<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>It's true that public interest has a variable geometry. In my mind it's defined by a democratic decision within the relevant public.<br><br></div>As to multistakeholderism, it can certainly mean that discussions should occur between various parties having some stakes in issues at hand (then, what's new, it's been practiced for eons). But no more.<br><br></div>Decision making by so called consensus (i.e. no objection) may work in exceptional conditions. Else rules are needed for handling persistent disagreements.<br><br></div>Multistakeholderism pushed as a management model without decision making rules is a variety of scam (aka multi-steak-holdup).<br> .<br></div>Louis<br>- - -<br><br><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Ang Peng Hwa (Prof) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg" target="_blank">TPHANG@ntu.edu.sg</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>>Hope everything is well.</div>
<div>Yes, all’s well. Thanks. Potential seven-figure fine but most likely averted.</div><span class="">
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<div>>Would still have like have liked your clarification about the implications of having to present issues with ' a multistakeholder perspective'. Most members of the committee must be here, and anyone can clarify it to me.</div>
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</span><div>I thought the fact that because you raised the issue, the answer suggested itself: offering perspectives of the three stakeholders of public, private and civil society sectors.</div><span class="">
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<div>>So, my problem here is relative - why public interest is unclear but 'multistakeholder perspective is presumably clear. </div>
</span><div>It’s quite easy to define the latter but not the former. </div>
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<div>Regards, </div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Parminder Singh <<a href="mailto:parminder@ITforChange.net" target="_blank">parminder@ITforChange.net</a>><br>
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</span><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, 3 April 2015 3:23 pm<br>
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