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<p>Dear all,</p>
<p>Whether it the food people eat, the school children attend,
or getting the much needed vaccines, in all walks of our
daily lives, UN multilateral institutions play a key role in
guaranteeing or providing access to goods and services,
especially for marginalized groups. Last September, UN
Secretary General António Guterres published the document
'Our Common Agenda'. Somewhat surprisingly, this document
places corporations at the center of the solutions to global
crises – not just in production roles but also for
decision-making about policies and programs. Can the
obviously profit-maximizing pharmaceutical industry,
internet corporations, multinational agribusiness, and
investment funds be trusted to lead us, or even be placed at
the same level as elected governments in achieving various
development goals?</p>
<p><b>As part of the </b><b><a
href="https://www.tni.org/en/profile/peoples-working-group-on-multistakeholderism"
moz-do-not-send="true">People’s Working Group on
Multistakeholderism</a>, <a moz-do-not-send="true">IT
for Change</a> invites</b> all progressive thinkers,
scholars, social movements, networks and collectives to
discuss the role of corporations in global governance – and
find ways to fight back!<br>
<br>
Watch out for three important moments this week: <br>
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<font size="4"><b>1. Round table on the corporate capture of
multilateralism</b> – <b>TOMORROW, Wednesday, January
19 </b><b>| 14.00-15.30 CET </b><br>
</font></p>
<p><b><a
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VZS2FZaMRuSGzZCOMCt7eg"
moz-do-not-send="true"><font size="4">Register here!</font><br>
</a></b></p>
<p>Rosa Pavanelli (Public Services International), Barbara
Figueroa (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Chile), Jeremy
Corbyn, (House of Commons, UK), and Harris Gleckmann (Center
for Global Governance and Sustainability, University of
Massachusetts) discuss how the corporate capture of
multistakeholderism puts our collective future at stake.</p>
<a
href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VZS2FZaMRuSGzZCOMCt7eg"
moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="cid:part4.36BAB39C.AC6BF33B@itforchange.net" alt=""
class="" width="546" height="306" border="0"></a>
<p><font size="4"><b>2. E-Book on “The Great Takeover: Mapping
of Multistakeholderism in Global Governance” </b><b><br>
</b></font></p>
<p><b><a href="http://tni.org/the-great-takeover"
moz-do-not-send="true"><font size="4">Read it here!</font><br>
</a></b></p>
<p>The book, co-published by the People’s Working Group on
Multistakeholderism (PWGM), presents an up-to-date listing
of 103 multistakeholderism initiatives. This mapping not
only compiles the initiatives in the fields of education,
environment, health, internet and data, and food &
agriculture; but also analyzes trends and developments in
each of these fields – this is an incredible piece of work
done by Mary Ann Manahan and Madhuresh Kumar.</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/great_takeoverbook_-_14_jan_2022.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="cid:part7.A59F0CFD.EDB71B4E@itforchange.net" alt=""
class="" width="554" height="311" border="0"></a><font
size="4"><b><br>
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<p><font size="4"><b>3. Database of multistakeholderism</b> –
</font><b><font size="4">available from TOMORROW, Wednesday,
January 19</font> on the </b><b> corporate fighting
website</b>. <br>
</p>
<p>The database will support further research and the
push-back against the corporate capture of
multistakeholderism.<br>
<br>
<font size="4"><b>For more details and registration, visit:
<a href="https://www.tni.org/my/node/25790"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.tni.org/my/node/25790</a></b></font></p>
<p>We hope to see you at the webinar and look forward to your
feedback on the book and database!<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Warmly,</div>
<div class="moz-signature">Sneha<br>
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