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". – It would be difficult to find a better organised lobbying group to promote exactly that than the institutional Joint Parliamentary Assembly itself. If you cannot do it with the help of those friends, then I might not be able to help you either.
My worry is more related to the weak character of the inclusion, consultation or real participation of parliaments in the debate at national level, and in the decision-making process regarding national strategies. It is a great step forward that we are investing so heavily in engaging civil society, but to create a civilised society, parliaments are necessary, otherwise NGOs tend to see themselves as neo-governmental organisations because they have been hurt and parliaments – and especially oppositions – are kept in the dark. I keep returning to this in my discussions. I always make this point when I am informing our ACP partner countries that now we have this ability to fund NGOs, civil society and non-state actors. However, the role of parliaments should not be forgotten.
We have similar views on this and we should continue to help each other in this work."@en1
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