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IIPPM Research Workshop
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Informal International Public Policy Making: Mapping the action and testing concepts of accountability and effectiveness
A Research Workshop
Thursday, 24th June 2010 I 9.00 to 19.00
Friday, 25th June 2010 I 9.00 to 16.00
Venue
The Graduate Institute,
132 rue de Lausanne
Geneva, Switzerland
Organised by
Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.
in collaboration with
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and University of Twente.
in the context of the project IIPPM funded by
The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law.
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| Workshop background |
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| With globalisation, the world has witnessed an increase in international cooperation. But it is not only states, as unitary actors, who cooperate more. Sub-units of the state, such as regulators, agencies, courts and parliaments are also increasingly cooperating with their counterparts across national borders. The work of these “transgovernmental networks” typically focuses on exchanging information, cooperating on enforcing national laws, harmonising national laws, or issuing standards. |
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| As yet, traditional international law does not recognise these kinds of transgovernmental networks. Most of them are unlikely to qualify as intergovernmental organisations (which are constituted on the basis of treaties among unitary states), nor would many of them have international legal personality. For these and other reasons, they are considered an “informal” mode of cooperation. This gives rise to accountability problems, since as a consequence of their informality, the activities of transgovernmental networks are arguably not regulated by international law. |
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| Moreover, it is questionable to what extent these networks are regulated by domestic law. The concern is that regulators, in their transgovernmental activities, are in practice free from constitutional controls. Transgovernmental networks are typically considered to fall between the cracks of international law and domestic law, leading to potentially serious accountability problems. |
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| The Informal International Public Policy Making (IIPPM) Project addresses the question “How can forms of informal international public policy-making be made more democratic and accountable?”. |
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Project Framing Paper by Joost Pauwelyn;