pre-conference survey results questions on issues, strategies, regions, and themes november 14, 2005
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Pre-conference Survey Results
Questions on Issues, Strategies, Regions, and Themes
November 14, 2005
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Survey Results for Questions 6-9
The purpose of the Reinventing Globalization 2005 Pre-conference Survey was to identify opportunities for participants to learn and connect, and to shape the conference design to meet these goals. The survey results reflect the diversity of participants, as well as complementary capabilities in a variety of areas—including issues, strategies, and regions. Moreover, there was strong shared interest in a set of cross-cutting themes that influence the work of all participants.
The results here summarize the responses to questions 6-9 on the survey, which asked:
6. What are the top 1 to 3 ISSUES that you focus on in your work? 7. Which of the following STRATEGIES or TACTICS best describe the methods you
apply in your work? 8. In which REGIONS do you work principally? 9. What are CROSS-CUTTING GLOBALIZATION THEMES that you are particularly
interested to explore at the RG-05 meeting?
Of approximately 80 participants surveyed, these summaries reflect 65 responses. Given the 81% response rate, these results closely reflect the profile of the full group.
Respondents were asked to rate the top 1-3 choices for Issues, Strategies, and Themes. On average, people selected 3 choices for Issues and Themes, and 4 choices for Strategies/Tactics.
Results of additional questions on the RG-05 pre-conference survey are being uploaded to the Reinventing Globalization 2005 website (at www.reinventingglobalization.org). See “People,” “Resources,” and “Success Stories.” The complete survey is posted on the “Conference” page of the website.
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Globalization Issues
4.6%
4.6%
6.2%
9.2%
9.2%
10.8%
13.8%
16.9%
18.5%
18.5%
20.0%
20.0%
24.6%
24.6%
27.7%
30.8%
40.0%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Debt Reduction
Peace and Security
Inform ation and Com m unication Technologies
Inte llectual Property Regim es & Rights
Health, Education, and Social Services
Agriculture /Rural Deve lopm ent
Alternative M odels for Econom ic Organization
Developm ent Policy Choices /Space
International Finance and IF Institutional Reform
Transparency/Good Governm ent
Global M igration/Labor
M ultinational Corporate Governance
Global Econom ic Governance
Hum an Rights and Gender
Other (please specify)
Trade Policy and Institutions
Environm ent/Sustainable Deve lopm ent
Question 6: What are the top 1 to 3 ISSUES that you focus on in your work?
• Overall, participants address a wide range of issues and many address several at once in a given initiative.
• There is a significant variance in responses (e.g., “environment/sustainable development” vs. “debt reduction”). To what extent does this profile of conference participants reflect the overall profile of NGO initiatives worldwide?
• “Other” issues mentioned by respondents included: global justice, race, global citizenship, poverty, global ethics, green city platform, China, housing, and marketing sustainable products. NOTE: The percentages indicated for each of these multiple-choice questions
do not add up to 100; rather, they state the percentage of total respondents who selected a particular choice. (This is true for all questions 6-9.)
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Strategies and Tactics
4.6%
10.8%
12.3%
12.3%
12.3%
15.4%
15.4%
18.5%
20.0%
20.0%
21.5%
24.6%
27.7%
33.8%
44.6%
50.8%
61.5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Shareholder Action
Codes of Conduct
Messaging
Standards/Certification
Governance
Legal Strategies
Market Campaigns/Boycotts
Other (please specify)
Community Organizing
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue/Mediation
Corporate Accountability
Political Advocacy
Media
Constituency Building
Information and Research
Education and Capacity Building
Collaborative Networks/Partnerships
Question 7: Which of the following STRATEGIES or TACTICS best describe the methods you apply in your work?
• “Networks/partnerships” is the highest-rated strategy, aligning with responses to Question 9 that emphasize “bridging local-global” and “collaborating across issues and strategies/tactics.” In a sense, networks can be viewed as a “meta-strategy” helping organizations to collaborate within and across strategies.
• Strategies/tactics can be broadly categorized along several dimensions, such as: good-cop/bad-cop, grassroots/policy, and insider/outsider. What does the distribution here suggest about which types of methods—or what combinations—are working best today? What conditions influence which methods will work best and when?
• “Other” issues mentioned by respondents included: international campaigning/mobilization, leadership development, and leveraging private savings and investment money for development purposes. Technology and product development were cited in the success stories.
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Regional Distribution
0.0%
0.0%
15.4%
16.9%
16.9%
20.0%
35.4%
36.9%
40.0%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%
Australia
Middle East
Country/Other Specific?
Asia
Europe
Africa
All Regions
Latin America
North America
Question 8: In which REGIONS do you work principally?
• This question asked where participants and their organizations work, not where they are based. A good number of participants based in the North work primarily in the South. This raises a couple of questions: Should more from the North that are working in the South be based there? Should organizations based in the South establish offices in the North to increase their influence there?
• A common challenge for conferences like this is the predominance of organizations based in the North serving purposes and constituencies in the South. What challenges does that raise and how do we address them?
• Interestingly, despite its influence, none of the conference participants focus principally in the Middle East.• Specific countries included China, Japan, and the United States.
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Cross-Cutting Themes To Explore
7.7%
12.3%
33.8%
36.9%
44.6%
46.2%
56.9%
58.5%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Im plications of a ris ing m iddle class indeveloping countries such as India and
China
Your recom m endations for other them esto explore
Com bining expertise and influence toaddress corporate behavior
How funders can better align strategiesand investm ents to achive greater m ore
sustainable results
How to convene and coordinate netw orksof players
Collaborating to com bine com plem entarystrategies and tactics
Collaborating to address interre latedissues
Bridging local and global and/orgrassroots and policy
Question 9: What are CROSS-CUTTING GLOBALIZATION THEMES that you are particularly interested to explore at the RG-05 meeting?
• The highest responses suggest strong interest in increased collaboration among NGOs and others to address globalization dynamics more effectively. What can we learn during this conference about how to do that? What can we start doing?
• The responses indicate less interest in funding strategies, although sustainable funding was the most frequently-rated “challenge” cited in the success stories contributed by participants in the same survey.
• One other recommended theme was to learn more about the broader implications of trends such as peak oil, the fall of the U.S. dollar, global warming, and others (like the growing economic and political power of China, India, and Brazil).