Next generation governance arrangements for sustainable global value chains Katrien Termeer (project leader)
Private governance arrangements Global commodities: palm oil, timber, seafood Regional concentration of production (South East Asia) and global consumption Partnerships of NGOs and market players (producers, processors, retail) Developed sustainability standards Implemented as certification systems
Problem statement Failure of traditional state-centred governance to effectively tackle the transnational problem of sustainability of global value chains Successful global partnerships that designed standards and certification schemes for global commodities Some serious challenges: 1) losing credibility due to unproven performance 2) the necessity to improve transparency/traceability 3) lack of synergy with public sustainability policies Next generation governance arrangements for sustainable GVCs
Research question To identify the conditions under which governance arrangements in global value chains are able to successfully address challenges of performance, transparency and public-private synergies and use these insights to contribute to the design of smarter, next generation governance arrangements.
Research team WUR, Public Administration and Policy group Katrien Termeer, Otto Hospes, Jonna Gjaltema (1-11-2015) WUR, Environmental Policy group Simon Bush, Peter Oosterveer, Hilde Toonen WUR, Forest and Nature Conservation Policy group Bas Arts, Esther Turnhout, Margreet Brinxma
Consortium partners PBL, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Oxfam Novib Round table for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) UTZ Certified FSC International IUCN GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) ISEAL Alliance Marine Stewardship Council Pacifical cv (Sustunable bv) Rainforest Alliance (RA)
Projects Project 1: Assessing Capacities and Performances Hilde Toonen (post doc) Katrien Termeer, Bas Arts, Simon Bush, Peter Oosterveer Project 2: Improving Transparency and Traceability Margreet Brinxma (PhD) Esther Turnhout, Simon Bush, Bas Arts Project 3: Promoting Public-Private Synergies Jonna Gjaltema (PhD, per 1-11-2015) Otto Hospes, Peter Oosterveer, Katrien Termeer
Organizational structures Advisory teams for the three projects Consortium meetings: twice a year Annual workshops for a broader group stakeholders 1. Exchanging learning experiences and reflect on the assessment framework 2. Transparency and traceability - validation and deepening insights 3. Synergies between public and private governance - validation and deepening insights 4. Design workshop
Communications to a broader public Scientific publications Professional publications Policy briefs Blogs Website Workshops with HKU Students
Project 1: Assessing capacities and performances Development of a framework to assess how governance capabilities affect sustainability performance Based on QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis): revealing different pathways to better performance Identifying linkages between governance capabilities of certification schemes and different forms of sustainability performance Drawing on ± 18 certification schemes in forestry, fisheries and agriculture Refining the framework by application to cases in three global value chains (palm oil, timber and seafood)
Project 2: transparency & traceability: Digital Value chain governance Identifying relevant characteristics, trends & Innovations of digital traceability systems (Scenario Analysis) Understanding practices of design and use of traceability ICT s Logic of design and use at the producer & consumer end of the value chain (Ethnographic Fieldwork) Integrity & transparency In collaboration with Utrecht center for Humanities, translating theoretical frame & research findings to new designs of digital transparency (Action Research)
Project 3: Promoting Public-private synergies Mapping different forms of hybrid arrangements rivalry official recognition of standards limited government involvement through subsidies direct involvement of public authorities explicit linkages with area-based public policies in the producing country Survey on underlying motives and perceived successes, challenges and obstacles Comparative in-depth analysis
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