La sfida della coproduzione per i contratti di fiume nelle aree interne, guardando da sud. Riflessioni a margine di un processo di ricerca-azione in Sicilia

Abstract

Within the debate on coproduction, framed as an immanent characteristic of strategic spatial planning aimed at enhancing transformative processes, the paper questions the difficulties and limits that emerged from a long-term action-research partnership leading to the experimentation of the Simeto River Agreement, a river contract in an inner area of Sicily. By discussing some phases of the process through a critical lens, the author, based on her direct engagement in it, reflects on the challenges associated with the co-productive approach experienced in a river valley: issues of scale, governance and coordination with other strategic programmes within the Italian territorial cohesion policy. Finally, the paper calls for a reflection on agonism in co-productive planning, as a way of strengthening the relationship between civil society and public institutions.