an Eldis Resource
Rethinking governance handbook: an inventory of ideas to enhance participation, transparancy and accountability
A compendium of case studies detailing best practice and innovative approaches to governance
Authors:
; Centre for Global Studies
Publisher:
Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria , 2001
Taken from a broad range of sources this guide gives detailed accounts of a number of different approaches (both tested and untested) to issues of governance aimed at international organisations to encourage innovation and good practice. The approaches - grouped loosely under the headings accountability, transparency and participation - are too numerous to outline individually but some of the areas addressed are listed below:
- Consulting with civil society and NGOs - balancing the legitimacy of selective consultation with the inefficiency of broad based approaches; issues of effectiveness and privacy.
- Decision-making rules - suggests 'qualified majority' options mark the way forward from the gridlock of inclusive 'consensus' decision and the inequity of 'shareholder' allocated voting methods.
- Internet tools for participation and accountability
- Capacity building for the south
