1. Polycentric & collaborative frameworks
> 5 key aspects of Governance
This page has been written based on a research work on Governance conducted by IAAC team within the CENTRINNO EU research project.
Cross-sector & multipartner collaboration
“Collaborative frameworks are the processes and structures of (...) decision making and management that engage people constructively across the boundaries of public agencies, levels of government, and/or the public, private and civic spheres in order to carry out a public purpose that could not otherwise be accomplished.”
Emerson, Nabatchi & Balogh, 2011
Why polycentric?
There are challenges that require collective action. All FCHs in CENTRINNO aim at influencing practices and complex processes in industrial historic areas that will require the collaboration of public, private and community actors.
A polycentric governance vision is supported by “an adaptive system of multiple self-governing units of different scale at different levels, interacting with each other and realizing their site-specific capabilities for a common goal” (Dorsch & Flachsland, 2017). Each FCH has a limited number of self-governing units.
Which ones are yours?
8 principles for a successful self-governing institution that could be applied to a FCH
These principles were proposed by Elinor Ostrom in 1990. You may also read an analysis based on empirical evidence developed by Cox, Arnold & Villamayor Tomás in 2010. They may be applied both to the FCH as an institution and the different units and members that are part of a FCH.
→ 1: Well-defined boundaries
→ 2: Congruence between appropriation and provision rules and local conditions
→ 3: Collective-choice arrangements
→ 4: Monitoring
→ 5: Graduated sanctions
→ 6: Conflict-resolution mechanisms
→ 7: Minimum recognition of rights
→ 8: Nested enterprises
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