Thank you and the email address I am counfused with ? On 14 Mar 2016 23:33, "Robin Gross" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I believe it will be held in Geneva and/or NYC at the United Nations. > > Thanks, > Robin > > > On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:25 AM, Hena Gul <[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > 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 >> . >> > > >