IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/urbstu/v52y2015i4p756-774.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Capacity development or new learning spaces through municipal international cooperation: Policy mobility at work?

Author

Listed:
  • Edith van Ewijk

    (NCDO, the Netherlands)

  • Isa Baud

    (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

  • Marike Bontenbal

    (German University of Technology, Oman)

  • Michaela Hordijk

    (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

  • Paul van Lindert

    (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)

  • Gerry Nijenhuis

    (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)

  • Guus van Westen

    (University of Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Abstract

The importance of strengthening local governments is widely recognised as local governments face new challenges against the backdrop of global decentralisation processes. Municipal International Cooperation (MIC) contributes strategically to such processes by peer-to-peer learning within existing local institutions, a development process that is both efficient and provides continuity. Empirically, the paper draws upon the findings of an evaluation of the Dutch support programme for MIC called LOGO South. The main conclusion is that partnerships between local authorities do strengthen local governments in the South; the unique approach of the LOGO South programme adds important spillover effects in mutual learning, resulting in both policy transfer and mobility. By creating multilevel governance networks, knowledge circulation was also strengthened. This paper contributes to the debate by showing that locally based, multilevel hybrid networks are strategic for governance processes.

Suggested Citation

  • Edith van Ewijk & Isa Baud & Marike Bontenbal & Michaela Hordijk & Paul van Lindert & Gerry Nijenhuis & Guus van Westen, 2015. "Capacity development or new learning spaces through municipal international cooperation: Policy mobility at work?," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 52(4), pages 756-774, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:52:y:2015:i:4:p:756-774
    DOI: 10.1177/0042098014528057
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0042098014528057
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1177/0042098014528057?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Allan Cochrane & Kevin Ward, 2012. "Researching the Geographies of Policy Mobility: Confronting the Methodological Challenges," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 44(1), pages 5-12, January.
    2. Alan F. Fowler, 1998. "Authentic NGDO Partnerships in the New Policy Agenda for International Aid: Dead End or Light Ahead?," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 29(1), pages 137-159, January.
    3. Marike Bontenbal, 2010. "City Networking With The ‘Global South’: Dutch Policy And Practice," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(4), pages 462-472, September.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Ida Andersson & Laura James, 2018. "Altruism or entrepreneurialism? The co-evolution of green place branding and policy tourism in Växjö, Sweden," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 55(15), pages 3437-3453, November.
    2. Shutian Zhou & Guofang Zhai & Yijun Shi, 2018. "What Drives the Rise of Metro Developments in China? Evidence from Nantong," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-20, August.
    3. Tao Song & Weidong Liu & Zhigao Liu & Yeerken Wuzhati, 2019. "Policy Mobilities and the China Model: Pairing Aid Policy in Xinjiang," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-17, June.
    4. Alan Fowler & Kees Biekart, 2013. "Relocating Civil Society in a Politics of Civic-Driven Change," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 31(4), pages 463-483, July.
    5. Stephanie Farmer & Chris D Poulos, 2019. "The financialising local growth machine in Chicago," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(7), pages 1404-1425, May.
    6. Marike Bontenbal, 2010. "City Networking With The ‘Global South’: Dutch Policy And Practice," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(4), pages 462-472, September.
    7. Luke Fairbanks, 2019. "Policy mobilities and the sociomateriality of U.S. offshore aquaculture governance," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 37(5), pages 849-867, August.
    8. Francis Amagoh, 2015. "Improving the credibility and effectiveness of non-governmental organizations," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 15(3), pages 221-239, July.
    9. Astrid Wood, 2016. "Tracing policy movements: Methods for studying learning and policy circulation," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(2), pages 391-406, February.
    10. Lucrecia Bertelli, 2021. "What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(6), pages 1293-1313, September.
    11. Bertelli, Lucrecia, 2021. "What kind of global city? Circulating policies for ‘slum’ upgrading in the making of world-class Buenos Aires," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 109311, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    12. Jason Deegan & Tom Broekel & Rune Dahl Fitjar, 2021. "Searching through the Haystack:The Relatedness and Complexity of Priorities in Smart Specialization Strategies," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 97(5), pages 497-520, October.
    13. Colin Lorne & Natalie Papanastasiou & Steven Griggs, 2024. "The whereabouts of politics and policy in troubling times," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 42(2), pages 171-178, March.
    14. Aveling, Emma-Louise & Martin, Graham, 2013. "Realising the transformative potential of healthcare partnerships: Insights from divergent literatures and contrasting cases in high- and low-income country contexts," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 74-82.
    15. Gina Porter, 2003. "NGOs and poverty reduction in a globalizing world: perspectives from Ghana," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 3(2), pages 131-145, April.
    16. Colin McFarlane, 2012. "The Entrepreneurial Slum: Civil Society, Mobility and the Co-production of Urban Development," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 49(13), pages 2795-2816, October.
    17. Gabriel Silvestre & Guillermo Jajamovich, 2021. "The role of mobile policies in coalition building: The Barcelona model as coalition magnet in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro (1989–1996)," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 58(11), pages 2310-2328, August.
    18. Alistair Sheldrick & James Evans & Gabriele Schliwa, 2017. "Policy learning and sustainable urban transitions: Mobilising Berlin’s cycling renaissance," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(12), pages 2739-2762, September.
    19. Mayra Mosciaro & Alvaro Pereira, 2019. "Reinforcing uneven development: The financialisation of Brazilian urban redevelopment projects," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 56(10), pages 2160-2178, August.
    20. Kerstin Sonesson & Birgitta Nordén, 2020. "We Learnt a Lot: Challenges and Learning Experiences in a Southern African—North European Municipal Partnership on Education for Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-25, October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:52:y:2015:i:4:p:756-774. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/urbanstudiesjournal .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.