How to metagovern collaborative networks for the promotion of policy innovations in a dualistic federal system?

Collaborative networks are increasingly used as vehicles for fostering policy innovations. However, scholars have noted that the extent to which collaborative networks can actually contribute to the development of policy innovations depends on how they are metagoverned. Empirical research on the metagovernance of policy innovation processes in collaborative networks is scarce. Therefore, we review in this article a unique case as a means to add new insights to the causal link between metagovernance, policy innovation, and collaborative networks. Specifically, we examine the efforts of a metagovernor in a collaborative network that operated in the Belgian dualistic federal system.