GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT: NEW CONCEPTS, NEW MEASUREMENTS AND NEW PRACTICES
How can governance evolve and innovate?
Can current crises become opportunities to re-think our social, political and economic governance?
The Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) is the first research institution in Africa dedicated entirely to governance innovation.
GovInn is an ‘innovation laboratory’ capable of generating new thinking about governance and development. It focuses on cutting-edge research, attracting innovators from all over the world. In short, GovInn is an intellectual ‘inn’ for innovation in the 21st century.
At GovInn we focus on:
- NEW ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: Alternative development approaches and new metrics of economic performance and well-being
- GOVERNANCE OF THE COMMONS: land, food, water, energy, agriculture and natural resources
- TRANSBOUNDARY GOVERNANCE: regional integration, civil society, migration and human development
- SECURITY GOVERNANCE: livelihoods, people’s centered development and creative conflict transformation
What is governance innovation?
The term ‘governance’ indicates the complexity of decision-making processes in contemporary political and economic affairs. As opposed to the more traditional ‘government’, the idea of governance presupposes a fragmentation and diffusion of authority. Due to economic, social and cultural dynamics, no government nowadays can simply govern ‘alone’. It is bound to share ‘bits and pieces’ of authority with other entities, from non-governmental organizations to regional institutions and private corporations.