INTERACTIVE GOVERNANCE
FOR FISHERIES
FISHGOVNET
I. PROLOGUE
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
MEMBERS
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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
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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
GOALS
FISHGOVFOOD/FISHGOVNET
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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
SCOPE:
• Fisheries (capture & aquaculture; inland and
marine)
• South and North
• Fish chain
• Assumption: governance is more than
management; governors are more than
government
OUTPUTS:
• Fish for Life – Interactive Governance for
Fisheries (Amsterdam University Press, 2005)
• Fisheries Governance – A Guide to Better
Practice (Eburon Publishers, 2005)
II. CHALLENGES
& CONCERNS
FISH CHAIN
Need for a governance system
that better matches the nature of
the system-to-be-governed
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III. THE GOVERNANCE
PERSPECTIVE
Theoretical tools:
• ‘Orders’ of governance
– 1st order – problem-solving
– 2nd order – institution-building
– 3rd order – values and principles
• ‘Styles’ of governance
1st Order of governance:
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What managers generally do
Problem-solving
Opportunity-creation
Basic principle: Effectiveness
2nd Order of governance:
• Building governing institutions
• Basic principle: Legitimacy
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or meta-order of governance:
• Guiding governance with principles and
values
• Basic principle: Moral responsibility
IV. WAYS FORWARD
Strengthen governance by:
• Principles > softening hard choices
• Inclusion > adds value
• Adaptation > learning to cope
!! Not new! Builds upon existing instruments
Highlighting Principles
• Procedural
• Basic
• Benefits of discussion and agreement:
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Shift from management to governance
Provide structure to governance
Help negotiate hard choices
Facilitate genuine partnership
Inclusiveness & Partnership
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Increases knowledge
Better problem definition & implementation capacity
More legitimacy
Increased effectiveness.
• How to proceed:
– Stakeholder analysis
– Capacity building
– Communication and partnership building
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
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.
THE END