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Questions explored in the Global Governance Roundtable
Session 1: Introduction
Session 2: Catalysts and Drivers for Global Governance – past and future
- What have been the principal factors driving the evolution of global society over the past century?
- What are the most likely drivers for the future evolution of global governance?
Session 3: Global Governance and Human Welfare
- What have been the collective benefits generated by the evolution of global governance?
- What are the most important lessons that have been learned from the process?
- What opportunities have been generated by global systems for communication, transportation, exchange of goods and information, economic development, scientific and technological progress, social and personal relationships?
- What are the potential benefits of enhancing and accelerating its development?
- What conditions must be met for global governance to enhance human welfare?
- Why are regional or global governance regimes seen as detrimental to human welfare in some countries, triggering a nationalist backlash?
- What are the main obstacles to a global governance reform dedicated to human welfare?
Session 4: Global Governance: Challenges and Necessity
- Challenges posed by rapid and uneven technological advances, depletion of resources, pollution, political instability, militarization and armed confrontation, migration, unemployment, inequality and multi-culturalism
- What aspects of human society would be most effectively governed at the global level?
Session 5: Failures, Obstacles, and Unresolved Problems
- What have been the most serious failures of global governance and the reasons for them?
- Apparent failures and unresolved problems that obstruct the future development of the global community
Session 6: Role of Academia and Civil Society in the evolution of Global Governance
- What is the role of academia and civil society in the evolution of global governance and how can it be made more effective?
Session 7: National Sovereignty and Global Governance
- What is the relationship between the development of the nation state and the global community?
- What conflicts does it generate and under what conditions can they be reconciled?
Session 8: Role of business & economy in the evolution of Global Governance
- What is the role of business and economy in the evolution of global governance?
- How can its positive potentials be more fully harnessed?
- How can its negative contributions be minimized?
Session 9: Democracy and Global Governance
- What is the appropriate place for democracy in global governance?
- To what extent has it been achieved in any fields of governance?
- How can it be achieved more fully?
- What are the principle barriers to be overcome?
Session 10 & 11: Small Group Discussions & Report of Discussion Groups Session 12: Global Rule of Law and Universal Human Rights
- The role of international law in the evolution of global governance
- The evolution and role of universalized recognized human rights
Session 13: Strategies to enhance & accelerate effective governance of the globe
- What have been the most successful strategies applied to further progress at the global level?
- What new or alternative strategies should be applied to achieve these objectives?
- What strategies can be adopted to more effectively address current threats, bottlenecks, impasses and opposition?
Session 14: Viable pathways for the transition of global society to a more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable future for all humanity
- What are the likely benefits and risks of increasing movement toward global governance?
- What would be the most beneficial ultimate objectives of the evolution of global governance?
- What are the main barriers to global governance, and how can we overcome them?
- What are the main strategies and leverage points in different areas of society for achieving global governance (i.e. political, economic, public awareness and empowerment)?
Sessions 15 & 16: Discussion & Conclusions & Recommendations
