[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis
Laina Raveendran Greene
laina at getit.org
Wed Oct 5 11:28:29 BST 2005
Hi Jacqueline,
I guess what I mean by multistakeholder, is multistakeholder CS wise.
E,g,grassroots group, other caucuses such as Values and Ethics, etc. I agree
that Rik has tried, and I have also clarified to him what my issue was i.e.
trying to ensure as many groups as possible get a voice. I just noticed some
orgs got more than 2 slots and this was of concern, and this is what I meant
by multistakeholder...I see CS made up of many groups of interests and we
need to have a system to allow these voices to be heared too. We should try
to be "inclusive" within CS, if that makes it clear.
Hope this clarifies it.
Regards,
Laina
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HI Laina
I doubt that the CS should be multistakeholder as we are one of the
stakeholders. Can't include Govt and business in the CS, I don't think.
I agree that the speakers should represent the geographic, gender, cultural
diversity of CS.
But isn't that what Rik et al tried to do with the criteria? At least that's
what I got form the emails he sent.
Jacqueline
On 10/3/05, Laina Raveendran Greene <laina at getit.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ________________________________
> 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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