DECISION THE PROGRESS REPORT OF THE ELECTION INTO THE 2nd
PERMANENT ECOSOCC GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Doc. EX.CL/859(XXV)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of Progress Report submitted by the Commission on the process of elections into the 2nd Permanent General Assembly of ECOSOCC and the various options contained therein;
2. DECIDES to adopt option (d) as a basis for conducting elections into the next ECOSOCC General Assembly;
3. REQUESTS the Commission to extend the call for application accordingly for three months and to conduct the sensitization and motivation campaign within the spirit to gather a sufficient pool of candidates for the election;
4. REQUESTS the Commission to re-prioritize available resources to support the requirements of the sensitization and motivation campaign;
5. DIRECTS the Commission that in the event of not securing a sufficient pool of candidates to conduct elections for a full General Assembly, an Interim Assembly be elected for two-year period before the end of 2014 to enable it attend to the urgent and outstanding matters, including those relating to strengthening the Statutes, working methods, Rules of Procedure and electoral processes;
6. DECIDES to retain the eligibility criteria contained in Article 6 (6) of the ECOSOCC Statutes that 50% of the financing resources of CSOs must be derived from internal sources;
7. CALLS FOR an in-depth study or audit exercise regarding the functioning of ECOSOCC since its inception to produce appropriate recommendations on ways and means to revamp the operations of the organ, including a review of the Statutes, Rules of Procedure and models of representation that would support the principle of African ownership.