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New Affiliated Project – Behind the Scenes: Mapping the Role of Secretariats

We welcome the Behind the Scenes: Mapping the Role of Treaty Secretariats in International Environmental Policy-Making project as an Earth System Governance Affiliated Project. 

This project of the DFG-Research Unit “International Public Administration” explores how and to what extent international public administrations (IPAs) interact with political and non-political actors of various levels during and in-between major international conferences. The project seeks to identify to what extent and under which conditions convention secretariats can act as partially autonomous actors.

By exploring the mechanisms that enhance an administrative actor’s ability to communicate and interact with policy-makers, the project contributes to a better understanding of the working of IPAs at the intersection of public administration and world politics.

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