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"Die Lokale Agenda 21 (LA21) hat ihre Wurzeln in der Umweltkonferenz der Vereinten Nationen 1992 von Rio und strebt nachhaltige Entwicklung auf kommunalem Niveau an. Der Artikel vergleicht LA21-Prozesse zweier Städte, Helsingborg in Schweden und Wien, und gibt Einblick in verschiedenartige Umsetzungen gleicher politischer Verpflichtungen. Die strukturellen Rahmenbedingungen und die Organisationsformen der Prozesse werden vergleichend analysiert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt - analog zu den programmatischen Vorgaben der LA21 - auf der Analyse der Kooperation aller betroffenen AkteurInnen, der Kommunikationsqualitäten und der Partizipationsformen innerhalb der Prozesse. Die Ergebnisse der Studie illustrieren zwei nahezu diametrale Organisationsformen lokaler Politikgestaltung, wobei der schwedische Prozess als eher technokratisch-expertInnengeleitet und das österreichische Fallbeispiel als partizipatorisch-bürgerInnenorientiert gelten können." (Autorenreferat)

Adaptation to climate change has become an integral part of climate change policies across the world. Based on the limited literature on the governance of climate change adaptation, the paper first highlights four key challenges governments face in this context, i.e. (i) how to better integrate adaptation policies horizontally across policy sectors and (ii) vertically across levels of government, (iii) how to integrate knowledge in adaptation policy decisions, and (iv) how to involve stakeholders in adaptation decisions. The paper then shows how selected OECD countries address these challenges when developing and implementing adaptation policies and instruments. We identify the most important governance mechanisms on the national level which constitute a distinct governance structure in each surveyed country, and highlight their objectives and specific foci on one or more governance challenges. The paper analyses dominant modes of emerging interaction patterns in the respective governance arrangements. ; Draft paper

The main objective of the BLOOM project was to establish open and informed dialogues, co-created by European citizens, the civil society, bioeconomy innovation networks, local research centres, business and industry stakeholders and various levels of government. BLOOM elaborated five hubs (communities of practice) that allowed for an iterative process that involves with all stakeholders through various cycles of value development, enabling cross-fertilization and idea generation through shared knowledge and experiences. In co-created workshops outreach activities will be designed, explored and validated that will be exactly adapted to the regional needs. This report explaines BLOOMS innovative Open Dialog Format trainings and Webinars.

The European Union (EU) Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires EU member states to produce and implement river basin management plans, which are to be designed and updated via participatory processes that inform, consult with, and actively involve all interested stakeholders. The assumption of the European Commission is that stakeholder participation, and institutional adaptation and procedural innovation to facilitate it, are essential to the effectiveness of river basin planning and, ultimately, the environmental impact of the Directive. We analyzed oficial documents and the WFD literature to compare implementation of the Directive in EU membre states in the initial WFD planning phase (2000-2009). Examining the development of participatory approaches to river basin management planning, we consider the extent of transformation in EU water governance over the period. Employing a mixed quantitative and qualitative approach, we map the implementation "trajectories" of 13 member states, and then provide a detailed examination of shifts in river basin planning and participation in four member states (Germany, Sweden, Poland and France) to illustrate the diversity of institutional approaches observed. We identify a general tendency towards increased, yet circumscribed, stakeholder participation in river basin management in the member states examined, alongside clear continuities in terms of their respective pre-WFD institutional and procedural arrangements. Overall, the WFD has driven a highly uneven shift to river basin-level planning among the member states, and instigated a range of efforts to institutionalize stakeholder involvement-often through the establishment of advisory groups to bring organized stakeholders into the planning process.