Non-governmental Organizations in Global Environmental Regimes, Stockholm, Swedan, June 2003

Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO

Investigators

Abstract

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are increasingly important in global environmental governance. NGOs contribute to the shaping of how the international community frames global environmental problems by raising public awareness, lobbying national governments, providing technical expertise during international negotiations, and helping states implement and monitor international agreements. Despite the importance of NGOs, the community has not developed a productive analytical framework for studying NGOs. Michelle Betsill and three American colleagues will work with four European scholars at a workshop on (1) refining an analytical framework, (2) developing an edited volume comprised of the papers at the workshop, and (3) producing a research agenda for future work. In addition of the seven scholars, approximately eight others - government policy makers and NGO practitioners - will attend sessions of the workshop in Stockholm in June 2003.