Diversity Management in Intergovernmental Organisations

A rough characterisation of the study objective has to be undertaken before the theoretical background for diversity and Managing Diversity is depicted, its applicability for the study objective will be assessed and weaknesses will be ascertained. At first the importance of diversity as integral part of organisational and social life shall be presented (2.1). Furthermore basically three particularities that characterise the study have to be portrayed: First, a conceptual differentiation of diversity and Managing Diversity is necessary, secondly, an analysis of diversity and intergovernmental organisations in Natural Resource Management is required, and thirdly a look will be taken at the Mekong River Commission (MRC) and the situation in the Lower Mekong Basin. Each of the three points shall briefly be described (2.2–2.4) in order to revert to these elements in theoretical review in the next chapter.