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'''NGOWatch''' initially operated between ] and ] and was relaunched in May 2009 with a less ideological focus. Its stated goal is to monitor the activities of ]s (NGOs) and their impact on public policy. It is a sibling website of ], a collaborative project of the think tanks the ] and the ]. | ||
| ==Goals== | ==Goals== | ||
| NGOWatch |
The resuscitated NGOWatch claims its "goal is to raise awareness about global governance, to monitor how international organizations influence domestic political outcomes, and to address issues of transparency and accountability within the United Nations, related intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other non-state actors." It positions itself not as an ideological foe of NGOs--it was founded by two NGOs--but as a resource to monitor NGO advocacy and encourage non-governmental organizations to embrace the same standards of disclosure and accountability that they demand from governments and corporations. It states: "NGOs have positioned themselves as advocates of global governance and shapers of corporate and government policy. NGOWatch monitors these monitors to encourage transparency and accountability." <ref>http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/about/</ref> | ||
| Under its new mandate, NGOWatch has a number of new sections, including: "In the News ," which summarizes recent high-profile issues impacting NGOs and global governance issues, and often links directly to articles in major newspapers, magazines or other journalistic or academic sources; "Accountability and Transparency Trends ," which provides a contextualized analysis of trends in the NGO community; and "NGO Campaign and Advocacy Alert , which looks at all sides of campaigns and boycotts promoted by NGOs, attempting to understand the ideological framing of the issues and parse ideological posturing from factual claims. | |||
| ==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
| ], a visiting scholar (since 2002) at the American Enterprise Institute, is the supervising editor of NGOWatch. He is a prominent author and journalist, a columnist (since 2001) for the British-based international magazine Ethical Corporation and a consultant focusing on strategic communications, sustainability, and corporate responsibility. He is founding partner of E.S.G. MediaMetrics, which offers sustainability consulting in environmental, social and governance areas. | |||
| ], a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is head of NGOWatch. | |||
| ==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
| Before the original NGOWatch went defunct in 2007, the liberal website ] criticized it as "a subtle attack on the United Nations ... and ... on civil society itself." <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v18n1/v18n1/css/v18n1_6.html</ref>. | |||
| Before it went defunct in 2007, some journalists stated that NGOWatch might be “a wolf in sheep’s clothing" whose list on NGO’s might be "a McCarthyite blacklist telling tales on any NGO that dares to speak out against Bush administration policies”<ref>Daniel A. Bell, Jean-Marc Coicaud (eds.): ''Ethics in action: the ethical challenges of international human rights''. ] 2007, p. 109. at Google Books</ref> It has been criticized by some commentators as being a "right-wing campaign designed to monitor and critique 'liberal' U.N.-designed NGOs."<ref>Jean Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon, "," ''The Public Eye'', 18, no. 1 (2004).</ref> They have also been accused (by ]) of "an explicit attack on | |||
| NGOs, domestically and internationally"<ref>http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v18n1/v18n1/css/v18n1_4.html</ref> and as a "NGO Watch is a subtle attack on the | |||
| ==Further Reading== | |||
| United Nations," amd "NGO Watch is a subtle attack on civil | |||
| * American Enterprise Institute, 2009-10-06. | |||
| society itself." <ref>http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v18n1/v18n1/css/v18n1_6.html</ref>. | |||
| * American Enterprise Institute, 2008-12-14. | |||
| * American Enterprise Institute, 2005-12-07. | |||
| * American Enterprise Institute, 2006-03-03. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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NGOWatch initially operated between 2003 and 2007 and was relaunched in May 2009 with a less ideological focus. Its stated goal is to monitor the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their impact on public policy. It is a sibling website of Global Governance Watch, a collaborative project of the think tanks the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies.
Goals
The resuscitated NGOWatch claims its "goal is to raise awareness about global governance, to monitor how international organizations influence domestic political outcomes, and to address issues of transparency and accountability within the United Nations, related intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and other non-state actors." It positions itself not as an ideological foe of NGOs--it was founded by two NGOs--but as a resource to monitor NGO advocacy and encourage non-governmental organizations to embrace the same standards of disclosure and accountability that they demand from governments and corporations. It states: "NGOs have positioned themselves as advocates of global governance and shapers of corporate and government policy. NGOWatch monitors these monitors to encourage transparency and accountability."
Under its new mandate, NGOWatch has a number of new sections, including: "In the News ," which summarizes recent high-profile issues impacting NGOs and global governance issues, and often links directly to articles in major newspapers, magazines or other journalistic or academic sources; "Accountability and Transparency Trends ," which provides a contextualized analysis of trends in the NGO community; and "NGO Campaign and Advocacy Alert , which looks at all sides of campaigns and boycotts promoted by NGOs, attempting to understand the ideological framing of the issues and parse ideological posturing from factual claims.
Staff
Jon Entine, a visiting scholar (since 2002) at the American Enterprise Institute, is the supervising editor of NGOWatch. He is a prominent author and journalist, a columnist (since 2001) for the British-based international magazine Ethical Corporation and a consultant focusing on strategic communications, sustainability, and corporate responsibility. He is founding partner of E.S.G. MediaMetrics, which offers sustainability consulting in environmental, social and governance areas.
Criticism
Before the original NGOWatch went defunct in 2007, the liberal website Private Eye criticized it as "a subtle attack on the United Nations ... and ... on civil society itself." .
Further Reading
- Science and Technology in the Balance? Food Security, Precaution, and the Pesticide Debate American Enterprise Institute, 2009-10-06.
- Corporate Responsibility in an Era of New Internationalism American Enterprise Institute, 2008-12-14.
- NGOs: Indispensable or Unaccountable? American Enterprise Institute, 2005-12-07.
- Is Corporate Social Responsibility Serious Business? American Enterprise Institute, 2006-03-03.
References
- http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/about/
- http://www.publiceye.org/magazine/v18n1/v18n1/css/v18n1_6.html