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Project no. CIT1-CT-2004-506392 NEWGOV New Modes of Governance Integrated Project Priority 7 – Citizens and Governance in the Knowledge-based Society 3rd Annual Activity Report Covering the period months 25-36 September 2006 – August 2007 (public version, November 2007) Co-ordinated by the European University Institute Chairperson of the Steering Committee: Stefano Bartolini Scientific Director: Adrienne Héritier Project Manager: Ingo Linsenmann Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme NEWGOV – New Modes of Governance Annual Activity Report Months 25-36 NEWGOV Annual Activity Report Y3 public version.doc 2 Annual Activity Report Months 25-36 Contents Contents I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY........................................................................................................................................... 4 I.1. THE KEY OBJECTIVES OF NEWGOV..................................................................................................................... 4 I.2. MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD AND EXPECTED END RESULTS, INTENTION FOR USE AND IMPACT........................................................................................................................ 4 I.3. MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN FOR USING AND DISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE ...................................................... 5 II. PROJECTS AND PROJECT LEADERS ................................................................................................................. 7 II.1. LIST OF PROJECTS................................................................................................................................................ 7 II.2. CONTRACTORS AND PROJECT (CO-)LEADERS ....................................................................................................... 8 III. OVERVIEW ON THE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES DURING THE THIRD YEAR ........................ 9 III.1. THE RESEARCH FRAMEWORK: ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS ON THE EMERGENCE (E1), EXECUTION (E2), EVALUATION (E3) AND EVOLUTION (E4) OF NEW MODES OF GOVERNANCE ...................................................... 9 III.2. THE EMERGENCE (E1), EXECUTION (E2), EVALUATION (E3) AND EVOLUTION (E4) OF NEW MODES OF GOVERNANCE: A FIRST OVERVIEW................................................................................................................... 10 III.2.1 Emergence (E1) of New Modes of Goverance....................................................................................... 10 III.2.2 Execution(E2) of New Modes of Governance........................................................................................ 19 III.2.3 Evaluation (E3) of New Modes of Goverance ....................................................................................... 23 III.2.4 Evolution (E4) of New Modes of Goverance ......................................................................................... 32 III.3. SYNTHESIS AND LINKAGES .............................................................................................................................. 36 III.4. DISSEMINATION ............................................................................................................................................... 37 III.5. THE NEXT IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, MONTHS 37-48 ...................................................................................... 39 III.5.1 Completion of scientific research on cluster and project level............................................................. 39 III.5.2 Integration of research results across clusters at the Consortium level............................................... 41 III.5.3 Dissemination of project results ........................................................................................................... 42 IV. SCIENTIFIC DELIVERABLES DURING THE THIRD YEAR........................................................................ 45 V. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................ 85 V.1. DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE CONSORTIUM LEVEL......................................................................... 85 V.1.1 Website ................................................................................................................................................... 85 V.1.2 Working Papers...................................................................................................................................... 85 V.1.3 Active Relaying to Scientific Community................................................................................................ 86 V.1.4 Dissemination to practitioners ............................................................................................................... 87 V.1.5 Dissemination by means of the External Newsletter, Issues and Briefing Papers, Book Series............. 88 V.1.6 Dissemination of scientific synthesis of project results .......................................................................... 89 V.2. DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE BY PROJECT PARTNERS .................................................................................. 90 V.2.1 Monographs and edited volumes............................................................................................................ 90 V.2.2 Articles in journals and edited volumes, Working Papers...................................................................... 91 V.2.3 Contributions to conferences, workshops, lectures, etc........................................................................ 107 3 NEWGOV – New Modes of Governance Annual Activity Report Months 25-36 I. Executive Summary I.1. The key objectives of NEWGOV The aim of the NEWGOV IP is to examine the transformation of governance in Europe (and be- yond) by mapping, evaluating and analysing the emergence, execution, and evolution of what we refer to as ‘New Modes of Governance’ (NMG). By new modes of governance we mean the range of innovation and transformation that has been and continues to occur in the instruments, methods, modes and systems of governance in contemporary polities and economies, and especially within the European Union (EU) and its member states. The precise scientific objectives of NEWGOV are pursued within four different clusters, each of which contains a set of inter-linked projects. The four clusters are dedicated, respectively, to ‘emer- gence, evolution and evaluation’, ‘delegation, hierarchy and accountability’, ‘effectiveness, capacity and legitimacy’, and ‘learning, experimental governance, and reform’. Within these clusters there is a total of 24 projects which cover topics such as ‘capacity building and the OMC’ and ‘arguing and persuasion in EU governance’ in cluster 1, ‘regulatory agencies and network governance’, ‘govern- ance and the EU securities sector’ and ‘European public services regulation’ in cluster 2, ‘new forms of governance and eastern enlargement’, ‘the domestic impact of European law’ and ‘new modes of governance in relations with non-member states’ in cluster 3, and ‘varieties of capitalism and economic governance in CE Europe’, ‘new corporate governance regimes’ and ‘distributive politics, learning and reform’ in cluster 4. The clusters and the projects are accompanied by two transversal task forces, one on ‘legal issues’, the other on issues of ‘legitimacy and democracy’ which make inputs across the Integrated Project. Joint activities across the consortium as a whole include workshops, conferences, the mutual exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas, information, and data, and through research training conducted in two summer schools. I.2. Major scientific achievements during the reporting period and expected end results, intention for use and impact The third year of the NEWGOV project saw an intense process of activity at the Consortium, clus- ter and project levels. While each sub-project has its own implementation plan and pursues its own methodological path and set of objectives within the overall research agenda elaborated by the Con- sortium and cluster leaders, during the third year (depending on the duration of the individual pro- ject) many project moved into the phases of analysis and (partly normative) evaluation of the find- ings, as well as of the production and dissemination of research results. After the overall scientific framework document was revised and focussed in year two, project and clusters could more easily produce research output that can be compared across clusters and projects. Several ‘collective goods’ instruments managed at the Consortium level, in particular workshops, the consortium con- ferences, and practitioner fora, are applied to facilitate this process. At the cluster level, the cluster leaders have worked hard to ensure that the projects continue to re- late their analysis to the four broad sets of analytical perspectives (the “Four E’s” – Emergence, Execution, Evaluation and Evolution), which constitute the guiding questions at the core of this In- tegrated Project. The third annual report gives account of the progress made and the tentative and sometimes already final answers each of the projects have to the related hypotheses that have been formulated in the NEWGOV Scientific Objectives Document. The richness of these analyses cannot be conveyed or unified in a short piece of text, but the Steering Committee will produce synthetic results in the course of the final implementation