Invitation to non-governmental organisations to express interest in involvement in the CARIFORUM-EC Joint Consultative Committee on the basis of the Council Decision on a Community Position concerning the participation in the CARIFORUM-EC Consultative Committee provided for by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part and on the selection of the representatives of organisations located in the EC Party
Date: 2011-10-25
Institutions: European Economic and Social Committee
Subjects: ACP-EU institution, appointment of members, international cooperation, non-governmental organisation, social dialogue








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25.10.2011   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 312/11





Invitation to non-governmental organisations to express interest in involvement in the CARIFORUM-EC Joint Consultative Committee on the basis of the Council Decision on a Community Position concerning the participation in the CARIFORUM-EC Consultative Committee provided for by the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part and on the selection of the representatives of organisations located in the EC Party
2011/C 312/06
Article 232 of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, establishes a CARIFORUM-EC Consultative Committee tasked with assisting the Joint CARIFORUM-EC Council to promote dialogue and cooperation between representatives of organisations of civil society, including the academic community, and social and economic partners.
The Consultative Committee shall foster social and civil dialogue through consultation on all aspects of social, economic, environmental and development issues as they arise in the context of implementing the CARIFORUM-EU-EPA.
The European side of the Consultative Committee will be composed of 15 members — nine members representing socio-economic actors, four members representing NGOs and two representing the academic community.






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Non-governmental organisations, including development and environmental organisations, are invited to express their interest in being included on a roster of organisations to be involved in the CARIFORUM-EC Consultative Committee (hereinafter the ‘Committee’). Inclusion on the roster is open to all organisations fulfilling the requirements set out in the Council Decision of 16 November 2009 (appended).










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In order to be registered for the roster, organisations will need to provide information with respect to their location, their expertise and the stakeholder involvement they represent.










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The organisations expressing their interest in being included on the roster should also indicate whether one of their representatives would be interested in serving as a standing member of the Committee. In this case, they will have to provide information with respect to the expertise the proposed person has in the areas covered by the Agreement, as well as a detailed curriculum vitae. This information will be made available to all organisations having registered for the roster. The organisations included on the roster shall subsequently be called upon to endorse the candidature of up to two standing members of the Committee from those having expressed such interest. Standing members’ travel expenses and daily allowance related to participation in Consultative Committee meetings shall be covered.










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Organisations included on the roster shall be kept informed of the Committee's activities by the Committee secretariat and will be able to participate as observers in the working of the Committee at their own cost. Modalities for participation will be set out in the Committee Rules of Procedure.










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All applications for registration must be made using the registration form on the website http://spportal/cariforum-eu to be received no later than 7 p.m. (Brussels local time) on 1 December 2011.










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An acknowledgement of receipt of registration for the roster shall be sent by e-mail.