Participatory Processes and the Regional Landscape Plan of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

The paper aims at reflecting on the authors’ experience in the drafting of the Landscape Plan of Friuli-Venezia GiuliaRegion. The preliminary programming documents of the Region attributed a relevant role to the processes of citizens’ engagementin the reconnaissance step and for the development of the instruments of the Plan. The University of Udine, taskedwith supporting the elaboration of the Plan, has organized and carried out the participatory processes aimed at bringingout the feeling of the local populations in terms of values, critical issues, visions and actions finalized to prefigure the“desired” landscapes of the future. It intends therefore to expose the methods and criteria followed to implement full-scaleparticipation and evaluate its positive aspects (the pathways have been undoubtedly successful) and some criticalities relatedto previous and therefore unavoidable choices. The final aim of the contribution is to draw from such experience usefulindications for other similar experiences.

Keywords: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region Landscape Plan, participatory processes, landscape governance, partecipatoryprocesses evaluation.