Multilevel governance refers to the ways in which government and nongovernment agencies interact at a number of spatial scales to shape the social, political, and economic landscape. It acknowledges that the decisions of governments can be the product of the interactions between national governments and governments operating at the provincial or state level, and that they can also be a product of interconnecting interests between governments and supranational organizations (such as the European Union or the United Nations). In addition, multilevel governance can be an outcome of the confluence of concerns amongst nation‐states, local or provincial governments, and nongovernment organizations. usc