[bestbits] MAG 2018 Renewal criteria - inc geographic

[raquino]

Hi all

Just a clarification



Each stakeholder group will have 10 members each except for governments who
will have 20.



As detailed in the General Guidance posted by the IGF Secretariat:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-2018-renewal-0


Em 19 de out de 2017 12:46 AM, "Nadira Alaraj" <nadira.araj at gmail.com>
escreveu:

> Renata, Deborah and all,
> From past experience the balance may not be of same number across
> stakeholder group, particularly now with the intended decrease of MAG
> members.
> There is not a clear cut quota per each stakeholder.
>
> Individual members addressing the Secretariat might not get a clear
> answer.
>
> The CSCG have been demanding such information but was not possible, and
> surprises happened on the announcement of the selected candidates not only
> at the CS level but it happened too at the technical community candidates.
> Nadira
>
>
> On Oct 19, 2017 2:05 AM, "Renata Aquino Ribeiro" <raquino at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Deborah
>
> I know just that is on the link too but the way I understood there will be
> a final balance, the same number per each stakeholder group, as well as
> regional and gender balance.
> For any more questions, I'd advise asking Secretariat at igf at unog.ch
>
> Best,
>
> Renata
>
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Deborah Brown <deborah at apc.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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