Partecipated Planning

The object of this paper are the methodologies of participated planning aimed at the experimentation and the definition of a prototype of planning process, in which territorial policies are based, in the first instance, on the recognition of the demands and needs of the local communities and on the intention to overcome situations of inadequacy in relation to the needs expressed. Moving from some preliminary reflections on the process of participated planning, the treatise provides both in a methodological and operative sense, of some models and application examples referred to them: EASW, Strategic Choice, Appreciative Inquiry, Visioning, Gopp and Cresm Methodology. Finally, on the basis of critical analysis of the experiences in progress and of the experiences cited, operating lines are proposed referred to new modalities of participated action for the achievement of local development policies.