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%T Innovation in EU governance? Six proposals for taming open co-ordination %A Metz, Almut %P 18 %V 1/2005 %D 2005 %K offene Koordinierung %= 2010-07-09T13:51:00Z %~ USB Köln %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-117193 %U http://www.cap-lmu.de/download/CAP-Policy-Analysis-2005-01.pdf %X "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) %C DEU %C München %G en %9 research report %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info