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Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

From Policy Presence to Policy Performance: Adaptive Improvisation and the Everyday Politics of Plastic Burning Bans in Rural Indonesia

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open burning plastics is a major environmental health hazard in low‐ and middle‐income countries, releasing toxic pollutants and exacerbating climate change. Although Indonesia prohibits plastic burning, enforcement in rural settings remains fragile.
Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Sekar Aqila Salsabila, Devita Rahmani Ratri, Asri Maharani   +3 more
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HIGHER EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE FRAME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARTICIPATIVE BUDGET IN THE COMMUNE 1 IN MEDELLIN. EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR Y PARTICIPACIONEN EL MARCO DE LA IMPLEMENTACION DEL PRESUPUESTO PARTICIPATIVO EN LA COMUNA UNO DE MEDELLÍN [PDF]

El Ágora USB, 2010
This text is the product of the developments of the project entitled: "Evaluation and Monitoring of the Social and Community Work of the Beneficiaries of the Participatory Budget Fund Aimed At Pursuing Higher Education Studies Belonging to Commune One ...
Alfonso Insuasty Rodríguez, Walter Aristizabal, Elizabeth Peláez Toro   +2 more
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
wiley   +1 more source

Appraising Policies Through Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Lessons From a Systematic Review of Applications

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to renewed interest in analytical tools that address complex policy problems and move beyond linear‐rational approaches in policy appraisal, Social Multi‐Criteria Evaluation (SMCE) integrates participatory approaches with multi‐criteria analysis (MCA), thereby incorporating specialised knowledge and diverse social values and ...
Egle Basyte Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice, Katharina Zimmermann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Co-designing soft climate adaptation: citizen centred solutions across four European pilots

Frontiers in Climate
Climate change impacts in Europe are intensifying and disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. While adaptation strategies increasingly acknowledge the value of public participation and citizen science, there remains a gap in inclusive ...
Francois Jost, Anna Verones, Nefertari Nachtigall, Marta Ellena, Lucía Moreno, Judith Bielsa, Mathilda Englund, Karin André, Åsa Gerger Swartling, Rosie Witton, Sukaina Bharwani, Eulalia Baulenas, Sam Pickard, Alfredo Reder, Paola Mercogliano   +14 more
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Designing Digital Voting Systems for Citizens: Achieving Fairness and Legitimacy in Participatory Budgeting

Digital Government: Research and Practice
Participatory Budgeting (PB) has evolved into a key democratic instrument for resource allocation in cities. Enabled by digital platforms, cities now have the opportunity to let citizens directly propose and vote on urban projects, using different voting input and aggregation rules.
Joshua Chu-Yue Yang, Carina I. Hausladen, Dominik Peters, Evangelos Pournaras, Regula Hänggli Fricker, Dirk Helbing   +5 more
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Reinterpreting the Local Context in Development Projects Through the Lens of Positive Thinking

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing complexity of the international development cooperation system necessitates the strengthening of the evaluative function as a means of facilitating learning. Despite the growing global focus on these issues, evaluation practices within the field of development often appear to struggle in serving as an effective tool for drawing ...
Laura Fantini
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen-centred design of participatory budgeting: a transnational study in the Baltic sea region

, 2022
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Schult, Hans-Henning, Haustein, Ellen, Lorson, Peter C., Burbulytė-Tsiskarishvili, Gabrielė, Dvorak, Jaroslav, Sinervo, Lotta-Maria, Kurkela, Kaisa, Trutnev, Dmitrii   +7 more
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