[governance] Suggestions for Delhi - process

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 16/02/2008, at 3:30 PM, Parminder wrote:

>> Another recommendation I would like to see in that space be allowed
>> either in or around plenary sessions for intensive deliberation on  
>> the
>> policy issues discussed in the plenary in a moderated roundtable
>> setting (rather than a seminar setting).  At present, only the views
>> of a minority - the panelists, discussants and those who choose to  
>> ask
>> questions - are ever aired.
>
> Most round tables have limited number of participants. What kind of  
> round
> table do you suggest here. Can you pl clarify.

Well I've gone on record before[0] to say that the speed dialogues  
would have been worth giving a try.

Short of that (but along similar lines), the moderator could simply  
ask the room to divide itself up into ad hoc groups in the second half  
of the plenary session, give them some pens and paper, and ask them to  
brainstorm on an disputed issue that has arisen during the first  
half.  The moderator, perhaps with an assistant or two, could make  
their way around the groups to help those that need it.  At the  
conclusion, a member of each group could stand up and outline its  
discussions, which the moderator could synthesize onto a whiteboard or  
projection screen, and the groups' sheets of paper could be scanned  
and archived as a further record of the progress made.

This is not actually revolutionary stuff; it's been done many times  
before.

[0] http://www.intgovforum.org/includes/Submission%20to%20September%202007%20consultation.pdf

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Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com
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