INTERACTIVE GOVERNANCE FOR FISHERIES

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INTERACTIVE GOVERNANCE FOR FISHERIES
FISHGOVNET
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I. PROLOGUE
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Thematic network FISHGOVFOOD 2001-2004

• Funded by EU Research/INCODEV
• (ICA4-CT-2001-10038)
• Coordinated by Centre for Maritime Research
  (MARE)
• Now continued as FISHGOVNET

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MEMBERS

• Jan Kooiman (chair)
• Maarten Bavinck (coord)
• Maria-Luisa Acosta
• Ratana Chuenpagdee
• Serge Collet
• Robin Mahon
• Roger Pullin
• Juan-Luis Suarez de Vivero
• Michel Kulbicki
• Abbie Trinidad
• Chandrika Sharma

• Peter van der Heijden
• Andy Thorpe
• Stella Williams
• Joeli Veitayaki
• Jacques van Zyl
• Svein Jentoft
• Poul Degnbol
• Taib Diouf
• Mamadou Diallo
• Katia Frangoudes
• Jose Pascual

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GOALS FISHGOVFOOD/FISHGOVNET

• Develop a holistic governance perspective
• Applicable to fisheries
• For academic and policymaking purposes
• With the aim to strengthen existing governance
  practices
• In South and North
• Makes use of academic work Jan Kooiman on
  interactive governance

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SCOPE

• Fisheries (capture aquaculture inland and
  marine)
• South and North
• Fish chain
• Assumption governance is more than management
  governors are more than government

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OUTPUTS

• Fish for Life Interactive Governance for
  Fisheries (Amsterdam University Press, 2005)
• Fisheries Governance A Guide to Better Practice
  (Eburon Publishers, 2005)

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II. CHALLENGES CONCERNS
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FISH CHAIN
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Need for a governance system that better matches
the nature of the system-to-be-governed

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III. THE GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVE
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Theoretical tools

• Orders of governance
• 1st order problem-solving
• 2nd order institution-building
• 3rd order values and principles
• Styles of governance

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1st Order of governance

• What managers generally do
• Problem-solving
• Opportunity-creation
• Basic principle Effectiveness

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2nd Order of governance

• Building governing institutions
• Basic principle Legitimacy

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3rd or meta-order of governance

• Guiding governance with principles and values
• Basic principle Moral responsibility

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IV. WAYS FORWARD
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Strengthen governance by

• Principles gt softening hard choices
• Inclusion gt adds value
• Adaptation gt learning to cope
• !! Not new! Builds upon existing instruments

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Highlighting Principles

• Procedural
• Basic
• Benefits of discussion and agreement
• Shift from management to governance
• Provide structure to governance
• Help negotiate hard choices
• Facilitate genuine partnership

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Inclusiveness Partnership

• Benefits
• Increases knowledge
• Better problem definition implementation
  capacity
• More legitimacy
• Increased effectiveness.
• How to proceed
• Stakeholder analysis
• Capacity building
• Communication and partnership building

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Learning systems

• Learning from experience
• Learning from surroundings
• Benefits
• Uncertainty/unpredictability of fish chain
  necessitates frequent feedback
• Enhances flexibility
• Profit from experiences of others
• Increases effectiveness and efficiency

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• Interactive governance
• presents a framework a way forward
• is not a cookbook
• makes use of what is available and being done
• aims to strengthen existing governance.

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