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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Home / Local Round Tables: Realizing Their Full Potential

Local Round Tables: Realizing Their Full Potential

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RELEASED
1994

 

 A report on the Canadian experience with multi-stakeholder processes

By the British Columbia Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, the Commission on Resources and Environment, the Fraser Basin Management Program, and the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

As the concept of sustainability has flourished in Canada, a number of collaborative decision-making processes have been initiated at the locl level. This report explores the strengths and weaknesses of one particular set of local governance structures “local round tables” and reviews the experience to date with their establishment and use.