Russia had first put forward its net governance proposal ahead of the conference, but it emerged on Friday that it had found support from other countries.
If a main priority in the years ahead is governance of the eurozone, then that needs a bit more federalising".
Governance points the way ahead The quiet men and women of the boardroom are staging a fightback, Simon Osborne explained to me over lunch on Thursday.
On a bigger scale again, a battle for raw materials, economic resources, political influence and military footholds is under way in sub-Saharan Africa, where China has placed commercial advantage ahead of governance and human rights concerns, and increasingly in Latin America.
What is the role of higher education faculty in governance in the years ahead?
Once the protocol for PICs had been agreed the governance checks could move ahead, but it does not explain why the CLRNs still required so much time for the local checks, nor why some never responded.
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said: "The government are clear that this is a model of governance that will put regions ahead of the game in the race for funding.
Ahead of this governance milestone, there have been numerous allegations of executive misconduct, excessive risk-taking, lax internal controls, unqualified directors and misuse of client money.
John Whittingdale, the UK culture secretary pressing ahead with the governance and funding reforms to the BBC, is said by Scottish government sources to be listening closely; he is seen as more receptive to the case for marked improvements than BBC executives.
