[CS Bureau] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up meetings - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

English / Français

Dear Philippe and everybody

Thanks for underlinign again this series of meetings that
are going to be very important.
The next action lines meetings at UNESCO
are going to be very important for bridging
the digital divide.

> -          Action Line Facilitation meetings organised by UNESCO in 
> October 2006;

> */Action Line Facilitation meetings convened by UNESCO – 16-22 October 
> 2006, Paris and Beijing/*
> 
Contrary to the previous action lines meetings where only informal
exchange were held, these meetings have a more organizational
and political nature.

In fact, for all the action lines, we have on the agenda :
( for e-science, there is no publicized agenda, but it is written
in the invitation letter )

4.Initial sharing by stakeholders of their respective actions and
priorities in the implementation of the Action Line C31

5.Modalities of the implementation of Action Line C3
a)Terms of reference of the Action line multi-stakeholder team
b)Terms of reference of the facilitator/moderator
c)Designation of a facilitator/moderator of the multi-stakeholder team
d)Activities of multi-stakeholder team and the expected outcomes
e)Miscellaneous

and only available for the C3 action line,
  in the english version whose text is different from
the french version !

Annex to the Provisional Agenda:
Proposed Modalities for Discussion under Items 4 and 5

A. Introduction
Given the breadth of the topics covered under Action Line C3,
it is necessary to identify and establish sub-working groups
on specific topics of the Action Line C3.
The preliminary proposal of sub-topics has been made by UNESCO
and is contained in the document
“Working methods of the multi-stakeholder team on Action Line C3”. While
UNESCO seeks to keep the discussion on initial sharing among the
stakeholders open and flexible, it seems important
to set up some modalities in order to shape the discussion
towards the establishment of these sub-topics and the identification
of group members taking into account the varied expertise
and priorities among the stakeholders.

B. Proposed Modalities for Discussion
Given the large number of stakeholders attending the first Consultation
Meeting,
the following modalities are proposed to assure the participation
of all stakeholders in an effective and inclusive discussion:
1. UNESCO will act as a moderator for the discussion, aiming at a
consensual agreement
on each issue by all stakeholders attending the meeting.
2. If no such consensual agreement can be reached on a given issue,
an open vote by hand sign may be initiated.
The vote will be decided by a simple majority of votes.
3. In the Item 4, stakeholders who take the floor are invited to focus
their comments on:
(a) the proposed clustering of sub-topics
(by suggesting a new sub-topic or the merger of the initially proposed
sub-topics);
(b) their priorities among and within the sub-topics;
(c) the sub-topic(s) where the stakeholder can take an active role
either as a focal point or a group member.
4. The resulting list of initial sub-topics with possible names
of stakeholders will be used as a basis to establish
the working methods of the multi-stakeholder team (Item 5 d).

Other procedural issues

Many documents are available only in English
and only with the non-interoperable word format.
PDF a proprietary, but interoperable format
should be preferred.

Keeping in line with the Geneva spirit, and considering
the political nature of those meetings,
it suggested to held Civil Society plenary meetings
at UNESCO, so that Civil Society ( at least those
being there, but those who are unable to attend are
welcome to post their input )

just after the end of the UNESCO meeting

Monday 16, CS plenary 16H45 - 19H30
after the action line meeting
C3 "Access to Knowledge" de 10H - 17H30

Tuesday 17, French CS plenary 16H45 à 19H30
after the
Action Line C10 ''Ethical dimension of the Information Society''
( 10h – 17h30 )
in // other national or regional or thematic CS meeting could be held.

Wednesday 18, CS plenary 16H45 à 19H30
after the
Action Line C7 ''E-learning''
( 10h – 17h30 )

Thursday 19, after the Action Line C9 ''Media''
national or regional or thematic CS meetings could be held

These plenaries could vote motion of support to ACSIS request
to ensure a more incluse participation from CS from
developing countries and to organize panels where
people can be invited ( UNESCO has no other means to
finance trips other than to invite speakers ).

It is important that these plenaries be organized at the
initiative of the CSB, since it is a procedural matter.
Therefore, they should be announced either by the
CSB executive secretariat, or by me, but with
the assent of the CSB.

Since I live at a walking distance from UNESCO, and know
rather well the staff, I am volunteering to act as
the CSB liaison to book the rooms for the plenaries,
and collect requests from other parties to book the rooms
for other meetings.

All the best

Francis


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FRANCAIS ( partiel )

Bonjour

Les prochaines réunions de l'UNESCO seront très importantes
pour combler le fossé numérique.

Contrairement aux réunions précédentes des lignes d'action
à Genève, où n'a eu que des discussions, dans
les prochaines réunions de l'UNESCO, il y avoir des choix politiques
et des selections de personnes, comme on peut le
retrouver dans tous les agendas :

5.Présentation des actions et des priorités des multi-partie prenantes 
en vue de la mise en œuvre de la grande orientation C3

6. Modalités de mise en œuvre de la grande orientation C3
a)    Termes de référence de l’équipe multipartenaire
b)      Termes de référence du coordinateur/modérateur
c)      Désignation d’un coordinateur/modérateur de l’équipe multipartenaire
d)      Activités de l’équipe multipartenaire et résultats attendus
e)      Divers

Dans la ligne C3, il y a une annexe dispo uniquement dans
la version anglaise qui donne des indications supplémentaires
où il est prévu des votes à main levée à la majorité simple.


Autres problèmes procéduraux

L'agenda de C9 media et l'annexe du C3
ne sont disponibles qu'en anglais

tous les documents sont sous format propriétaire secret word.

Pour renouer avec l'esprit de Genève, et considerant
la nature très politique de ces réunions
( ce ne seront pas des forums de bla bla )
il est proposé de tenir des plénières
juste après la fin des réunions de l'UNESCO

Le lundi 16, une plenière de la SC de 16H45 à 19H30
juste après la réunion sur la ligne d'action
C3 "Accès à la Connaissance" de 10H - 17H30

le Mardi 17, une plénière de la SC France de 16H45 à 19H30
juste après la réunion sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C10 ''Ethical dimension of the Information Society''
e 10h – 17h30
en // d'autres réunions regionales et thématiques seraient possibles.

le Mercredi 18, une plénière de la SC de 16H45 à 19H30
juste après la réunion sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C7 ''E-learning''
(10h – 17h30)

le Jeudi 19, juste après la réunion sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C9 ''Media''
une plénière de la SC Europe ??? ,
en // d'autres réunions regionales seraient possibles.

Ces plénières pourraient faire des motions de soutien
aux demandes de l'ACSIS pour permettre une participation
plus inclusive de la société civile des pays en devellopement.
Il faut savoir que l'UNESCO ne peut financer la participation
d'individus à une réunion, mais elle peut financer des panels,
des tables rondes dont elle peut alors inviter les orateurs.
Ce qui aurait pu etre fait mais n'a pas été fait.

Il est important que ces plénières soient organisé à
l'initiative du CSB, dès lors que c'est une question de procédure,
Aussi, elles doivent annoncer par le secrétariat executif,
ou par moi, mais avec l'assentiment du CSB.

Tous les groupements regionaux ou thématiques de la société
civile sont invités à faire leurs propres réunions.
Je pourrais centraliser les demandes de salles.

Comme j'habite à proximité pedestre de l'UNESCO,
et connais assez bien le staff, je me porte volontaire
pour agir en tant que liaison du CSB pour réserver
les salles et collecter les demandes d'autres groupes
pour tenir des réunions.

Bien cordialement

Francis



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Francis F. MUGUET  Ph.D
World Tour of the Information Society (WTIS)
muguet at wtis.org

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World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society Working Groups
Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair
Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
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