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.

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