[bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic

[Ian Peter]

The whole thing is, they want to pick a MAG that has gender, regional, geopolitical and stakeholder balance – all at once. And that is not always easy.

So in the final mix a lot comes into play and civil society will do better if it thinks things through strategically.

For instance – if, for instance,  there is a lack of candidates from the Arab world, and a lack of female candidates as well, if civil society puts up a good female candidate from that area, there is a good chance that an extra civil society candidate will be selected. And indeed in the past the gender balance question has resulted in extra civil society reps being selected because other stakeholder group nominations tended to be male dominated. (Conversely, sometimes good civil society male candidates miss out for the same reason).

So it is useful for civil society to endorse a diverse range of candidates, in excess of what on the surface appears to be the likely number of seats to be allocated. Within that group it is possible to give a more preferential endorsement to specific candidates, but the endorsement of extra names, particularly from regions or sub-regions which are underrepresented  can be beneficial.


Ian Peter

From: Nadira Alaraj 
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Subject: Re: [bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic

Renata, Deborah and all,