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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/01/14 06:44, Marilia Maciel
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the information and for seeking input
from this broader group.
<div>I have not followed the work of the WGEC as closely as I
would like to, therefore I have a doubt regarding the framing
of this consultation you brought to our attention. The
attached e-mail asks to identify "mechanisms" (plural, and I
read this is fora) where enhanced cooperation exists.</div>
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You're right that this is incongruous, however Phil only mentions
"enhanced cooperation" in the introductory paragraph of his email,
which I take as an individual form of words from him, rather than as
part of the framing of the task for the correspondence group that
the WGEC has chosen. Below that - presumably approved by the WGEC -
it just talks about "examples of where some or all stakeholders in
their broadest sense…have engaged in working together". We should
probably couch any response in terms that makes it clear that we are
not necessarily accepting that the above is an adequate or specific
enough definition of enhanced cooperation.<br>
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I also queried on the list as to why there was no scope for the
correspondence group to suggest ways of filling the gaps where
enhanced cooperation is not taking place. This seems to be a more
important issue. Why do you need to crowdsource the production of a
list of areas where there are no gaps? A single expert could do
that! The reason for a correspondence group, I would have thought,
would be to gather different opinions about the best way of dealing
with the areas where there are gaps. So I'm a bit worried about
where this process is going.<br>
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