Strategies and Implications for Network Participation in Regional Climate and Energy Planning

Palm, Jenny; Thoresson, Josefin

doi:10.1080/1523908x.2013.807212

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“…A second form of process design centres around the selection of members that can participate in the governance network. Meta-governors can choose different participation strategies when developing networks (Palm and Thoresson 2014) and therefore include or exclude certain stakeholders.…”

Section: The How Of Meta-governancementioning

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From government to governance…to meta-governance: a systematic literature review

Gjaltema

Biesbroek

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2019

Public Management Review

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This study aims to disentangle the concept of meta-governance by systematically reviewing 79 articles. By investigating the who, what, why, and how of metagovernance, this article paints a detailed picture of its empirical manifestation. We conclude that the literature could benefit from better conceptualization and operationalization. From the results, we define meta-governance as 'a practice by (mainly) public authorities that entails the coordination of one or more governance modes by using different instruments, methods, and strategies to overcome governance failures.' Metagovernance therefore goes beyond the unproductive dichotomy in the 'from government to governance' debate.

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Section: The How Of Meta-governancementioning

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From government to governance…to meta-governance: a systematic literature review

Gjaltema

Biesbroek

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2019

Public Management Review

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“…Having broad participation when developing the new energy strategy in Åtvidaberg was an important means of being able to achieve its goals. This type of approach could pave the way for a more legitimate process, where both internal management and external efforts towards sustainability goals and the transition towards a more sustainable energy system are included (Palm & Thoresson, 2014). However, there is a risk that climate action work in smaller municipalities such as Åtvidaberg with minimal resources becomes very individual-dependent and vulnerable from a long-term perspective.…”

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Municipalities as intermediaries for the design and local implementation of climate visions

Gustafsson

Mignon

2019

European Planning Studies

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The transition to a sustainable society requires the development of visions paving the way for socio-technical changes. In recent years, the literature on sustainable transitions and urban planning has highlighted the intermediation role of municipalities to implement international and national goals and visions at a local level. Yet, empirical research studying municipalities from the lens of the intermediation theory are sparse. This paper aims at contributing to a better understanding of what strategies municipalities use when intermediating between and within different scales of governance (i.e. local, national and international), and what factors influence the choice of strategies. Through semi-structured interviews and document studies, three Swedish municipalities are studied. Results show that these municipalities translate the visions through local experiments, task delegation and coalitions. Additionally, the analysis indicates that the local circumstances, rather than the relations between the local level and the higher levels of governance or the guidance of national policies, influence the choice of intermediation strategy. Particularly, whether the management approach is centralized or decentralized, result-or process-oriented, participative or exclusive, is determinant. Results also indicate that municipalities perform both top-down and bottom-up intermediation, i.e. closing the loop from the local to the national and/or international levels. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Therefore, the municipality must cooperate with other actors for a strategy to be implemented. If other actors are involved in the whole process of developing and implementing an energy strategy, they will become part of the process of sharing and developing knowledge, which in turn encourages action (Palm and Thoresson, 2014). This type of networking process may increase the capacity of different actors to meaningfully participate in the implementation process; it may also increase their willingness to take part in sustainable energy practices in the long run (Cuthill and Fien, 2005).…”

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“…Involving many actors provides opportunities to work on an issue in a broader context by bringing in more problem-related views. It also better aligns with the decisions that are taken with nonmunicipal preferences, thus contributing to a working environment that is permeated by cooperation and trust between the involved actors (Palm and Thoresson, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous research has shown that it is necessary to formulate energy plans and strategies (Albrechts, L., 2004;Ivner, 2009;Fenton et al, 2015;Gustafsson et al, 2015); however, in order to generate local action initiatives, local authorities must adopt new working strategies when developing and implementing energy strategies and plans . This insight will create a need for local policy makers to include new approaches to energy planning in the form of policies to help guide the future of a local energy system, and to develop methods in which traditional forms of authority are used together with collaborative partnerships with other actors (Bulkeley and Kern, 2006;Hamilton and Wills-Toker, 2006;Palm and Thoresson, 2014;Cloutier et al, 2015). This new focus implies a different way of working in which municipalities engage in dialogue with local industry and other actors in order to bring together different and sometimes diverging aims and assist local industry throughout the process of increasing its energy efficiency.…”

Section: Svensk Sammanfattningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze how municipalities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their work to improve their energy efficiency. The purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how the methods and tools used by municipalities to assist SMEs in improving their energy efficiency influence the end results in terms of achieved energy efficiency, and how knowledge related to energy efficiency is created within SMEs. This thesis consists of two separate case studies that examine how two municipalities used a network approach to support SMEs in implementing energy efficient measures.The theoretical frameworks of policy networks, barriers, communities of practice (COPs), and energy efficiency networks were used in this thesis. The findings are presented in the appended four articles. An overall conclusion is that networks that provide information in the form of a report with technological solutions as the only output are less likely to reach the agreed-upon goals. To achieve a more successful result, SMEs must be active in the process; they must be allowed to create knowledge and understanding that they perceive as valuable and relevant for themselves. Another important result is that information is not automatically transformed by SMEs into knowledge. In fact, SMEs need a platform from which they can negotiate the received information and use it to create knowledge through practice and social interaction. Finally, it was found that the type of technological solution is not insignificant; the type of energy efficient measure to be implemented and its level of complexity affect how a municipality should support energy efficiency work among SMEs.

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Strategies and Implications for Network Participation in Regional Climate and Energy Planning

Cited by 28 publications

References 30 publications

From government to governance…to meta-governance: a systematic literature review

From government to governance…to meta-governance: a systematic literature review

Municipalities as intermediaries for the design and local implementation of climate visions

Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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