NGOs:

Shaping International Policy

Presented by
Leah J. Maurer

Globalization has created a

climate in which NGOs are
needed to play a major role in
international policy.

Overview

What is Globalization?
What type of climate has Globalization created?
What are the impacts of Globalization?
The need for International Organizations
The need for Non-governmental Organizations
NGOs Helping International Organizations
NGO Participation in International Policy
International Organizations Efforts
Overall Goal

What is Globalization?
Globalization Index (A.T. Kearney)
Examines personal contact across nation
boarders
Charts World Wide Web usage
Analyzes economic integration
Tracks movement of goods and services
Measures the permeability of boarders
Tracks movement of money across borders

Globalization Climate
Technology Driven

Electronic communication
Declining transport costs
Mobile assets (finance & knowledge)
Services & stages of production across national
boarders
Integrated markets
Job and investment decisions internationalized

Impacts of Globalization
Rising Inequality
Great rewards for those well-endowed
Increasing pressures on those less wellendowed

Exclusion
Insecurity

The Need for International Orgs

Globalization has created a new playing
field
Global organizations can facilitate by
developing flexible networks and alliances
across national boundaries

The Need for NGOs

Establishment of International
Organizations
Economic, social, and political trends
Changes in roles, relationships, capacity,
and accountability
Implication for policy and practice

NGOs Helping International Orgs

Setting agendas
Negotiating outcomes
Conferring legitimacy
Implementing solutions
Policing agreements

NGO Participation in Intl Policy

Include
Frustrate decision
making
More complete
information
Gain support/buy-in

Limit
Narrowing the field
fairly is difficult
Conflicting
information
Create enemies

International Orgs Efforts

Create tiers of status (ECOSOC)

Formal voting rights (ILO)
Disseminate detailed unrestricted info (WB)
Survey, advisory groups, public meetings, private
meetings with staff (WB)
Delegates, representatives, consultants
Regular contact with Secretariat or Director General
Participation at conferences as observers or speakers

Overall Goal
Develop systems of public participation that
include NGO expertise, resources,
grassroots connection, dedication,
resolution, and lack of bureaucratic
constraints
Think transformational not transactional
Understand and accept conflict of interest-it is the root of democracy

Thank You