[cooperation-wg] cooperation-wg Digest, Vol 53, Issue 16

I completely agree with you Gordon, good points.

My strategy that I've really learned from others is to positively impact
decisions through relationship building. I find it an effective one, and
once a decision maker understands that the community's intentions are
positive (or at least non-threatening), then perhaps they are more keen to
listen. With that said, DiploFoundation, for instance, does a lot of work
with diplomats and a lot of training with government.

In the end I think it's important to remember that, regardless of politics
and power, the people making decisions -- the politicians, bureaucrats,
etc. -- are still people. Just people.

-Michael


On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Gordon Lennox <gordon.lennox.13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I agree.
>
> One of the nice things about this community is that you ask a question and
> you get a response.
>
> But when it comes to governments, both politicians and officials, it is
> not always about a lack of understanding. It can be about a very strong
> disagreement about values.
>
> I would add though that often it is not even just about “governments”.
> Even in a government from a particular culture and of a certain flavour
> there can be very strong internal / inter-departmental disagreements. And
> it is not always the “good guys” who have clue.
>
> Gordon
>
>
> > On 23 Jun 2016, at 15:37, Johan Helsingius <julf at julf.com> wrote:
> >
> > The tricky ones are the ones where the views of the community
> > and the views of (some) governments are in conflict, and
> > activism, rather than education, is what is needed. In that
> > case we need to be very clear about who represents whom.
>
>
>
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