Cybernetics is the universal management system and assumptions have been that the viable system model enables governance.
A. Governments as Donors
Existing financing mechanisms with governments as donors can become a corner stone for this initial phase, provided standards for sustainable development are adopted, new and additional resources are made available for projects which implement these new standards, and measures are taken to ensure their transparency, democracy in decision making as well as full stakeholder participation.
Initial Suggestions
- Funds for countries with economies in transition and middle income countries should also be made available as necessary without this affecting the level of funding for developing countries.
- Funds and other assistance for LDCs.
- Fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund
In addition, the NGO UNCED Taskforce on Financing Mechanisms and members of the NGO Major Group Commons Cluster urge all governments of developed nations to meet the 0.7% of GNI target for ODA. All should reach the 0.7% target in their own self-interest.
Realizing the constraints, experienced by some governments in attaining their ODA commitments to developing countries, the NGO UNCED Taskforce suggests that the "national plans" approach be adopted during capacity building by which developing countries would draw up national plans, incorporating their own priorities for sustainable development for presentation to national and multilateral lending agencies. Projects which do not meet criteria of lenders could be redesigned with the help of U.N. agencies, chosen by the developing countries. This would provide donors with specific, well-designed projects for their consideration and enable developing countries to meet their specific objectives without imposition of conditionality by other governments. Additional funds should be made available to middle income countries with viable projects for sustainable development. On no account should ODA enable donor nations or outside corporations to gain political say over how a recipient nation is run.
