Post on 14-Dec-2015
INTERACTIVE GOVERNANCE FOR FISHERIES
FISHGOVNET
I. PROLOGUE
Thematic network FISHGOVFOOD 2001-2004
• Funded by EU Research/INCODEV
(ICA4-CT-2001-10038)
• Coordinated by Centre for Maritime Research (MARE)
• Now continued as FISHGOVNET
MEMBERS
• Jan Kooiman (chair)• Maarten Bavinck (coord)• Maria-Luisa Acosta• Ratana Chuenpagdee• Serge Collet• Robin Mahon• Roger Pullin• Juan-Luis Suarez de
Vivero• Michel Kulbicki• Abbie Trinidad• Chandrika Sharma
• Peter van der Heijden• Andy Thorpe• Stella Williams• Joeli Veitayaki• Jacques van Zyl• Svein Jentoft• Poul Degnbol• Taib Diouf• Mamadou Diallo• Katia Frangoudes• Jose Pascual
GOALS FISHGOVFOOD/FISHGOVNET
• Develop a holistic governance perspective• Applicable to fisheries• For academic and policymaking purposes• With the aim to strengthen existing governance
practices• In South and North
• Makes use of academic work Jan Kooiman on interactive governance
SCOPE:
• Fisheries (capture & aquaculture; inland and marine)
• South and North
• Fish chain
• Assumption: governance is more than management; governors are more than government
OUTPUTS:
• Fish for Life – Interactive Governance for Fisheries (Amsterdam University Press, 2005)
• Fisheries Governance – A Guide to Better Practice (Eburon Publishers, 2005)
II. CHALLENGES
& CONCERNS
FISH CHAIN
Need for a governance system that better matches the nature of
the system-to-be-governed
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III. THE GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE
Theoretical tools:
• ‘Orders’ of governance– 1st order – problem-solving– 2nd order – institution-building– 3rd order – values and principles
• ‘Styles’ of governance
1st Order of governance:
• What managers generally do
• Problem-solving
• Opportunity-creation
• Basic principle: Effectiveness
2nd Order of governance:
• Building governing institutions
• Basic principle: Legitimacy
3rd or meta-order of governance:
• Guiding governance with principles and values
• Basic principle: Moral responsibility
IV. WAYS FORWARD
Strengthen governance by:
• Principles > softening hard choices
• Inclusion > adds value
• Adaptation > learning to cope
!! Not new! Builds upon existing instruments
Highlighting Principles
• Procedural
• Basic
• Benefits of discussion and agreement:– Shift from management to governance– Provide structure to governance– Help negotiate hard choices– Facilitate genuine partnership
Inclusiveness & Partnership • Benefits:
– Increases knowledge
– Better problem definition & implementation capacity
– More legitimacy
– Increased effectiveness.
• How to proceed:– Stakeholder analysis
– Capacity building
– Communication and partnership building
Learning systems
• Learning from experience• Learning from surroundings• Benefits:
– Uncertainty/unpredictability of fish chain necessitates frequent feedback
– Enhances flexibility– Profit from experiences of others– Increases effectiveness and efficiency
Interactive governance:• presents a framework & a way forward
• is not a cookbook
• makes use of what is available and being done
• aims to strengthen existing governance.
THE END