Transcript REPERAGE MIAMI - International Union for Conservation of

Jeju 2012
Where and when?
Jeju, Republic of Korea: 6-15 September 2012
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What is the World Conservation Congress?
• The Forum
Sharing and learning
• The Members’ Assembly
Democracy in action
Congress structure
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Excursions
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Members’ Assembly
Forum
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Congress Slogan
The 2012 Congress will explore ways to boost the
resilience of nature to improve how quickly nature
and people adapt to change
Nature+ conservation
Nature+ governance and equity
Nature+ climate
Nature+ food security
Nature+ economics
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATUR
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The Forum: What is it?
Debates and discussions organized around
several types of events:
• Workshops
• Posters
• Knowledge café
• Conservation campus
• Pavilions and exhibition
• Social events & Media events
• World Leaders Dialogues
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Criteria for Forum events
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Congress theme: Resilience
Relevance with the proposed IUCN
Programme 2013-2016
Involvement of two or more
constituents
Contribution to Forum objectives:
• Sharing know-how
• Reaching agreement
• Moving to action
Contribution to international
conservation debates
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How does it work ?…
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Selection of events through the Call for
Contributions – proposals to be submitted by
15 October 2011
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On-line process
(with several mechanisms to encourage people
to partner instead of creating individual events)
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Competitive process
(limited number of slots available)
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Proposals evaluated against a series of criteria
(all components of IUCN involved in the process)
A separate announcement will be made at the
beginning of 2012 for receptions and social events
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What is the Members’ Assembly?
IUCN’s highest level decision-making body,
where Members:
• Approve IUCN’s four year Programme and its
financial plan
• Elect the President, Treasurer, Regional
Councillors, and Chairs of the Commissions
• Vote on motions thereby establishing the
general policy of IUCN
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Members’ Assembly structure
8.09
9.09 10.09 11.09
Moti
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Moti
ons
Moti
ons
Moti
ons
On 8.09 also: Agenda,
Congress Committees,
amendments to Rules of
Procedure
On 11.09 from 7-8 PM also:
Medals and Awards
13.09
President/
Council’s Report
Director
General’s Report
Commission
Reports
Elections
Motions
14.09
IUCN
Programme and
Financial Plan
2013-2016
Motions
Excursions
Sittings every day from 8.09
until 12.09 from 8:30 to 10:30 :
1. Presentation of a
Programme area
2. Current Programme results
3. Forum results
4. Presentation, discussion,
adoption of motions
12.09
Reports of
Congress
Committees
(Programme,
Finance and
Audit,
Governance,
Resolutions)
Motions
15.09
Motions
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Voting rights
Members in category A
 States: 3 votes / 2 votes
(1 vote => government agencies)
 Government agencies: 1 shared vote
Members in category B
 International NGO Members: 2 votes
 NGO Members: 1 vote
Members in category C – Affiliates
 No voting rights
 Have speaking rights
Give proxy to another Member if you cannot
attend the Members' Assembly
The Membership Unit will contact the Government
Agencies sharing 1 vote to make arrangements ahead
of Congress.
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What is a motion?
 A draft of any decision which the World Conservation
Congress is requested to take.
 Motions become Resolutions or Recommendations
 Resolutions are directed to IUCN itself. Recommendations
are directed to third parties, and may deal with any matter
of importance to the objectives of IUCN.
 Adopted by a simple majority of votes cast in each
Category
 Quorum?
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Submit motions
 Need to be consistent with the objectives of IUCN
 Must relate to new issues or a new aspect of issues
addressed at previous Congresses
 Council and Secretariat currently reviewing entire IUCN
policy in order to identify gaps and assist Members and
Council to prepare relevant motions for the 2012 Congress
 Motions to be supported by at least 5 co-sponsors. Proposer
and co-sponsors must be in good standing (dues paid up to
and including 2011)
 Motions must be submitted before 9 May 2012
 Motions may also be submitted at the Congress if the
subject is new, urgent, could not have been foreseen, arises
out of the deliberations at the Congress, or responds to
matters on the agenda
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BEFORE THE CONGRESS
Electronic System enabling IUCN Members to discuss draft
motions from December 2011 and to formally submit motions
from 15 February 2012 onwards
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BEFORE THE CONGRESS
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Nomination of candidates and elections
Director General’s letters to IUCN Members of 12 August
2011 with the ‘call for nominations’ and profiles
The President and the Treasurer:
 Not more than two nominations made by the Council to
the Members' Assembly after considering the proposals
made by Members before 16 January 2012 at noon
GMT/UTC
 After the candidates proposed by Council are known:
nominations may also be made by forty Members
eligible to vote
o from at least three Regions
o before 8 July 2012
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Nomination of candidates and elections
Chairs of the Commissions:
 Nomination made by the Council to the Members'
Assembly
 After considering proposals made by
o IUCN Members
o members of the Commissions
before 16 January 2012 at noon GMT/UTC
 Some Commissions organize their search/nomination
processes
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Nomination of candidates and elections
For the election of the Regional Councillors:
 Nominations made by Members to the Election Officer
before 16 January 2012 at noon GMT/UTC
 Nominations by
o Five members eligible to vote
o From more than one State from the region
 Candidates for election
o Must be nationals of a State in the Region
concerned
o Must be a resident in that Region
o Must not have held the same office consecutively for
more than two full terms
Important deadlines
• 2011
12 August: Director General’s e-invitation to Members to
nominate candidates for election
30 September: nominations for IUCN Awards
15 October: Deadline for submission of Forum proposals
5 December: E-mailing of provisional Congress Agenda
• 2012
16 January at noon GMT/UTC: Deadline for submission of
proposals/nominations for elected positions
10 March: Deadline for submission of Member proposals to
amend the Statutes
5 April: E-mailing of Congress Agenda and documents
9 May: Deadline for submission of Member motions
8 July: Publication of all Member motions; Member
nominations for President directly to Congress
International Union for Conservation of Nature
World Conservation Congress 2012
6 September: Opening of World Conservation
Congress
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Congress focal points
• Congress (general)
 Pamela Grasemann/Fleurange Bieri ([email protected])
• Forum
 Sebastià Semene Guitart ([email protected])
• Motions
 Constanza Martinez ([email protected])
• Accreditation and voting
 Véronique Zurcher/Grégory Schwendeler
([email protected])
• Sponsored delegates
 Your Membership Focal Point
• Press
 Global Communications ([email protected])
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Thank you!
Kamsa hamnida!
감사합니다
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