MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND NGOs

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1 SUB Hamburg A/ MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND NGOs Frameworks, practices and challenges and R Routledge Taylor & Francis Croup LONDON AND NEW YORK

2 CONTENTS List of illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction and SECTION 1 The context 1 International Institutions: classification and main characteristics 1.1 Introduction Towards a definition of International Institutions Possible classifications of International Institutions The United Nations system Global and regional International Financial Institutions Other families of lis List of United Nations funds, programs and specialized agencies List of regional development banks 47

3 vi Contents 2 International Non-Governmental Organizations: definitions, classification, and relation with the UN system Defining NGOs Non-profits Civil society Third sector and social economy In search of operational definitions Other transnationally operating non-profits NGOs and the UN system Case study: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 71 3 Transnational Hybrid Organizations, Global Public-Private Partnerships and Networks Introduction Defining and classifying Transnational Hybrid Organizations and Global Public-Private Partnerships Organizational arrangements of THOs and other public-private interactions Lessons learned and challenges From the idea of "partnership" to Global Public-Private Partnerships. A historical overview Case study: the UN opening to the corporate sector the Global Compact 94 SECTION 2 Management of international cooperation The evolution of international development cooperation The birth of development discourse and international aid Critics from the south Applying the "Shock Doctrine": the neoliberal response to crisis Fight against poverty, partnership and development goals Financing development In search of aid effectiveness Tlte future of international cooperation, aid and development 118

4 Contents vii 5. Coordination and coherence among the main actors of the development sector: trends, initiatives and ways forward New paradigms for international development cooperation and coordination among development actors Consolidated coordination mechanisms within the UN system The search for UN system-wide coherence and focus on field operations The UN system: towards a comprehensive country needs assessment and planning Consistency, operational efficiency and effectiveness at the country level: the "Delivery As One" initiative An inconvenient dilemma for the current coordination initiatives in the development sector Case study: UNAIDS at the crossroad between UN system coordination, modernization of governance settings and management reform Changing paradigms for program implementation A new role for lis in technical cooperation programs' implementation: status and challenges T!%e changing aid environment and a new role for development actors lis: from "administration" to "strategic management" of implementing partners Progress to date and future challenges The evolution of funding policies and their impacts on International Institutions Introduction Funding sources and mechanisms The escalation of voluntary resources and its impacts on financial and operational management Current initiatives to reform lis' funding patterns 176

5 viii Contents 8 General coordination of responses to crisis situations 181 Anna Fiscale and 8.1 Introduction The increasing need for a coordinated response Tire evolution of the relationship between the humanitarian actors and their coordination mechanisms Humanitarian coordination roles and organs The humanitarian financing system Tire 2005 UN Humanitarian Reform and the cluster system NGO coordination in the field Case study: humanitarian intervention in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake Accessing development assistance data and statistics 203 and Luca Citino 9.1 Introduction OECD aid information and reporting system Aid flows from NGOs The UN system aid statistics 210 SECTION 3 Management systems and reforms in International Organizations Governance models and reforms 215 Ivano Bongiovanni, and 10.1 Governance in lis and INGOs: definition and key concepts Institutional governance: organizational arrangements and the "rules of the game" Decision-making mechanisms in lis and INGOs Good governance in lis and INGOs International regimes and global governance Conclusions Case study: tripartite governance structures at the ILO and the ITU Case study: UN Security Council veto power and reform proposals 236

6 Contents ix 11 Strategic thinking and planning and Ivano Bongiovanni Introduction 239 Tlte notion of strategy and the need for a tailored approach to public sector organizations and NGOs 240 The growing importance of strategy and strategic management in public and intergovernmental organizations 241 Towards a working definition of strategy for lis and INGOs 243 Strategy formulation in lis and INGOs: "thinking" and "planning" 249 Managing strategy in lis and INGOs 256 Case study: new strategic decisions made by IFAD Results Based Management Introduction Results Based Management: concepts and definitions The evolution of RBM in international cooperation Specificities of RBM in International Organizations and the attribution issue Success factors, best practices and challenges facing RBM implementation in International Organizations Does performance matter? A donor's perspective Case study: towards a harmonized and efficient lis' performance oversight by donors the "common approach" and MOP AN The evolution of budgetary, accounting and financial reporting systems Basics of accounting in public and non-profit organizations Evolution of public sector accounting under the NPM agenda and progressive adoption of accrual accounting Budgeting processes and budget structure in lis Financial accounting and reporting in lis 307

7 x Contents 14 Human Resources Management 325 and Michael Hathom 14.1 Introduction HRM and reforms in International Organizations Strategic HRM Reforming the HRM function Reform of the HR systems and tools The future of HRM reforms in International Organizations Case study: preventing and managing work-related disputes the UN internal justice system 354 SECTION 4 Building and managing the organization's profile Building and managing the organization's profile Introduction Communication and branding Stakeholder management Resources mobilization Case study: the management of strategic partnerships ivith civil society organizations at UNICEF Case study: social media strategy for lis Ethics and International Organizations 391 and Gabriela Lupu 16.1 Introduction Defining ethics Ethics of International Organizations Ethics in International Organizations The ethical versus unethical organizations Conclusions Appendix: main fields of study in ethics Conclusions 406 and Bibliography 411 Index 436