Motivationen, Schwierigkeiten und Chancen der Nicht-Regierungs-Organisationen bei der Bildung von Netzwerken

Abstract

Due to the intensive collaboration of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at the parallel »summit« to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 and due to the similarily positive experiences at the World Population Conference in Cairo and the World Bank/IMF Meeting in Madrid, the environmental and development NGOs are increasingly gaining influence. At the same time, this development is a challenge to the organization structures and action plans of these organisations. The formation of networks on regional, national and international levels and the linkage of environmental and development policy-action spheres in the »NGO community« are analysed critically in this context.