91 research outputs found
Improving internet governance : support to the Global Commission on Internet Governance
Gaps between Internet usage and public policy are prevalent both globally and locally across a number of areas, ranging from cybersecurity to diplomacy, net neutrality, data governance, privacy and freedom of expression issues. The shifting demographic basis of Internet-using populations makes it doubly important that public opinion surveys aimed at informing public policy reach traditionally marginalized voices. This report unpacks the work undertaken by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and evaluates outcomes of The Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG) project, advancing new norms, institutions, regulations and policy - for a better governed Internet
ESG Challenges and Opportunities in North American Supply Chains: Human Rights, Financial and Natural Sector Dimensions
Major flaws in conflict prevention policies towards Africa : the conceptual deficits of international actorsâ approaches and how to overcome them
Current thinking on African conflicts suffers from misinterpretations oversimplification, lack of focus, lack of conceptual clarity, state-centrism and lack of vision). The paper analyses a variety of the dominant explanations of major international actors and donors, showing how these frequently do not distinguish with sufficient clarity between the âroot causesâ of a conflict, its aggravating factors and its triggers. Specifically, a correct assessment of conflict prolonging (or sustaining) factors is of vital importance in Africaâs lingering confrontations. Broader approaches (e.g. âstructural stabilityâ) offer a better analytical framework than familiar one-dimensional explanations. Moreover, for explaining and dealing with violent conflicts a shift of attention from the nation-state towards the local and sub-regional level is needed.Aktuelle Analysen afrikanischer Gewaltkonflikte sind hĂ€ufig voller Fehlinterpretationen (Mangel an Differenzierung, Genauigkeit und konzeptioneller Klarheit, Staatszentriertheit, fehlende mittelfristige Zielvorstellungen). Breitere AnsĂ€tze (z. B. das Modell der Strukturellen StabilitĂ€t) könnten die Grundlage fĂŒr bessere Analyseraster und Politiken sein als eindimensionale ErklĂ€rungen. hĂ€ufig differenzieren ErklĂ€rungsansĂ€tze nicht mit ausreichender Klarheit zwischen Ursachen, verschĂ€rfenden und auslösenden Faktoren. Insbesondere die richtige Einordnung konfliktverlĂ€ngernder Faktoren ist in den jahrzehntelangen gewaltsamen Auseinandersetzungen in Afrika von zentraler Bedeutung. Das Diskussionspapier stellt die groĂe Variationsbreite dominanter ErklĂ€rungsmuster der wichtigsten internationalen Geber und Akteure gegenĂŒber und fordert einen Perspektivenwechsel zum Einbezug der lokalen und der subregionalen Ebene fĂŒr die ErklĂ€rung und Bearbeitung gewaltsamer Konflikte
Evaluating Mitigation Effort: Tools and Institutions for Assessing Nationally Determined Contributions
Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America. Edited by Cynthia J. Arnson. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1999. 216p. 24.00 paper.
From Reaction to Conflict Prevention : Opportunities for the UN System
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