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01 Occasional Papers The Lion's Teeth THE PREHISTORY OF SOCIAL WATCH Mirjam van Reisen August 2001

THE 'PREHISTORY' OF Social Watch

The transformation of NGO networking
in ongoing international negotiations

Mirjam van Reisen
March 2000

INDEX:

1. Foreword

2. Introduction

3. The Context and Objectives of the Social Summit

4. Exploring Possibilities for the Participation of NGOs

5. Oaxaca: the Cradle of NGO Input into the Social Summit

6. Novib's Kick Off

6.1. Development of a political programme

7. NGO Alliances

7.1. People's Alliance and El Taller

7.2. Linking into the APC network

7.3. WEDO

7.4. Eurostep

8. NGO Networking

8.1. The power of electronic communication

8.2. Review of rules for Consultative Status for NGOs

8.3. Facilitating NGO participation in the Social Summit

8.4. Establishing a 'loose facilitating committee'

8.5. Accreditation

9. Organisation of Caucuses

10. The Quality Benchmark of the Social Summit

11. Establishing Mechanisms for Follow-up

11.1. The original idea

11.2. Public announcement

12. The Foundation of Social Watch

12.1. From Copenhagen to Beijing …

12.2. .. to Soesterberg …

12.3. .. to Montevideo …

12.4. .. to Cyberspace

13. Conclusions

14. Footnotes

15. Anexes