[governance] Note on Composition and Guidelines for the CSTD working group on enhanced cooperation

[Anriette Esterhuysen]

Dear IGC members

Thanks for alerting me to this Jeremy. I was not aware of being assigned 
this role. I was travelling so am not up to date with checking my mail.

After seeing this thread, I checked, and there was a general note sent 
to CSTD members and regular participants (e.g Marilia,Parminder and 
myself as well as some others from civil society). I

Attached is the note from the CSTD chairperson that explains the process.

The note actually emphasises that being identified as a focal point does 
not assume selectionas a WG member.  Here is what it says:

"Designation as focal points does not imply selection of the focal 
points as members of the
CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation.
The role of the focal points is to assist the CSTD Chair in reaching out 
to the interested parties
in their respective regional or stakeholder groups and to facilitate 
consultations regarding
which CSTD Member States and stakeholder group representatives would 
like to be submitted
for consideration by the Chair of the CSTD, in accordance with the 
proposed composition of
the Working Group (four per regional group plus the two WSIS hosts, and 
five per other
stakeholder groups).
The focal points will convey to the Chair of the CSTD the results of the 
consultations.
The Chair of the CSTD will make decisions and announce the final 
composition of the Working
Group, as requested by the General Assembly in resolution 67/195, 
paragraph 21."

Good that the time frame coincides with the IGC process.

Jeremy, I imagine that CSTD did not ask IGC to coordinate this process 
so that it creates opportunity for CSOs or CSO networks outside of the 
IGC to also nominate people to serve on the WG. I don't think you should 
interpret this as a slight at all. I am sure that CSTD is well aware of 
the fact that IGC is an important grouping and that it will put forward 
a list of nominees.

Best

Anriette



On 18/02/2013 10:30, Jeremy Malcolm wrote:
> Apologies if this has already been posted here and I missed it, but
> Miguel Palomino de la Gala, Chair of the CSTD, has recently released a
> Note on Composition and Guidelines for the CSTD working group on
> enhanced cooperation, which is available here:
>
> http://unctad.org/Sections/un_cstd/docs/cstd2013d02_Composition.pdf
>
> Anriette of APC has been nominated as the focal point for civil
> society.  So I suppose that our nomcom will have to communicate its
> recommendations through her.  Anriette is of course a suitable choice,
> but the fact that the IGC was not chosen as the focal point could also
> be considered to be a bit of a slight on us.  Oh well.
>
> The deadline for nominations is 8 March 2013 - which fits in nicely with
> our own nomcom's timetable - with the final composition to be announced
> between 11-15 March.  The first meeting of the Working Group is to be
> held in April-May, and a second on 30-31 May.
>
> Meanwhile, I have published an article with my thoughts in Digital News
> Asia at
> http://www.digitalnewsasia.com/insights/internet-freedom-in-a-world-of-states,
> which summarises a longer version, serialised in three parts at
> http://jere.my/l/58, and which in turn will be the basis for my remarks
> at a Best Bits session next week in Paris for the WSIS+10 Review Event.
>

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executive director, association for progressive communications
www.apc.org
po box 29755, melville 2109
south africa
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