[governance] Civil Society outnumbered

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

In such cases it is always expedient not to hold these at exotic locations and instead pick major airline hubs, even if these are in relatively developed countries.

Of course visa restrictions on various countries (or excessive paperwork in any case) might need to be slightly relaxed for conference participants .. but there are places that are airline hubs but don't need a visa from most countries in the world, such as Hong Kong for example.

--srs (iPad)

On 09-Nov-2012, at 18:22, Presidencia Internauta <presidencia at internauta.org.ar> wrote:

> Dear Izumi: I see your point of view and I agree with your line of thought.
> As for those who live in LAC wish we could partipate many more, but as we all know, the civil society organizations do not have sufficient financial resources to be there. I I have expectations that this will change at some point.
> A big hug to everyone.
> 
> Sergio Salinas Porto
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> 2012/11/9 Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org>
>> Here is the number of participants by stakeholder groups, taken from
>> the closing speech by UN DESA.
>> 
>> Total - 1630
>> 
>> government - 429
>> technical - 161
>> private sector - 266
>> civil society - 541
>> international organizations - 96
>> media - 123
>> (this totals 1616, not 1630), but my note might be inaccurate.
>> 
>> He did not disclose regional breakdown.
>> 
>> I see few participation from Asia Pacific, Africa, and Latin and South
>> America, as an impression, especially, on the
>> speakers/panelists/moderators level.
>> 
>> Geographic position of Azerbaijan may be one factor, but also lack of
>> financial resources be another.
>> 
>> izumi
>> 
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