Problem
Inadequate information systems for international governmental decision-making processes
Other Names:
Institutional arteriosclerosis Nature:
Intergovernmental organizations are used as instruments in dealing with problems which, by their nature, transcend national boundaries and are in effect regional or world-wide in scope. But it can hardly be expected that they can avoid the errors in decision-making which have afflicted the governments which control them unless adequate information is available for the decision-making process. This is now not the case. Further, unless governments themselves possess such information and are able to improve the decision-making machinery which has led to the present situation, the errors of IGOs will be compounded. The fundamental requirement for dealing with this situation has not been recognized: a common basis of processed information available to all governments and organizations.
Incidence:
The technology upon which international telecommunications systems are based is developing faster than the ability of international bodies to respond. The result is a tendency for communications policies to become political rhetoric rather than practical guidelines.
Broader Problems:
Failure to integrate knowledge to empower humanity in response to the global problematiqueInstitutional incapacity Narrower Problems:
Failure of government intelligence services Related Problems:
Lack of financial information systems for international nongovernmental organizations Aggravates:
Lack of informationInappropriate policiesInadequacy of international standardsInadequate research on proposed solutions to problemsInadequacy of intergovernmental decision-making process Subject(s):
→ SystemsGovernment → Government
Information → Information
Medicine → Blood vessels
Policy-making → Policy
Social Activity → Organization
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST