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Pilot Methodology

In order to answer our research questions, we employed the following pilot methodologies:

We performed:
an extensive literature review
an extensive media search
a standardized media search
a search of government documents
And, we conducted interviews with key submitters from 9 of the 16 English-speaking submissions

HOW DO THE FOLLOWING EFFECT THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS?			WHAT COULD MAKE THE CITIZEN SUBMISSION PROCESS MORE EFFECTIVE?
a) The publication of a factual record	b) The filing of a submission	c) The existence of the CSP
Hypothesis: The publication of the Factual Record leads to increased public awareness of a lack of enforcement coupled with increased media coverage of the specific environmental issue. This in turn leads the public to place increased pressure on the government to enforce the environmental laws in question. As a result, the government increases its enforcement.	Hypothesis: The filing of a submission leads to enforcement in a similar way. The filing of a submission would have, without the Factual Record, a lesser effect.	Hypothesis: (The existence creates a possibility of filing of submissions, and the possibility of the publication of a Factual Record. This leads the government to preemptively increase enforcement of environmental laws) The very existence of the process would have a smaller effect than both the filing of a submission and publication of a factual record because this route is less direct.	Hypothesis: The key aspects of the CSP are public profile, user-friendliness, and timeliness of the process. Improving these aspects will increase the effectiveness of the process in leading to enforcement of environmental laws by the Parties.
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Literature Review Media Search Standardized Search Govt’ doc. Search Interviews	Literature Review Media Search Standardized Search Govt’ doc. Search Interviews	Literature Review Media Search Govt’ doc. Search Interview	Literature Review Gov’t doc. Search Interviews