Recording: Elected Officials as Conveners – The Oregon Model 20.8.2024

Solving public problems often requires the bringing together of representatives from a range of interest groups, businesses, and governmental agencies. Who ‘convenes’ the various stakeholders, and how they do it can make the difference between failure and success.

The National Policy Consensus Center in Oregon (USA) has extensive experience in working with leaders as conveners, and will outline the keys to success in the selection and performance of this critical role in any collaborative effort.

Steve Greenwood, an expert from the National Policy Consensus Center (NPCC), is visiting Akordi in Finland. He will share practical examples of how elected decision-makers have found a new role as conveners and enablers of cooperation to find solutions.

Comment Henrik Wickström, Member of Parliament, Chairman of the municipal executive board of Inkoo.

Watch the recording of the event.

The event is part of Akordi X Puistokatu4 webinar series.

 

Steve Greenwood has over 30 years of public service experience at the federal, state, and local level, most recently as Regional Administrator for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Steve has led collaborative processes on Oregon’s urban-rural divide, water conflicts in Oregon, Columbia River sediment management, and much more. 

He teaches collaborative governance seminars internationally and co-founded and teaches a graduate certificate in collaborative governance. Steve received an Outstanding Alumnus Award from the University of Oregon. He has a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University. Steve is co-author of Collaborative Governance: Principles, Process and Practical Tools (2021, Taylor & Francis).