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SUMMARY:Facilitating Committee as a governing body of the UNECE RCEM
DESCRIPTION:We\, CSOs from UNECE region\, have started our work to strengthen our cooperation as one CSO platforms in UNECE region since 2016. In June 2018\, a Concept Note and RCEM action plan for the Regional Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (RCEM) was approved after long discussions in the platform. \nWe are currently in the phase of setting up our Facilitating Committee as a governing body of the UNECE RCEM and are looking for 22 representatives – one representative from each of the thematic and sub-regional constituency groups. As members of the temporary task force to prepare for setting up governing body\, we are therefore reaching out to you to nominate a member of your constituency from our region (deadline 30 November). \nWe recognize our own institutional challenges in selection/election process of our governing body – a facilitating committee. Some constituencies are ready to nominate because they have good regional coverage and governance process for nominating. Some constituencies are either not well involved in the RCEM and or have only few countries in their membership\, and have not yet governance process for nominating. In order to provide space for CSOs from our wide region that are not engaged in SDG processes and UNECE RCEM and not to leave them behind we suggest a two-step process for this:   \n\nduring coming month\, identify and nominate constituency representatives – for established constituencies with wide coverage of our countries and with working governance process – deadline 30 November\nduring several  months – mobilize and prepare not yet ready constituencies to send their nominations to the FC. For the new FC – to assist other constituencies in this process– for them to send their representatives  – no deadline- so anytime when they have process they will join\n\nFacilitating Committee: \n1 representative (and alternate) from each constituency and sub-region         \n14 constituencies + 8 sub-regions= 22 members of the Facilitating Committee \nWomen\, children and youth\, indigenous peoples\, NGOs\, workers and trade Unions\, scientific and technological community\, small-scale food producers\, persons with disability\, diaspora/migrants\, LGBTIQ\, urban poor\, older persons\, small and medium enterprises\, civil society FfD group in: \n\n     Baltic Sea\n     Black Sea\n     Caspian Sea\n     Caucasus\n     Central Asia\n     Eastern Europe\n     Mediterranean/South Eastern Europe\n     USA\, Canada\, Israel\n\nThe roles of the facilitating committee are formulated in the Concept. \nWhat we need from you \n\n         A copy of your governance structure\n         You will follow your own governance structure and nominate a member of your constituency from our region to take on this role (deadline: 30 November)\n\nTimeline \n\n         deadline for nominations – 30 November\n         announce facilitation committee – 10 December\n         26 October: finish draft invitation to constituency groups\n         29 October: send to constituency groups\n         30 November: deadline for constituency groups to send us their governance structure & name of regional representative\n         5-7 December: announce the facilitation committee\n         Dec-Feb:  the facilitating committee must reach out to constituencies that are not yet recognised constituency groups (thematic and sub-regional)\, and facilitate their engagement as well as appointment\n         For the new FC – to assist other constituencies – for them to send their representatives  – no deadline – anytime when they have process they will join\n\nPlease feel free to contact nurguldj@gmail.com if you have any queries regarding the process. The temporary facilitating committee will try and answer them as soon as possible. \nYours sincerely\, \nTemporary task force preparing the setting up of a governing body of the UNECE RCEM
URL:https://sdgwatcheurope.org/event/facilitating-committee-as-a-governing-body-of-the-unece-rcem/
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SUMMARY:EESC Sustainable Development Strategies – from Design to Monitoring: Civil Society's Role - 30/11/2018\, Brussels
DESCRIPTION:The EESC continues to advocate for integrating the SDGs fully and urgently into the European policy framework by setting out a vision for a sustainable Europe by 2030 and beyond. However\, achieving sustainable development can only become a reality if all actors take collective action and pull in the same direction. New governance mechanisms are therefore needed to embed participation and engagement by civil society into the design and implementing processes. \nThe SDGs can be implemented both: \n\nas top-down goals\, with governments and institutions providing the driving force\, and\nas bottom-up initiatives by non-state actors and civil society.\n\nAs a representative voice for civil society at a European level\, the EESC is ideally placed to support both. \nDuring the event the EESC will: \n\nexplore civil society’s role in the Sustainable Development Strategies;\npresent several national strategies and processes involving civil society actors.\n\nThe event will also give particular attention to the monitoring of the progress on SDGs\, both at the national and EU level by debating the SDG indicators and potential for their improvement. \nA programme and the online registration form are available on our website. Registrations will close on 27 November 2018 at 18:00. Please note that places are limited. If you have registered but are no longer able to attend\, please email the SDO team.
URL:https://sdgwatcheurope.org/event/eesc-sustainable-development-strategies-from-design-to-monitoring-civil-societys-role-30-11-2018-brussels/
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