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The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI, pronounced "see-jee") is an independent, non-partisan think tank on global governance. Led by experienced practitioners and distinguished academics, CIGI supports research, forms networks, advances policy debate and generates ideas for multilateral governance improvements. Conducting an active agenda of research, events and publications, CIGI’s interdisciplinary work includes collaboration with policy, business and academic communities around the world. Its core belief is that better international governance can improve the lives of people everywhere, by increasing prosperity, ensuring global sustainability, addressing inequality and promoting a more secure world. Until September 2014, CIGI was headquartered in the former Seagram Museum in the uptown district of Waterloo, Ontario. It is now situated in the CIGI Campus,〔() cambridgetimes.ca. Retrieved on 2015-02-26.〕 which also houses the CIGI Auditorium and the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA). The establishment of CIGI has been recognized as a major contributor to the growth of a local knowledge economy in the surrounding Waterloo Region, and in 2007, the city of Waterloo was named the world's "Top Intelligent Community."〔(Intelligent Waterloo ). Intelligent Waterloo (2007-05-18). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.〕〔(A small place to think big | Macleans.ca - Canada - Features ). Macleans.ca (2005-04-14). Retrieved on 2013-10-23.〕 ==History== CIGI was founded in 2001 by Jim Balsillie, then co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry), following his vision to lay the framework for an institution tasked with helping solve the world’s most pressing challenges. Balsillie made an initial donation of $20 million to establish the New Economy Institute (renamed CIGI in 2002), with Mike Lazaridis, his then co-CEO at RIM, contributing an additional $10 million. The combined $30 million in funds was matched by the Government of Canada in 2003.〔 Among CIGI’s first staff was its initial executive director John English, director of public affairs John Milloy and distinguished fellows Andrew F. Cooper and Paul Heinbecker. The first CIGI International Board of Governors (IBG) meeting was held in October 2003, with early members including Jagdish Bhagwati, Joe Clark, Angel Gurria, and Anne-Marie Slaughter. In 2005, CIGI published its first working paper and experienced rapid growth in its research agenda, publications and public events programming. In 2007, CIGI partnered with the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University to launch the BSIA. In 2009, CIGI announced plans to house the BSIA within a “CIGI Campus” that would be built alongside its headquarters in Waterloo. The resulting $69 million complex received federal and provincial funding totalling $50 million through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program and Ontario’s 2009 budget. The City of Waterloo donated the land for the campus through a 99-year lease. Construction of the CIGI Campus was completed in November 2011. Earlier that year, CIGI celebrated its tenth anniversary with the opening of the CIGI Campus, and published CIGI at 10, a retrospective book celebrating its history. In May 2012, Rohinton Medhora joined CIGI as president, after having served on CIGI's International Board of Governors since 2009. Medhora is former vice president of programs at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Medhora succeeded former CIGI executive director by Thomas A. Bernes, who previously held high-level positions at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Government of Canada. CIGI's senior management team also includes former ''Toronto Star'' editor-in-chief J. Fred Kuntz as vice president of public affairs, and David B. Dewitt, former associate vice-president of research, social sciences and humanities at York University, who now serves as CIGI’s vice president of programs. In July 2012, CIGI appointed Fen Osler Hampson as Distinguished Fellow and Director of its Global Security research program. Hampson is a former director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) and Chancellor’s Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. In 2013, CIGI appointed Domenico Lombardi as director of its Global Economy program. Lombardi is a former chair of The Oxford Institute for Economic Policy, and has held positions on the executive boards of major international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Centre for International Governance Innovation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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