Call for Volunteers for HIC-MENA Electoral Committee

The
current term of HIC MENA will expire at the end of June 2014. The next
four-year term will run from July 2014 through June 2018. The mandate started
in July 2010 of your current representative at the HIC Board, Ms Rajaa Kassab
(Right to Water Forum in Arab Region, Morocco) and alternate Mr. Yahia
Khawaldeh (Dana and Qadisiyah Local Community, Jordan), will expire on June
2014.

In
order to have representation at the Board, an election will take place under
the coordination of an Election Committee composed of volunteers. The EC will
receive full support of Mr. Rabie Wahba, HIC-MENA Global program officer and
from Marie, HIC-GS Membership Coordinator.

Requirements:

·
To be a HIC member of MENA region

·
A minimum of 3 persons with gender/geographical
diversity

·
Dedication estimated to 2 hours/week from March 17 to
June 30, 2014 (15 weeks)

·
Ability to communicate and read English or Arabic

·
No member of the EC is eligible to stand for HIC MENA
representative Election. Nor is any employee of his/her organization eligible.

You
will find in attachment the first draft of the Electoral Process that was
prepared to facilitate the EC’s task.

If
you are willing to volunteer and to contribute to this Electoral Process, send
an email as soon as possible at Mr. Rabie Wahba (rwahba@hic-mena.org) and HIC General
Secretariat (gs@hic-net.org)

Thank
you.

Kind
regards,

HIC-MENA
and GS Team

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Election
of Representative to the Board – MENA
2014

According to
the HIC Constitution and to the current bylaw, the procedures for the elections
in MENA Region could be as follows:

Procedures and
deadlines:

• Constitution
  of the EC: 3 MENA members volunteers with gender/geographical diversity,
  they cannot be candidates
• Set
  of electoral process by Call for nominations
• Identification
  and verification of candidates -3 steps:

1- Each candidate shall be nominated by at least one
organizational Member of the Coalition other than the one to which s/he is
primarily affiliated

2- Reception of written acceptance of the nomination
by the candidates and their organizations

3- Reception of a bio with motivations from each
candidate

• Call
  to vote to be redacted and sent to voters by EC
• Electoral
  process –members sending votes by
  e-mail to EC–,
• Votes
  counting and verification
• Communication
  of the electoral results to HIC Board members

Profile of the
candidates:

• Man
  or woman, member of MENA Region, engaged with Human, housing, land rights
  and human settlements; interested to combine local, national and regional
  contexts with the global approach; interested to represent housing social
  processes from a global perspective in international forums.
• HIC
  Board members are not elected as representatives of their organizations;
  rather they are elected as persons willing and able to carry out the work
  required.
• Eligible
  candidates to Board positions shall be HIC members.
• Candidates
  should also speak English (or French)

Responsibilities
and tasks to be assumed by the elected HIC Board members:

• Subscribe
  to and act in accordance with the objectives of the Coalition.
• Representatives
  of HIC on a solidarity basis, with no retribution (they are not paid).
• Participate
  to HIC Board Meetings and HIC global events with network financial support
  for travel and accommodations (10 days once a year).
• Board
  representatives appointed for a four-year term.
• Board
  members shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.

Nomination of
candidates:

• Candidates
  should be nominated by at least one member of MENA Region.
• The
  candidate has to send a note of acceptance of the nomination.
• HIC
  Board representative and alternate has to be gender alternate.

Voters:

• MENA
  members with right to vote.
• Each
  voter has the right to ONE vote.

Means of
elections:

• By
  email to the EC, in AR or EN