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. 2022 Aug 8;71(3):565–586. doi: 10.1007/s00267-022-01693-w
Role transition style Segmenter
Stage Activation Institutionalization Stability, decline, change
Role Superintendent A Chief Executive Officer COMCAP Superintendent B
Position Senior management
Impact on the organization Not applicable Centralized decision-making and operations. Agenda setting: waste mgt and composting. Establishing norms and providing a legal framework at the executive level to connect composting, UA, and zero waste policy. Administrative reform reduced autarchy’s role, which became only operational. Established superintendence to concentrate budgetary and waste policy decision-making.
Impact on Collaboration Not applicable Organizing and strengthening dispersed UA initiatives in the community with policy. Including composting in the waste management strategy. Engaging the community to produce compost from its own organic waste for the vegetable gardens. Increased bureaucracy, reduced flexibility, and divided producers; the city only pays registered producers for compost.
Results on project scaling-up Not applicable Regulation of UA activities, increasing concentration of power and decision-making at the executive level. Increasing bureaucracy and dependency on municipal support but improving organization and selection of candidates for plots and funding. During the pandemic, developed procedures and routines that led to a division between community-led UA initiatives and municipality policies. Implementing the PMAU tighter norms will make engaging community members harder.