World Campaign for In-depth Reform of the Systems of International Institutions - Global

The campaign's key strategy is inviting citizens to sign a manifesto that describes the reasons behind and proposals for the suggested reform. While the launch was aimed at encouraging representatives of NGOs and academics to get involved, the campaign has a broad public focus. In order to inform and mobilise citizens worldwide, organisers developed an Internet portal that provides a forum for debate and raises awareness about the need for reform. Accessible in English, French, Spanish, and Catalan, this portal describes a "world citizen legislative initiative" and requests as many signatures on the Manifesto as possible. The key strategy here is channeling the pressure of world public opinion toward international organisations, governments, world economic actors, and the like. As the campaign progresses, additional strategies will be developed through face-to-face meetings with campaign bodies.

Another strategy is hosting regional and global consultations and dialogues, each of which revolves around a specific issue. These events, held at venues worldwide, aim to encourage reflection and analysis among civil society and between civil society and the international community. These events will also support the development of a reference document on the conceptual and methodological bases of the reform from the standpoint of civil society. The document will examine existing reform proposals and the results of participatory and consultation processes of this campaign.

Rights, Democratic Decision-Making.

The Manifesto calls for world democratic governance, which organisers envision as guaranteeing democratic control and regulation of globalisation; giving priority to human rights; eradicating poverty and promoting a more equitable development model; embracing human and environmental security; and building mechanisms that would enable people and civil society organisations to be directly represented and to take part in global decision-making processes. According to the Manifesto, "The pursuit of these goals requires a stronger, more democratic UN, placed at the centre of a consistent, democratic, responsible, effective system of international institutions. More specifically, we need to democratise the composition and decision-making procedures of UN bodies; to strengthen the UN General Assembly, placing all its bodies and agencies, as well as global multilateral organisations, under its effective and democratic control."

The idea for this campaign was presented for the first time at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, held in Johannesburg in 2002.