[governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS

parminder parminder at itforchange.net
Sat Mar 26 01:27:27 EDT 2016 


On Saturday 26 March 2016 09:52 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
> Dear all, FWIW, this is as we all know a long-standing problem.
>
> My thought is that a solution might be to ask if those of you with
> access to funders could put together a proposal for a pool to be
> available every year for a handful of key meetings that would allow
> those without travel support to have a chance to attend these meetings.

Funders can make a pool but they should not decide who gets funded...
>From self organised nominee selection process, we should also move to
self organised CS nominee selection process, and that can/ should use a
pool to which funders can contribute..... CSCG should write out a
proposal and approach those who typicall fund travel to IG related
meetings and ask for a pool to 'neutrally' fund CS
participation....parminder



> Perhaps ISOC would be a contributor to it, or coordinate with it to
> try and leverage this new mechanism to bring more people to the events
> where ISOC provides travel funding for some.
>
> That said, FWIW, the WSIS Forum is not really politically impactful in
> my experience - most Geneva based delegates don’t attend if they can
> help it, for example.
>
>> On 26 Mar 2016, at 05:14, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com
>> <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> I must say that I find this process from the UN (again) completely
>> ridiculous however, I think that this one may be material in allowing
>> for some possibly useful inputs from participants as "facilitators"
>>  
>> I might for example, be interested in volunteering as a "facilitator"
>> but would be immediately (self) excluded because of the requirement
>> that participants need to be self-funded. There is no way I could
>> find funding for this participation including because the time
>> available is way too short to do any useful fundraising and of course
>> NAm folks are automatically excluded from any of the more general
>> funding envelopes.
>>  
>> What this type of "invitation" does is to more or less automatically
>> exclude everyone from CS who isn't a trustfundarian, a resident of
>> Geneva or the environs, or a staff member of a major NGO with
>> sufficient discretionary funding.  This of course is highly highly
>> discriminatory/exclusionary as we all know and has the effect of
>> drastically skewing results of such processes and thus presumably of
>> their outcomes as well.
>>  
>> In most cases it doesn't matter as the "opportunity" is of little
>> consequence.  In this instance it looks like it may be of more
>> consequence and thus does matter.
>>  
>> Could I suggest that the CSCG lodge an appropriate protest in this
>> regard.
>>  
>> M
>>  
>>  
>> *From:* governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org
>> <mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org>[mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] *On
>> Behalf Of *Ian Peter
>> *Sent:* March 24, 2016 1:08 PM
>> *To:* Analia Aspis <analia.aspis at gmail.com
>> <mailto:analia.aspis at gmail.com>>; governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM
>> HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
>>  
>> attached the document Analia is referring to below.
>>  
>> *From:* Analia Aspis <mailto:analia.aspis at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, March 25, 2016 1:13 AM
>> *To:* mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> *Subject:* [governance] CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - WSIS FORUM
>> HIGHLEVELTRACK FACILITATORS
>>  
>>
>> Dear members,
>>
>> The WSIS Forum will take place in Geneva from May 2-6 this year. The
>> Civil Society Co-ordination Group (CSCG) has been asked to forward
>> four names of civil society representatives to be High Level Track
>> Facilitators (joining facilitators from other stakeholder groups).
>>
>> The attached document gives details of what is required. Please note:
>>
>>  High Level Track Facilitators are expected to cover their own fares
>> and accommodation expenses:
>>
>>  The main task of each facilitator is to moderate a high level policy
>> session and provide a written executive summary based on
>> interventions and discussion during the session, while capturing the
>> vision, identifying emerging trends, opportunities and challenges
>> shared by the high level speakers.
>>
>>  Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate previous
>> experience in this area, combined with a good general knowledge of
>> WSIS issues. 
>>
>>  *Nominations or self-nominations should be sent DIRECTLY
>> to *nomcom07 at internetgov-cs.org
>> <mailto:nomcom07 at internetgov-cs.org> no later than midnight UTC on
>> Wednesday, April 6. 
>>
>>  
>>
>> The nominations should include basic biographical information, plus a
>> brief statement outlining relevant experience in similar moderation/
>> facilitation exercises.
>>
>> Best,
>> Analía
>> IGC co-coordinator
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