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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... learning Management and networks . 134 . 134 Knowledge management 135 Civil society and governance 135 The private sector and transnational relations 136 Social capital .. .137 Publications by the staff of the UN Vision Project on ...
... learning Management and networks . 134 . 134 Knowledge management 135 Civil society and governance 135 The private sector and transnational relations 136 Social capital .. .137 Publications by the staff of the UN Vision Project on ...
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... learning organi- zations . Their broad membership 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 ...
... learning organi- zations . Their broad membership 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 ...
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... learning processes ; → Build implementation networks that will help to revitalize weak or weakening conventions that are important to the UN's mission ; and → Launch new networks where they are needed . To implement this three - track ...
... learning processes ; → Build implementation networks that will help to revitalize weak or weakening conventions that are important to the UN's mission ; and → Launch new networks where they are needed . To implement this three - track ...
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... learning . Change is a bottom - up process , not a top - down steering committee . Until recently , only the most prominent and vocal networks , such as the International Campaign to Ban Landmines ( ICBL ) , have caught the public's ...
... learning . Change is a bottom - up process , not a top - down steering committee . Until recently , only the most prominent and vocal networks , such as the International Campaign to Ban Landmines ( ICBL ) , have caught the public's ...
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... learning reflect the extent to which built - in mechanisms facilitate learning and change in the network . This report has refrained from developing a clear - cut typology of GPP networks . Their huge variety of form and development ...
... learning reflect the extent to which built - in mechanisms facilitate learning and change in the network . This report has refrained from developing a clear - cut typology of GPP networks . Their huge variety of form and development ...
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