Our library offers articles and other publications related to Multi-Stakeholderism. This collection does not claim to be comprehensive, but we will strive to bring together as many relevant works as possible to help all interested actors to study, to build and to promote the multi-stakeholder approach using the knowledge gained by their partners. Any effort to help us extend this collection by e-mailing us information on useful resourses will be greatly appreciated.

• Networking the Networked/Closing the Loop: Some Notes on WSIS II (EN)
  Michael Gurstein (Visiting Professor, School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A.) challenges to figure out how to in fact be truly open and inclusive networks when all the pressures and the pragmatics in and of the "real world" are towards closure. 24 November 2005.
• Statement at the Round Table 2 “From Commitment to Action: implementation after Tunis” within the official agenda of the World Summit on the Information Society (EN)
  Tatiana Ershova (Institute of the Information Society, Russian Federation; Global Knowledge Partnership). Tunis, 17 November 2005.
• ITU Position on Implementation and Follow-up (EN)
  Document WSIS-II/PC3/CONTR/97-E of 25 October 2005. ITU stresses that, in light of document DT/9 rev. 2 and DT/26, there is widespread agreement that the multi-stakeholder nature of WSIS should be maintained through the overall implementation and follow-up process after Tunis. PDF, 145 Kb.
• Building on the Monterrey Consensus: The Growing Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Mobilizing Resources for Development (EN)
  United Nations High-level Plenary Meeting On Financing for Development (September 2005)
• GKP Thematic Work Program "Multi-Stakeholder Partnership" (EN)
  Includes the following activities: Learning: Case study Program (Internship @ Diplo; case studies - LAC, South Asia etc.; external case studies); Capacity Building; Advocacy: GKP panels at Tunis (Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Making ICT4D happen after Tunis; A civil society view on multi-stakeholder partnership in ICT4D; A public sector view on public-private and multi-stakeholder partnerships in ICT4D; The importance of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for economic empowerment).
• The role of civil society organizations in multi-stakeholder governance. Lessons from the World Summit on the Information Society (EN)
  Presentation at the international conference "Lithuanian Knowledge towards Global Competitiveness: Lisbon Strategy Relaunched" (Vilnjus, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, 6-7 October 2005). Author: Claudia Padovani, DSSP - University of Padua, Italy; Co-Coordinator, WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family. MS PowerPoint, 146 Kb.
• Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: the New Phenomenon of the Knowledge Age (EN)
  Presentation at the international conference "Lithuanian Knowledge towards Global Competitiveness: Lisbon Strategy Relaunched" (Vilnjus, Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, 6-7 October 2005). Author: Tatiana Ershova, General Director, Institute of the Information Society, Russian Federation; Co-Coordinator, WSIS CS Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family. MS PowerPoint, 339 Kb.
• WSIS: Emergence of a Multistakeholder Partnership for a New World (FR, EN, RU)
  Speech at the Plenary session of the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), delivered by H.E. Adama Samassekou, President of the African Academy of Languages; President of WSIS Preparatory Committee for Geneva Phase; Former Minister of Education of Mali (Mali)
• Sustainable Diversity in Knowledge Societies, Opportunities and Challenges (EN, RU)
  Presentation at the Plenary session of the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), delivered by Mme Fran7oise Rivi8re, Assistant Director-General, Office of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Welcome address (EN, RU)
  To the participants of section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), delivered by Ambassador Walter Fust, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership; Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Switzerland)
• Multi-stakeholder partnerships definition, principles, typology, and partnering process (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Andrei Mikheyev, Chief of News Department, Internet Policy Center at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Moscow, Russia)
• Stakeholders’ Participation and Cooperation to Foster Information Society Development (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director, Global Knowledge Partnership (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Civil Society in ICT Partnerships, Alliances and Consultative Processes (EN, RU)
  Presentation to the Round Table on NGO Role in the Information Societywithin the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator, Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
• United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force and Its Regional Network for Europe and Central Asia (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Ivan Kurnosov, Adviser, Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education, Government of Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)
• Russian e-Development Partnership and Its Self-Standing Segment in the North-West of Russia (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Andrey Chugunov, Director, PRIOR North-West Non-Commercial Partnership (St. Petersburg, Russia) in co-authorship with Tatiana Ershova, General Director, Institute of the Information Society (Moscow, Russia);
• Cooperation of Business, Government and Society in Providing Maximum Access to and Effective Use of Socially Important Information for Development Purposes (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Natalia Klimova, Director for Corporate Affairs and Strategic Communications, RosBusinessConsulting (Moscow, Russia)
• Experience of implementations of ICT projects with international technical support based on participants partnership (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Igor Tavgen, UNDP-Belarus project manager (Minsk, Belarus)
• Multi-stakeholder Partnerships in Moldova to Strengthen the Information Society for All: Case Study (EN, RU)
  Presentation at section on multi-stakeholder partnerships within the International Conference "UNESCO between two phases of the World Summit on the Information Society" (St. Petersburg, Russia, 17-19 May 2005), made by Veronica Cretu, President, “CMB” Training Center (Chisinau, Moldova)

• European Multistakeholder Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility: Final results & recommendations (EN)
  29 June 2004

  We the peoples: civil society, the United Nations and global governance (EN)
  Report of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations - Civil Society Relations chaired by Fernando Henrique Cardoso (June 2004)
• Governance and Multistakeholder Processes (EN)
  By Nancy Vallejo and Pierre Hauselmann (May 2004)
• Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (EN)
  Global Knowledge Partnership issue paper (2004)
• Partnerships for Sustainable Development (EN, FR, RU)
  Report of the Secretary-General, UN Economic and Social Council, Twelfth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (14-30 April 2004)
• Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and UN-Civil Society Relationships (EN)
  Collection of Materials from the Multi-Stakeholder Workshop on Partnerships and UN-Civil Society Relationships (February 2004, New York)
• Partnerships for Sustainable Development (EN, FR)
  Brochure published by the Department of Public Information and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (August 2003)
• Case Studies of Multi-Stakeholder Partnership: Policy Dialogue on Business in Zones of Conflict (EN)
  Ed. by Virginia Haufler. Global Compact Policy Paper Series. April 2002
• Multi Multi-stakeholder Pro Processes: Examples, Principles, Strategies (EN)
  International Workshop, New York, 28/29 April 2001. Workshop Report prepared by Jasmin Enayati & Minu Hemmati
• Partnering for Results: Assessing the Impact of Inter-Sectoral Partnering (EN)
  By Chanya Charles and Stephanie McNulty. October 15, 1999