Multi-level governance, policy implementation and participation: the EU's mandated participatory planning approach to implementing environmental policy

Newig, Jens; Koontz, Tomas M.

doi:10.1080/13501763.2013.834070

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“…Koontz and Newig [41] state that based on evidence, participation input in Germany may have very little impact on the shaping of RBMPs and PoMs. The relationship between public participation and different outputs and outcomes obviously needs to be better understood and evaluated, as consistently emphasized in research [37,[42][43][44][45][46][47][48].…”

Section: Public Participation and The Water Framework Directivementioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Co-Creation in Water Planning: Can Public Participation Increase Cost-Effectiveness?

Graversgaard

Jacobsen

Kjeldsen

et al. 2017

Water

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Abstract:In 2014, a radical shift took place in Danish water planning. Following years of a top-down water planning approach, 23 regional water councils were established to co-create and provide input to Danish authorities on the development of River Basin Management Plans (RBMP). The water councils advised local authorities on the application of measures to improve the physical conditions in Danish streams within a given economic frame. The paper shows the difference the use of water councils (public participation) made by comparing the final water council proposal included in the 2015 RBMP to the RBMPs proposed by the central government (Nature Agency) in 2014. The study concludes that the measures proposed by the water councils will generally deliver better results than the proposed Nature Agency plans, which do not include the same level of participation. Specifically, the water councils with stakeholder involvement proposed a much longer network of streams (3800 km), yielding a better ecological outcome than the shorter stream network (1615 km) proposed by the Nature Agency for the same budget. Having a structured and fixed institutional frame around public participation (top-down meeting bottom-up) can produce cost-effective results, but the results show that cost-effectiveness was not the only deciding factor, and that local circumstances like the practicalities of implementing the measures were also considered when developing the Programmes of Measures. The findings suggest that the use of water councils in water planning has significant advantages, including the fact that the knowledge of local conditions helps to identify efficient solutions at lower costs, which can be useful for administrators, policy-makers, and other stakeholders implementing the Water Framework Directive in years to come.

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Section: Public Participation and The Water Framework Directivementioning

confidence: 99%

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Co-Creation in Water Planning: Can Public Participation Increase Cost-Effectiveness?

Graversgaard

Jacobsen

Kjeldsen

et al. 2017

Water

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“…One important recent influence on environmental governance has been the European Union's Water Directive Framework and Common Implementation Strategy, which has promoted a river basin approach and a more participatory planning model (Moss, 2012;Newig and Koontz, 2014;Wesseling, 2011). This has led to a range of approaches ranging from agency-led basin initiatives in England and Wales, river basin agency-led efforts in France and the Netherlands, and a more collaborative structure in Germany (Moss, 2012;Newig and Koontz, 2014;Warner, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This has led to a range of approaches ranging from agency-led basin initiatives in England and Wales, river basin agency-led efforts in France and the Netherlands, and a more collaborative structure in Germany (Moss, 2012;Newig and Koontz, 2014;Warner, 2007). Each country has faced its own set of implementation challenges, including complications from multi-level implementation, distrust of public agencies with less participatory traditions, and the complications of international boundaries (Bréthaut and Pflieger, 2013;Newig and Koontz, 2014;Warner, 2007).…”

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Introduction: the challenges of collaboration in environmental governance

Margerum¹,

Robinson²

2016

The Challenges of Collaboration in Environmental Governance

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“…With the implementation of these first plans and the completion of the first management cycle (2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015), it appears timely to assess whether the WFD has actually lived up to expectations and led to institutional redesign as envisaged. Insofar as this "mandated participatory planning" approach to WFD implementation [7] requires specific deliverables and procedures, and imposes a common timeframe on member states, a broad comparative analysis of national-level experience across the EU can potentially provide valuable insight into how implementation is proceeding given the varied national contexts that the Directive encounters.…”

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confidence: 99%

Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States

Jager

Challies

Kochskämper

et al. 2016

Water

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Abstract:The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and implement river basin management plans, which are to be designed and updated via participatory processes that inform, consult with, and actively involve all interested stakeholders. The assumption of the European Commission is that stakeholder participation, and institutional adaptation and procedural innovation to facilitate it, are essential to the effectiveness of river basin planning and, ultimately, the environmental impact of the Directive. We analyzed official documents and the WFD literature to compare implementation of the Directive in EU member states in the initial WFD planning phase (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009). Examining the development of participatory approaches to river basin management planning, we consider the extent of transformation in EU water governance over the period. Employing a mixed quantitative and qualitative approach, we map the implementation "trajectories" of 13 member states, and then provide a detailed examination of shifts in river basin planning and participation in four member states (Germany, Sweden, Poland and France) to illustrate the diversity of institutional approaches observed. We identify a general tendency towards increased, yet circumscribed, stakeholder participation in river basin management in the member states examined, alongside clear continuities in terms of their respective pre-WFD institutional and procedural arrangements. Overall, the WFD has driven a highly uneven shift to river basin-level planning among the member states, and instigated a range of efforts to institutionalize stakeholder involvement-often through the establishment of advisory groups to bring organized stakeholders into the planning process.

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Multi-level governance, policy implementation and participation: the EU's mandated participatory planning approach to implementing environmental policy

Cited by 208 publications

References 35 publications

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Co-Creation in Water Planning: Can Public Participation Increase Cost-Effectiveness?

Stakeholder Engagement and Knowledge Co-Creation in Water Planning: Can Public Participation Increase Cost-Effectiveness?

Introduction: the challenges of collaboration in environmental governance

Transforming European Water Governance? Participation and River Basin Management under the EU Water Framework Directive in 13 Member States

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