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A Step Forward for UN Peacebuilding
Just before the holidays I participated in a UN conference on the role of the public sphere in post-conflict societies. The one-day event, titled “Media and Communication in Peacebuilding” was...
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You Can't Say That. It Doesn't Matter Who You Are.
The media have recently been going ga-ga over what many consider to be appalling public statements made by prominent figures in various fields --music, sports, domestic politics, and just today,...
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"If we miss the MDGs, who will punish us?"
You’ve probably heard that leaders from around the world have just completed a three day high-level summit on the Millennium Development Goals in New York. It’s been a decade since the international...
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Deliberation - What?
The practice of deliberation has had its place in participatory governance, in development and other areas, for some time. What do you think of when you hear "deliberation"? Porto Alegre's...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Space for TransparencyMobilising to Make Aid Transparent"How much money are donors giving to Liberia,...
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The Unfinished Global Revolution: Book Review
When I first met Mark Malloch-Brown several years ago, he was a newly ennobled peer and part of the Gordon Brown lead British Government, serving as a Foreign Minister. Wearing the ermine of a Lord...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.TrustLawAnti-Corruption Views- World Bank, UN make ‘how to’ asset recovery guide "How do you stop...
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Weekly Wire: the Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.CIVICUSBuilding bridges: The future of sustainable cooperation between informal online activists and...
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The Art of the Posse-able
If you want a model for how the world can solve its most pressing problems in the 21st Century, it is the posse. As governance systems go, the Wild West approach of rounding up a few available hands...
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#5: The UN E-Government Survey: Towards a More Citizen-Centric Approach
Our Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2011Originally published on January 10, 2011Last year South Korea ranked first in global e-government ranking among all the countries in the world according to...
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“Crowd-Sourcing” the Millennium Development Goals
The open agenda took a new twist a few weeks ago when Jamie Drummond, the Executive Director of ONE, talked about the open agenda at TEDGlobal by suggesting that post-MDG goals be “crowd-sourced,”...
View ArticleCampaign Art: UN Women: Putting the Women's Agenda as a Priority
People, Spaces, Deliberation bloggers present exceptional campaign art from all over the world. These examples are meant to inspire. Saturday, March 8 is International Women’s Day and UN Day for...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Three reasons investors are beginning to take sustainability seriously The Guardian Most of the...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Facebook’s Gateway Drug The New York Times SILICON VALLEY was once content to dominate the tech...
View ArticleCampaign Art: #WorldHumanitarianDay
People, Spaces, Deliberation bloggers present exceptional campaign art from all over the world. These examples are meant to inspire.World Humanitarian Day, celebrated on August 19, seeks to raise...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Out in the Open: This Man Wants to Turn Data Into Free Food (And So Much More) Wired Let’s say your...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Mapping Digital Media: Global Findings Open Society Foundation Is a world where there are almost as...
View ArticleCivic Space Initiative: Access to Resources Critical to Peaceful Assembly
Globally, civil society organizations face many obstacles. One of the most pressing regards laws and practices that constrain their ability to obtain or utilize financial, material, and human...
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Weekly Wire: The Global Forum
These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Many in Emerging and Developing Nations Disconnected from Politics Pew Research In recent years,...
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Quote of the Week: Samantha Power
"You learn in government what the obstacles are. But that’s not so you can go take a nap. It’s so you can figure out how to scale them or work around them. Does one get a better sense about context...
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