Recap of latest requirements mentioned on the CCWG accountability list (edit including Kavouss input Jan 30)
Type of requirement | Requirement or issue to be considered | Work party |
Decision making | Equal weights for SO/ACs ? Or would certain stakeholders be considered differently ? Which stakeholders (based on our definitions of stakeholders) would be included ? | WP1 / WP2 |
Decision making | Vote based on SO/AC internal processes | WP1 |
Decision making | Based on consensus as a general rule ? Supermajority (2/3, 3/4, 4/5 ?) ? | WP1 |
Independence | Conditions of independence with regards to the Board (not having been part of Board for several years at time of decision making, or being barred from joining for several years) | WP1 / WP2 |
Mediation | Mediation as first step of review / redress mechanism | WP2 |
Mediation | Designation of Ombudsman to conduct mediation to be discussed | WP2 |
Membership | Is it free of cost ? (impact on inclusiveness) | WP1 |
Oversight accountability | Ability for the respective groups to recall (terminate the mandate of) their delegate or member | WP1 |
Oversight Accountability | Is it a paid or unpaid position ? Participation costs taken charge of. | WP1 |
Scope | Type(s) of Board decisions to be submitted to prior approval, or that could be overturned Need to be careful, on the one hand, not to put any unnessary obstacle for day-to-day functioning, and on the otherhand, not make the Board totally authoritative. Thuis we have to establish some very general criteria for decisions to be submitted to prior approval, or that could be overturned i , | WP1 |
Scope | List of rights of “members” or “delegates” | WP1 |
| Duties of members / delegates | Should we include : In the exercise of their duties, the members/ delgates ( elected or appointed ) shall serve, not as representing their respective communities , affiliated entities nor a region, but as custodians of an international public trust. In particular, each member/delegate shall refrain from intervening in decisions directly concerning the member’s / delegate,s own entities to which she or he is affiliated? | WP1 |
| Instructions to members / delegates | Should we include : No member / derlegate shall request or receive instructions relating to the exercise of her/ his duties for the for the international / global community ( ties ) from any government , civil society, private sector, technical community and Acadenmic or an affiliated thereof, or from any public or private organization or person. Members/ delgates shall refrain from taking any action or from participating in any decision which may be incompatible with their status defined above ? | WP1 |
