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Deadlines Imminent:
Friday, 30 January: Deadline for applications to participate in the
civil society Selection Committee
Tuesday, 3 February: Deadline for submission of civil society speaker nominations
Nominate civil society
speakers for the UN President of the General Assembly's High-level Thematic
Debate on
"Achieving gender
equality and empowerment of women and girls for a transformative post-2015
development agenda"
At the request of the Office of
the President of the General Assembly (OPGA), the United Nations
Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) is conducting an open process to
obtain nominations for 3 civil society speaking roles in the President's
High-level Thematic Debate on "Achieving gender equality and empowerment
of women and girls for a transformative post-2015 development agenda,"
which will take place on 6 March 2015 at UN Headquarters in New York. Travel
funding will be provided for the 3 civil society speakers that are selected.
The roles for these representatives are outlined in Section A below.
The concept note for the
Thematic Debate is available at: http://unngls.org/images/PDF/Concept_Note-GEEWG_UNPGA.pdf
Anyone can nominate
representatives of civil society organizations via this process. Please read
this entire email if you will participate in this process, as it has a few
steps and specific requirements. Kindly note: this nomination process is not
open to candidates of the corporate private sector.
1. Submit nominations for
the following 3 civil society speaking roles
a) One speaker for the opening
session, which will also commemorate International Women's Day. This individual must be a chief or executive-level
representative of a civil society organization, and acquainted with the
conferences and review processes for the Fourth World Conference on Women
(Beijing +20) and the International Conference on Population and Development
(ICPD Beyond 2014), as well as the current status of Post-2015 development
agenda discussions. For this role, OPGA will prioritize candidates representing
local or community-based civil society organizations.
b) One speaker for Panel
Discussion #1 on women's economic and political empowerment. This individual should be a chief or executive-level
representative of a civil society organization, with expertise on access to
decent work and control over economic and productive resources, and/or
participation in governance and decision-making. For this role, OPGA will
prioritize candidates representing local or community-based civil society
organizations, particularly in developing countries.
c) One speaker for Panel
Discussion #2 on access to quality education and skills development as tools
for empowerment of women and girls. This
individual should be a chief or executive-level representative of a civil
society organization, and should have expertise on the benefits of increasing
access to quality education, training and lifelong learning opportunities for
women and girls.
role,
OPGA will prioritize candidates representing local or community-based civil
society organizations, particularly in developing countries.
Submit nominations for
these three roles here: http://bit.ly/6March-PGA-Gender-Nominate
All nominations will
automatically load into a google doc spreadsheet, published at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16WyMsiYVxjyYpt7SYxbHlLbhxWHWGy4toAObCqj0He0/pubhtml
Before submitting a nominee,
please confirm the nominee:
• is a chief or executive-level
representative of a civil society organization, and officially authorized by
their organization/network to speak on the organization/network’s behalf;
• has the expertise outlined
above for the role the person is nominated for;
• has experience with
presenting gender equality and women's empowerment issues in public fora,
• has demonstrated ability to
engage constructively with a variety of stakeholders;
• would be a compelling public
speaker (the online nomination form requests links to writing samples or
remarks delivered at speaking engagements).
• is available to be in New
York on 6 March 2015 and for travel if necessary.
• has a visa for travel to New
York, or is able to obtain one within 2 weeks for travel to New York.
2. Apply for the civil
society Selection Committee
A civil society Selection
Committee will be facilitated by UN-NGLS to evaluate all nominees and determine
a short-list of 5 to 7 candidates for each of the roles outlined above in
Section 1.
The final selection of speakers
will be made by the Office of the President of the General Assembly.
To learn more about the
Selection Committee, and to apply to be a member, please click here.
Please note that members of the
Selection Committee cannot be considered for the civil society speaking roles
to be filled through this process.
3. Timeline for
participation in the nomination process
Friday, 30 January:
Deadline for applications to
participate in the civil society Selection Committee
Tuesday, 3 February:
Deadline for submission of
civil society speaker nominations
Monday, 9 February,
8:00-10:00am EST: Selection Committee
conference call #1
Tuesday, 10 February,
8:00-10:00am EST: Selection Committee
conference call #2
D. Visa arrangements
OPGA
will provide an invitation letter for the selected civil society speakers.
These participants will be responsible for obtaining their visas for travel.
Please confirm that the US Embassy/consulate in the home country of a candidate
will be able to issue a visa for their travel to the US within 2 weeks.
We look forward to receiving
your submissions.
Thank you and best regards,
UN-NGLS