Engaging citizens in public service provision and governance and the concept of co-production in particular, has gained traction among policy practitioners and scholars in recent decades. Advocates of co-production argue that shared roles with the State can allow citizens to take greater control over the outcomes of public services. On the other hand critics argue that poorly implemented co-production mechanisms could merely remain as an appeasement technique for covering structural inequalities in societies and shifting responsibilities from the governments to citizens. This panel will bring in experts to deliberate on the experiences and prospects of engaging citizens and state in environmental governance.
The panel will deliberate on questions such as: What are the mechanisms that underly the citizen-state responsibility dynamics in governance and public service provision? What are some lessons that can be drawn for environmental governance? When should the State lead service provision, and what are the benefits and pitfalls? When should citizens be engaged and in what capacity? What are some experiences in and around Asia highlighting effective shared citizen-state models that can be adopted for improved environmental governance?
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This event is in conjunction with the NUS Sustainability CONNECT Highlight 2024.