[Governance] CSCG CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 2022 IGF MAG and MAG CHAIR

[Sheetal Kumar]

Dear all,

Please note, Parminder is not in the Nomcom any longer, so please send your
nominations to the following emails instead:

   - valeria at apc.org
   - davecake at gmail.com <valeria at apc.org>
   - sheetal at gp-digital.org
   - rhill at hill-a.ch <sheetal at gp-digital.org>

Thank you! We look forward to receiving your nomination!

Best
Sheetal.

On Thu, 2 Sept 2021 at 15:36, Sheetal Kumar <sheetal at gp-digital.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> As one of the representatives of the IGC in the CSCG (see more information
> below), I am pleased to let you know that we are conducting a nomination
> process for the IGF 2022 MAG Renewal.
>
> If you wish to nominate someone, or nominate yourself for either the MAG
> Chair position or for a MAG civil society position, *and you wish to
> receive CSCG endorsement for your nomination*, you can apply to do so by
> following the instructions below. The deadline for the CSCG nomination
> process is
> *COB 07 September.*
>
> Thank you, the Nomcom looks forward to receiving your nomination.
>
> Best
> Sheetal.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> *CSCG CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 2022 IGF MAG and MAG CHAIR *
>
> Please find below the details of the process by which all Internet
> Governance Caucus members are invited to submit nominations to the Civil
> Society Coordination Group (CSCG) as part of the  elections for the IGF
> Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) for 2022.
>
> The CSCG exists solely to ensure a coordinated civil society response and
> conduit when it comes to making civil society appointments to outside
> bodies.
>
> A dedicated Nomination Committee (or NomCom) has been set up to facilitate
> this process within the CSCG. The NomCom is comprised of one (1)
> representative from our coalition members who responded to a call to revive
> the NomCom for the purposes of the 2022 MAG elections, namely the
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Just Net Coalition (JNC),
> and the Internet Governance Caucus (IGC). You will find all the necessary
> information below.
>
> The NomCom have been tasked by the Civil Society Coordination Group (CSCG)
> to run the process of selection and endorsement of civil society candidates
> nominated for the IGF MAG selection round.
>
> * Information on the process*
> ==========================
>
> The call for nominations is at:
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2022-mag-renewal
>
> The Terms of Reference is at:
> https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/mag-terms-of-reference
>
>
> *Notes on MAG membership*
>
> The MAG is composed of forty (40) members. For the IGF 2022, half of its
> members are expected to be renewed. Among the twenty (20) members the IGF
> 2022 Call aims to identify 8 members from governments, 3 from the private
> sector, 5 from civil society and 4 from the technical community.
> Regionally, the balance among the new members could be: 4 from Africa, 8
> from Asia Pacific, 1 from Eastern Europe, 3 from GRULAC and 4 from WEOG.
>
>
>
> Concretely, the current indication is that the civil society stakeholder
> group could have five (5) new members appointed for 2022. These could come
> from Africa (2), Asia-Pacific (1) and GRULAC (2) regional groups. They
> particularly encourage all nominators to nominate as many candidates as
> possible, diversified across stakeholder groups, regions, countries, gender
> and age. A careful consideration will be also given to the countries which
> historically were not represented on the MAG, or alternatively were
> represented only a few times. You can look at the records for the countries
> represented on the MAG so far on this page
> <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-mag-renewal-2022-general-guidance>
> .
>
> *Notes on MAG Chair Renewal *
>
> The renewal of the MAG Chair rotates among stakeholder groups. So far, the
> Chairs came from government, technical community and civil society
> stakeholder groups.
>
> We are now calling for nominations. These should be sent to all three
> Nomcom members below by COB *07 September.*
>
>    - valeria at apc.org
>    - parminder at itforchange.net
>    - sheetal at gp-digital.org
>
> The selection criteria are the ones listed in the call for candidates, see
> below.  Once the candidates are selected by the NomCom, a member of the
> Nomcom will fill out the nomination form for each of our selected
> candidates, using the information provided by the candidates
>
> The timeline for the process is:
>
> *02 September*: each coalition will issue its own call for candidates,
> specifying that nominations should be sent to Valeria, Parminder and
> Sheetal (see emails above) by COB 07 September. CSCG
> members will circulate the call as widely as possible, to encourage
> participation from all sectors of civil society. Deadline for nominations
> is
> 10 September.
>
> *COB 07 September*: Nomcom receives nominations
>
> *08-09 September:* The Nomcom will deliberate.
>
> *10 September:* The non-voting Chair will submit candidates to IGF
> Secretariat
>
> =========================================
> * More information*
> As part of the process of the annual renewal of IGF MAG, we are seeking
> candidates from civil society.  Candidates will be evaluated by a CSCG
> NomCom specifically created for this purpose.  The NomCom
> will submit the selected nominations to the IGF using the official
> IGF nomination form available on the web.
>
> The selection criteria that the NomCom will use are shown below.
>
> * Selection criteria*
> ------------------
>
> Candidates should have extensive linkages with civil society groups.
>
> Candidates must have the ability to represent civil society as a whole,
> rather than any one particular group.
>
> Candidates must be able to provide advice on the programme and main themes
> of the next meeting of the IGF.
>
> Candidates must be able attend, in person or remotely, two to three MAG
> meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, in addition to the annual IGF meeting.
> They
> should participate actively in the preparatory process throughout the year,
> through engagement in the online multilateral dialogue among MAG members.
> -------
> * Candidate applications*
> Candidates should address the selection criteria in their nominations.
>
> Self-nominations are allowed.
>
> Candidates must provide the following information, which is required to
> fill
> in the IGF nomination form:
>
>    - Surname
>    - First Name
>    - Job Title
>    - Organization
>    - City of Residence
>    - Country of Residence
>    - Nationality(ies) (multiple nationalities can be specified, must be UN
>    - countries)
>    - Contact E-Mail
>    - Contact Telephone number, including the country code
>    - Justification for the nomination, providing relevant background
>    information
>    - (no more than 250 words)
>    - Specification on whether the nomination is for Chair or for a civil
>    society position on the MAG:
>
> Candidatures must be sent by E-Mail by 07 September, to Valeria, Parminder
> and Sheetal (please email all three)
>
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>
> *Sheetal Kumar*
> Senior Programme Lead | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL
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