Issue 5: New forms of decision making

What new forms of decision-making are the most promising with regard to sustainable development when it comes to negotiating regional planning demands?

Task 1: To highlight the significance of participation and new decision-making processes

How can new forms of decision making be used to arrive at sustainable solutions, particularly when it comes to negotiating the demands of regional planning in terms of sustainable development? Future in the Alps is to summarise the current standard of knowledge with regard to participation and publish the findings throughout the Alps. Special emphasis is to be placed on the issues of "decision making" and "good governance".Partizipation_240P

Task 2: To publicise and implement new forms of decision making

Future in the Alps is to gather examples of good practice for new forms of decision making and participation. The examples are to be selected in accordance with their topical relevance to Issues 1 to 4 and 6. Examples of new regional compensatory models are also to be highlighted. By processing the examples of good practice Future in the Alps intends to contribute towards ensuring that new forms of decision making, participation and good governance are applied more effectively in the Alps when negotiating the demands of regional planning.

A team of experts addressed these tasks. The results include an analysis report as well as databases of examples of best/good practice and the relevant publications. These results, which are available in English only, provide the "raw material" used for mediating the know-how. The experts themselves are responsible for the contents of the results.

Report New Forms of Decision MakingBest PracticePublicationsLinks

Here you can search projects and publications about each of the six topics


Best practice
Country Title
sl "Third development axis"
at Children into the center (Kinder in die Mitte)
it City Council of Children
at Civil board Gartenau (Bürgerbeirat Gartenau)
fr Creation of labourer associations and versatile employments in the rural region of Albion (Créations de groupements d’employers et d’emplois pluriactifs sur le territoire rural d’Albion)
at, sl CROSSBORDER Regional partnership Karavanke/Karawanken
fr Development contract Rhône-Alpes (CDRA) Alpes-Sud-Isère (2003-2007) (Contrat de développement Rhône-Alpes (CDRA) Alpes-Sud-Isère (2003-2007))
at Different provenance - equal future (Verschiedene Herkunft - Gemeinsame Zukunft)
fr Diminution of the negative impact of sprt actvities on raptors (Diminiuation de l’impact negative des activités sportives de montagne sur les rapaces rupuestres)
at Energy Vision Murau (Energievision Murau)
de environmentally-friendly ski mountaineering (Skibergsteigen umweltfreundlich)
eu European Citizens' Conference on the City of Tomorrow
ch Flood protection project near Samedan (Projekt Hochwasserschutz Samedan 2002 bis 2006)
de Forum Wiener Platz in Munich (Wiener Platz Forum München)
de Future forum Ludwigshafen 2020 (Zukunftsforum Ludwigshafen 2020)
it grass-roots organisation of a referendum about the future of traffic in the Pustertal (Selbstverwaltete Volksbefragung zur Verkehrszukunft des Pustertales)
at Guidelines for the river Möll (Leitbildentwicklung für die Möll)
at Housing Estates Graz (Lebenswert Wohnen GOAL Graz)
sl Integrated rural development and village renewal (CRPOV)
eu Interactive Policy Making (IPM):
sl Land use plan for Komenda municipality
at Life 2014 (Leben 2014) - Outlook of regional development in the national park region Hohe Tauern / Oberpinzgau
at Local action plan for employment and education in Munderfing (Lokaler Aktionsplan für Beschäftigung und Bildung)
it Local Agenda 21
de Local Agenda 21 Riedstadt (Lokale Agenda 21 Riedstadt)
at Mediation about a golf course in Telfs (Mediation Telfser Grüngürtel)
at Mediation Natura 2000 Verwall
de Mediation Protection Forest Hinterstein (Umweltmediation 'Schutzwaldsanierung Hinterstein')
at Mediation Siebensternplatz
de Mediation Town and Congress Hall Regensburg (Mediation Stadt- und Kongresshalle Regensburg)
sl New law on Triglav national park
at Open Space - join the conversation about transport (Mitreden beim Verkehr der Zukunft)
ch Parc Ela
ch Participative planning processes – workshops on sustainable development of the mountain agriculture within the UNESCO biosphere reservation Entlebuch
ch Plattform Stotzigwald
ch Pro Val Lumnezia
at Regional Cluster Hartberg
at Regional Development Concept Lower Austria Centre (Regionalwirtschaftliches Konzept Niederösterreich-Mitte)
ch Revision of the local plan in Wilderswil (Ortsplanungsrevision Wilderswil)
it Sustainable Mobility in schools
at, eu teens open space
at Youth Declaration Lake Constance (Jugenddeklaration Bodenseeregion)
at Yppenplatz

Publications
Year Title getContactsurname
2006 Vielfalt statt Zwiespalt. Begleitfaden zum Mitgestalten von Lebensräumen – ein Beitrag zur Umsetzung der Biodiversitätskonvention
2005 Local agenda 21 in Italy: an effective governance tool for facilitating local communities' participation and promoting capacity building for sustainability
2005 Politiche pubbliche e pratiche partecipative
2005 Governance of Territorial and Urban Policies from EU to Local Level
2005 Animer un projet participatif – Modes d’emploi
2005 Planet 21-Handbuch – Wissen über nachhaltige Gemeindeentwicklung
2005 Vade-mecum de la concertation locale
2005 Verhandlungen bei Umweltkonflikten ökonomische, soziologische und rechtliche Aspekte des Verhandlungsansatzes im alpinen Raum
2005 Das Handbuch Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung. Die Zukunft gemeinsam gestalten
2004 Sviluppo sostenibile. Le dimensioni sociali
2004 A più voci. Amministrazioni pubbliche, imprese, associazioni e cittadini nei processi decisionali inclusivi
2004 Die Erweiterung des Schweizerischen Nationalparks. Der Planungsprozess 1995-2000, betrachtet aus partizipationstheoretischer Sicht
2004 Konfliktmanagement. Ein Handbuch für Führungskräfte, Beraterinnen und Berater
2003 Public participation in sustainability science
2003 Per un ambiente sostenibile. Conoscenza, comunicazione, azione
2003 Kooperative Handlungsformen in der Regionalplanung. Zur Praxis der Regionalplanung in Deutschland
2003 Guide pratique du dialogue territorial. Concertation et médiation pour l'environnement et le développement local
2003 Die Kunst, sich nicht über den Runden Tisch ziehen zu lassen. Ein Leitfaden für BürgerInneninitiativen in Beteiligungsverfahren
2003 Partizipation. Ein Reiseführer für Grenzüberschreitungen in Wissenschaft und Planung
2002 Aarhuška konvencija v Sloveniji, Strokovna priporočila za implementacijo Konvencije o dostopu do informacij, udeležbi javnosti pri odločanju in dostopu do pravnega varstva v okoljskih zadevah
2002 Prakticna sociologija za nacrtovalce in urejevalce prostora (Practical sociology for spatial planners and managers)
2002 Towards a reinforced culture of consultation and dialogue – General principles and minimum standards for consultation of interested parties by the commission. COM(2002) 704 final
2002 100 expériences de dialogue territorial. Projets soutenus par la Fondation de France 1997-2001.
2002 Gemeinsam Landschaften gestalten. Werkzeuge für gesellschaftliches Lernen
2001 European Governance
2001 Repères sur concertation et territoires. Collection Territoires en développement
2000 Lebendiges Dorf, lebendiges Quartier. Wie Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner die Entwicklung mitgestalten. Ein Leitfaden
2000 La négociation. Situations, problématiques, applications
1999 Guida Europea all’Agenda 21 Locale
1998 Abfallpolitik im kooperativen Diskurs. Bürgerbeteiligung bei der Standortsuche für eine Deponie im Kanton Aargau
1998 Mediation. Kooperatives Konfliktmanagement in der Umweltpolitik
1997/2005 Les limites de la médiation