[kictanet] Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN – request for proposals for an independent secretariat

[Alice Munyua]

Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN – request for proposals for an 
independent secretariat

https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/4817665/RFP+GAC+Secretariat+3-12-2012+%28final%29.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1354648630007
https://gacweb.icann.org/download/attachments/4817665/annex+RFP+GAC+Secretariat+3-12-2012.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1354648772838


The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of ICANN is seeking to 
identify a neutral, third party entity for the provision of Secretariat 
Services under the guidance of the Chair and Vice Chairs of the GAC on 
behalf of the membership of GAC as a whole. Secretariat Services for GAC 
is going to be funded by three GAC members (donor countries), and is 
intended to be fully independent from ICANN.

ICANN receives input from governments through the Governmental Advisory 
Committee (GAC). The GAC's key role is to provide advice to ICANN on 
issues of public policy, and especially where there may be an 
interaction between ICANN's activities or policies and national laws or 
international agreements. The GAC usually meets three times a year in 
conjunction with ICANN meetings, where it discusses issues with the 
ICANN Board and other ICANN Supporting Organisations, Advisory 
Committees and other groups. The GAC may also discuss issues between 
times with the Board either through face-to-face meetings or by 
teleconference.
The GAC is seeking to identify a neutral, third party entity for the 
provision of Secretariat Services under the guidance of the Chair and 
Vice Chairs of the GAC on behalf of the membership of GAC as a whole.

It is the intention of the GAC that the organization selected to provide 
Secretariat support for GAC will:
· Manage, distribute and account for funds provided by a group of Donor 
Members of the GAC (the Donors);
· Contract, accommodate, and provide support services and staff to carry 
out the Secretariat services;
· Liaise with GAC Chair and Vice Chairs to ensure that they and the GAC 
are receiving the support they need from the Secretariat services and 
staff to carry out the work of the GAC;
· Liaise as necessary at the direction of the Chair and Vice Chairs with 
ICANN to ensure that support is effectively coordinated


Overall, the GAC’s will receive services provided by both, ICANN staff 
on the one hand (ICANN Support Services basically for communication 
infrastructure, translation services and logistics support for the 
regular ICANN meetings), as well as professional services and staff 
supported by the donor country funds on the other, for specific internal 
meeting coordination, agenda and policy development support (GAC 
Secretariat Services).

Details on the services required are available on the website of the 
Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN.

The deadline for applying is 15 January 2013.
For further information, you can write to gacsec at gac.icann.org.


Best

Alice

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