[governance] location

[karen banks]

hi jeanette

could you say a little more on this? as we had entertained the idea 
of at least an element of the secretariat function rotating - i'm not 
even sure what that could mean,  certainly, that there be a permanent 
core of the secretariat that remains firmly fixed..

karen

>Some months ago I would have supported the concept of a distributed
>secretariat. I remember Avri and I discussing the idea to have a
>rotating secretariat moving from one international org to another. Today
>I'd say this is a recipe for desaster. We have to keep in mind that
>these international organizations are competing for tasks and are
>disagreeing in terms of regulatory paradigms.
>
>What I find much more important today is that the secretariat takes a
>neutral stance on such matters and tries to remain light-weight. Ideas
>like distributed secretariat should be considered in the future once the
>forum is a well established, widely acknowledged institution.


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