U.S.- Czech Research on Environmental Policy Learning and Capacity Development

美国-捷克环境政策学习和能力发展研究

• 批准号: 0303720
• 负责人: JoAnn Carmin
• 金额: $ 6.48万
• 依托单位: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2004-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0303720&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Czech; Research; Environmental; Policy

The goal of this U.S.-Czech research project between JoAnn Carmin of Virginia Polytechnic and Sate University and partners from the University of Economics, Prague, is to educate junior researchers and to strengthen the theoretical foundation for assessments of environmental policy learning and capacity development in situations related to natural disasters, such as flooding. As a European Union accession country, the Czech Republic faces the challenge of setting resilient policies and practices that comply with EU directives. The principal investigator and her partners, Jirina Jilkova and Zdenek Kopecky, maintain that learning and adaptation are central to sound policy. In this context, the team of U.S. and Czech social scientists and graduate students plans to examine current Czech capacity for informed environmental policy by answering questions related to their experience with: 1) disaster processes that focused on enhancement of regulatory mechanisms, technical capabilities and resource availability and 2) a mix of public, private, and civil society actors and institutions that contributed to governmental capacity to implement and sustain environmental policy. As a means for understanding environmental learning and capacity development, the researchers will examine elements of one focusing event, the Czech floods of 2002. The significance of the floods will allow the researchers to draw timely conclusions that will be applicable to both theory and practice. Specific attention will be paid to institutional and organizational change in the four dimensions of capacity addressed by this study: policy, scientific and technical, economic, and nongovernmental. Results are expected to lead to a refined rubric for identifying procedural underpinnings that can support and sustain the implementation and enforcement of policy and practices.Overall, the collaborative research should generate policy relevant information that can be used by Czechs decision-makers or others in countries and communities that must cope with the consequences of natural disasters. Furthermore, by integrating students with all phases of the research process and providing them with mentoring, they will gain valuable international experience in assessing responsiveness to environmental focusing events. This project fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.

美国的目标是-弗吉尼亚理工大学的JoAnn Carmin和萨特大学以及布拉格经济大学的合作伙伴之间的捷克研究项目是为了教育初级研究人员，并加强在与洪水等自然灾害有关的情况下评估环境政策学习和能力发展的理论基础。 作为一个加入欧盟的国家，捷克共和国面临着制定符合欧盟指令的弹性政策和做法的挑战。 首席研究员及其合作伙伴Jirina Jilkova和Zdenek Kopecky认为，学习和适应是健全政策的核心。在这种情况下，美国和捷克的社会科学家和研究生的团队计划通过回答与他们的经验有关的问题来检查捷克目前的知情环境政策能力：1）灾害过程侧重于加强监管机制、技术能力和资源供应，2）公共、私人、以及民间社会行动者和机构，为政府实施和维持环境政策的能力做出了贡献。作为了解环境学习和能力发展的一种手段，研究人员将审查一个重点事件-2002年捷克洪水-的要素。洪水的重要性将使研究人员能够及时得出适用于理论和实践的结论。 将特别关注本研究所涉及的四个能力维度的制度和组织变革：政策、科学技术、经济和非政府。 预计结果将产生一个精确的标题，用于确定可以支持和维持政策和实践的实施和执行的程序基础。总体而言，合作研究应产生与政策相关的信息，可供捷克决策者或其他人使用。必须科普自然灾害后果的国家和社区。 此外，通过将学生与研究过程的各个阶段相结合，并为他们提供指导，他们将在评估对环境关注事件的反应方面获得宝贵的国际经验。该项目通过使美国和中欧的专家能够联合收割机互补人才并在共同感兴趣和有能力的领域共享研究资源来实现促进科学知识的计划目标。