The Social Partners plan to consult individually with the parliamentary parties ahead of the next joint consultations on their proposal to establish a small secretariat as a permanent, structured mechanism of inclusive governance.
The Social Partners had proposed March 10 as a date to resume joint consultations adjourned from September 11, but had to reschedule because of the funeral of Yohance Douglas on that day.
Informed sources have pointed out that with President Bharrat Jagdeo due to leave the country shortly the meeting may not now come off before next month.
Spokesperson for the group, Dr Peter deGroot told Stabroek News that the grouping would be endeavouring during the week to clear up any misconceptions the parties might have about the proposal.
The group has decided to adopt this approach as a result of the comments received from the parties in response to its proposal, which called for the establishment of a small secretariat to service the ongoing consultative process.
Some of those comments called for prior agreement on the criteria for the selection of the staff to man the secretariat.
The Social Partners indicated that they believed that such a secretariat could carry forward the work they had already undertaken in identifying the obstacles to the establishment of approved constitutional and other commissions and committees. Those obstacles were set out in a 37-page report compiled by Ralph Ramkarran who chaired the Constitutional Reform Commission; Haslyn Parris, who was secretary to the Commission and to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Re-form; and Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, who was a Commission member and a former parliamentarian.
They said too that the report would be a "more than adequate basis for drafting a work programme for timely implementation."
The proposal also called for the secretariat to be staffed by experienced local and international professionals, who could assist and support the implementation of decisions taken at successive joint consultations.
In addition they said that the staff of the secretariat could assist in designing and drafting reconciliation and recovery programmes within and between communities in volatile areas of the East Coast Demerara.
The Social Partners indicated that they had received indications of support from the donor communities for the secretariat, and said that based on some exploratory discussions that Parris and Roopnaraine were not adverse to serving in the secretariat.