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The Ecological State - Towards a new generation of environmental policies and institutions

Objective

To formulate strategies for a new generation of environmental policies and institutions able to secure the transition towards sustainable development; to develop an interdisciplinary European network able to foster policy relevant research on environmental governance.

OBJECTIVES :

To formulate strategies for a new generation of environmental policies and institutions able to secure the transition towards sustainable development; to develop an interdisciplinary European network able to foster policy relevant research on environmental governance.

DESCRIPTION :

The concerted action proceeds through the establishment of working groups, the organization of a series of sectoral workshops and the preparation of review essays about the debate on the "Ecological State". The initial network will be enlarged to include other research institutions and to establish contacts both with scholars working on the future of the State and with practitioners at the political and administrative level involved in the formulation and implementation of environmental policies.
Three main topics are examined by the working groups and at the workshops : institutions (ministries, departments, agencies, etc.), substantial policy instruments (regulation, taxation, financial incentive, education, etc.), procedural rules (Environmental Impact Assessment, mediation, dispute settlements, etc.). The working groups are responsible for analyzing the existing debate and the ongoing research carried out by the participant organisations as well as by other groups and individuals with regard to three different levels: the level of constitutional choice, the level of decision making (e.g. law-making) and the level of administrative and technical implementation.

Additional activities include the preparation of a bibliography of the most important research about future environmental governance from the various disciplines involved, the creation of a permanent network, possibly through a BBS on Internet/WWW, linking together the institutions (scientific institutions, public policy bodies, non governmental organizations, etc.) interested in this topic, and the organization of an international conference. These activities should facilitate the development of blue prints for more effective environmental governance.

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