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Where and when?

Jeju, Republic of Korea: 6-15 September 2012

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What is the World Conservation Congress?

• The ForumSharing and learning

• The Members’ Assembly Democracy in action

 

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Congress structure

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Excursions

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INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATUR

Congress Slogan

The 2012 Congress will explore ways to boost the

resilience of nature to improve how quickly nature

and people adapt to changeNature+ conservation

Nature+ governance and equity

Nature+ climate

Nature+ food security

Nature+ economics

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The Forum: What is it?

Debates and discussions organized aroundseveral 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

• 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 ?…

• Selection of events through the Call for Contributions – proposals to be submitted by 15 October 2011

• On-line process (with several mechanisms to encourage people to partner instead of creating individual events)

• Competitive process (limited number of slots available)

• 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

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8.09 9.09 10.09 11.09 12.09 14.09 15.09

Sittings every day from 8.09 until 12.09 from 8:30 to 10:30 :1. Presentation of a

Programme area2. Current Programme

results3. Forum results4. Presentation, discussion,

adoption of motions

On 8.09 also: Agenda, Congress Committees, amendments to Rules of Procedure

On 11.09 from 7-8 PM also: Medals and Awards

Motions

President/ Council’s Report

Director General’s Report

Commission Reports

Elections

Motions

MotionsIUCN

Programme and Financial Plan

2013-2016

Reports of Congress

Committees (Programme, Finance and

Audit, Governance, Resolutions)

Motions

Excursions

13.09

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Voting rightsMembers 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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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

Submit motions

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BEFORE THE CONGRESSElectronic 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 byo IUCN Memberso 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 Regiono Must not have held the same office consecutively for

more than two full terms

International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress 2012

Important deadlines• 2011

12 August: Director General’s e-invitation to Members to nominate candidates for election30 September: nominations for IUCN Awards15 October: Deadline for submission of Forum proposals5 December: E-mailing of provisional Congress Agenda

• 201216 January at noon GMT/UTC: Deadline for submission of proposals/nominations for elected positions10 March: Deadline for submission of Member proposals to amend the Statutes5 April: E-mailing of Congress Agenda and documents9 May: Deadline for submission of Member motions8 July: Publication of all Member motions; Member nominations for President directly to Congress6 September: Opening of World Conservation Congress

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Congress focal points

• Congress (general) Pamela Grasemann/Fleurange Bieri (congress@iucn.org)

• Forum Sebastià Semene Guitart (congressforum@iucn.org)

• Motions Constanza Martinez (motions@iucn.org)

• Accreditation and voting Véronique Zurcher/Grégory Schwendeler (

accreditationcongress@iucn.org)• Sponsored delegates

Your Membership Focal Point• Press

Global Communications (press@iucn.org)

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www.iucn.org/congress

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