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Author Rich, Eddie

Title Beyond Governments : Making Collective Governance Work - Lessons from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Published Saltaire : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Introduction; 1. The irresistible rise of collective governance?; 1.1 What is collective governance? Much talk, less applicability, even less practice; 1.2 The irresistible rise of collective governance?; 1.2.1 A topology of turbulence: diplomacy is dying; 1.2.2 Collective governance as a response to the race to the bottom; Part 2: A brief history of the EITI; 2. Collective governance in practice; 2.1 Publish What You Pay and the launch of the EITI
2.2 Bringing stakeholders to the table: agreeing the EITI Principles2.3 Drawing from countries' first experiences with EITI: the EITI Criteria; 2.4 Assessing transparency: EITI validation; 2.5 Making the EITI more meaningful: the EITI Standard; 2.6 The EITI from here; 2.7 Conclusion; Part 3: How to be a governance entrepreneur- a framework for managing collective governance; 3. Preconditions for collective governance; 3.1 Government failure: mind the governance gap; 3.2 Conflict as a fuel: something to gain and a lot to lose; 4. Build trust through building momentum: just get on with it
4.1 Consensus not voting4.2 Don't get hung up on the legislative process and whether it should be a voluntary or mandatory initiative; 4.3 Accept power imbalances; 4.3.1 Power relations are dynamic and collective governance is part of the changing relationship; 4.3.2 Rules vs. reality: encouraging progress while discouraging organizations gaming the system; 4.3.3 The good of small wins; 5. Move the consensus from the narrow to the meaningful; 5.1 Entry points: better to have the right people agreeing on a small thing than wrong people agreeing on the big thing
5.2 The incremental pursuit of ambition5.3 Build in adaptability and learning; 5.3.1 Avoiding lock-in syndrome; 5.3.2 System refresh: using reviews and feedback mechanisms; 6. Getting the most from people; 6.1 Win friends and influence people; 6.1.1 Co-ordinating energy: tailoring messages and building support networks; 6.1.2 Strategic opportunism; 6.1.3 Focus on the product not the process: use the data to stimulate public debate; 6.2 Leadership and the heroism of quiet compromise; 7. Governing the governance; 7.1 Mandate: build institutions that are fit for purpose, not fit for themselves
7.2 Accountability: build capabilities alongside accountability7.3 Demand: ensure that the institutions are and continue to be demand-driven; 8. Saying goodbye: sunset clauses and appreciating the life-cycle of institutions; 9. How to be a governance entrepreneur: checklist; Part 4: Recommendations and conclusions; 10. Recommendations; Recommendation 1: Domestic government to convene and participate; Recommendation 2: Diplomats and development agencies to bring a peace negotiation mind-set to their support for collective governance
Notes Recommendation 3: Development agencies to support civil society's efforts to contribute to public policy
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Author Moberg, Jonas
ISBN 9781351286060
1351286064