tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396571161962287942.post8353461049475299984..comments2024-03-22T08:37:16.132-07:00Comments on Felix Dodds comments on sustainable development, coffee & life: Guest Blog By Daniel Perell: What role for the NGO Major Group?Felix Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674368107771895857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396571161962287942.post-25420640550847358812016-10-03T07:24:35.228-07:002016-10-03T07:24:35.228-07:00hey Daniel,
Thanks very much for taking this init...hey Daniel,<br /><br />Thanks very much for taking this initiative, and in general I’m very agree a lot with the content. Although I would also mention the role UNDESA/NGLS plays, which can be supportive or destructive for the MGoS system. The last few years it was quite destructive, as they organised their own parallel participation models; It was if they were building their own and another pipe line construction parallel to ours (MGoS), sometimes making connections but not always and with loose end of pipes (where is the participation going?). To say at last HLPFs there was no accountability and following up on our the advocacywork we should do as MGoS. It becomes more and more a "token democracy". Where it gets more important to count the amount of MGoS respresentatives in the room and the minutes we speak, instead of the quality of our paricipation in the longer term process: guarantee continuity, be to the point, added value on the discussions, taking the HLPG home = continue working on national levels, etc.<br />So, I think that the MGoS system will only work if it is self organising (which we are) and that that principle is fully acknowledged and respected by UNDESA/NGLS too. So they should not organise parallel online consultation forms for speaking slots on behalf of MGoS, but respect the self organising principle of the MGoS. I really hope that for next HLPF our input is stronger and more political. Thanks and good luck in your new role! Leida Rijnhout (former Global NGO OP for 10+ years and current EU OP NGOs)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690788967419675505noreply@blogger.com