Thanks for the interest, Matt! 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. I will post more detail here to this NCSG list in a couple days about what specifically should be included in an application for consideration, as CSCG is finalizing that notice at this time. Thanks again! Robin > On Feb 25, 2016, at 3:28 AM, Matthew Shears <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi Robin > > Thanks for this. To whom should nominations be submitted? Yourself? And can one self-nominate? > > Matthew > > On 2/24/2016 11:07 PM, Robin Gross wrote: >> *** Note the March 15 hard deadline for nominations. *** >> >> Dear all >> >> As many of you are aware, the outcome document of the 2005 World >> Summit on the Information Society in Tunis [1, para 69] contains a >> call for "enhanced cooperation in the future, to enable governments, >> on an equal footing, to carry out their roles and responsibilities, >> in international public policy issues pertaining to the Internet, >> but not in the day-to-day technical and operational matters, that do >> not impact on international public policy issues." >> [1] http://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html <http://www.itu.int/net/wsis/docs2/tunis/off/6rev1.html> >> >> So far there has been little to no agreement on how this should be >> implemented. >> >> Now the UN General Assembly has asked the Chair of the Commission on >> Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to "establish a >> working group to develop recommendations on how to further implement >> enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis Agenda." This will >> continue work done by an earlier CSTD Working Group on Enhanced >> Cooperation, that was active from 2013-2014. >> >> There will be five Civil Society representatives on this Working >> Group, one from each UN region. These civil society representatives >> will be selected by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG), see >> below for further information. I'm sure that before long CSCG will >> publish an official announcement detailing selection criteria, but >> since time is short, here is the information which is available >> already: >> >> The Civil Society Coordination Group requests that Civil Society >> communities and individuals submit names of candidates 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 CSTD Working Group on >> Enhanced Cooperation, the announcement for which can be found at >> http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193 <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 <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). >> >> Shortlists should be submitted to the CSCG’s nominations committee >> (nomcom) via the email address nomcom06 [at] internetgov-cs [dot] org >> no later than 15 March 2016. Independent Civil Society experts (i.e. >> those who are not nominated by a civil society network or other >> community) 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 >> WG, 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 WG. 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 >> Working Group. >> >> >> About CSCG and the current nomcom: >> >> The Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG) has been established 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 (APC), Internet Governance >> Caucus (IGC), Just Net Coalition (JNC), and the Non-Commercial >> Stakeholders Group of ICANN. >> >> As per the CSCG's procedures [2], for any selection task, the CSCG >> will determine selection criteria and announce them as part of a call >> for candidates, which is then circulated as broadly as possible >> across many different constituencies. All members of the CSCG >> nomination committee are required to consider the interests of civil >> society as a whole, and not just 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. >> [2] http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures <http://internetgov-cs.org/procedures> >> >> >> Peter Major, the Chair of the CSCG, has appointed CSCG as the "focal >> point" for appointments of Civil Society representatives on this >> Working Group, and CSCG has correspondingly established a nomcom for >> this selection task. >> >> 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. Members of the civil society networks which are >> directly represented on the nomcom are requested to address such >> communications to the representative of the corresponding network, >> while the co-chairs of CSCG, Ginger Paque and Ian Peter, are >> available for inquiries from others. >> >> The members of the CSCG nomcom for the CSTD WG on Enhanced >> Cooperation 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 the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group >> (NCSG), and member of the NCSG Executive Committee > > -- > > Matthew Shears | Director, Global Internet Policy & Human Rights Project > Center for Democracy & Technology | cdt.org > E: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> | T: +44.771.247.2987 > > CDT's Annual Dinner, Tech Prom, is April 6, 2016. 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