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Certification and Partnerships

Explore international certification schemes & collaborative partnerships shaping global governance. Learn about ISO standards, Fair Trade, FSC certification, and examples of successful partnerships. Understand incentives driving demand for partnerships.

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Certification and Partnerships

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  1. Certification and Partnerships The Privatization of Global Governance

  2. Certification • A process of establishing a set of rules, principles, guidelines, reporting, monitoring mechanism against which processes are products are compared and certified • First-party certification: • Second party certification: • Third party certification

  3. ISO1400 series • Established by the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and business entities • Implemented through business associations • Establishes standards for environmental management (EMS) within enterprises such as waste minimization, eco efficiency, etc. • Members encouraged to apply standard to the entire chain of production

  4. Equal Exchange • Fair trade certification of the Fair Trade Labeling Organization International (FLO) • Organic certification • Shade grown coffee • “Good Coffee, Good Business”

  5. 538 forest management companies certified (116 US and Canada) • Cover 42,783,216 hectares in 60 countries • Product with FSC logo • In Home Depot, Lowe’s Home Improvement , Kinko’s

  6. Why do we see increasing number of international certification schemes?

  7. Public-PrivatePartnerships • Rules, norms, and practices agreed and implemented collaboratively by state and non-state actors: • Focus on narrowly defined policy issues • Legally non-binding • Do not seek universal participation • Combine resources of different partners (states, advocacy organizations, private companies, and IOs)

  8. Partnership Examples • ARPA • Johannesburg Type II outcomes • World Commission on Dams • Global Compact • Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations • GEF Small Grants Program • Partnership for Article 10 on Access to Information

  9. Incentives to demand and supply partnerships • Political demand • Governance gaps • Transnational NGOs • Transnational business • Political supply • Strong states: project power and interests • Weak states: leverage resources, but cautious • IGO secretariats: resources, deflect pressure

  10. Geographic Patterns of Johannesburg Partnerships

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