Effective Stakeholder Engagement in Resource Management Author: Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg Delivered by: Jim Powell

Principles for democratic resource management getting from theory to practice

Complexity and Participatory Democracy Complexity creates challenges for resource management Complexity creates challenges for resource management Complexity creates opportunities for constructive democratic engagement Complexity creates opportunities for constructive democratic engagement

Sources of Complexity Socio-cultural Socio-cultural Economic Economic Institutional Institutional Environmental Environmental

Complexity and resource management Complexity demands an Ecosystems-Based Management approach Complexity demands an Ecosystems-Based Management approach

How democracy complements complexity

What democracy is and isn’t Is: an inclusive process for authoritative decision-making Is: an inclusive process for authoritative decision-making Isn’t: a single, prescribed set of institutions and procedures Isn’t: a single, prescribed set of institutions and procedures

What kind of democracy and why Participatory and deliberative

Important concepts, easily misconstrued “Embracing error” “Embracing error” Finding order in—not instead of— chaos Finding order in—not instead of— chaos Accepting the existence of “multiple truths” Accepting the existence of “multiple truths”

Complexity, democracy and institutional design

How theory informs practice Everything in complex systems is always contestable. Everything in complex systems is always contestable. Constructive contestation requires deliberation among equals. Constructive contestation requires deliberation among equals. Both issues and processes must be subject to deliberative processes. Both issues and processes must be subject to deliberative processes. Solutions are never fixed or static. Solutions are never fixed or static. 3 major problems must be attacked simultaneously and revisited as new information warrants: representation, institutional design, and problem articulation. 3 major problems must be attacked simultaneously and revisited as new information warrants: representation, institutional design, and problem articulation.

Representation Provide multiple and open-ended methods of stakeholder (self-) identification and inclusion. Provide multiple and open-ended methods of stakeholder (self-) identification and inclusion. Continually assess and compensate for the obstacles that formal and informal venues place on the full participation of particular groups of stakeholders. Continually assess and compensate for the obstacles that formal and informal venues place on the full participation of particular groups of stakeholders.

Institutional design Accommodate diverse identities, interests and discourses Accommodate diverse identities, interests and discourses Access multiple modes of communication and problem solving Access multiple modes of communication and problem solving Address multiple levels of policy making and interdependencies among institutions and organizations Address multiple levels of policy making and interdependencies among institutions and organizations Be receptive to multiple sources and types of information Be receptive to multiple sources and types of information Recognize the impossibility of complete and final resolutions Recognize the impossibility of complete and final resolutions Embrace the inevitability of conflict Embrace the inevitability of conflict Create capacity to contend with additional issues that will result from the impacts of global change Create capacity to contend with additional issues that will result from the impacts of global change

Problem articulation Recognize a multiplicity of problems emanating from the same source Recognize a multiplicity of problems emanating from the same source Address the underlying sources of conflict while addressing specific disagreements Address the underlying sources of conflict while addressing specific disagreements Gather, exchange and communicate knowledge of the world views and histories of participants and apply them to institutional processes and design Gather, exchange and communicate knowledge of the world views and histories of participants and apply them to institutional processes and design

Conclusions??? Complexity and deliberative democracy imply that in a conventional sense there should be no conclusions, just: Complexity and deliberative democracy imply that in a conventional sense there should be no conclusions, just: QUESTIONS,COMMENTS and APPRECIATION FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR THOUGHTS QUESTIONS,COMMENTS and APPRECIATION FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND YOUR THOUGHTS