Acronym RISKGOV
Category
Fisheries
Title Environmental Risk Governance of the Baltic Sea Programme BONUS
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National-European Coordinator Michael Gilek Coordinator email michael.gilek@sh.se
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
ABO - Abo Akademi University (Finland) ,
NA - DIALOGIK non-profit research institute for communication and cooperation research (Germany) ,
UG - University of Gdańsk (Poland) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 788,218 Website http://www.bonusportal.org/about_bonus/bonus_and_era-net/bonus_2009-2011/bonus_projects/riskgov Summary Environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea is still unable to fully support the implementation of the ecosystem approach to management. Hence, the aims and expected outcomes of RISKGOV are: 1) to improve our understanding of the structures and processes that shape the governance of environmental risks; 2) to suggest a normative framework for improving environmental risk governance in the Baltic Sea. These aims will be achieved by integrating social and natural science approaches on five strategically selected environmental risks (eutrophication, fisheries, biodiversity impacts, chemical pollution and maritime transportations) using the comparative case study approach. The RISKGOV consortium has been assembled to meet these interdisciplinary research requirements and includes expertise on governance, assessment and communication of all environmental risks analysed in this study. RISKGOV focuses on three main areas of analysis and comparison: - WP 1 Governance structures focuses on e.g. policy context, regulatory institutions, and forms of decision-making, collaboration and participation; - WP 2 Governance processes I: risk assessment – risk management interactions scrutinizes processes of interaction, as well as descriptions and management approaches to uncertainties and multiple lines of evidence; and - WP 3 Governance processes II: stakeholder communication analyses e.g. problem and media framing as well as indications of constructive communication and responsiveness.
Keywords
Risk assessment;
Fisheries management;
Ecosystem approach;
Marine Region
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Sound, Belt Sea or Transition Area (27.IIIb,c)
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Baltic West of Bornholm (27.IIId.24)
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Southern Central Baltic-West (27.IIId.25)
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Skagerrak, Kattegat (27.IIIa)
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West of Gotland (27.IIId.27)
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Marine Region Map
