Scaling up conservation agriculture: An exploration of challenges and opportunities through a stakeholder engagement process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Reimer ◽  
J. E. Doll ◽  
T. J. Boring ◽  
T. Zimnicki
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Engagement Process

scholarly journals Stakeholder Engagement in Cultural Organizations: An Explorative Study on Participatory Theatre

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Maria Cleofe Giorgino
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Cultural Organizations ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
National Governments

This article explores the potentialities of the stakeholder engagement framework in the specific context of cultural organizations, underscoring the necessity to develop an interdisciplinary approach that combines the traditional managerial perspective with the contribution offered by other social disciplines, due to the peculiarities of the cultural mission pursued. Specifically, the article aims to investigate on the stakeholder engagement process to verify: a) how it may be adapted to consider the peculiarities of the cultural organizations and their activities; b) why cultural organizations should adopt the framework as here suggested referring to the cultural mission pursued. Combining the literature review with the analysis of a case study of participatory theatre, this article expects: a) to suggest a stakeholder engagement framework that may be specific for cultural organizations and their community; b) to verify its effectiveness in terms of both creation of cultural value and improvement of cultural participation. imes New Roman","serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family:宋体;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA'>reating markets within a global economy requires considerable stimulus on the part of national governments. This necessitates national governments working together in partnership with national and global firms to reduced bureaucracy and increase transparency to boost trade in a cost effective manner. This is seen by some economists to be a prerequisite to future competitiveness. Finally, the authors seek to demonstrate how leading countries within the OECD are building innovative capability to master the challenges and opportunities that the new emerging economies present (such as Brazil).

66.4: Invited Paper: Challenges and Opportunities in Scaling Up OLED Lighting Devices

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 983-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiqing Ma ◽  
Peter A. Levermore ◽  
Huiqing Pang ◽  
Prashant Mandlik ◽  
Kamala Rajan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scaling Up ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

A new engagement approach for regulatory submissions

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 362
Author(s):  
James Arnott ◽  
Ben Wilson ◽  
Daniel Kurz
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Stakeholder Group ◽  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Online Engagement ◽  
Lessons Learnt ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Regulatory Submissions

As a business strategy, Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG) has sought to leverage leading practices associated with stakeholder engagement to underpin the development of its submitted Access Arrangement Plan for 2021–2025 to the Economic Regulation Authority (ERA). The approach focused on developing a plan that would deliver for current and future customers and was capable of being accepted by all customers and stakeholders. The plan involved building an engagement model around six endorsed engagement principles that delivered a ‘no surprises’ outcome. This included active engagement with customers and stakeholders through a series of planned roundtables – commencing 14 months prior to formal submission. The process also included processes, structures and communication channels that supported group and one-on-one engagement and feedback sessions against a tightly managed timeline and the use of an online engagement platform. The extended abstract includes company representatives from AGIG and the stakeholder group (NewGen Power) reflecting on the process, engagement principles, leading practices adopted and lessons learnt through the engagement process.

Stakeholder engagement: A foundation for natural heritage systems identification and conservation in southern Ontario

2012 ◽  
Vol 88 (06) ◽  
pp. 686-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Spang ◽  
Christopher M. Lemieux ◽  
Silvia Strobl
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Collaborative Design ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Target Setting ◽  
Southern Ontario ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Political Boundaries ◽  
Engagement Process

In southern Ontario, multiple organizations apply various approaches to identifying natural heritage systems (NHS). Natural heritage systems comprise a network of natural features and areas, such as protected areas, forests, wetlands, river corridors, lakes, and meadows, as well as the associated natural processes to be conserved and/or managed for various environmental and public services. The application of a variety of approaches can lead to a lack of connections between natural heritage features across political jurisdictions. To further complicate the situation, not all municipalities have the necessary tools and information available to identify and protect NHS nor do they have the capacity to coordinate designing NHS with neighbouring jurisdictions. To address these challenges, a new approach was developed and tested that engages many stakeholders in the collaborative design of a NHS for an ecologically based landscape that crosses several political boundaries. Engagement is an opportunity to work together on common goals with stakeholders, communities, and citizens to find solutions to complex problems and move beyond the traditional consultation that government has used extensively in the past. We engaged a representative group of stakeholders to design and map a scientifically based, quantitatively derived NHS. The engagement process alternated data preparation and analysis activities with target-setting and decision-making by a diverse group of stakeholders, including municipalities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, stewardship groups, landowners, and other interests. Throughout the target-setting process, observations and feedback from the stakeholders were collected. This paper both documents a number of lessons learned through the engagement process, and demonstrates that stakeholder engagement in NHS design has great potential to coordinate conservation efforts across political jurisdictions and the varied mandates of several organizations.

scholarly journals Seeking Common Ground in Dryland Systems: Steps Towards Adaptive Water Governance

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 498
Author(s):  
Gabriel Lopez Porras ◽  
Lindsay C. Stringer ◽  
Claire H. Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Water Governance ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Cultural Roots ◽  
Engagement Process

Drylands are exposed to climate stressors, such as water scarcity, as well as societal stressors, including conflicts, which can make water governance unsuitable for the system’s context. The emergence of adaptive water governance often takes places in these challenging contexts, but the process of achieving this style of governance requires a better consideration of system complexities. Using the Rio del Carmen watershed in Mexico as a case study, with primary data obtained through a questionnaire survey carried out with 217 farmers, this paper aims to identify the main complexities and needs to enable the emergence of adaptive water governance. We found that different groups of farmers converge in identifying system stressors and the main needs regarding water governance; yet, the ways these stressors are perceived differ between groups. The results indicate that contrasting perceptions are shaped by the different cultural roots and environmental conditions in the upper and lower parts of the watershed. This variation increases the difficulty in achieving collaboration and compromise when conflicts ensue. Reducing inequalities in the awareness of system stressors has the potential to enable adaptive water governance. This could be achieved through a peacebuilding technique with an appropriate cultural approach for the watershed’s context in the early stages of a stakeholder engagement process.

scholarly journals A convergence research perspective on graduate education for sustainable urban systems science

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
José Lobo ◽  
Marina Alberti ◽  
Melissa Allen-Dumas ◽  
Luís M. A. Bettencourt ◽  
Anni Beukes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
New Science ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

AbstractSustainable urban systems (SUS) science is a new science integrating work across established and emerging disciplines, using diverse methods, and addressing issues at local, regional, national, and global scales. Advancing SUS requires the next generation of scholars and practitioners to excel at synthesis across disciplines and possess the skills to innovate in the realms of research, policy, and stakeholder engagement. We outline key tenets of graduate education in SUS, informed by historical and global perspectives. The sketch is an invitation to discuss how graduates in SUS should be trained to engage with the challenges and opportunities presented by continuing urbanization.

scholarly journals Digital methodology to implement the ECOUTER engagement process

F1000Research ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca C. Wilson ◽  
Oliver W. Butters ◽  
Tom Clark ◽  
Joel Minion ◽  
Andrew Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Research Governance ◽  
Mind Mapping ◽  
Conceptual Schema ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Engagement Process ◽  
Health Studies ◽  
Governance Practice

ECOUTER (Employing COnceptUal schema for policy and Translation Engagement in Research) – French for ‘to listen’ – is a new stakeholder engagement method incorporating existing evidence to help participants draw upon their own knowledge of cognate issues and interact on a topic of shared concern. The results of an ECOUTER can form the basis of recommendations for research, governance, practice and/or policy. This paper describes the development of a digital methodology for the ECOUTER engagement process based on currently available mind mapping freeware software. The implementation of an ECOUTER process tailored to applications within health studies are outlined for both online and face-to-face scenarios. Limitations of the present digital methodology are discussed, highlighting the requirement of a purpose built software for ECOUTER research purposes.

Scaling-Up of Conservation Agriculture for Climate Change Resilient Agriculture in South Asia

2021 ◽  
pp. 351-380
Author(s):  
Ram A. Jat ◽  
Dinesh Jinger ◽  
Kuldeep Kumar ◽  
Ramanjeet Singh ◽  
S. L. Jat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Scaling Up
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