This WG typically met in Geneva in the past.
On 3/14/2016 6:42 PM, Zalnieriute, Monika wrote:
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> I also got confused, cause I do not understand the previous question -
> where this will be held? The working group meetings, You mean? Indeed,
> is this mainly a phone/e-mail based work or requires travel, etc?
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> *From:* NCSG-Discuss <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Hena
> Gul <[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2016 6:40 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Call for nominations for CSTD WG on Enhanced
> Cooperation - 15 March Deadline to Apply
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> Thank you and the email address I am counfused with
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> On 14 Mar 2016 23:33, "Robin Gross" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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> I believe it will be held in Geneva and/or NYC at the United Nations.
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> Thanks,
> Robin
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>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Hena Gul <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> Hello
>>
>> Where it will be held? Thank you
>>
>> Hena Gul
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>> On 14 March 2016 at 22:47, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]
>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> 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 nominationcommittee 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
>> .
>>
>>
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