GEF Regional Focal Point Elections North Africa 
30th October 2009  (Click here to download this document in PDF)

Dear Colleagues,

As you are aware, the Elections Task Force of the GEF NGO Network initiated the elections for the position of Regional Focal Point (RFP) in April-May 2009 in your region. The elections were extended following a tie between the two candidates. As the tie remained unsolved even after the extended duration, the Elections Task Force, as advised by the Coordination Committee of the GEF NGO Network, had initiated another round of elections for the two leading candidates vide its letter dated 1st September 2009 to facilitate the election of a new RFP in the region.

You may also be aware that subsequent to the Notication for Elections, one of the candidates ATPNE, Tunisia withdrew its candidature for the post of Regional Focal Point for North Africa. Although there was only one remaining candidate RAED, the Elections Task Force permitted voting for a third round, and submitted their unanimous report to the CFP.

I have the pleasure to declare that Arab Network for Environment and Development “RAED” is duly elected as the next Regional Focal Point for the North Africa Region with effect from 23rd of October 2009 for a period of four years.

I would like to thank all candidates for their interest in the elections and the activity of the Network and all the voters for their participation.

I am sure that the new RFP will be in touch with you soon to discuss how to effectively work in enhancing the work of GEF and the GEF NGO network in your region.

Regards,

Faizal Parish (faizal.parish@gmail.com)
Director, Global Environment Centre – Central Focal Point, GEF NGO Network

The GEF Accredited NGOs
North Africa Region

3 October 2009

Re: GEF Regional Focal Point Elections North Africa

Dear Colleagues,

You are aware that the Elections Task Force of the GEF NGO Network initiated the elections for the position of Regional Focal Point (RFP) in April-May 2009 in your region. The elections were extended following a tie between the two candidates. As the tie remained unresolved even after the extended duration, the Elections Task Force as advised by the Coordination committee of the GEF NGO Network, has initiated another round of elections vide its letter dated 1st September 2009 to facilitate the election of a new RFP in the region. The voting is open to only those GEF accredited organizations that did not vote in the election process in the earlier held rounds.

You may also be aware that subsequent to the Notification for GEF RFP Elections North Africa dated 1st September 2009; one of the candidates ATPNE, Tunisia withdrew its candidature for the post of Regional Focal point for North Africa. Though there is only one candidate RAED, Egypt for the post of Regional Focal Point, North Africa, and the outcome of the elections may be clear, the Elections Task Force in consultation with the Governance Sub Committee has decided to conduct the third round of voting giving due regard to the importance of the process of going through the voting. As there is only one candidate and only two organizations to vote, the time frame for the RFP elections North Africa is being reduced to one week. The votes may be submitted by the 10th of October.

The votes must be sent to the dedicated email set up for the purpose with copies marked to the emails of all members of the Task Force listed below.

The dedicated emails for your region is:

Election-NorthAfrica@gefngo.org

Members of the Election Task Force:

• Jagdeesh Puppala, Chair : ed@fes.org.in
• Felipe Villagran: lacandon@prodigy.net.mx
• Rex Horoi: rex.horoi@fspi.org.fj
• Johnson Cerda: jcerda@conservation.org  , johnson.cerda@gmail.com

You would receive automated acknowledgement of your vote from the system. The representative of the Chair, Elections Task Force, would also manually acknowledge the receipt of your vote.

The message should clearly indicate the name and position of the person casting the vote on behalf of the voting organization, and the name of the organization in the list of candidates the organization is voting for. Please note that the validity of the votes sent from email addresses other than the official notified emails would be subject to verification. Please also be advised that the votes not marked to all the members of the Election Task Force would be rendered invalid.

We look forward to your enthusiastic participation in the election process.

With regards,

Jagdeesh Puppala,
Chair, Governance, Membership and Elections Sub Committee 

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF) NGO NETWORK
ELECTION OF REGIONAL FOCAL POINT (RFP) for NORTH AFRICA

September 1, 2009

Dear Colleagues,

As you are aware, the Elections Task Force conducted the elections for the RFP, North Africa in April-May 2009. The elections were extended following a tie between the two candidates. As the tie remained unresolved even after the extended duration, the matter was referred to the GEF NGO Network Coordination Committee. The Coordination Committee in its June 2009 meeting at Washington DC agreed to the recommendation of the Governance Sub Committee to go for a new round of voting to decide the new representative of the region.

The Elections Task Force would accordingly be conducting a new round of voting to facilitate the election of a new RFP in the region. The voting would be open to only those GEF accredited organizations that did not participate in the election process earlier. This round would be organized for the two leading candidates from the first two rounds of the Elections held earlier in the region. The nomination papers of the two leading candidates (RAED Egypt, and ATPNE, Tunisia) are provided as attachments for your reference.

As the representative of the GEF NGO Network and in the capacity of the Chair, Governance, Membership and the Elections Sub Committee, I am writing to you to invite all the organizations who have not participated in the earlier rounds of RFP Elections in the region to participate in the elections process for the Regional Focal Point (RFP).

We also attach herewith the latest list of organizations in the region and categorized as Active and Inactive members. The organizations listed as inactive in the updated list are yet to update their contact details with the GEF Secretariat and do not appear in the list of accredited organizations on the GEF website - http://www.gefweb.org/interior.aspx?id=114 ). All the organizations that have not updated their contact details and are listed in the inactive category, are requested to submit their updated contact details in the stipulated NGO Update form positively by 10th September 2009 to the GEF Secretariat with a copy to the members of the Elections Task Force. The NGO Update Form is attached herewith for your easy reference.

All the documentation and information requests must be sent to the Elections Task Force by email via the dedicated email address given below and with a copy to all the members of the Elections Task Force. 

North Africa: Election-NorthAfrica@gefngo.org

Members of the Election Task force:

• Jagdeesh Puppala, Chair : ed@fes.org.in
• Felipe Villagran: lacandon@prodigy.net.mx
• Rex Horoi: rex.horoi@fspi.org.fj
• Johnson Cerda: jcerda@conservation.org , johnson.cerda@gmail.com

Mails received by this email number will be automatically acknowledged and also forwarded to all members of the Elections Task Forcé. In case that acknowledgement is not received- please resend the mail with a copy to the Central Focal Point ( faizal.parish@gmail.com ) and the Chair of the Elections Task Force ( ed@fes.org.in ).

The election will take place from 11th September to 30th September 2009 via e- mail and/or fax. One vote per organization will be considered. The votes cast by the candidate organizations will also be considered valid. The votes must be sent to all the members of the Elections Task Force. Notwithstanding any unavoidable delays, the Elections Task force would announce the results of the election process by 3rd October 2009.

Yours sincerely
Jagdeesh Puppala
Chair, Governance, Membership and Elections Sub-Committee
GEF NGO Network
ed@fes.org.in

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