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| In its first incarnation, before going defunct in 2007, NGOWatch was criticized by some commentators as being a "right-wing campaign designed to monitor and critique 'liberal' U.N.-designed NGOs."<ref>Jean Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon, "," ''The Public Eye'', 18, no. 1 (2004).</ref> | In its first incarnation, before going defunct in 2007, NGOWatch was criticized by some left-wing commentators as being a "right-wing campaign designed to monitor and critique 'liberal' U.N.-designed NGOs."<ref>Jean Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon, "," ''The Public Eye'', 18, no. 1 (2004).</ref> | ||
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NGOWatch stated goal is to monitor the activities of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and their impact on public policy. It is part of Global Governance Watch, a collaborative project of the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. It initially operated between 2003 and 2007 and was relaunched in May 2009.
Goals
NGOWatch seeks to promote transparency and accountability in nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) beliving they should "they are encouraged to embrace the same standards of transparency and accountability that they demand from governments and corporations."
Staff
Jon Entine, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is head of NGOWatch.
Criticsm
In its first incarnation, before going defunct in 2007, NGOWatch was criticized by some left-wing commentators as being a "right-wing campaign designed to monitor and critique 'liberal' U.N.-designed NGOs."
References
- http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/about/
- Jean Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon, "Policing Civil Society: NGO Watch," The Public Eye, 18, no. 1 (2004).