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Policy Action Groups At the heart of the Commission's work is the development of Policy Action Groups. These are the result of a collaborative effort by a number of Co-Chairs and Commissioners who have come together with the explicit purpose of producing specific reform proposals through a multi-stakeholder process of deliberation. The goal of the Policy Action Groups is twofold: 1. producing actual reforms that strengthen the global system; and 2. developing a multi-stakeholder process of deliberation as a model of how effective governance can take place at the global level. To be successful, the Policy Action Groups require three components: (1) specific policy reform issues that are timely, relevant to the international debate on globalization, and conducive to a multi-stakeholder process of deliberation; (2) a methodology for bringing diverse stakeholders together, most of which will have deep convictions and sharp disagreements with the other constituencies; and (3) the requisite expertise and insight into how to align the recommendations of the PAG process with the intergovernmental mechanism of deliberation and decision making. The issues must be carefully chosen; there must be in place a practiced methodology of how one brings divergent stakeholders together in a way that moves beyond dialogue to deliberation and collaborative work; and there must be the significant expertise in governmental processes to ensure that the recommendations of the Policy Action Groups are seriously considered if not adopted. Discussions with a wide range of individuals from the White House, World Bank, IMF, WTO, major NGOs, global corporations, and European as well as G77 governments, have indicated a high degree of interest in selecting very specific issues of contention in the global debate; developing specific reform proposals through a multi-stakeholder process of deliberation; and working with the relevant government bodies to ensure that the recommendations are seriously considered and adopted. The following six topics have been chosen for initial development. Other issues are under consideration for a second phase of development. · Intellectual Property with Gary Sampson, Senior Advisor to the Director General, WTO · Next Trade & Aid Round with George Soros, Chairman, Soros Fund Management · Regional Development Bank Reform with Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of UNDP · International Water Policies with Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian Foreign Minister · Learning and Education with Paul Cappon, Chair, Canadian Council of Education Ministers · International Interfaith Investment with Martin Palmer, Director of the Alliance for Religious Conservation |
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