delegations iv kam prague 3rd to 7th september 2014
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Institutional relations
Institutional Relations are relations with governmental or non-governmental organisations, public administrations, private institutions, universities or other higher education institutions.
Approaches to international institutions are coordinated by ELSA International -> responsibility to inform
International Institutional Study Visits
Special status as NGO
ELSA Delegations
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What are delegations?
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ELSA’s special status:
• UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
• UN ECOSOC (UN Economic and Social Council)
• UNCITRAL (UN Commission on International Trade Law)
• Council of Europe
• World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
• Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC)
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ELSA Delegations
• ELSA Delegations represent ELSA in the meetings and sessions of international organisations
• ELSA Delegations consist of members of ELSA or an alumni organisation who have applied for the delegation and have been appointed by the International Board
• ELSA Delegations are regulated in the Decision Book under Institutional Relations and in the Guidelines for the selection of ELSA Delegations
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Delegations
UNCITRAL United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
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Who can be appointed for an ELSA Delegation to a meeting of an international organisation:
• ELSA Member
• ELS (ELSA Lawyers Society) member
It is up to the discretion of ELSA International to appoint the members of the Delegation, using the principles of objectivity, neutrality and equality
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Procedure
CALL• EI opens the call app. 2 months before
delegation takes place• E mail, WEB, Facebook• Group calls
PROMOTION• Takes approx. 2 weeks -1 month
APPOINTMENT • Director for Delegations sends recommendations• IB considers them and appoints 5 delegates and
HOD• ACs inform delegates and all applicants
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• Informing the network about the appointed delegates and delegation;
• Creating a discussion group for the appointed delegation and moderating the discussion in order to ensure good level of preparation for the delegation;
• Contacting the institutions in order to provide the delegates with the needed materials and permissions;
• After the session providing the delegation with information about reporting;
• Making sure that the report is sent and helping out if needed;
• Publishing the report of the delegation;• Follow up in terms of contacts established by
the delegation during the meeting.
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Responsibilities of local and national officers?
• Promotion• Providing information• Checking membership• ELSA general knowledge
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Task description of the Delegates
• Represent ELSA International in a professional manner;
• Be academically well-prepared;
• Observe the proceedings of the event, attend all meetings and prepare working materials if requested;
• Carry out legal research in the framework of the events on the legal topics;
• Distribute revised editions of relevant ELSA materials to other delegations and organizations;
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•Inform ELSA International in advance of any official positions of statements the Delegation wishes to make;
• Attend briefings and meetings organized by the Head of Delegation and report all activities carried out;
• Forward all the contacts made during the event to ELSA International to ensure that the Network can benefit from them;
• Give feedback to ELSA by a. Submitting a survey to ELSA
International within a two weeks after the end of the event;
b. Being available to give a presentation to requesting Local Groups in the applicant's country.
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Tools and Support
• Guidelines
• Delegation Team
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Development
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Development
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Statistics per country
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Delegation Team• Director for Delegations:
• Research delegation opportunities within organisations in which ELSA has a special status
• Communicate with the Academic Coordinators for Delegations• Promote Delegations to the Network• Collect surveys from ELSA Delegations
• Coordinators for institutions:• Academic preparations • Practical support• Promotion• Recommendations on events for LGs and NGs
• Advisory Board for Delegations:• offer their input, ideas and expert advise on ELSA Delegations issues• contribute to the better access, coverage and quality of ELSA Delegations• support Academic Coordinators in preparing a Delegation in case the topic
of the session falls within the major field of expertise of one of the members
• suggest new possible institutions to cooperate with also indicating the procedure to do so
• assist in updating the Delegations handbook and the different documents of support for Delegations.