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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... ensuring adequate funding for the network's activi- ties is an inescapable task for network managers . Also , the manner in which funding is obtained is vital for the network's credibility and sustainability . Often , support needs to ...
... ensuring adequate funding for the network's activi- ties is an inescapable task for network managers . Also , the manner in which funding is obtained is vital for the network's credibility and sustainability . Often , support needs to ...
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... ensure inclusiveness , both from a local - global and a North - South perspective ; and → Despite increasing difficulty , in some rare cases the United Nations can act as financier for operational programs . The United Nations needs to ...
... ensure inclusiveness , both from a local - global and a North - South perspective ; and → Despite increasing difficulty , in some rare cases the United Nations can act as financier for operational programs . The United Nations needs to ...
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... ensuring their continued legitimacy . An inadequate response may well jeopardize deeper integration , as governments , in particu- lar , will have little choice but to fall back on territorial solutions to their governance challenges ...
... ensuring their continued legitimacy . An inadequate response may well jeopardize deeper integration , as governments , in particu- lar , will have little choice but to fall back on territorial solutions to their governance challenges ...
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... ensures constant learning - from both successes and failures . GPP networks are , in one important dimension , learning organizations , built on the diversity of their participants . Learning in the context of diversity takes advantage ...
... ensures constant learning - from both successes and failures . GPP networks are , in one important dimension , learning organizations , built on the diversity of their participants . Learning in the context of diversity takes advantage ...
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... ensure the accuracy of the case studies ' conclusions ; It will undertake regional consultations in Africa , East Asia , Latin America , the Middle East , and South Asia to increase stakeholder input and information exchange ; It ...
... ensure the accuracy of the case studies ' conclusions ; It will undertake regional consultations in Africa , East Asia , Latin America , the Middle East , and South Asia to increase stakeholder input and information exchange ; It ...
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