International summits and CML society
This article is a progress report on DFAIT's attempts to open up the foreign policymaking process through public consultations. Based on interviews with leaders in the NGO community, scholars and members of the Department, the report draws chiefly on experiences surrounding the Vancouver and Santiago summits but reflects as well the lessons of earlier events. The purpose is to identify the best practices of the recent past — and to illuminate persisting discontents.