The 20th General Assembly (GA) of the ICCA Consortium will be convened virtually on Tuesday, June 4, Thursday, June 6, Tuesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 27, 2024, from 12:00 to 14:30 UTC daily
First published on 04/22/2024, and last updated on 04/25/2024
The 20th General Assembly (GA) of the ICCA Consortium will be convened virtually during the month of June 2024 in a semi-staggered approach. The first two sessions will take place on Tuesday, June 4, and Thursday, 6 June. The assembly will resume in the last week of the month with two final sessions on Tuesday, June 25, and Thursday, June 27. Members and Honorary members may wish to self-organise informal discussions or events on specific topics during the two-week break in between the formal Assembly sessions.
All four sessions of the 2024 General Assembly will be conducted on Zoom from 12:00 to 14:30 UTC. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in at least English, Spanish, and French. Members and Honorary members are kindly requested to register using the link formally sharedvia email by Sara Oliveros López, Secretary of the Council. If you have not received this email, please contact our Administration and Membership Coordinator (xaviera.e@iccaconsortium.org).
More information about the agenda, preparatory meeting announcements, and calls to action ahead of the GA will be posted soon here.
Council nominations
Electing new and returning Council members is one of the key decisions of the ICCA Consortium’s General Assembly. The Council is the second-highest governance body after the General Assembly and comprises a maximum of thirty global and region-specific positions. Several Council positions are open for nominations ahead of the 20th General Assembly, including three members of the Executive Committee (President, Vice President and Secretary) and several thematic and regional representatives (see the list below).
Nominations for all positions are due on 28 May, four weeks before the GA session where elections are expected to take place.
Refer to Section 2 of the Governance Procedures for more information about the Council and Council nomination and election procedures.
Council nomination procedures
The General Assembly may consider nominations and elections for any vacant Council positions or when a current Council member has served a full 3-year term. To stand for election for a Council position, a person must be nominated by (a) a minimum of two existing ICCA Consortium Members in good standing or (b) one Member in good standing and one existing member of the Council. The person standing for nomination cannot nominate themselves. Members of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (especially those who are bona fide custodians of territories of life), women, gender minorities, elders, and youth are particularly encouraged to stand for nomination to strengthen diversity, representation, and intergenerational relations in the Council. For more information, refer to Section 2.4 of the Governance Procedures.
Council positions open for nominations
The following Council positions are open for nominations ahead of the 20th GA. ICCA Consortium Members are warmly encouraged to submit nominations to the Administration and Membership Coordinator (xaviera.e@iccaconsortium.org) as soon as possible and no later than four weeks before the start of the GA session when elections will take place. Council positions may remain vacant until they are filled by qualified nominees through the above procedures. The only exceptions are for the positions of President, Secretary, and Treasurer, which are required under Swiss law and, therefore, must be filled. For more information, refer to Section 2.4 of the Governance Procedures.
| Council position | Type of position | Status |
| President | Global level–Executive Committee member | Open for nominations [incumbent is concluding an extended first term and eligible to stand for a second term] |
| Vice President | Global level–Executive Committee member | Open for nominations [incumbent is concluding the first term and does not intend to stand for a second term] |
| Secretary | Global level–Executive Committee member | Open for nominations [incumbent is concluding the first term and does not intend to stand for a second term] |
| Thematic representative for sustaining territories of life | Global | Vacant and open for nominations from any region |
| Regional representative for Amazon | Region-specific | Position filled on an interim basis through an informal nomination after the deadline for consideration by the GA in 2023; pending formal nomination and election |
| Regional representative for the Circumpolar Arctic | Region-specific | Vacant and open for nominations by consensus of the Members in that region |
| Regional representative for North America | Region-specific | Vacant and open for nominations by consensus of the Members in that region |
| Regional representative for Southern Africa | Region-specific | Vacant and open for nominations by consensus of the Members in that region |
Important notes for the membership
Note about region-specific positions in the Council: In accordance with the Governance Procedures (Section 2.4.1), the nomination of a regional representative in the Council shall be done by consensus of all Members in that region, ideally at a regional assembly or through another suitable decision-making platform that provides an opportunity for all Members and Honorary members in that region to contribute constructively. Please refer to Section 2.4.1 for more information.
Note for Members about being in good standing to nominate someone for the Council: Refer to the Membership Policy and Procedures (Part 2, Section 2.2.ii) to learn more about being “in good standing”, including at least one form of voluntary collective action in the past year.
All current Members and Honorary members of the ICCA Consortium will be invited to access a private Loomio group in due time. In this group, they can discuss the nominees and build consensus ahead of the General Assembly, complementing the live election process during the Assembly. This is especially important for Members and Honorary members who are unable to join the live sessions so they have an opportunity to contribute to the consensus decisions.
