[Ftffacilitationteam] Re: [GCAP internationalfacilitationteam] About the 2007 Mobilisation

[ana agostino]

Thanks Elizabeth,
I will forward your name,
Ana

ICAE
International Council for Adult Education
General Secretariat
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11200 Montevideo - Uruguay
Tel/fax: (598-2) 409 7982
E-mail: ana en icae.org.uy
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From: "AWEPON" <awepon en africaonline.co.ug>
To: "ana" <ana en icae.org.uy>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [GCAP internationalfacilitationteam] About the 2007 
Mobilisation


> Dear Ana,
>
> Thank you very much for the wonderful work you are doing to make this 
> meeting a sucess. I have been busy following up to our national coalitions 
> hence not been available to input into the current IFT process. I will be 
> happy to take on any facilitation role as part of FTF.
>
> Best regards
>
> Eilor Elizabeth.
>
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> From: "ana" <ana en icae.org.uy>
> To: <internationalfacilitationteam en whiteband.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 5:03 AM
> Subject: [GCAP internationalfacilitationteam] About the 2007 Mobilisation
>
>
>> Dear all in the IFT,
>> below is a text (in English and in Spanish) prepared by the FTF in 
>> relation
>> to the mobilisation debate.
>> Greetings,
>> Ana
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Greetings from the FTF members.
>>
>> By this note we would like to share with you some of the concerns of FTF
>> members around mobilisation activities in 2007, especially around the
>> Guinness discussion, as well as about the GCAP General Meeting in
>> Montevideo.
>>
>> On the Guiness discussion, we would like to highlight the following 
>> points:
>>
>> - The note drafted from the mobilisation taskforce on the Guinness
>> initiative doesn't come from a  consensus reached but from
>> the lack of consensus and therefore the acceptance of the initiative 
>> results
>> from a need to agree on a common mobilisation rather than from conviction
>> and enthusiasm with the initiative.
>>
>>  - We have had a consultation within the FTF constituency and members
>> feel against the idea of linking the GCAP mobilisation with Guinees, 
>> reasons
>> raised:
>>  a.. All campaigns have an incidence focus and for the first year it was
>> poverty, in 2006, according to the Beirut Declaration it was poverty and
>> inequality. We must keep our focus there and not try to add people just 
>> to
>> enter into the Guiness record. This changes the focus.
>> b.. By taking up an initiative like the Guinness Book of Records and
>> focusing on numbers GCAP is risking to lose the policy level of the
>> campaign, in our opinion, the main goal of the campaign is political 
>> impact
>> among decision-makers, awareness raising among citizens;
>> c.. The Guinness Book of Records standing up demobilizes, it is not by
>> asking people to stand up once a year that poverty and inequalities will 
>> be
>> eradicated from our world; that is way awareness raising is so important;
>> d. The Guinness Book of Records is basically for recording un-
>> political initiatives, not to record people's awareness on
>> poverty and inequality issues. In terms of impact to politicians and
>> decision-makers, the Guinness space is nor the best neither the right one 
>> to
>> be taken seriously as a movement;
>>
>>  e.. What would be the follow-up of the counting for the Guinness Book of
>> Records?
>>  f.. Citizens standing up should have an additional aim rahter than
>> standing to enter in a Guinness Record;
>>
>> Following last Katsuji's e-mail:
>>
>>  a.. People abstaining should be considered in the voting, we cannot just
>> assumed that those that are not voting is because they would be accepting
>> the Guinnes initiative;
>>
>> Regarding Montevideo's meeting, we agree with ANND that following the 
>> Beirut
>> declaration commitments there need to be taken up, therefore, issues like
>> gender inequality, inequalities, peace and security, impacts of trade, 
>> IFIs
>> related issues, should get more visibility within the GCAP campaign. A
>> concrete demand from the FTF would be that the demands on gender equality
>> becomes a main demand of GCAPs campaign, together with the other four.
>>
>> Prepared by: FTF
>>
>> Saludos de las integrantes del GTF
>>
>> A través de esta nota quieremos compartir las preocupaciones de miembros 
>> del
>> GTF sobre las actividades de movilización del 2007, especialmente en 
>> torno a
>> la discusión de Guiness así como sobre la reunión de Montevideo.
>>
>> Sobre la discusión de Guiness queremos destacar los siguientes puntos:
>> - La nota preparada por el grupo de movilización sobre la iniciativa de
>> Guiness no es resultado de un consenso logrado sino de la falta de 
>> consenso
>> y por lo tanto la aceptación de la iniciativa tiene mas que ver con 
>> acordar
>> actividades en comun que con  la convicción y el entusiasmo por la
>> iniciativa.
>> - Hemos hecho un proceso de consulta en el ETF y las integrantes no
>> comparten la idea de vincular la movilización de GCAP con Guinees por las
>> siguientes razones:
>> - Toda campaña tiene un foco de incidencia y el foco fue primero la 
>> pobreza
>> en 2005 y en 2006, según la plataforma de Beirut la pobreza y la
>> desigualdad, es eso lo que debe orientar nuestra acci'ón no centrarnos en
>> sumar má sgente para entrar en el récord, que cambia la orientación.
>>    - Al asumir una iniciativa como Guiness y focalizarse en números, GCAP
>> arriesga perder el nivel político de la campaña, en nuestra opinión el
>> principal objetivo de la campaña es tener un impacto sobre los tomadores 
>> de
>> decisiones y aumentar la sensibilidad de la ciudadanía.
>> - El pararse para entrar en el libro Guiness de los records
>> desmoviliza, ya que no es pidiéndole a la gente que se pare para ser 
>> contada
>> que se van a erradicar la pobreza y las desigualdades en el mundo. Por 
>> eso
>> es que es tan importante aumentar la sensibilidad frente a estos temas.
>> - El libro Guiness de los Records básicamente registra iniciativas
>> a-políticas, decididamente no registra récords por el
>> crecimiento de la sensibilidad de la gente en torno a la pobreza y el 
>> logro
>> de la igualdad. En cuanto al impacto que se puede lograr en los políticos 
>> y
>> tomadores de decisión, el espacio Guiness no es el mejor para ser tomado
>> seriamente como movimiento.
>>    -
>> -Qué se hace después o qué viene después de contar el record para 
>> Guiness?
>>    - Que la gente se pare deber tener un objetivo adicional y no pararse
>> para entrar en el libro Guiness de los records.
>>
>> Respecto al mensaje de Katsuji :
>>
>> -la gente que se abstuvo debe ser considerada en la votación, no podemos
>> asumir que los que no votaron es porque apoyan la iniciativa de Guiness.
>>
>> En cuanto a la reunión de Montevideo, estamos de acuerdo con ANND que hay
>> que seguir los compromisos de la declaración de Beirut, que temas como
>> igualdad de género, paz, seguridad, impacto del comercio, IFIs, deben 
>> tener
>> mayor visibilidad dentro de la campaña de GCAP. Una demanda concreta del 
>> ETF
>> es que la demanda sobre igualdad de género sea una demanda central junto 
>> a
>> las otras cuatro de GCAP.
>>
>> Preparado por el ETF.
>>
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