[Ecommerce] FYI: Civil Society: Does Input lead to Impact?

[Manon Ress]

Interesting website:

Does Input lead to Impact?
Document analysis shows how little civil society input is reflected in
current drafts
Geneva, 22 September 2003. Today, a group of volunteers from civil society
compiled a comparative analysis of three documents: The Draft Declaration
of Principles that came out of the Paris Intersessional in July, the
comments by civil society organisations as developed at the beginning of
PrepCom3, and the latest version of the Draft Declaration of Principles
that came out on 19th September. The comparison, nicely done in a
paragraph-by-paragraph table, clearly shows how little the efforts of
civil society are listened to. Roughly 60% were plainly rejected, 15% were
more or less taken, and 25% "somehow" ended up in the newest declaration
draft, as one member of the group told worldsummit2003.org.
Read the document: Does Input lead to Impact? | Summary (rtf)
http://worldsummit2003.de/en/nav/14.htm

More info on civil society's work at WSIS, email Meryem Marzouki
marzouki@ras.eu.org