Coenen, Frans H. J. M (ed.): Public participation and better environmental decisions: the promise and limits of participatory processes for the quality of environmentally related decision making

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-302
Author(s):  
Cedar Morton
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Budi Hermanto

Good governance is a government that is transparent, open, and participatory. Includes the whole process of managing public resources since the process of decision making, implementation, and evaluation. The benefits of freedom of information are not only to create a government that is clean, efficient and able to prevent corruption, but also to improve the quality of public participation in the process of making public policies, and supervising their implementation. The main problem raised in this study is how to state secrets from the perspective of public transparency. study of Undang-Undang No. 40 the year 1999 concerning the press and the journalistic Code of Ethics and the obstacles in trying to obtain information.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Scolobig ◽  
Luigi Pellizzoni ◽  
Chiara Bianchizza

There is an increasing demand for improvement of the quality of decisions about flood risk mitigation by fostering public participation in decision-making. However, the extent and way in which formalized participation guarantees good outcomes is still a matter of discussion. This article analyzes different approaches to decision-making for flood risk mitigation by comparing two experiences in the Italian Alps. In Vipiteno-Sterzing, decisions were made by involving citizens in a structured participatory process. In Malborghetto-Valbruna, a formally technocratic (yet substantially inclusive) approach was adopted after the flood that affected the municipality in 2003. Our results critically review the perspective that structured participation is always something "good." In this regard, the way relevant trade-offs between public and private goods were acknowledged and dealt with turned out to be crucial. At the same time, effective participation is closely related to citizens' actual engagement, institutional responsiveness to residents' needs and expectations, and the capacity to harmonize different views and types of knowledge in the development of risk mitigation options. Policy context, choice of approach and quality of outcomes appear as "nested" issues. Further research is needed in order to assess different experiences of decision-making and to set robust conditions for better outcomes in public participation.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isatis M. Cintron Rodriguez

<p>Good environmental governance includes participatory, transparent and accountable decision-making. All sectors of society have an essential role in organizing climate action towards our shared future. Networking science into decision-making will allow us to build actionable resilience intelligence. Developed in 1992, Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Principle 10 of the Rio Convention, and the Article 12 of the 2015 Paris Agreement include specific mandates for public participation and engagement in climate actions. Governments have pledged, in international agreements, to broader public participation in environmental policy design processes facilitating access to information. Here we show how Latin-American countries are doing in regard to such responsibility by focusing on the reference to participatory processes and the inclusion in climate strategies of adequate instruments of participation in the contributions presented to the United Nations. This analysis provides a baseline from which we can ground truth and track progress of NDCs’ accelerating climate-smart future through stakeholder engagement. Our research shows there is a need for understanding and metrics for quality public participation and articulation of participatory processes</p>


2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 2688-2704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Wesselink ◽  
Jouni Paavola ◽  
Oliver Fritsch ◽  
Ortwin Renn

Participation has become a mantra in environmental governance. However, there are signs that the participatory agenda has started to lose its momentum and justification because of disappointments about actual achievements. Rather than focusing on improving participatory processes or articulating best practices, in this paper we seek to understand the more fundamental reasons why difficulties are encountered. In our interviews with professionals involved in participation in environmental governance we found varying and potentially conflicting rationales for participation, with instrumental and legalistic rationales dominating. We contend that the institutional and political context in which this participation takes place is an important explanation of this prevalence. This includes the provisions for participation in EU directives, failing policy integration, institutional and political barriers, and failing political uptake of results from participation. We conclude there is a need for more reflexive awareness of the different ways in which participation is defined and practised in contemporary environmental policy making and for a more realistic assessment of possibilities for changes towards more participatory and deliberative decision making.


Author(s):  
Syafruddin Muhtamar

One of the most fundamental principles of Good Governance is the principle of participation. The more substantial public participation in the decision-making process the better the government's policy products. The national development planning system regulated in the form of legislation, has incorporated the principle of participation in such instruments. However, in some respects, the legislation has not been set ideally about the normative limits on the extent to which the public participation is real can be done, so as to guarantee the quality of the resulting product policies. The lack of seriousness of government in applying the principle of participation in the system of development planning finally Positioning society in symbolic participation, not on substantial partisipation.Keyword : Good Governance, Participation, Development PlanningSalah satu prinsip Good Governance yang paling mendasar adalah prinsip partisipasi. Semakin subtansial partisipasi masyarakat dalam proses pengambilan keputusan maka semakin baik produk kebijakan pemerintahan tersebut. Sistem perencanaan pembangunan nasional yang diatur dalam bentuk perundang-undangan, telah memasukkan prinsip partisipasi dalam instrumen hukum tersebut. Namun dalam tataran tertentu, perundang-undangan tersebut belum mengatur secara ideal mengenai batas-batas normatif mengenai sejauh mana partisipasi masyarakat itu secara nyata dapat dilakukkan, sehingga menjadi jaminan kualitas atas produk kebijakan yang dihasilkan.Ketidakseriusan pemerintah dalam penerapan prinsip partisipasi dalam sistem perencanaan pembangunan akhirnya memposisikan masyarakat dalam partisipasi simbolik, bukan pada partrisipasi subtansial.Kata Kunci : Good Governance, Partisipasi, Perencanaan Pembangunan


Forests ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Secco ◽  
Alessandro Paletto ◽  
Raoul Romano ◽  
Mauro Masiero ◽  
Davide Pettenella ◽  
...  

In the Italian political and economic agenda the forest sector occupies a marginal role. The forest sector in Italy is characterized by a high institutional fragmentation and centralized decision-making processes dominated by Public Forest Administrations. Public participation in forest policy processes has been implemented since the 1990s at national, regional and local levels in several cases. However, today no significant changes have been observed in the overall governance of the forest sector and stakeholders’ involvement in Italian forest policy decision-making is still rather limited. The aims of this paper are to describe the state of forest-related participatory processes in Italy at various levels (national, regional and local) and identify which factors and actors hinder or support the establishment and implementation of participatory forest-related processes in the country. The forest-related participatory processes are analyzed adopting a qualitative-based approach and interpreting interactive, complex and non-linear participatory processes through the lens of panarchy theory.


Author(s):  
Stuart Bell ◽  
Donald McGillivray ◽  
Ole W. Pedersen ◽  
Emma Lees ◽  
Elen Stokes

This chapter deals with public participation in environmental law and policy. Over recent years, there have been significant moves towards increasing both the quantity and quality of public participation in many different areas of environmental decision-making. The exact nature of public participation can take many forms, but the chapter concentrates on access to information on the environment and public participation in environmental decision-making. It also looks at some of the reasons for giving greater access to environmental information; the types of environmental information that are available; the use of environmental information as a regulatory instrument; international and European initiatives; and past, present, and future approaches to access to environmental information in the UK.


2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 63-80
Author(s):  
Bogdana Neamtu ◽  
Dacian C. Dragos ◽  
Laura Capraru

This article researches the manner in which the participation pillar from the Aarhus Convention was transposed into Romanian legislation and how its provisions were applied to a highly controversial case. Thus, the paper will firstly address the general legal framework concerning participation in environmental matters as well as the challenges for the implementation of Aarhus Convention, followed by requirements for effective participation and NGOs involvement in the process. The main conclusion drawn is that public participation is generally seen only as a bureaucratic requirement that both authorities and the developer must meet before the project is adopted. In this context, the NGOs play a crucial role by acting as a real watchdog in identifying deficiencies in the application of the Convention. In order for enhancing implementation the authors emphasize the more proactive role that public authorities should have both with regard to the quality of environmental reports and with applying sanctions coupled with a stronger cooperation with the NGOs in the field.     


1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Fernández ◽  
Miguel A. Mateo ◽  
José Muñiz

The conditions are investigated in which Spanish university teachers carry out their teaching and research functions. 655 teachers from the University of Oviedo took part in this study by completing the Academic Setting Evaluation Questionnaire (ASEQ). Of the three dimensions assessed in the ASEQ, Satisfaction received the lowest ratings, Social Climate was rated higher, and Relations with students was rated the highest. These results are similar to those found in two studies carried out in the academic years 1986/87 and 1989/90. Their relevance for higher education is twofold because these data can be used as a complement of those obtained by means of students' opinions, and the crossing of both types of data can facilitate decision making in order to improve the quality of the work (teaching and research) of the university institutions.


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