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

[Laina Raveendran Greene]

Thanks Rik for responding with an explanation. I would mainly like to hope
that more caucuses will be considered, and also to register my concern for
some speakers speaking more than once or oneorganisation represented more
than once. Ithink we need to be multistakeholder and inclusive ourselves too
and will hope you will look into rectifying this.
 
Thanks,
Laina

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From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 2:07 PM
To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis


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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