Governance

ISSUES

Governance

How can we achieve a society that takes better care of the planet? A tentative answer arose from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro: “Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level”. This new way of exercising power and managing the planet is known by the name of "governance". (1).
Governance is based on the recognition of the importance of civil society and of non-State players. It gives attention to incorporating these in the management and collective decision-making process, and monitoring of this process.
Governance: several meanings
The term is actually vague, with many definitions. In France, it was used in pre-Revolutionary times, and faded out of common usage until early 20th-century economists used it to describe cooperation and partnership patterns within businesses. Only recently did the word come to apply to changes in the manner of...

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DEBATES

Don’t Blame it on Rio

Michel Rocard

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Endorse the Nuclear Test Ban

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Greening the European Investment Bank

Over the past four years, the European Investment Bank –...

FOCUS

Educating women

Educating women is probably the biggest problem we face in the 21st century because it means putting right an injustice – gender inequality – and combating two of the world’s problems: overpopulation and poverty.Today, 64 % of the 860 million...

VIDEOS

05/04/2012	The feature documentary SHATTERED SKY premieres at the DC Environmental...	14/03/2012	According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Millenium...
17/11/2011	The United States isn't broke; we're the richest country on the planet and...	24/08/2011	In 2009 Survival released the film "Mine - Story of a Sacred Mountain",...

GREEN TIPS

Educate to Protect

Since 2001, all primary school students in the State of Colima, on the north pacific coast of Mexico, have...

INDICATORS

Human Development Index (HDI)
Gender gap
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

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