Normative Criteria for Relevant Evaluation

Co-governance arrangements try to bring public agencies and private stakeholders together in

order to come to a collective decision-making process that is formal, consensus-oriented, and

deliberative and that aims to make or implement policy or manage programs or assets.

Key references

Ansell, C., & Gash, A. (2008). Collaborative governance in theory and practice. Journal of

public administration research and theory, 18(4), 543-571.

Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Institute of

planners, 35(4), 216-224.