Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability
This book is dedicated to
WARREN CHIP LINDNER
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A dear friend and mentor, who contributed so much to sustainable development and focusing the struggle against HIV/Aids on those in the South
Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability
Beyond Deadlock and Conflict
Minu Hemmati
with contributions from
Felix Dodds, Jasmin Enayati and Jan McHarry
Earthscan Publications Ltd
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Hemmati, Minu, 1963.
Multi-stakeholder processes for governance and sustainability : beyond deadlock and conflict / Minu Hemmati ; with contributions from Felix Dodds, Jasmin Enyati, and Jan McHarry.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-85383-869-1 (hardback) - ISBN 1-85383-870-5 (pbk.)
1. Sustainable developmentDecision making. 2. Sustainable developmentInternational cooperation. 3. Sustainable developmentCitizen participation. 4. Intergovernmental cooperation. 5. Public-private sector cooperation. 6. Multiple criteria decision making. I. Title.
HC79.E5H456 2002
658.403dc21
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About the Authors
Felix Dodds
UNED Forum Executive Director, developing and managing projects for UNED, Felix represents UNED at UN events and helps to organize and facilitate the involvement of Major Groups in the UN system both domestically and internationally. He co-chaired the CSD NGO Steering Committee from 1997 to 2001 which coordinated the involvement of NGOs in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development. He has been NGO adviser to the UK Government at the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (19931996) and the European Commission (19971998). He has attended the UN Rio Summit, Habitat II, Earth Summit II, Beijing+5 and Copenhagen+5. He has published three books: Into the Twenty-first Century: An Agenda for Political Realignment (edited, 1988), The Way Forward: Beyond Agenda 21 (edited, 1997) and Earth Summit 2002: A New Deal (edited, revised edition, 2001). Felix co-coordinated UNEDs project on MSPs with Minu Hemmati and has written of this book, putting MSPs in the context of the debate on global governance.
Jasmin Enayati
Jasmin holds an MSc in Social and Organizational Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has been working as an independent consultant with UNED Forum on various projects since January 2000, such as the website on social development and Copenhagen+5 and the conference on Gender Perspectives for Earth Summit 2002. Jasmin also edits UNED Forums Newsletter Connections. She has contributed to the work on UNED Forums project on MSPs as a project assistant and has produced the review of relevant scientific research (see ).
Dr Minu Hemmati
A psychologist by profession, Minus doctorate is in environmental and organizational psychology. She worked in research and teaching at the Department for Social Psychology and Womens Studies at the University of Saarbrcken, Germany, from 1992 to 1998. She has been working with UNED Forum as an independent project coordinator since 1998. Her projects focus on areas such as women/gender and sustainable development (tourism and consumption) as well as the participation and collaboration of various stakeholder groups. She has represented the Bah International Community at the Habitat II Conference (Istanbul, 1996) and the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) meetings in 1997, as well as Earth Summit II and UNED Forum at all CSD meetings since 1998, and at Copenhagen+5 and Beijing+5. Minu co-coordinated the Womens Caucus to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development from 1999 to 2001. She co-coordinated UNEDs project on MSPs with Felix Dodds.
Jan McHarry
Jan holds an MSc in Environmental Resource Planning, and is an independent writer and researcher specializing in sustainable development, waste and recycling issues. She works with national organizations and community groups and was involved in early work on Local Agenda 21 programmes and sustainability indicators for use at the community level. As a recycling specialist, Jan has been instrumental in the development of Buy Recycled initiatives within the UK. She writes for a wide range of audiences, has over 25 years practical involvement in environmental campaigning, including working as Information Officer for Friends of the Earth UK. She is a practising Buddhist with a particular interest in exploring the links between Buddhist ethics and environmentalsocial action. Jan has undertaken the major part of the research on the example processes studied for this publication.
Acknowledgements
This book has significantly benefited from many peoples input. They helped us with their knowledge and ideas. They pointed us to useful references. They challenged our suggestions and argued the opposite, making us reconsider and differentiate. They took the time to be interviewed or fill in our questionnaire on MSP examples. They looked through draft documents and commented, providing guidance, question marks and amendments. This included many members of UNED Forums International Advisory Board and Executive Committee, and many of those who have been involved in the example processes (see ). The work was also greatly helped by the 90 participants at a weekend workshop we held in New York in April 2001 where lively dialogues helped to sharpen our ideas.
Among all of them, one person was extremely helpful: Paul Hohnen, former Director of Greenpeace International and adviser to a range of international NGOs, organizations and corporations. He reviewed an earlier version of the text and provided a large number of invaluable contributions, comments, amendments and questions.
The book would by no means be the same without Paul and all the others. However, the authors take full responsibility for the contents of the book, including its shortcomings.
Second, our thanks go to those who supported UNED Forums project on MSPs which led to this book: Novartis (Switzerland) provided the larger part of the financial resources and in-kind support by assigning Malou Lesquite to work with us on the project and the preparations for the workshop in New York. The Ford Foundation provided additional financial resources and supported a number of participants from developing countries in attending the workshop. BP Amoco plc hosted us at their conference facilities in New York, providing an environment which added to the enthusiasm and productivity of the event.
