Este o greseala - cred - in textul acestui mesaj, si mie mi se pare destul de...
"Desk" inseamna in limba engleza "birou", e adevarat, dar in sensul de obiect de mobilier, nu in sensul de cancelarie, spatiu de lucru, pentru care ar fi putut fi folosite cuvinte precum "office", "bureau", "chancellery" etc. Mesajul "From the desk of the Secretary General" inseamna pentru un englez ceva de genul "Din banca secretarului general"... dar poate gresesc si eu. --- AID ONG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Message > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: From The Desk of The Secretary-General > > > > > > Dear e-CIVICUS Readers, > > Due to a faulty link in our last issue of e-CIVICUS (240), the column > From > the Desk of the Secretary General was not available. Please see Kumi > Naidoo's article below. > > The CIVICUS Communications Team > > FROM THE DESK OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL > > Should civil society engage with governing institutions even when they > have > deep democratic deficits? > > > Release Date: 14 February, 2005 > > By Kumi Naidoo, CIVICUS Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer > > A matter that has raised much debate recently is whether civil society > organisations should engage with local, national and global > intergovernmental institutions such as the World Bank or the United > Nations. > > What really is engagement? Engagement can take various forms. These can > include: submitting petitions, letters of appeal or correspondence which > puts forward a case that runs counter to the policies and actions of such > institutions; participating in meetings with these institutions when they > seek to 'consult' with civil society organisations; participating at the > micro level in a joint venture around project delivery; participating in > policy shaping processes such as the Extractive Industries Review > undertaken > last year by the World Bank; or simply participating in events of > governing > institutions whether it be the annual meetings of the World Bank and the > IMF > or a conference of a department or ministry of a national government. > > Allow me to use the World Bank as an example of a powerful global > institution, which is owned by member governments, albeit unevenly, with > rich countries dominating control. Civil society organisations have long > argued for a voice around the policies and actions of the World Bank. > > The old slogan: "Think Globally Act Locally" does not work on its own > anymore, since real power, particular around fundamental economic issues > that affect the lives of ordinary people all over the planet, is held at > the > global level. For civil society organisations from developing countries > to > act solely locally means removing themselves from where, increasingly, > real > power resides. > > Civil society, as also reflected in CIVICUS membership, has three > different > approaches to engagement with an institution such as the World Bank. A > growing number have adopted a Principle Non-Engagement Position. Those > that > hold this view believe that global institutions like the World Bank are > stuck in the geopolitics of 1945 when many of these institutions came to > life. > > Given that the World Bank is governed by a principle of "one dollar one > vote" means that rich country governments, often without the express > approval of their citizens, exercise a disproportionate degree of > influence > around the policy and practices of the institution. They argue that > institutions such as the World Bank are part of the problem rather than > part > of the solution and engagement is a waste of time, energy and resources. > > A second approach might be called a Selective Engagement Position, where > civil society organisations make a choice on which of the opportunities > of > engagement that present themselves provide the possibility of pushing for > meaningful change in policies or practices. Each opportunity is > determined > by a cost-benefit analysis of what might be achieved if civil society > engages with the relevant part of an institution such as the World Bank. > > A third approach might be called a Comprehensive Engagement Approach, > which > is premised on the reality that, notwithstanding the shortcomings of > institutions such as the World Bank, it is important for civil society's > perspectives, views and participation to be pushed for and secured. This > is > to control the damage of any harmful policies and practices of the World > Bank or to secure more meaningful development outcomes in projects that > have > promise and potential. > > Clearly, civil society organisations have to make a controversial and > complex set of strategic and tactical choices. Our challenge right now is > to > agree to disagree on the different tactical approaches our colleagues > within > civil society might adopt. While it is critical that we respect those > organisations that adopt, for example, a Principle Non-Engagement > Position, > it is equally important that those that adopt alternative strategies are > not > dismissed as "collaborators" when their overall work is clearly in > support > of social, economic, political and civic justice. > > CIVICUS member, as well as several other partners in civil society, have > debated these issues rigorously over the last few years, given that > CIVICUS > is leading an initiative to develop a set of recommendations on how the > World Bank could transform its engagement with civil society. > > This transformation is aimed at having greater accountability for > previous > engagements, as well as to ensure that such engagements are transparent, > legitimate and subject to democratic accountability. > > This work will come to a climax with the delivery of a set of > recommendations which has received several inputs ranging from those who > are > highly critical of any form of engagement to those, particularly from > developing countries, who have not had the opportunity to engage in the > past. > > Given that many of our global public institutions are located in the > developed world, it is not surprising that previous engagements with the > World Bank, for example, have had a disproportionate level of > participation > by our colleagues in developed countries. Apart from a conscious > political > decision of non-engagement, as was the case with the South African NGO > Coalition, where I previously served as Executive Director, the factors > that > have prevented southern engagement include location, financial resources, > access to information and the fact that the majority of civil society > organisations in the South are currently heavily engaged in project > delivery, rather than policy advocacy. Thankfully, many civil society > organisations in developing countries are finding that putting all their > eggs in a project delivery basket with tackling policy deficits, does not > get us very far. > > In the light of the above, I would like to appeal to you, irrespective of > which strategic position you hold with regard to engagement with the > World > Bank, to share your views with us via a survey that we are currently > undertaking. The survey can be accessed on-line at at World Bank-Civil > Society engagement. The deadline has been extended to 9 March 2005. > > Please feel free to encourage your colleagues, members and partners to > fill > in the survey since we are keen to hear the perspectives of as many civil > society organisations around the world. I thank you in advance for taking > time to consider this and wish you well in the important work that you > are > doing to work for a more just world. > > Warmest regards, > > Kumi Naidoo > > Please send your comments and suggestions to e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________________________ > Connex scaneaza automat toate mesajele impotriva virusilor folosind > Trend Micro VirusWall. > Connex automatically scans all messages for viruses using Trend > Micro > VirusWall. > _______________________________________________________________ > Nota: Este posibil ca produsul Trend Micro VirusWall sa nu > detecteze > toti virusii noi sau toate variantele lor. 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