Innovation in EU governance? Six proposals for taming open co-ordination

Forschungsbericht | Research report

"Open methods of co-ordination (OMCs) have their origins in European Economic and Employment Policy. Within the framework of the Lisbon Strategy, these mechanisms have developed into a kind of panacea, since a high degree of openness has made them an easily accessible instrument of EU policymaking. Five years down the road, however, open co-ordination is still too 'open' to be a manageable policymaking tool. The hesitation of EU member states towards open co-ordination results primarily from the concept's linguistic and conceptual vagueness. Thus, the most important challenge confronting open co-ordination involves the establishment of a common understanding of the concept as such. The basic idea of open co-ordination - co-ordination rather than legislation; open to various actors, policies, and methods; transparent and open to the public - presents considerable opportunities for EU policymaking. But five years of open coordination have revealed more deficits than positive results. The key to success lies in taming open co-ordination through six measures: clearly defining the overall objective of each respective OMC, developing a methodological tool to identify promising fields of application, enhancing member states' commitment to the OMCs, making open co-ordination more democratic, respecting heterogeneity, and constitutionalising open co-ordination." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Innovation in der EU-Governance? Sechs Vorschläge zur Bändigung der offenen Koordinierung
• Extent: Seite(n): 18
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: CAP Policy Analysis (1/2005)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Politikwissenschaft ; Europapolitik ; politisches System ; Demokratie ; Innovation ; EU-Staat ; politisches Handeln ; europäische Integration ; EU ; politische Partizipation ; Koordination ; EU-Politik ; Governance ; politischer Akteur ; Demokratisierung ; deskriptive Studie ; anwendungsorientiert

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Metz, Almut
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Universität München, Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung (C.A.P) Bertelsmann Forschungsgruppe Politik
• (where): Deutschland, München
• (when): 2005

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-117193
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST