Civil society participation has become a buzzword in the debate about the legitimacy and accountability of international governance. Many organizations, prominently among them the World Trade Organization (WTO), have come under considerable pressure to open up their policy-making process towards...

Der Beitrag basiert auf einem Vortrag, den die Autorin, Vizepräsidentin der Deutschen UNESCO-Kommission, auf dem von der Direktorenkonferenz der Landesmedienanstalten am 7. 12. 2005 in Berlin veranstalteten Symposium "Im Regulierungsviereck von WTO, EU, Bund und Ländern: Rundfunk im...

The issue of trade facilitation has been increasingly highlighted among business and trading communities as they would like to reduce the costs of international transactions of goods and services. Trade facilitation is a broad term: there are a number of international agreements relating to...