[Governance] NOTICE: CSCG nomination process for IGF Leadership Panel

[Sheetal Kumar]

Dear all,

This is a polite reminder to share your nominations to the CSCG for the
IGF's leadership panel, as per the process outlined below. We request this
is done by *COB November 22 *so that we are able to submit by the deadline
of
*November 29. *


We look forward to receiving your nomination/s.
Best
Sheetal





On Mon, 15 Nov 2021 at 13:51, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As you may have seen, the IGF Secretariat has launched the nomination
> process at the request of the Executive Office of the United Nations
> Secretary-General for the *inaugural Leadership Panel of the 2022 and
> 2023 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) cycles*
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/internet-governance-forum-leadership-panel-call-for-nominations>.
>
>
>
>
> Following several rounds of open consultations, the Leadership Panel is a
> response to the Secretary-General’s Roadmap for Digital Cooperation
> <https://undocs.org/A/74/821>, which calls for strengthening of the IGF
> through, among other aspects, *’’creating a strategic and empowered
> multi-stakeholder high-level body, building on the experience of the
> existing multi-stakeholder advisory group, which would address urgent
> issues, coordinate follow-up action on Forum discussions and relay proposed
> policy approaches and recommendations from the Forum to the appropriate
> normative and decision-making forums*.’’
>
>
> CSCG, and for this process, this includes APC and IGC, will run a
> nomination process to identify nominees for the two categories:
>
>    - Two [2] at-large members (distinguished or prominent persons who do
>    not fall under above stakeholder groups) and
>    - Two [2] CEO-level (or deputy-level) representatives from each of the
>    other three stakeholder groups (civil society)
>
> Please note, this does not mean we endorse the process or the mechanism
> itself. We will send a letter with the nominations that clearly reiterates
> our previous publicly stated positions (such as this Open letter on the
> interpretation of paragraph 93(a) of the UNSG's Roadmap on Digital
> Cooperation
> <https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/open-letter-interpretation-paragraph-93a-un-secretary-generals-roadmap-digital-cooperation>
> and this on the future of the IGF
> <https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/why-inclusive-transparent-and-accessible-global-digital-governance-more-crucial-ever>on
> the Leadership Panel/Higher-level MAG
> <https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/why-inclusive-transparent-and-accessible-global-digital-governance-more-crucial-ever>),
> including the importance of maintaining the MAG's current role and not
> supplanting it, the importance of diversity and inclusion, transparency etc
> and make clear that our submission of nominees should not be read as
> endorsement.
>
>
> We intend that our nominations reflect the above criteria. Please note
> that to receive a CSCG nomination for the IGF leadership panel you'll need
> to send us (me and Valeria and Bruna cc'd) the information required on the online
> form
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/en/content/leadership-panel-nomination-2022>.
> We request this is done by *COB November 22 *so that we are able to
> submit by the deadline of
> *November 29. *
>
>
> We look forward to receiving your nomination/s.
> Best
> Sheetal
>
>
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> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Head of Global Engagement and Advocacy | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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*Sheetal Kumar*
Head of Global Engagement and Advocacy | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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