[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]WSIS, Civil Society and Multi-Stakeholderism

[ngenda at bluewin.ch]

Why are you so busy defining yourselves. We are Africans. Private, public
or whatever. We want to make a difference. That is what counts. The public
sector can do their diplomacy and the private sector can finance. Where is
the problem? WE ARE AFRICANS.

Ngenda


>-- Original Message --
>From: djilali benamrane <dbenamrane at yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: [Africa-CS-WSIS]WSIS, Civil Society and Multi-Stakeholderism
>To: africa at wsis-cs.org, plenary at wsis-cs.org
>Cc: wsis-finance at yahoogroupes.fr
>Reply-To: africa at wsis-cs.org
>Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 01:03:46 -0800 (PST)
>
>
>In my point of view, as long as the CS has not find
>the way to ensure tis financial independancy, the CS
>will be dependant on ether Governments, or
>international inter-governmental organisations (IGO)
>including the UN system, or private sector operators.
>As long as we are dependant, we do have to identify 
>our alliers... there is a French proverbe saying
>better to deal with God better than with its
>servants... it means that we have to try not to be
>eaten by the private sector if we are not already
>eaten. My speech will be different when the CS will
>meet her financial independancy and it is suitable,
>feasible and possible.
>De mon point de vue, la soci?t? civile a un lourd
>handicap celui d'?tre totalement d?pendante
>financi?rement parlant.
>Tant que durera cette d?pendance autant d?pendre de
>dieu plut?t que de ses saints... dieu ici se sont les
>Gouvernements et le diable anime les op?rateurs du
>secteur priv?... prenons nos distances et ?vitons
>d'?tre avaler par ce secteur priv? devastateur.
>Mon discours sera autre le jour o? nous trouvons la
>solution de notre autonomie financi?re et cela est
>possible, faisable et souhaitable.
>Amiti?s 
>Djilali
>
>  
>--- Ad? <odutan1 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>> Civil Society and Multi-Stakeholderism:
>> Discussion emerging about opportunities and strange
>> bedfellows
>> 
>> Ralf Bendrath of the Heinrich-B?ll-Foundation has
>> written this essay 
>> about the internal debates within civil society
>> whether it should or 
>> shouldn't work more closely with the private sector
>> and governments in 
>> the WSIS process. While some civil society
>> representatives advocate a 
>> "multi-stakeholder approach" in which they find ways
>> of working closely 
>> with these sectors, others argue that civil society
>> must remain 
>> independent so it may fight against policies that
>> they
>> believe are not 
>> in the public interest.
>> 
>> http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/735.htm
>> 
>> Ad? BADA
>> National ACSIS COORDINATOR 
>> FOCAL POINTin BENIN
>> 
>> 
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