AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] tunis meeting

[wolfgang at imv.au.dk]

Dar all,

It should be clear (also for the Tunis organizers) that the "main organ" of CS is the CS Plenary. CS-P has two arms, "C&T" for Content (based on a broad range of WG and Caucuses) and the "Bureau" for Procedures. The so-called "C&T Liaison" is a full member of the Bureau. It is important to explain this "simple structure" to the newcomers from the very early day to avoid any misunderstanding. CS is organized bottom up. The Bureau does not take content related decisions. It facilitates the communications between other bodies and stakeholders and the different families, caucuses wg etc. of the Civil Society and deals with formal aspects (which room is needed when, which speaking slots should be reserved, when we should have a meeting with the intergovernmental office etc.)

It would be helpful to write a self-explaining one-pager (with an Organizational Chart) for distribution in Tunis. 

Best

wolfgang


-- Original Nachricht--
Von: Rikke Frank Joergensen <rfj at humanrights.dk>
An: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Senden: 11:12 AM
Betreff: [WSIS CS-Plenary] tunis meeting









 

Hi, 

 

I am glad to see that C&T is a "born" participant in the
Tunis meeting, according to the information from Renata. 

 

However, it’s still worrying that the family structure is the point
of access for CS at a meeting that will undoubtedly deal with both process and
content. And that effective means for participation in this 2. phase will be so
limited due to financial constrains on CS. 

 

Rikke