Following the successful Global Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Consultation (IGMS) on GEO-6 held in Berlin (21-23 October 2014), where the structure and process for GEO-6 were agreed, UNEP invited governments and stakeholders to nominate experts to participate in the GEO-6 global and regional assessments.
Governments and stakeholders submitted their nominations for experts to participate in GEO-6 using the GEO-6 IGMS Community of Practice (CoP) nominations portal. Registration and UNEP verification were required to enter the IGMS CoP and access the nominations portal. The nominations portal required details to be submitted for both the nominee and the nominator including areas of expertise and roles in the assessment. Self-nominations were not accepted. The nomination process closed on 31 January 2015 but late nominations were accepted under mitigating circumstances.
Nomination Criteria for GEO-6 experts
The GEO-6 Nomination process aims to identify the best available expertise representing a range of disciplines, and geographical and gender balance, with particular emphasis on ensuring full representation from developing-country experts. Member States and stakeholders are invited to nominate experts and individuals for the various roles in GEO-6 through the Nominations Portal in the UNEP Live GEO-6 Community of Practice. Guidance for the different roles is given below. The deadline for submission of nominations for the various roles is 31 January 2015.
The names, profiles and Curricula Vitae of all nominees will be made available through the GEO-6 Community of Practice (Environment Live online open platform). The identity of the Member State, observer state or institution/ individual making the nomination were required. The Secretariat will not accept self-nominations. The Secretariat can accept late nominations at its discretion. An individual may not serve on more than one advisory body.
The following considerations should be carefully weighed before nominating experts and individuals to the GEO-6 regional and global assessments:
The following criteria should be taken into account in nominating and selecting members to the GEO-6 Scientific Advisory Panel and Coordinating Lead Authors (CLAs):
The following criteria should be taken into account in nominating and selecting members to the CoP Moderators include:
UNEP recommends the following criteria should be applied in nominating and selecting members to the High-Level Intergovernmental and Stakeholder Advisory Group: