The only thing I would say is that all the Despatcher Associations have done is insufficient work to make us play a major role within a Flight Ops dept and be paid accordingly.
Look at the board members of those associations. Usually, they are guys with good status and payslip at the end of the month.
All civil aviations should create legislation to ensure all aviation commercial operators have licensed despatchers at any given time.
With or without an established mechanism, the ratio crew/acft movements versus despatchers on duty should be a start basis.
The problem is that Civil Aviations do little in that respect and operator are quite happy to keep things that way.
There ia now an opportunity for the Europeans. JAA is in place, soon to be replaced by something else but, this is a golden opportunity to ensure we have a rightful gain.
One should not forget that you cannot start from the top, but one should have the right to claim a decent salary as long as he/she performs a quality job.
Basically, what is the difference between a brand new F/O (new entrant=few hrs) and a brand new ICAO/FAA licensed despatcher? Now, look at the real salaries of the example.
Rgds.