[CS Bureau] Speakers and Format of Tunis Summit

[Robert Guerra]

At 1:36 PM +0100 3/22/05, Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:
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>This is why I proposed the formation of a Content & Theme Bureau
>(CTB). When discussing with practical problems,
>it seems more appropriate than ever.


I do not agree with the creation of a "Content and Theme bureau" . My 
view is that we have too many structures and are drowning in 
bureaucracy.

We have a bureau - and it's job is to deal with logistics. Let's work 
on logistics - content is something we don't have the current 
authority to deal with.

As i've mentioned in the past - let's just get the job done. People 
should engage more in getting things done, in concrete actions vs. 
"just talking about it".

In terms of going forward - concrete suggestions, let's start to 
collect ideas, suggestions and more importantly document needs that 
we think we need for both the coming prepcom, the summit and any 
meetings in between.

Issues to develop :

* Fellowships
* Overpasses
* Press - liason for the summit (i want to recall that there was a 
NGO press liason officer for the geneva summit)
* Speaking slots - @ summit plenary
* Speaking slots - @ Roundtables and/or panels

* Emergency response team:
- I would like to suggest the creation of a immediate response Civil 
society team whose sole function would be to help deal with 
emergencies that might occur during the summit. It is - to be 
expected - that organizations will seek to push the envelope with the 
Tunisian authorities. These collegues of ours might be arrested - and 
as such it would be a good idea if we can serve as facilitators to 
make sure they have access to prompt consular access and services.

there are likely more items we need to think about and develop 
strategies for - what are they?

regards

Robert
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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>
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