diff --git a/trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/continuator/moNeighborhoodStat.h b/trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/continuator/moNeighborhoodStat.h
index efc8efbb5..c3fdc278e 100644
--- a/trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/continuator/moNeighborhoodStat.h
+++ b/trunk/paradiseo-mo/src/continuator/moNeighborhoodStat.h
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public :
         return "moNeighborhoodStat";
     }
 
-private:
+protected:
 
     //the neighborhood
     Neighborhood& neighborhood ;