Workshop on Governance for Sustainable Development 1214 October 2006

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Workshop onGovernance for Sustainable
Development 12-14 October 2006

• Oran R. Young
• Professor of
• Environmental Science Management
• University of California
• Santa Barbara

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Workshop Goals

• To develop a common vocabulary for research on
  governance
• To compare notes on what we currently know and do
  not know about governance
• To identify cutting-edge research questions
• To encourage the development of a network of
  those working in this field
• A Governance Alliance?

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The Concept of Governance

• Is it useful? Does it add value?
• Is there a real difference of views here?
• Governance a social function
• Governing the process of fulfilling this
  function
• Government one (but only one) mechanism or
  vehicle for producing governance

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The Demand for Governance

• What circumstances give rise to a demand for
  governance?
• Is the demand growing? Changing?

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The Supply of Governance

• How do societies meet the demand for governance?
• Are we witnessing major shifts in the supply of
  governance?
• Governance without government

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The Effectiveness of Governance

• Determinants of success in problem solving
• Standards for assessing performance
• Efficiency
• Equity/fairness
• Good governance
• Accountability
• Others

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Dynamics of Governance

• Resilience, vulnerability, and adaptation of
  governance systems
• The balance between extreme rigidity and
  excessive flexibility

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Workshop Procedures

• Day 1
• Exploring the 4 perspectives
• Taking the papers as read
• Day 2
• Identifying cutting-edge issues and developing a
  research agenda
• Considering the value of an informal network

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Possible Workshop Products

• An edited volume or special issue of a journal
• An integrated research plan
• A governance network

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ORAN R. YOUNG Co-Director Young_at_Bren.ucsb.edu
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