Centre for International Governance Innovation, University of Waterloo
Full name and acronym: Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
Founding date: 2002
Objectives: The Centre for International Governance Innovation addresses the need for an institution to study, advise, and educate scholars, practitioners and governments on the character and desired reforms of the system of multilateral governance, particularly within the economic and financial area. The purpose of the Centre is also to raise Canadian domestic capacity, to create a research institute of international significance, and to strengthen the intellectual resources supporting public policy in Canada
Outputs: conferences, speakers, newsletters as well as local and international collaborations.
Staff numbers: CIGI is under the direction of an Operational Board of Directors, and under the advisement of an International Board of Governors. The personnel of CIGI include senior research fellows, special fellows and an accompanying staff responsible for the management and operations of the Centre.
Director: John English (Executive Director of the CIGI)
Funding: Initial funding for CIGI was provided through the generosity of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, co-CEOs of Research in Motion (RIM), together with matching support from the federal government. To maintain its independence, CIGI keeps this initial funding in a professionally managed endowment.
Street Address: 57 Erb Street West, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 6C2, Canada.
tel: ++1 (519) 885-2444
fax: ++1 (519) 885-5450
email: cigi@cigionline.ca
website: http://www.cigionline.ca