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About
EPIGOV
EPIGOV is
a research project on the modes of governance employed
at global, EU, national and regional/local levels to
support the integration of environmental concerns into
other policy areas. Relevant policy areas are, for example,
transport, agricultural, and energy policy. Running
over three years (2006-2008), EPIGOV brings together
nineteen research institutions from ten European countries.
EPIGOV aims to co-ordinate and synthesise existing research
on environmental policy integration and multi-level
governance and to generate new research questions and
initiatives. To obtain feedback and disseminate results,
EPIGOV will also involve policy-makers and non-state
stakeholders.
EPIGOV addresses
two sets of main research questions:
- Which modes of governance are used to improve environmental
policy integration (EPI) at different levels of governance?
Is it possible to identify dominant modes at particular
levels? Which modes are particularly effective or
promising?
- Which effects does the presence/interaction of
the same/different modes of governance at different
levels of governance have on EPI?
The project focuses mainly on the first question
of identifying modes of governance which are used
to support EPI. Building on this, the project also adresses interaction effects.
EPIGOV is
build around three thematic conferences
which will be held over the duration of the project.
The EPIGOV partners will
produce a range of different types of publications,
including literature reviews, state-of-the-art reports,
research papers, a final synthesis report, and a policy
paper.
A Final Policy Conference presenting the overall EPIGOV results to interested parties (academic community, policy-makers and other stakeholders) is held in Brussels (23 January 2009).
EPIGOV
Project Information [pdf, 81 KB, English]
Last update: 22 December
2008
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