Ex-ante institutional compatibility assessment of policy options. Methodological insights from a case study on the Nitrate Directive in Auvergne

Laurence Amblard (1) , Carsten Mann (2)

1 UMR METAFORT - Mutations des activités des espaces et des formes d'organisation dans les territoires ruraux
2 Centre for Technology and Society

The Procedure for Institutional Compatibility Assessment (PICA) has been developed as a formalised methodology to predict the compatibility between a policy option and the institutional context of its implementation. As a first empirical test of the tool, PICA was applied to the implementation of the EU Nitrate Directive in Auvergne, France. Valuable insights were acquired on the combination of experts and stakeholders' perspectives and the choice of qualitative methods for the collection of the information needed at each step of the assessment. Further, this procedure proved to be a valuable tool for the ex-ante identification of institutional factors affecting the implementation of policies.

Mots clés: METHODOLOGIE; NITRATE; INTEGRATIVE METHODOLOGY; INSTITUTIONAL COMPATIBILITY; POLITIQUE PUBLIQUE; EVALUATION; EU NITRATE DIRECTIVE; AUVERGNE; EX ANTE POLICY ASSESSMENT

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement

Laurence Amblard, Carsten Mann. Ex-ante institutional compatibility assessment of policy options. Methodological insights from a case study on the Nitrate Directive in Auvergne. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2011, 54 (5), p. 661 - p. 684. ⟨10.1080/09640568.2010.527128⟩. ⟨hal-00958267⟩