Archives by Tag 'socioeconomic'

California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative South Coast Study Region (2008 – present)

CONCUR is the lead facilitator for the California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative’s Regional Stakeholder Group (RSG) in its Southern California Study Region.  The MLPA provides that California will establish a network of marine protected areas (MPAs) by 2011.  The MLPA pays particular attention to protecting representative examples of important habitats and ensuring that [...]

Design and Facilitation of a Stakeholder Involvement Process: Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (2007-2009)

Throughout 2007 and 2008, CONCUR facilitated the Port of Oakland Maritime Air Quality Task Force, a body created to engage stakeholders in developing the Port of Oakland’s Maritime Air Quality Improvement Plan (MAQIP).
The Port of Oakland is the fourth-busiest container port in the United States and one of the nations’ gateways for trade with Asia. [...]

California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative - North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (2006-2007)

CONCUR helped to facilitate this second phase of the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative in 2006-2007. In completing their work, the North Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (NCCRSG) worked closely with two other bodies - a Blue Ribbon Task Force of senior policy advisors and a Science Advisory Team - to inform the decisions [...]

MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group Facilitation Completed (2005-2006)

In 2005-2006, CONCUR facilitated the MLPA Central Coast Regional Stakeholder Group (CCRSG), a 32-member group charged with developing alternate packages of Marine Protected Areas for the region between Pigeon Point and Point Conception. The aim of the program is to build a statewide network to protect biological diversity and rebuild depleted fish stocks, and create [...]

The Louisiana Statewide Comparative Risk Project (1991)

In late 1991, CONCUR completed the successful mediation of the Louisiana Comparative Risk Project, a major accord to improve management of the state’s environment. Representatives of 12 state agencies and over 30 interest groups, including the chemical and oil industries, environmentalists, fish and wildlife interests, labor and community activists, as well as federal agencies, signed [...]

Israel Workshop on Environmental Dispute Resolution (1999)

In January 1999, CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary joined a team of international experts as a presenter and facilitator at the first-ever national conference on Environmental Dispute Resolution in Israel. The workshop, sponsored by the Neiman Center at Technion University in Haiffa (Yona Shamir, Director) was convened at the Maale Hahamisha Kibbutz Guesthouse, just outside of [...]

Seminar on Public Participation in Democratic Design for the Pacific Rim (1999)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary participated as one of a group of 30 scholars and practitioners from the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong engaged in ongoing cross-cultural dialogue examining ways to strengthen democratic design making in the Pacific Rim. The second annual conference took place in Saitama, Japan. Participants included academics from UC Berkeley and [...]

Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand (1990)

The CONCUR team has completed several initiatives in New Zealand. In 1990, the Ministry for the Environment brought John Gamman and Scott McCreary to New Zealand to present a three course series to senior resource planners, officials in the private sector, and Maori leaders in workshops convened in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. This was followed [...]

Socio-Economic Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Research Agenda and Minerals Management Service/University Of New Orleans (1992)

CONCUR conducted an intensive facilitated workshop to devise and rank a series proposals to evaluate socioeconomic and environmental effects of oil and gas leasing on Gulf States. The workshop brought together 30 of the top social scientists in the nation. CONCUR worked directly with BLM program managers and senior faculty of Louisiana State University on [...]