The proliferation of state and non-state actors, along with increasing institutional complexity, has led to a qualitative shift in Global Development Governance (GDG) towards what we term ‘GDG 2.0’. Realising accountability in this context presents challenges due to growing actor diversity, institutional plurality and a lack of formalised accountability structures. Building on the introduction to this special section, we explore the potential of ‘forward-looking’ approaches to ac-countability, notably collective deliberation, learning and competition. Despite the importance of these mechanisms for GDG processes, conceptualising them as accountability tools may have limited gains and indeed reinforce the preferences of established actors, dilute useful monitoring approaches and divert attention from longstanding agendas. We argue that prioritising enabling environments for more circumscribed ‘backward-looking’ accountability—with a focus on standard-setting and monitoring—may be more feasible and effective towards holding decision-makers to account within the GDG 2.0 context.
The proliferation of state and non-state actors, along with increasing institutional complexity, has led to a qualitative shift in Global Development Governance (GDG) towards what we term ‘GDG 2.0’. Realising accountability in this context presents challenges due to growing actor diversity, institutional plurality and a lack of formalised accountability structures. Building on the introduction to this special section, we explore the potential of ‘forward-looking’ approaches to ac-countability, notably collective deliberation, learning and competition. Despite the importance of these mechanisms for GDG processes, conceptualising them as accountability tools may have limited gains and indeed reinforce the preferences of established actors, dilute useful monitoring approaches and divert attention from longstanding agendas. We argue that prioritising enabling environments for more circumscribed ‘backward-looking’ accountability—with a focus on standard-setting and monitoring—may be more feasible and effective towards holding decision-makers to account within the GDG 2.0 context.
The proliferation of state and non-state actors, along with increasing institutional complexity, has led to a qualitative shift in Global Development Governance (GDG) towards what we term ‘GDG 2.0’. Realising accountability in this context presents challenges due to growing actor diversity, institutional plurality and a lack of formalised accountability structures. Building on the introduction to this special section, we explore the potential of ‘forward-looking’ approaches to ac-countability, notably collective deliberation, learning and competition. Despite the importance of these mechanisms for GDG processes, conceptualising them as accountability tools may have limited gains and indeed reinforce the preferences of established actors, dilute useful monitoring approaches and divert attention from longstanding agendas. We argue that prioritising enabling environments for more circumscribed ‘backward-looking’ accountability—with a focus on standard-setting and monitoring—may be more feasible and effective towards holding decision-makers to account within the GDG 2.0 context.
21. September 2023 – Die Entscheidung der CDU, mit den Stimmen der AfD eine Senkung der Grunderwerbsteuer im Thüringer Landtag durchzusetzen, wird von der CDU als notwendiges politisches Übel verkauft. Andere sehen darin einen Tabubruch und ein Einreißen der Brandmauer gegen die AfD. In Zeiten einer beachtlichen Stärkung der AfD in den Umfragen stellt sich nicht wenigen die Frage, ob die politische Zusammenarbeit mit der AfD die Ausnahme bleibt oder zur Norm werden wird. Sie warnen davor, der vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsradikaler Verdachtsfall eingestuften Partei weitere politische Gestaltungsspielräume zu verschaffen. Diese Kurzstudie analysiert die politischen Positionen der in den Parlamenten vertretenen Parteien und ihre Nähe zu denen der AfD – sowohl auf Bundesebene als auch in Hessen und Bayern, wo im Oktober ein neuer Landtag gewählt wird, und in Thüringen. Deutlich zeigt sich, dass sich vor allem in Thüringen und Bayern viele Positionen der Union mit denen der AfD überschneiden, was zu weiteren gemeinsamen Abstimmungen führen könnte. Die Union und andere Parteien sind gut beraten, insbesondere in der Parteispitze, eine klare Linie zu solchen Kooperationen zu formulieren und diese konsequent zu verfolgen.
Le manque de fiabilité de l'information en Serbie a fait du pays une terre fertile pour les médias pro-Kremlin. Reporters sans frontières (RSF) appelle Bruxelles à la fermeté sur ce sujet dans les négociations d'adhésion de la Serbie à l'UE.
- Le fil de l'Info / Reporters sans Frontières, Serbie, Médias, Questions européennes, Ukraine, Poutine et les BalkansThe meeting agenda and documents will be published here.
The meeting agenda and documents will be published here.