The Evolution of Instruments of Environmental Governance in Ukraine, a Country in Transition Ruban Anna PhD student Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Central European University Rogow, Poland 29 October 2013

1. Localization of My Research Project in the Global Environmental Governance

2. Main Research Questions What are the main components of environmental governance in Ukraine? What are the instruments of environmental policy and their roles in environmental governance in Ukraine? How do environmental auditors, scientists and governmental workers see an environmental audit and how does it compare to existing legislation?

3.Theoretical Framework The Concept of Environmental Governance The Actor-network Theory (ANT) The “Community of Practice” Theory (CoP)

The Concept of Environmental Governance refers to the sum of: organizations, policy instruments, financing mechanisms, rules, procedures and norms that regulate the processes of global environmental protection. (Najam, Papa et al. 2006:9)

The Actor-network Theory (ANT) a concern with how actors and organizations mobilize, juxtapose and hold together the bits and pieces out of which they are composed; how they are sometimes able to prevent those bits and pieces from following their own inclinations; and how they manage to turn a network from a heterogeneous set of bits and pieces each with its own inclinations, into something that passes as a punctualized actor. Law 1992:386

The “Community of Practice Theory (CoP) Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they interact regularly (Wenger 2006). Professional associations are establishing because people are seeking to get and share knowledge, and building a communication networks with others who are working in the same field. People participate on a voluntary basis and for their own interest

4. Research Methods Qualitative Research Data Collection Document Analysis Semi-structured Open-ended Interviews Participant Observation Data Analysis - Coding

Summary of the Research Research Questions Objectives Methods Theories/Concepts Outcomes What are the main components of environmental governance in Ukraine? Identify components of environmental governance in Ukraine and connect them into a network Document Analysis   Semi-structure interviews The concept of environmental governance Actor-Network theory Visualized map of environmental governance in Ukraine

Expected Outcomes Visualized map of environmental governance in Ukraine A description of the development instruments of environmental policy in Ukraine A description of the evolution environmental auditing concept with identifying a difference between everyday practice of auditors and written rules in the legislation. Map of environmental auditors’ locations. Confirmation of the existence or not of “Community of Practice” among environmental auditors.

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