In 2007 a new French “Ministry for sustainable development” was created, a "super Ministry" which houses the functions of the former Ministries of Environment, Energy, Housing, and Transport under one single roof. This merger applies to all levels of government, with the creation of large regional services for sustainable development. This mode of reform does not seem to be specific to the French case. At first glance, it echoes the concerns for more coordination and integration which have been already observed in several other countries including Germany and the United Kingdom. This workshop aims to compare different national situations regarding environmental administrations and their impact on public policies.

In 2007 a new French “Ministry for sustainable development” was created, a "super Ministry" which houses the functions of the former Ministries of Environment, Energy, Housing, and Transport under one single roof. This merger applies to all levels of government, with the creation of large regional services for sustainable development. This mode of reform does not seem to be specific to the French case. At first glance, it echoes the concerns for more coordination and integration which have been already observed in several other countries including Germany and the United Kingdom. This workshop aims to compare different national situations regarding environmental administrations and their impact on public policies.

Programm

• 9 h 15 / Introduction and welcome
  Philippe Bézès (CNRS-CSO, F)
  

Morning session

Chairman : Calliope Spanou (University of Athens, G)

• 9 h 30/ Andrew Jordan (University of East Anglia, UK)
  The government of environment and sustainability in the UK: leading in or being led by Europe?
  

• 10 h 30/ Falk Ebinger (Ruhr Universität Bochum, D)
  Between Decentralization, Politicization and Professionalism. Environmental Administrations in Germany at a crossroad
  

• 11 h 30/ Jean-Pierre Le Bourhis (CNRS-CURAPP, F)
  Task force or Super Ministry? Institutional models and transformations of environmental administration in France
  

12 h 45/ Lunch buffet

Afternoon session

Chairman : Florence Faucher (CNRS-CEE, F)

• 14 h 30/ Rüdiger K. Wurzel (University of Hull, UK)
  The European Union’s complex environmental policy-making system: Core institutional actors and their evolving roles and functions
  

• 15 h 30/ Marc A. Eisner (Wesleyan University, USA)
  Environmental Protection in the United States: Fragmentation, Rigidity, and the Problems of Institutional Design
  

• Conclusion and prospects
• 16 h 45/ Peter Knoepfel (Institut des Hautes Etudes en Administration Publique, CH)

This workshop is supported by the city of Paris and by the French National Research Agency (ANR). Project MUTORG-ADMI ANR 08-GOUV-040 (2009-2012).

Free entrance
Registration : claude.pompey@ivry.inra.fr