[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

[Rik Panganiban]

Greetings to all,

As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday,  
the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected  
list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of  
considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and  
thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their  
organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence,  
involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were  
not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of  
nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all  
it was probably the best list we could provide in the time allotted  
and the restricted number of slots.

I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue  
to receive individual nominations from organizations over the next  
days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final list for our  
consideration and feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this  
point, the committee will see what can be done to make sure the final  
list of speakers in Tunis is the most representative speakers from  
civil society we can muster, within the requirements presented to us  
by the ITU.

We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees,  
which you can direct to me at rikp at earthlink.net.  I will make sure  
all of these concerns are directed to the committee.

We appreciate your support and understanding.

Rik Panganiban
on behalf of the Selection Committee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]  
> On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered  
> to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots  
> in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until  
> very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session  
> yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow  
> down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:
>
>     1 representative from each regional group
>     1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
>     1 representative of the CS Bureau
>     1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an  
> advisory capacity
>
> The Committee worked hard to achieve several “balances” including  
> regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked  
> hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that  
> proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.  You  
> see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:
>
>     Opening Ceremony
>     Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
>     Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali
>
>     High Level Panel
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3):  
> Thailand, Philippines, India
>     Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)
>
>      Round Tables
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India,  
> Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France,  
> Germany (2), Russian Federation
>     Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)
>
>     Plenary Sessions
>     Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1);  
> Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1);  
> Americas (3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh  
> (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1),  
> France (2), United Kingdom (1)
>     Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)
>
> There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list  
> was a very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident  
> that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your  
> approval.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Rik Panganiban
> On Behalf of the Selection Committee
>
>



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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
Nations (CONGO)
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