Hello Where it will be held? Thank you 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 > . >