Metropolitan Governance in Mexico : Learning from the experiences of Canada and Brazil (original) (raw)

The Metropolitan Governance in Mexico: Learning from the experiences of Canada and Brazil was an action-research project that sought to identify the characteristics of design, implementation and policies of metropolitan structures that might be applicable and useful in addressing the need for collaborative governance and coordinated action in metropolitan areas of Mexico. The project used an action-research approach that allowed us to co-generate knowledge by providing opportunities for sharing and reflection between multi-stakeholder groups. This project engaged researchers from Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada, the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) in Brazil, and the Centro Mario Molina (CMM) in Mexico with stakeholders engaged in the field of metropolitan governance: municipal authorities and staff, policy experts, regional government specialists, and NGO staff. Through a combination of interviews, literature review, workshop, and collaborative analysis of research results, we created a learning community to explore the models, success factors, and considerations in designing effective collaborative governance for urban areas.