Network bridging organisations to xxxxxx Sample Clauses

Network bridging organisations to xxxxxx technical and social learning The role of bridging organisations in formal co‐management arrangements has been extensively studied in the literature in environmental governance (cf. the overview in Xxxxxx 2009). Less attention has been given to the possible role of bridging organisations in the case of collaborative networks. However, as discussed above, collaborative networks, in spite of being devoid of the advantages of the stronger full‐fledged co‐management option, can potentially play a role in addressing some of the policy integration and social learning challenges in the field of sustainable agro‐food system policies. Three of the merits of bridging organisations amongst participants of collaborative networks can be detailed. The first is the better chance for actors to build common objectives and long‐term strategies and cooperation that can lead to a real transformation of the agro‐food system. The second is the potential for facilitating the process of social learning and co‐ production of knowledge amongst the stakeholders, private sector actors and governmental organisations. The third could be the emergence of new institutional rules for framing the economic transactions built on the new shared system of beliefs of the actors gathered in the bridging organisations. Indeed, the emergence of new economic institutions depends on the social learning processes by the actors and its interaction with beliefs system (North 2005). Furthermore, an institutional transition depends on a cognitive disequilibrium, such as a crisis of shared beliefs that accompanies environmental changes and social learning. The redefinition of a new “activated” subset of choices, a novel action plan and a new shared system of beliefs will lead to new institutions (Aoki 2001 in Vellema 2011).