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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Wittmer, Heidi; Berghöfer, Augustin; Büttner, Leonie; Chakrabarty, Ruchira; Förster, Johannes; Khan, Sabina; König, Claudia; Krause, Gesche; Kreuer, David; Locher Krause, Karla Estela; Moreno Soares, Thais; Muñoz Escobar, Marcela; Neumann, Malte; Renner, Isabel; Rode, Julian; Schniewind, Imma; Schwarzer, Dorothea; Tröger, Ulrike; Zinngrebe, Yves; Spiering, Salina |
| Abstract: | Global scientific assessments increasingly reach the conclusion that transformative change of global production and consumption systems is necessary to safeguard and maintain global commons, such as biodiversity, natural forests and the ocean, and to stabilise climate at the global scale. Against this background the present study analyses the conclusions of global assessments and derives recommendations on how to increase the transformative potential of international negotiations and agreements as well as development cooperation programs, projects, and initiatives. The study develops a conceptual framework building on the academic literature and argues that interventions are much more likely to achieve transformation to sustainability if they are embedded within a more comprehensive framing of transformative change consisting of 1. a compelling transformative vision, 2. knowledge on systemic change, 3. navigation of the dynamics inherent in changing development pathways, and 4. emancipated agency providing room for inclusive deliberation and 5. combine transformative modes of governance. The study identifies core challenges and gaps for the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity in general and for forests and the ocean by (i) examining the recommendations from global assessments and reports on the state of nature and the environment, and (ii) by analysing international cooperation projects for biodiversity, forests and the ocean with regard to their transformative potential. Finally, the study provides recommendations on how Germany can support transformation in the context of international and development cooperation. |
| Keywords: | sustainable development,biodiversity,forests,the ocean,ecosystems,transformative change,SDGs,sustainability goals,global assessments,global commons,sustainability transformation,policy measures,German Development cooperation,governance |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:ufzrep:32021&r= |
| By: | Katsutoshi Fushimi |
| Abstract: | Neo-institutional theorists assert that institutional environments control organisational behaviour. They have extensively researched private multinational corporations (MNCs) but have scarcely touched public sector organisations. Prior studies have also tended to overlook the heterogeneity of constituents. The current study examines how four distinct groups of bilateral development cooperation agency (BDCA) staff (Headquarters [HQ] management, HQ non-management, overseas offices [OOs] management, and OOs non-management) perceive institutional environment pressures from home and host countries. For this, the author developed six hypotheses and then statistically tested them. Data were obtained through an online survey primarily using a five-point Likert scale (strongly disagree=1, disagree=2, neutral=3, agree=4, strongly agree=5). 131 valid responses were analysed by the Mann–Whitney U test. The results showed no statistically significant differences between the horizontally distant groups in perceived institutional environment pressures. Both the HQ and the OOs staff felt an identically powerful home country accountability pressure (Md=5 for both). Host country government and technical cooperation project counterpart expectation and demand pressures were modest for both the HQ (Md=3 and Md=3) and the OOs staff (Md=3.5 and Md=3). Meanwhile, significant differences were identified in perceived home country accountability pressure by the HQ management and the HQ non-management staff (p |
| Keywords: | Institutional duality, perceived institutional environment pressures, accountability, neoinstitutionalism, international development, global projects, development agencies, management and non-management, public sector organisations |
| Date: | 2022–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:jic:wpaper:228&r= |
| By: | Paul, Michael |
| Abstract: | The European Union is an Arctic actor with a long record of engagement. Climate change and safeguarding the Arctic, sustainable development and international cooperation are the priority areas guiding its Arctic policy and its numerous projects in the region. Although the Union lacks formal observer status in the Arctic Council, member states Finland, Sweden and the Kingdom of Denmark are members of the body, along with Iceland and Norway, which are members of the European Economic Area and participate in the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Whereas the environmental and sustainability elements spelled out in the Commission's communication of 2016 remain highly relevant, the region's growing geopolitical significance makes the lack of a security policy component an increasingly pressing concern. This should therefore be addressed in the EU's new Arctic policy, which is currently being finalised after the public consultation ended in November 2020. Maritime security offers a tested and appropriate field for expanding EU engagement. |
| Date: | 2021 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:swpcom:172021&r= |