ateam - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
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ATEAM final report Section 5 and 6 (2001-2004) 41<br />
As presented in Table 12, most targeted and represented organisations have a European to Global<br />
focus of activity. We considered groups of countries, which had some geographical unity across Europe,<br />
to also address regional and national perspectives. The Mediterranean and Alpine regions are best<br />
represented, and Scandinavia less so. Although the ATEAM window covers a large part of central and<br />
eastern Europe, the <strong>for</strong>mal focus was on the EU-15 + Norway and Switzerland. Potential stakeholders<br />
in central and in eastern Europe were thus not extensively searched and only one organisation was<br />
identified and contacted. Finally, large countries like France, Germany and the UK were given special<br />
attention. This bias somewhat reflects existing networks within the consortium, which were more easily<br />
activated than completely new stakeholder contacts.<br />
The full list of ATEAM stakeholders is given in Annex 3.<br />
Table 12. Main geographical focus of ATEAM stakeholders’ activity 27 .<br />
Full database<br />
Participants<br />
Global 10 0<br />
Europe/Global 40 8<br />
Europe 40 9<br />
Alpine 22 8<br />
Central Europe 1 0<br />
Mediterranean 22 7<br />
Scandinavia 12 2<br />
France 7 3<br />
Germany 30 16<br />
UK 20 5<br />
TOTAL 204 58<br />
A number of participants’ characteristics are critical in fostering a successful dialogue process. We<br />
believe that an open and critical mind, and curiosity in all participants are key components <strong>for</strong> an<br />
enriching and challenging dialogue from which not only scientists but also stakeholders can profit. For<br />
the purposes of this specific dialogue, ATEAM often contacted organisations and/or individuals, which<br />
explicitly showed some interest in environmental issues and/or (sustainable) management of natural<br />
resources. When however specific commercial organisations (e.g. IKEA, TETRAPACK) were<br />
approached, interlocutors often declined ATEAM’s invitation. This may be both that we failed to show<br />
representatives of these firms how we could provide relevant in<strong>for</strong>mation to their activity, as well as<br />
perhaps a restricted interest in global change impacts modelling. This introduces a “green” bias in our<br />
stakeholder community. However, we targeted stakeholder organisations that showed a critical<br />
competence in (inter)sectoral issues, as well as a substantial understanding of scientific approaches<br />
and interests.<br />
Some of these above selection criteria can be used in web searches (e.g. by targeting the<br />
environmental department of a firm), others can only be applied through personal contact and<br />
experience of cooperation (e.g. qualities like a ‘critical and open mind’ and ‘curiosity’). Lastly, known and<br />
27 Global: International organisations (e.g. WWF)<br />
Europe/Global: European organisations which have international outreach/interests (e.g. IKEA, European Environmental<br />
Agency)<br />
Europe: Supranational organisations the activity of which is primarily of European relevance (e.g. CIPRA)<br />
Alpine region: including Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Switzerland<br />
Mediterranean region: including Albania, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain,<br />
Scandinavia region: including Finland, Norway, Sweden<br />
France: organisations which have a full French coverage (i.e. regional/local organisations located in the Mediterranean zone<br />
are here placed under the Mediterranean region above.