GAN (Global Action Network)

A multi-stakeholder network that spans geographical, institutional and sectoral boundaries — involving business, government and the social sector — to work on global problems no single sector resolves, in Steve Waddell's framework.

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Structural profile

Hybrid coordination
GAN (Global Action Network): scored profileTerritorial claim: None; Legal personhood: Informal; Decentralization: Federated; Scale: Global; Decision-making: Consensus / deliberative; Membership: Values alignment; Capital model: Dues / grants; Purpose: Civic / public good
Territorial claim
None
Legal personhood
Informal
Decentralization
Federated
Scale
Global
Decision-making
Consensus / deliberative
Membership
Values alignment
Capital model
Dues / grants
Purpose
Civic / public good

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Governance Model
Multi-stakeholder governance in which no single sector dominates. The Forest Stewardship Council, which a review of Waddell's book lists as a GAN, gives environmental, social and economic chambers equal voting weight in a General Assembly of its members, which elects the board.
Legal & Territorial Status
No territorial claim. Participants span the governmental, nonprofit and private sectors, so the form is defined by its multi-sector membership rather than by a single legal status or jurisdiction.
Membership Basis
Institutional and individual participants from each sector who join around a shared issue; the FSC, for example, has over 1,000 individual and organizational members grouped into three chambers.
Funding & Treasury
No single treasury model is documented in the sources reviewed for this entry; funding varies by network.
Representative Examples
Forest Stewardship Council (which a 2011 review credits with certifying about 300 million acres of forest); the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; the Principles for Responsible Investment.

How This Differs

Unlike a single nonprofit or corporation, a GAN is a network of participants from the governmental, nonprofit and private sectors, with governance designed so that no one sector dominates — the Forest Stewardship Council's equal-weight chambers are the example. Unlike a Network Nation or a DisCO, it is organized around a shared issue rather than a shared identity or way of life, and unlike a DAO it is not defined by on-chain governance.

Relationships

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