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Working Group 2 NGO and Civil Society

Working Group 2 NGO and Civil Society. Global WOPs Alliance Foundation Meeting. Amendment to Principles.

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Working Group 2 NGO and Civil Society

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  1. Working Group 2NGO and Civil Society Global WOPs Alliance Foundation Meeting

  2. Amendment to Principles • Add 1 one principle concerning the position of labour and that WOP’s should pay attention and abide by principle labour protection (ILO). In that respect also the suggestion to acknowledge labour unions as a separate partners and not as a general NGO. • To be acknowledged as a WOP the partners should apply all the principles; it is not a ‘ shopping list’ • Concerning principle E: also include national WOP’s (within countries) • For private (profit making) operaters a quarantine should apply, within a certain period (for instance 10 years) after ending their involvement in a certain WOP. WOP’s shouldn’t be used as a marketing tool and monitoring should also enforce that.

  3. Clarification of Principles • community based operaters should be acknowledged as a form of public utilities • Inclusiveness means of organizations, not of persons • Transboundery watersource problems are also an issue which might to be addressed

  4. Structure and Composition of Steering Committee We have made some relevant categories for involvement in the Steering Committee • Operators (public, private, community based) • Donors • Labour unions • NGO’s • political decision-makers on local level (UCLG)

  5. Structure and Composition of Steering Committee cont’d • The fact that operators should have at least half of the seats is agreed upon (with maximum of 1 private operator) • The substantive partners role is maybe not suitable for a seat in the steering committee, because other arrangements are made with / for them • Question of the regional WOP’s . The current ones do not in all sense apply the principles (for instance inclusiveness). • Possibilites of open sessions where other can come but not really participate in the meeting (to have an ear but not a voice and vote). • No final conclusion of the number divison. All should have an appriote number of seats.

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