PrintA Seat at the Table: Strengthening Democracy in Global Governance
by Anne Phelan
“How do we reshape the world’s economies to ensure that the right to a decent, dignified life is enjoyed by all, yet in a way that does not push us over critical tipping points in the balance between human activity and nature?"
Thomas Kruse, RBF Program Officer
About the Annual Review
The RBF Annual Review is an online publication of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, providing readers with annual highlights of the Fund’s programs, grantmaking, and finances. Each year, the annual review focuses on an issue central to the Fund's mission.
This year’s cover story, "A Seat at the Table: Strengthening Democracy in Global Governance" by Anne Phelan, centers on the Global Governance portfolio of the Democratic Practice program. The Global Governance portfolio supports efforts to build awareness and understanding of the connections between the policies set by international institutions and their impacts on people’s livelihoods and the environment. Grants support efforts to build the capacity of those underrepresented in global governance to participate in decision making. Grants also support initiatives to strengthen the voices of advocates that raise issues of concern to affected communities. The portfolio’s focus is on key areas of global economic governance: climate change, development finance, and trade.
To see what global governance looks like at the local level, be sure to read “Making Local and Global Connections in the Balkans: A Case Study,” also by Anne Phelan. The case study also reflects collaboration between the RBF’s Global Governance and Western Balkans programs to examine the crosscutting nature of global governance.
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