Multi Level Governance in Room for the River

Liesbeth van Riet Paap Stakeholder manager Room for the River Program

Content

•  Clip: Room for the River •  Introduction: The Netherlands, short impression •  Theory: From distributive to integrative approach •  Practice: Multi level Governance •  Conclusion

and questions

The Netherlands

The Dutch created the Netherlands

The Netherlands during the Middle Ages

The Netherlands during the Roman time

The Netherlands in the 21th century

But sometimes it went wrong

Saint Elisabeth flood 1441

Flooding 1953

Flooding 1995

From distributive approach to integrative approach

Distributive approach Integrative approach

Change

Distributive approach change Integrative approach (one level)

•  Knowledge is power •  Focus on own points of view •  Acceptability •  Winners and losers •  Attitude: for or against

Results: •  Time consuming •  Complicated •  Expensive

First Delta Program 1953

Characteristics:

Distributive approach change Integrative approach

•  2 major national railway projects went off the rails, by far exceeding their plans to budget and time •  Struggle for future legitimacy of Ministries, Provinces, Waterboards •  Development of new ideas:

à multifunctional use of floodplains à the river is your friend not your enemy à impossible to make dikes higher and higher à high costs when a dike breaks

Distributive approach change Integrative approach (multi level governance)

•  Knowledge exchange •  Take in account the other party’s role •  Sincere interest in each other interests •  Winners and winners •  Build up relationships

Characteristics:

Room for the River: 39 projects and 5 Stakeholders Arena’s

•  The Elected: politican

•  The Appointed: civil servant •  The Media •  The Public

•  The Construction Company

4 Stakeholders and their interest !

Action

Scope

Time

Money

Money

Keep their competitive

edge

National Government

Politicians Civil servants

Project team Room for the

River

Local Government

Politicians Civil servants

Safety

Re- election

Future legitemacy

Spacial quality

Re- election

Future legitemacy

Construction Company

What is their role !

National Government

Project team Room for the

River

Local Government

Contractors

ß Contract à

ß Contract à

ß Contract à

Audits à

Facilitate, review, audits à

ß Justify

ß Justify

ß Justify

Review à

How to deal with different interests and roles?

Multi level: •  Transparency on all information •  Meetings ( Elected, Appointed, directors, projectmanagers, projectleaders) •  Training on process and content

Actor analyses during training

Facing problems 1

•  Economic crisis à cut backs

à no finance for operation & maintenance •  Reorganization of the Ministries and Waterboards

•  New participants à job rotation à elections (political cycle)

Facing problems 2

Year 1: • Honeymoon weeks • Get to know the job • Making new plans

Year 2 en 3: • Policy making • Decision making • Realisation

Year 4: • Party politics • List of candidats • Prepairing the campagne

Political cycle:

Facing problems 3

•  New participants by election

Room for the River Second Delta Program

November 19th 2012: International and Scientific Watercongres

in Rotterdam

Room for the River

Second Delta Program

2002 2010 2015 2030

Conclusion

The proof of the pudding is in the eating

Multi level Governance

Room for the river: •  on time •  not financial exceeded

Thank you for your attention

Questions?

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