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Appendix 1-A:
Framework of Summit Accountability Measures and Causes
From Chapter 1: Accountability and Effectiveness in Global Governance, by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
In Accountability for Effectiveness in Global Governance
edited by John Kirton and Marina Larionova
available from Routledge, 2018
Commitments
- Compliance catalysts within a summit commitment
- Companion commitments at the same summit
Iteration of issue or commitment at subsequent summit
- Commitment to implement
Accountability session or discussion: spontaneous, built in
Accountability report received or endorsed
Ministerial Reinforcement
- Functional minister follow-up
Finance ministers follow-up
Foreign ministers follow-up
Official Level Bodies
- Official-level working groups
Secretariat support: general, dedicated to planning, monitoring and evaluation
Internal Accountability Group Accountability Assessment
- Autonomous analytic general (G7 Research Group, G20 Research Group, BRICS Research Group)
Issue-Specific: Global Trade Alert Project
Advocacy issue-specific (World Wildlife Fund1990 G8), ICC B20 Scorecard
Media references
Civil Society Participation
- Engagement groups
Coalitions of non-governmental organizations
Surrounding Summit Support
- Overlapping summits
Outside summits
Multilateral Organizational Support
- Assigned
Autonomous (World Trade Organization's Trade Policy Review Mechanism)
- Enforcement through suspension, sanctions and force
- Additional causes of compliance
National government processes
Internal G7 team tracking
Auditor general reports
Legislative hearings/reports
- System structure
Relative capability
Relative vulnerability
Interactive reciprocity
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