Бакалавриат
2026/2027
Представление интересов корпораций в многосторонних международных институтах
Статус:
Курс по выбору (Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»)
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
4-й курс, 3 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
This course introduces participants to the fundamentals of representing corporate interests in international multilateral fora and helps them to grasp the key concepts necessary to navigate this field with confidence. It focuses on the diversity of terminology, the core categories, and the logic of interaction between business and international institutions, and how agendas, rules, and recommendations important to the corporate sector can be shaped.
Special attention is given to how corporate interests are advanced through international formats such as the agencies, programs, commissions of the United Nations, BRICS Business Council, APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), BIAC at OECD, as well as how intergovernmental commissions operate. Students will get an understanding of how these platforms differ from one another, what opportunities they offer for business, and which approaches are most effective in each specific case.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able not only to navigate the theory with confidence, but also to apply the acquired knowledge in practice: to choose the most suitable international platform for the objectives of a corporate project, to understand its operating mechanisms, and to prepare position papers for advancing business interests. In this way, the course provides a comprehensive understanding of how business can act professionally and effectively in the international multilateral environment.
Learning Objectives
- develop students’ ability to understand and properly assess the system of opportunities for representing corporate interests at various international organizations and forums, as well as at the informal and formal intergovernmental associations; help students to acquire practical skills in designing activities in the field of corporate interest representation at the international multilateral platforms; help students to develop skills in working with target audiences of business projects and initiatives before, during, and after the project implementation at the international fora; develop students’ ability to prepare position papers that facilitate the representation of business interests on the international stage; develop students’ skills to prepare a draft plan for representing corporate interests at an international multilateral platform, including the tools and channels for its implementation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- analyze current trends and modalities of representing corporate interests at international multilateral fora
- analyze the target audience and its constraints while representing corporate interests at international multilateral fora
- formulate strategic goals and objectives of corporate projects for an international audience (representatives of international organisations, business clubs, etc.)
- prepare a draft plan for representing corporate interests or supporting a specific initiative at an international multilateral forum; and demonstrate various instruments and channels for addressing the corporate needs at an international multilateral forum
Course Contents
- Lecture 1. Frameworks for Corporate Interests’ Representation within the Structures, Agencies, and Programmes of the UN System
- Corporate Sector Quest for Engagement with the UN System
- The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in the context of corporate lobbyism
- Seminar 2. Role-based discussion on entering ESCAP Sustainable Business Network
- Lecture 3. Business Engagement Mechanisms within UN Environment Programme
- Seminar 3. Role-play: Designing a corporate UNEP engagement strategy
- Lecture 4. Place and Role of the UN Global Compact in Advancing Corporate Interests
- Seminar 4. Role-play: “Is It Worth Joining the UN Global Compact and/or the UN Global Compact Local Network?”
- Lecture 5. BRICS: Practices for Advancing Business Interests
- Seminar 5. National Chapter Simulation: Preparing Recommendations for Working Groups of the BRICS Business Council
- Lecture 6. APEC: Formats of Business Participation in Regional Governance
- Seminar 6. Simulation: Drafting Session of APEC Business Council
- Lecture 7. Case studies of corporate sector interests’ representations at various international multilateral platforms (aviation, energy, food and beverage industries, etc.)
- Seminar 7. Midterm test
- Lecture 8. Corporate Interests Representation at the level of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Seminar 8. Corporate Interests Representation at the level of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- Lecture 9. The Mechanism of Intergovernmental Commissions (IGCs) as an Instrument for Advancing Business Interests
- Seminar 9. Simulation: Drafting a Recommendation for Inclusion in the Protocol of an Intergovernmental Commission (IGC)
- Seminar 10. Projects’ Showcase and Defense
- Seminar 11. Projects’ Showcase and Defense
Assessment Elements
- Active participation
- Midterm test
- Final Group Project Defense (oral exam)There will be an obligatory projects’ showcase by students at the last week of the course. The students will be preliminary (at the 5th week of the course) assigned into small groups (2-3 persons).
- MemoStudents are required to submit one Memo in the written form, approximately up to 1000 words in length (ideally in the form of ‘stakeholders’ mapping’).
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 3rd module0.2 * Active participation + 0.2 * Midterm test + 0.2 * Memo + 0.4 * Final Group Project Defense (oral exam)
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Global Development and Poverty Reduction : The Challenge for International Institutions, edited by John-ren Chen, David Sapsford, 327 p., , 2005
- International institutions and national policies, Dai, X., 2007
- Keohane, R. O. (1998). International institutions: Can interdependence work? Foreign Policy, (110), 82. https://doi.org/10.2307/1149278
- Management of international institutions and NGOs : frameworks, practices and challenges, Missoni, E., 2014
- The exercise of public authority by international institutions : advancing international institutional law, , 2010
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Reform of the international institutions : the IMF, World Bank and the WTO, Coffey, P., 2006