7 GOLD MERCURY INTERNATIONAL Global Governance: Towards a New Ethic
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM1 AND ACTORS2
Transnational Civil Society: International Standards & Industry Policy:
Human Rights Watch, World Wildlife Fund
Media: CNN, El País, Al Jazeera, Wikileaks
UN & UN Agencies:
International Accounting Standards Board, Global Health Council, FIFA
Security Council, World Health Organisation
International Institutions:
Multinational Corporations:
NATO,OSCE, World Bank, WTO
BP, Wal-Mart, Apple, Google
THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM
Citizen Trade Union Groups:
Informal Clubs, & Forums:
Trade Unions, Political Parties, Academia, Professional Associations
G8, G20, World Social Forum
Illigitimate Actors: Rebel Groups, Mercenaries, Al Qaeda, Organised Crime, The Mafia
Global Governance System The global governance system is a complex web of interactions and connections between the actors. Depending on change and events, all actors influence one another proactively and reactively
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Global Governance Actors A global actor is identified by its unique objectives and resulting policies. It also has the ability to consistenly impact other actors and global phenomena 2
Regional Entities:
Traditional Authorities: Religious Institutions, Royal Houses, Tribal Leaders
National Federal Municipal Governments: City of London, State of Texas, Government of Rwanda
European Union, Economic Community of West African States , Arab League
Government Civil Society Illgitimate
The above diagram lays out the existing global governance dynamics. This includes governmental actors, civil society actors and illegitimate actors. Their interactions create a complex web of push and pull relationships, some beneficial to the global arena and others detrimental. Considering actors’ inability to make decisions on pressing concerns (as evidenced by the difficulties in 2009’s Copenhagen climate summit) the actors do not understand the complexities or are unable to adjust to them. There are a great many actors that are not considered and even more connections that go unnoticed or remain underdeveloped.