The Ideal Types of International Organization Governance ――Based on Participation and Accountability

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study the Ideal types of International Organization Governance and analyze their effectiveness. In the context of global governance, International Organization can be considered as one of the various actors.

However, unlike States, since the member states grant funding to the International Organizations, each secretariat is accountable for their works to stakeholders, and especially to member states. If they cannot successfully achieve this accountability, the member states have the ability to suspend their

contributions/support or, in the worst scenario, to withdraw, which may result in the failure of the International Organization.

For this reason, we have to take a closer look at the governance of the International Organization. It can be considered effective as a norm once the governance lead to “policy effectiveness.” Therefore, we need to suggest International Organization Governance as an analytical framework in order to ascertain whether or not it leads to “policy effectiveness.”

In view of this, four ideal types of International Organization Governance-based on the two elements of the “participation in policy-making process” and “oversight (accountability)” -are suggested and their function tested with case studies, ILO (International Labour Organization), World Bank and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). This paper finds that, in all cases, governance has a positive impact on policy.