Pre-conference Survey Results Questions on Issues, Strategies, Regions, and Themes November 14, 2005

2 Survey Results for Questions 6-9 The purpose of the Reinventing Globalization 2005 Pre-conference Survey was to identify opportunities for participants to learn and connect, and to shape the conference design to meet these goals. The survey results reflect the diversity of participants, as well as complementary capabilities in a variety of areas—including issues, strategies, and regions. Moreover, there was strong shared interest in a set of cross-cutting themes that influence the work of all participants. The results here summarize the responses to questions 6-9 on the survey, which asked: 6.What are the top 1 to 3 ISSUES that you focus on in your work? 7.Which of the following STRATEGIES or TACTICS best describe the methods you apply in your work? 8.In which REGIONS do you work principally? 9.What are CROSS-CUTTING GLOBALIZATION THEMES that you are particularly interested to explore at the RG-05 meeting? Of approximately 80 participants surveyed, these summaries reflect 65 responses. Given the 81% response rate, these results closely reflect the profile of the full group. Respondents were asked to rate the top 1-3 choices for Issues, Strategies, and Themes. On average, people selected 3 choices for Issues and Themes, and 4 choices for Strategies/Tactics. Results of additional questions on the RG-05 pre-conference survey are being uploaded to the Reinventing Globalization 2005 website (at See “People,” “Resources,” and “Success Stories.” The complete survey is posted on the “Conference” page of the website.

3 Question 6: What are the top 1 to 3 ISSUES that you focus on in your work? Overall, participants address a wide range of issues and many address several at once in a given initiative. There is a significant variance in responses (e.g., “environment/sustainable development” vs. “debt reduction”). To what extent does this profile of conference participants reflect the overall profile of NGO initiatives worldwide? “Other” issues mentioned by respondents included: global justice, race, global citizenship, poverty, global ethics, green city platform, China, housing, and marketing sustainable products. NOTE: The percentages indicated for each of these multiple-choice questions do not add up to 100; rather, they state the percentage of total respondents who selected a particular choice. (This is true for all questions 6-9.)

4 Question 7: Which of the following STRATEGIES or TACTICS best describe the methods you apply in your work? “Networks/partnerships” is the highest-rated strategy, aligning with responses to Question 9 that emphasize “bridging local-global” and “collaborating across issues and strategies/tactics.” In a sense, networks can be viewed as a “meta-strategy” helping organizations to collaborate within and across strategies. Strategies/tactics can be broadly categorized along several dimensions, such as: good-cop/bad-cop, grassroots/policy, and insider/outsider. What does the distribution here suggest about which types of methods—or what combinations—are working best today? What conditions influence which methods will work best and when? “Other” issues mentioned by respondents included: international campaigning/mobilization, leadership development, and leveraging private savings and investment money for development purposes. Technology and product development were cited in the success stories.

5 Question 8: In which REGIONS do you work principally? This question asked where participants and their organizations work, not where they are based. A good number of participants based in the North work primarily in the South. This raises a couple of questions: Should more from the North that are working in the South be based there? Should organizations based in the South establish offices in the North to increase their influence there? A common challenge for conferences like this is the predominance of organizations based in the North serving purposes and constituencies in the South. What challenges does that raise and how do we address them? Interestingly, despite its influence, none of the conference participants focus principally in the Middle East. Specific countries included China, Japan, and the United States.

6 Question 9: What are CROSS-CUTTING GLOBALIZATION THEMES that you are particularly interested to explore at the RG-05 meeting? The highest responses suggest strong interest in increased collaboration among NGOs and others to address globalization dynamics more effectively. What can we learn during this conference about how to do that? What can we start doing? The responses indicate less interest in funding strategies, although sustainable funding was the most frequently-rated “challenge” cited in the success stories contributed by participants in the same survey. One other recommended theme was to learn more about the broader implications of trends such as peak oil, the fall of the U.S. dollar, global warming, and others (like the growing economic and political power of China, India, and Brazil).