Governance projects and articles

Supporting climate change negotiators from Least Developed Countries

Least Developed Countries map from Wikimedia Commons 2006
18 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Governance
IIED works to strengthening the position of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in international climate negotiations. We are working to build the capacity, knowledge and expertise of LDC negotiators to ensure more equitable outcomes for the countries they represent.

Helping parliaments across the Southern African Customs Union region address climate change

17 December 2012
Article
Climate change
Governance
In 2010 IIED worked on a programme to build parliamentary capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change in southern African countries. We commissioned ‘in country’ researchers to work with parliamentarians and their staff as they described and assessed the parliamentary institutions, their roles and relationships within government, and their effectiveness at addressing climate change issues. The programme included a study of Scotland to offer a comparison with a more developed nation.

Participatory Learning and Action

PLA logo
3 October 2012
Article
Biodiversity
Governance
Natural resource management
Participation

Announcement on the future of the PLA series

The Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) series is 25 years old this year. At this important milestone, IIED is taking stock of PLA to look at its legacy and its future direction.

Caspian Energy Initiative

11 November 2011
Project
Energy
Governance

IIED’s Caspian Energy Initiative aims to promote transparency and good governance in the energy sector. We have just completed the latest phase of this initiative – a series of dialogues in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The aim of these dialogues was to bring industry, government and civil society stakeholders together to discuss key issues and develop plans for future action. Background papers and workshop reports are available below.

Previous work by IIED in the Caspian Region includes the FCO-supported project ‘Enhancing the stability of the oil and gas investment climate in the Republic of Kazakhstan’ (2008-2010) and our Sustainable development co-operation with BP in Azerbaijan  (2006-2009). This also relates to our ongoing work on Managing risks and opportunities in oil and gas industry contracting chains.

Partnerships and governance

21 January 2011
Article
Forests
Governance

The question of governance is a question of power. Those wielding control over forests have far-reaching impacts on the lives of forest-dependent people: Can it be lawfully used for food, fuel, and finance? Is there security of tenure to create a lasting improvement and a sustainable future? Will the forest stay standing for generations or be gone in the blink of an eye?

Governance of oil and gas contracts in Kazakhstan

23 September 2010
Project
Governance
Energy

This project from 2008-2010 aimed to enhance the stability of the oil and gas investment climate in the Republic of Kazakhstan. The project aimed to identify critical issues and develop policy recommendations for increasing long-term investment stability in the oil and gas sector in Kazakhstan. The core concept of the project was that the policy imperative of sustainable development (i.e. an integrated approach to securing environmental, social and economic benefits) offers a valuable entry point for multi-stakeholder analysis and dialogue on oil and gas investment in Kazakhstan.

Changing who gets to decide what in forestry

15 October 2009
Article
Forests
Governance

If REDD is going to succeed, and if locally controlled forestry is going to become a reality, then finding the practical ways in which forest governance can be improved is top priority. The Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG ) has been working on this since 2003.

Building Resilience for an Interdependent World

17 March 2009
Article
Governance

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has recently consulted widely on a new White Paper setting priorities and ways of working for the government on eliminating world poverty.

IIED has contributed to these consultations with this paper which provides six recommendations for action:

Regional Advisory Panels

29 September 2008
Article
Governance
Partners

To improve its international effectiveness and relevance IIED has established regional advisory panels (RAPs).

What is the goal of the RAPs?

Sustainability appraisal framework for southern Africa

2 May 2008
Project
Governance
Policy and planning

Awareness and commitment to the idea of sustainable development is increasing around the world. Yet there remain real challenges concerning how it can be achieved and how progress might be measured.

Peer review of The Netherlands National Strategy for Sustainable Development

1 May 2008
Project
Governance
Policy and planning

Various mechanisms are used to monitor progress and implementation of National Strategies for Sustainable Development (NSDS), eg, internal reviews, external auditing, parliamentary and budgetary reviews, and indicator-based monitoring.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

Men sitting on railway tracks with roosters. Sucat Railway Community, Manila, Philippines.
30 April 2008
Project
Governance
Policy and planning
Poverty

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all