Social:Multistakeholder governance model
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The multistakeholder governance model, sometimes known as a multistakeholder initiative (MSI),[1][2] is a governance structure that seeks to bring stakeholders together to participate in the dialogue, decision making, and implementation of solutions to common problems or goals. The principle behind such a structure is that if enough input is provided by all actors involved in a question, the eventual consensual decision gains more legitimacy, and therefore better reflects a set of perspectives rather than a single source of validation.
A stakeholder refers to an individual, group, or organization that has a direct or indirect interest or stake in a particular organization, these may be businesses, civil society, governments, research institutions, and non-government organizations.
Examples
The multistakeholder model is used in Internet governance by organizations such as the ICANN and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).[3]
Additionally, multistakeholderism has underpinned some local government organizations like New York City's Community Boards.[citation needed]
Norbert Bollow, co-coordinator on the Civil Society Internet Governance Forum[4] distinguishes between "representative" multistakeholderism, using as examples the United Nation's MAG and ECWG, in which a limited number of seats are distributed to representatives through some selection process, and "open" multistakeholderism, as represented by the IETF and its regional internet registries, which rely on participants self-selecting to balance perspectives.
See also
References
- ↑ Utting, P. (2001). "Regulating Business Via Multistakeholder Initiatives: A Preliminary Assessment." (Paper prepared in late 2001 under the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) research project "Promoting Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: The Potential and Limits of Voluntary Initiatives".) Accessed 14/May/2014
- ↑ Fuchs, D., Kalfagianni, A., & Havinga, T. (2011) "Actors in private food governance: the legitimacy of retail standards and multistakeholder initiatives with civil society participation", Agriculture and Human Values, September 2011, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp 353-367.
- ↑ "Internet Society Questionnaire on Multistakeholder Governance Report and Summary of the Results". Internet Society. October 2013. http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-society-questionnaire-multistakeholder-governance-report-and-summary-results-october. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ↑ http://www.igcaucus.org/
Further reading
- "Introduction To The ICANN Multi-Stakeholder Model"
- Michael Gurstein, "Multistakeholderism vs. Democracy: My Adventures in 'Stakeholderland'"
- Marcus Kummer, "Multistakeholder Cooperation: Reflections on the emergence of a new phraseology in international cooperation", Internet Society
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