[CS Bureau] Information about overpasses in Tunis (HLP and Plenary meetings)

[Robert Guerra]

As i mentioned earlier -  i've never heard of them.

These are the general questions that should be asked related to  
groups and/or other structures seeking to obtain an overpass:


- When did they come into existence ?
- where is their web page and/or mailing list ?
- What has their involvement been at WSIS ?
- What has been their involvement in the information society ?
- Have they made any interventions (written or spoken) at any of the  
WSIS plenaries and/or sub-committes
- Have they held any meetings ?
- Do they consider themselves a caucus, working group or regional  
entity ?
- What language do they operate in - Français, Español , English,  
Arabic or Chinese ?
- What accredited organizations make up the group ?


regards,

Robert

--
Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>





On 21-Oct-05, at 11:56 AM, jsarr at refer.sn wrote:

> Bonjour Robert,
>
> Le caucus "PAIX" est coordonné par Mme Ana Leurinda, Présidente de  
> l'ONG Culture
> de Solidarité Afroindigène.
> Bonne réception.
>
> Joseph SARR
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>
> Selon Robert Guerra <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org>:
>
>
>> btw. who is the "Peace caucus - i have never, ever heard about them
>>
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> --
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21-Oct-05, at 10:02 AM, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please find attached our proposition concerning the attribution of
>>> overpasses to CS participants in Tunis (HLP and Plenary meetings),
>>> further to the up-date from ITU on the number of available
>>> overpasses for civil society. We request your comments on this
>>> document before we send it to the Plenary List. You can find below
>>> some clarifications or questions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You can find in this document the requests we received and the
>>> actual repartition, based on the guidelines established by the CSB.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> High Level Panel:
>>>
>>> The CSB decision was: one overpass for each active existing family/
>>> WG/caucus during previous WSIS events in priority, and one overpass
>>> for emerging family/WG/caucus during if available.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> After this, we still have 2 non-attributed overpasses. 2 caucuses
>>> requested an extra overpass (Internet Governance and Human Rights)
>>> and it would make sense to allocate one extra overpass to the
>>> African Caucus with regards to its actual size.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It is up to you to decide to whom allocate those two remaining
>>> overpasses, or if we should give them back to the WSIS ES (for
>>> information, the CSB guidelines stated that: “Any remaining after
>>> this will be returned to the Executive Secretariat for allocation
>>> to other stakeholder groupings.”)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Plenary meetings:
>>>
>>> Taking into consideration the expected number of participants and
>>> the participation in the overall process (priority to existing
>>> caucuses at previous PrepComs), we tried to attenuate obvious
>>> overstatements (Peace Caucus requested 80 overpasses) and obvious
>>> understatements (WG on Finance requested only 8 passes) to compile
>>> the list enclosed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The fact that 100 overpasses would be reserved for host country
>>> participants is a decision of the WSIS CS, and was in principle
>>> accepted by the CSB when discussing overpasses.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We propose to keep 36 passes not to be attributed to any caucus, in
>>> order to have some flexibility with new comers or major CS entities
>>> which are not actually involved in CS structures. This is further
>>> to some concerns expressed to us and on the Plenary list.
>>> Guidelines would be made available later on for the distribution of
>>> these overpasses. Do you agree with that?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Proposed Guidelines:
>>>
>>> We have been asked by the WSIS to forward them our methodology for
>>> the distribution of overpasses. This is why the CSB Secretariat
>>> needs to make sure that a clear method would be used by each
>>> caucus. This is just an indicative general suggestion, based on
>>> Robert’s message concerning the European and North American Caucus.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This could be easily adapted for any other WG/family/Caucus, to
>>> help the coordinator to establish such guidelines.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please send us your comment to improve this document as soon as
>>> possible (please before next Tuesday). Once approved by the CSB, we
>>> will send it as soon as possible to the Plenary List, and included
>>> in a note to be personally sent to each Caucus coordinator.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We will clarify the practical aspect of the distribution of the
>>> overpasses in Tunis very soon.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Philippe Dam
>>> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>>> 11, Avenue de la Paix
>>> CH-1202 Geneva
>>> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>>> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>>> E-mail: wsis at ngocongo.org
>>> Website: www.ngocongo.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership
>>> association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
>>> Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major
>>> objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the
>>> world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global
>>> concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <Information about Summit Overpasses.doc>
>>> <Information about Summit Overpasses [FR].doc>
>>>
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