Re: seeking ISA Panel Members - institutional design/implementation of MEAs

[Pia M. Kohler]

Hi everyone,

Lynn Wagner and I are organizing a panel on the institutional design of
MEAs, and more specifically on how institutional design choices affect MEA
implementation. If you are interested in submitting a paper as part of
this panel, please contact Lynn or I by May 28th (contact info below).

Here is a draft of the panel proposal:

Tentative Title: Implementation surprises: how MEA institutional design
plays out in practice

As many multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) are entering into the
implementation phase,  we now have an opportunity to examine how
institutional design choices have impacted their implementation. How have
convention Secretariats and other actors impacted the application of what
are often carefully negotiated institutional provisions? Have these
interpretations achieved the desired goals? What can we learn about
institutional design and institutional effectiveness from these cases? How
might lessons learned be applied to ongoing negotiations for new
instruments (such as the post-Kyoto agreement or a mercury regime)? Papers
presented in this panel will build on case-studies of diverse MEAs to
answer these questions.

Thanks!

Pia Kohler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Lynn Wagner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



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Dr. Pia M. Kohler
Assistant Professor, International Relations
Department of Political Science
University of Alaska Fairbanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (907)474-6503