International Policy Transfer and Domestic Politics. The Limited Effectiveness of National Environmental Strategies in Romania
International Policy Transfer and Domestic Politics. The Limited Effectiveness of National Environmental Strategies in Romania

Summary/Abstract: This case study describes an instance of international policy transfer within the framework of Romania’s National Environmental Action Programme (NEAP) and examines the policy’s domestic effects from 1993 to 2003. The article focuses on three factors: (a) international and bilateral transfer mechanisms; (b) domestic capacity to implement the policy innovation; and (c) the degree of political will in support of such policy innovation. The analysis shows that limited domestic capacities, a scarcity of available financial resources to implement national environmental strategies as well as limited political support, from the government and Ministry of Environment in particular, have hindered the effective implementation of national environmental strategies in Romania, despite international and bilateral assistance provided by the international community in support of the NEAP model.

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