NGO-IGO Relations

Abstract

Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) are becoming increasingly important forums of global governance and their decisions affect a growing number of people in the global north and south. Yet, as critics argue, their decision-making processes often lack basic levels of participation and transparency, calling into question the democratic legitimacy of these institutions of global rule making. For some scholars, opening up the institutional processes to non-state actors may be a remedy because NGOs and others exert oversight and voice the concerns of those affected. Indeed, over the last ten years, more and more IGOs have opened up and established consultation and participation mechanisms that allow NGOs, experts and lobby groups to influence formerly closed organisations.

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