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Appendix 14-4: Compliance Catalysts Defined
1. Priority Placement refers to the presence of the commitment (or a similarly worded
commitment) in the communiqué chapeau (introduction or preamble), summary, or
chair's statement to deliberately give temporal primary and prominence, emphasis
through repetition, or the direct authority of leaders to documents devised elsewhere.
2. Target is a specific, numerical, measurable target or goal (e.g., We will reduce
greenhouse gases by 50 percent). terms such as 'reduce' or 'increase' usually
accompany a measurable target. Terms such as 'continue to fight against' are not
considered targets.
3. Timetables: one year or Less. A timetable is a specific target date that provides
the precision and obligation featured by legalised liberal institutionalism. timetables
include:
a. an exact date, year, or season (autumn, summer, spring, winter) that is specified
by the G8 as the deadline for the commitment. terms include 'over the year
ahead', 'in the coming year', 'this year', or 'before the next summit';
b. a specified meeting in another forum that is not the G8 (such as the United
nations General assembly or the meeting of a conference of the Parties) or a
specified G8 ministerial-level meeting; and
c. timetables agreed to in other forums, which are reaffirmed in the commitment
and are stated explicitly or implicitly (e.g., 'the timetables agreed at the end
of the Uruguay round' or 'by 1 January, as decided at the United nations
General assembly'). terms such as 'as soon as possible' or 'urgently' are not
coded as using a timetable.
4. Timetables: multi-year. a timetable longer than one year.
5. Specified Agency refers to the identification of national, intergovernmental, or
other agents responsible for implementing the commitment. It includes:
a. any body, country, person, etc., specifically designated to take charge of a
commitment as a representative of the G8;
b. instances when the G8 commits itself along with 'all other countries', 'the
international community as a whole', 'our partners', 'civil society', specified
countries, etc.; and
c. instances when the G8 commits to work with others to do something and when
the G8 'calls on all countries' or pledges to work to enhance international
efforts to achieve a target.
while the G8 alone may still be responsible for putting the most effort behind
such initiatives, these types of key terms suggest a larger base of action than just the
 
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