[WSIS CS-Plenary] question of govt. relation

[christoph bruch]

Atanu:

The answer to this question depends on the character of the government and
of course of the person who represents cs with a government delegation.

Concerning the WSIS process I am positive that cs does get overwhelmed by
the government and that the organization participation in cs coordination
group for the WSIS are in no way governmental NGOs.

Delegating cs representatives to government delegations and regularly
conferring with government representatives influences both sides. So
depending on the character of a particular government it might be advisable
to keep distance.

An acceptable or even positive relationship between cs and government or the
opposite situation in one country does not prejudge cs-government relations
in other countries.

Christoph


> Do you think that the inclusion of CSO representative in the government
> delegation improves the chances of a better reflection of CSO inputs
> prioritised in the governmental input in the process, and thus a better
> lobbying by CSOs in this process? Or it is just a governmental supprt of
> empowering CSOs in pushing their policy voices in this high-level meeting
> as
> happening in the North. I believe for us in South it would be interesting
> to
> learn how and why governments are allowing CSOs and general public in
> sharing their concerns across the ministerial dialogues.
> Best,
> Atanu
> 

-- 
Dr. Christoph Bruch
Neue Christstr. 6
14059 Berlin
bruch at zedat.fu-berlin.de

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