Characteristics of NGOs
Formed under domestic law
Voluntary international commitments
Big budgets, workforces, and volume
Contributions of NGOS
Law making And development
Compliance
Execution and services
Representatives of civil society (democratizing agent, buffer between govts and private interests
Tactics and Strategies of NGOs
Public campaigns
Education
Resolutions and agreements
Litigation
Intergovernmental meetings
Pro- NGO arguments
Amplifying voice due do decisions made via consensus and its ability to platform experts in a field
Anti-NGO arguments
Detached from governments and state sovereignty
Lack of financial accountability
North/south dichotomy