Mental Note: NGO Networks and the ModelG8
The idea of a ModelG8, a G8 simulation seems to spread quite rapildy. From the originals in St Petersburg (2006) and Berlin (2007 – www.modelg8.org) to this year’s ModelG8 in Yokohama and another Japan Youth G8 Project organized in June 2008. Apparently the organizers of both are in touch with each other.
One of the big problems in the discussions at this years Model G8 was that the delegates were not all on the same level when it comes to preparation. Some people thought they have to represent their own opinion, some represented their governments opinion, but then sometimes were not aware of what the government is already doing in this specific fields. I have to look into this more in detail: it seems that a lot of activists criticizing the G8 only have a vague idea of what is happening on the international level.
