Session Overview
ECI is a distinguished organization with over 60 years of history and a vital mission. We have a lot of respect globally because over a period of two decades we originated the Earth Constitution, which is designed to replace the nearly obsolete United Nations Charter. I wrote a book on this field called One World Democracy; I know the issues well, and am a firm believer in radical UN reform as a doorway to a much better world. I have strong CEO skills having run a publishing house for 20+ years. I have been brought on as a consultant, and I am now running key programs, and I am moving toward becoming the executive director very soon. My predecessor, Dr Glen Martin, is the world's leading theorist in our field (United Nations reform and democratic world federation) and is now 79 years old. Sadly, he has done poorly on fundraising and business operations. Almost no one on the board is a "business builder." I am the only significant paid staffer, and Dr Martin favors me becoming the ED.
We have to rebuild the business and get fundraising back on track to hire staff and build programs, as UN reform is now very much on the global agenda. I need support and coaching, and pointers about how to move forward with modernizing the organization and dealing with a difficult board and lack of sufficient funds. There may be a major and very interesting project here for a suitable volunteer.
Nonprofit Overview
The United Nations had largely failed in its noble mission. The Earth Constitution Institute is therefore committed to a future in which the most important global decisions are made by humanity together, democratically, in a world parliament; a world without war, where conflicts are resolved peacefully in world courts; and a planet where the freedom and the inherent human rights of all are guaranteed by a global bill of rights.
To make this vision a reality, we work to ratify the Earth Constitution, which honors national boundaries but invites all countries to join together as part of one global democratic federation. As Einstein said decades ago, only with a world government can human civilization, and indeed the human race itself, hope to survive the challenges we face. Time is short, and the need is great. That’s why the World Constitution and Parliament Association (WCPA) and ECI have been working for this cause for the past 60 years.