Helsinki Process

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Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy
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THE HELSINKI PROCESS SEEKS NOVEL AND EMPOWERING
SOLUTIONS TO THE DILEMMAS OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
AND OFFERS A FORUM FOR OPEN AND INCLUSIVE
DIALOGUE BETWEEN MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER TO
CREATE PRACTICAL AND FEASIBLE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAN BE ADOPTED AND PROMOTED
BY VARIOUS ACTORS.
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The Helsinki Process
has been launched at the initiative of the
Finnish Government in cooperation with the
Tanzanian Government for the years
2003-2005 aims to increase democracy and
equality in international relations by providing
a forum for open, pluralistic and comprehensive
dialogue on global governance brings together
individuals from all major stakeholder groups in
globalisation and global governance issues
including governments, intergovernmental
organisations, civil society movements, other
non-state actors, researchers and the corporate
sector empowers coalition building by various
stakeholders in order to promote the
necessary changes in global governance priorit
ises the Southern perspective and the concerns of
the most vulnerable
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The Helsinki Process is
Open it seeks to ensure access of all
stakeholders to the Helsinki Process and
provides feedback from various
stakeholders Inclusive it ensures adequate
opportunities for participation and pays special
attention to those often marginalised from
global political processes and prioritises the
issues of concern for the most vulnerable in the
world Empowering it prioritises policy issues
which empower and chooses working methods that
facilitate empowerment Pluralistic it
appreciates a wide spectrum of views on
globalisation and an unprejudiced dialogue
between various stakeholders Balanced it aims
at balance in the global political processes but
also in the internal work of the Helsinki Process
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The Helsinki Process is
Based on the values and aims of the United
Nations Millennium Declaration and
its Development Goals (MDGs) Supports the
central role of the United Nations in global
governance Encourages the coordination of the
global agenda between the United Nations and the
Bretton Woods institutions Makes a critical
assessment of the mechanisms of global
governance Suggests improvements and policies
to secure the inclusiveness, transparency, effici
ency and policy coherence of the global
institutions Supports the ability of the
multilateral trade negotiations to better address
the concerns of the developing and transitional
countries
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Helsinki Process Three Main Elements
The Helsinki Group a high level group on
globalisation, democracy and more equitable
global governance The Tracks New Approaches
to Global Problem Solving, Global Economic
Agenda and Human Security Dialogue amongst
the stakeholders hearings, events and networking
which culminates in the Helsinki Conference
2005 The Helsinki Process approaches issues
through the perspectives of political
decision making, human security and finance.
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Helsinki Group on Global Governance
Helsinki Group is a high level group to
crystallise ideas and strategies on how
to improve global governance and on how to make
it more equitable. Co-Chairs 1. Mr. Erkki
Tuomioja, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Finland/Ms. Paula Lehtomäki, Deputy-Chair, Minis
ter for Trade and Development, Finland 2. Mr.
Jakaya M. Kikwete, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Tanzania/Mr. Abdul- Kadir Shareef, Deputy-Chair,
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Tanzania Members 3. Ms. Maria Livanos Cattaui,
General Secretary of the International Chamber of
Commerce, Greece 4. Mr. John Evans, General
Secretary, TUAC OECD, UK 5. Ms. Susan George,
ATTAC, USA/France 6. Mr. Prince El Hasan bin
Talal, President of Club of Rome, Jordan 7. Ms.
Irene Khan, Secretary General, Amnesty
International - International Secretariat 8. Mr.
Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network,
Malaysia 9. Mr. Poul Nielson, Commissioner,
European Commission, Denmark 10. Ms. Thoraya
Obaid, Director General, UNFPA, Saudi Arabia 11.
Ms. Ann Pettifor, Director, New Economics
Foundation, UK 12. Mr. Vijay Pratap, Convenor,
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam/World Social Forum,
India 13. Mr. Konrad Raiser, Former Secretary
General, World Council of Churches, Germany 14.
Mr. Jean-Francois Rischard, Vice president for
Europe, World Bank, France 15. Ms. Mary
Robinson, Ethical Globalization Initiative,
Ireland 16. Ms. Clare Short, Member of
Parliament, UK 17. Ms. Li Shantong,
Director-General, Development and Research Centre
of the State Council, China 18. Mr. Peter
Sutherland, Former Director General, WTO,
Ireland 19. Mr. Strobe Talbott, President,
Brookings Institution, USA
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The Tracks are expert groups to develop proposals
and strategies of implementation in their areas
of experts. A key tasks of the Tracks is to
enhance multistakeholder dialogue on the
feasibility of the political proposals.
Track 1 New Approaches to Global Problem Solving
Convenor Ms. Clare Short, Member of Parliament,
United Kingdom. Members Dr. Nitin Desai,
economist and former UN Under-Secretary-General
for Economic and Social Affairs, India. Mrs.
Heidi Hautala, Member of Parliament, Finland. Dr.
Kuniko Inoguchi, Professor of Political Science
in the Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Tokyo,
Japan. Mr. Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General and CEO
of Civicus World Alliance for Citizen
Participation, South Africa. Dr. Richard M.
Samans, Managing Director of World Economic
Forum, United States. Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz,
Executive Director of Tebtebba Foundation
(Indigenous Peoples' International Center for
Policy Research and Education), Philippines. Mr.
Alejandro Kirk, Regional Director of Inter Press
Service Latin America, Uruguay.
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Track 2 Global Economic Agenda
Convenors Dr. Yilmaz Akyüz, Former Director of
the Division on Globalisation and Development
Strategies at UNCTAD, Switzerland. Dr. Fantu
Cheru, professor of International Development at
American University in Washington D.C.,
Ethiopia/USA. Members Mr. Tony Addison, Deputy
Director of the World Institute for Development
Economics Research (WIDER) of the United Nations
University, Finland. Ms. Regina Amadi-Njoku, the
ILO Regional Director of Field Programmes in
Africa, Côte dì Ivoire. Ms. Nicola Bullard,
Deputy Director of Focus on Global South,
Thailand. Mr. Anthony Hill, Ambassador,
Jamaica. Mr. José Olivio Miranda Oliveira,
Assistant Secretary General of the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions, Brazil. Ms.
Maureen ONeil, President of the International
Development Research Centre, Canada. Ms. Ngaire
Woods, Fellow in Politics and International
Relations at University College, Oxford and
Senior Research Associate of Oxfords
International Development Centre, United Kingdom.
Ms. Linah Mohohlo, Governor of the Bank of
Botswana. Ms. Aida Opoku-Mensah, Team Leader for
the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa's ICTs for Development Programme, Ghana
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Track 3 Human Security
Convenor Dr. Fen Osler Hampson, Professor of
International Affairs and Director of the Norman
Paterson School of International Affairs,
Carleton University, Canada. Members Ms.
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Director of the
International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri
Lanka Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, General Secretary
of the Olof Palme International
Center, Ambassador at the Ministry for Foreign
Affairs, Sweden. Dr. John Mugabe, Executive
Director of the African Centre for Technology
Studies (ACTS), South Africa. Ms. Anna
Politkovskaya, journalist and a correspondent for
the Moscow biweekly Novaya Gazeta, Russia. Mr.
Martin Granholm, Senior Executive Vice President
and Deputy CEO, UPM-Kymmene Corporation, Finland.
Dr. Mansour Fakih, Commissioner at the National
Commission for Human Rights, Indonesia. Dr.
Lincoln C Chen, Director of the Global Equity
Center of Harvard Kennedy School of Government,
USA.
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POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING
UN Reform
Democracy
ILO
Hybrid Governance
Civil SocietyParticipation
WTO and Trade Negotiations
Future of Multilateralism
UNEP
Washington Consensus
Terrorism
HUMAN SECURITY
FINANCE
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POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING
Multilateral Surveillance Over National
Macroeconomic and Financial Policies
Governance of International Finance
Regulation of International Capital Flows
Market Access Including Agricultural
Commodities
The Exchange Rate System and Policies
Crisis Intervention and Management

Debt Workout Mechanisms and Debt Restructuring
HUMAN SECURITY
FINANCE
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POLITICAL DECISION-MAKING
Environment
Food Aid
HIV/AIDS
Health
HUMAN SECURITY
FINANCE
Human Security for the Most Vulnerable
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The Tracks
Second meeting of the Tracks New Approaches
to Global Problem Solving, 11.-14.3.2004,
London Global Economic Agenda, 25.27.3.2004,
Geneva Human Security 1.4.4.2004, London
working meeting with experts suggestions on
priority areas feedback from the network
draft outline of the report
Third meeting of the Tracks debate on the
report finalize the suggestions evaluation of
the work
Final reports by the end of year 2004.
First joint meeting 24.26.10.2003, Helsinki
priorities of the work work plan, methods and
division of tasks
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Helsinki Group
Second meeting Helsinki Group 29.81.9.2004, Dar
es Salaam vision outlined (draft by
co-chairs) priorities in closer examination
(draft outline by co-chairs) draft
proposals (draft outline by co-chairs)
Third meeting Helsinki Group 20.21.11.2004, New
York first draft of the report (by
co-chairs) further debate on concrete
proposals and implementation
Final report by May 2005.
Fourth meeting Helsinki Group 17.19.3.2005, New
Delhi draft final report (by co-chairs)
implementation strategy (by co-chairs)
evaluation of the work
First meeting Helsinki Group 28.30.1.2004,
Helsinki aims and objectives of the HG work
context of the HG work (political reality,
past commissions, work of the tracks
etc.) vision of the HG (oral outline
by co-chairs) first discussion on the
priorities
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Outreach
2002
2003
2004
2005
Civil society Governments Int.
organisations Media and Internet Research
community
HEARINGS
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Helsinki Conference 2005
takes place 7.9.9.2005 in Helsinki, Finland
major networking event for all those involved in
solving global problems special working
sessions for all stakeholders on key global
concerns high level speakers events
organised by stakeholders and Helsinki Process
partners cultural events to the general
public strong virtual arm
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