[WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation

[Atanu Garai]

Who was the youth delegate you mentioned? You may be aware that before the
Geneva Summit, OneWorld South Asia was trying to gather a CSO perspective
through an online consultation. In a similar effort, OWSA has run previously
several such consultation to explore the possibilities of put forward CSO
perspective in formal policy making process  - this was something new, and
it has not worked out satisfactorily. I believe in South CSOs can send
accross their message to the government in holding large cooperative
consultation process, involving their partners - both through offline and
online events and perhaps including their representation in the governmental
delegation - if their moto are not too contradictory. For Southern CSO's
funding to CSO representative may be crucial be it their part or a seperate
delegation to enable them to participate. While many countries in South
(LDCs, for instance) may not be able to do that, many others can do.
Best,
Atanu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Maassen" <p.maassen at hivos.nl>
To: <plenary at wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> Hi all,
>
> The Dutch delegation had one CS member during the last
> prepcoms and the first summit itself, the representative being me
> on behalf of Hivos (NGO working with 850 partners in devloping
> countries on issues such as human rights, aids, economics and
> ICT4D). The Dutch delegation also had a youth representative
> during the summit.
>
> The same delegation met last april to discuss phase 2. There is a
> quite open flow of information both ways. Hivos, together with
> Oneworld Netherlands and IICD led a consultation of Dutch civil
> society and presented recommendations to the Dutch government
> for the first WSIS.
>
> Hivos will not participate in the upcoming prepcom, but intends to
> participate along the process, also again as a member of the
> official Dutch delegation. The costs for this participation are paid for
> by Hivos, not by the ministery.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> paul
>
>
> From:           Ralf Bendrath <bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> To:             plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject:        Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
question of govt.
> relation
> Send reply to:  plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Date sent:      Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:54:00 +0200
>
> > Hi Frannie,
> >
> > we had one CS representative in the German government delegation since
the
> > Paris Intersessional last summer. At the summit itself we had six. But
no
> > funding whatsoever from the German government. It will probably be the
> > same for phase two. The next meeting on this with the Government is on
> > Wednesday.
> >
> > Best, Ralf
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