What is this voting platform for and what is the calendar for this election?

The Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement, adopted by means of the Decision I/1 of 22 April 2022, establish the Regional Public Mechanism as the channel for electing the representatives of the public in order to encourage and facilitate public participation and to channel their contributions.

The role of elected representative of the public has its roots in the negotiation process of the Escazú Agreement when in November 2014 the public was invited to nominate representatives to the Negotiating Committee. Learn about the current representatives here

At the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties, a new election process was announced in 2022. This election will take place on 2 and 3 November.

Voters can use this platform to cast their votes in an informed manner and learn about all the candidacies for new representatives. 

Check here for the rules of procedure:

https://www.cepal.org/sites/default/files/rules_for_the_election_of_representatives.pdf

ELECTORAL CALENDAR:

(Deadline dates up to 11:59 pm Santiago, Chile time)

·      CLOSING OF THE ELECTORAL REGISTER: 22 August 2022.

·      SUBMISSION OF CANDIDACIES: from 30 July to 31 August 2022.

·      APPLICATION REVIEW PERIOD AND PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL LIST OF CANDIDATES: 1-30 September 2022.

·      ELECTION CAMPAIGN: 1-31 October 2022.

·      ELECTIONS: 2 and 3 November 2022.

Who is eligible to vote in this election?

According to Article 6 of the Rules of Procedure:

1. All persons registered in the Regional Public Mechanism established by the Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties are eligible to vote. (By 22 August 11:59 pm)
2. The closing of the electoral register shall take place 15 business days after this call for elections and candidacies
3. The Secretariat shall certify the persons registered as eligible to vote by the closing date of the electoral register and notify them by sending an e-mail to the address registered in the Regional Public Mechanism.

NOTICE: CLOSING OF THE ELECTORAL ROLL AND CERTIFICATION OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE 

On 22 August at 23:59 Santiago, Chile time, the registration in the Regional Public Mechanism of the Escazú Agreement closed. Only those persons registered by the deadline will be eligible to participate in the election of the Representatives of the Public and to be nominated as candidates for representatives of the public.

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure for the elections, the Secretariat will certify all persons correctly registered and eligible to vote in the elections of new representatives of the public.

The Secretariat has notified voters by sending an email to the address registered with the Regional Public Mechanism and invited them to complete their profile on the new voting platform for the elections of public representatives.

Please check your email carefully if you have received an invitation from notifications@citizenlab.co, and accept the invitation and follow the steps to complete your profile on the voting platform.

We remind you that only those who have registered in the Regional Public Mechanism of the Escazú Agreement until 22 August and registered on this platform will be able to vote.

For this purpose, it is necessary to register as a user of the platform through the invitation sent to your e-mail address registered in the regional public mechanism.

*In case you have registered in the regional public mechanism with an email address that is no longer operational, please send an email to secretaria.escazu@cepal.org to modify your contact email in the invitation to the platform, indicating your name and surname with which you registered and your new email address. Remember that your registration in the regional public mechanism must be updated by yourself.

If you have any doubts or problems, please write to secretaria.escazu@cepal.org

Thank you!

Secretariat of the Escazú Agreement | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean