[Bureau] Re: CSB members fellowship + CTWG fellowship slots as well?

[Sean O Siochru]

Good suggestion.  I second it.

Sean

At 17:20 15/10/2003 +0800, Alan G. Alegre wrote:

>Hi all
>
>Just a comment and suggestion. (I don't know if this was raised as Angela
>was the Asia Pacific Family rep on the bureau during the second week when
>this issue was discussed , as I sat in our country delegation)..
>
>If CSB members--from LDCs and transition/developing country participants
>especially--have slots in the fellowship pool, I will not have a problem
>with that. Either Angela or I will apply for that slot.
>
>My comment is this: as with the CSB, key people within the Content & Themes
>Working Group (CTWG) should also I think be "reserved" slots in the
>fellowship pool, subject to the same restrictions/requirements of donors,
>don't you think? As important as we think our work at the CSB is :-). I
>think we should also acknowledge that some people from the South who are not
>bureau members and who need funding support are just as important (if not
>moreso) in furthering Civil Society's agenda during the summit and PrepComs.
>
>It will also seem less self-serving for CSB members (who is after all
>involved in the Fellowship Process) if we can also ensure a minimum number
>of slots to qualified C&TWG core members. We are supposed to be
>"facilitative" of general civil society participation, aren't we? And the
>Content & Themes Working group is at the center of many of our interventions
>in PrepCom2, 3, and in the coming PrepCom3A and the Summit itself.
>
>My proposal is a certain percentage of slots be also reserved for CTWG, if
>there will a similar allocation (and prioritization) for CSB members. We
>could even ask Sally (who now also sits in the Bureau meetings) to now think
>of a few names who CTWG feels *must* be present. Of course they would also
>have to be within the general criteria. But a point is, they themselves
>should decide who is most strategic to be granted a fellowship from the
>CTWG, not us really.
>
>Will this be a problem for any of us?
>
>Cheers
>Al
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
> >From: Viola Krebs <viola at icvolunteers.org>
>To: <bureau at geneva2003.org>; <claire.chombeau at ties.itu.int>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:34 AM
>Subject: Re: CSB members fellowship
>
>
>
>Hello everybody,
>
>I support Olivier's position. I think this was clearly agreed upon in
>Geneva. It only creates problems to put CS Bureau members in the same pot as
>everybody else. They really need to be listed separately.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Viola
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >From: Olivier Nana Nzépa <anais_ac at yahoo.fr>
>Reply-To: bureau at geneva2003.org
>Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:10:45 +0200 (CEST)
>
> >As far as fellowships are concerned, I think it is't fair to not put the
>CSB members on the same list with the others candidates. That was one of the
>agreement reached in Geneva.
> >Best
> >
> >claire.chombeau at ties.itu.int wrote:
> >Dear Amir,
> >
> >There is no special fund for the CSB members. You will have to think to
>include
> >yourself in the selection you will send me (deadlines still to be
>confirmed,
> >pre-selection by the families 1st of November and final selection by the
> >regional group 7th of November?)
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Claire
> >
> >Quoting Barmaki Amir Hossein :
> >
> >> Dear Angela
> >>
> >> Just as a matter of reminding to myslef, do CSB members need to fill up
>the
> >>
> >> fellowship forms or there is another process for them?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Amir
> >> West Asia Family
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