Cities and More Effective Multi-level Governance

This article has been inspired by the vision set out in the UN Secretary’s report General Our Common Agenda (2021) and the report of High-Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism entitled A Breakthrough for People and Planet. Effective and Inclusive Global Governance for Today and the Future (2023). Given the growing role of cities in international relations, the research aim of this article is to answer the question: how to make multi-level governance more effective? The author argues that more effective multi-level governance has to be more inclusive and that cities should be formally included in international decision-making processes. The author also makes the case for the growing role of cities in international relations, cooperation and addressing global problems, including migration, climate change and pandemics such as the recent Covid-19.

Miasta i bardziej skuteczne wielopoziomowe zarządzanie

Ten artykuł został zainspirowany wizją przedstawioną w raporcie Sekretarza Generalnego ONZ Nasza Wspólna Agenda (2021) oraz w raporcie Doradczego Komitetu Wyższego Szczebla ds. Skutecznego Wielostronnego Zarządzania zatytułowanym A Breakthrough for People and Planet. Effective and Inclusive Global Governance for Today and the Future (2023). Z uwagi na rosnącą rolę miast w stosunkach międzynarodowych celem badawczym tego artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie: jak zwiększyć skuteczność wielopoziomowego zarządzania? Autorka twierdzi, że bardziej skuteczne wielopoziomowe zarządzanie musi być bardziej inkluzywne, a miasta powinny być formalnie uwzględnione w międzynarodowych procesach decyzyjnych. Autorka przedstawia również argumenty na rzecz uwzględnienia miast, ukazując rosnącą rolę miast w stosunkach międzynarodowych, współpracy oraz rozwiązywaniu globalnych problemów, takich jak: migracja, zmiany klimatyczne i pandemie, np. Covid-19.

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