[WSIS CS-Plenary] Does Input lead to Impact? Document analysis shows how little civil society input is reflected in current drafts

[Ralf Bendrath]

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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? (rtf)
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/does_input_lead_to_impact.rtf