[CS Bureau] RE: Répondre: [CS Bureau] Proposal to form a Civil Society Nomination Committee to select candidates for the Global Alliance Strategy Council
Dr. Francis MUGUET
muguet at wtis.org
Wed May 3 22:35:26 BST 2006
Dear Philippe & Tijani
>Tijani,
>
>Thanks for this comment. We have of course been in contact with Sergei
>Kambalov (UN DESA) about this proposed time line and he accepted that the CS
>recommendation for GA StraC membership be submitted to UN DESA on 19 May.
>
>However, the deadline for individual direct self-nominations to UN DESA as
>indicated on the UN ICTTF website might remain 10 May. must be clarified.
>
>
Some points must be clarified.
1/ The IGF nomination process was an internal process within the
IG caucus. It is only that and *nothing more*.
There was no global consensus on this process.
For example, the FreeW3 coalition (http://freeW3.org) has been
more concerned about questions of substance
and has presented it own set nominations/endorsements
within this perspective.
2/ Who is going to be in charge of the selection process ?
Since it is an overall CS process and a procedural issue,
I would agree that the CSB, and its executive secretariat
has to organize the process. But... but this would have
to be asked first to the CSB members, and then
to the plenary.
Otherwise, it is feared that the CSB
executive secretariat would receive a lot
of criticisms for taking this initiative.
3/ It should be the task of the working group on
working methods ( if it still active or the CSB
itself if not ) to think about the selection process, and
in particular, to look into the compatibility of being
a consultant of an official UN body,
and being part of a NomCom or being
selected by that NomCom.
A minimal of transparency should be enforced :
what are the mlssion of the consultants, and
the amount of money being received.
It is feared that there would not enough time
to reach a consensus on the ways to "select" people,
either directly or indirectly,
possibly setting up a NomCom at the scale of the whole Civil
Society and not just in a specific group.
3/ WG and families may submit nominations that are not
individual self-nominations.
UN DESA has not required that we setup a nomination
process at the scale of the whole civil society, but just being
nominated by "constituencieS" instead of individual
self-nomination, there allowing nominations
by long established WG and Families.
What is the deadline for those nominations the 10 or 19 may ?
4/ to be sure, some people might not want to wait and take any risk
and would submit names on May 10 before May 19.
In this case, the NomCom, if it has been created in time,
would give simply an
addtional endorsement.
Therefore I would recommend caution.
The course of action that I would suggest is the following :
Now, in preparation for the next nomination processes
( whatever they are going to be )
a) ask the CSB members to agree that the CSB executive
secretariat could organize a selection process
b) ask the plenary to request the WGWM to present
a scheme that could receive a consensus
c) this scheme prepared by the WGWM is sent before
the CSB for observations and comments, as well as to
each long established WG and families for comments,
and then after a reasonnable time,
be sent back to the WGWM for a final proposal.
d) the final WGWM proposal is sent before the plenary for
approval.
c) the plenary confirm the CSB to organize
the next nomination process. as agreed.
There are going to be many more commitees
being formed for the various action lines,
the next IGF meetings, etc...
so it is worthwhile
to spend some time to define a legitimate and honest process.
For the Global Alliance, I believe we are simply out of time,
and the CSB secretariat might end unwillingly,
into the same excesses and non-transparencies
that have prevailed for the WGIG and the IGF.
Best regards
Francis
>Since we have the UN DESA OK for submission on 19 May, we will keep the time
>schedule as previously indicated this morning.
>
>A webpage on the CONGO website is up to be finalized, including the list of
>Nom Com volunteers and nominees.
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>I'll update you all tomorrow morning.
>
>Best,
>
>Philippe
>
>
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>-----Message d'origine-----
>De : Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA [mailto:tijani.benjemaa at planet.tn]
>Envoyé : mercredi, 3. mai 2006 15:06
>À : bureau at wsis-cs.org
>Cc : rbloem at ngocongo.org; wsis at ngocongo.org; plenary at wsis-cs.org
>Objet : Répondre: [CS Bureau] Proposal to form a Civil Society Nomination
>Committee to select candidates for the Global Alliance Strategy Council
>
>Dear Philippe,
>
>The Deadline for the nomination as announced by Mr S.Khan in his last
>letter is 10 May 2006 (not 19 May 2006).
>So, I am afraid your schedule has to be shifted by 9 days, which means
>that the deadline for volunteering should be in the next 2 days.
>
>I agree with the process, but please update me about the deadline if
>something new happened after Mr Khan's letter.
>
>Best
>
>Tijani
>
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>Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
>Member of the Tunisian Engineers' Order
>Vice Chairman of CIC, World Federation of Engineering Organisations
>Phone : + 216 98 330 114 Fax : + 216 71 781 927
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>Le Me, 03 Mai 2006 8:27:17 +0000, "Philippe Dam" a écrit:
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>Dear all,
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>As you may know, the UN Secretary General recently approved the initiative
>of launching a Global Alliance for ICT and Development.
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>The UN DESA is now in the process of organising the inaugural meeting of
>this multi-stakeholder organ, to take place in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) on
>19-20 June 2006. The three tier
><http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10210> structure of
>theGlobal Alliance is also in the process of being established and will
>include
>a Strategy Council, a Steering Committee and a Secretariat.
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>The will provide overall strategic guidance to the Global Alliance, such as
>identification of priorities and themes for discussion. The Strategy Council
>will consist of fifty members from all stakeholders: governments, the
>private sector, civil society (in particular gender and youth groups),
>media, the academic and technical communities, as well as secretariats of
>relevant intergovernmental organizations. The members of the Council will be
>chosen in their personal capacity and will enjoy equal rights in the work of
>the Council. The basic requirement for the members of this policy-setting
>group will be commitment, experience and vision in ICT for development, as
>well as traditional development fields.
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>Information about registration for the inaugural meeting of the Global
>Alliance was recently posted on the website of the UN ICT Task Force (click
>HERE <http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1588> ) as well
>asinformation about nomination for participation in the multi-stakeholder 50
>member Global Alliance Strategy Council (click HERE
><http://www.unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1586> ).
>
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>Although individual self-nomination is possible, as mentioned on the Global
>Alliance web-page, UN DESA made it clear very recently that the UN SG would
>take into account recommendations for the Strategy Council as submitted by
>groups of constituencies, such as civil society. We were ensured that such
>lists would have priority over any other individual nominations from these
>constituencies.
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>Even though the exact number of CS members of the Strategy Council is not
>yet known, we can assume that at least 15 CS representatives would be
>involved in this structure.
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>Based of the successful experience of the CS Nomination Committee for the
>IGF Advisory Group, managed by Avri Doria, I would propose that we use of
>similar model for this process. However, due to the very short time
>available and the very vague information available so far, we would have to
>set a process that would be both quick and efficient and which would
>guarantee transparency and inclusiveness. The model proposed is described
>below.
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>Information available on the CONGO website
><http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=news&id=10220> .
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>Selection of a CS Nomination Committee
>
>The Nom Com will be composed of 5 CS representatives, acting in their
>personal capacity and randomly selected among those who would volunteer. For
>the selection of 5 names to be random, we should try to have at least 5
>times as many volunteers (25) for the volunteer pool as we want Nom Com
>members.
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>If you would like to volunteer for the pool, please write to
>wsis at ngocongo.org by 9 May 2006 with the following information:
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>Name:
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>NGO or CS affiliation:
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>Country:
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>E-Mail address:
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>Before running the random selection process, the list of names of the
>volunteers, ordered by date of receipt of message indicating interest, will
>be published online.
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>Details about the random process for selection of volunteers will be
>established and announced soon, but will be based on the model used for the
>selection of the Internet Governance Caucus Nom Com for the IGF Advisory
>Group (for more information: http://www.wsis-cs.org/igf.shtml).
>
>
>Volunteering for the pool does NOT disqualify anyone from selection for the
>Strategic Council, BUT serving on the Nom Com (that is, if you are randomly
>selected) does. The more people who volunteer the better chance we have to
>get a representative selection in the Nom Com.
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>The Nom Com will be established by 10 May 2006.
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>We expect the members who are randomly selected for the Nom Com to have to
>work together online fairly intensively between May 10th and May 19th.
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>I propose to serve myself as non-voting facilitator of the Nom Com. The
>CONGO website could be used to post and circulate information and lists of
>volunteers for the Nom Com and candidates for the Strategy Council.
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>Candidates for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council
>
>Candidatures for the CS membership to the GA Strategy Council is open to all
>representatives of CS entities accredited to WSIS, NGOs with ECOSOC status
>and all other CS actors interested in ICT for Development and involved in
>the UN development agenda towards achieving the MDGs.
>
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>Nominations and all relevant information must be sent at wsis at ngocongo.org
>NO LATER THAN 10 MAY 2006, 4:00 p.m. GMT / 6:00 p.m. Geneva Time with the
>following information:
>
>
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>Name:
>
>CS Affiliation(s):
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>Country:
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>Gender:
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>Age:
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>Biographical Statement:
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>Vision of their contribution to the GA Strategy Council:
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>Self-nominations sent ONLY to the UN ICTTF will NOT be considered by the CS
>Nom Com. Only nominations sent to the Nom Com at wsis at ngocongo.org, based on
>the list which will be compiled, posted on line and up-dated will be
>considered by the CS Nom Com.
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>Self-nominations and nominations by CS groupings or individuals are fully
>encouraged. All information regarding candidates to the GA Strategy Council
>will be posted on line.
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>Nom Com guidelines and criteria
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>The Nomination Committee will be free to determine its own criteria, and
>will therefore be circulated in due time. However, based on the information
>made available by UN DESA and other considerations, we can assume the
>following basic principles:
>
>- Special attention should be given to the inclusion of specific
>groupings in the StraC, such as Youth, Gender, but also persons with
>disabilities and indigenous populations.
>
>- Recommended candidates should have demonstrated commitment and
>experience in ICT4D. They should also enjoy respect and trust of this
>constituency, would be able to commit time and brains to the work in
>Strategy Council.
>
>- Gender and regional balances should be ensured in the Nom Com
>recommendation.
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>- The Nom Com recommendation should ensure a diverse representation
>of CS groupings and of age, skills and background, as well as a wide range
>of actors, including WSIS accredited CSOs or ECOSOC accredited NGOs, but
>also beyond.
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>Since around 15 members of the Strategy Council will be from CS
>constituencies, it is requested the Nom Com recommend 15 to 20 names to UN
>DESA. The final decision will be taken by the Secretary General of the UN.
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>The Nom Com will have to take a decision and submit its recommendation to UN
>DESA by 19 May 10:00 p.m. GMT / 6:00 p.m. New York Time.
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>Timeline for CS Global Alliance Strategy Council nomination and selection
>process
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>9 May 2006: deadline for volunteering to the Nomination Committee
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>10 May 2006: random selection of the Nom Com members
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>10 May 2006: deadline for application for membership to the GA Strategy
>Council
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>10-19 May 2006: on-line work on the nomination committee
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>19 May 2006: submission on the CS Nom Com recommendation to UN DESA
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>Best regards,
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>Philippe Dam
>CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>11, Avenue de la Paix
>CH-1202 Geneva
>Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>E-mail: <mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org> wsis at ngocongo.org
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>that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
>decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
>presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
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