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Aggregate indicator title

Institutional setup 

Description

Institutional and political context 

Domain

Governance

Qualitative/Quantitative

Quantitative & Qualitative

Primary/Secondary data

Primary data and Secondary data

Source of data

Primary: Project partners, participants

Secondary: Project documentations (reports, information on websites, publications etc.); Online repositories (e.g. Science Direct, Google Scholar, etc.) 

Time series

Yes, ex ante and ex post 

Unit of measurement (observation)

Absolute values & nominal

Unit of analysis

Stakeholder groups & publications 

Analytical level (logic model)

Context, output, outcome, impact 

Links with indicators in other domains

N/A 

Data collection method(s)

Interviews with members of the initiative and non-members stakeholders; review of project documentations (reports, log-books, etc.); analysis of the initiative tools (platforms, Apps, etc.); literature review

Data collection item(s)

Interview questions are available but too elaborate to add here 

Indicator building

Formal institutions and policies

  • National or sub-national laws and regulations that assigns and distinguishes competent authorities related to the environmental problem in focus
  • National or sub-national policy related to the environmental problem in focus
  • Binding international or supranational frameworks related to the environmental problem in focus

Informal institutions

  • Value, norms, and traditions related to managing the environmental problem in focus
  • Influential (non-governmental) local leaders
  • Alternative methods of influencing the decisions (e.g. protests)

Multilevel interactions of actors, organizations, and institutions

  • Co-ordination mechanisms across different governmental levels (e.g. between ministries, across central and national government, and local government)
  • Co-ordination mechanisms between governmental and non-governmental stakeholders

Possible plural legal systems

  • Existence of plural legal systems (formal & informal) with regards to the environmental problem in focus

Impact indicators

  • Existence of constituencies (mechanisms or bodies) and enforcement agencies (e.g., youth, women, traditional leaders) to ensure consultative, bottom-up process of representation in decision making
  • Existence and enforcement of legislation for ensuring representation of specific groups
  • Proportion of population satisfied with their last experience of public services, disaggregated by service
  • Perception of failure of regional and global governance
  • Perception of failure of national governance
Availability of data

Low

Feasibility

Resource demanding 

Comments/caveats

The indicator building cell includes both outcome and impact indicators

Source of indicator definition

Wehn et al. (2017, 2019, 2020)