Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary, Acronyms and Abbreviations -- A Call to Readers -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Where We Are -- One Step Beyond -- An Eclectic Approach -- Nothing New? -- The Book -- Part 1: Building-blocks -- Chapter 2: Terms, Variety and Goals -- Clarification of Terms -- A Variety of Processes -- The Goals -- Chapter 3: The Context: Multi-stakeholder Processes and Global Governance -- Impact of UN Reform Packages -- The Role of the CSD in Evolving Change -- UNAIDS -- The Future -- Chapter 4: The Concepts: Key Values and Ideologies of MSPs -- Fundamental Values -- Derived Concepts and Strategies -- Chapter 5: The Research: Effective Communication and Decision-making in Diverse Groups -- Introduction -- Overview of Findings -- Conclusions -- Chapter 6: The Practice: Examples of Multi-stakeholder Processes -- Overview -- Reported Problems and Conclusions -- Twenty examples -- Aarhus Convention Process -- Beijing+5 Global Forum Online Discussions -- UN Commission on Sustainable Development Multi-stakeholder Dialogues (MSD) -- The Environment Council/Shell - Brent Spar Project -- UN Financing for Development HEarings (FfD) -- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) -- Local Agenda 21 Processes A -- Local Agenda 21 Processes B -- Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Session at the 8th Informal Environment Ministers' Meeting, Bergen, Norway -- Novartis Forum Events -- OECD/Biotechnology -- Processes for Developing National Strategies on Sustainable Development, A -- Processes for Developing National Strategies on Sustsainable Development, B -- United Nations Global Compact -- Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development -- Towards a Sustainable Paper Cycle -- World Health Organization (WHO), Third Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health for Europe.

World Bank World Development Report Online Discussion, 2000 -- Global Environment Facility (GEF), Country Dialogue Workshop (CDW) Programme -- The World Commission on Dams (WCD) -- Part 2: How to Do It -- Chapter 7: Designing MSPs: A Detailed Guide -- Some general considerations -- Context -- Framing -- Inputs -- Dialogue/Meetings -- Outputs -- Throughout the Process -- Chapter 8: The Short-cut -- Principles of Stakeholder Participation and Partnership -- A Checklist for MSP Designers -- Chapter 9: Conclusion: More Than One Step Beyond - What Next? -- Appendix I: Methodology of the Project -- Methodology of the Review of Scientific Literature -- Methodology of Analysing MSP Examples -- Appendix II: Contributors, Commentators and Interviewees -- Appendix III: UNED Forum -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Index.