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CRITICAL CHOICES The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global Governance Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Francis Deng with Jan Martin Witte, Thorsten Benner, Beth Whitaker, and John Gershman IDRC 2000 ISBN 0-88936-921-6 164 pp.  
Disponible en français The world that we live in today is changing dramatically. Economic and political liberalization, together with accelerating technological change, are driving the extraordinary process we know as "globalization." This new global environment requires new approaches, new ideas, and innovative tools to address new challenges in areas as different as weapons control, climate change, genetic engineering, and labour standards. Critical Choices looks at one such tool: global public policy networks. In these networks, governments, international organizations, the corporate sector, and civil society join together to achieve what none can accomplish on its own. The authors explore both the promises and the limitations of this new form of global cooperation. They discuss how such networks might contribute to better manage the risks and make use of the opportunities that globalization presents. Finally, they offer provocative advice and solid recommendations on how the United Nations can foster such networks in the years ahead. The United Nations faces a set of critical choices. It must not only be a haven for its member states but also needs to find ways to collaborate with civil society and the global business community in tackling the challenges that lie ahead. By promoting global public policy networks, the UN will more effectively serve its member states and fulfill its mission to address the problems of humanity. Critical Choices outlines promising ways of how global public policy networks can help to meet the governance challenges of the 21st century and equips policymakers with a practical toolbox to manage globalization. It is in the interest of governments to engage in these “coalitions for change” to better be able to meet their responsibilities toward their citizens. Critical Choices breaks new ground on how to forge partnerships to better meet the challenge of making globalization work for all — North and South. It is a must-read for everyone concerned with building a truly inclusive system of global governance. Critical Choices couldn’t be more timely and helpful in drawing attention to the growing importance of cross-sectoral partnerships in meeting the multiple challenges of global governance. Members of the United Nations and concerned citizens everywhere would do well to note its findings and embrace its recommendations. Critical Choices offers a working blueprint for addressing some of the key dilemmas facing governments and international organisations in a rapidly changing world. Tri-sectoral global public policy networks — involving governments, business, and the nonprofit sector — provide a new model for building a more dynamic, participative, and effective system of global governance. Critical Choices reaches a simple but powerful conclusion: that global public policy networks can play an increasingly important role in addressing the governance and policy issues facing the global community. This conclusion resonates with our experience in Shell, and with that of some others in the business community, that networks of diverse stakeholders can make a positive contribution in addressing complex business and societal issues.
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Foreword Maureen O'Neil (President, IDRC) 2003-07-28 Preface 2003-07-28 Executive Summary 2003-07-28 Origins and objectives; A range of activities; The care and tending of networks; What role for the United Nations?; Conclusions. Chapter 1: Introduction 2003-07-27 Chapter 2. A Changing External Environment 2003-07-27 Economic and political liberalization; Technological change; The multidimensional impacts of liberalization and technological change; Complexity and the risks of a partial view; The participatory gap; States, international organizations, and the imperative of change. Chapter 3. What Do Networks Do? 2003-07-27 A primer on networks; Placing issues on the global agenda; Negotiating and setting standards and regulations; Developing and disseminating knowledge; Making and deepening markets; Implementing ideas and decisions; Closing the participatory gap. Chapter 4. Network Management 2003-07-26 Getting the network off the ground; Balancing adequate consultation and goal delivery; Securing sustainable funding; Maintaining the "structure" in structured informality; Finding allies outside one's sector; Tackling the dual challenge of inclusion. Chapter 5. Networks and the United Nations 2003-07-26 From vision to reality: a three-track approach; Roles for the United Nations in GPP networks; Making the United Nations fit for GPP networks. Chapter 6. Conclusion 2003-07-26 Appendix 1. Acronyms and Abbreviations 2003-07-26 Appendix 2. Case Studies of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks 2003-07-26 Appendix 3. Workshop Participants 2003-07-26 Appendix 4. Bibliography 2003-07-26 Network theory, collaboration, and partnership; International organizations, change, and learning; Management and networks; Knowledge management; Civil society and governance; The private sector and transnational relations; Social capital; Publications by the staff of the UN Vision Project on Global Public Policy Networks. Appendix 5. The Authors, the Publisher, and the Sponsor 2003-07-25 |
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