The Global Marshall Plan Initiative considers itself as an integrative organizational platform for a World in Balance. It brings together a broad alliance of positive energy from politics, business, science, and civil society based on core demands for a fairer globalization. The Initiative's political influence is raised through the interlinking of a plurality of organizations and individuals which at the same time gathers a broad expertise. The supporters bring in their special skills and access to diverse social networks to the Initiative.
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There are currently many groups and individuals around the world that have made proposals for a Global Marshall Plan. Although their plans have much in common, there are many differences among the groups. Nor have they been actively cooperating to develop a universal consensus to accomplish these goals. There are, of course, many other organizations addressing similar issues, although not under the title ´Global Marshall Plan´, and they too have been unable to reach a unified level of international dialogue and agreement.
This lack of international discussion -- even among groups that are working toward multilateral cooperation -- reflects the fact that the global economic system since 1944 has developed an asymmetrical internationalism in which the richer nations control the decision-making process on major global socio-economic and environmental issues, which has an adverse impact on poor nations. This has also affected organizations and individuals attempting to address the interdependence of global issues, including those working to end poverty, achieve social development, solve global environmental problems, and restructure the international economy in support of sustainable development. There is little opportunity for the various international groups and individuals interested in a Global Marshall Plan and similar concerns to meet and discuss their mutual interests because there is no existing forum for international dialogue representing all of the interrelated issues and all of the interested parties.
What is needed is an inclusive format or nexus for discussing the issues of global development, environment and economics that involves diverse representation from business, government, civil society, academia, and media from both developed and developing countries and is fully committed to a convergent multilateralism, both in spirit and in practice.
Like the American Marshall Plan, which involved a new kind of participatory framework between donors and recipients for development relief and reconstruction, an International Conference for a Global Marshall Plan must be created in which the widest possible group of international stakeholders can convene and reach international agreement on the terms of a Global Marshall Plan.
The Global Marshall Plan Initiative focuses on a combined strategy of "bottom up" and "top down"; i.e. of raising awareness on grass-roots level and among decision makers. People are informed about the goals of the Global Marshall Plan through lectures, information events, and publications, which generate political will for change in the middle of our societies. At the same time, decision makers at national, European, and international levels are directly approached to gain their support.
