How do interests, ideas and institutions shape multisectoral governance for health?

Abstract

Multisectoral governance has been recognised to be vital to regulate harmful commodity industries, yet countries struggle with reaching policy coherence due to government agencies’ conflicting mandates and industry interference. In this interdisciplinary seminar Dori will talk about the ways interests, ideas, and institutions intersect and shape multisectoral tobacco governance in Pacific Island Countries. The study she introduces explains how ideas about individual responsibility undermine health sector actors’ authority, how the political context determines the success of multisectoral collaboration, and what can be done to strengthen governance for health and policy coherence in Pacific Island Countries.