PND (2/15/2000) -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Launches Global Issues Database

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has launched a free online database of experts, institutions, projects, and publications concerned with the management of global issues, from financial markets to humanitarian aid, the Washington Post reports.

Designed to enlarge the international community of scholars and practitioners interested in the comparative analysis of global issues management, the new Managing Global Issues Information Network organizes information according to one of 20 global issues (e.g., labor rights, environment, etc.) and/or one of 16 global themes (e.g., NGOs, compliance, enforcement, etc.). In addition to helping participating members disseminate information internationally about their own work, the network is designed to encourage collaboration by allowing users to identify potential research partners, event speakers, bibliographic sources, and upcoming meetings of interest.

"It's a very difficult thing to get people to talk outside their own issue area and share lessons," commented project director P.J. Simmons. Another goal of the project, said Simmons, is "to encourage more dialogue across nations."

Individuals with experience in global issues management and an interest in sharing best practices and lessons learned are invited to fill out the online form and be considered for inclusion in the database.

FCnote: The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (DC) is a non-grantmaking operating foundation that had assets of $250,609,473 in the fiscal year ending 6/30/98.

Morin, Richard and Claudia Deane. "The Ideas Industry." Washington Post 2/15/2000, p. A21.

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