[CS Bureau] Provisional Agenda for CSB meetings
Renata Bloem
rbloem at ngocongo.org
Mon Sep 12 14:28:40 BST 2005
Dear all,
Below you find again a provisional agenda, and a revised Orientation
program. Please let us know what you want to add. (I have taken off logos)
Who will be here for the first CSB meeting on the 18th? Please let us know
urgently.
Best
Renata
Civil Society Bureau Meetings
PrepCom3
18-30 September
Provisional Agenda
1. Roll call
2. Chairing of CSB and facilitation of chairing Plenary
3. Speakers at CS slots
4. Press Conference(s)
5. Agenda for B2B meeting(s) (evtl 21/09 during lunchtime)
6. Side-events at PrepCom
7. Mediation
8. Speakers for Tunis Summit
9. Criteria for Overpasses
* Plenary
* Panel
10. Preparations for and logistics at Tunis Summit
11. AOB
Civil Society Orientation Session
PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM 3 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)
Room C, ITU Building, Geneva 18 September 2005
This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary
background information on the WSIS Phase two processes thus far to ensure
effective participation at PrepCom3. It is open to everyone: government
delegations, private sector, civil society and international organizations.
Program of Activities
Time: Event:
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and Introduction
* Renate Bloem (President, CONGO)
10:10 – 11:15 WSIS PrepCom3: Actors, Process and Structures
* Ambassador Janis Karklins (President of PrepCom)
* Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan (Chair-designate of
Sub-Committee A)
* Mrs Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Minister of Communication, South Africa
(Chair-designate of Sub-Committee B) tbc
* Charles Geiger (Executive Director WSIS Executive Secretariat)
* Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break for Networking
11:30 – 12:15 Presentation of State of Art for the Tunis
Summit
* Secretary- General of World Summit on the Information Society
Organizing Committee (COWSIS), Mr Mohamed Hajtaïeb
12:15 – 13:00 Civil Society at WSIS
* CSB Secretariat: Renate Bloem, Viola Krebs
* Methods of Work: Ramin Kaweh, Rik Panganiban
* Content and Themes Group: Tracey Naughton , Karen Banks
* Youth: Titi Akinsanmi
* Cities and Local Authorities Summit: Josu Ocariz, Leandro Ardanza
* WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch for Networking
14:00 – 16:30 Internet Governance
* WG/Caucus on IG
1 What is Internet governance:
a) Short overview how the prevailing ideas in Internet Governance have been
changing over the past 10 years.
b) Origins in WSIS context.
c) How the Internet works, introduction to net architecture.
d) ICANN, what it does, the DNS.
e) Broader issues (spam, interconnection, capacity building, etc.)
2 WGIG report explained.
3 Issues for the PrepCom:
a) Overview of
Sub-Committee A's agenda
b) Civil society contributions to prepcom3
16:30 – 1645 Coffee Break
16:45 – 18:00 Civil Society Bureau
Break out for other Caucuses and WGs
Civil Society Orientation Session
PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM 3 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)
Room C, ITU Building, Geneva 18 September 2005
This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary
background information on the WSIS Phase two processes thus far to ensure
effective participation at PrepCom3. It is open to everyone: government
delegations, private sector, civil society and international organizations.
Program of Activities
Time: Event:
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and Introduction
* Renate Bloem (President, CONGO)
10:10 – 11:15 WSIS PrepCom3: Actors, Process and Structures
* Ambassador Janis Karklins (President of PrepCom)
* Ambassador Masood Khan, Pakistan (Chair-designate of
Sub-Committee A)
* Mrs Lyndall Shope-Mafole, Minister of Communication, South Africa
(Chair-designate of Sub-Committee B) tbc
* Charles Geiger (Executive Director WSIS Executive Secretariat)
* Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee break for Networking
11:30 – 12:15 Presentation of State of Art for the Tunis
Summit
* Secretary- General of World Summit on the Information Society
Organizing Committee (COWSIS), Mr Mohamed Hajtaïeb
12:15 – 13:00 Civil Society at WSIS
* CSB Secretariat: Renate Bloem, Viola Krebs
* Methods of Work: Ramin Kaweh, Rik Panganiban
* Content and Themes Group: Tracey Naughton , Karen Banks
* Youth: Titi Akinsanmi
* Cities and Local Authorities Summit: Josu Ocariz, Leandro Ardanza
* WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch for Networking
14:00 – 16:30 Internet Governance
* WG/Caucus on IG
2 What is Internet governance:
a) Short overview how the prevailing ideas in Internet Governance have been
changing over the past 10 years.
b) Origins in WSIS context.
c) How the Internet works, introduction to net architecture.
d) ICANN, what it does, the DNS.
e) Broader issues (spam, interconnection, capacity building, etc.)
2 WGIG report explained.
3 Issues for the PrepCom:
a) Overview of
Sub-Committee A's agenda
b) Civil society contributions to prepcom3
16:30 – 1645 Coffee Break
16:45 – 18:00 Civil Society Bureau
Break out for other Caucuses and WGs
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
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
Reminder: CONGO Postal Address Has Changed
We will soon be unable to receive mail at our old address at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva. So please make sure to update your records with CONGO's
new Geneva office postal address: CP 50, 1211 Genéve 20, Switzerland. Our
physical office address is 11, Avenue De La Paix, 1st Floor, 1202 Genéve,
Switzerland.
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