Congratulations to that have being selected. *WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)* ICANN Fellow / ISOC Member, IGF Member, Diplo Foundation OGP Working Group Member, Africa OD Working Group Member E-government and Open Government Data Platforms Specialist National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Ghana Open Data Initiative (GODI) Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana Tel; +233 20 812881 Email: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Skype: wisdom_dk facebook: facebook@wisdom_dk Website: www.nita.gov.gh / www.data.gov.gh www.isoc.gh / www.itag.org.gh On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Robin Gross <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > FYI: The Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) nominations to the 2016 > IGF MAG are below. Thanks to all who expressed interest in serving. The > UN DESA makes the ultimate selections for the IGF MAG. > > Best, > Robin > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *"Ian Peter" <[log in to unmask]> > *Date: *February 1, 2016 at 12:14:33 AM PST > *To: *"CSCG NomCom for 2016 MAG appointments" <[log in to unmask]>, > <[log in to unmask]> > *Subject: **[cs-coord] Fw: Civil Society MAG 2016 endorsements and > recommendations* > > Folks, (both Nomcom and CSCG members) > > Attached in document form, and also below, is the final report of the CSCG > Nomcom for 2016 MAG nominations. Please circulate to your lists. > > Many thanks to my co-chair Ginger Paque and also the Nomcom team (Nadira > Alaraj (Best Bits), Analia Aspis (Internet Governance Caucus), Robin Gross > (Non Commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN), Chat Garcia Ramilo (Association > for Progressive Communications), and Parminder Jeet Singh (Just Net > Coalition)) for a fantastic effort. > > Ian Peter > > REPORT FOLLOWS > > > (text below is also attached in document form) > > > Dear Chengetai, IGF Secretariat, and MAG selection committee(s), > > > First, we wish to thank you for your past co-operation with us in aiming > to ensure the best possible representation for civil society in the IGF > Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG). We were pleased that you were able > to accept all but one of our suggested nominations last year, and also our > suggestions for speakers at IGF. We look forward to further strengthening > this collaboration, in line with various recommendations calling for > greater legitimacy, transparency and stakeholder involvement in such > processes > > > The Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) exists solely to ensure a > co-ordinated 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 the > Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group of ICANN. Together the reach of these > groups extends to many hundreds of non-governmental organisations, as well > as a great number of individuals. In addition, the CSCG receives > recommendations of non-affiliated individuals and groups who chose to voice > their endorsements through the CSCG mechanism. The CSCG represents the five > largest groupings of civil society organisations addressing Internet > governance issues. We also work in collaboration with other initiatives in > the UN, but also outside of it (such as the Netmundial Conference in Brazil > in 2014 and the subsequent Netmundial Initiative). > > > We are pleased to forward the following civil society endorsements for > candidates for the 2016 MAG renewal. > > > The Nomcom considered 16 names submitted via our networks, which are > attached as Appendix 1. For the record, we also asked to be privy to any > other civil society nominations forwarded to you from other sources, and, > for full transparency, all civil society stakeholder group applications, > which we ideally should have considered fully and without discrimination, > but we were told this was not possible. However if there are other names > you are considering, we offer our services to give you confidential > assessment of any such candidates. > > > In completing our task, we note that three candidates designated by you as > civil society representatives have terms ending this year; two from LAC > region and one from Asia. (Fatima Cambronero, Desiree Zachariah, and Subi > Chaturvedi) > > > In considering replacements, we have looked at a number of considerations, > the most important of which at this particular time, are: > > > First, to restore the balance of LAC region representation, to replace > retiring civil society members, we recommend: > > > > 1. *Julian Casasbuenas*. Julian is a member of the Association for > Progressive Communications (APC), and has been attending IGF since 2006. > He was involved in the organization of LAC regional IGF meetings and > participated actively as a reporter and speaker in these events. In 2012 > his organization, Colnodo, was co-organizer with .CO Internet of the Fifth > IGF LAC meeting that was held in Bogotá Colombia. > > 2. *Renata Aquino Ribeiro*. Renata is currently a professor in the IT > Campus at Quixadá City in Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. In 2014, she > was a researcher in social development, technology and education at > Business and Economics Faculty (FEAAC) at Federal University of Ceará > (UFC). For the last decade, she has followed the Internet governance > debates such as regional IGFs and ICANN53 participation as a fellow, > Brazilian Internet School of Governance 2014 fellow, South School of > Internet Governance 2015 fellow, LACRALO ALS Nexti participant, and NCUC > participant in ICANN. > > > Our second and third major considerations are to increase voices speaking > for the geo-political global south, and to add to the level of experience > in internet governance matters of civil society participation. We believe > this can be done with one specific candidate. i.e.: > > > 3. *Norbert Bollow*. Norbert has a background in mathematics, physics and > IT, and he also has many years of experience in civil society activism on a > wide range of information society topics including advocacy for human > rights and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). He has participated in the > consultations that preceded the first IGF and he has since then > participated in many IGFs, including several times as a workshop organizer. > He has been a co-coordinator of Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus. > Norbert is currently a co-convenor of the Just Net Coalition > http://justnetcoalition.org/jnc-members, an international civil society > coalition of 35 organisations and networks, most of them South based, with > a focus on demands that the Internet must advance human rights and social > justice, and that Internet governance must be truly democratic. > > > Our fourth consideration is to gain representation from the MENA region, > which currently has no civil society representation; and at the same time > to strengthen our African presence. To this end we endorse: > > > 4. *Rasha Abdulla*. Dr. Rasha A. Abdulla is Associate Professor > (tenured) and Past Chair of Journalism and Mass Communication at the > American University in Cairo. She has a Ph.D. in Communication (December > 2003) from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. She is the > proud recipient of several teaching and research awards. Her current > research interests focus on the Internet as a medium. Her doctoral > dissertation was the first large scale academic study of the uses and > gratifications of the Internet among Arab students in Egypt... > > > Thank you for your consideration of these candidates. Please note that, in > addition to addressing matters of geographical and gender balance, civil > society, like other stakeholders, needs to consider geopolitical balance > and the need to ensure that all stakeholder voices are represented. What > might appear to be simple changes to the representation we suggest can be > quite problematic for us, and result in either imbalance in representation > or in inappropriate candidates being selected. To avoid these problems > which have occurred in the past, we do suggest that, should you be looking > at appointing anyone as a civil society representative not on our list of > endorsements, you discuss this in confidence with our coordinators. In > addition to any names you might have received individually, we recognise > that there are a number of excellent candidates from distinct geographic > regions who applied to be nominated through CSCG who we were unable to > include in our limited number of endorsements above, that might come into > consideration in such discussions. > > > Given the investment in the important process of (perceived) legitimacy, > balance, transparency and consensus, we feel strongly that selections > should be done with our collaboration. This enhanced co-operation and > consultation can assist to ensure the best possible civil society > representation, a goal we all share. This also addresses the recommendation > of the Working Group on Improvements to the IGF, later endorsed by UN > General Assembly, seeking ‘self-management’ of stakeholder representative > process by respective stakeholder groups. We are open for further > discussion on this point and other relevant recommendations of the > mentioned Working Group. > > > Finally, we do think that, in the light of recommendations in the > mentioned CSTD WG and in Netmundial, calling for greater legitimacy, > transparency and stakeholder involvement in such processes, it would be > appropriate in coming months to review the IGF MAG selection processes, to > align them more with emerging best practice in ensuring stakeholder > representation and also overall transparency. We offer our services to work > with you and other stakeholder representative organisations towards this > objective, which we consider imperative to have in place for the 2017 MAG > selection process. > > > Sincerely, > > > > > Virginia Paque and Ian Peter > Non-voting Co Chairs CSCG > > > *Nomcom members:* Nadira Alaraj (Best Bits), Analia Aspis (Internet > Governance Caucus), Robin Gross (Non Commercial Stakeholders Group, ICANN), > Chat Garcia Ramilo (Association for Progressive Communications), Parminder > Jeet Singh (Just Net Coalition) > *The role of CSCG is to ensure a co-ordinated civil society response and > conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside > bodies. Our procedures can be viewed at > http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures > <http://www.internetgov-cs.org/procedures>* > > > > > > > > > *APPENDIX ONE* > *CANDIDATES EVALUATED BY CSCG NOMCOM * > > > *Julian Casasbuenas (LAC)** > *Renata Aquino Ribeiro (LAC)** > *Norbert Bollow (WEOG*)* > *Rasha Abdulla (Africa)** > Renata Avila (LAC) > Wisdom Kwasi Donkor (Africa) > Isaque Manteiga Joaquim (Africa) > Olevie Kouami (Africa) > Glenn McKnight (WEOG) > Jeremy Malcolm (WEOG) > Joseph Marc Antoine Ridore (Africa) > Grigori Saghyan (WEOG) > Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro (Asia-Pacific) > AbdulRasheed Tamton (Africa) > Arsene Tungali (Africa) > Deidre Williams (LAC) > > > > > > > >