Union of International Associations - Diversitas https://uia.org/archive-tags/diversitas en The Parable of the Fig Leaf https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/pfl <div class="field-body"> <p>VeriSign is the current registry operator for the web domain .org. It has not demonstrated any special responsiveness to its non-commercial clients; it is, however, arguably the best equipped technical facility to run the vital back-end processes supporting internet connectivity for 2.6 million .org users.</p><p>In the cut -and-thrust of <a href="http://www.icann.org/" target="_blank">ICANN</a>’s bidding process for reassignment of .org to another operator in 2003, any continuing involvement of VeriSign has been framed pejoratively using the “fig-leaf metaphor” – meaning that partnership with a non-profit would provide a slim front for VeriSign to continue business-as-usual.</p><p>The fig-leaf allegation should be used with care for a variety of reasons:</p><ul type="disc"><li>Any for-profit bidder may claim to act in the interests of the .org nonprofit community whether or not it uses declarations of support from that community as fig leaves to disguise its profit-making motivation. ICANN explicitly recognized this possibility in initially requiring that the bid be made by a non-profit organization.</li></ul><ul type="disc"><li>Fig leaves come in various shapes, sizes, colours and degrees of transparency – and tend to disintegrate with time. To what degree does any non-profit body fronting or backing a for-profit partner constitute a short-term, token or decorative fig-leaf?</li></ul><ul type="disc"><li>To what extent is any civil society body a fig leaf for some vested interest? The term can apply as much to ideological and political agendas as it does to financial agendas. Indeed which body is not perceived as some other body’s fig- leaf?</li></ul><ul type="disc"><li>The democratic deficit is a challenge to all efforts to organize collectively. This concern is keenest for those who consider themselves to have been excluded, marginalized or ignored, despite claims to the contrary by bodies professing to represent them.</li></ul><ul type="disc"><li>The nonprofit community is one of great diversity -- with many bodies making claims that are vital to their particular sense of collective identity but are meaningless or incredible to others. This being the case, how much confidence can any body have in the impartiality of a registry operator that arrogates to itself the authority of condemning one or other as a fig-leaf?</li></ul><p>In a global society in which much is based on image and claim – covering reality decorously – UIA’s view is that the fig leaf metaphor can be more positively and playfully framed by extending it to recognize the multitude of fig leaves in society. The challenge for any bidder is then to ensure that all such leaves are attached organically to some kind of tree – if not the mythological “world tree” -- by which they can all be effectively sustained in an electronic environment. Those focused narrowly and obsessively on a particular fig leaf, and what it purportedly hides, may be missing the opportunity to see the tree -- and the ecosystem -- to which it belongs.</p><p>It is the health of the fig-tree that is vital to sustain the viability of fig leaves in the long-term and so ensure that fruit is produced. Fig-trees are known for their longevity, generosity and service.</p><p>The UIA has been providing a registry function for nonprofit organizations for almost a century. It has surely achieved tree status.</p><p>But, for those who like the metaphor, the UIA feels good about its up-front operations and is comfortable that its back-end operations will be covered for a while by a large young fig-leaf of the competence of <a href="http://www.verisign.com/" target="_blank">VeriSign</a>.</p><p align="center" style="text-align:center">*** May we all rejoice in our respective fig leaves ***</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:39:34 +0000 rachele 3493 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/pfl#comments Distinguishing the style and image of an enhanced .ORG https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/dsieo <div class="field-body"> <p>Repositioning of .ORG – and the associated enhanced participatory processes – call for close attention to a range of image- related issues and their implications. These can be usefully illustrated here, for purposes of discussion ONLY, by use of fake TLD names as follows:</p><p><b>.GOOD vs .REAL<p></p></b></p><p>In the light of the UIA experience of many decades in profiling thousands of international nonprofit organizations of every shape, form and persuasion, .ORG should not endeavour to brand itself as .GOOD or.NICE according to some particular set of qualities. It would be quite unacceptable to seek to brand .ORG as the “good guys” – especially in contrast to bodies registered in other domains. There is indeed a legitimate aspiration by some constituencies and coalitions to seek to associate the values to which they hold with .ORG as being the values to which all noncommercial bodies should hold. This concern is to be honoured – in every case -- but it is important to recognize that religions have proven only too conclusively how difficult it is to make “universal values” and “global ethics” work in practice, however well they can be articulated in declarations of principle and intent.</p><p>The emphasis of this bid would therefore be placed on the realities of the variety of organizations and competing values -- warts and all – namely on .REAL.</p><p><b>.ADVOCACY vs .TOLERANCE</b></p><p>The bid is not an attempt to define or encourage political correctness (.PC) or to seek to impose principles articulated with great effort – and many unfortunate political compromises – by intergovernmental organizations or others. They should in no way be considered a precondition of use of the namespace. Rather the bid seeks to provide a space for the spectrum of views -- which may or may not be effectively taken into account in any particular articulation of appropriateness. The views and values of many bodies registered in .ORG may well be considered problematic – possibly to be caricatured as. QUESTIONABLE – recognizing that some of these may hold the seeds of future change in the challenge and questions that they bring to commonly accepted perspectives held by others.</p><p>In our view .ORG should not be branded as .ADVOCACY but should embody the principles of toleration with which the Internet has been traditionally so closely associated – preferably to be caricatured as.TOLERANCE. This in no way implies that bodies, or coalitions of bodies, should be discouraged from engaging in advocacy and proselytizing, or that .ORG should not facilitate their efforts. However .ORG should not come to be solely associated with the advocacy strategies of those who can successfully manipulate the democratic process to their particular political, religious, or other views.</p><p><b>.AGREE vs .DISAGREE<p></p></b></p><p>This bid does not assume, or seek to reinforce, any assumption that bodies registered in .ORG agree, or should agree, on principles that are continually debated, challenged and reformulated in the complex processes of society -- with many shades of understanding of democracy and its implementation in practice. This bid does not assume that .ORG should be effectively branded as .AGREE, .CONSENSUS or .COMMON. Indeed it is precisely through the nature of their disagreement that change is engendered by bodies registered in .ORG.</p><p>Many bodies in .ORG may indeed form temporary or permanent coalitions based on their agreement – and the processes of reaching such agreement should be facilitated by appropriate services wherever possible. But perhaps more important is to develop services to enable those bodies and coalitions who disagree to co-exist in an electronic environment -- and to seek ways to use their alternative insights and priorities creatively. In this sense.ORG might be more appropriately branded as the space where bodies can disagree – caricatured by .DISAGREE, or UNCOMMON. Indeed, if they agreed, why would they need a separate identity within the namespace?</p><p><b>.EMBODYING vs .ENABLING<p></p></b></p><p>This bid foresees a major trap in any attempt to design and manage .ORG as a means of solving the problems of society as a whole. Importing and embodying (hence .EMBODYING) the problematic dynamics of global society, or any of the unproven approaches to their resolution, is seen as highly dangerous to the effective operation of the domain. By contrast, the focus here is therefore on enabling designs and catalytic processes (hence .ENABLE or.CATALYSIS) in response to such problems as they are variously perceived.</p><p>It is indeed the case that .ORG has the potential to facilitate new approaches to the problems of society. But this bid considers it a fundamental design error to confuse the management of a registry service with how the existence of that service might assist different bodies to act in response to social conditions – especially when there may be profound disagreement on what constitutes a problem and the nature of appropriate solutions. Problems in society that have proven intractable to a variety of strategies and models should not be absorbed into the management processes of the .ORG domain. Assumptions -- and the associated desperate hopes -- that issues that have been inadequately addressed in society at large can somehow be effectively addressed in a new arena with untested models should be closely questioned.</p><p>For example, there is indeed a widespread concern to maximize democratic participative processes at every level of society. The requirements for management of .ORG are a reflection of this. Unfortunately, as repeatedly demonstrated in society, implementations of “democracy” have proven highly problematic and especially vulnerable to manipulation (or the perception of manipulation) -- however the abuse and tokenism may be excused. This bid would therefore seek to avoid to make management of the .ORG domain an experiment in solving the problems of democracy that have not been successfully resolved in much more favourable experimental environments. In this sense the focus of the bid might be caricatured not as much by .DEMOCRACY as by .FUNCTIONAL. Like any essential service, such as a fire department the question is to what degree its actions should be subject to democratic processes based on the simplest survey techniques.</p><p><b>.FASHIONABLE vs.LONG_TERM<p></p></b></p><p>This bid sees a registry as a service that should operate on a different time-scale to the uses to which it may be put at any moment. It is natural for many nonprofit bodies to respond to the burning political issues of the moment. They may be the only ones to do so and it is vital that they should be supported in this. However it is also the case that politics, notably in its most regrettable forms, also operates on fire-fighting principles in response to flavour-of-the-month priorities -- without any sense of long-term strategy. This is also true for intergovernmental organizations.</p><p>This bid does not therefore seek to associate the registry directly with short-term campaigns or efforts to get all registered bodies to support some campaign – although some may seek to use it to that end. But, in this connection, it would see as a potential issue for bodies registered their exposure to unsolicited (junk) mail towards such ends – however laudable they may be, especially to some.</p><p><b>.EXCLUSIVE vs .INCLUSIVE<p></p></b></p><p>This bid is based on an assumption that, to a large degree, the bodies registered represent, through the variety of their preoccupations, a vital balance between the forces of change and conservation. To avoid disrupting this balance, great caution is therefore required in seeking to impose any criteria of exclusivity (caricatured by .EXCLUSIVE) in contrast with the approach favoured by this bid (caricatured by .INCLUSIVE).</p><p>This principle might also be expressed through a stress on the quite disparate nature of many bodies that seek to use the .ORG spaceor might be encouraged to do so – perhaps caricatured by .VARIETY. In an important sense these effectively mirror the social ecosystem. It is inappropriate to stress their common features – caricatured by .COMMON -- as a basis for excluding some and giving preference to others.</p><p><b>. AGENDA vs .DYNAMICS<p></p></b></p><p>This bid does not seek in any way to establish a common social or other agenda for bodies in .ORG – as might be caricatured by .AGENDA. Rather it seeks to enable bodies to act singly or through coalitions in support of agendas that reflect their concerns. The focus is therefore very much on enabling the dynamics of coalition formation and agenda setting – caricatured by .DYNAMICS.</p><p>Expressed differently, it is considered important for the register to be operated with some detachment – perhaps caricatured by .HANDSOFF -- rather than through engaging in various forms of intervention (caricatured by .INVASIVE) – however benign it may be framed to be by those undertaking it.</p><p>.<b>REPRESENT vs .PRESENT</b></p><p>The above principles establish significant design constraints on democratic representation of millions of registrants. Despite a decade of reflection on electronic democracy, it is not expected that any model can be immediately introduced to resolve these issues to the satisfaction of those who most need to be effectively represented. This is especially the case when the results of any polling can only reflect the inadequacies of such polling devices, much debated in a complex multi-cultural world: adequate representation of apathetic voters, disempowerment of very large minorities, and disproportionate weight given to priorities of any majority.</p><p>The emphasis of this bid is therefore on the design of processes to present the multivariate views of minorities – in all their complexity (caricatured by .PRESENT). It does not presume to resolve the challenges of designing systems to ensure their adequate representation (caricatured by .REPRESENT).</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:36:57 +0000 rachele 3492 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/dsieo#comments Multi-media tools for imagining community and its challenges https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/mmt <div class="field-body"> <p>View <a href="/sites/uia.org/files/misc_pdfs/webarchive/appendix_g.pdf">Appendix G - Visual Tools</a> (PDF)</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:33:34 +0000 rachele 3491 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/mmt#comments Tensegrity structure https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/ts <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Used as a generated template to configure organizations in collaboration or opposition within a larger community</b></p><p>This experimental visualization demonstrates the possibility of making use of a tensegrity structure in virtual reality (viewable through freely available browser plug-ins). Individual entities (eg organizations, problems or strategies) in opposition are associated with the struts in such a structure -- whereas the binding associative relationships are ensured by much thinner (almost invisible) strings. The aim is to produce a coherent configuration that a user can rotate and explore using the virtual reality plug-in navigational tools. The structure can be turned, zoomed into, etc. In the experimental web service offered by the UIA, clicking on an active strut with which a problem (say) is associated, will bring up the corresponding text profile. A commentary on the value of this technique is given elsewhere under the title Configuring strategic dilemmas in inter-sectoral dialogue.</p><table align="center" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img align="center" height="150" src="/sites/uia.org/files/img/webarchive/tensegrity_200x150.jpg" width="200" /></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:31:44 +0000 rachele 3490 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/ts#comments Imaging a space for a diversity of identities https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/isdi <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Images of contrasting and complementary communities - constituting a larger community</b></p><p>The .org community should have access to interactive services that configure relationships between disparate organizations, issues, values and strategies. The intention is to provide imaginative conceptual templates and scaffolding for new forms of partnership and coalition in support of community building and social coherence - especially in cases of radical opposition between perspectives. The individual elements of such images would be clickable as an aid to navigation and exploration of pathways of significance.</p><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="2" width="90%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><img align="center" height="150" src="/sites/uia.org/files/img/webarchive/04_achngcol.jpg" width="150" /></td><td align="center" valign="top"><img align="center" height="150" src="/sites/uia.org/files/img/webarchive/05_tensegrity_200x150.jpg" width="150" /></td><td align="center" valign="top"><img align="center" height="150" src="/sites/uia.org/files/img/webarchive/06_round_svg_org_20020614.jpg" width="150" /></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td align="center" valign="top">Tensegrity structure</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Black background images provided by Karl Erickson and Gerald de Jong of the Struck community; the other by Anthony Judge</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:22:30 +0000 rachele 3489 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/isdi#comments Raising the quality of insight: visualization and sonification https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/rqi <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Enhancing community imagination and vision</b><br /><b>Raising the quality of insight: visualization and sonification</b></p><p>It must be stressed that the visual experiments already made available over the web by the UIA as registry services are designed to find ways of representing, comprehending and exploring complexity – as templates or scaffolding for new forms of coalition building. The purpose is to provide sophisticated techniques which generate structures that are visually interesting in their own right but raise interesting questions about what they are able to represent and how they might be developed. The user is deliberately given as much control as possible in exploring these structures creatively. The intention is also to make this process equally as interesting to academic researchers, students, the media, and to those concerned with formulating more appropriate policies in a complex society.</p><p>Progress in developing these facilities is described in a separate note: <a href="/archive/visualization/ihm">Interactive Hyperlink Map: Auto-generated, Self-organizing Link Visualization</a>. For further discussion see: <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/artnavig.php" target="_blank"><i>Envisaging the art of navigating conceptual complexity: in search of software combining artistic and conceptual insights </i></a>. Current experiments are enabling users to generate many maps in SVG format for viewing over the web.</p><p><b>Sonification</b></p><p>Other <a href="/archive/visualization/emmv">experiments</a> explored the possibility of attaching simple sound files to nodes in generated maps, allowing the user to trigger them individually by mouse operations as a basis for developing an acoustic mnemonic code for structures.</p><p>An extensive bibliography of items providing the rationale for this sonification approach was provided by the <a href="http://www.icad.org/" target="_blank">International Community for Auditory Display</a>.<b> </b>Selected items have been incorporated into the <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/music.php" target="_blank">references</a> to the UIA study on <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/music.php" target="_blank"><i>Knowledge Gardening through Music: patterns of coherence for future African management as an alternative to Project Logic</i></a>.</p><p>The use of sound is seen as a way of enhancing the capacities of those more responsive to soundscapes than to visual or text displays. This is seen as a vital mechanism where the digital divide is compounded by illiteracy or language barriers.</p><p><b>Shifting the level of insight</b></p><p>Registries tend to focus on organizational and other entities in isolation at a time when community building and initiatives depend on working with networks of bodies, using networks of strategies against networks of problems.</p><p>The UIA with funding from the European Commission, has explored methods of developing, refining and dynamically displaying the self-sustaining, interlocking loops of problems, issues and solutions as a means of shifting the level of analysis beyond seemingly isolated entities. Loop detection and other algorithms have been developed in support of visualization tools to assist mapping and navigation of complex organizational environments.</p><p>The significance of this work is that there has long been recognition of how one problem can aggravate another and of how several problems can reinforce each other. The UIA data registers many relationships between problems in complex networks. Clearly such relationships may form chains or pathways linking many problems. But hidden in the data as presented is also the existence of chains that loop back on themselves.</p><p>A loop represents a description of a chain of consequences that produces a dynamic outcome by feeding off itself (positive feedback = “vicious” or “virtuous” loops), or by controlling itself (negative feedback). Typically a feedback loop will be an important strategic issue in its own right. The purpose of detecting feedback loops is to raise the level of analysis of individual issues to a higher, systemic level – whether with respect to organizations, problems or strategies. It is a technique which has the potential to add extra meaning to basic data, particularly relevant for policy makers and others concerned with understanding the interrelationships and root causes of problems.</p><p>This initiative seeks to enhance the capacity of the organizational community in ways that are not possible by a focus on isolated organizations and their relationships.</p><p><b>Enhancing community imagination and vision</b></p><p>The UIA has been actively exploring ways of integrating its registry and profiling functions with the kinds of virtual interactive environment in which imagination can be enhanced to enable the emergence of new styles of organization.</p><p>These possibilities are seen as potentially vital at a time when conventional structures have proven inadequate under many circumstances. As envisaged by Douglas Engelbart and Ivan Sutherland in the early 1970s, there is every possibility that radically different styles of virtual organization, configurations of concepts, and community may be possible with structural devices whose credibility, coherence and viability can exist only within a virtual environment.</p><p>There is much creative experiment with virtual environments. The challenge to date is that no databases are adapted to rapidly populate them to enable widespread access using web technology. The UIA data is held in ways that has already lent itself readily to such experiments with immediate payoffs for web users of its data. The significance of such work was recently acknowledged at an international symposium of AI specialists of the Global Brain Group (Brussels, 2000). Further experimentation over the web has been curtailed by lack of resources.</p><p>With the shift towards a “<a href="http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/" target="_blank">semantic web</a>”, the question is whether the pathways through the .org community can be imaginatively reframed from the “information highway” metaphor into what has been termed in a UIA study as the “songlines of the noosphere” (<a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/songline.php" target="_blank">From information highways to songlines of the noosphere: global configuration of hypertext pathways as a prerequisite for meaningful collective transformation</a>, 1998). Related possibilities envisaged by the UIA include the <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/hypgeos.php" target="_blank">Sacralization of hyperlink geometry</a> (1997). Diversitas proposes to catalyze further work in this direction with consequences in practice for the .org community.</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:17:58 +0000 rachele 3488 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/rqi#comments Definitional game-playing: civil society, non-commercial, non-profit, non- governmental, third sector, etc https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/dgp <div class="field-body"> <p>The key question with regard to any .org strategy -- or with regard to any democratic structure to manage the .org registry and associated enabling services -- is not what is explicitly included, but <i> what is implicitly</i> or <i> inadvertently excluded</i>.</p> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><b>Common Term</b></td><td align="center" valign="top"><b>Effectively Excludes<br />(in common usage - indicative only)</b></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">civil society organizations (CSOs)</td><td valign="top">scientific, technical, trade associations, sport bodies, for-profit membership bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">voluntary associations</td><td valign="top">paid staff bodies, professional membership, corporate membership, obligatory membership</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">citizens movements </td><td valign="top">institutionalized bodies, collective membership</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">non-profit organizations</td><td valign="top">self-financing bodies, for- profit membership</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">non-governmental bodies (NGOs)</td><td valign="top">technical groups of government officials, government-established/funded bodies, hybrid bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">third sector bodies</td><td valign="top">trade associations, hybrid bodies between government/business/nonprofit, and notably international nonprofits</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">independent sector bodies</td><td valign="top">government or business "front" organizations</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">development organizations </td><td valign="top">bodies other than humanitarian or field-level development bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">humanitarian / relief bodies</td><td valign="top">bodies with longer-term functions: scientific, professional, interest- group, etc</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">political organizations, liberation movements, exile associations</td><td valign="top"> non-political bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">kinship, family, tribal and ethnic associations</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">non-commercial bodies</td><td valign="top">trade associations, chambers of commerce, for-profit membership bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">advocacy and pressure groups, and lobbying groups</td><td valign="top">interest groups without any advocacy role</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">peer group networks, secret societies</td><td valign="top">open membership bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">scholarly societies</td><td valign="top"> non -academic bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">professional associations </td><td valign="top">open membership bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">virtual communities, usenet groups, user groups</td><td valign="top">face-to-face organizations, bodies beyond the digital divide</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">societal networks</td><td valign="top">centers</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">intentional communities, sects</td><td valign="top">non-residential communities</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">appreciation groups, fan (celebrity) clubs</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="top">trade associations, business associations, chambers of commerce</td><td valign="top">not-for-profit membership bodies</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">activity groups, performance groups, sports bodies, outdoor associations</td><td valign="top">non-physical groups</td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><p>See also: <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/ngocivil.php" target="_blank"> NGOs and Civil Society - Some Realities and Distortions: the challenge of "Necessary-to-Governance Organizations" (NGOs)</a> (1994); <a href="http://www.laetusinpraesens.org/docs/bank.php" target="_blank">Interacting Fruitfully with Un-Civil Society: the dilemma for non-civil society organizations</a> (1996); <a href="/archive/types-organization">International institutions: diversity, borderline cases, functional substitutes and possible alternatives</a></p><p>The challenge taken up by many in "civil society" is to seek to coordinate the actions of nonprofit organizations in some way. There is a wide range of coordinating bodies at the international level (see NGO Coordination: Varieties of bodies coordinating nongovernmental action). Such coordination may also be sought through temporary coalitions on short-term issues and campaigns. The challenge remains however that whilst some civil society bodies may be succesfully coordinated for a long-period of time, and it might be possible to coordinate all civil society bodies to some degree for a short period of time, it is highly questionable whether all civil society bodies could be successfully coordinated for a long-period of time on any particular issue -- and it is highly questionable whether this is a desirable strategy.</p><p>Discussion of "civil society" is further confused, whether deliberately or inadvertently, by some interpretations of the term. For some it might be restricted to bodies acting a "civilized" manner, namely the "good guys" -- thus implicitly excluding those with contrary positions who "protest". For some it might be usefully restricted to those who represent people, through citizens movements and volunary associations -- thus impliclty excluding the many other kinds of nonprofit bodies that provide an organizational framework for professions, religions, skills, etc. For some it necessarily excludes illegal or criminal bodies as having defined themselves out of civilized society --and yet many protest movements (especially trade unions) have passed through periods of being declared "illegal". If there is an "un- civil society", how is it to be served by the internet?</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:53:43 +0000 rachele 3487 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/dgp#comments Evidence of support in practice for UIA registry activity from the international non-profit community https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/espura <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Response rate of international organizations over 24 months to the <a href="/yearbook" target="_self"><i>Yearbook of International Organizations</i></a></b></p> <table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td align="center" colspan="2" valign="bottom">Organizations</td><td align="center" colspan="6&quot;" valign="bottom">Responses</td></tr><tr><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="middle">Type</td><td align="center" rowspan="2" valign="middle">Total</td><td align="center" colspan="2" valign="top">within 1-12 months</td><td align="center" colspan="2" valign="top">within 13-24 months</td><td align="center" colspan="2" valign="top">24 month cycle</td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top">number</td><td align="center" valign="top">percent</td><td align="center" valign="top">number</td><td align="center" valign="top">percent</td><td align="center" valign="top">number</td><td align="center" valign="top">percent</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1"> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">A</td><td align="left" valign="top">38</td><td align="left" valign="top">21</td><td align="left" valign="top">55%</td><td align="left" valign="top">9</td><td align="left" valign="top">24%</td><td align="left" valign="top">30</td><td align="left" valign="top">79%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">B</td><td align="left" valign="top">504</td><td align="left" valign="top">293</td><td align="left" valign="top">58%</td><td align="left" valign="top">93</td><td align="left" valign="top">18%</td><td align="left" valign="top">386</td><td align="left" valign="top">77%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">C</td><td align="left" valign="top">1086</td><td align="left" valign="top">650</td><td align="left" valign="top">60%</td><td align="left" valign="top">179</td><td align="left" valign="top">16%</td><td align="left" valign="top">829</td><td align="left" valign="top">76%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">D</td><td align="left" valign="top">5002</td><td align="left" valign="top">2286</td><td align="left" valign="top">46%</td><td align="left" valign="top">748</td><td align="left" valign="top">15%</td><td align="left" valign="top">3034</td><td align="left" valign="top">61%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">F</td><td align="left" valign="top">4271</td><td align="left" valign="top">1933</td><td align="left" valign="top">45%</td><td align="left" valign="top">655</td><td align="left" valign="top">15%</td><td align="left" valign="top">2588</td><td align="left" valign="top">61%</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">Conventional</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">10901</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">5183</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">48%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">1684</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">15%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">6867</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">63%</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">E</td><td align="left" valign="top">3118</td><td align="left" valign="top">1542</td><td align="left" valign="top">49%</td><td align="left" valign="top">474</td><td align="left" valign="top">15%</td><td align="left" valign="top">2016</td><td align="left" valign="top">65%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">K</td><td align="left" valign="top">2039</td><td align="left" valign="top">942</td><td align="left" valign="top">46%</td><td align="left" valign="top">389</td><td align="left" valign="top">19%</td><td align="left" valign="top">1331</td><td align="left" valign="top">65%</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">Dependent</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">5157</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">2484</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">48%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">863</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">17%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">3347</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">65%</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">Religious</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">900</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">267</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">30%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">4</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">0%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">271</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">30%</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">G</td><td align="left" valign="top">5907</td><td align="left" valign="top">1082</td><td align="left" valign="top">18%</td><td align="left" valign="top">1473</td><td align="left" valign="top">25%</td><td align="left" valign="top">2555</td><td align="left" valign="top">43%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">N</td><td align="left" valign="top">3589</td><td align="left" valign="top">614</td><td align="left" valign="top">17%</td><td align="left" valign="top">532</td><td align="left" valign="top">15%</td><td align="left" valign="top">1146</td><td align="left" valign="top">32%</td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">National</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">9496</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">1696</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">18%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">2005</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">21%</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">3701</td><td style="background-color:#D1D1D1">39%</td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">Total</td><td align="left" valign="top">26454</td><td align="left" valign="top">9630</td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><td align="left" valign="top">4556</td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td><td align="left" valign="top">14186</td><td align="left" valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:51:13 +0000 rachele 3486 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/espura#comments Evidence of non-proft, cross-sectoral support in practice for UIA registry activity https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/encsp <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Response rate over 24 months of international organizations to UIA requests for information arranged by 100 subject categories presented as a matrix</b><br />(in practice, subjects are further subdivided into 800 categories; for further information on subject matrix is available <a href="/archive/functional-classification">here</a>.</p><p>NB: Analysis limited to 4,310 "regular" organization types (UIA categories A, B, C, D, F) in the <a href="/yearbook" target="_self"><i>Yearbook of International Organizations</i></a></p><p>Organizations may be associated with more than one subject and may therefore be counted more than once.</p> <table style="width:50%; font-size:8px;" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td> </td> <td><b>Formal<br /> preconditions</b></td> <td><b>Domain<br /> definition</b></td> <td><b>Organized<br /> relations</b></td> <td><b>Differentiated<br /> order</b></td> <td><b>Contextual<br /> renewal</b></td> <td><b>Controlled<br /> movement</b></td> <td><b>Communication<br /> reinforcement</b></td> <td><b>Resource<br /> redistribution</b></td> <td><b>Environmental<br /> manipulation</b></td> <td><b>Condition of<br /> the whole</b></td> <td><b>Responses</b></td> <td><b>Total</b></td> <td><b>Percentage</b></td> <td><b>Percentage<br /> range</b></td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Experiential<br /> (modes of<br /> awareness)</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Consciousness</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Leadership<br /> (Authenticity)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Love<br /> (Compassion)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Comprehension</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Creative<br /> expression</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Vigilance<br /> (Courage)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Transcendence<br /> (Detachment)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Freedom<br /> (Liberation)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Perseverance</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Oneness<br /> (Universality)</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">71%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">245</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">343</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">71%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><b>Experiential<br /> (values)</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">Principles</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Purpose</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Solidarity<br /> (Cooperation)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Idealism</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Harmony</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Integration</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Meaning</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Sharing</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Resourcefulness<br /> (Inventiveness)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Equanimity</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">502</td> <td align="center" valign="top">743</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Innovative change<br /> (context)</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Innovative<br /> change</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Logics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Emotional<br /> fulfilment</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Philosophy</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Aesthetics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Security</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Morals,<br /> ethics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Community</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Coevolution</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Peace<br /> (Justice)</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1061</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1531</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><b>Innovative change<br /> (structure)</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">Development</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Policy making<br /> (Futurology)</td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">Language</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Design</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Inter-<br /> disciplinarity</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Individuation,<br /> psycho-analysis</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Co-operative</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Invention</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Conservation</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">64%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">77%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> <td align="center" valign="top">61%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">61%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">57%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">72%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1309</td> <td align="center" valign="top">2009</td> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">20</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Concept formation<br /> (context)</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Noosphere</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Science</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Experiential<br /> activities</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">History</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Culture</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Strategy,<br /> logistics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Theology</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Metapolitics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Agroscience</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">International<br /> relations</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">77%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">75%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">61%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">71%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">85%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1603</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2358</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">24</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><b>Concept formation<br /> (structure)</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td align="center" valign="top">Sociology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Management</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Informatics,<br /> classification</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Ekistics<br /> (Architecture)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Cybernetics<br /> (Systems)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Psychology<br /> (Behaviour)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Economics</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Technology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Environment</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> <td align="center" valign="top">58%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">61%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">60%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">64%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1749</td> <td align="center" valign="top">2720</td> <td align="center" valign="top">64%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">9</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Social action<br /> (context)</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Research,<br /> standards</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Health<br /> care</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Education</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Recreation<br /> (Arts, sports)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Defence<br /> (Police)</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Religious<br /> practice</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Government,<br /> politics</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Agriculture,<br /> fisheries</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Law</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">n/a</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">71%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">70%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">6441</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">9679</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">8</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><b>Social action<br /> (structure)</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">Action</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Society</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Social activity<br /> (Employment)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Information<br /> (Documentation)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Amenities<br /> (Necessities)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Transportation,<br /> telecommun.</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Communication<br /> (Media)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Commerce<br /> (Finance)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Industry<br /> (Production)</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Societal<br /> problems</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">70%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">70%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">70%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">72%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">9399</td> <td align="center" valign="top">13955</td> <td align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Biosphere</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Life</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Biosciences</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Plant Life</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Zoology</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Invertebrates</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Fish,<br /> reptiles</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Birds,<br /> mammals</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Mankind</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Medicine</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">Geography<br /> (Ecology)</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">52%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">73%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">73%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">79%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2424</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3702</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">27</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><b>Cosmosphere/<br /> Geosphere</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">Fundamental<br /> sciences</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Astronomy</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Earth</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Meteorology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Climatology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Oceanography</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Hydrology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Geophysics</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Geology</td> <td align="center" valign="top">Resources<br /> (Energy)</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">41%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">73%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">63%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">62%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">75%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">71%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">65%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">988</td> <td align="center" valign="top">1479</td> <td align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">34</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Responses</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2761</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3096</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3578</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2172</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1984</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1555</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">1878</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2532</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3539</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2626</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"><b>Total</b></td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">4099</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">4666</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">5623</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3292</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2981</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2265</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">2766</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3733</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">5210</td> <td style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top">3884</td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color:#D1D1D1" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Percentage</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">64%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">66%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">67%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">69%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td align="center" valign="top">68%</td> <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" valign="top"><b>Percentage<br /> Range</b></td> <td align="center" valign="top">19</td> <td align="center" valign="top">36</td> <td align="center" valign="top">15</td> <td align="center" valign="top">14</td> <td align="center" valign="top">13</td> <td align="center" valign="top">16</td> <td align="center" valign="top">9</td> <td align="center" valign="top">6</td> <td align="center" valign="top">28</td> <td align="center" valign="top">7</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:04:41 +0000 rachele 3484 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/encsp#comments Extracts from support letters received specifically for this .org bid https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/esl <div class="field-body"> <p><b>Spirit of the Land Foundation Ltd., Australia</b><br /></p><p>“The Spirit of the Land Foundation members are people of many continents and cultures committed to developing bridges of understanding between indigenous and non-indigenous knowledge. The vision has spread from a small desert homeland in Central Australia where Nganyinytja, a Pitjantjatjara elder, had the vision to invite peoples of all cultures to come together. Here the various worldviews and philosophies, the spirit and practice of caring for country are shared. The Foundation’s members include indigenous and non-indigenous people from all over Australia and the world.”</p><p>“UIA has assisted the expansion of our cross-cultural educational initiatives into the designing of a University of Earth. We have been co-developing this concept since Anthony Judge visited our desert centre and recognized the broader possibilities of our vision. This aim is to link campuses in remote indigenous communities with universities and to centres of learning in other cultures, world wide through a virtual campus.”</p><p>“We believe that the UIA is developing a vision that will provide users of the .org domain with the stability and non-profit leadership necessary to guide the evolution of the .org domain going forward. The UIA’s fundamental mission over the decades has been to understand and profile the global network of civil society bodies and their interests from an unbiased perspective. As such, UIA posses the necessary leadership and trust to fairly represent the interests of such a diverse group, and world.”</p><p>“We have been greatly supported by the UIA in the design and maintenance of our website. This is a valued assistance for an organization like ours that operates with many members in remote indigenous communities beyond the digital divide. As a non-profit Foundation working at this sensitive cross-cultural interface we believe that the .org domain should be managed by an international, non-profit organization with a depth of experience over many years in understanding and interacting with the global civil society.”</p><p>“We believe that our support will assist all peoples to share their knowledge, wisdom and understand of each other so we can become joint custodians of the Earth.”</p><p><i>Diana James, Director</i></p><p><b>International Development Research Centre (IDRC / CRDI), Canada</b><br /></p><p>“IDRC is a Crown Corporation, owned by the Government of Canada, with a mandate to help the developing regions of the world promote their economic and social development through research. For over thirty years, IDRC has been a leader among donor agencies in promoting the use of information and communication technologies for development. It is one of our three main program areas.”</p><p>“IDRC has been an innovator in the integration of Information and Communication Technologies within our programming in the developing world. We feel that the developing world needs to contribute to the growth and development of the dot.org domain and to the governance it engenders. Our support to the UIA submission is to pursue this goal.”</p><p><i>Richard P. Fuchs, Director</i></p><p><b>London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Centre for Civil Society (CCS), UK</b><br /></p><p>“CCS is a teaching and research unit at the London School of Economics, and has over the years worked very closely with UIA, in particular in relation to the Global Civil Society Yearbook (Oxford University Press).”</p><p>The Centre for Civil Society seeks to improve understanding of the set of organisations located between the market, the state and household institutions that are variously referred to as non-governmental, voluntary, non-profit, or third-sector organisations, foundations, and social enterprises. These institutions are part of a wider civil society and form a social economy of private organisations serving public purposes.</p><p><i>Helmut Anheir, Director</i></p><p><b>Development Alternatives, India</b><br /><b>Développer autrement / Development Alternatives, Canada</b><br /></p><p>Development Alternatives has, over the past 20 years, established a worldwide reputation for its work in the field of information technology, particularly as they relate to the issues of sustainable development. Development Alternatives and its associate organisations operate as not- for-profit entities with activities that range from research and policy advocacy to grass roots action Its information systems, including DAInet and TARAhaat are among the premier resources on technology and institutional design for Third World development.”</p><p><i>Ashok Khosla, President and Member of UIA</i></p><p><b>Vision 2002</b></p><p>“Vision 2002” is a Brussels based think tank reflecting on the paradigm shift worldwide and its implications for European and World policies. We know UIA since many years and are really admirative of the quality and intelligent way they are managing the exceptional amount of information they have on civil society worldwide. In our opinion they are among the best information centres on civil society and non-commercial associations in the world, and they are also of first rank for the knowledge management methods they use and master.”</p><p><i>Marc Luyckx, Director and Member UIA</i></p><p><b>American Council for the United Nations University (UNU) / Millennium Project</b><br /></p><p>The UNU’s mission is to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States. It has four key roles: (1) An international community of scholars (2) A bridge between the United Nations and the international academic community (3) A think-tank for the United Nations system and (4) A builder of capacities, particularly in developing countries.</p><p>“I hope UIA wins, and that it uses the opportunity bring the NGO world more delebrately into feedback systems to improve collective intelligence. And draw on people like Francis Heylighen and his Global Brain group, Doug Engelbart and his improvement communities concepts, and others that once you win, I'd be happy to connect.”</p><p><i>Jerome C Glenn, Executive Director, American Council/United Nations University and Director, AC/UNU/Millennium Project on Global Futures Research</i></p><p><b>Welsh Institute for Heath and Social Care (WIHSC), School of Care Sciences, University of Glamorgan</b><br /></p><p>“WIHSC’s efforts are dedicated to improving quality of life through integrating the efforts of statutory, voluntary and private sector organisations. Based in the University of Glamorgan, the Institute provides a forum for the integration of health and social care founded on well-researched evidence. Our focus is on the development and application of organizational and practice-based innovations. Our relationship with the UIA has arisen through our shared interest in networks.”</p><p>WIHSC is a WHO Collaborating Centre for Regional Health Strategy &amp; Management Development in Europe.</p><p><i>Morton Warner, Professor and Director, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care</i></p><p><b>Transnational Research Institute - Knowlton, Canada</b></p><p>“We are a network of member institutions as well as a co- operative of associated with the object to sensitise and educate the populations at large in terms of sustainable development issues. A recent list of organisations with which we have common fronts number of 700.”</p><p>“Itself a funnel for a world-wide constituency of over 40,000 non-governmental organisations, the UIA has developed, beyond well-recognised competence and merit, the kind of insights that are so necessary on our way to 2100. The vision which animates the UIA Research and Communications Directorate is at the forefront of the kind of scanning that is now essential to bind the often disparate efforts of its constituent organisations: not that the UIA is a union in any physical sense but rather in the reach it has in leading and representing the interests of peoples throughout the world.”</p><p>“We strongly believe that under UIA’s stewardship, the yet sometimes casual or even opportunistic assemblies of civil society can reach critical mass through the use of world-class internet services. In servicing such multitudes of registrant and end-users, UIA can play a very much needed oversight which will guarantee the integrity of the .org domain. With its own network of sympathizers, such as we claim to be, UIA could extend the .org web of non-commercial entities and assist dramatically in making the sites secure and efficient.”</p><p>“A casual glance at UIA’s 2001-2002 Yearbook (5 Vols, Guide to Civil Society Networks) should be sufficient to draw world- wide acclaim and appropriate recognition for the team led by Anthony Judge. To be entrusted with the responsibility which is the object of this note, is a natural step that ICANN should see as the dawn of a well-deserved partnership.</p><p>“In closing, this is to confirm that we shall wholeheartedly assist UIA in following through the successful outcome of their proposal.“</p><p><i>Christian de Laet, President and Member of Executive Council, UIA</i></p><p><b>European Partners for the Environment (EPE)</b><br /></p><p>EPE is associated with UIA though our organizations’ mutual location in Brussels.</p><p>“EPE is a multi- stakeholder forum, which builds the ground for consensus on sustainability, on which members can more confidently plan actions. EPE serves as a catalyst, in Europe and around the world, to achieve into the future a better balance between the environmental, social and economic elements of life. Dialogue built through long-term relationships between partners, and strengthened by trust, leads to common practical action.”</p><p><i>Raymond van Ermen, Executive Director</i></p><p><b>Centre for Energy, Petroleum Law, Minerals and Policy (CEPLMP), University of Dundee, UK</b><br /></p><p>“I am head of the international business programme, CEPMPL/University of Dundee. We are an academic institution providing graduate studies, research, training and advisory service in the area of international economic law. I am also the coordinator of ENATRES, a global, internet-based discussion forum for natural resources, energy and international economic regulation with a global membership of 353 members in 60 countries.”</p><p>My relationship with UIA is through personal associations with the International Council for Oil and the Environment.</p><p><i>Thomas Wälde, Professor</i></p><p><b>Earth Pledge Foundation, USA</b></p><p>“The Earth Pledge Foundation is a nonprofit organization that originated as a United Nations committee chaired by Theodore W Kneel to promote interest in the 1992 Rio Earth Summit. Our primary approach is to develop creative educational projects and bring together voices to foster sustainable solutions that are useful to professionals and the public.”</p><p><i>Marisha Shibuya, Project Director and Member of UIA</i></p><p><b>GIVE Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria</b><br /></p><p>“The GIVE Research Association is promoting interdisciplinary research between the field of telematics with issues of social and spatial development. This research is catalyses by the quest for feasible and attractive models of local economies, biospheres, societal diversification and sustainable resource use. We thin that information technology holds the key to substantial augmentation and equity in regional development – and global development is mainly the sum of myriads of local actions. As a research association we are a non-profit group with tax-favoured status by Austrian law and networked with many other NPOs.”</p><p><i>Franz Nahrada, Director</i></p><p><b>Global Action Plan International (GAP International)</b><br /><b>Föreningen Global Action Plan, Sweden</b><br /></p><p>“Global Action Plan is an international community of NGOs with the aim of “Empowering individuals to live increasingly sustainably”. Global Action Plan is currently active in 20 countries.”</p><p>“We anticipate becoming involved in some capacity to help UIA define and pursue the principles, policies and activities that will best serve the interests of the global non-commercial community. We have been unable to make any formal commitments in this regard within the tight proposal timetable established by ICANN. Nevertheless, it is our hope that ICANN will consider our informal expression of interest and support in evaluation UIA’s proposal.”</p><p><i>Marilyn Mehlmann, Secretary General pro tem, GAP International and Member UIA<br />Alexander Mehlmann, Director, Föreningen Global Action Plan</i></p><p><b>Global Ecovillage Network Oceania/Asia Inc (GENOA)</b><br /><b>Global Ecovillage Network of Europe (GEN-Europe)</b><br /></p><p>“The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a grass roots non profit organisation formed in 1994 to link ecovillages and related projects worldwide. We aim to create and promote viable human settlements that allow people to live health, fulfilled lives in harmony with the environment, as well as providing work opportunities and financial security. The ecovillages who currently form GEN are well on the way to achieving these aims.</p><p>GEN International, an NGO with special consultative status at the UN-Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) commission, and a partner of United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). GEN has three regional administrative centres. The Oceania/Asia regions – serving Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific (including Hawaii) and all of Asia is based in Crystal Waters Permaculture Village, Australia.“</p><p><i>Max O Lindegger, Programme Director, Global Ecovillage Network (Oceania/Asia) Inc<br />Agnieszka Komoch, President, GEN-Europe</i></p><p><b>European Society for Environment and Development (ESED)</b></p><p>ESED is an international NGO under Belgian law, drawing membership from distinguished environmental practitioners who are seeking new conceptual balances between economic development and environmental protection. It was founded under the name of IACEC and organized over the years not less than 36 international conferences in the EU and USA.</p><p>“We share UIA’s vision for the .org top-level domain, and believe that the UIA through its stewardship can assist the global noncommercial community to communicate efficiently and effectively through the use of world-class Internet services.”</p><p><i>Mark Dubrelle, President</i></p><p><b>Libra Centre, Russia</b></p><p>Consulting and Training Centre ”Libra” is a Russian autonomous non-profit NGO, registerd in St. Petersburg. The mission of the organization is to promote sustainable development of individuals and organizations through consulting, education and training. The main activities of the Libra Centre are: environmental and social awareness-rasising; psychological education, training and counselling; community development; management training and consulting for non-profit organizations.</p><p><i>Yelena Yemelina, Director</i></p><p><b>Power</b></p><p>POWER aims to provide a high quality service providing prostheses free of charge to all those in need in low-income countries. POWER runs projects in Vietnam, Laos and Mozambique, and includes the “International Limb Project.</p><p>“Just got back from a few days holiday - very sorry. I did not get the message from you in time to action it. I hope that you have good luck (what an exciting venture) and wish you every success with the idea and its implementation.”</p><p><b>Centro Italiano per le Assocatiazioni Inernazionali</b></p><p>“The Italian Centre for the International Associations is a non-profit organization founded by the UIA and other Italian partners (Municipality of Montecatini, Province of Pistoia, Foundation of Saving Cash of Pistoia and Pescia, Congress Palace of Montecatina and Prof Tibaldi) in order to “promote the international associations in Italy and activities and purposes of agencies and organizations of the United Nations system and of the INGOs established in Italy”.</p><p>“The support by the UIA to reach this aim was, is and will be essential because of its historical, scientific and cultural background and its special professional knowledge and competence which makes it the most qualified organization in the field at worldwide level. The Centre is cooperating with the United Nations Unviversity, Body of UNO General Assembly, with the professional and scientific support of the UIA.”</p><p><i>Prof. Gianni Tibaldi, President and Member of Executive Council, UIA</i></p><p><b>Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC) </b><br /></p><p>“I am sorry I received your request upon my return from INC-6 and could not respond in time. Good luck on the submission.”</p><p>“I did have a chance to share our IHEAL project with several members of IPEN and join a discussion of interactive electronic tools with Canadian development agency representatives in Geneva. Seeing how IFCS's Infocap site has slowly developed (over 6 years of work and still not ready for prime time) has again made me realise how much NGOs can offer with modest resources.”</p><p>“We will soon be adding National Toxics Network (Australia) and the HCB Community Database to the IHEAL site. I'll be announcing additional updates to the site shortly.”</p><p><i>Michael Stanley-Jones, Director of the Sustainable Water Program, SVTC and Co-Director, International Health and Environment Access Links (IHEAL)</i></p><p><b>Ananda Marga Gurukula</b></p><p>“Ananda Marga Gurukula serves as the Board of Education for Neo-Humanistic Schools and Institutes around the world.”</p><p><i>Dr. Shambhushivananda, Chancellor</i></p><p><b>Association belge des Eco -conseillers et Conseillers en Environnement (ABECE)</b><br /></p><p>“The Belgian Association of Eco-counsellors (ABECE) is a non-profit association bringing together environmental professional working as advisers for local authorities and sectoral federations of professional and educations institutions, and helping shape regional and local environmental policies.”</p><p><i>Marcel van Meesche, Member of the Board</i></p><p><b>Support as represented by the NGO affiliations of Members of UIA</b></p><p><b><i>Please note this does not imply organizational support, rather that these people have been elected as Members of the UIAin recognition of their NGO associations and understanding of civil society and because they bring to UIA activities the perspectives and connections of their wider affiliations.</i></b></p><p><i>Anne-Marie Boutin</i><br />French Commission of UNESCO, Member<br />International Council of Societies of Industrial Design, President<br /></p><p>Established in 1957 to advance the discipline of industrial design at the international level, ICSID is a non-profit, non- governmental organization supported by professional, promotional, educational, associate and corporate member societies on all continents. Through its Members, the direct audience of ICSID consists of approximately 150,000 professionals who, in turn, have an effective influence on tenfold more who work in and with the design profession.</p><p><i>Gianni Tibaldi</i><br />Italian Association for United Nations University, Secretary General<br />Secretariat of International Liaison and Research on Mental Health (Cooperating Centre with WHO)<br />International Society for Clinical Psychology, Former Vice- President</p><p><i>Margaret Bolton</i><br />National Council for Voluntary Organizations (NCVO), Director, Policy and Research<br /></p><p>The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is the umbrella body for the voluntary sector in England, with sister councils in Wales (Wales Council for Voluntary Action, WCVA) Scotland (Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, SCVO) Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action, NICVA). NCVO has a growing membership of over 2,000 voluntary organisations, ranging from large national bodies to community groups, volunteer bureaux and development agencies working at local level.</p><p><i>Nilda Bullain</i><br />International Feminist Network, Member<br />Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF), Hungary, Executive Director</p><p>The Civil Society Development Foundation (CSDF) Hungary aims to strengthen nonprofit organizations and enhance their effective and sustainable development, thus enabling them to mobilize citizens and fulfil their significant societal roles in Hungary and in Eastern and Central Europe.</p><p><i>Simone van Beck</i><br />Susila Dharma International<br /></p><p>Susila Dharma International (SDI) is a non-governmental organization whose worldwide members support and carry out social and humanitarian projects. SDI's mandate is to build human capacity by facilitating partnerships, education, training, and funding.</p><p><i>Anne Duhamel von Moos</i><br />Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Maitrise en management environmental<br /></p><p>The EPFL is dedicated to educating students in science and technology and to leading world class scientific research in cooperation with many partners.</p><p><i>Mabrouk Ridha</i><br />Nadi Al Bassar (North African Centre for Sight), President<br />International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, Co-Chairman<br /></p><p><i>Marybeth Morsink</i><br />Working Group on Women and Development Education Conference of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC, Geneva, Chair<br />Health Action International, Consultant<br />Consumers International (CI), Representative<br /></p><p>Consumers International is a worldwide non-profit federation of consumer organisations, dedicated to the protection and promotion of consumer interests.</p><p><i>Rama Mani</i><br />Commission on Global Governance, Former Senior External Relations Officer<br />Oxfam (UK), Regional Policy Co-ordinator for Ethiopia and Horn of Africa<br /></p><p><i>Mary Racelis</i><br />Ford Foundation, Former Head of Office, Philippines<br />Community Organizers Multiversity (Philippines), President<br /></p><p>CO MULTIVERSITY is a capability building institution that has a broader perspective on the empowerment process. The organization aims to respond to the difficult challenges faced by the marginalized communities to address the impact of poverty due to the globalization process. The learning processes of the training modules are based on the lessons of the past and guided by the new issues of the present which confronts many people’s organizations and development NGOs especially on the questions of strategies and tactics of empowerment, the use of power, empowering dispute resolution management processes and peace and development questions in Mindanao.</p><p><i>Daphneé L Romy -Masliah</i><br />Centres d'Etudes et de Recherche: Fondements du Droit Public (CER/FDP) (Switzerland)<br />Controlled Release Society, Former Manager<br /></p><p>The Controlled Release Society is a multi-disciplinary society dedicated to the science and technology of controlled release and delivery and promoting education by releasing science to deliver a better future. It serves 3,000 members from more than 50 countries. Two-thirds of the CRS membership represents industry and one-third represents academia and government.</p><p><i>Marton Lengyel</i><br />Center Touristical Research, University of Budapest (Hungary), Chief<br />Club of Budapest, Secreatry- General<br /></p><p>The main target of the Club of Budapest is: to be a catalyst for the transition to a sustainable world through: promoting the emergence of planetary consciousness; and furthering projects that exemplify planetary consciousness</p><p><i>Mircea Malitza</i><br />Future Studies Commission of the Romanian Academy, President<br />European Cultural Centre, Bucharest, Vice-President<br />Black Sea University, President and Professor of International Relations<br />World Acadamy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS), Member<br />Club of Rome, Member<br /></p><p>The Club of Rome is a global think tank and centre of innovation and initiative. As a non-profit, non govermental organisation (NGO), it brings together scientists, economists, businessmen, international high civil servants, heads of state and former heads of state from all five continents who are convinced that the future of humankind is not determined once and for all and that each human being can contribute to the improvement of our societies.</p><p><i>Anthony Milburn</i><br />International Association on Water Quality (UK), Executive Director</p><p>The International Water Association (IWA) is a global network of water professionals, spanning the continuum between research and practice and covering all facets of the water cycle.</p><p><i>Yolanda Kakabadse</i><br />High Level Advisory Group, Sustainable Development, World Bank, Member<br />WWF International, Member of Board of Directors<br />Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA), Executive Director<br /></p><p>FFLA fosters the attainment of sustainable development in Latin America through participatory decision-making processes (policy dialogue, conflict management); bridge institutional gaps which limit sustainable development perspectives; help remedy lack of communication and information which obstructs implementation of public and private action in the field.</p><p><i>Dr Esperanza Durán</i><br />Agency for International Trade Information and Cooperation AITIC (Switzerland), Director</p><p><i>Michael W Hill</i><br />International Federation for Information and Documentation (UK), Former President</p><p><i>Anwar Fazal</i><br />International Organization of Consumer</p><p>This is unfinished … we hope we have made our point. See our full list of UIA members.</p> </div> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:00:49 +0000 rachele 3483 at https://uia.org https://uia.org/archive/diversitas/esl#comments