Collaborative Governance Regime Research Articles

Early Response to the Conflict of Houses of Worship Construction through the CGR (Collaboration Governance Regime) Model in Tangerang Regency, Indonesia

The construction of houses of worship in some areas of Indonesia often causes social conflict. In some cases, the conflict of houses of worship can be resolved well and some are not resolved. The establishment of houses of worship in Tangerang Regency, Banten Province, namely the construction of HKBP Rogate, GKBJ Sepatan, and GBI Tanjakan churches also triggered the social conflict. This article aims to reveal the chronology of the conflict over the construction of the three churches and the local government's actions in overcoming the conflict issues that arose. These three cases were studied by researchers using a qualitative approach and analyzed using the CGR (Collaborative Governance Regime) model. This CGR model analysis is part of the early response of the parties related to the conflict and can reveal the weaknesses, and strengths in the conflict resolution of the establishment of houses of worship. The data collection method uses interview techniques and documentation studies. The findings of this research show that in the three cases of conflict, two cases show an escalating conflict (the emergence of mass action), and one case does not escalate. Conflict resolution against the establishment of the three houses of worship by the government and community leaders can prevent conflict escalation in the form of mass mobilization if the parties succeed in identifying problems at the location. Identification of parties who have the authority to determine the final direction of the conflict, especially those who reject the presence or establishment of houses of worship, is important in conflict resolution efforts. The success of conflict resolution efforts depends on the involvement of all parties who are authorized to determine the end of the conflict.

Collaborative Governance in the Development of Likupang Super Priority Tourism Destination in North Sulawesi Province

This qualitative descriptive study investigates collaborative governance in the development of the Super Priority Tourism Destination (DPSP) Likupang, Indonesia, identifying factors that either support or hinder its effectiveness and efficiency. Indonesia's tourism sector, enriched by its diverse natural and cultural assets, contributes significantly to the economy through revenue, employment, and cultural promotion. However, the governance of DPSP Likupang's development has been inadequate, leading to underperformance in realizing the area's full potential. The research highlights that while the advancement of communication technologies and the collaborative culture of North Minahasa are supportive, significant barriers such as limited resources, insufficient cross-sectoral communication, and low political commitment obstruct progress. To address these challenges, the study proposes the Collaborative Governance Regime Integrated Driver Model, an adaptation of the CGR model by Emerson, Nabatchi, and Balogh (2012). This new model integrates local cultural values and political dynamics into the governance process, enhancing collaborative efforts and potentially leading to more effective development outcomes. This model is specifically tailored to overcome the unique challenges faced by DPSP Likupang, suggesting that integrating cultural insights and strengthening political will are crucial for improving governance and achieving sustainable development in tourism-heavy regions like North Minahasa. The findings and recommendations of this study are intended to guide policymakers and stakeholders in optimizing governance frameworks to better support the strategic growth of tourism destinations.

Community partner viewpoints on forest partnership: why does it matter?

ABSTRACT Many studies that have focused on forestry partnerships have failed to examine their substantial impact on social and ecological outcomes from the perspective of community partners in Indonesia. Using Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance Regimes (IFCGs) and qualitative methods, this study, therefore, explores community partners’ views on the quality of their collaboration in the country. The findings indicate that the viewpoints of community partners play a vital role in forestry partnership scheme, influencing substantially the quality of their collaboration. In addition, it has been observed that the viral phenomenon on social media in Indonesia has become a critical catalyst for changes in political dynamics and power relations among collaborating groups that are not well defined in the IFCG framework. The results also suggest highlighting the vital role of collaborative actions, which is even more crucial than acquiring a legal licence.

Output Performance of Collaborative Governance: Examining Collaborative Conditions for Achieving Output Performance of the Dutch Flood Protection Program

Despite abundant research on collaborative governance, relatively little attention has been paid to explaining its performance. When are collaborations performing and what conditions are required to achieve high performance? This study fills this gap by building on the performance matrix for assessing collaborative governance regimes by Emerson and Nabatchi. Drawing on survey data, we use a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore the performance of 26 collaborative flood risk governance projects in the Netherlands. We analyze how conditions of engagement, shared motivation, external expertise, connective leadership and resource availability shape the output performance of these collaboratives. The results reveal four “success” configurations. Success stems, in particular, from “connective leadership” and resources for collaboration working in tandem, or with one of these conditions combined with respectively “external expertise” and “shared motivation.” Failure, in contrast, stems from the absence of multiple conditions. Consequently, we draw lessons about the spectrum of different concrete recipes of collaboration fostering output performance.

Collaborative governance in integrated healthcare networks: insights from the cancer program in Québec (Canada)

Context: The challenge of modernizing health services delivery for cancer patients and their loved ones involves moving towards integrated network-based practices. While initiatives at different levels of healthcare systems contribute to this movement, further efforts are needed to maintain and extend gains to adapt to the complex and fast-changing cancer environment. A collaborative governance regime, understood as a form of capacity building for joint action across boundaries, represents a promising way to improve and sustain integrated care.
 Objective: This presentation reports insights from providers and users of health services gained from the experience in operationalizing an integrated network-of-networks in the context of a national cancer program in Quebec (Canada). 
 Methods: Methods: Insights are drawn from a larger multiple case study that took place from 2018 to 2021. Participants (n=39) are knowledgeable informants on how “mandated” integration structures and processes support collaboration among the various components of the network. Documents (n=45) related to network governance and integrated practices are also included. The data collection guide and analysis based on qualitative interpretive description are framed on the Collaborative Governance framework to capture critical dimensions in the integration process. These include clear mission, common and shared definition of complex problems and potential solutions, and identification of common values to support motivation, engagement and capacity for joint action.
 Results: We report on three main tensions related to integration in the cancer network that suggest strategies for enhancing collaborative governance: 
 The first tension emerges as some participants perceive “mandated integration” within a “prescribed collaborative work” as a constraint that undermines previous collaborative work at local level. This tension leads to unresolved controversies within and between actor groups, weakening the mechanisms of collaborative governance. 
 The second tension is a principle-to-practice divide around engaging people affected by cancer in network governance. Despite widespread motivation, participation at the local level varies according to managers' willingness and skill in creating open and inclusive processes where evidence-based medical practice and lived patient experience can be assembled. This tension is seen to contribute to a poor consideration of patient perspectives during the highly volatile period of decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 The third tension involves the hierarchy of cancer services promoted in the national cancer program and the standardization of practices. Organizing the network-of- networks by cancer specialization involves creating trajectories by type of cancer and their navigation according to established standards of practice and quality considerations. The consequent redistribution of human and financial resources, and revised ownership of care process creates perceived asymmetries between cancer network professionals and centers and controversies that hinder integrated practices. 
 Conclusion: Despite favorable starting conditions from the national cancer program and its central leadership promoting collaborative governance, tensions that emerge through the pursuit of network integration limit the transition to a more collaborative regime. Taking the time to work out these tensions as integration proceeds appears essential to arrive at a governance model that is appropriate and acceptable for all network members.

“We have a very colonial way of thinking…”: Ontario municipalities' climate collaborations with Indigenous Peoples

AbstractThis study examines the development of collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) to solve the pressing issues of climate change between municipalities and Indigenous Peoples in present day Ontario, Canada. Drawing on a survey of Ontario municipalities and key informant interviews with municipal public servants, the article applies an anticolonial informed integrative framework of collaborative governance to examine the barriers and facilitators to those engagements. The analysis that follows draws on lessons learned to identify recommended practices for municipal staff moving forward, followed by the conclusion.

Indonesia Government Sets Back: The Rule Of Law, Collaborative Governance And Human Right Challenges During Covid-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken mankind by surprise and has caused many governments to impose various rules and strategies to contain it. This article discusses the social impact of government policies during COVID-19, the role of agencies other than the government, and the importance of human rights. Collaborative Governance regime and theory are used to complement qualitative methods and for quantitative method, data collection techniques based on literature research, institutional reports, survey results from journals, online media, and print media, as well as the input of experts in focus group discussions. We found that 1) inconsistencies in policy; 2) lack of coordination and leadership; 3) trust issues; and (4) inequalities and injustice performances increased the pressure on social compliance. Our results indicate that the government needs to be more agile to accommodate, nurture and integrate social actors as governance partners in order to ensure its efficacy, resilience and compliance during this pandemic. The government needs to ensure that an inclusive approach is adopted in multi-dimensional channels so none is left behind and the collaborative governance framework in this pandemic war needs to be improved and implemented. In addition,the government should ensure equal treatment of human rights as specially in human safety in health and safety measures.

Collaborative Governance dalam Pengembangan Desa Wisata Nagari Tuo Pariangan pada Tahun 2021-2022

Nagari Tuo Pariangan Tourism Village is one of the tourism areas in Tanah Datar Regency which has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, in 2021-2022 it has managed to rise followed by several achievements, namely being in the ADWI 2022 Top 50 category, 1st Place for Developing Tourism Villages and obtaining 2 MURI Records, namely the First Tourism Village with Coffee-Scented Batik and the First Tourism Village with Batik Coloring Experience from Coffee Waste in the ADWI 2022 event. The purpose of this research is to find out how collaborative governance has been carried out so that the Nagari Tuo Pariangan Tourism Village has succeeded in reviving quickly which is studied using the Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR) theory from Emerson, Nabatchi, & Balogh (2012). This research uses a qualitative approach with a descriptive research type and is located in the Nagari Tuo Pariangan Tourism Village. The entire data was obtained through interviews with 17 informants, observations, and documentation which were analyzed using qualitative data analysis stages according to Miles and Huberman. The results of the study show that the dynamics of collaboration have not fully gone well because not all people understand that their area is a tourist destination. Nonetheless, other parties involved have carried out their roles and duties properly which have had an impact on increasing the number of tourist visits and some positive impacts felt by certain communities. The increase in the number of tourist visits must be balanced with the availability of homestays which are currently still limited and given that the majority of tourism revenue comes from guests staying overnight. This is a temporary adaptation which will later be used as a correction for the next collaboration. It can be concluded that collaborative governance in the development of the Nagari Tuo Pariangan Tourism Village has not fully run optimally.

Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR) In Handling Post Disaster Infected Citizens in The Earthquake, Tsunami and Liquifaction in Palu City

The purpose of this research is to analyze the Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR) in the management of residents affected by the post-earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction disasters in Palu City. The research method used is a qualitative approach with Miles and Huberman 2014 data analysis consisting of: data collection, data condensation, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. From the research conducted, it can be concluded that the Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR) in handling disaster-affected residents after the earthquake, tsunami and liquefaction disasters have not run optimally. This is because there are components in the Collaborative Governance Regime (CGR) cycle that are not going well.

Collaborative Governance to Promote Habituation of ``Pelajar Pancasila'' Character at the Basic Education Level

Character index of elementary school (SD) level in the 2022 Education Report Card shows there is no regency/city that has reached the highest level, which is cultured where students are proactively and consistently applying the character values of Students of Pancasila. At junior high school (SMP) level, only 7.2% regencies/cities have reached the habituated culture level. Most of the regencies/cities are still at the second level, which is “developing” and a few at the level “needs to be developed.” This research is conducted to develop a collaborative governance regime model that support the regions in achieving the character index of cultured level at the basic education level. The model chosen refers to the collaborative governance model developed by Emerson et al., which focuses on the dynamics of collaboration consisting of principled engagement, shared motivation, and joint action capacity. The data collection techniques used were literature review of central/regional government policies and national education report cards. Based on data collected, several strong drivers were already present to initiate collaborative governance in strengthening character education. Key stakeholders must identify weak points in collaboration dynamics based on the established Collaborative Governance Regime model and tailor their policies according to Education Report Card and demographic/geographical characteristics. This collaboration should provide optimal support experience for school to implement character education.
 Keywords: character education, Pancasila, collaborative governance

The role of principled engagement in public health policymaking: the case of Zambia’s prolonged efforts to develop a comprehensive tobacco control policy

ABSTRACT Background The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires countries to develop and implement multi-sectoral tobacco control strategies, including policies and legislation. Zambia, potentially faced by a rising problem of tobacco smoking, signed the FCTC in 2008 but has been unable to enact a tobacco policy for over a decade. Objective This study explores the role of ‘principled engagement’, a key element of the theoretical framework for collaborative governance, in Zambia’s delayed success to develop a comprehensive tobacco control policy. Methods This was a qualitative case study of key stakeholders in the collaborative process of trying to develop a tobacco policy in Zambia. Participan-ts were sampled from across various sectors, including government departments and civil society, comprising anti-tobacco activists and researchers. A total of 27 key informant interviews were undertaken. We supplemented the interview data with a document review of relevant policies and legislation. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results Several factors hindered efforts to attain principled engagement, including the adverse legal and socioeconomic environment in which the collaborative regime evolves; poor planning of meetings and frequent changes in tobacco focal point persons; lack of active and meaningful participation; and communication challenges among the key stakeholders. These collaborative dynamics, coupled with the opposition to tobacco control efforts from within some government departments, revealed the inadequacy of the current collaborative governance regime to facilitate enactment of a comprehensive tobacco control policy in Zambia. Conclusion Efforts to develop a comprehensive tobacco control policy in Zambia will require addressing challenges such as disagreements, communication, and leadership at engagement level across interested sectors. We further argue that principled engagement has a greater role to play in unlocking these efforts and should therefore be embraced by those entrusted to lead the process to develop tobacco policy in Zambia.

Influence of external authorities on collaborative frictions

AbstractWhen institutional frictions threaten to disrupt collaborations, an external authority can be brought in to resolve disputes. How effective is such external imposition? What are the institutional circumstances in which it works? Framed by the collaborative governance regime (CGR), which sees established procedures and institutions as a critical collaborative capacity, this research employs a unique concept—collaborative friction—to explore the role of external imposition in collaboration among entities with significant institutional differences. We examined 965 recorded collaborative frictions from four large collaborative infrastructure projects between governments in Hong Kong and mainland China. Our finding suggests a significant, but limited, effect of the central government's imposition on collaborative frictions. We also find a significant role of sociopolitical circumstances in collaboration. Based on the findings, we make several theoretical propositions articulating external imposition's role in collaboration.

Collaboration in a polarized context: lessons from public forest governance in the American West

Collaborative governance has proliferated as a strategy to engage stakeholders in the complexity of environmental problems. However, collaboration has limitations, and increasing political polarization in many places could impact the ability to bring diverse stakeholders together. This research is a case study of collaboration in a public forest planning context facing social and political polarization in the American West. An alternate group formed, which reduced effectiveness of the collaboration and ultimately derailed the policy process. Using participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and document review, we identify trade-offs and discuss lessons that inform the design and implementation of collaborative governance regimes. We highlight the vulnerability of local collaboration to political shifts at other scales of government but also show how key collaboration dynamics related to facilitation, structure, representation, and shared learning interact with a polarized context to impact the trajectory of collaborative governance regimes.

A Study on Community Public Safety Collaborative Governance Regime in the Background of COVID-19: Empirical Analysis Based on China and South Korea

Community public safety is facing great challenges in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. While helping communities identify crises and prevent risks, and improving community public safety governance, collaborative governance is changing the trends of a complex, uncertain, and ever-changing environment, and helping to drive communities toward higher levels of development and improved community sustainability. The purpose of this paper was to design a model of collaborative governance regime (CGR) that better fits the particular context of COVID-19 to enhance community safety and achieve sustainability of collaborative governance. This paper investigated and empirically analyzed the COVID-19 response in Chinese and Korean communities. It is found that collaborative dynamics can positively contribute to collaborative performance; collaborative dynamics can positively contribute to collaborative actions; collaborative actions can positively contribute to collaborative performance; collaborative actions play a partially mediating role between collaborative dynamics and collaborative performance; and there is heterogeneity in collaborative governance regimes in different system contexts. The paper suggests several insights: collaborative governance can deal with uncertainty and unpredictable turbulence; enhancing the capacity for joint action is more conducive to collaborative performance; and the role of government in collaborative governance is valued. Our study provides data support for validating the operating principles and internal logical relationships of collaborative governance and provides an empirical basis for responding to large-scale public crises in different contexts.

Drivers of (in)equity in collaborative environmental governance

AbstractCollaborative environmental governance seeks to engage diverse stakeholders to tackle complex challenges efficiently, sustainably, and equitably. However, mixed empirical evidence underscores a need to understand the conditions under which particularly equity is or is not achieved. Here, we use the empirical case of California Sustainable Groundwater Management to quantify the extent to which vulnerable small and rural drinking water users' needs are addressed in collaborative groundwater planning. Drawing on a diverse array of mixed method data, we then employ Boosted Regression and Classification Trees (BRCT) to assess potential driving factors including collaboration, representation, elite capture, stakeholder engagement, and problem severity/salience. We find each to be influential, highlighting their relevance for equitable planning. We also find evidence that these relationships are complex and outcome specific. Nonetheless, the overall effect on the three equity measures is modest at best. More institutional analysis of collaborative governance regimes from diverse contexts is needed to build a comprehensive understanding of how to meaningfully advance social and environmental equity in such decentralized reforms. Based on our results, we suggest the answer, if there is one, may transcend current focal domains such as stakeholder representation and engagement.

Collaboration in Handling COVID-19 Turbulence from a Threefold Perspective: A Literature Review

The crisis due to COVID-19 can be called turbulence and its handling requires cross-border collaboration because complex problems tend to be overcome through multi-actor collaboration in networks and relationships to obtain common solutions. Collaborative governance is present as an instrument for implementing policies for handling COVID-19 to address the government's limitations in material, technical, and resource matters. Using a qualitative approach, this study aims to identify the implementation of collaborative governance in handling COVID-19 by countries in the world in a threefold perspective. This perspective is a new approach in collaborative governance that has the same basis as the Collaborative Governance Regime theory, but tends to narrow the thinking to three layers that support each other in the form of folds: values ​​(individuals and policies), decision structures (action situations and sub-systems). policy), and context (external variables, stable parameters, and external events). Public values ​​grow from the social context and are articulated in collaborative governance platforms and are important for the government to work on to improve community compliance with government programs. The turbulent COVID-19 situation creates space and decision-making. Each country has different choices, backgrounds, and policies but still bases the process of making and implementing policies on collaborative governance according to their respective preferences. In the folds of policy style and administrative culture, each country has its own dynamics. Countries with sufficient experience in handling outbreaks are able to make administrative adjustments more quickly, which helps speed up the response to the pandemic

A Dual Collaborative Governance based on SFIC Model: a Case Study of the Chinese Film and Television Industry

The Chinese film and television industry is witnessing the changing relationships of its governance between government and other stakeholders. Understanding the stakeholders and their interactions is critical to an improvement in the performance of collaborative governance regimes. This paper proposes an institutional framework which emphasizes the important role of industry associations as an aid to the government in terms of improving media governance performance. Based on the SFIC collaborative model, we develop a model for a better media governance in the Chinese film and television industry with a design of the five dimensions: starting conditions, catalytic leadership, system design, synergistic process and synergistic effect. By analyzing the governance patterns in the Chinese film and television industry, this paper provides valuable insights into the regulations on Chinese media industries.

How can Transnational Municipal Networks foster local collaborative governance regimes for environmental management?

While there is abundant literature on Transnational Municipal Networks (TMNs) and collaborative governance regimes (CGRs) to respond to environmental change, few studies address TMNs as exogenous agents driving CGRs dynamics locally. TMNs have emerged as important actors in multilevel governance, providing formal structures for local governments to share best practices, access funding and influence the international policy arena on global environmental change. We argue that TMNs also have a pivotal role in the activation of CGRs and in strengthening the four dimensions of Capacity for Joint Action (CJA) identified by the literature: structural arrangements, leadership, knowledge and learning, and resources. Through the analysis of empirical evidence, based on semi-structured interviews and data sources (2014-2021), we investigate how TMNs built capacities and facilitated the emergence of a CGR in the case of waste management and composting initiative in Gangtok, India. In this case, two TMNs developed a toolkit to enable the local government to assess climate risks in the context of urbanization, poverty and vulnerability in Asia. Furthermore, at a certain point the local actors started to provide knowledge to the TMNs to be shared among other local governments and activating new CGRs, such as the case of Gangtok, which is active in sharing its knowledge in composting and climate change actions with other cities.

Addressing the Swedish Large Carnivore Controversy: Identifying Roadblocks in Collaborative Governance to Reduce Conflict

In Europe, and many places throughout the world, the return, and preservation of large carnivores is escalating tensions between stakeholder groups, as well as between local actors and authorities. In Sweden, despite policies aimed at reducing conflict surrounding wildlife management, tensions seem to have intensified. This research investigates the collaborative governance model within Swedish wildlife management and what dampens the capacity to reduce ongoing tensions. In-depth interviews were conducted with stakeholders at different levels of wildlife management. Through an abductive approach combining empirical data from interviews and theories from the human-wildlife conflict and collaborative governance literature, we problematize the role of regional wildlife managers in this multilevel governance context, in exploration of ways to advance collaboration. Our model analyzes the challenges for wildlife managers to implement government policies based on broad international conventions while remaining accountable to local concerns. The results reveal that issues within the governance structure and relationships within management in terms of lack of legitimacy, trust, and participation, need to be addressed to create a socially viable collaborative governance regime capable of managing conflict.

The Scourge of Orphaned and Abandoned Wells: Leveraging Public-Private-Citizen Collaboration to Solve a Big Problem

Orphaned and abandoned wells are emblematic of the challenges of abandoned infrastructure. With over 2.5 million idle wells in the United States, this is a large problem that requires engagement across the public, private, non-profit, and civic sectors. This article conducts a focused case study on orphaned and abandoned well reclamation in Pennsylvania. Elite interviews, government document review, and scholarly literature reveal the barriers to effective collaboration across the sectors, but also substantial potential. Using the public-private-citizen partnership (PC2) and collaborative governance regime (CGR) frameworks, the article proposes a PC2 CGR that could leverage the influx of federal well plugging funds for greater effectiveness in solving this big problem. The case also holds lessons for other states and other sources of abandoned infrastructure.