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Comment by Sandra dos Santos Pires on February 7, 2010 at 2:48pm

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
CIVICUS seeks nominations of individuals to stand for election to its Board of Directors
Deadline for nominations: midnight GMT, Saturday 20th of February 2010

Dear Colleague,

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit nominations for the upcoming CIVICUS Board elections. I sincerely hope you will take up this opportunity to
participate in the governance of CIVICUS and that it will inspire you to renew your membership of our organisation. At the time of submitting your nomination, it is not vital that your membership is up to date. However, to be eligible to vote for the final candidates you would need to be a paid up member of CIVICUS.

Background:

The CIVICUS Board of Directors is the organisation’s governing body. It comprises 13 directors elected to serve three year terms. Any current or prospective member of CIVICUS may stand for election to the 13 seats.

To ensure transparency and avoid conflicts of interest, the Board has created an ad hoc Nominations Committee to develop a list of candidates to be presented to the membership of CIVICUS. Members will elect the 13 directors from a list of approximately 26 names. The list will consist of current Board members eligible to stand for re-election and individuals not currently serving on the Board but who are nominated by CIVICUS’ members.

The outgoing Board Chairperson, Anabel Cruz, (Uruguay) will chair the Committee. Other members will include one current Board member who will not stand for election and three persons of prominent standing in the civil society movement who are not CIVICUS directors and who also will not stand for election to the Board. The CIVICUS Secretary General, Ingrid Srinath will serve as an ex-officio member of the Committee.

Selection Criteria:

In selecting nominees, the Committee will take into account CIVICUS’ needs for a Board to be filled by persons who:

• Have institutional and individual credibility in the civil society movement at national, regional and/or international levels;
• Have experience at managerial levels and/or as a member of boards of directors;
• Have demonstrated a commitment to CIVICUS’ mission, vision, values and programmes;

The Committee will also consider CIVICUS’ needs for a Board that collectively is:
• Broadly representative of CIVICUS’ global reach and geographic diversity;
• Broadly representative of CIVICUS’ membership composition (by institutional type, national location, etc.);
• Diverse in terms of gender, age, race, ethnicity and cultural background;
• Diverse in terms of experience and talents.


The Call and Directions:

The CIVICUS’ Nominations committee requests nominations from Members and partners of the organisation. You may nominate yourself and/or others.

A nomination will be certified when CIVICUS receives by midnight GMT, Saturday, 20 of February 2010

1. A completed Nomination Form for each nominee (copy the blank form as you need).
2. A letter of intent from each nominee (other than self-nominees who have submitted the nomination form for themselves).

See Nomination Form Section B about what the letter of intent should include. (Note: a nominee does not have to be a member of CIVICUS
when nominated, but she/he or his/her organisation must join no later than 30th April 2010.)

Please submit completed nomination forms (attached) or download here:
http://www.civicus.org/media/CivicusNominationForm.pdf

To:
Anabel Cruz,
Chair – CIVICUS Nomination’s Committee
By e-mail to: boardelections@civicus.org or
By fax to: + 27 11 833 7997

Please contact Sandra Pires at sandra.pires@civicus.org for further information on CIVICUS membership.


Warm regards,

Anabel Cruz
Chair of the Board of Directors

CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
PO BOX 933, 2135, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.civicus.org

Comment by Dan Moody on December 14, 2009 at 9:50am

Thank you for your passion and commitment To peace!
Global Peace Partners is a forum for any peace worker
from around the globe to post blogs, photos, video clips
of their work and insights of their nation.
The purpose of this forum is to reach out and respect
those who may not share the same religion, the same race,
the same nationality, the same politics and the same culture
and yet seek peace!
One of our long term goals and hopes is that College and
University Students might reach outside their comfort zones
and learn from you and gain new perspectives.
If you should wish to contribute your insights go to
http://www.themoodygroup.org and scroll down to
Global Peace…
Blessings, Dan MoodyDelete Comment

Comment by Alvaro RAMIREZ DURINI on December 7, 2009 at 12:07pm

Nonviolet Peaceforce Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Coordination
Fuerzas de Paz Noviolentas America Latina y Caribe

Comment by Janet Lynn Murdock on November 29, 2009 at 4:28pm

I am trying to build a list of portuguese speaking peacebuilding professionals. If you speak portuguese and work in peace in any capacity, please send me your CV to jldock@gmail.com