strategy
Cooperating internationally
Synonyms:
Practising global cooperationCooperating globally
Using international cooperation
Strengthening international cooperation
Furthering international cooperation
Promoting international cooperation
Promoting international cooperation
Developing international cooperation
Description:
Cooperating towards the same goals on the part of nation-states, governmental and nongovernmental organizations (whether worldwide, regional, national or community-level), and individuals in all fields of human activity, including; economic and social development; the environment; international transfer of science and technology; cultural cooperation; world health; international law; education; promotion of human rights; food and agriculture. Such cooperation may be bilateral or via intergovernmental agencies. Context:
Since the beginning of the 1980s, a series of independent commissions have sought to advance the cause of global cooperation. The [Independent Commission on International Development Issues] (Brandt Commission) was followed by the [Independent Commission of Disarmament and Security Issues], the [World Commission on Environment and Development] and the [South Commission]. In 1991 members of these different commissions formed the [Stockholm Initiative on Global Security and Governance] and issued a report which led, in 1992, to the establishment of the [Commission on Global Governance].This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
Implementation:
International cooperation played a political and strategic role during the cold war. The powers made over resources to the third world and to development agencies which helped to maintain ties of political loyalty in a world of polar division. Very often international cooperation was used as a weapon in the play of political balance. Since the cold war ended, international cooperation has entered a profound crisis. The [World Summit for Social Development] (Copenhagen Conference) did not succeed in signing up a commitment on this issue, leaving it to States to freely determine whether they wished to increase or decrease the volume of cooperation, the methodology to be applied, financial decisions on debt reduction and their response to other initiatives suggested to the participating States. Counter Claim:
Working in one's own nation is difficult enough. Narrower:
Building global communityCooperating multilaterallyInternationalizing anarchyManaging transboundary issuesChanging consumption patternsGathering international statisticsCooperating in international tradeAdvancing systems interoperabilityDeveloping inter-university cooperationPromoting coordinated telecommunicationsPromoting cooperation amongst geographersStrengthening cooperative security measuresFacilitating international maritime trafficFostering international tourism cooperationRatifying international cooperative venturesPromoting international cultural cooperationIncreasing international economic cooperationAssisting international adoption organizationsEstablishing global governmental responsibilityStrengthening role of geosciences in developmentIntegrating the international community of nationsCooperating internationally on biotechnology safetyPromoting international cooperation in human rightsImproving global cooperation to solve world problemsPromoting international cooperation among scientistsIncreasing international assessment of chemical risksPromoting international cooperation on the environmentStrengthening cooperation between developing countriesDeveloping procedural rules for cooperation amongst NGOsCreating global alliance for environmental sustainabilityProviding sufficient comparative international statisticsImproving international cooperation in reducing terrorismStrengthening international cooperation to combat povertyFostering economic cooperation among developing countriesIncreasing international cooperation on chemical managementStrengthening cooperation among international organizationsIncreasing international cooperation on research on biotechnologyImproving international cooperation on environmental infrastructureImproving international cooperation on the transfer of biotechnologyExpanding international research cooperation on freshwater resourcesIncreasing international cooperation on the conservation of cetaceansConvening regional meetings on international cooperation in bio-safetyIncreasing international cooperation centres on hazardous waste managementStrengthening intergovernmental cooperation with nongovernmental organizationsStrengthening international institutional arrangements to implement Agenda 21Cooperating on environmentally sound technology among enterprises in developed and developing countriesCooperating for sustainable developmentIntegrating international policy Constrained by:
Doing without adequate international cooperation Facilitates:
Exchanging scientific personnel Facilitated by:
Providing world visionPromoting globalizationPromoting internationalismReforming the United NationsImproving global communicationsIndicating need for political alliancesStudying regional international relationshipsPromoting international scientific cooperationEncouraging international intellectual cooperationFostering international cooperation in civil aviationAdvocating cooperation and diplomacy in international political alliances Organizations:
International Atomic Energy AgencyAtlantic Association of Young Political LeadersOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentInternational Union of Immunological SocietiesInternational Peace BureauOrganization of African UnityVienna NGO Committee on the FamilyWorld Commission on Culture and DevelopmentParliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in EuropeEurope's Forum on International CooperationInternational Sonnenberg AssociationCenter for International Legal Cooperation References:
Miller, Benjamin: When Opponents Cooperate: great power conflict and collaboration in world politicsSagasti, Francisco and Alcalde, Gonzalo: Development Cooperation in a Fractured Global Order: an arduous transitionValderrama, Mariano: New Directions in International Co-operation: a view from Latin America Subjects:
Planetary initiatives Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies