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Informal International Public Policy Making

Informal International Public Policy Making . What is Informal International Public Policy Making? TGN characteristics Advantages and Disadvantages Accountability Concerns . What is Informal International Public Policy Making ?. Informality of the actor

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Informal International Public Policy Making

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  1. Informal International Public Policy Making What is Informal International Public Policy Making? TGN characteristics Advantages and Disadvantages Accountability Concerns

  2. What is Informal International Public Policy Making ? Informality of the actor Transgovernmental regulatory networks : (i) sub-state units; (ii) non-treaty based → lack legal personality/ aren’t “international organizations” Notion of the disaggregated state/Anne Marie Slaughter Informality of the cooperation Based on MoUs, gentlemen's agreements etc. Informality of the output Guidelines, standards, best practices etc. : “Soft law” – but have impact Informality of Operation Range in formality: Secretariat, budget, employees, decision making process, organizational structure

  3. TGN Characteristics 1. What do TGNs do? Information exchange (e.g. INFOSAN, WAIPA) Harmonization/norm creation (Basel Committee, Global Harmonization Task Force etc.) 2. In what policy areas? Financial (Basel, IOSCO, IAIS), Pharma (ICH, VICH, GHTF, ICCR), aviation, competition (ICN), telecommunications , food (Codex) etc. Mostly economy related. 3. Where do we find them? Within International Organizations (Committees in the OECD, WTO etc.) Bilateral Independent

  4. Advantages vs. Disadvantages • Advantages • Technical topics • Flexibility • Soft Power (persuasion, rather than coercion) • Potential problems • Implementation • Accountability Concerns

  5. Accountability concerns • Domestic accountability concerns Agencies on the loose? Lack of parliamentary oversight 2.International accountability concerns Accountability of Decision Making Process: Transparency, Lack of participation of external (weak) stakeholders, NGOs, consumer organizations Capture by industry interests, lowest common denominator? “clubs”: US/EU dominate networks – developing states do not participate/unilateral imposition of guidelines? • Solutions? Domestic mechanisms? International mechanisms? In some TGNs, some of these problems have been dealt with, e.g Basel Committee (previously comments only at implementation stage, now in drafting stage).

  6. TGNs and traditional international institutions • Should TGNs replace traditional IOs or should they be complementary? (Slaughter, Raustiala)

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