[governance] synthesis paper was Re: [] MAG consultations

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

I have passed the concerns on to Markus, and expect he will have some  
response during the open consultations

The paper was prepared by the Secretariat. As I understand it, this is  
the normal process for groups within the UN framework - that the  
Secretariat produces a paper as an input into the discussions. As a  
consultant, I was part of the team and can give you my impressions on  
the structure of the paper.

The main purpose of the paper is to provide a single text as a basis  
to move forward. It combines elements from three different papers.

There are 2 interwoven sections.

- The parts of the paper that are reports of the work that has been  
done in the MAG so far, based on consultations and their discussions.   
The material  _outside the boxes_ was written based on the results of  
the MAG meetings and much of it was reviewed by the MAG at some point  
in the past, i.e. in the form of the separate papers that were  
incorporated into this paper.

- The material  _inside the boxes_ that is abstracted/synthesized from  
the contributions sent in to the secretariat in response to the calls.

In this case the synthesis from the 3 papers received this time was  
added to content pulled from the February synthesis paper.  As in all  
abstraction and summarization efforts some of the content, especially  
its richness is lost. That is why there is a note referring readers to  
the documents used as source and recommending that people read these  
papers if they are interested in the whole story, including the  
thought behind the comments.

Note: Unfortunately, the team overlooked the one contribution sent in  
as email to the discussion section, Jeremy's, but I think Markus will  
refer to it when introducing the paper next Tuesday.  I also expect  
this contribution's content will be referred to in future versions of  
the paper.

As mentioned in the introduction of the paper, it is a rolling  
document. I believe new comments, as well as new work by the MAG, will  
be reflected in the next version which is currently scheduled to come  
out next month.  So this is one way in which public opinion, in the  
form of comments during the consultations and future contributions  
sent to the secretariat, will be reflected in a future version of the  
paper.

As for the need 'to scream bloody murder' , as always your mileage may  
vary but as far as I can tell from my part time and occasional  
involvement with the Secretariat, they do listen and respond to  
comments.

a.

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