One way to organize
cross-cultural and
multi-level governance
cooperation
The Norden Association
Baltic Sea Future
7th March 2017
About MLG – multi-level governance
Multi-level governance is an approach in;
• Political Science
• Public administration theory
• Political and administrative praxis
In this presentation and in my approach I will focus in the practical use
of Multi-level governance
About cross-cultural – take into account
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Different language and understandings
Ethics and moral
Worldview and mankind
Traditions and systems to handle design of organizations, norms and regulations
Politics and political systems, and actors
Business, economic and ecological ambitions and perspective
Socioculturell ambitions, education, learning…
Living standard and views on (welfare)-state mission
International relations and ambition to co-operate
About MLG – multi-level governance
• Multi-level governance gives expression that there are many interacting authority
structures at work, between the domestic and international layers and levels of
authority, and stakeholders. It is part of participatory democray in MLG that citizens, the
civil society, businesses, universities etc is invited and can participate in the MLGprocesses
• One way to organize this is:
1. Strategic development processes can be organized as ”flagship” between regular
policy-makers, administrations and agencies, and stakeholders
2. Beneath, part of the flagship, as smaller boats, you can organize more practical and
operative actions: a) tematic co-operation and networks between regular policy-makers,
administrations and agencies, and b) if necessary, organize special operative projects.
• Think of is as an armada with the same mission, or the same target
A practical organisation based on MLG
• To design this kind of flagship and more practical co-operation my experience is
that it is best to START FROM a case, a problem or a mission – and in the
beginning look at them from different the aspects and perspectives among the
participants.
• With open minds. Curios of eachother. Focus on the case, problem or mission.
• The learning process has already began! And this is also an important part of
competence and capacity building.
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• The case/problem/mission is ______________________________
• Who can/want we to work together with? Can they and do they want to
collaborate in
• A strategic level or more operative? Both?
• Method development
• Regulatory issues
• Technology development
• Policy development
• Development of MLG
• Learning, capacity building
• Social marketing
Should other stakeholders be invited to the collaboration?
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- The cross cultural-semantic agreement
• What does the mission, problem, case mean?
• What does it refer to?
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- Gap-analyze ideal/present situation
• How should it look like when the result and effect is as best?
• How is the situation now?
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- Actions and measures
• Which impact goals, performance goals, performance targets are
relevant?
• What actions and measures are needed in achieving the objectives?
• Which and how much resources are needed?
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- Gap-analyze and choice
• Describe the perfect access to resources and expertise?
• Are these resources available?
• Choice – what should we start with?
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- POLCC
• Plan
• Organize
• Leadership
• Coordinate, co-operate
• Control (monitoring, evaluation)
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- The result
• How can the work be a part of a ordinary process?
• How should the result be communicated?
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As learning?
As method development?
In policymaking?
In public opinion?
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- Organizing the learning process
 By doing (test, experience)
 By observation
 Reading
 Listening
 Peer-learning
 By monitoring
 By formative and summative evaluations
 Liberate the creativity and problem solving capacity = diversity. Unity in diversity is the missions,
strategies and good learning systems
A practical organisation based on MLG
- Organizing the learning process
If the work is planned and done in this way then the work in itself is
cross-cultural co-operation and multi-level governance
Bo Andersson,
generalsekreterare
[email protected]