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Hena Gul

On 14 March 2016 at 22:47, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> All:
>
> Reminder: I hope NCSG members will consider applying for this (below) Un
> Working Group.  Civil Society needs 1 representative from each geographic
> region.
>
> *Nominations should be submitted to the CSCG’s nominations committee via
> the email address nomcom06 [at] internetgov-cs [dot] org** no later than
> 15 March 2016.* See details below. Self-nominations are welcome and
> encouraged. (BTW: NCSG is not running a separate nominations process for
> this).
>
> Thank you,
> Robin
> ________________
>
> Call for nominations for CSTD WG on Enhanced Cooperation
>
> The Civil Society Coordination Groups  (CSCG) is seeking civil society
> nominations from developed and developing countries as well as from
> economies in transition, all geographic areas, and policy orientations to
> serve as civil society representatives on the United Nations Commission on
> Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Working Group on Enhanced
> Cooperation (WGEC), the announcement for which can be found at
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193. More
> information about the WG proposal can be found at
> http://unctad.org/meetings/en/Presentation/CSTD_2015_s11_Major_en.pdf .
> While the exact timeframe for the working group has not been established,
> nominees are asked to consider  a service period of 2016-2017 (and
> eventually the beginning of 2018).
>
> Peter Major, the Chair of the CSTD, has appointed CSCG as the focal point
> for appointments of Civil Society representatives on the WGEC, and CSCG has
> correspondingly established a nominations committee (Nomcom) for this
> selection task. We are seeking one CS representative from each of the five
> geographical areas: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, GRULAC, and WEOG.
> The Chair has requested that we include, to the extent  possible, selection
> of former members of the previous working group in order to ensure the
> continuation of institutional memory, and the point in the UNGA resolution
> to “take into consideration the work that has been done on this matter so
> far.” While remote participation will most probably be available, he also
> notes that remote participation “may not be very efficient in case of
> intensive debates and drafting”. In addition, he notes that “As for
> funding, the Secretariat of the  CSTD will try and find means to facilitate
> participation from developing countries”.
>
> *Nominations should be submitted to the CSCG’s nominations committee via
> the email address nomcom06 [at] internetgov-cs [dot] org** no later than
> 15 March 2016*, or via one of the member coalitions (IGC, Best Bits, JNC,
> NCSG, APC) following their procedures. Independent civil society experts
> (i.e. those who are not nominated by a civil society organisation or
> network) are welcome to send self-nominations directly to the CSCG nomcom
> by the same deadline.
>
> Nominations should include a short bio of one paragraph, one paragraph of
> motivation to be a civil society representative to the WGEC, one paragraph
> describing substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement
> enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”, and one paragraph
> describing experience or qualifications to represent civil society on the
> WGEC. Name, gender, regional/geographical, as well as any appropriate
> affiliation information and contact information should be included as well.
> Proficiency in English is necessary for communications within the WGEC. It
> is understood that nominees must be able to attend (most) meetings as
> established by the WGEC.
>
> About CSCG and the current nomcom:
> .
> The Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) exists solely to ensure a
> coordinated civil society response and conduit when it comes to making
> civil society appointments to outside bodies. It comprises representatives
> of the coalition members of the Best Bits, Association for Progressive
> Communications, Internet Governance Caucus, Just Net Coalition, and
> Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN.
>
> As per the CSCG's procedures (available at
> http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures), for any selection task, the CSCG
> will determine selection criteria and announce them as part of a call for
> candidates, which will then be circulated as appropriate, in this case as
> broadly as possible across as many different constituencies as possible.
>
> Selection criteria for WGEC:
> --substantive proposals or a vision on “how to further implement enhanced
> cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda”;
> --experience in or qualifications to represent civil society on the WG;
> --English language proficiency;
> all to be evaluated using the information submitted with the nomination.
> Final selection will consider gender and geographical location, to ensure
> an appropriate balance.
>
> All members of the CSCG nomination committee are required to consider the
> interests of civil society as a whole, and not just those of their own
> coalition, in determining appropriate representatives. The nomination
> committee will take into account geographic and gender balance in
> determining their final selections, while considering also the need for the
> breadth of viewpoints/worldviews represented within civil society to be
> represented.
>
> Please feel free to contact us if you need further information or to
> discuss how we can work together to ensure our mutual objective to ensure
> the best possible civil society representation on this Working Group. The
> co-chairs of CSCG, Ginger Paque and Ian Peter, are available for inquiries.
>
> The members of the CSCG nomcom for the CSTD WGEC are:
>
> Deirdre Williams, representative of the Civil Society Internet Governance
> Caucus (IGC), and recent Co-Coordinator of the IGC
>
> Chat Garcia Ramilo, representative of the Association for Progressive
> Communications (APC), and Deputy Executive Director of APC
>
> Ginger (Virginia) Paque, non-voting Co-Chair of CSCG, and with Diplo
> Foundation, Internet Governance Programmes (contact: virginiap [at]
> diplomacy [dot] edu)
>
> Ian Peter, non-voting Co-Chair of CSCG, independent (contact: ian [dot]
> peter [at] ianpeter [dot com)
>
> Nadira Alaraj, representative of Best Bits
>
> Norbert Bollow, representative of the Just Net Coalition (JNC), and
> Co-Convenor of JNC
>
> Robin Gross, representative of ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group
> (NCSG), and member of the NCSG Executive Committee
>
> Information on the Previous WGEC
>
> Previous representatives from civil society
> Mr. Carlos A. Afonso, Executive Director, NUPEF Institute
> Ms. Avri Doria, Independent Researcher
> Ms. Grace Githaiga, Associate, Kenya ICT Action Network
> Ms. Joy Liddicoat, Programme Leader for Human Rights on the Internet,
> Association for Progressive Communications
> Mr. Parminder Jeet Singh, Executive Director, IT for Change
>
> Documents produced during or following previous WGEC meetings can be found
> on the CSTD website. Of particular interest:
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=330
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=396
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=425
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=545
> http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=610
> .
>