The Challenges of Globalization: Save the Children

Abstract

International NGOs must change and develop globally to capitalize on the opportunities of globalization and to face new challenges as they emerge. Concepts of national limitation are becoming increasingly incongruous with technological and economic development. There is an urgent need to create a democratic system at a global level. NGOs could push this forward. NGOs attempting to become global players will have to encompass the global community in their governance structures while tailoring their approaches to advocacy, programs, and fund-raising to reflect specific national or regional styles and priorities. To survive and thrive in an environment of continuous change, NGOs will have to develop an internal culture of change. These demands will select all but a handful of highly professional global NGOs, a number of narrowly specialized (inter)national NGOs, and innumerable local neighborhood initiatives, leaving little space for medium-sized or semiprofessional NGOs.