1 / 16

Agri-Environment Schemes, Ecosystem Services & Some Administrative Realities

Agri-Environment Schemes, Ecosystem Services & Some Administrative Realities. Andrew Moxey Presentation on 10/12/2010 at ECO-DELIVERY seminar Stirling University. Payments for Ecosystem Services?. Bandwagons? (Mainly) Familiar problems and remedies

kolina
Download Presentation

Agri-Environment Schemes, Ecosystem Services & Some Administrative Realities

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Agri-Environment Schemes,Ecosystem Services &Some Administrative Realities Andrew Moxey Presentation on 10/12/2010 at ECO-DELIVERY seminar Stirling University

  2. Payments for Ecosystem Services? • Bandwagons? • (Mainly) Familiar problems and remedies e.g. excludability, diffuseness, contiguity, bundling... user fees, cap&trade, coasian bargaining... • Publicly-funded land management dominates

  3. PES funding source

  4. Economics vs. Public Administration • Efficiency under heterogeneity requires flexibility • Public accountability for expenditure • Distribution of costs & funds (& benefits?) • Observed institutional behaviour and processes

  5. Fungible funds? • “Free from Brussels” vs. Domestic Resources • Co-financing, voluntary modulation • Pressure on domestic exchequers • UK rebate • (Scottish) Programme vs. Running Costs

  6. Funding composition (€m/year)

  7. Running costs • SFP & LFASS less than 1p in the pound • SBCS (National Envelope) about 3p in the pound • AES up to 14p in the pound • Scale effects • Administrative complexity & monitoring

  8. Spending within & between Pillars (€m/year)

  9. Admin costs across Pillars (€m/year)

  10. Administrative processes • “Entitlements” vs. Competitive bidding • Tick boxes vs. Active application • SFP, LFASS, LMOs vs. RPs • Applicants’ & administrators experience • Managing expectations (feedback/signaling)

  11. Monitoring • Flexibility vs. Standardisation • “Efficiency savings” - combined inspections • Inspection rate, targeting & competency • Proportionate penalties? • Proportionate monitoring costs?

  12. Payment rates • Evidence base? Scientific uncertainty • Spatial and/or temporal variation • Stakeholder involvement/lobbying • External scrutiny? • Auctions?

  13. Misc. Admin Issues • Baselining - of what, by whom & who pays? • Public sector monitoring vs. advisory role? • Self-monitoring? • Process compliance vs. Outcome achievement? • Costs incurred & income foregone?

  14. Governance • National vs. Regional vs. Local • Centralisation vs. Devolution; Ring-Fencing • Flexibility & local priorities or post-code lotteries? • Local competency/diligence/accountability • RPACs, LGMGs, DMGs (budget responsibility?)

  15. Some random other thoughts • Supply-chain analogies? Fungible outcomes? • Payment by results? Time-lags & Risks • Private funding? Bonds, carbon markets etc. • Water customers - catchment management • WTO interpretation, CAP reform, Climate Change

  16. Some conclusions • Irreconcilable tensions? • Administrative concerns constrain policies • Simpler processes and monitoring needed • Conditionality e.g. Pillar I, planning • Integration of environmental policy

More Related