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Finally, the approach to common and scientists, private companies, NGOs, re- policies for science management with ceptions about the future and their re-
the IAD is relevant for a multilevel analysis gional bodies and governments and the participatory formulation approaches. lationship with current decision-making
of national and international governance media (MCTI, 2021b). This was an experience with broad local processes. Given the complexity and the
in environmental public policies. Due to the To articulate and direct efforts towards and regional representation compared existence of a “risk society” (according to
great influence of Conventions and Multilat- Brazil’s active participation in the Decade, to the usual way of formulating govern- Ulrick Beck’s theoretical definition), expe-
eral Agreements for national environmental a National Steering Committee for the De- ment programs and similar instruments rienced at the present time, understanding
agendas, there is a direct relationship be- cade of Ocean Science was established in in the past. From the beginning, MCTI whether and how this approach takes place
tween the governance that is established June 2020, with 16 representatives from and partners internalized the values of in the analysis of environmental public poli-
nationally, at federal and local levels, with diverse backgrounds. A series of regional scientific knowledge co-constructed as cies seems central.
the guidelines and intersectoriality of the participatory workshops were held during a transformative tool throughout its The focus in this approach is on gover-
United Nations Conventions. Regulatory 2020. In addition to the regional synchro- entire process and showed the effort nance and management of risks and future
nesting, as well as governance in networks, nous process, consultation was opened to engage society in planning for the scenarios, a fundamental question about
are theories with explanatory heuristics for on line. In the end, a total of 2,597 ex- future, from conception to delivery of governance involving natural resources. An-
this national and international arrangement. pressions of interest in participating in results. This process, with its learning ticipatory governance incorporates into its
In the governance of commons, it is un- the 2020 events were received, 900 of and challenges, can help many similar decision-making processes the formulation
derstood that models that exclude local and them for participation in the workshops. processes to be carried out in govern- and analysis of likely scenarios, the com-
thematic singularities can compromise regu- The workshops had 476 active partici- mental spheres and in the production parison between plausible future scenarios
latory effectiveness and incur the tragedy of pants, 62% of whom were women. The of public policies that consider the con- and examines the potential performance
the commons. Regulatory effectiveness also participation was greatest for represen- cepts of transformative science (CRIS- and impact of these future scenarios on pu-
depends on the inclusion of those regulated tatives from the Academy was 53%, TOFOLETTI et al., 2021, p. 33). blic policies (MUIDERMAN et al., 2020).
in its formulation, implementation, and mon- followed by Civil Society, 19%; Govern- There are four types of reactions in ter-
itoring. In this regard, it is a research agenda ment, 18% and the Private Sector, 5%. The level of meta-governance that marks ms of decision-making to deal with con-
to study the effectiveness of governance of Regarding the technical contributions re- the Decade process in Brazil is also seen in ceptions of the future: a) formal planning
the sea considering aspects of communica- ceived, representatives participated from the formation of five Regional Mobilization and strategy development; b) building and
tion, coordination, and cooperation mecha- all regions with the prevalence of con- Groups (North, Northeast, Midwest, South broadening preparation and capacities of
nisms between the various instances. tributions, in order, from the Northeast, and Southeast) and a Youth Mobilization society; c) mobilization of different actors;
It is interesting to note that the process Southeast, North, South and Midwest Group on a voluntary basis throughout and d) understanding the effects and im-
of preparing Brazil for the Decade involved (MCTI, 2021b). This participatory process 2020. Local governance complemented the pacts of present and future scenarios.
international and local actors in the con- allowed the debate and formulation of governance established through the Advi- Anticipatory governance makes it possi-
sultation processes throughout 2019 and alternatives from the local to the national sory Committee and gave great capillarity ble to provide attributes of resilience to the
2020 using the logic of multilevel gover- and international levels. to the debate and decision-making pro- decision-making process, especially enabling
nance. In this process, several actors were Considering the process of formulating cesses, balancing intersectoral views both the ability to: a) mitigate or reduce future
involved to formulate the National Imple- the National Ocean Decade Plan, Cristofo- horizontally and vertically. risk; b) reflexively navigate among several
mentation Plan for the Decade. In 2019, letti et al. (2021) state: uncertain futures; c) imagine and co-crea-
the Regional Planning Workshop for the Considering the entire process, a learn- Anticipatory governance te new futures; and d) discuss the current
South Atlantic was held in Rio de Janei- ing process stands out and shows the political implications of the speculated fu-
ro, with the presence of 123 participants Brazilian potential of science based deci- A final central issue for analysis in the ture scenarios. Anticipatory governance de-
from 22 countries and 4 international sion-making. These workshops demon- proposed research agenda is the presence mands an adaptive, flexible organizational
organizations. This participation included a strate how the federal government can of anticipatory governance. Anticipatory and administrative process in the face of
balanced representation of governments, innovate in the construction of public governance is an approach that uses con- uncertainties and changes.

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