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<p>Multilevel governance concept has been increasingly coined by the EU environmental and climate adaptation policies, but its implementation in some countries faces the heavy dominance of state-level perspective in public discourse. This article explores interactions between regional policies (based especially on the Adaptation Strategy, the Nature Recovery Plan, and their action plans), institutional management (how public institutions approached environmental and climate adaptation needs through the design of their institutional areas), and individual needs (how individuals were considered and involved). Methodology includes the content analysis of documents framing regional policies and a questionnaire collected during September 2021 (in which 150 public institutions were addressed and 87 of them responded). Data show that even though the Košice region strived for holistic approach, cooperation, and participation, the proclaimed values and the real-life situation differed. The developed regional strategy was rather unbalanced, projects implemented by individual institutions seemed to be driven by financial aids rather than real needs, and individuals’ needs as well as their participation on implementing environmental policies were often neglected.</p>
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Multilevel governance concept has been increasingly coined by the EU environmental and climate adaptation policies, but its implementation in some countries faces the heavy dominance of state-level perspective in public discourse. This article explores interactions between regional policies (based especially on the Adaptation Strategy, the Nature Recovery Plan, and their action plans), institutional management (how public institutions approached environmental and climate adaptation needs through the design of their institutional areas), and individual needs (how individuals were considered and involved). Methodology includes the content analysis of documents framing regional policies and a questionnaire collected during September 2021 (in which 150 public institutions were addressed and 87 of them responded). Data show that even though the Košice region strived for holistic approach, cooperation, and participation, the proclaimed values and the real-life situation differed. The developed regional strategy was rather unbalanced, projects implemented by individual institutions seemed to be driven by financial aids rather than real needs, and individuals’ needs as well as their participation on implementing environmental policies were often neglected.

Implementing multilevel environmental governance in Košice region (Slovakia): interactions between regional policies, institutional management, and individuals’ needs

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Multilevel governance concept has been increasingly coined by the EU environmental and climate adaptation policies, but its implementation in some countries...

Implementing multilevel environmental governance in Košice region (Slovakia): interactions between regional policies, institutional management, and individuals’ needs

Published Online: Jun 29, 2024

Page range: 21 - 36

Received: Jun 22, 2022

Accepted: Apr 08, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2024-0002

Keywords
Environmental policies, Adaptation strategy, Multilevel governance, Local public institutions, Implementation

© 2024 Lucia Dobrucká et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Implementing multilevel environmental governance in Košice region (Slovakia): interactions between regional policies, institutional management, and individuals’ needs

Published Online: Jun 29, 2024

Page range: 21 - 36

Received: Jun 22, 2022

Accepted: Apr 08, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2024-0002

KeywordsEnvironmental policies, Adaptation strategy, Multilevel governance, Local public institutions, Implementation

© 2024 Lucia Dobrucká et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Environmental policies, Adaptation strategy, Multilevel governance, Local public institutions, Implementation