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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... coordinate its efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on implementation and learning processes ...
... coordinate its efforts to engage in GPP networks . This report proposes a three - track approach that is both visionary and feasible : Strengthen and consolidate existing networks by focusing on implementation and learning processes ...
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... coordination of those nascent issues that call for UN involvement . It also needs to ensure that its own activities neither duplicate the work of other multilateral organizations nor work at cross - purposes to them . The Administrative ...
... coordination of those nascent issues that call for UN involvement . It also needs to ensure that its own activities neither duplicate the work of other multilateral organizations nor work at cross - purposes to them . The Administrative ...
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... coordinated and may yet culminate in what one observer calls an " international governmental information marketplace . ” On the other hand , technology often evolves faster than the social and regulatory environment in which it is ...
... coordinated and may yet culminate in what one observer calls an " international governmental information marketplace . ” On the other hand , technology often evolves faster than the social and regulatory environment in which it is ...
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... coordination , driven by the information revolution , facilitate bottom - up organizing processes that strengthen nonstate actors , including businesses and NGOs . Both corporations and civil society have taught the public sector a ...
... coordination , driven by the information revolution , facilitate bottom - up organizing processes that strengthen nonstate actors , including businesses and NGOs . Both corporations and civil society have taught the public sector a ...
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... coordination and capacity - building skills of states and interna- tional organizations . Networks create bridges that enable these various participants to exploit the synergies between these resources . They allow for the pooling of ...
... coordination and capacity - building skills of states and interna- tional organizations . Networks create bridges that enable these various participants to exploit the synergies between these resources . They allow for the pooling of ...
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