emerge, stabilize, or fail therefore requires analytical devices capable of tracing rules of interaction, flows of information, and shifts in authority across time and scales. In this regard, the OTT is conceived not as a coalition in itself, but as a governance-oriented platform designed to make visible the conditions under which coalitions move beyond defensive or transactional logics. By structuring shared territorial information, enabling cross-actor engagement, and extending the temporal horizon of dialogue, the OTT provides an empirical and analytical lens through which the dynamics of coalition formation and transformation in conflict-prone extractive territories can be systematically examined. 3. Territorial Transformation Observatory: an analytical and governance infrastructure The OTT is conceived as a governance-oriented infrastructure designed to structure how territorial information is produced, shared, and mobilized across actors over time. Rather than operating as a single intervention or institutional forum, the OTT functions as a sustained platform that connects data generation, collective interpretation, and structured interaction among public authorities, private actors, civil society organizations, and local communities. Its core purpose is to make visible the patterns, asymmetries, and points of friction that shape territorial governance in conflict-prone extractive contexts, thereby enabling more informed and coordinated forms of engagement. By integrating information, interaction, and temporality, the OTT creates conditions for observing and influencing governance processes without substituting for political decision-making or conflict resolution mechanisms. It does not seek to arbitrate disputes or impose consensus, but to stabilize a shared evidentiary basis and procedural space through which actors can engage beyond episodic negotiations. In this sense, the OTT operates as an analytical and practical infrastructure that supports longer-term coordination, allowing governance dynamics to be examined, contested, and potentially reconfigured through sustained, evidence-informed interaction. The OTT is structured around a set of interrelated components that operate as governance mechanisms rather than technical features. The first component is the production and systematization of territorial data, which brings together quantitative and qualitative information on social dynamics, environmental conditions, land use, and institutional arrangements. By consolidating dispersed and often contested data sources into a shared analytical framework, this component contributes to reducing informational asymmetries. More importantly, it establishes a common evidentiary reference that anchors dialogue in collectively recognized facts rather than competing claims. A second component is participatory monitoring, which extends the role of information beyond expert-driven assessment toward the co-production of meaning. Through the involvement of local actors in defining indicators, interpreting findings, and validating observations, monitoring becomes a relational process that links knowledge generation with territorial experience. This, in turn, supports the strengthening of local capacities by redistributing epistemic agency and enabling actors to engage with governance processes from a more informed and reflexive position. Finally, the OTT incorporates structured spaces of dialogue that are explicitly designed around agreed rules of interaction, temporal continuity, and multi-actor coordination. These spaces do not function as ad hoc negotiation arenas, but as recurring interfaces where information, roles, and expectations are revisited over time, creating the procedural conditions necessary for learning, accountability, and sustained coordination across fragmented governance 163
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