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Acceptance of risky projects by the public: the case of a repository for nuclear waste. What makes a project acceptable to local stakeholders? How to improve the odds of acceptance by local stakeholders The final message. What makes a project acceptable to local stakeholders?.
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Acceptance of risky projects by the public: the case of a repository for nuclear waste • What makes a project acceptable to local stakeholders? • How to improve the odds of acceptance by local stakeholders • The final message
What makes a project acceptable to local stakeholders? • No compensations but a fair share as an enabled stakeholder; • Not scientific assurances but true understanding; • No appeal to the ‘public interest’ but : The possibility for local stakeholders to insert a project into their own life-plan: their interests and enjoyment of life, their ambitions, dreams and expectations
The perverse effect of the compensation strategy In order to qualify for a maximum of compensations a project should look as damaging, unsafe and obstructing as possible
Fair share • The notion of stakeholder: an insider with full rights who benefits in equal measure; • The notion of local or personal stakeholder: • They take it personally • They are not to the point • They only consider their personal interests • They lack expertise • From ‘stuckholder’ to stakeholder
How to improve the odds of acceptance by local stakeholders • The possibility for local stakeholders to insert a project into their own life-plan: their interests and enjoyment of life, their ambitions, dreams and expectations • How should a project look like to make this possible?
Flexibility • Engineering projects tend to be mono-functional • Engineering projects are often uninspired • Engineering projects are closed to their environment Creative design Transparency
Flexibility: the capacity of a project to fulfil diverse needs on several dimensions
Flexibel rooms Flexibel relations
Flexibel tools Flexibel spaces
The final message There is hope: people show great ingenuity in finding alternative usages or functions beyond and instead of the original purpose
A car is for driving A barrel is no home A dump is no sanctuary A phone is for calling