1. Policy Coherence: From Regime Complexity to Discourse Consistency
Prof. Jean-Frédéric Morin
Political Science Department
Université libre de Bruxelles

2. The Genetic Resources Complexe
The agricultural regime
FAO
The biodiv regime
The trade regime
Cartagena Protocol
SPS Agreement
Convention on biological diversity
ITPGRFA
UPOV
GATT
Bonn
Guidelines
TRIPs
Budapest Treaty
The IP regime

3. The Spectrum of Complexity Stage 3: Specialization
Stage 1: Atomization
Stage 2: Competition
Stage 3: Specialization
Stage 4: Integration

4. From a Specialized to an Integrated Complexe?
TRIPs Council
WIPO IGC
FAO
ABS-WG

5. Substantive dimension
Coherency Dimensions
Procedural
dimension
Without institutional capacity
With
institutional capacity
Substantive dimension
Without political commitment
1. Chaotic
3. Functionalistic
With political commitment
2. Strategic
4. Systemic

6. The Spectrum of Coherency
1. Chaotic
2. Strategic
3. Functionalistic
4. Systemic
CBD
WTO
WIPO
CBD
WTO
WIPO
CBD
WTO
WIPO
CBD
WTO
WIPO
State
State
State
State

7. Delegates Concordance
% of similar representatives sent to IGC and CDB
% of similar administrative units sent to IGC and CDB
Switzerland
High (70,27)
High (63,33)
United States
High (36,81)
High (42,45)
Japan
Medium (23,98)
Low (24,75)
European Union
Low (11,29)
Low (5,00)

8. Chi2 Distance of Submissions
TRIPs
IGC
ABS-WG
Total
Switzerland
7,3 (1,50)
6,1 (1,20)
8,9 (1,80)
22,3 (4,5) EU
7,9 (2.20)
12,0 (2,90)
2,0 (0,49)
21,9 (5,59)
United States
6,0 (1,50)
9,5 (2,60)
19,0 (2,40)
34,5 (6,5)
Japan
15,0 (2,90)
5,5 (1,00)
22,0 (3,20)
42,5 (7,1)

9. Substantive dimension
Coherency Dimensions
Procedural
dimension
Without institutional capacity
With
institutional capacity
Substantive dimension
Without political commitment
Japan
The EU
With political commitment
The US
Switzerland

10. Coherency Dimensions
State
State
State
State

11. The Quest for Coherence: Between Complexity and Consistency
Prof. Jean-Frédéric Morin
Political Science Department
Université libre de Bruxelles