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Co-creation is considered a 'near perfect strategy' for resolving complex and unruly public problems, such as climate change. Based on data collected among small Scandinavian towns, this article investigates the role of co-creation in the urban governance of climate- and sustainability responses by looking at their vertical and horizontal integration in the wider polycentric governance framework. The article has a two-fold aim. First, it develops an analytical framework for investigating how small towns and municipalities navigate in a range of governance contexts based on two strains of theories on collaborative governance and urban climate governance. Second, it applies this framework to a comparative study of small towns to analyse how co-creation plays a strategic role across types and scales of governance in relation to an evolving climate agenda. The article finds that new forms of public leadership in each of the three municipalities and towns is a main factor in the 'remaking' of collaborative planning arenas, triple helix partnerships, business alliances, city networks and collaborative pilot projects, much in a similar manner as observed in global cities. Co-creation is extensively employed as a proactive policy- and leadership instrument. However, the nature of response is uneven across the cases compared. A co-creation paradox is suggested: limited municipal politico-administrative leadership and capacity correspond to a low level of ability to engage in co-creation of solutions. This implies that those organisations with the most need for co-creation may have the least capacity to do so.

This article summarizes some recent experiences related to the establishment of pastoral and agro-pastoral organisations and the potential role of such institutions in natural resources management in development projects of drylands of West-Sahel. In all projects, there is evidence of government and project failures which need to be addressed. There should be a shift from a project approach to a broader institutional development approach. (DSE)

This paper compares how the governance of four agro-met services operating in the same basic area of Maharashtra, India condition the engagement between the users and the providers of the services. The four cases reveal diverse institutional designs and engagement mechanisms for involvement of end-users and intermediary users and partners. The four services studied included a mix between public and private providers; the Agro-met Advisory Services of the Indian Metrological Department (IMD-AAS); IFFCO Kisan agro-met services hosted by the Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) with funding from the government; Reuters Market Light (RML AgTech), a private firm; and, the Agricultural Meteorological Program of Watershed Organisation Trust's (WOTR), a civil society organization. ; The research is funded by the Norwegian Research Council under the project GovClimServices (2015–2018). ; publishedVersion

Fra NORAGRIC. Contains an english summary. Mali. ; The AEN programme operates in a marginal area in northern Sahel under some of the most difficult and complex conditions an NGO can possibly do. This places particular demands on programme approaches and management. Overall, the programme has had remarkable and important results despite the armed conflict during 1991-1996 in northern Mali. This conflict, however, seriousely set back the programme in a crucial period. The programme is now in a difficult transitory phase. AEN-Oslo has taken the decision to withdraw from the Gourma. within year 2000. The idea is that a Malian NGO created by Malian AENstaff will take over the implementation of AEN-activities after 31. December 1999 still with funding from AEN-Oslo. In AEN's present policy of reorientation, focus has been placed on development to meet food security and social service needs, and consolidation of peace. An aim is also to contribute to the decentralisation process and democracy information/training. This reorientation means that the total budget is scaled down considerably, the number of activities are reduced, new environmental investments are not taken on, and the number of Norwegians in the programme has been reduced. At large, the team supports AEN's reorientation policy. There are constraints in implementing the new policy, however, in part due to problems related to the initial programme approach.