‘Strategy games’ in Senegal engage economic actors in reconciling biodiversity and development
‘Strategy games’ in Senegal engage economic actors in reconciling biodiversity and development
‘Strategy games’ in Senegal engage economic actors in reconciling biodiversity and development
September 13, 2022
Summary
The project is engaging all stakeholders, and particularly the economic actors across the country's priority sectors, by deploying an innovative mobilization approach based on strategy games, also called serious games.
BIODEV2030 seeks to enable voluntary commitments to integrate biodiversity into key economic sectors.
In 2020, a scientific assessment and diagnosis of national and sectoral threats to biodiversity, entrusted to Professor Sambou of Cheikh Anta Diop University, showed there is high pressure on biodiversity in Senegal.
With the support of a consortium of national and international consultants led by LEAF Inspiring Change GmbH, BIODEV2030 will deploy an innovative mobilisation approach based on strategy games, also called serious games, tailor-suited to the problem at hand to achieve the best results in a given landscape.
Strategy games are a facilitation technique that engages the user to explore the possible outcomes of their decisions, revisiting errors and exploring new solutions to a given problem.
The strategy games deployed in Thiès will invite actors from different sectors to identify good practices that reconcile sustainable use of resources and economic development in their territory.
Beginning this month, LEAF will start the modeling of six sessions of multi-actor and inter-sectoral strategy games in the region of Thiès.
Reference
IUCN. (2022, September 13). 'strategy games' in Senegal engage economic actors in reconciling biodiversity and development. Retrieved September 21, 2022, from https://www.iucn.org/story/202209/strategy-games-senegal-engage-economic-actors-reconciling-biodiversity-and-development