Critical Choices: The United Nations, Networks, and the Future of Global GovernanceWolfgang H. Reinicke, Francis Mading Deng, Jan Martin Witte, International Development Research Centre (Canada) IDRC, 2000 - 141 pages The 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 labor 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. |
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Page ix
... allowed an electronic dialogue to be launched on topics pertinent to the GPP theme . The project held several workshops and seminars in Washington in cooperation with the United Nations Strategic Planning Unit , the United Nations ...
... allowed an electronic dialogue to be launched on topics pertinent to the GPP theme . The project held several workshops and seminars in Washington in cooperation with the United Nations Strategic Planning Unit , the United Nations ...
Page xi
... allow governments , other organizations , both public and private , and individuals around the world to work together to address pressing global problems - from weapons control , to the lack of adequate global labour standards , to ...
... allow governments , other organizations , both public and private , and individuals around the world to work together to address pressing global problems - from weapons control , to the lack of adequate global labour standards , to ...
Page xiii
... allows them to tap information and expertise from a variety of backgrounds , thus providing a more complete picture of particular policy issues and giving voice to previously unheard groups . These networks are meant to comple- ment ...
... allows them to tap information and expertise from a variety of backgrounds , thus providing a more complete picture of particular policy issues and giving voice to previously unheard groups . These networks are meant to comple- ment ...
Page xiv
... allows all kinds of knowledge , technical and nontechnical , to be shared without regard for distance or borders and at ever - lower cost . Networks that focus on this kind of activity tend to be especially successful when they link ...
... allows all kinds of knowledge , technical and nontechnical , to be shared without regard for distance or borders and at ever - lower cost . Networks that focus on this kind of activity tend to be especially successful when they link ...
Page xvi
... allow the network to become too closely tied to themselves or another individual or institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind . ” Balancing adequate consultation and goal ...
... allow the network to become too closely tied to themselves or another individual or institution ; rather , they must be willing , even eager , to share power and to " lead from behind . ” Balancing adequate consultation and goal ...
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