Comments on: Can the UNDP Get Serious http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/ Unique - just like everyone else. Manufactured and bottled in Kenya Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: savvy http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136317 savvy Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:09:27 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136317 Well..the retreats are always a waste of time, and MPs take this chance to piss away our money. Well..the retreats are always a waste of time, and MPs take this chance to piss away our money.

]]> By: KW http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136223 KW Wed, 27 May 2009 05:32:14 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136223 Part of the justification for governments, NGOs etc taking people out of town for all these workshops is that if they were to be held in town, participants would not show up/show up late/leave early etc. It is also claimed that this sort of arrangement encourages full participation and enables participants to work from early in the morning til late at night. I neither endorse nor agree with this view. I have zero experience organizing or participating in workshops but I think that if people are committed to being productive they can be so anywhere. That is just the argument that government/NGO types make when I mention what a colossal waste of resources many of these events are. Part of the justification for governments, NGOs etc taking people out of town for all these workshops is that if they were to be held in town, participants would not show up/show up late/leave early etc.

It is also claimed that this sort of arrangement encourages full participation and enables participants to work from early in the morning til late at night.

I neither endorse nor agree with this view. I have zero experience organizing or participating in workshops but I think that if people are committed to being productive they can be so anywhere.

That is just the argument that government/NGO types make when I mention what a colossal waste of resources many of these events are.

]]> By: danceofjoy http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136212 danceofjoy Mon, 25 May 2009 05:31:32 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136212 I'm sure there's a whole explanation (complete with typing errors) on why it just wont do to meet in Nairobi. They have to be in a serene environment where the coolness of the beach and the tide calms their senses enough to think. I’m sure there’s a whole explanation (complete with typing errors) on why it just wont do to meet in Nairobi. They have to be in a serene environment where the coolness of the beach and the tide calms their senses enough to think.

]]> By: Our Kid http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136207 Our Kid Fri, 22 May 2009 16:37:18 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136207 Gawd save us all! Gawd save us all!

]]> By: andruid http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136206 andruid Fri, 22 May 2009 15:49:13 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136206 The Serena people ain't complaining. They get 210 luxury suites (minimum) plus all the sales from the overpriced food and alcohol that goes with it Rather I could vouch that they've even got some sexy counter-argument about how the high profile nature of the talks will boost tourism and help the economy. Like the bearded one from israel said Love of money is the beginning of... The Serena people ain’t complaining. They get 210 luxury suites (minimum) plus all the sales from the overpriced food and alcohol that goes with it Rather I could vouch that they’ve even got some sexy counter-argument about how the high profile nature of the talks will boost tourism and help the economy.

Like the bearded one from israel said

Love of money is the beginning of…

]]> By: Gish http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136205 Gish Fri, 22 May 2009 13:55:30 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136205 Well said. I could organize for them a seminar at a tenth of that cost and still be 6 star. Well said. I could organize for them a seminar at a tenth of that cost and still be 6 star.

]]> By: gracelet http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/comment-page-1/#comment-136204 gracelet Fri, 22 May 2009 10:57:19 +0000 http://www.thinkersroom.com/blog/2009/05/can-the-undp-get-serious/#comment-136204 Apparently Nairobi has too many distractions ! This is a collossal waste of money but some NGOs and INGOS seem to encourage this waste. Its a whole industry in itself Apparently Nairobi has too many distractions ! This is a collossal waste of money but some NGOs and INGOS seem to encourage this waste. Its a whole industry in itself

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