Cross-cycle coordination mechanism
Institutional arrangements established to address the mismatch in time scales between infrastructure lifetimes and policy cycles or business models. Common forms include budget systems that combine long-term planning with rolling evaluation.
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The lifespan of infrastructure often spans decades, while the pace of policy cycles, business models, and technological iteration is much faster, causing designers, builders, operators, and beneficiaries to be distributed across different time scales, making the allocation of responsibility a governance challenge.
Common forms of cross-cycle coordination mechanisms include budget systems combining long-term planning with rolling evaluation, cross-departmental joint governance bodies, and assessment tools that incorporate long-term risks into short-term decisions.
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The lifespan of infrastructure often spans decades, while the pace of policy cycles, business models, and technological iteration is much faster, causing designers, builders, operators, and beneficiaries to be distributed across different time scales, making the allocation of responsibility a governance challenge.
50%UnverifiedCommon forms of cross-cycle coordination mechanisms include budget systems combining long-term planning with rolling evaluation, cross-departmental joint governance bodies, and assessment tools that incorporate long-term risks into short-term decisions.
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