted, could also be disseminated in the form of a video in the
local language and perhaps through a play. The importance of
empowerment, food self-sufficiency, energy autonomy and openness to
the world, as well as alternative models (agro-ecology, agroforestry,
family farming) will be highlighted. For more autonomy, but also
less autarky!
Each eco-village retains the possibility, from there, to define its
orientation, its sensitivity and its own functioning while
privileging the networking and exchanges with the other eco-villages
near or far to encourage the duplication of Successes while learning
mistakes in an exchange of know-how. An eco-village is also the
interaction of its members and the community that can generate a
local economy.
This applies to "urban eco-villages", "eco-neighborhoods" where
shared gardens, agricultural terraces, barter services,
non-polluting transport etc. can spread.
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2.
a strategy
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Let the
eco-village become the project of the inhabitants
It is a question of encouraging the inhabitants of a village to work
together on a global project within a village association, to take
charge of it, to be the actors of change. From this point of view,
the eco-village is a very good endogenous development solution that
will help to mobilize all actors in the field and even in the
diaspora. A way to combine incentives and advice from the
eco-village network with the grassroots dynamics ("Poverty
Alleviation Efforts")
The key word is empowerment: from assistance to autonomy or how to
encourage villagers to become entrepreneurs of their lives. A
reversal of perspectives that shifts from a charitable relationship
to an ability to rise, to negotiate projects. Empowerment is
increasing the capacity of villagers to participate, negotiate, and
control projects. This involves investing especially in the women
who produce the most returns both social and economic. Ordinary
people are the best experts for themselves. This implies ongoing
training, follow-up, via the network.
This
overall project should also include:
- the means to acquire a social protection system which constitutes
an investment whose benefits will be considerable (mutual health
insurance)
- a structure that allows the representation of small farmers,
notably via the eco-village network (see Plan International's policy
on this subject)
- a program of micro-credits without interest as it is done in
Bolivia
- solutions as a complementary local currency and a local exchange
system (barter of services)
- tools to encourage the search for external funding (especially
crowdfunding) and the ability to directly enter into partnerships
with organizations in the North
- adoption of agro-ecology, agroforestry (training, networking)
- means to promote strategies from the "base of the pyramid", Social
Business as well as the consideration of the gender dimension
- equipment to encourage young people to stay in the village (sports
hall, Internet access, bakery / café, cultural section)
- training in autonomy (not autarky) and in social business and
self-entrepreneurship.
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3.
an
accompanying structure
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Starting
from germs
Developing a strategy around a network of organizations in charge of
the accompaniment condition the development of the movement of
eco-villages in Africa.
... to disseminate the concept, promote the movement of eco-villages,
ensure the follow-up and sustainability of the works, promote the
exchange of knowledge and skills at the local and international
level, it is absolutely necessary to imagine relays, Organizations (Resource
Centers) and resource persons (experts from all over the world) who
can accompany the inhabitants.
- the
creation of Resource and Demonstration and Training (CDRF) - similar
to the Technical Resource Groups (GRT) in Quebec or the Community
Design Centers (CDC) in the United States - centers serving a group
of The order of a dozen eco-villages for example (according to a
zoning to be defined and according to the density of the
eco-villages), Centers capable of ensuring the diffusion of
know-how, training in the democratic spirit (Empowerment, bottom
up), offering vocational training courses and project monitoring.
These centers will also be places of demonstration of perennial
solutions. They will be equipped with telecentres and community
radios, develop prototypes adapted to local conditions and will
liaise with experts both nationally and internationally. These
centers will contribute to fostering a nursery of innovative
solutions, the creation of crowdfunding sites and micro-credits
services without interest that can ensure the financing of projects.
They must be rapidly self-sufficient from a financial point of view,
financed in the long term by the villagers themselves. These Centers
would also be responsible for instilling a spirit of co-operation,
civic and team work between villages, community mutual assistance
and the setting up of mutual health insurance schemes. The centers
will finally educate villagers to take action against corruption (see
the Rwandan model).
- the
creation of cooperatives owned by its members who assume democratic
control and use its services. Basic democratic body to oversee
projects. An example is the model developed by Plan International,
which focuses on education, training of executives and the
establishment of democratic structures.
- the judicious exploitation of young parties in the city (their
desire to act for their villages: valuing volunteering) and the
diaspora (crowdfunding on community projects, sharing of skills)
- raising students' awareness in schools (example of the Moderne
school in Dagana with its kitchen garden managed by the pupils and
its exemplary cleanliness). Sensitization also of the faithful on
their places of worship.
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4.
Tools
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Adapting
tools to the real expectations of the inhabitants
... to raise awareness, train, support, inform, convince, organize,
mount and manage projects, find funding and raise awareness of
sustainable development issues.
Tablets to convince and exchange on good practices in the world
It is a question of providing villagers with tablets that enable
them to learn about good practices in the world as well as tools for
them to set up and manage their projects; The Android 7 inch tablet
from Aakash for example is sold at 45 dollars (10 to 12 million
copies produced in 2012)
Informing and training are essential steps in the success of
eco-villages.
This involves collecting, processing, disseminating information,
creating databases accessible to everyone (even without access to
the Internet), media libraries, adaptations to local languages
Dissemination of information via tablets but also via community
radio, wifi (tin cans), schools (hole in the wall in India), using
motorbikes all over the world like in India (broadcasting of
information, usb keys , Transport of goods), traveling cinema, a
theatrical company as a means of raising awareness
Accompanying over the long term:
Propose aids, services, tools to ensure access to finance. The
networking, in relation (coming from volunteers), provision of sites
of the Crowdfunding Platforms type, promoting referrals via the
diaspora, privileging social business, empowerment, buttom up (by
offering continuous training ), Ensuring the sustainability of
projects (monitoring, evaluations, advisory services, networks of
international experts), evaluation of the local NBB (in the spirit
of Bhutan's national happiness - Happiness as an engine of growth)
The populations, promote the swarming ... / ...
Through eco-villages, it is a matter of developing a solidarity
economy: Barter and local exchange systems are one of the ways to
accelerate the development of Africa:
- economies that operate in local currencies: these local currencies
allow a community to make full use of its existing productive
resources, especially the unused labor force, which has a catalytic
effect on the rest of the local economy)
- Local Exchange Systems (SELs) or Service Trochus. For example,
community projects (collective works) have been financed in Senegal,
in vouchers, by the Doole network ("the strength of the union" in
Wolof) - set up by Enda
See also the many exciting initiatives that accompany the emergence
of the collaborative economy and that could very well adapt to the
African continent
Openness to the world is not only about being able to interact with
others, it is above all an extraordinary means of learning and of
creating links within the framework of the most diverse networks.
The benefits can be multiple: support with the crowdfunding, coming
of volunteers, tourism developmentt ...
Be
part of networks to support the eco-village movement
There are many networks that are waiting for the opportunity to
expand in Africa: For example: The various GEN (Ecovillage Network -
Global Ecovillage Network - Europe, North America, Oceania, Asia);
The Incredible Edible networks; Cities and Villages in Transition,
Eco-neighborhoods, organizations promoting What Works, New Heroes
that move the world (New Heroes), Alternatiba to raise awareness
(building a better world by The Climate Challenge! Citizen
Transition) etc.
Refrences
and details on the site
http://habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/eco-afro.htm
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traps and
possible drifts
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Avoid
diversions, recovery,
Limit the role of intermediaries
It is illusory to think that states can organize and finance
everything, they do not have the means to do so at the level of a
country! Alternative solutions must therefore be preferred.
On the other hand, there is a proven risk of misappropriation of
funds collected at the international level with a view to developing
eco-villages, in particular to cover operating costs which are often
excessive. Corruption is certainly a global scourge, but in Africa
it is practiced on a large scale to the level of the most deprived
if the latter has a little power. According to press reports almost
every day, the concept of eco-villages is also likely to be
recovered - if not in part - by politicians, heads of agencies or
associations of organizations more or less Ecological or religious -
sometimes created just for the purpose of raising funds - for
ultimately a few personal interests. This predisposition of
institutional actors should not be overshadowed. The presentation,
with great pomp, of some pilot projects - sometimes developed or
recovered from old projects - is not enough. Too often these
projects are ephemeral because they are not actually carried by the
inhabitants themselves.
(See also Rwanda's actions against corruption in this area).
Towards
self-financing of development in Africa: A small part of the amount
of external aid reaches populations. The major part is intended for
the provision of administrative services in the transfer of
resources mobilized. The phenomenon of "leaking bucket" thus hits
development aid: a good part of the initial resources is "lost" in
the process of making them available - Georges Vivien Houngbonon
http://terangaweb.com/vers-lautofinancement-du-developpement-en-afrique/
It is up to the inhabitants to take charge ("Help you and the
sky will help you")!
The village space is a hierarchical space. The founding principles
of the village order, without being fundamentally challenged, are
gradually eroding because of the influence of social fields. The
associations, the NGOs in the field, have created real
semi-autonomous social fields, regulated by specific norms that
certain authors have called "project law" and which have stimulated
a real dynamics of local development. (Examples of Benkadi, Suco,
Ben-Ba and Plan International). However, they can also lead to
conflicts that may cripple the start-up of projects and, above all,
jeopardize their sustainability.
How can we create more solidarity-based villages and the
socialization of projects?
Between tradition and modernity. It is a question of taking into
account the relations of the existing forces between the social
fields and the strategic groups that animate them. Reports of forces
also between local elites, chiefdoms or chieftains, teachers, elders,
notables, religious and even holders of certain powers of witchcraft,
each claiming to want to supervise the population, while preserving
certain privileges. (Local Law in Africa: Local Experiences in Mali
- Gerti Hesseling).
The risks of "diversion of democracy" are manifold. Strict respect
for the Western democratic process is ill-suited to the logic of
thinking of local actors, who more clearly conceive of village power
in terms of consensus. The training of the inhabitants in democratic
decision-making which is in the interest of all is essential.
Most people are unfamiliar with democratic theory and therefore do
not immediately adopt democratic principles and rules. They accept
new ways of doing things when they make a difference in their lives
and help improve their daily lives.
Limit the role of intermediaries, brokers
The groups on the ground want any help and they adapt their needs to
the help that the agency proposes and will indicate the "right"
priorities. This puts the identification of needs aside. The supply
of development agencies reflects the views of industrialized
countries on the urgent needs of the population. Brokers risk being
caught in the "authoritarian trap" and become mere transmitters of
the ideas of development agencies. 5 types of potential brokers:
local managers, representatives of village organizations,
intermediary individuals, religious leaders, political leaders ..
(more info under "Management - Good Governance")
Local and international languages
Other problems lie in the communities: the relationship between the
local language and the use of a language allowing exchanges at
national or even international level. Risk of privileging a new
local elite.
The question also of who controls the knowledge and how to make it
accessible even to the least educated, illiterate people in
particular.
Prefer the buttom up, from the base to the top
Inspired by Barefoot College in India, this is a promising path.
This University of Barefoot, allows illiterate women in Africa to
become solar engineers in their villages. Why not be inspired to
develop such universities at the level of Resource Centers.
Youth and Elder Involvement
The potential contributions of youth and elders as well as members
of the diaspora are paramount. Many people have been trained in
their countries or in Europe or in North America. The aim here is to
invent new means to encourage them to intervene in their villages.
Determining role of women
African women are the future of Africa, even if they do not have the
easy part: they represent, by their hard work and their clever ways
of organization, the first economic and social agents of the black
continent. "Woman is the beast of burden of Africa. This statement
is always true. African women often carry on their shoulders, in all
senses of the term, the economic health of the African countryside.
But today, it is the women who, concretely, hold the control levers
of the continent. This is the paradox of the status of women in
Africa.
Short circuits - financing without intermediaries
Finally, short financing channels should be devised to prevent the
greater part of the funds from disappearing during the long journey
of money. There are initiatives around the world in which the money
collected truly and fully benefits people on the ground.
(More information under Process-Convince)
Dans tous ces domaines, il s'agit
d'apprendre des succès et surtout des erreurs des autres, d'où,
encore une fois, l'importance du partage des savoirs et des savoir
faire et des outils et processus pour y arriver.
It
would also be necessary to stimulate a contraceptive revolution:
The African challenge: "demographic bomb" or "demographic dividend"?
May 28, 2016 on diploweb. If demographic bomb there, how to defuse
it? What are the obstacles? ... The population remains predominantly
rural. The child is perceived as a workforce and old-age insurance.
The desire for a child remains strong: the ideal family would be 8
to 10 children in surveys in the Sahel. In addition to this, the
delay in schooling, especially of girls in secondary education, the
early matrimony of girls, and the near absence of public population
policies in most countries.
http://www.diploweb.com/Le-defi-africain-bombe.html
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6.
The actors to be mobilized,
the partners to be found
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Promoting
the concept of ecovillages in Africa can only be achieved with the
support of a broad community of researchers, experts, donors
In the case of schools and universities, this would involve
mobilizing teachers and students for briefs, field surveys,
development of models etc.
It would therefore be necessary:
- undertake a systematic information campaign aimed at universities,
schools, research centers, national institutions
For example:
In Senegal :
Panafrican Polytechnic Institute <info@ippdakar.com>
http://ippdakar.com/accueil
In Mali: School of Architecture: esiau-infos@esiau-mali.com
www.esiau-mali.com
- identify researchers, departments that might be interested and
guide students on dissertations and theses that can serve the
movement of ecovillages
- to find on-line submissions, theses, publications related to the
topics dealt with by the ecovillages movement and to contact their
authors
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/73_eco-afro.htm
- draw up a list of subjects that can be studied (see list on my
website: http://habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/73_eco-afro.htm)
- propose synthesis texts in the main national or regional languages:
English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Swahili, Wolof etc. with a link
on the Net
This requires a follow-up, a method and surely of the world to deal
with it: young people or retirees for example who have time to
devote to it ...
Ideally it would be necessary to get to contact schools of
architecture in Europe and indeed in the world, because they could
support this effort of contacts and dissemination of information
with their own means.
For example, in Belgium one could try to obtain support from the
school of La Cambre in Brussels
http://archi.ulb.ac.be/
There are also networks of schools of architecture that could serve
as relays (articles, announcements, calls for support ...)
North America and Europe:
European Association for Architectural Education
http://www.eaae.be/
http://www.eaae.be/
http://europa-archi.eu/
USA Canada Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
http://www.acsa-arch.org/
There are networks through which it should be possible to find
people interested in the concept of ecovillages ... as
Architectes sans frontières without borders
France/Suisse ...:
http://asffrance.org/
Manager Without Borders
https://stiftung-managerohnegrenzen.de/internationalpartners/welcome/
https://www.globalhand.org/en/organisations/42037
Projects Manager Without Borders
http://pmwbi.org/site/
Fundraising
http://www.habiter-autrement.org/37-ecovillage-afrique/55_eco-afro.htm
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