<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Wainaina,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks so much for giving us these definitions, sometimes we get hooked onto jargon and forget that the terms we use actually have a meaning :-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Brian</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 28 Sep 2005, at 17:27, Wainaina Mungai wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV class="Section1"><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">In an attempt to clarify the diversity that unites us, I have used a “back-to-basics” approach. Am sure you all know the difference so I beg your indulgence as you read through the list of stakeholders (or as some say, “steak-holders”) :-) <SPAN style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </SPAN>….the definitions as you will observe, have a tendency of being misleading…<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:="" arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"="">1. MULTISTAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P class="MsoBodyText2"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic""="">Multistakeholder engagement, as the terms suggests, is the engagement of multiple stakeholders. That is, people with a stake in a community or issue working together in a process that embraces diversity and establishes a cooperative and respectful nexus for exchange to identify and work toward common goals. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"=""><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:="" arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"="">2. WHAT IS PRIVATE SECTOR?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P> <UL type="disc"> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><SPAN class="GramE"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">covers</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"=""> private corporations (including those in foreign control), households, and <SPAN class="SpellE">NPISHs</SPAN> (Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households).<BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&q=http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/web/glossary/p.htm"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">www.unece.org/stats/gender/web/glossary/p.htm</SPAN></FONT></A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><SPAN class="GramE"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">that</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"=""> portion of the economy composed of businesses and households, and excluding government. <BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.ots.treas.gov/glossary/gloss-p.html"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">www.ots.treas.gov/glossary/gloss-p.html</SPAN></FONT></A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">The part of a nation's economy which is not controlled by the government.<BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=2&oi=define&q=http://www.preferredgroup.com/Glossary/p4.aspx"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">www.preferredgroup.com/Glossary/p4.aspx</SPAN></FONT></A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">The private sector of a nation's economy consists of those entities which are not controlled by the state - i.e., a variety of entities such as private firms and companies, corporations, private banks, <U>non-governmental organizations</U>, etc. <BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=4&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector"><SPAN class="SpellE"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:="" arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"="">3. WHAT IS PUBLIC SECTOR?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P> <UL type="disc"> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><SPAN class="GramE"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">comprises</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"=""> the sub-sectors of general government (mainly central, state and local government units together with social security funds imposed and controlled by those units) as well as public corporations, <SPAN class="SpellE">ie</SPAN> corporations that are subject to control by government units (usually defined by the government owning the majority of shares).<BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=0&oi=define&q=http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/web/glossary/p.htm"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">www.unece.org/stats/gender/web/glossary/p.htm</SPAN></FONT></A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">In contrast to the private sector, that part of a nation's or State's economic activity owned and controlled by the government, and includes the public service as well as government instrumentalities and enterprises.<BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=1&oi=define&q=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Glossary.htm"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Glossary.htm</SPAN></FONT></A> <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> <LI class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:arial"="">The public sector is that part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the government, whether national, regional or local/municipal. <BR> <A href="http://www.google.co.ke/url?sa=X&start=6&oi=define&q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_sector"><SPAN class="SpellE"><FONT color="green"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" color:green"="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_sector</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></LI> </UL><P class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";="" mso-bidi-font-family:tahoma;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="">4. </SPAN></FONT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-family:="" arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"="">WHAT IS CIVIL SOCIETY?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></B></P><P style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Symbol"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><B><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";="" font-weight:bold"="">'A civil society is a public space between the state, the market and the ordinary household, in which people can debate and tackle action'. </SPAN></FONT></B><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-style:italic"=""><A href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010705_civil.shtml">http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010705_civil.shtml</A><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Symbol"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-style:italic"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore">·<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic";mso-bidi-font-style:italic"="">Civil society refers to the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values. In theory, its institutional forms are distinct from those of the state, family and market, though in practice, the boundaries between state, civil society, family and market are often complex, blurred and negotiated. Civil society commonly embraces a diversity of spaces, actors and institutional forms, varying in their degree of formality, autonomy and power. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><SPAN style="font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Civil societies are often populated by organisations such as registered charities, development non-governmental organisations, community groups, women's organisations, faith-based organisations, professional associations, trades unions, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions and advocacy group</SPAN></B>. (LSE Centre for Civil Society - <A href="http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCS/what_is_civil_society.htm">http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCS/what_is_civil_society.htm</A> )<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo5; tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><FONT size="1" color="navy" face="Symbol"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:navy"><SPAN style="mso-list:Ignore">·<FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font:7.0pt " times="" new="" roman""=""> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Century Gothic"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:" century="" gothic""="">Definition from <SPAN class="SpellE">DfID</SPAN><FONT color="navy"><SPAN style="color:navy">: </SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/intheuk/workwithcs/cs-how-to-work-what.asp">http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfid/intheuk/workwithcs/cs-how-to-work-what.asp</A> <FONT color="navy"><SPAN style="color:navy"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><FONT size="1" face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">kictanet mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:kictanet@kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@kictanet.or.ke</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</A></DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>