Hammamet, Tunisia 30th September-2nd Ocober 2010 Workshop: Adapting Mediterranean forests to climate change: Genetic/Economics/Management Name: Ilija

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1 Hammamet, Tunisia 30th September-2nd Ocober 2010 Workshop: Adapting Mediterranean forests to climate change: Genetic/Economics/Management Name: Ilija Djordjević Institution: Institute of frestry, Belgrade Home university: Faculty of forestry, Belgrade Home country: Republic of Serbia

2 Protected area: A clearly defined geographical space, recognized, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the longterm conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values Global level Europe Serbia % 12% 11.2% 6% The overall goal of this research topic area is to analyze multilevel cooperation between different institutions involved in managing PA and participation process, identify management problems and opportunities and develop institutional, management, legal and other reform proposals in order to improve the management of protected areas in the Republic of Serbia Problem identification: legislation and policy implementation the economy of the region and social-political context EU integrations capacities for cooperation and communication institutions responsibilities available resources (material and non material) policy recommendations

3 Some governance indicators in managing PA Forest coverage (%) Albania Bosnia and Herzegovin a 36% 53,4 (the data from the new forest inventory are not available yet) Croatia Macedonia Serbia 47% (forests and forest land) 37% 29,1 % Protected area (%) Protected area legislation (ex. laws and bylaws), date State institutions that enforce laws independent from management organization (yes/no) Management within protected area (government, nongovernment body or both) Restitution (yes/no) Forest strategy (yes/no) Forest certification (yes/no) Financing (state, other or both) 12.6 % Below 1% (estimation) Law on Protected Areas(2002); Law on Nature Protection (2002);Law on Biodiversity Protection (2006);) Yes Governmental bodies and nongovernment body No Yes No State and other Law on Nature Protection (Federation B- H, 2003) 9% 7.3% 6% Law on Nature Protection (2005), Law on forests (2005) Law on Nature Protection (2004), Law on forests (2009) Yes Yes Yes Yes Government body Governmental bodies Other - Public institution No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes (in some parts of the country) Yes No Yes State and other State and other other State and other Law on Nature protection (2009), Law on National Parks (1993), Law on forests (2010) Government and nongovernment body The Habitats Directive (yes/no) No In process In process No (in process NATURA sites (yes/no) Candidate country for EU (yes/no), expected date No No(SA- Agreement signed in 12 June 2006) No No No (in process) No (in process) No (potential candidate - SA agreement signed in 2008) Yes, 2012 Yes Yes, 2014

4 Understand political and institutional environment in which PA are managed Analyse institutional responsibilities and relationships in managing PA Assess capacties for communication and cooperation Analyse participation process in managing PA Support to relevant ministries and institutions (reform proposals)

5 National park Tara Natural Park Golija -Biosphere park

6 National park Tara Established 1981 Total surface ha PE NP Tara -Law on National parks % forest-75 % mixed forest (spruce, fir, beach ) Natural park Golija Established 2001 Total surface ha Biosphere reserve Golija-studenica ha (UNESCO Commision) Municipalities Ivanjica (55.5%), Kraljevo (16.1%), Raška, Novi Pazar i Sjenica PE Srbijasume

7 Governance is the interactions among institutions, processes and traditions that determine how power is exercised, how decisions are taken on issues of public and often private concern, and how citizens or other stakeholders have their say participation intersectoral and multilevel cooperation adaptive interative Governance of protected areas is domain of power struggles between different interest groups and in its context it is complex system which links policies on state and global level. possible to engage actors in redefining their roles work in more integrated and multi-level policy processes Following the literature delivered from GoFor project good governance shifting roles of government as reaction to changes in economic political and societal environment

8 Institution theory Institutions set of rules actually used (the working rules and rules-in-use) by a set of individuals to organize repetitive activities that produce outcomes affecting those individuals and potentially affecting others cause and effect relationships among institutions, institutional behavior and performance (outcomes) Theoretical framework (adopted from Prato 2005)

9 Multilevel governance relates to the condition of power and authority that is shared in institutional relationships in which the scope of public policy and the mechanisms of policy making extend by necessity beyond the jurisdiction of a single government. Participation- citizen viewpoint, participation can be defined as activities that affect formulation, adoption and implementation of public policies and/or that affect the formation of political communities in relation to issues or institutions of public interest (Andersen et al. 1993:32). From a public administration viewpoint, participation can be defined as, e.g. for forestry: The effort of forest management or the planning team (1) to actively and continually provide the public with a wide range of opportunities to influence forest planning and management, and (2) to systematically analyse, evaluate and subsequently incorporate - to the extent possible - the resulting public input in the forest plans (Gernow 1995:22).

10 Deductive based on adopted Theory of Institutions The method of research is both descriptive and explorative Based on case study approach dealing with concrete situation at a determined period of time, and has analytic discretion to the researcher Pilot case is more formative, assisting in developing relevant lines of questions-possibly even providing some conceptual clarification for the research design as well Questionnaires in depth interviews-qualitative data s 3 years

11 Reviewing of existing literature Adapting methodology for governance assesment Questionnaire design Pilot case study Case studies Main assessment of case studies on country level

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