[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: EU/Pan-European/North-American Caucuses

[Raoul Weiler]

Hi all,

I support the idea of a pan-european caucus too.
I stay in Brussels and can do something, however I am
traveling in October.

Cordially,

Raoul Weiler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fullsack Jean-Louis" <jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: EU/Pan-European/North-American Caucuses


> Ralf and all
> I can't but approve this soundly argued statement upon the "pan-european
> caucus".
> I agree fo a real European caucus, who will have to gather the numerous
and
> diverse european NGOs, facilitate european actions and meetings, and
> establish contacts (lobbying) with the EU bodies such as the Commission
and
> the European Parliament (EP).
> For the latter I believe there is big job to be done especially with the
> Committees :
> - CO1 (Foreign Affairs, Human Rights,...)
> - CO4 (Citizen's Freedoms and Rigths,...)
> - CO7 (Industry, Trade, Research and Energy)
> - C13 (Culture, Youth, Education, the Media ...)
> - C16 (Women's Rights and equal Opportunities)
> - C14 (Development and Cooperation).
> I use to have some contacts with members of the latter committee. Since I
> have an access pass to the EP and I am living at Strasbourg, I volunteer
to
> participate in possible lobbying activities as a "CS focal point" for
Access
> and Infrastructure, and deeply committed in development activities mainly
> with Africa. In this field the EU-ACP Agreement  entails some
possibilities
> of bringing together the European and African Caucuses.
> Thanks for your attention and best regards
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ralf Bendrath" <ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de>
> To: <wsis-euc at fsfeurope.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: EU/Pan-European/North-American Caucuses
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Christine Wenzel wrote:
> >
> > > By establishing two lists we face the danger of being confronted with
> > > "double"postings in the EU and USA/Can.-list
> >
> > No. It is up to us to really think about what should be sent to whom.
> > And there are ways of enforcing this. ;-)
> >
> > If we have the clear objective of mainly getting the NGOs in the EU
> > together, it is of no primary interest to the North Americans.
> > If the North Americans have things to organize over there (like
> > meetings, lobbying in Washington or other stuff), I don't want all the
> > mails they need to get it done.
> >
> > If one of the caucuses (after proper discussion on the respective list)
> > comes up with a  projet / idea / problem of common concern, then we have
> > means of getting in contact with each other. There is always the plenary
> > list, where all caucuses should report about concrete projects once
> > they're propoerly managed in the caucus anyway.
> >
> > If anybody wants to participate in both groups: Just subscribe to both
> > lists.
> > But you should be able to choose.
> >
> > Re Olga:
> > > > equivalent to the UN-geographical pan-european regions
> > > > and to the further regional preparatory conferences (?),
> > Will there be anything happening in this regard? I don't see it yet.
> >
> > > > better information flow in both
> > > > directiions on monitoring or lobbying results,
> > As Meryem has rightly said: This should (and will) be done in the
> > thematic caucuses.
> >
> > Most importantly:
> > If people in North America want to set up their own structure, we should
> > not try to stop them by saying "we can organize you, too". Let them do
> > it if there is already this good initiative by Amali!
> >
> > We have enough to do in Europe. For example:
> > Is anybody really feeling responsible for the EU follow-up? See? ;-)
> >
> > (BTW: Jan: Can you please send around the letter to the EU presidency
> > that was given to them last week?)
> >
> > So: let us first see if we really can get this CS-EU-thing going and let
> > the North Americans do their thing. When it is rolling more stable, we
> > can think about cooperating with others, not before. This somewhat
> > reflects the experience we had in Germany: We first organized in Berlin,
> > than (more or less) German-wide, then finally were able to help with
> > getting the EU thing done.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Ralf
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