BACKGROUND
The National Perspectives on Global Leadership (NPGL) project is a collaborative effort between CIGI and The Brookings Institution’s Global Economy and Development program, and seeks to advance the idea of a "global steering committee" by fostering ongoing dialogue and relationship-building between the actors that drive the G20 and the G20 emerging market economies.
The purpose of NPGL's research is to assess the degree to which a broader summit grouping can restore the public’s confidence in the capacity of national leaders acting together to take public responsibility for economic outcomes.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
The NPGL team has enlisted colleagues from leading think tanks in a dozen G20 countries to observe how national publics perceive their leaders at global summits, as seen through the lens of leading media outlets in each of their capitals. Their findings are published online as short, interpretive commentaries under the general title NPGL Soundings.
The NPGL was launched in April 2009 with an inquiry into the political relationship between national leaders and their publics in the context of the London G20 Summit, as revealed in national newspapers in the capitals of G20 countries.
Similar inquiries following the L’Aquila G8 Summit (July 2009), Pittsburgh G20 Summit (September 2009), Muskoka G8 Summit and Toronto G20 Summit (June 2010), and the Seoul G20 Summit (November 2010) have served to continue this analysis.
PARTNERS
- Centre for Policy Research (CPR)
- Centro Brasileiro De Relacoes Internacionais (CEBRI)
- Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Sede Argentina (FLACSO)
- German Development Institute
- Institute Francaise de Relations Internationales (IFRI)
- Istanbul Policy Centre, Sabanci University
- Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI)
- School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University
- South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
- The Brookings Institution
- The Centre for Global Studies (CFGS), University of Victoria
- The Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics