Policy implications and reconstruction of marine institutional architectures: the regional indigenous organization (RIO) option

Lennox Hinds

Marine Policy, 2001, vol. 25, issue 6, 415-426

Abstract: Global marine policy-making and related institutional architectures have been within the domain of the United Nations system in general and its specialized agencies (FAO, IMO, UNESCO/IOC, UNEP) in particular. At the regional and country levels there are a large number of organizations and agencies that are involved in various marine issues in the programme areas of Regional Indigenous Organizations (ASEAN, CARICOM, SPF., organizations belonging to these regions). The paper reveals that the United Nations system represents a top-down policy making and institutional approach, whereas a combination of nation-state and their regional indigenous organizations represents a bottom-up approach. The paper outlines some inefficiencies of the United Nations system and provides an option for improving the effectiveness of regional indigenous organizations.

Keywords: Policy-making; Marine; institutional; architecture; Regional; indigenous; organizations; United; Nations; CARICOM; SPF; ASEAN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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