[governance] Short term objectives

[Vittorio Bertola]

I already made these points at the caucus today, but wanted to share them
with the list.

I think that since we will now be in the middle of the final negotiations,
while reiterating our high level principles and hardly agreed statements,
we should also react and have a few very clear and very important short
term objectives to pursue.

First short term objective: be a player between now and Tunis. Ensure that
our proposals are included in the compilation of proposals that the Chair
will make today. Request as loudly as possible to be included in any round
of informal consultations going on between now and Tunis. Request that the
rest of the process is kept at least as open and transparent as it was
until today (I won't comment on how much it was until today, of course).
Insist that we want actual chances to influence the text, not just to make
principle statements and then leave.

Second short term objective: get to influence the text on the Forum.
Highlight some clear non-negotiables that civil society would like to see
in the language to be able to sign up to the text. These should be in
terms of wording, not just of concepts. For example, if we want assurance
that the non-duplication clause will not prevent the forum from discussing
anything, let's say that in five words and, when the right time comes,
insist that it is included as such (maybe getting the private sector
behind that wording as well, if possible). Same in terms of assurances of
the openness of the process (and here, getting the PS might be much
easier). Let's push that language to friendly governments as well. Having
one page of wonderful proposed text won't help much, unless we manage to
get it adopted as starting point (science fiction), but having a few key
words ready for prompt insertion by wearing out people at drafting
sessions might help a lot.

We could have a third one on oversight... I personally am sure that we
won't have any real chance to have a say on how the oversight function is
arranged, but we can try.
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