MEETINGS, SUMMITS, OTHERS
Fernando Antezana-Suarez
INTERNATIONAL MULTILINGUAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERT, WHO, PAHO, WB, USAID, JICA, WORLD VISION, REDCROSS, IFRC, WPRO, PROJECT MANAGERS WITHOUT BORDERS, GREEN ENERGY 4 ALLS,
MEETINGS, SUMMITS, OTHERS
The question is all these summits ands meetings, are they really useful and reall fufilled a important purpose? We only see in the news the Arrival, and Conclusion. We really don;t have the sligthest idea of what has happen during the meeting.
LOCATION, LOCANTION LOCATION
It will be a costly and world known location, therefore in itself already a expensive place, city and country.
COST
Now when there was the pandemic at ist beginning and after, the travelling stopped, the venues, etc, events were all done virtually. So it shows you do not need to travel to have a meeting/summit or other.
A Airline ticket, if you are not high Officila, is You are President, Prime Minister, Minister, Delegate, well might use the government jet or other travel executive arrangement, The Cost? High I can Assure you.
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THE VENUE
It will be for sure a 5 star hotel, with all the security requirements to host Presidents, Prime Ministers, Minister and Delegates. If the accomodations are in the same hotel, the security will be of course high, with the closing of access roads, deploying army or police force extra.
MEALS AND RECESSES
Of course it will be in the same Venue, in other place a exclusive and selected place, with high security. Tnhe cost of the meals must be high since its provided by the same hotel, and food in the hotels are expensive,plus for sure it will be an exceptional menu during the whole summit, as well as the recess, i am sure there is high end amuse-bouche, as well as beverage, like the san pellegrino water, which is quite expensive already, and more so in a 5 star hotel.
SOLUTIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS
What are really the efectiveness of all these mettings and summits, if we count them, they are endless, of all shapes and forms, of al matters, public private and other sector, really all sectors have a annual meeting, summits and others.
Just make a small budget and you will see how expensive is to do a Summit, plsu the cost of security is high, are invileved the security of that County, Regional and Local security, closings of roads for security, everything has a cost, an I can assure you is high.
To the meetings, summits, give solution, not really, at the end there is a communique saying that all dondemn the war, etc. but what about practical actions and practical solutions, most of the time, it is difficult to have a uniue and only result back b all, there will always be countries that do notagree in some matters. So really, how mich its cost all of these logisctics, travel, hospitality, security, and others.
CONCLUSION
I can assure you there will always be meetings, summits, etc. So who will be part of the scenario of any meting and summit, besides getting to be photograph and the picture will go all over the world. Let's hope there will be more conciousness and all the money expend, will be redirected to real needs as: poverty, relief, humanitarian action, etc.