Hi.
Thanks for checking this out. What you’ll find here are links to the video of our public Capstone presentation to complete the requirements for our Master’s degrees in Global Affairs from New York University’s Center for Global Affairs. It took place on the 4th floor of the Woolworth Building in New York City on May 8th, 2007 at 6:00pm.
This project was a concerted effort between six students to describe a viable framework of responsibilities that would lead to global sustainable development. We accomplished this by designating the responsibilities by actor within the international system - civil society, the private sector, and governments. The framework relies on ‘three pillars’ that are created by the actors in fulfilling their responsibilities: good governance, environmental sustainability, and cultural sensitivity.
Sound like fun? Well actually - it was. It also doubled as a social experiment in the ways that a group of individuals work together in a non-hierarchical, collaborative way when the only force holding them together is each’s desire to be involved in the project (and boy, did we learn some lessons about this!!!).
In all honesty, the video quality is a little scarce. Here is a PDF version of the powerpoint so that you can follow along if you like.
- Introduction by Doctor Howard Schiffman, Director of the Program, along with an overview and history of the scope of the project by Wayne Moses Burke, Patrick Benz, and Daniel Feltsman.
- The Framework of Responsibilities
- Chapter 1. Civil Society by Wayne Moses Burke
- Chapter 2. Private Sector by Patrick Benz
- Chapter 3. Government by Daniel Feltsman
- Case Studies
- Chapter 4. Global Warming: an International Law Perspective by Brad Good
- Chapter 5. Corruption: a Private Sector Perspective by Sofia Perazzo
- Chapter 6. Transnational Organized Crime and Crime-Financed Terrorism: Unrecognized Actors in a Globalized World by Maria Herbruger
- Conclusion, with a short question and answer period featuring Sofia Perazzo, Maria Herbruger, and Brad Good.
The original invitation to the presentation.
