The information below details the voter requirements for the 2018 selection process. 

The voter criteria was used to guide the development of voter registration forms. Information provided by potential voters was verified against the criteria to determine their eligibility to vote. To be eligible to vote, registrants were required to be:

1. Established civil society organizations, non-governmental, non-profit, and/or community based organization based in identified region.
2. Actively involved in issues relevant to FCPF, such as forests, community rights/development, natural resource management/biodiversity conservation, climate change, and/or REDD.
3. Be based in a REDD+ Country (Southern CSOs) or Northern country

Voting Guidelines

• Each organization may only register once and cast one vote.
• An individual may only register and vote once, on behalf of one organization.
• If an organization registers or votes more than once in a region, the vote cast first will count; subsequent votes will not be counted.
• Only organizations registered to vote will be eligible to participate in the voting stage of the selection process.
• Participants must agree to participate in an ethical manner.
  

Individuals that are nominated for Observer positions should agree to act in an ethical manner during the selection process, which includes, inter alia, refraining from any attempts to interfere with the voting process by registering organizations to vote that are not involved in REDD+/forest issues or creating new organizations for the sake of getting more votes, to collude with or trade votes with other candidates, or to seek to tell any member of their constituency how they should vote.