La Facilitacià³n de grupos en el movimiento agroecolà³gico de Valencia y Sardegna: un ensayo de transformacià³n social basado en la comprensià³n de las dinà¡micas grupales

The present document studies the Groups Facilitation, understood as a set of techniques and knowledge that serve to improve the functioning of any human group, and its possible effects on the Sardinian and Valencian agroecological movement. In Sardegna, the incipient agroecological movement has been characterized through 48 semi-structured interviews, to understand its situation and to find out how facilitation can be useful. In Valencia, a Facilitation process has been applied to 5 agroecological groups, analyzing the effects of its application with surveys and discussion groups in the beginning and in the end of the process. We found an embryonic state of the Sardinian agroecological movement but also good conditions of the territory and high level motivation to grow up. So the main conclusion is that Facilitation could be oriented to generate bonds of trust between the people already involved and to support the internal development of the groups linked to agroecology. In Valencia, Facilitation has had visible and obvious effects on the studied groups, especially improving communication within and outside the groups, the relationships between its members, and the behavior of their assemblies. It is, therefore, considered a useful tool to support the development of the agroecological movement.