With the conclusion of Anna de Ouserad's two-year term as the Director-General of the World Educational and Cultural Organization, it is now time for the group's members and board to elect a new leader who will hold office until 2022. Who the 23rd official WECO Director-General will be, and what direction they will take the organization in remains to be seen. Whilst the sitting Director-General may campaign for a second term, they are usually challenged in their pursuit of another mandate. Only one Director-General of the group, Silas Lund, has served more than one term.
Delegates from each of the regional offices of the World Educational and Cultural Organization will now have the opportunity to submit their nominations for the new Director-General. These individuals will be cordially invited to participate in a number of events in which they may put their case forward to the various members of the organization.
With the conclusion of campaigning each national delegation to the World Educational and Cultural Organization will be empowered to submit their votes for their preferred candidate. The organization operates a two-round voting system which will see the two most popular candidates from the first round go head-to-head in a final vote to decide who will govern the organization for the coming years.
List of candidates:
- Kévin Dubois - Midrasia
- Kirsikka Huomalainen - Crylante
- Anton Kaveter - Aleia
- Herman Lund - Navack
- Arabel Moreno - Vidoria
- Martin ú Brian - Cuirpthe
- Apollo Verdi - Atresca
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Location:
This year's World Educational and Cultural Organization Congress will take place in the Gwennpalez in Vaellenia, Midrasia. The refurbished 16th century palace was the holiday retreat of the old Midrasian royal family. Nestled in the hills of the Vaellenian forests near lake Baud, this palace is sure to provide the peace and quiet necessary for the various candidates to gather their notes and organise their campaign platforms.
Candidates and their entourages will be provided with rooms within the palace and are free to roam its grounds for the duration of their stay. Meals will be provided between 6:00-10:00 for breakfast, 12:00-14:00 for lunch, and 17:00-19:00 for dinner. During lunch and evenings, rooms within the palace will be provided for guests to socialise though they are also free to roam the palace grounds.
Members of the media will not be permitted to stay within the palace, though will be provided entry for official speeches and media events from 10:00. Media personnel will be required to leave the property by 17:00. Other than officially designated attendees, public access to the site will be prohibited for the duration of the congress.
Event Timeline:
Day One
- Arrival & Greetings
- Main hustings
- First round voting
- First round results
- Lunch Break
- Final Speeches
- Final vote
- Final results
- Inaugeration ceremony
OOC:
Participants are now encouraged to post outlining their candidate's arrival at the WECO congress. Members of the region may participate either as their pre-applied candidate for the position of WECO Director-General, as a member of their entourage, and/or as a member of the media who will be participating at public events at the congress. News articles providing coverage of the events taking place at the congress are also welcome to provide an outline of events, and different national perspectives on the election. Participants are also encouraged to collaborate and strike deals, such as endorsements or drop-outs with other participants in an attempt to get their chosen candidate to be elected as Director-General. These deals do not have to be cleared with the thread host beforehand, though god-modding such as killing off other candidates is prohibited.
There is no set time-limit on how the timeline will progress, though every effort will be made to ensure a swift movement of events that accommodates each participant's ability to post. Short timeline update posts will indicate when each event during the schedule will take place. Efforts will be made on discord to ensure each participant is kept up to date on the timeline, and consent will be sought among participants before moving to the next item on the agenda. It is advised that if a participant misses a specific event through inactivity that they either provide a post addressing it after the fact, or remove their candidate from the election depending on their ability to continue participating.
Happy posting!