Overview

This record contains data on the quality of the public participation processes that were used in the development of the European Union National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). Reports submitted between 2018 and 2023 (n=81) were coded using an analytical framework with three main dimensions: inclusiveness, robustness, and integration into policymaking.

File descriptions

necp_participation_readme.docx – an overview of the Zenodo record and the files it contains.

necp_participation_codebook.pdf – a detailed codebook describing the analytical framework, its sub-components (dimensions and indicators), the codes provided for each indicator, and the scores attached to each code.  

necp_participation_data.xlsx – an Excel workbook containing the full dataset, formatted for general accessibility. This file is further sub-divided into five worksheets.

• Overview: a brief description of the main components of the Excel workbook.
• Data Dictionary: provides descriptions of each label used in the dataset, including contextual information, coding data, and participation quality scores.
• Codes: dataset of the individual codes that were assigned for each participation indicator, organised by country and report type.
• Scores: dataset of the participation quality scores for each report, based on the results of the qualitative coding.
• Full Dataset: the full dataset containing contextual information, qualitative codes, and scores. This sheet is a formatted version of the CSV version of the dataset (see below).

necp_participation_data.csv – the full dataset on participation quality related to the NECPs, including contextual information, coding results, and scores for each report.

necp_supplemental_tables.pdf – contains tables included as supplemental material for the Journal of European Article reporting on this analysis (see full Zenodo record for up-to-date information).

Suggested data citation

von Homeyer, Ingmar, Sebastian Oberthür, Lea Schewe, Oda G. Flekkøy, and Brendan Moore (2024). Dataset: Public participation in the National Energy and Climate Plans (v1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14230551.