[CS Bureau] WSIS Asia Meeting 11-13th Oct

Fri Aug 27 04:51:35 BST 2004

Hi Adam!

Actually I only found it because I looked up the WSIS website for the dates
of Prepcom 2 the other day during a Youth Caucus teleconference and found
this whole list of events :)

http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/index.html#regional

I have not received any notification from the Secretariat about it (or
anything else for that matter).

It is unfortunate timing. I also received a notice today from the GKP which
says their "South Asia Regional Meeting will be hosted by the M.S
Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai on 13 October" - Rinalia/Kwan not
sure whether the WSIS meeting schedule will impact that..?

Anyway, I will be enroute from Australia to another meeting in London and am
probably able to go via Bangkok, so it works quite well for me at least :)

Cheers
Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Adam Peake
Sent: August 27, 2004 1:38 PM
To: bureau at wsis-cs.org; nick at takingitglobal.org
Cc: iza at anr.org
Subject: Re: [CS Bureau] New Youth Caucus Facilitators

Nick, thanks for all you've done, and hope to see you in Bangkok.

And Hi to the new facilitators (come and help us struggle with Internet
governance!)

A question about the Asian regional meeting: how did you hear about this?
It seems to have slipped in unnoticed.  Very much unnoticed (trying not to
sound annoyed :-) and the meeting is now about 7 weeks away.

"Asia-Pacific: 11-13 October 2004, Bangkok (Thailand). The conference will
be followed by four sub-regional conferences leading to a second session of
the Regional Conference to be held in 2005 (date and venue TBD)."

<http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/index.html#regional>

Little annoying, not least because the 2nd Asian Civil Society Forum
(ACSF) organized by CONGO will be held in Bangkok one month later.

Thanks,

Adam

>Hi Civil Society Bureau,
>
>I have now stepped down as facilitator of the WSIS Youth Caucus. Below 
>I am pasting a message from the new facilitators of the Youth Caucus 
>which was sent to the Youth caucus mailing list.
>
>It has been wonderful working with all of you throughout the WSIS 
>process so far. I will still remain involved in a smaller way (I'll 
>probably be at the upcoming WSIS Asia meeting in Thailand), and I hope 
>that we might collaborate again on other things too! You can of course 
>continue to contact me at nick at takingitglobal.org or 
>nick at nickmoraitis.com. I remain working with TakingITGlobal on several
other projects.
>
>Robert Guerra/others: can you update your records to make Titilayo your 
>Bureau Focal Point? (takinsanmi at wsisyouth.org) and add her to this 
>mailing list?
>
>All the best,
>Nick Moraitis
>
>--
>
>From: Titilayo Olujumoke Akinsanmi
>Subject: Thanks & Proposed Plan of Action From New Facilitators 
>[delete]
>Sent: August 25, 2004 @ 11:52 AM EST
>
>
>We sincerely thank the entire membership of the WSIS Youth Caucus 
>Selection Committee for giving us this opportunity and believing in our 
>leadership competencies to serve as Facilitators of the vibrant WSIS 
>Youth Caucus as we all work towards Tunis 2005.
>
>We extend our highest commendation to the team at Taking IT Global, 
>especially Nick Moraitis and Alex Fielding, for their excellent 
>leadership of and unparalleled devotion to the WSIS Youth Caucus in the 
>long road to Geneva 2003. We also use this opportunity to thank the 
>long list of institutional partners, which cuts across governments, 
>donor agencies, international organizations and youth networks for 
>their commitment to and support of the WSIS Youth Caucus as a vibrant 
>partner in creating and utilising digital opportunities for all; its 
>vision; and the recognition this has brought at the global, regional 
>and national levels of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)
policy-setting and decision-making.
>
>The road to Tunis 2005 is filled with excitement, varied challenges and 
>opportunities for collaboration. We call upon all young people of the 
>world, especially every single member of the WSIS Youth Caucus, to work 
>and partner with us in building an even more vibrant, more cohesive 
>Youth Caucus. Now is the perfect time for us to unite even stronger to 
>show the world that young people indeed are "empowered as learners, 
>developers, contributors, entrepreneurs and decision-makers" in 
>creating "a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information
Society".
>
>As we gear up towards Tunis 2005, we, as the Facilitators, envision a 
>WSIS Youth Caucus that works in unity amidst diversity, collaborates 
>with a commitment to real action and functions based on transparency, 
>teamwork, mutual respect and partnerships. We commit ourselves to 
>acting with utmost professionalism, maturity and accountability in the 
>process of realizing this vision with your active participation. Our 
>work and operational strategies will be based on the principles of 
>openness, broad consultation and inclusiveness.
>
>ACTION PLAN
>
>Top on the list of Actions to be implemented is the setting up of an 
>informal Advisory Committee that will comprise of people committed to 
>the success of the WSIS Youth Caucus in the Tunis Phase. This Advisory 
>Committee will serve to guide us in planning and implementing our 
>operational and networking strategies, and in our partnership-building 
>efforts towards and after Tunis 2005.
>
>In the coming weeks, we will issue calls for participation in our 
>mailing list aiming to establish a multi-disciplinary "Issues Working 
>Group" that will draft Youth Caucus policy briefs and statements on 
>issues emerging from the Tunis process. When deemed appropriate and 
>strategic, the WSIS Youth Caucus will actively engage in consultations 
>relating to, among others, Internet Governance and ICT financing
mechanisms.
>
>We will likewise focus on and ensure the empowerment, engagement and 
>active participation of young girls and women in the Tunis Phase. A 
>separate call for the establishment of regional commissions, under the 
>facilitation of regional coordinators, will be circulated soon. We 
>envisaged that networking at the regional level will broaden the caucus 
>membership and ownership, spark project partnerships and support the 
>expansion of the national WSIS youth campaigns.
>
>A beta version of the caucus website, www.wsisyouth.org, is being 
>finalized and will be launched soon thus providing the WSIS Youth 
>Caucus team timely information on WSIS events, projects and 
>consultations in general and as it relates to Youth in particular. We 
>will strengthen our ties with the WSIS Executive and Tunisian 
>Secretariats and solicit their continued support for youth 
>participation, especially through the provision of travel fellowships 
>for developing country youths, in official WSIS meetings. We will 
>intensively lobby governments and other key stakeholders to include 
>young people on their official delegations in the WSIS regional
conferences, the PrepComms and the Tunis Summit.
>
>We will liaise closely, with the goal of reinforcing the existing 
>partnerships, with governments, private sector and other WSIS regional 
>groupings, caucuses and working groups. Lastly, we will work tightly 
>with our Tunisian youth fellows, including the Tunisian Government, 
>private sector and civil society organizations, for the organization of 
>potentially a Youth Forum and Pavilion within the Tunis 2005 Summit.
>
>We lay this Vision and Plan of Action for the WSIS Youth Caucus in the 
>Tunis Phase with the hope that all of us, with the continued support of 
>governments and key stakeholders, will work together in making these a 
>reality. We also reiterate our call for your active participation in 
>planned Youth Caucus consultations. After Tunis 2005, we envisage that 
>this Youth Caucus will leave a legacy for stronger youth engagement in 
>future UN processes and, most importantly, realize the potential of 
>young people in creating digital opportunities and contributing to the 
>attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.
>
>We invite you to send in your comments on these plans and strategies 
>and forward your recommendations to enhancing our collective work 
>towards Tunis
>2005 to facilitators at wsisyouth.org .
>
>Thank you for this opportunity to serve together.
>
>In partnership,
>
>Titilayo Akinsanmi
>WSIS Youth Caucus Global Facilitator
>Email: takinsanmi at wsisyouth.org
>
>Robert Sagun
>WSIS Youth Caucus Policy Coordinator
>Email: rsagun at wsisyouth.org
>
>Luke Cholerton
>WSIS Youth Caucus Communications Coordinator
>Email: luke at wsisyouth.org
>
>
>FACILITATOR'S BIOGRAPHIES
>
>Titilayo Akinsanmi is a young Nigerian woman based in Johannesburg 
>South Africa where she serves as the Program Manager of 
>www.globalteenager.org within www.schoolnetafrica.org. She has, over 
>the last few years, on national, regional and international levels, 
>engaged on policy and implementation issues concerning Youth, Young Women
and ICT for Development.
>
>
>Robert Sagun is concurrently serving as the President of the Youth 
>Volunteers for Sustainable Development (www.yvsd.org). He has a 
>background in economics and works as an independent environmental 
>researcher. He is likewise active in the UN CSD and MDG processes. His 
>interests revolve around environmental sustainability, poverty 
>reduction strategies, ICTs for development and knowledge management.
>
>Luke Cholerton is currently consulting for the UK Government on 
>youth-engagement policies, as part of his work for a UK-based consultancy.
>His background lies in computer programming, and using such skills for 
>social and business development. He is a leading member of the group 
>founding TakingITGlobal UK. His interests are politics (National, 
>European & international), International Affairs, economics & business, 
>and technology development.
>
>
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