The Multistakeholder Global Governance (MGG) Programme
The Multistakeholder Global Governance (MGG) Programme is a four-year project funded my The Netherlands, which explores how far, and under what circumstances, multistakeholder constructions of global governance operate well, in terms of having capacity, effectiveness, and legitimacy.
Multistakeholder collaboration is at the heart of current (and future) international affairs. This is especially relevant in the current context, where the world is facing a number of urgent problems that cannot be addressed by any single actor, such as climate change, regional inequality, pandemics, and unprecedented technological development. These issues require effective international policy, however, research has shown that multilateral organisations from whom we would expect such policy are often not as effective as they should be.
In this context, understanding in what circumstances these multistakeholder organisations operate best is crucial to the present and future of global governance. The MGG Programme examines this issue by comparing between the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
This programme is led by Prof. Dr. Jan Aart Scholte, who is the Professor of Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) at Leiden University. He is joined in this programme by senior researcher Dr. Hortense Jongen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), two PhD students, Laura Birbalaite MSc. and Sarah Anne Stevens MA.
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded €813,000 to this four-year project.