The Syrian opposition is always accused of the disparity between its speech and its actual position on all of the events affecting the general situation in Syria. This has created a general impression that the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces very rarely gather around one opinion or stance, esepcially in light of its continued failure to find a reference, whether objective or stuctural, to which it would agree and commit upon.<\/p>\n
Consequently, and in harmony with the message of the Syrian Dialogue Center in \u201cAchieving Integration, Coexistence and Guiding National Will,\u201d the center has lately issued the \u201cNational Consensus Index\u201d with the intention of testing the degree of consensus between the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces. This index will monitor and analyze the declared stances of a number of legal, military and political forces towards the most prominent events and political stances throughout this half year \u201cBiannual Index\u201d (attached).<\/p>\n
In order to discuss the idea of the essential index \u201cAcheiving Consensus\u201d and the possible extent of empowering it in the current Syrian political context , in addition to evaluating the index an dialogue over its results with the goal of developing its future versions, the Syrian Dialogue Center held a symposium with the title \u201cDialogues on the National Consensus Index.\u201d<\/p>\n
A number of politicians, researchers and actors from the Syrian revolutionary and opposition forces participated in the symposium. The center\u2019s team expalined the index, clarifying its methodology and the most prominent of its consequences, as well as opening the discussion to participants. They pointed to the importance of the index for the Syrian sitution and the neccesiity of its continuation and developement in future formats,<\/p>\n
which leads to monitoring the public attitude towards political issues as well as monitoring the positions of political parties and elites.<\/p>\n
To view the attached report:<\/p>\n