CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Sakipova, Kamila |
|---|---|
| Title | The role of the Public Council in the environmental decision-making in the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Summary | Public participation is regarded as an important element required to produce good environmental decisions. It is believed to enhance legitimacy and trust of the decision-making process and help to produce more sustainable outcomes. The Government of Kazakhstan introduced a number of public administration reforms in order to create an accountable and transparent state. In order to strengthen the public participation, public councils in each state and local executive body were created. The aim of this study is to assess the role of the Public Council of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the environmental decision-making. Apart from the review of the legislative documents related to the Public Council, the primary data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The respondents included the members of the Commision on Ecology of the Public Council, international experts and a representor of academia. Thus, the research showed that the Public Council of the Ministry of Energy represents a public consultation, where the public mostly consists of industry representatives. The data allowed to evaluate the effectiveness of the Public Council and to unveil the factors influencing it. Thus, according to respondents they include Public Council’s composition, selection criteria, activities, communication with the Ministry and resources and capacities of the governmental officials engaged in the participation process. As the result of the study relevant recommendations were produced in order to enhance the effectiveness of the Public Council in environmental decision-making. |
| Supervisor | Antypas, Alexios |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/sakipova_kamila.pdf |
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