www'globalbarometer'net

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• www.globalbarometer.net
• A Federation of Opinion Barometers

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1989 The Inaugural event of Latinobarómetro (Colo
mbia University)
1999 The Founding Moment of Global Barometer
(Taipei)
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GLOBALBAROMETERS

• Mission Cross-continental survey research
• Covers 70 independent nation-states , with six
  networks in 6 regions of the world.
• National Representative samples of the population
  of each country. 1000 and more cases per country.
• Standarized methodology.
• Online databank. www.globalbarometer.net
• Multiple funding Cooperation agencies Sweden,
  Spain, International organizations, countries,
  etc.
• .

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GLOBAL BAROMETER MODULE Variables in all Regions
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Global Barometer Surveys (n 70)Country
Coverage by World Region
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GLOBAL BAROMETER CHALLENGE I. Cooperation with
EUROBAROMETER

• Barometers were born out the Eurobarometer
  experience. Latinobarometer was financed by the
  European Comission in its first 2 years for 4
  countries ( 1995-6). It has grown into an 18
  country study with an investment of only 400.000
  US dollars.
• We can expand comparative data across regions
  from 70 to 104 of the 193 existing nations, if
  we add the 34 countries surveyed by the EB.
• GBS MODULE contains mainly EB items.
• For example, this is what we can have

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SATISFACTION WITH DEMOCRACY
ASIA BAROMETER
EURASIA
EUROBAROMETER
AFROBAROMETER
LATINOBARÓMETRO
Source Eurobarometer 2003
GLOBAL BAROMETER New EuropeBarometer (2001)
Afrobarometer (1999-2001) East Asia Barometer
(2001-2003,2004) Latinobarómetro (2003)
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DISSATISFIED DEMOCRATS
AFROBAROMETER (1999-2001)
EUROBAROMETER (1997)
ASIA BAROMETER (2001)
LATINOBARÓMETRO (2003)
Sri Lanka
53 45 9 India
50 53
-3 Bangladesh 40
53
-13 Nepal 40 32
8 Pakistan
22 32 -10
GLOBAL BAROMETER New Europe Barometer (2001)
Afrobarometer (1999-2001) East Asia Barometer
(2001-2003) Latinobarómetro (2003)
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SUPPORT FOR AND SATISFATION WITH DEMOCRACYDATA
FROM EUROBAROMETER AND GLOBALBAROMETERS
SUPPORT SATISFACTION DIF. EUROPEAN
UNION 78 53 -25 AFROBAROMETER 69 58 -11
ASIAN BAROMETER 61 55 -6 EASTERN
EUROPE 53 29 -24 LATINOBAROMETER 56 32
-24 SOUTH ASIA 62
11 -51
EUROBAROMETER Member countries of the
European Union AFROBAROMETER 12 PAÍSES, 1999 -
2001 ASIANBAROMETER 4 Countries 1999-2001 NEW
DEMOCRACIES BAROMETER 9 PAÍSES,
2000 LATINOBAROMETER 17 Countries. SOUTH ASIA
BAROMETER 5 countries 2004
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TRUST
GLOBAL BAROMETER Here those who no do not trust
by continent
Q. Generally speaking, would you say that you can
trust most people, or that you can never be too
careful when dealing with others? Here only You
can trust most people Source LATINOBARÓMETRO
1996-2003 / ABROBAROMETER 1999-2001
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WHAT FOR?

• In order to expand global comprehension of
  social phenomena
• We could best understand democracies if we could
  also know how developped democracies behave.
• We know Sweden has done an enormous effort to
  learn about how the world sees democratic europe.
• But do we know how democratic is Europe in a
  scientific comparative term? Does europe know how
  democratic it is, compared to other regions of
  the world?
• Democracy is full of myths, this data dismantles
  myths, and lets us work with reality in a
  concrete way.

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WHY

• In order to understand European Public Opinion,
  one must understand public opinion around the
  world.
• Globalization is not only a threat to Europeans
  but also to other regions of the world.
• Latinamerica knows europe through football, food,
  and monuments, English football, Italian food,
  French monuments, as the report for the Council
  of Europe we did in 2004 shows.
• How much do european governments invest in
  communicating about their nations, and how much
  do they achieve?

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HOW

• We propose
• 1. BI ANNUAL MODULE APLICATION
• 2. COMPILATION OF 104 COUNTRY DATA SET WITH
  GLOBAL MODULE.
• This data set can be uploaded into the
  Globalbarometer web page, in our interactive
  online system, and so the Eurobarometer would
  become a further member of the network.
• In exchange the European Union would profit from
  the existing data from 6 regions of the world.
  Surveys that have an investment of over 7 million
  US dollars per wave.

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Concluding Remarks

• It has taken 15 years to come to this point.
• We know there is scepticism with respect to the
  association with other less developped parts of
  the world.
• We know this is more a political than a technical
  desition.
• We invite you to learn about us and accept our
  proposal to join efforts in expanding global
  comprehension of social phenomena.
• These are no doubt the alternative indicators
  leaders like Sarkosi are looking for, that
  integrate the economic, social,and political
  dimension of development.

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LATINOBAROMETRO

• DATA FOR THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
• 2004

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THINGS FOR WHICH YOU MOST KNOW EUROPE TOTAL LATIN
AMERICA 2004
Q. Which are the things for which you most know
Europe? Multiple response answers add more than
100
Source Latinobarómetro 2004 n 19.605
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MOST / LESS KNOWN COUNTRIES MEMBERS OF EUROPE
LATIN AMERICA 2004
Q. Please could you tell me all the countries
that you can think of that are members of the
European Union/ European Community. Any other?
Another? Here percentages over 3.
Source Latinobarómetro 2004 n 19.605
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KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPE AVERAGE BY COUNTRY 2004
Q. Please could you tell me all the countries
that you can think of that are members of the
European Union/ European Community. Any other?
Another? Here averages of the number of correct
answers.
Source Latinobarómetro 2004 n 9.278
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LEVEL OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE EUTOTAL LATIN
AMERICA 2004
Q. Speaking generally, how informed do you feel
about the European Union, its politics, its
institutions? Here Very well informed plus
Fairly well informed and Not very well
informed plus Not informed at all.
Source Latinobarómetro 2004 n 19.605
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WORLD POWERS THAT HELP MORE TOLATIN AMERICA 2004
Q. Which of the following powers helps more to
promote democracy/defend the peace/ help
development/ promote free trade?
Source Latinobarómetro 2004 n 19.605