BGD Convenor Institutes [1]

Civil Society Initiatives [2]

Courses [3]

Journals [4]

Media Initiatives [5]

Official Organisations [6]

Parliaments & Political Parties [7]

Research Programmes [8]

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BGD Convenor Institutes

The Building Global Democracy (BGD) Programme is facilitated and coordinated through a convening group of ten persons based in ten world regions. Below are links to each of the Convenors Institutes. For further information read more about our convenors. [11]

• Brazilian Institute of Social and Economic Research (IBASE) [12]
  Moema de Miranda - Latin America 
   
• Cairo University [13]
  Heba Raouf Ezzat - Middle East & North Africa
   
• Centre for the Study of Globalisation & Regionalisation (CSGR) [14]
  Jan Aart Scholte - Western Europe  
   
• East West Centre [15]
  Sitiveni Halapua - Pacific   
   
• Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences [16]
  Alla Glinchikova - Eastern Europe  & Central Asia   
   
• Jawaharlal Nehru University [17]
  Anand Kumar - South Asia  
   
• Pan African Development Center [18]
  Alfred Nhema - Sub-Saharan Africa   
   
• Research Centre for Globalization and Cultural Studies, University of Manitoba [19]
  Diana Brydon - North America   
   
• Tsinghua University [20]
  Peng Zongchao - East Asia  
   
• University of the West Indies [21]
  Jessica Byron - Caribbean    

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Civil Society Initiatives

• Action Aid International [23]
   
• African Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad) [24]
   
• Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization (AAPSO)  [25]
   
• Alberta Council for Global Cooperation [26]
   
• All-Russian Social Movement ‘Alternatives’ [27]
   
• Amnesty International (AI) [28]
   
• ANND [29]   
  Arab NGO Network for Development.
   
• Arab Reform Initiative  [30]
   
• Ashoka [31]
   
• Asia-Europe People’s Forum [32]
   
• Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum-Asia)  [33]
   
• Associação Brasileira de Organizações Não Governamentais (ABONG)  [34]
   
• Association for Progressive Communications (APC) [35]
   
• Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) [36]
   
• Association of World Citizens [37]
  International peace organisation with branches in 50 countries.
   
• Associazione Ya Basta  [38]
   
• ATTAC [39]
  Association for the Taxation of Finacial Translations to Aid Citizens.
   
• AVAAZ.org [40]
  A community of global citizens who take action on the major issues facing the world today.  
   
• Bank Information Center (BIC) [41]
   
• Bien Public à l’Échelle Mondiale (BPEM)  [42]
   
• Biothai  [43]
   
• Bretton Woods Project (BWP)  [44]
   
• Bridge Initiative International [45]  
  Mediation for change in global governance.
   
• CACIM [46]
  India Institute for Critical Action: Centre in Movement
   
• Campaign for Global Democracy [47]
  A membership association which aims to research, promote and advocate for democratisation of global governance.
   
• Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC) [48]
   
• Carbon Trade Watch (CTW) [49]
   
• Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) [50]
   
• Centro Latino Americano de Ecologia Social (CLAES) [51]
   
• Check Your Head: The Youth Global Education Network [52]
   
• CIDSE [53] 
   
• Citizens for Global Solutions [54]
  A membership organization educating Americans about our global interdependence
   
• CIVICUS [55]  
  World Alliance for Citizen Participation 
   
• Civil Society for Poverty Reduction Zambia (CSPR) [56]
   
• Climate Action Network (CAN)  [57]
   
• Coalition des Alternatives Africaines Dette et Développement (CAD-Mali)  [58]
   
• Coalition Dette Extérieure de la RDC (CDE-RDC) [59]
   
• Coalition for Democractic World Government [60]
  A coalition of organizations working in various ways towards a civilized system of world law.
   
• Commonwealth Foundation [61]
   
• Commonwealth People's Forum (CPF) [62]
   
• Conference on NGOs to the United Nations (CONGO) [63]
   
• Consumers International (CI) [64]
   
• Coordination Sud [65]
   
• Council for a Community of Democracies [66]
  Advancing global democracy through partnership between civil society and government.
   
• Council of Canadians [67]
   
• CUTS International [68]
   
• Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (DHF) [69]
   
• Democracia Global  [70]
   
• Development and Peace Foundation [71]
   
• Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) [72]
   
• Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Associations (DENIVA) [73]
   
• Disabled Peoples International (DPI) [74]
   
• e-Parliament [75] 
  Trying to connect all lawmakers worldwide and also allowing civil society participation.
   
• echo [76]
  An internet project that aims to establish a new form of particpatory democracy.
   
• ENDA Tiers Monde [77] 
   
• European Alternatives [78]
  An organisation devoted to exploring the potential for transnational politics and culture. 
   
• European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad)  [79]
   
• European Social Forum [80] 
   
• Federal Union UK [81]
   
• FIM [82]
  Forum International de Montréal: Démocratiser la gouvernance mondiale
  Montreal International Forum: Democratizing Global Governance
   
• Focus on the Global South [83]
   
• Forum on Democracy and Trade [84]
   
• Fourth International (FI) [85] 
   
• FNWG - Forum for a New World Governance [86]
  Foro por una nueva Governanza Mundial
  Forum pour une nouvelle Gouvernance Mondiale
   
• FPH [87]  
  Fondation Charles Léopold Mayer pour le Progrès de l'Homme
   
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Dialogue on Globalization [88]
   
• Friends of the Earth International  [89]
   
• Gender Action [90]
   
• GlobalDemo.org [91] 
   A community website for those who see the need for democracy at a global level.
   
• Global Action Network Net (GAN-Net) [92]
   
• Global AIDS Alliance (GAA) [93]
   
• Global Call to Action on Poverty (GCAP) [94]
   
• Global Campaign for Education (GCE) [95]
   
• Global Exchange [96]
   
• Global Financial Integrity Program [97]
   
• Global Marshall Plan [98]
   
• Global Policy Forum [99]
   
• Global Public Policy Institute (GPPI) [100]
   
• Global Trade Watch, Public Citizen [101]
   
• Global Transparency Initiative (GTI) [102]  
   
• Global Vision Institute [103]
   
• The Global Vote  [104]
  An opportunity for citizens of the world to express opinions on global issues
   
• Gorbachev Foundation  [105]
   
• Grassroots Global Justice Alliance [106]
   
• Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood (GROOTS) [107]
   
• Greenpeace International  [108]
   
• Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law [109]
   
• Halifax Initiative [110]
  A Canadian coalition of developmet, environment, faith-based, human rights and labour groups. 
   
• Hemispheric Social Alliance (HSA) [111]
   
• Human Rights Watch [112]
   
• Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) [113]
   
• ICANN Watch [114]
   
• Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) [115]
   
• Institute for Cultural Diplomacy [116]
   
• Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) [117]
   
• Instituto Políticas Alternativas para o Cone Sul (PACS) [118]
   
• International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests  [119]
   
• International Alliance of Inhabitants [120]
   
• International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) [121]
   
• International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)  [122]
   
• International Council for Adult Education [123] 
   
• International Dalit Solidarity Network [124]
   
• International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) [125]
   
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA)  [126]
   
• International Movement ATD Fourth World [127]
   
• International Simultaneous Policy Organisation (Simpol)  [128] 
  A powerful new way to use your vote to drive politicians around the world to implement global solutions.
   
• International Trade and Gender Network (ITGN) [129]
   
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) [130]
   
• Internet Governance Caucus (IGC) [131]
   
• Internet Society (ISOC) [132]
   
• Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) [133] 
   
• Jubilee South [134]
   
• Land Center for Human Rights [135]
   
• MEJN [136]  
  Malawi Economic Justice Network 
   
• Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l’Amitié entre les Peuples (MRAP) [137]
   
• Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (MST) [138]
   
• New Literacy Project [139]
   
• New Rules for Global Finance [140]
   
• Noncommercial Users Constituency of ICANN (NCUC) [141]
   
• OECD Watch [142]
   
• OneWorld.net [143]
  Online coverage on human rights and sustainable development
   
• One World Action [144]  
   
• One World Trust [145]
  An independent think tank that conducts research, develops recommendations and advocates for reform in global governance.  
   
• Oxfam France Agir Ici [146]
   
• Oxfam International [147]
   
• PACS (Instituto Politicas Alternativas para o Cone Sul) [148]
   
• Panos [149]
   
• Panos Global Network [150]
   
• Public Services International (PSI) [151]

• Real Democracy Now  [152]
   
• Rede Brasil sobre Instituições Financeiras Multilaterais (Rede Brasil) [153]
   
• Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern [154]
   
• Right Livelihood Award [155] 
   
• Rights & Democracy [156]
   
• Sapiens Movement [157]
  International movement of people and organizations working to establish a democratically elected world governing authority
   
• Sistren Theatre Collective [158]
   
• Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) [159]
   
• Social Justice Committee (SJC) [160]
   
• Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI)  [161]
   
• Small Planet [162]
   
• StreetNet International [163]
   
• Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN) [164]
   
• Student World Assembly [165]
  Promoting global democracy one student at a time!
   
• Survival International [166]
   
• Tax Justice Network (TJN) [167]
   
• Third World Network (TWN) [168]
   
• This Week in Global Governance [169]

• Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) [170]
   
• Transnational Radical Party [171]
   
• Transnational Republic [172]
  A global grassroots movement to establish democratic participation within globalisation.
   
• Transparency International [173]
  The global coalition against corruption
   
• UBUNTU [174]
  World Forum of Civil Society Networks
   
• Uganda National NGO Forum [175]
   
• Union of NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW) [176]
   
• United Nations Foundation (UNF) [177]
   
• UNPA Campaign [178]
  Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly
  Campagne pour la création d'une Assemblée parlementaire des Nations Unies
  Campagña para el Establicimiento de una Asamblea Parlamentaria en las Naciones Unidas 
   
• Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) [179]
  An organisation of indigenous peoples, minorities, and unrecognised or occupied territories who have joined together to protect and promote their human and cultural rights. 
   
• Vote World Parliament [180]
  Global online referendum on a democratic world parliament
   
• VoteGlobal [181]
  Global Voting Resource where members can have their say on political issues and elections around the world.
   
• The Wave [182]
  A network based grassroots campaign for global democracy.
   
• Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) [183]
   
• Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) [184]
   
• Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) [185]
   
• World Development Movement (WDM) [186]
   
• World Economy, Ecology & Development (WEED) [187]
   
• World Fair Trade Organisation (WFTO) [188] 
   
• World Federalist Movement (WFM) [189]
  Global movement promoting development of democratic international institutions and the global application of international law. 
   
• World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) [190]
   
• World Government of World Citizens [191]
   
• World Learning [192]
   
• World March of Women  [193]
   
• World Social Forum [194]
  Open meeting space for social movements, networks, NGOs and other civil society organisations.
   
• World Vision International [195]
   
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF) [196] 
   

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Courses

• Democracy and Global Transformations [197] (Master's Degree)
  University of Helsinki
   
• Global Studies Programme [198] (Master's Degree)
  Intercontinental

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Journals

• Alternatives Internationales [199]
  A Paris-based quarterly that offers frequent critical examinations of globalisation.
   
• Ethics & Global Politics [200]
  An open access, peer reviewed scholarly journal that looks to foster theoretical contributions to the study of global politics.
   
• Global Governance [201]
  Showcases the expertise of leading scholars and practitioners concerned with the processes of international cooperation and multilateralism.
   
• Global Policy [202]
  Interdisciplinary journal bring together academics and practictioners to analyse both public and private solutions to global problems and issues.
   
• Global Society [203]
  Encourages innovative approaches to the study of global and international issues from a range of disciplines.
   
• Globalizations [204]
  Publishes work which explores new meanings of globalization, brings fresh ideas to the concept, broadens its scope and contributes to shaping debates of the future.
   
• Journal of Critical Globalization Studies [205]
  Fully peer-reviewed, open-access, academic journal that invites contributors to challenge dominant ideas of globalisation.
   
• Journal of Democracy [206]
  Quarterly journal which focuses on analyzing democratic regimes and movements around the world. 
   
• The Globalist [207]
   
• The Global Journal [208]
   
• Yale Global Online [209]
  The magazine is aimed at exploring the implications of the growing interconnectedness of the world and promoting debate on all aspects of globalization through publishing original articles and multi-media presentations
   

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 Media Initiatives

• CINE REBELE [210]
  Independent media collective distributing films related to social movements
   
• Democracy Now! [211]
   
• globaldemocracy.com [212]
    
• Global Connections Television [213]
  Videos centered on or around the activities of the United Nations Association of the USA
   
• Global Voices Online [214]
  International community of bloggers who report on blogs and citizen media from around the world.
   
• Kontect TV [215]
   
• New Internationalist [216]
  Reports on issues of world poverty and inequality, and debates and campaigns for radical change. 
   
• openDemocracy [217] Publishes news analysis, debate and blogs on the world and the way we govern ourselves.
   
• Utne Reader [218]
   
• Why Democracy? [219]
  Film project on democracy in the world: ten one-hour films and 17 short films. 
   
• World Vote Now [220]
  Film clip for Joel Marsden's new film 'World Vote Now', which explores issues surrounding global democracy. 
   
• Yes! [221]

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 Official Organisations

• Asia-Europe Foundation (AEF) [222]
  Advancing mutual understanding and collaboration amoung the people of Asia and Europe.
   
• Intergovernmental Group of Twenty Four (G24 [223])
  Concerts the position of developing countries on monetary and development finance issues.
   
• Global Fund Partnership Forum [224]
  An integral part of the Global Funs governance structure that involves all fund stakeholders.
   
• ICANN At-Large [225]
  A community of individual Internet users who participate in the policy development work of ICANN.
   
• Independent Evaluation Office of the International Monetary Fund [226]
  Set up to conduct independent and objective evaluations of Fund policies and activities.
   
• South Centre [227]
  An Intergovernmental Policy Think Tank of Developing Countries.
   
• United Nations Global Compact [228]
  Strategic policy initiative for businesses committed to aligning their operations & strategies with 10 universally accepted principles in the area of human rights, labour, environment & anti-corruption.
   
• United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) [229]
  Strengthening UN-Civil Society Relations.
   
• United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) [230]
   
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) [231]
  Multidisciplinary research on the social dimensions of contemporary problems affecting development.
   
• United Nations Secretary-General’s Panel on Civil Society-UN Relations [232]
  Cardoso Report, 'We the People' (2004), on relations between the United Nations.
   
• World Bank Inspection Panel [233]
  Forum for people who believe that they may be adversely affected by Bank-financed operations. 
   
• World Wide Views [234]

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 Parliaments & Political Parties

• Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) [235]
  Forum for debate and exchange of proposals and information on issues of common interest to its members. 
   
• Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) [236]
  Deepening the Commonwealth's commitment to democractic governance.
   
• European Parliament [237]
  The only directly-elected body of the European Union.
   
• Global Green Network (GGN) [238]
  A network of representatives of national Green Parties from around the planet.
   
• Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE) [239]
  A unique organisation that aims to support ambitious political leadership on environmental issues.
   
• Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAL) [240]
   
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) [241]
  International organisation of Parliaments established in 1889. 
   
• International Democrat Union (IDU) [242]
  An association of over 80 Conservative, Christian Democrat and like-minded political parties of the centre and centre right.
   
• Liberal International (LI) [243]
  The world federation of liberal and democratic political parties.
   
• Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) [244]
  International network of over 1300 legislators in more than 100 elected parliaments around the globe.
   
• Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB) [245]
  A global action-oriented organization of parliamentarians advocating for transparency and accountability in international development.
   
• Socialist International (SI) [246]
  The worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties.
   

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Research Programmes

• ACUNS  [247] 
  The Academic Council on the United Nations System
   
• Brookings Institution [248]
   
• Centre for Basic Research (CBR) [249]
  Uganda
   
• Centre for Citizenship and Democracy [250]    
  University of Southampton
   
• Centre for Deliberative Democracy & Global Governance [251]
  Australian National University
   
• Center for Global Change and Governance (CGCG) [252]
  Rutgers University
   
• Center for Ethics and Global Politics, LUISS [253]
   
• Centre for Global Governance  [254]
  Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
   
• Centre for Global Studies [255]
  University of Victoria 
   
• Centre for International Goverenance Innovation (CIGI) [256]
   
• Chaos International [257]
   
• Democracy Unbound [258] 
  Swedish Research Project Looking at Global Democracy
   
• Earth System Governance [259]
   
• FLACSO Argentina [260]
   
• G8 Research Group [261]
   
• GARNET [262]  
  Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation
   
• Global Democratic Governance [263]
  University of St Gallen
   
• Global Governance Programme [264]
  European University Institute
   
• Global Governance Project [265]
   
• Global Policy Institute (GPI) [266]
   
• Global Public Policy Institute [267]  
  Promoting effective and accountable governance through research, consulting and debate  
   
• Globalism Institute [268]
  RMIT
   
• Institute for Global Policy (IGP) [269]
   
• Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition [270]
  McMaster University
   
• Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) [271]
   
• International Democracy Watch [272]
  Involves researchers from all over the world studying the democractic state of various international organisations
   
• Internet Goverenance Project (IGP) [273]
   
• IRG  [274]
  Institut de Recherche et Débat sur la Gouvernance 
  Institute of Research and Debate on Governance
  Instituto de Investigación y Debate sobre la Gobernanza
   
• John F. Kennedy School of Government [275]
  Harvard University
   
• Leuven Centre for Global Goverenance [276] 
    
• NIGD  [277] 
  Network Institute for Global Democratization  
   
• North-South Institute (NSI) [278]
   
• Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) [279]
   
• Programa Democracia y Transformación Global [280]
  Democracy and Global Transformation Programme
   
• REDTAC [281]
  Réseau d’études des dynamiques transnationales et de l’action collective  
   
• Space of Democracy and the Democracy of Space [282]
   
• S.T. Lee Project on Global Governance [283]
  Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
   
• School of Global Studies (SGS) [284]
  Gothenburg University
   
• Social Watch [285]
   
• TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) [286]
   
• Transdemos [287]
  Democracy Beyond the Nation State? Transnational Actors and Global Governance
   
• Transnational Conflicts and International Institutions Research Unit, Social Science Research Centre Berlin [288]
   
• Transnational Institute (TNI) [289]
   
• UNU-CRIS [290]  
  United Nations University Comparative Regional Integration Studies Programme
   
• Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs [291]
  Princeton University
   
• Yale Center for the Study of Globalization  [292]
   

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