[governance] IGC statement-questionnaire Final edits

[Parminder]

Natasha Primo wrote:
> Hi
>>>
>>> As to the retention of "unconditional" in Shiva's text I don't think 
>>> it has passed the test of consensus.
>> I do however greatly agree with the spirit of why Shiva wants this 
>> word in. Agenda driven funds, specially for policy related bodies, 
>> can be worse than no funds at all. Can we agree to the term 'funds 
>> with no conditionalities' or 'funds with no strings' attached. It is 
>> common usage in international development aid discourse and also in 
>> case of institutional funding support for policy related bodies. I 
>> cannot understand why should we have problems with these nearly 
>> universally accepted terms, and the normative implications that they 
>> carry.
>>
>> parminder
>
> Since the IGF is a multi-stakeholder forum it would make sense that 
> funds that would broaden and diversify participation - from (L)DCs, 
> under-represented geographic communities, CS, social groupings etc - 
> do not privilege specific advocacy positions but are available to 
> participants irrespective of what advocacy position they hold. By this 
> I understand that a private sector representative from a (L)DC etc can 
> have access to the funds as much as CS representative from the 
> under-resourced CSO in the North. So, I also agree with the sentiment, 
> but would support the idea for a formulation alternative to 
> "unconditional" as its too closely associated - negatively with 
> notions of not being "unaccountable".
>
> I'm not sure that Parminder's suggestions work either ... but i would 
> agree to retaining the idea behind the

What about 'funds with no explicit or hidden undue conditionalities'. 
Quite a mouthful but I think captures the range of concerns expressed 
here. parminder


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