<div>I'd like someone to clarify how they mean "democratic" -- there are many aspects to a democratic process and structure:</div><div> </div><div>1. Do you mean "democratic" to reflect equal participation across stakeholder communities, using open, transparent processes to debate points of view and suggest policies/principes? And/or</div>
<div> </div><div>2. Do you mean "democratic" to reflect a system of voting to make binding decisions for the participants in a multistakeholder process?<br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 11:57 PM, Jeremy Malcolm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeremy@ciroap.org" target="_blank">jeremy@ciroap.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 17/10/12 11:38, parminder wrote:<br>
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So, you really think I am expressing dislike of
multistakeholderism when I say that 'democratic' should go before
'multistakeholderism' in any governance procedural document,
right. Ok, in that case, I dislike multistakeholderism, because my
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That's a very concise point that we can perhaps resolve in advance -
does anyone have a problem with "democratic" going ahead of
"multistakeholder"? I certainly don't. Multistakeholderism,
surely, is simply a means of democratisation.<br>
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