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

[wolfgang at imv.au.dk]

The nominated focal points for the NA-EU CS "Family" (this is not the "caucus") are Hans Klein from CPSR for NA and Veni Markowski from ISOC Bulgaria for Europe. Unfortunately both could not come to PrepCom3 and so I recommended/supported that Robert Guerra takes the seat in the CS Buereau.


Best

wolfgang



-- Messaggio Originale --
da: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve at fsfeurope.org>
A: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Invia: 15:19
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: EU/Pan-European/North-American Caucuses

 || On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:22:08 +0200
 || "Raoul Weiler" <raoul.weiler at skynet.be>
wrote: 

 rw> I support the idea of a pan-european caucus too.

I agree. 

Since Switzerland strongly orients itself towards the European Union
and adapts laws in ways of remaining compatible with EU legislation,
it seems to me that cooperation would be quite useful.

I agree that it may seem less obvious for North America, although some
people rightly pointed out that a lot of the issues are common among
North America and Europe. 

After the discussion following some rightly raised questions, it now
seems there is a majority for a "Pan-European" approach. Can we
work
on the basis of that consensus and should we therefore invite other
groups, North-American ones in particular?


Also it seems to me that Olgas idea with dual focus points (one
European, one North-American) might have some merits.

As would the suggestion of having local contact points in the
political centers of EU and Pan-European states. How far should we go
in terms of organizing this immediately or should we rather try to
build cooperation as we go?

Regards,
Georg

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