Handbook English - Earth Charter Initiative

8. Set major policies and strategic guidelines for Earth Charter International and approve major plans and
partnerships. The executive director and senior management team will bring their recommendations for
new policies, strategic guidelines, and partnerships to the Council for approval.
9. Undertake long-range planning, working together with the executive director and senior management
team.
10. Approve a resource mobilization strategy to meet the financial needs of Earth Charter International and
actively support the efforts of Earth Charter International to mobilize financial and other resources.
11. Promote and monitor an ongoing worldwide, cross cultural dialogue on the Earth Charter and global
ethics. Ensure that criticisms and misinterpretations of the Charter are carefully analyzed and that
appropriate responses are made to attacks on, or misinformation about, the Earth Charter when a
response will serve a good purpose from the perspective of the mission of the Earth Charter Initiative.
12. Ensure that the Earth Charter, the Earth Charter Initiative logo, and the titles “Earth Charter
International” and “Earth Charter Initiative” have appropriate legal protection.
13. Provide leadership that keeps the activities of the Council, Earth Charter International, and Earth
Charter Initiative in accord with the values of the Earth Charter.
14. Confirm appointment of Earth Charter Ambassadors who have been nominated by the executive
management team or Council members.
15. Keep well informed regarding the activities of Earth Charter International and the Earth Charter
Initiative.
16. Attend regularly scheduled meetings of the Council.
17. Provide leadership and support for Earth Charter activities locally and regionally and, as appropriate,
globally.
18. Be available to provide advice to the Earth Charter International staff.
19. Ensure that the Earth Charter Commission receives the annual report of Earth Charter International
and is kept informed of major developments, especially with reference to the dialogue and debate
surrounding the Earth Charter document.
20. Prepare and revise as appropriate a set of guidelines for the organization and operation of the Council.
Council Rotation Plan
Council members are elected by the ECI Council to serve a three-year term, and they may be reelected for
one additional three-year term, after which they are not eligible to be reelected as a Council member for one
year. The first terms of the founding members of the Council have been designed to end on different years in order
to ensure some continuity of membership on the Council. The years the Council members’ first and second term
expire are listed below.
2008 (end of first term)
Mateo Castillo (Mexico)
Rick Clugston (United States)
Marianella Curi (Bolivia)
Camila Argolo Godinho (Brazil)
Zainab Bangura (Sierra Leone)
Wakako Hironaka (Japan)
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