[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposal for nominations for Tunis speakers

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear Friends,

I will repeat here the plan for how civil society goes about the  
selection of proposed speakers for the Tunis Summit, which was  
accepted at the CS Plenary meeting this morning.

1. the list of nominated persons has been provided for the plenary  
this morning

2. A selection committee to shorten the list of proposed speakers  
will be composed of:
     - 1 member from each regional group (Africa, Asia, Latin  
America / Carribean, and West Europe / US)
     - 1 member from bureau
     - 1 representative of Content and Themes
     - a representative the WSIS Executive Secretariat in advisory  
capacity

3. Content and Themes Group discusses at its meeting at 1800 hours in  
Rm XXII the qualifications that the selection committee should take  
into account, i.e. thematic balance, regional balance, gender  
balance, age diversity, "high profile" speakers, and other  
considerations

4. The selection committee then meets in the evening to go through  
the nominations and bring them down to an acceptable number

5. The selection committee reports tomorrow morning on the selection  
to plenary for final approval.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO


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