‘Forging change’? Collaboration between policy makers, academics, and civil society stakeholders at the ECI Day 2016

The ‘ECI Day 2016: Forging Change’ conference brought together policy makers, academics and civil society representatives to discuss how to maximise the effectiveness of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), the EU’s only mechanism of participatory democracy, within its existing rules. Since 2012 these annual conferences have brought together a significant number of interested parties to evaluate the performance of the ECI and look to its future. Through a series of workshops and plenary sessions during ECI Day 2016, participants from diverse backgrounds interacted to produce a number of conclusions that will hopefully be used to inform the future development of the ECI tool. This review focuses on how the representatives of the EU’s institutions, academics and civil society representatives collaborated to create a productive environment and reach a clear conclusion to the proceedings. This was a strength of the conference that will hopefully contribute to ‘forging change’ for the ECI, though resistance to reform from one key stakeholder remains an obstacle.

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Carbon Ruins: Engaging with Post-Fossil Transitions through Participatory World-Building

Politics and Governance ◽

10.17645/pag.v9i2.3816 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 87-99 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Johannes Stripple ◽

Alexandra Nikoleris ◽

Roger Hildingsson

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Media Coverage ◽

General Public ◽

Ways Of Knowing ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Political Tradition ◽

Civil Society Organisations ◽

Physical Presence ◽

The Future ◽

Ways Of Being

While many pathways to post-fossil futures have been articulated, most fail to engage people in imagining themselves as being part of those futures and involved in the transition. Following recent calls for more immersive experiences, the 2019 initiative “Carbon Ruins—An Exhibition of the Fossil Era” (Carbon Ruins) is a performance set around a historical museum from the future, which uses recognisable, culturally powerful physical objects to bridge the gap between abstract scenarios and everyday experiences. Through its physical presence and extensive media coverage, Carbon Ruins struck a chord with scientists, activists, creative professionals, policy makers, civil society organisations, and the general public. Like other imaginary worlds, Carbon Ruins is not finished. It is an open-ended process of narrating, imagining, and representing (the transition to) a post-fossil future. In this article we reflect upon Carbon Ruins as a participatory form of world-building that allows for new ways of knowing, and new ways of being, in relation to post-fossil transitions. We discern three different kinds of authorship that were taken on by participants: as originators, dwellers, and explorers. While the originator makes the future world a recognisable place, the dweller can engage active hope in place of a passive sense of urgency, and the explorer can transform resignation into commitment, with a fresh determination to leave the fossil era behind. Situating Carbon Ruins within a critical political tradition, we find post-fossil world-building to be a form of critique that destabilises accustomed ways of thinking and opens up new fields of experience that allows things to be done differently.

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Private protected areas: three key challenges

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892913000477 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 239-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

RICHARD J. LADLE ◽

CHIARA BRAGAGNOLO ◽

GABRIELA M. GAMA ◽

ANA C.M. MALHADO ◽

MEREDITH ROOT-BERNSTEIN ◽

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Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Protected Areas ◽

Future Development ◽

Protected Area ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Civil Society Organizations ◽

Private Protected Areas ◽

The Future ◽

The Creation

SUMMARYPrivate protected areas (PPAs) are a board category that includes reserves established and managed by non-government entities, including civil society organizations, businesses and private individuals. It was recently suggested that the creation of a system of PPAs in Brazil may act as a useful model for extending protected area systems internationally. While it is clear that RPPNs have an important role to play in the future development of Brazil's protected area system, there are several significant challenges that need to be overcome if they are fulfil their potential: (1) ensuring that RPPNs contribute to coverage and representation; (2) ensuring adequate governance; and (3) increasing the attractiveness of the RPPN model. While it is still too early to determine whether RPPNs constitute a robust PPA model that could (or should) be exported to other countries, they are creating new opportunities for innovation and novel management strategies that might eventually lead to a vibrant and distinctly Brazilian protected area movement.

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Community Sponsorship in Europe: Taking Stock, Policy Transfer and What the Future Might Hold

Frontiers in Human Dynamics ◽

10.3389/fhumd.2021.564084 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

Author(s):

Nikolas Feith Tan

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Future Development ◽

Policy Option ◽

Policy Transfer ◽

International Protection ◽

Indochinese Refugees ◽

Recent Emergence ◽

The Future ◽

Stock Policy ◽

Conceptual Confusion

This article explores the recent emergence of community sponsorship of refugees in Europe, an approach which shares responsibility between civil society and the state for the admission and/or integration of refugees. Originally a Canadian model developed to support the resettlement of Indochinese refugees, the model has gained momentum in Europe, with a number of states piloting or establishing community sponsorship schemes. This proliferation, while generally seen as positive for international protection of refugees, has led to conceptual confusion and a significant range of approaches under the “umbrella” concept of community sponsorship. As a result, community sponsorship today may be understood both as a form of resettlement and a complementary pathway to protection. While interest and momentum around community sponsorship is high, little work currently exists mapping and analysing how jurisdictions adopt the community sponsorship model. With reference to existing work on policy transfer, this contribution takes stock of community sponsorship models in Europe; analyses how community sponsorship may become a viable policy option in European states as a form of transnational policy transfer; and sets out a number of challenges for the future development of community sponsorship in Europe.

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The challenges and future development of animal welfare education in the UK

Animal Welfare ◽

10.7120/09627286.30.2.197 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 197-209

Author(s):

JC Muldoon ◽

JM Williams

Keyword(s):

Animal Welfare ◽

Future Development ◽

Delphi Study ◽

Formal Education ◽

Holistic Approach ◽

Delivery Methods ◽

Web Based ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

The Uk

At present, UK schools are not required to teach children about animal welfare. This undoubtedly contributes to widespread deficien- cies in knowledge, and misconceptions about animals needs, likes, and dislikes. Aware of the issues at hand, animal welfare organi- sations create their own materials for teachers to use, and/or deliver educational programmes directly to children and young people. As the design, content, processes and outcomes associated with these interventions are rarely documented publicly or systematically evaluated, there is little evidence to guide the development of animal welfare education. A three-stage online Delphi study was used to identify who current interventions target, what delivery methods are being used, and how expert practitioners describe priorities and challenges in the field. Thirty-one experts participated in Round 1, with 84% of the sample (n = 26) also taking part in Round2. Qualitative analysis revealed passionate accounts about the far-reaching potential of educating children about animals. However, we also identified ambiguities and tensions that could thwart the future development of effective animal welfare education. Alongside the production of a web-based framework and evidence-based toolkit to support practitioners, findings will be used to encourage animal welfare professionals to work towards producing shared terminology, definitions, and outcomes frameworks; focusing on positive education and the idea of harm as opposed to cruelty. This should facilitate collaboration with schoolteachers and education policy-makers to assess the ways in which animal welfare might be successfully incorporated within formal education in the future. These data suggest many potential avenues for inclusion, although a holistic approach emphasising the links between humans, animals and the environment, within the context of young peoples recent activism and contemporary health, societal and environmental issues, may be most successful.

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Obecny stan badań nad Zagładą na Ukrainie

Zagłada Żydów. Studia i Materiały ◽

10.32927/zzsim.558 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 889-915

Author(s):

Anna Abakunkova

Keyword(s):

Future Development ◽

The State ◽

Significant Part ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

Major Research ◽

Holocaust Studies ◽

The Holocaust ◽

The Future

The article examines the state of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine for the period of 2010 – beginning of 2014. The review analyzes activities of major research and educational organizations in Ukraine which have significant part of projects devoted to the Holocaust; main publications and discussions on the Holocaust in Ukraine, including publications of Ukrainian authors in academic European and American journals. The article illustrates contemporary tendencies and conditions of the Holocaust Studies in Ukraine, defines major problems and shows perspectives of the future development of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine.

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Hill farming - An opinion on the future

Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association ◽

10.33584/jnzg.2011.73.2837 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-4

Author(s):

G.W. Sheath

Keyword(s):

Livestock Farming ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

Hill Farming

This paper is not a formal review of hill farming literature. Rather, it is my view on the critical challenges and changes that we need to deal with if mixed livestock farming on hill lands is to be successful over the next 20 years. It is my hope that industry leaders, policy makers and agribusiness managers will give consideration to these views. Some people say that it is not smart to look into the rear-vision mirror, but I do not agree. Having a better understanding of the consequences of past events can help guide future decisions and changes.

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Remedies for Breach of Contract: The Future Development of Scots Law in its European and International Context

Edinburgh Law Review ◽

10.3366/elr.1997.1.2.200 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 200-226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hector L MacQueen

Keyword(s):

Future Development ◽

European Contract ◽

Breach Of Contract ◽

International Context ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Current State ◽

The Future ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

International Conventions ◽

Law Commission

This paper,first presented on 21 October 1995 at ajoint seminar ofthe Scottish Law Commission and the Faculty of Law, University of Edinburgh, on the subject of breach of contract, considers the future development of the law in this area, first by considering its history and current state in comparative terms and drawing the conclusion that it is characterised by a mixture of Civilian and Common Law elements; second, by comparing Scots law with the provisions on breach contained in recently published proposals for a harmonised law of contract (the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European Contract Law prepared by the Lando Commission, and the draft “code”for the United Kingdom prepared on behalf of the English Law Commission by Harvey McGregor in the late 1960s) and in international conventions on the sale of goods. Although Scots law emerges reasonably wellfrom this exercise, there are a number of points to be taken on board in any future reform, as well as some insights into important underlying principles.

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A Study on Establishing of the Future Development Strategy for National Cyber Terror Response

Jouranl of Information and Security ◽

10.33778/kcsa.2020.20.1.015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 15-24

Author(s):

MinSu Kim ◽

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Jeongmo Yang

Keyword(s):

Development Strategy ◽

Future Development ◽

The Future

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Can Bitcoin be the Future of Digital Payments?

Journal of Business and Economics ◽

10.15341/jbe(2155-7950)/06.10.2019/001 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 489-500

Author(s):

Andrea Valente ◽

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David Atkinson ◽

Keyword(s):

Price Volatility ◽

Global Scale ◽

White Paper ◽

Innovative Technology ◽

Policy Makers ◽

The Future ◽

Key Drivers ◽

Digital Payments ◽

Robust Regulation ◽

Stakeholder Acceptance

This study aimed to investigate the conditions in which Bitcoin has developed as a leading cryptocurrency and, according to Nakamoto (2008), could become an instrument for everyday payments around the world. In comparison to other digital payment solutions, Bitcoin is based on a peer-to-peer electronic cash system using “the blockchain”. This innovative technology allows for decentralised storage and movement of currency in a fully anonymous way, introducing advantageous methods for encrypted security and faster transactions (Hagiu & Beach, 2014). Scepticism regards Bitcoin’s foundation, energy consumption and price volatility, however, did not take long to arise (Holthaus, 2017). Ten years from its white paper release, Bitcoin is further supported by the same drivers which could sustain its growth as the future of digital payments (Russo, 2018). In order to investigate the key drivers and feasibility of acceptance, a London based survey was used to understand the desirability of Bitcoin as a day-to-day tool for digital payments. Additionally, this research analysed Bitcoin’s stakeholders and forecast drivers of sustainability for its application to become the future of the payment industry. A space which relies on policies that involve multiple layers of society, governments, regulators and tech-firms, all on a global scale. The findings confirmed how the increasing lack of trust of political and financial institutions, coupled with the increasing cases of data-breaches by tech-firms, encouraged over 70% of respondents to consider more decentralised and anonymous methods for their day-to-day actions; like payments. Policy makers need to cope with societies increasingly separating politically but gathering together digitally (LBS, 2017). For Bitcoin to truly establish itself as a global digital payment solution, key stakeholder acceptance must converge alongside the introduction of more robust regulation.

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