[CS Bureau] Hammamet - Participation of Think Tanks - CSB

Tue Jun 8 17:32:55 BST 2004

Dear Renate:

Thank you for all of your messages and information.  Unfortunately, I
personally will not be able to attend the PrepCom 1 due to the fact that I
will be in Sao Paulo at UNCTAD XI and the U.N. Global Compact Summit in New
York.  We will be sending my colleague Mr. Domingo Tavarez, to represent
Think Tanks on the CSB.  You all know him.  He actively participated
throughout the first phase.

How could we reserve his accomodation.

Sincerely,

John R. Gagain Jr.
Think Tank Focal Point
WSIS Civil Society Bureau
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Representative to International Organizations
Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE)

Calle Capitán Eugenio de Marchena, No. 26
Ensanche La Esperilla
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana

Tel.: 809.685.9966 Ext. 2201
Fax: 212-898-1115

Email: j.gagain at funglode.org
Web: http://www.funglode.org

  -----Original Message-----
  From: bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of Renata Bloem
  Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 2:40 PM
  To: bureau wsis; CS Bureau
  Cc: Tony Hill; Moncef Achour; Rik Panganiban
  Subject: [CS Bureau] Tunesian proposal for the 24-26 meeting

  To Civil Society Bureau

  Dear all,

  NGLS (Tony Hill and Ramin Kaweh)) and CONGO (Renate Bloem) were invited to
a meeting with the Tunesian Ambassador, H.E. Habib Mansour, representatives
of the Executive Secretariat, Mr. Charles Geiger (Deputy Executive Director)
and Mr. Moncef Achour (Program Officer for Civil Society) and another person
for Civil Society to be informed about the Tunesian proposal regarding the
participation of Civil Society in the upcoming Preparatory Meeting
(PrepCom1) 24 -26 June in Hammamet, Tunisia.

  (This will be sent tomorrow to the Plenary, once I have Spanish
translation)

  The proposal contained the following points:

  °     Accommodation costs in Hammamet will be provided for the Civil
Society Bureau     (1 person per family) for the period 23-27 June 2004.
Each family has to identify its own representative

  °     The Tunesian Government will further cover accommodation costs for a
number of    NGOs coming from Least Developing Countries (LDCs), three NGO
participants per   LDC country, each representing a NGO

  °     The list of beneficiaries will be taken care of jointly by the
Tunesians          and the WSIS Secretariat (Division Civil Society)

  °     All other Civil Society participants will benefit from reduced hotel
prices foreseen for PrepCom1 as well as from welcome facilities at the
Airport and     free transfer to Hammamet.

  Excluded from this are international travel costs. All persons registered
to participate at PrepCom1 will receive a confirmation note which allows
them to obtain the necessary entry visa, as well as 50% reduction on all
roundtrip Tunis Air flights destination Tunis.

  It is understood that all participants will have been accredited. See
www.itu.int/wsis

  Participants should contact latest until 4 June

  Moncef Achour

  Program Officer (civil Society)

  c/o ITU-Place des Naions

  CH-1211 Geneva 20

  Switzerland

  Tel.:       +41 22 730 63 65

  Fax.:       +41 22 730 6393

  E-mail:     moncef.achour at itu.int

  Proposition Tunisienne

  Dispositions concernant la participation de la Société Civile à la réunion
préparatoire (Hammamet, 24-26 Juin 2004)

  - Les frais d'hébergement des membres du Bureau International de la
Societé Civile (1 personne par famille) à Hammamet pour la période de 23-27
juin 2004, pourraient etre couverts par la partie tunisienne.

  - Les autorités tunisiennes envisagent la prise en charge des frais de
séjour en Tunisie (Hammamet), pendant la période 23 -27 juin 2004, d'un
certain nombre d'ONG des pays les moins cés (Trois ONG par PMA), à raison
d'un participants par ONG concernée.

  La liste des bénéficiaires de la prise en charge sera arrètée
conjointement entre la partie tunisienne et le Secretariat Exécutif du SSI
(Division Societé Civile)

  - Pour les autres participants de la societé civile qui ne seraient pas
pris en charge, ils bénéficieront des réductions hotelières prévues pour
PREPCOM1, ainsi que des autres facilités d'accueil à l'Aéroport et du
transfert à Hammamet.

  Les frais de transport international sont exclus de cette prise en charge.

  Par ailleurs, la procédure déinscriptions prévoit que les personnes
inscrites pour prendre part à la PREPCOM1 (Hammamet, 24-26 juin 2004)
recevront une motification d'inscription leur permettant d,obtenir les visas
nécessaires ainsi que la réduction de 50% sur les vols directs de Tunis Air
à destination de Tunis et retour.

  Veuillez s'adresser avant 4 juin à

  Moncef Achour

  Chargé des relations avec la societé civile

  c/o UIT - Place des Nations

  CH-1211 Genève 20

  Suisse

  Tel: +41 22 730 6365

  Fax: +41 22 730 6393

  E-mail: moncef.achour at itu.int

  Renate Bloem

  President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)

  11, Avenue de la Paix

  CH-1202 Geneva

  Tel: +41 22 301 1000

  Fax: +41 22 301 2000

  E-mil: rbloem at ngocongo.org

  Website: www.ngocongo.org

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