A research project supported by the European Commission fp5: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development
Participation and Sustainability in Decision-making
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6Participation and Sustainability in Decision-making6.1ParticipationThe table below is an attempt at summarising the forms of public participation that have taken place in each of the two episodes analysed. The symbol “1” indicates that a certain form of public participation, as indicated by the first column on the left, has taken place within a certain episode. Public Participation by episode in Milan
So far, the whole decision making process on the reform of water supply and sanitation services in Milan has seen little if any public participation. In this sense, two obstacles have been identified by civil society groups and political parties that are trying to promote public participation: a) the reluctance of local authorities and the coalition in office (at municipal, provincial and regional levels – where Forza Italia and the centre-right was predominant) to introduce effective forms of public participation (strengthened by the historical absence of a public participation culture in Italy, see Lobina, 2005: pp. 22-23). In that sense, it should be noted that the 1998 regional law implementing the Galli Law is silent on public participation69, while the December 2003 regional law provides for Lombardy’s regional government to promote public participation in water resources management, but not in water supply and operations70; b) the difficulty, at least at this early stage, to raise popular awareness to the importance of decisions on the reform of water services71. Nonetheless, the above civil society groups and political parties have established a network of organisations known as “Comitato Acqua Milano” (Milan Water Committee), which is taking action to support local authorities opposed to privatisation, promote referenda to change regional legislation, affect the results of the upcoming June 2004 provincial elections and generally raising awareness of the broader public. Despite the level of activity of the Committee, it remains to be seen to what extent it will be able to meaningfully influence the decision making process in Milan and the region Lombardy72. The ATO technical secretariat has engaged with consumers, apparently out of courtesy rather than under any specific legal obligation to do so73. Yüklə 413 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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