Multi Level Governance in Room for the River
Liesbeth van Riet Paap Stakeholder manager Room for the River Program
Content
• Clip: Room for the River • Introduction: The Netherlands, short impression • Theory: From distributive to integrative approach • Practice: Multi level Governance • Conclusion
and questions
The Netherlands
The Dutch created the Netherlands
The Netherlands during the Middle Ages
The Netherlands during the Roman time
The Netherlands in the 21th century
But sometimes it went wrong
Saint Elisabeth flood 1441
Flooding 1953
Flooding 1995
From distributive approach to integrative approach
Distributive approach Integrative approach
Change
Distributive approach change Integrative approach (one level)
• Knowledge is power • Focus on own points of view • Acceptability • Winners and losers • Attitude: for or against
Results: • Time consuming • Complicated • Expensive
First Delta Program 1953
Characteristics:
Distributive approach change Integrative approach
• 2 major national railway projects went off the rails, by far exceeding their plans to budget and time • Struggle for future legitimacy of Ministries, Provinces, Waterboards • Development of new ideas:
à multifunctional use of floodplains à the river is your friend not your enemy à impossible to make dikes higher and higher à high costs when a dike breaks
Distributive approach change Integrative approach (multi level governance)
• Knowledge exchange • Take in account the other party’s role • Sincere interest in each other interests • Winners and winners • Build up relationships
Characteristics:
Room for the River: 39 projects and 5 Stakeholders Arena’s
• The Elected: politican
• The Appointed: civil servant • The Media • The Public
• The Construction Company
4 Stakeholders and their interest !
Action
Scope
Time
Money
Money
Keep their competitive
edge
National Government
Politicians Civil servants
Project team Room for the
River
Local Government
Politicians Civil servants
Safety
Re- election
Future legitemacy
Spacial quality
Re- election
Future legitemacy
Construction Company
What is their role !
National Government
Project team Room for the
River
Local Government
Contractors
ß Contract à
ß Contract à
ß Contract à
Audits à
Facilitate, review, audits à
ß Justify
ß Justify
ß Justify
Review à
How to deal with different interests and roles?
Multi level: • Transparency on all information • Meetings ( Elected, Appointed, directors, projectmanagers, projectleaders) • Training on process and content
Actor analyses during training
Facing problems 1
• Economic crisis à cut backs
à no finance for operation & maintenance • Reorganization of the Ministries and Waterboards
• New participants à job rotation à elections (political cycle)
Facing problems 2
Year 1: • Honeymoon weeks • Get to know the job • Making new plans
Year 2 en 3: • Policy making • Decision making • Realisation
Year 4: • Party politics • List of candidats • Prepairing the campagne
Political cycle:
Facing problems 3
• New participants by election
Room for the River Second Delta Program
November 19th 2012: International and Scientific Watercongres
in Rotterdam
Room for the River
Second Delta Program
2002 2010 2015 2030
Conclusion
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Multi level Governance
Room for the river: • on time • not financial exceeded
Thank you for your attention
Questions?
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