International conference
Civil Society and Environmental Conflict: Public participation and regulation

17th November 2006
Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Helsinki, Finland

This international conference brought together key scholars from Europe and the United States to debate implications, opportunities and consequences of public participation in environmental regulation.

Programme

See the conference programme here:
CSEC programme.pdf

Papers and posters were invited on issues related to the topic and in particular five key themes:

• Session A: Regulation, law and implementation

• Session B: Civil society engagement; NGO, Communities and citizenship

• Session C: Efficient regulation and public participation

• Session D: Making a difference, The impact of public participation

• Session E: The role of institutions; Implementing, regulation and public participation

Conference proceedings

A total of 16 papers and 1 poster were presented at the CSEC conference under the theme headings listed above.  Conference abstracts can be accessed from the links below, as well as most of the papers presented.  Please treat these papers as work in progress, not to be cited without the authors' permission.

Abstracts session A: Regulation, law and implementation
Abstracts session B: Civil society engagement: NGO, Communities and citizenship
Abstracts session C: Efficient regulation and public participation
Abstracts session D: Making a difference: The impact of public participation
Abstracts session E: The role of institutions: Implementing, regulation and public participation

Poster abstract: Assessing the effects of public participation during the designation of Natura 2000 areas in Otepää Nature Park area, Estonia

Conference keynote presentations

Three keynote presentations were heard at the CSEC conference, on the general topic of the costs and benefits of participation in environmental decision-making.

Keynote I Heidi Hautala (Member of Parliament for Uusimaa) - Costs and Benefits of public participation.

Keynote II Justice Pekka Vihervuori (Supreme Administrative Court, Finland) - Costs and Benefits of public participation in environmental decision-making.
You can access the text here:  Keynote_II.pdf

Keynote III Professor Yvonne Rydin (UCL) - Public Participation: different rationales; different strategies.
You can access the background paper here: Keynote_III_paper.pdf

Contact and information

For more information about the conference please contact Aino Inkinen at firstname.surname@ymparisto.fi [aino inkinen ]