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because answers to multiple questions may come up when asking only one. Interviews were
adapted to each actor according to their interaction, and their knowledge of the concept.
An introductory note explains the context, and objectives of the survey, and what is expected
from interviewees. The interview guide consisted of 4 parts: the identity of the actor, their
comprehension of MSP, their activity, and their opinion, in that order.
Questions were ordered according to the funnel technique: from the most general to the most
specific question. Both closed and open-ended questions are used to get specific answers when
needed or to obtain more precise information giving the respondent freedom to answer a factual
or an opinion question. The combination of these two types made it possible to reach just the
needed number of questions to ask during the interview, and not waste time and attention on
certain aspects that could have been dedicated to answering other questions of equivalent
importance.
A couple of interview trials were useful to validate the content of the guide and make the
necessary adjustments before starting the interviews with actors.
1.2. Interview process:
The survey targeted actors with a national, regional, and local influence, mostly in the case-study
area, so they are representative of the list of actors implicated in the problems. They were chosen
because of their implication in the Algerian MSP process with regard to the Edough Mounts
future MCPA.
Interviews were carried out between April, and July 2022 in Algiers, Annaba, and Oran. An
MSP fact sheet (appendix 5) was emailed to interviewees in advance to give them an idea about
the process and the aim of the interview, and so they could develop a background knowledge on
MSP.
A total of 38 anonymized interviews were held with each one lasting from 40min to 2h30min
during which participants were encouraged to speak freely in Arabic or French. About half of the
interviews were conducted in person, and the other half over the phone. Either way, notes were
taken, and later-on transcribed, and organized into a database in order to statistically represent
the results which were synthesized into figures. The database contains all the questions, and subquestions asked in the interviews with drop down menus for each one listing all the answers
given by the interviewees, although these answers had to be reformulated, and summarized to be
statistically represented. Furthermore, figure 31 illustrates the MSP diagnosis methodology.
because answers to multiple questions may come up when asking only one. Interviews were
adapted to each actor according to their interaction, and their knowledge of the concept.
An introductory note explains the context, and objectives of the survey, and what is expected
from interviewees. The interview guide consisted of 4 parts: the identity of the actor, their
comprehension of MSP, their activity, and their opinion, in that order.
Questions were ordered according to the funnel technique: from the most general to the most
specific question. Both closed and open-ended questions are used to get specific answers when
needed or to obtain more precise information giving the respondent freedom to answer a factual
or an opinion question. The combination of these two types made it possible to reach just the
needed number of questions to ask during the interview, and not waste time and attention on
certain aspects that could have been dedicated to answering other questions of equivalent
importance.
A couple of interview trials were useful to validate the content of the guide and make the
necessary adjustments before starting the interviews with actors.
1.2. Interview process:
The survey targeted actors with a national, regional, and local influence, mostly in the case-study
area, so they are representative of the list of actors implicated in the problems. They were chosen
because of their implication in the Algerian MSP process with regard to the Edough Mounts
future MCPA.
Interviews were carried out between April, and July 2022 in Algiers, Annaba, and Oran. An
MSP fact sheet (appendix 5) was emailed to interviewees in advance to give them an idea about
the process and the aim of the interview, and so they could develop a background knowledge on
MSP.
A total of 38 anonymized interviews were held with each one lasting from 40min to 2h30min
during which participants were encouraged to speak freely in Arabic or French. About half of the
interviews were conducted in person, and the other half over the phone. Either way, notes were
taken, and later-on transcribed, and organized into a database in order to statistically represent
the results which were synthesized into figures. The database contains all the questions, and subquestions asked in the interviews with drop down menus for each one listing all the answers
given by the interviewees, although these answers had to be reformulated, and summarized to be
statistically represented. Furthermore, figure 31 illustrates the MSP diagnosis methodology.