Working Group 2 NGO and Civil Society

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Working Group 2NGO and Civil Society

• Global WOPs Alliance Foundation Meeting

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Amendment to Principles

• Add 1 one principle concerning the position of
  labour and that WOPs 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
  WOPs (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. WOPs shouldnt be
  used as a marketing tool and monitoring should
  also enforce that.

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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

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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
• NGOs
• political decision-makers on local level (UCLG)

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Structure and Composition of Steering Committee
contd

• 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 WOPs . 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.