[bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic

[Deborah Brown]

Thanks for this Renata. 

The guidance says: Each of the MAG members who is rotating out, is
freeing up one seat for the Regional and Stakeholder Group they
initially occupied.

But the number of CS seats has been reduced by 3 (13 seats down to 10)
and the regional breakdown has also changed. For SH group, it looks like
an effort to reduce the overall MAG size back to 50, but it would be
good to understand how it was decided that the CS and private sector
allocations should be reduced.

On regional breakdowns,  there are 3 MAG members from Asia Pacific
rotating out (all CS, as it happens), but there are no available seats
for anyone from Asia Pacific. In 2017 the region had 14 seats, and for
2018 it has 11. Is anyone aware of an explanation for this?

All the best,
Deborah


On 10/18/17 2:17 PM, Renata Aquino Ribeiro wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Just to clarify and complement Sheetal's post, take a good look at the
> MAG 2018 Renewal criteria
>
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0
>
> I'd note this more importantly:
>
> Regional Group Balance
>
> Regional Group - Available seats for the MAG 2018 Renewal
>
> Africa 3
> Asia Pacific 0
> Eastern Europe 7
> GRULAC 3
> WEOG 6
>
> And
>
> "Please note that these breakdowns are provided for general guidance
> only, and that the overall composition depends on several
> considerations including the nominations received, as well as the
> final decision of the UN Secretary-General."
>
>
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