2017: Interview in Unesco Courier
Louis was interviewed in the latest edition of the UNESCO Courier, on the article co-authored with Inge Niestroy and Jan Gustav Strandenaes on new SDG partnerships: "There is a need to progress from PPP to “ABC”, where Administration, Business, and Civil society are partners on an equal footing” (...) "Adding society to PPP as an afterthought is not enough; putting wings on a car doesn't ensure that it will fly — it is still a car!"
2017: Metagovernance in Central Asia
Louis co-authored an article in Development Policy Review: Steering the Poverty-Environment Nexus in Central Asia: A Metagovernance Analysis of the Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI). It presents a set of recommendations to improve governance coordination, while achieving more inclusive decision-making and ultimately increasing the impact of PEI on the society and the environment.
2016: Voorbij de vrijblijvendheid in het duurzaamheidsdebat
Louis co-authored a book chapter on a value-based approach to sustainable development at EU level (in Dutch). Meuleman, L., Heleen de Coninck (2016). In: Bieckmann, F. and Sie, M. (ed.)(2016): De belofte van een ander Europa. Naar een Europese Unie van waarde, pp. 119-136. Jaarboek WBS. Amsterdam.
2016: From PPP to ABC Partnerships for the SDGs
Short article by Louis Meuleman, Jan-Gustav Strandenaes and Ingeborg Niestroy, published online on 11 October 2016 by IISD, claiming that Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) should not be the blueprint model for the new SDG partnerships. We need a more inclusive and result-oriented type that could be named ABC partnerships: genuine alliances of Administration, Business and Civil society.
2016: Visiting professor at Leuven University
As per 1st October, Louis has been appointed as visiting professor at the Public Governance Institute of Leuven University, Belgium.
2016: Teaching Silos to Dance: A Condition to Implement the SDGs
Inge and Louis wrote a guest article for IISD, following discussions at e.g. the HLPF. We argue that while the SDGs require breaking down "mental silos" to allow for change, the common call to break down institutional silos poses risks. Institutions provide the necessary structure, reliability, transparency and communication points. Instead of breaking them down, we need to teach silos to dance.Read the article
2016: How are we getting ready? New report on the SDGs and the EU
Inge wrote a report for the German Development Institute (DIE) on the state of play around implementation of the SDGs in the EU: "How are we getting ready? The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the EU and its Member States: analysis and action so far". Read more and download report.
2016: Achievements of the EU SEA Directive
Louis wrote a chapter on the EU Directive on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in the book "European and International Experiences of Strategic Environmental Assessment - Recent progress and future prospects". Link
2016: Research Associate at Wageningen University & Research
Louis has been appointed research associate at the Public Administration & Policy Group of Wageningen University & Research in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
2016: Why the EU must do more to implement the 2030 Agenda
Inge co-authored a Briefing Paper of the German Development Institute (DIE). It concludes that given the scope and universal nature of the 2030 Agenda, its implementation requires a new quality of cooperation with greater inter-departmental work and whole-of-government approaches that encompass all dimensions of EU internal and external policies. Read more and download paper.
2015: Governance approaches and tools for SD integration
On request of UN DESA, Inge wrote a paper on good practice at national level as regards governance approaches and tools for Sustainable Development Integration (SDI). The paper presents key steps to take for translating the UN SD Goals (SDGs) in national policies and processes. It is the first paper linking implementation of the SDGs concretely to different cultural characteristics of countries. Read more and download paper.
2015: Role of Science, Technology and Innovation Policies to Foster the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals
Inge was the rapporteur of the Expert Group to the European Commission on "Follow-up to Rio+20, notably the SDGs". Their report was published in November 2015. Read more and download full report
2015: Common But Differentiated Governance (CBDG) for the SDGs
Full Journal article now published as Open Access in 'Sustainability'
On 21st April 2015 a short article and longer referenced briefing note were published in which we argue that for universal goals differentiated implementation approaches are needed at national or other levels, as any one governance style falls short, and that there is some convergence towards a more comprehensive approach which is called 'metagovernance'. To support this insight, we propose the new principle of Common But Differentiated Governance (CBDG). Read more here.
2015: Appointment as Rapporteur EU Expert Group
Inge was appointed as the rapporteur of a newly established EU Expert Group on the Rio+20 follow-up and in particular the SDGs. The group will provide advice on the role of innovation, research, science and technology in implementing the SDGs, serving as an input to intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda and implementation of the SDGs.
2015: Appointment as examiner @ University of Malta
Louis and Inge have both been appointed as external examiners at the Dept. of Spatial Planning and Infrastructure, Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malta.
2015: Owl meets Beehive: IA meets Governance
Louis authored the article "Owl meets Beehive: How Impact Assessment and Governance relate". In: Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, 33:1, 4-15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2014.956436
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2014: Governance for implementation of SDGs
Inge authored "Governance for sustainable development: How to support the implementation of SDGs?", published in the 2014/2015 Outlook Report (Part II) of the Asia Europe Foundation (ASEF). Download book chapter. Link to ASEF Outlook Report Parts I and II.
2014: SDGs and subnational governments
Inge authored "Sustainable Development Goals at the Subnational Level: Roles and good practices for subnational governments", an IISD/SDPlanNet Policy Brief supporting the Post 2015 Agenda discussions at UN level.
2014: Environment & economic crisis
Louis co-authored an article on the environment as part of the solution to the economic crisis in the Italian magazine EcoScienza: Le politiche ambientali come soluzione alla crisi. English version: Environmental policy as part of the solution to the crisis.
2014: Transgovernance: Oration Roel in 't Veld
Febr - Roeland in 't Veld presented his oration as UNESCO professor Governance of Sustainability at Tilburg University (NL) on 7 February 2014. Download pdf here (in Dutch): Transgovernance - Duurzame ontwikkeling in een kennisdemocratie (Transgovernance - Sustainable Development in a knowledge democracy).
2014: Sustainable Development Goals Indicators
Inge co-authored a study with important new contributions to the debate on Sustainable Development Goals, published by the Asia-Europe Forum: SDGs and Indicators for a Small Planet. Download the report here.
2013: Winning Strategies for a Sustainable Future
Nov. - Inge co-authored a study with lessons to be learned from the sustainable development strategies of Finland, Bhutan, Tasmania, Cost Rica and Ghana, published by the Bertelsmann Foundation: 'Winning Strategies for a Sustainable Future' More here.
(2013) Een sociaal-democratische duurzaamheids-agenda: het kan wel
June - This article by Louis Meuleman and Roel in 't Veld (in Dutch) argues that sustainable development in the Netherlands is not working. Some explanations are given as well as concrete recommendations for improvement. The article is published in the summer edition of the journal of the scientific bureau of the Dutch PvdA, S&D, and can be downloaded here.
(2013) Louis appointed Member Editorial Board IAPA
May - Louis has been appointed as Member of the Editorial Board of the peer reviewed Journal Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, which is published by the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).
(2013) Inge appointed IISD Associate
May - Inge has been appointed as associate of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (ISSD) (Winnipeg, Ottawa, Geneva, New York).
(2013) RMNO archive online
April - From now on a series of reports is available for download here, published by the Dutch advisory council RMNO, which was abolished end 2009.
(2013) Impact Assessment and Governance
March - Louis wrote a two-page info fiche on IA and governance, on request by the International Association for Impact Assessment. It introduces a threefold relation between IA and governance, addresses typical problems, things to know and things to do. Download here.
(2013) New affiliation at Free University Berlin
Inge is now research associate at the Policy Assessment Group of the Environmental Policy Research Centre, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
New report (2013): The governance of scaling up successful sustainability practices
Jack Cornforth, Ingeborg Niestroy and Derek Osborn co-authored this report on how National Councils for Sustainable Development can organise the wider use of national and regional examples. Download report
New book (2012): European Union, Governance and Sustainability
Bitzer, V., Cörvers, R., Glasbergen, P. and Niestroy, I. (eds.)(2012), Open University in the Netherlands, 427 pp.
Textbook containing contributions of many leading scholars, introducing the state of thinking on governance and sustainability in the context of the European Union, including a chapter by co-editor Inge Niestroy on national sustainable development strategies.
Dr. Louis Meuleman has an MsC in environmental biology and a PhD in public administration. He has more than 30 years of public sector experience. As an academic he publishes about meta- and transgovernance, especially in the context of sustainable development. He is visiting professor at the Public Governance Institute of the University of Leuven, Belgium, senior fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability of the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA and research associate at the Public Administration and Governance Group of the University of Wageningen, the Netherlands.
