1 / 9

Enhancing the use of impact assessment tools in policy making: bridging the gap between science and the policy making co

Enhancing the use of impact assessment tools in policy making: bridging the gap between science and the policy making community. Impact Assessment: Expectations and Empirical findings. IA Requirements : Consideration of Economic , Environmental and Social aspects

iorwen
Download Presentation

Enhancing the use of impact assessment tools in policy making: bridging the gap between science and the policy making co

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Enhancing the use of impact assessment tools in policy making: bridging the gap between science and the policy making community

  2. Impact Assessment: ExpectationsandEmpiricalfindings • IA Requirements: • ConsiderationofEconomic, Environmental andSocialaspects • Quantificationof Impacts • UseofCostBenefit Analysis • Value-free, neutral factfinding • But: • - 22 Case studies in EC (8), Poland (2), UK (5), Denmark (3) andNetherlands (4) • 4 out of 22 considereconomic, socialand environmental aspectssubstantially (all EC) • In all caseseconomicimpactshavebeenconsideredat least formally, socialimpacts in 13 cases, environmental impacts in 11 cases • Substantial consideration: economicimpacts 17, social 7, environmental 8 • Overall: Assessment ofeconomicimpactsandconsultationofrespectivestakeholderis a wellestablishedpractice, not thecaseforsocialand environmental aspects Titel, Datum

  3. Economic Analysis Environmental Policy Research Centre, Klaus Jacob, 08/02/2012

  4. Sceptical on Quantification Environmental Policy Research Centre, Klaus Jacob, 08/02/2012

  5. Environmental Policy Research Centre, Klaus Jacob, 08/02/2012

  6. Analysis of IA Reports: EU COM, Ireland, UK Source: Turnpenny et al. 2011 Environmental Policy Research Centre, Klaus Jacob, 08/02/2012

  7. Whyisthere a gap? • IA andthePolicyProcess: • Positivist technical-rational view: Speaking (a single) truthto a (single) power • But: • Political System • Evidencebasedpolicymaking in tensionwithexistinginstitutions • Policy Regime: • PluralityofEvidence, • Multiple actorsandinterests • Ambiguityand non-linearityofthepoliticalprocess • Pre-determination andanalyticalclosure • Results: • Symbolicorlegitimizinguseofknowledge • Useofknowledgetoframethediscourse: • Translation andre-combinationofknowledge Titel, Datum

  8. Improvingthe Practice • Supplyside: • ‚Mode 2‘, post-normal science: Diversity, Transdisciplinarity, Responsibilityand Quality Standards • Sustainability Science: problem-orientation, interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity • Division of Work, Specialisationand Integration • Tools anddata • Analysis ofthecontext • Demand side: • Adaptation totheinstitutionalcontextandintegration in thepolicyprocess • inter-departmentalco-operation • co-ordination acrosspolicylevels • Participation • Quality Assurance Titel, Datum

  9. LIAISE Network of Excellence • LIAISE: 15 partnerfrom FP6/FP7 IA projects • Community of Researchers: • Publications • Meetings • Training • Research Agenda • www.liaise-noe.eu • Tools and Toolbox • Contextualisingknowledge • Combiningknowledge • alpha.liaise-toobox.eu Titel, Datum

More Related