Dear colleagues, This is FYI for anyone with an interest in contributing to the UN’s work on “enhanced cooperation”.
Cheers Chris > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Carl Gahnberg <[email protected]> > Subject: [Internetcollaboration] Call for Nominations for Internet Technical > & Academic Community Representatives in the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced > Cooperation > Date: 22 Feb 2016 17:39:10 CET > To: Elist internetcollaboration <[email protected]> > > Dear all, > > Please find below the Call for Nominations to the CSTD Working Group on > Enhanced Cooperation. > > Best regards, > > Carl Gahnberg > Policy Advisor > Internet Society > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Call for Nominations for Internet Technical & Academic Community > Representatives in the United Nations CSTD Working Group on Enhanced > Cooperation > > (Deadline: 29th February 23.59 UTC) > > The outcome document of the United Nations General Assembly’s ten-year review > of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2015 included a > direction for the Chair of the Commission on Science and Technology for > Development (CSTD) to "establish a working group to develop recommendations > on how to further implement enhanced cooperation as envisioned in the Tunis > Agenda” (Resolution A/RES/70/125 > <http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/UNPAN95735.pdf>, Section > 4.1, paragraph 65). This will continue work done by an earlier CSTD Working > Group on Enhanced Cooperation, that was active from 2013-2014. and current > CSTD Chair, Peter Major of Hungary, has indicated > <http://unctad.org/en/pages/newsdetails.aspx?OriginalVersionID=1193&Sitemap_x0020_Taxonomy=Commission%20on%20Science%20and%20Technology%20for%20Development> > that he will establish the new working group in a similar fashion, with 20 > UN Member States and 5 representatives from each of the four identified > stakeholder groups (business, civil society, intergovernmental organizations, > the technical & academic community). > > The technical & academic community representatives in the 2013-2014 working > group were: > > Andres Piazza (LACNIC, Argentina) > Baher Esmat (ICANN, Egypt) > Alex Corenthin (ccTLD.sn, Senegal) > Chris Disspain (auDA, Australia) > Constance Bommelaer (ISOC, France) > > The CSTD Chair has identified the Internet Technical Collaboration Group > <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/> as a focal point for nominating > stakeholder representatives from the technical & academic community. A > Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) made up of senior members of the Internet > technical community has been formed to decide upon these nominations. The > NOMCOM members are: > > Scott Mansfield (USA) - Chair > Adiel Akplogan (Canada) > Jane Coffin (USA) > John Klensin (USA) > Nurani Nimpuno (Sweden) > Chris Buckridge (Netherlands) > Akinori Maemura (Japan) > > Individuals with active involvement with the Internet technical community and > the closely-related academic computer network research community who would > like to be put forward by the NOMCOM are invited to complete the Nomination > Form, which includes a set of questions regarding experience and suitability > for the role. You may also use the Nomination Form to nominate another person > for consideration by the NOMCOM - in such a case, the Nominator should advise > their Nominee to complete and submit their answers to the questions in Part 2 > of the Nomination Form. > > The Nomination Form is available here > <http://www.internetcollaboration.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/2016-CSTD-Nomination-Form.pdf> > > Both parts of the form should be completed and returned to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> by 23.59 UTC > on Monday, 29 February 2016. This deadline will be strictly adhered to, and > only respondents who have fully completed both parts of the form will be > considered by the NOMCOM. > > While responses to the questions should not be lengthy, they must include > sufficient information to allow the NOMCOM to judge the nominee's suitability > for the role. If the nominee believes that an existing CV or biographical > sketch would contribute to the NOMCOM's understanding of the candidacy, such > a document may be included as part of the submission (any additional > documents should be attached to the email in PDF format). > > Nominees should be aware that specific nominations may or may not be accepted > by the CSTD. > > Nominees should also be aware that funding for participating in the working > group’s meetings (which will take place in Geneva) will be the nominees’ own > responsibility. It is expected that the working group’s first meeting will > take place in Q4 2016, with further meetings to be scheduled by the working > group itself. > > While there is no expectation that technical & academic community > representatives from the 2013-2014 working group would automatically continue > in the role, the NOMCOM would welcome applications from those who have > previously served on CSTD committees, as well as new nominations. > > Please feel free to forward this message to relevant fora. > > Privacy Statement > The nominating committee is required to forward information provided by > nominees on the Nomination Form to the CSTD Chair and CSTD administrative > personnel for purposes of the nomination. With the exception of nominees > naming themselves, information provided to the NOMCOM for its consideration > shall be treated in the strictest confidence. > _______________________________________________ > Internetcollaboration mailing list > [email protected] > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internetcollaboration
