From c.bruch at gmx.de  Tue Jun  1 12:30:42 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet? / Qui sera en Hammamet?
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Hi Rik

please ad my name to the List:

Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de

Thanks

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From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Tue Jun  1 15:04:39 2004
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet? / Qui sera en Hammamet?
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Dear 

Please kindly add my name to the list

Ezendu 

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:30:42 +0200 (MEST) christoph bruch 
<c.bruch@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hi Rik
> 
> please ad my name to the List:
> 
> Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Christoph
> 
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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Tue Jun  1 17:25:15 2004
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Info iut spam
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Tue Jun  1 19:50:31 2004
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI- NA Caucus meeting Seattle June 12, 2004
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Dear North American CS et al.,

The North American Caucus will hold an informal meeting on June 12, 2004 in Seattle during the CTCNet Conference. 

We hope to connect with our EU-NA Caucus colleagues in Berlin at the WOS conference to provide input in to the meetings taking place there.

If you are interested in participating in Seattle please contact the NA caucus at n_america@wsis-cs.org

(Please state your name, your organization’s name and location in the body of the email)

 

Thank you,

Amali De Silva-Mitchell

President Vancouver Community Network, Canada

Co-coordinator CS North American Caucus




Amali De Silva-Mitchell  AAT,BSc.(Econ)Warwick,MSc.(Int.Acc/Fin)LSE

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 







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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Jun  2 08:42:33 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 23 June CS Meetings in Hammamet
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Dear Rik,
Can you please be kind and check if i can participate
to the precom.
As of now my association BPEM who did an application
to be registered to the summit has not received any
official reply and i dont want to have any difficulty
with the Tunisian and WSIS officials.
Please take note that i participated to Geneva summit
as member of CSDPTT, but my association (BPEM)would
like to be present in Tunis.
Many thanks
Djilali
Une question à ce cher Rik pour lui demander de
vérifier si je peux participer au Precom de Tunis sans
avoir de difficultés avec les organisateurs, mon
association BPEM a rempli les demandes
d'acccréditation demeurées sans réponse officielle à
ce jour (problème de respect des procédures
d'accréditation peut-être.
Amitiés
Djilali  
--- Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> There have been some questions about the 23 June
> Civil Society meetings in Hammamet.  Plans are still
> being finalized with the Tunisian hosts and the WSIS
> secretariat.  But as of now, it is anticipated that
> there will be a basic informational meeting for
> those new to the process, probably in the morning of
> 23 June.  Then in the afternoon, there will be
> meeting slots available for CS caucuses and working
> groups to have their own meetings.
> 
> As times and location becomes finalized, we will
> inform you.  But do try and be in Hammamet by 23
> June if at all possible.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> 
> ===================================
> 
> En franÃ§ais:
> 
> 
> Chers CollÃ¨gues, 
> 
> Il y a eu quelques questions au sujet des rÃ©unions
> de sociÃ©tÃ© civile de 23 juin dans Hammamet. Des
> plans sont toujours en train d'Ãªtre menÃ©s Ã  bonne
> fin avec les tunisiens et le secrÃ©tariat de WSIS.
> Mais a ce moment, on le prÃ©voit probablement qu'il
> y aura une rÃ©union informationnelle de base pour
> ceux nouveaux au processus, le matin de 23 juin.
> Alors l'aprÃ¨s-midi, il y aura des chambres de
> rÃ©union disponibles pour des comitÃ©s de sociÃ©tÃ©
> civile et des groupes de travail pour avoir leurs
> propres rÃ©unions. 
> 
> Car nous confirmons les temps et l'endroit, nous
> vous informerons. Mais essayez d'Ãªtre dans Hammamet
> le 23 juin si Ã  tout possible.
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> 
> 
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From mueller at syr.edu  Wed Jun  2 12:53:05 2004
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Some thoughts on Internet Governance for Tunisia Prepcom
Message-ID: <s0bd876f.081@gwia201.syr.edu>

Internet governance will presumably be a major focus 
of the rest of the WSIS process. In order to facilitate
progress toward a CS position 

Insofar as the Internet governance caucus can agree to do
anything, it was agreed that we should take the relevant section 
of the Civil Soc Declaration as a starting point, and discuss how to 
modify it. That is what I do in this post. 

A summary of the CS Declaration's main points relevant to IG are:

 * Governments should not take over the ICANN function and should 
not be exclusively responsible for IG

 * The special US oversight role over ICANN and the root zone file 
(mistakenly identified as the "root servers") should end when "the 
conditions for system stability and sound management can be 
guaranteed"

 * There should be "public interest monitoring" and analysis of Internet 
governance-related IOs such as ICANN, WIPO, OECD, WTO, etc.

 * A "multi-stakeholder observatory committee" should be established to 
perform this monitoring and analysis

In terms of modifying this statement, I think a lot of work needs to be done. At the time it was written it probably did a good job of staking out basic CS attitudes toward some key Internet governance issues, both broad and narrow. The debate has progressed significantly since WSIS Phase 1, however, and in its current form the statement does not contribute much.

* At a minimum, we need to correct the error and properly identify 
what ICANN does and what aspect of it is supervised by the U.S. Dept 
of Commerce. The root servers are actually owned and operated by 
independent organizations and have no contractual relationship either 
with ICANN or the U.S. DoC. ICANN does, however, have some MoUs 
with the USG and the U.S. Dept of Commerce does oversee the contents 
of the root zone file. 

* In addition, I personally would want to closely re-examine those 
words about when USG oversight should end; the qualification about 
"guaranteed" conditions for "system stability and sound management" 
sounds a bit too restrictive for me. If a new statement is not to be 
completely irrelevant, a firm position on this issue must be taken

* The "observatory committee" strikes me as an idea who time has 
come and gone. Most of what it was supposed to do has been 
superseded by the SG's Working Group. (Maybe we can claim that 
our call was heeded? ;-) ) 

* A revised statement should take some position on how to deal 
with multiple, overlapping internet governance regimes. See my 
discussion of this in the Internet Governance Project's paper on 
principles and norms http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-UNICTTF.pdf 
 
A more aggressive approach to revision could do any or all of the 
following:

* Identify which of the multiple Intgov regimes are failing, or where 
contradictions or loopholes exist

* Articulate specific critiques and supports of ICANN, e.g. oppose 
the use of Internet resources as leverage for regulation and control, 
and call for consistency of its governance mechanisms with the end 
to end principle; approve ICANN's incorporation of direct CS input into 
its processes, with perhaps some critique of its bowdlerized At-Large 
mechanisms 

* Articulate specific critiques of ITU and address the ITU-ICANN relationship

* Address in a more substantive way the relationship between 
developed and developing countries in governance institutions. 
The current language, which basically says that inclusiveness is 
good, rather begs the question of what institutional reforms 
would actually improve the situation.

* Take a position on IPR and specifically fair use standards

* Take a position on spam control

* Take a position on privacy specifically as it relates to Internet 
governance and surveillance

--Milton Mueller
(with apologies for the monolingualism)




From rkoven at compuserve.com  Wed Jun  2 14:42:24 2004
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Some thoughts on Internet Governance for
  Tunisia Prepcom
Message-ID: <200406020942_MC3-1-83AA-8775@compuserve.com>

Dear All --

In response to Milton Mueller's thoughtful comments on Internet governance,
here are position statements by the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom
Organizations and by UNESCO that should be taken into serious consideration
in elaborating any civil society positions.

Best, 

Rony Koven
World press Freedom Committee


COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING
INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE
WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE

INTERNET GOVERNANCE: DEFEND FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION

The members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations,
meeting in Belgrade for World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2004, issued the
following statement on Internet Governance:

It is becoming increasingly clear that so-called "governance," management
and administration of the Internet will be the central issue in
preparations for the second World Summit on the Information Society. UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan was mandated to direct a study incorporating
the views of diverse interests to be produced in time for WSIS II,
scheduled for Tunis, Tunisia, in November 2005. 

Civil society caucuses are already exchanging message traffic on how to
determine their positions. Many of those groups have histories of favoring
content controls.  Any proposals that threaten press freedom on the
Internet, whatever the source, should be rejected.

It was clear at WSIS I that there was a general feeling among
member-states, including US allies in the European Union, that "Internet
governance" should not be the exclusive preserve of ICANN, the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a California-based company
under contract to the US Commerce Dept. ICANN has allocated Internet domain
names on a neutral, technical basis. It has included industry, NGOs and
international representation in its governing board and committees.

Governments which want to turn responsibility over to an international
body, presumably in the UN system, want to go beyond technical matters to
deal with content questions, like pornography, pedophilia, fraud, hate
speech, etc., in a way that ICANN has refrained from doing. The Council of
Europe's Cybercrime Convention points the way governments seem to be
headed. The United States signed that Convention, but it has a separate
protocol on "hate speech" that was designed to give the United States the
option not to sign onto an element that would clearly violate the US
Constitution's First Amendment.

Under the US-accepted compromise of a two-year UN study to submit
recommendations to WSIS II, a process has begun that will probably produce
a UN proposal for modifications of the Internet governance system. A role
for ICANN should be preserved as part of any new system that may emerge
under UN auspices. Supporters of a free and open Internet should be able,
with the backing of allies like the UN Department of Information and
Communications and the UNESCO Secretariat, to resist any changes that
threaten the free flow of information and ideas on the Internet.

"Governance" must not be allowed to become a code word for government
regulation of Internet content. The intergovernmental debates over two
years of preparations for WSIS I amply demonstrated that authoritarian
governments, which already censor their own Internet traffic, seek content
controls internationally and/or legitimization of such controls nationally.
The system must not be reorganized to permit this on an international level
or encourage it at the national level.

In fact, the Internet's growth, popularity and integrity are based on its
content not being regulated by governments or international organizations.
Bearing in mind that the Declaration adopted December 12, 2003, at the
World Summit in Geneva provided that "freedom of the press and freedom of
information are essential to the Information Society," the following
principles should guide any changes in the Internet governance system: 

1. There should be no controls over content, nor modifications of the
Internet's technical "architecture" that facilitate or permit censorship of
news or editorial opinion. Nor should "self-regulation" be allowed to
become a surrogate for governmental regulation of content on the Internet.

2. The system should explicitly commit itself to respect and to implement
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to the
fundamental principle of press freedom. National or international security
concerns must not be allowed to limit freedom of expression, including news
and editorial comment, in cyberspace.

3. Considerations of "ethics" should not be allowed to become a veiled
approach to introducing or allowing censorship. 

4. There are many forms of communication over the Internet, and it is
important not to confuse them. News, for example, is different from such
things as pornography, pedophilia, fraud, conspiracy for terrorism,
incitement to violence, hate speech, etc., although there may be
newsstories about such problems. Such matters are normally covered in
existing national general legislation and should, if appropriate and
necessary, be prosecuted on the national level in the country of origin.

5. Any legal actions that may arise should be adjudicated in the
jurisdiction where a disputed message first originated, or in a single
jurisdiction agreed upon by the parties to any given dispute. 

The Internet is a major opportunity to improve exchanges of information and
ideas throughout the world. Nothing should be allowed to restrict this
powerful new medium for better communications among people.

#


RE: UNESCO I'net gov. position

UNESCO and Internet Governance - Position Statement - Page  of 


Prepared by CI/INF 


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Internet Governance

UNESCO Position Statement Prepared for the UN ICT Task Force Global Forum
on Internet Governance, 25-26 March 2004, New York


A)      Background      
B)      The meaning of "Internet Governance"    
C)      Issues at stake 
D)      UNESCO's mandate and principles and their link to Internet
Governance      
E)      UNESCO's role in the debate over Internet Governance    

Preamble
The Internet is a major opportunity to improve free flow of information and
ideas throughout the world.  Internet governance mechanisms should be based
on the principle of "openness", encompassing interoperability, freedom of
expression in Knowledge Societies and  measures to resist any attempt to
censor content. There should be no changes in Internet governance
mechanisms that impede  the free flow of information and ideas on the
Internet. The effect of these mechanisms should be to enable greater use of
the Internet by citizens with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

A)      Background
1.      At the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva in
December 2003, Governments requested the UN Secretary-General to set up a
Working Group on Internet Governance, to investigate and make proposals for
action, as appropriate, on the governance of the Internet by 2005. The
request for the creation of this working group resulted from the
controversial discussion on Internet Governance during the WSIS preparatory
phase, where a number of developing countries called for a stronger role
for intergovernmental structures in this field, whereas others advocated
the appropriateness of the strong influence of the private sector.

3.      The history of the development of the Internet, which was
self-governing for approximately 30 years, is highly relevant to the future
debate. The result of the minimalist government intervention was an
inherently private sector run infrastructure based on consensus. UNESCO
appreciates that this is one of the key success factors of the Internet.
The other prominent success factor is the openness of the medium with its
function of enabling the free flow of information that makes it an
inherently democratic and empowering force.
A)      The meaning of "Internet Governance"
1.      UNESCO observes that the term "Internet Governance" has not yet
been clearly defined. For some, it describes the narrow issue of the
management of domain names and infrastructure that are presently
administered by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), a private non-profit corporation under Californian Law. The
prevailing tendency in the current debate, however, is to attribute to this
term a much broader meaning comprising not only technical, but also
ethical, societal and legal issues. Moreover, the term "Internet
Governance" is misleading as it is laden with presumptions about governing
approaches which for some may imply governmental involvement.

5.      UNESCO supports the use of language in this debate that seeks to
clarify, not entrench presumptions, advocating that discussants should
qualify their positions by identifying what form of Internet Governance
they are debating. In analyzing the range of "Internet Governance" issues,
UNESCO considers it appropriate to break these down into categories or
subsets and find the appropriate language to qualify them. 

6.      UNESCO advocates a precise and robust analysis of the perceived
problems with the current mechanisms for Internet Governance before moving
to "solutions". Any measures to address these problems must examine the
different types of Internet Governance.
A)      Issues at stake
1.      UNESCO observes that during the recent debate the range of issues
has broadened significantly beyond technical matters to include societal,
ethical and legal aspects. Many of the issues raised in this debate are
considered by UNESCO to be of crucial importance to the future use of the
Internet, particularly those impacting on the free flow of information,
freedom of expression and recognition of cultural diversity (including
multilingualism), on the Internet.

8.      UNESCO considers it essential in the current debate to address the
perceptions of developing countries, whose concerns must be reflected in
any revised structure.

9.      For UNESCO, an important issue is the interdependency between the
smooth functioning, and openness, of the Internet, and economic stability.
There is also the need to ensure that any Internet governance mechanism is
technically and administratively competent to manage across all spheres.
UNESCO regards as essential appropriate checks and balances to safeguard
this principle and to ensure that management is not only technically
competent, but transparent and non-partisan. 

10.     UNESCO emphasizes the fundamental importance of safeguarding the
openness of the Internet as its historical characteristic and strength.
This is increasingly referred to as an essential element of the
functionality, infrastructure and impact of the Internet. Central to this
principle is the need to resist "capture" or control that takes advantage
of the Internet management mechanisms or structures or that results from
excessive government or commercial intervention.
A)      UNESCO's mandate and principles and their link to Internet
Governance
1.      Historically, and at the Geneva Summit, the term "Internet
Governance" was interpreted very narrowly, referring predominantly to
issues of domain name management. Since then, many of the discussions over
Internet Governance have broadened beyond technical and administrative
issues that fall into UNESCO's fields of competence. 

12.     Key elements of UNESCO's Constitution, such as its mandate to
promote "the free flow of ideas by word and image" and to "maintain,
increase and spread knowledge" are linked to this broader policy debate on
Internet Governance. This debate is also linked to the principles integral
to UNESCO's concept of "Knowledge Societies" (freedom of expression,
universal access to information, cultural and linguistic diversity and
equal access to education) that were echoed in the "Recommendation
concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to
Cyberspace", adopted in October 2003 by UNESCO's Member States.

A)      UNESCO's role in the debate over Internet Governance
1.      UNESCO intends to play a threefold role in the debate:
a)      UNESCO will contribute to the debate on issues within its fields of
competence, particularly the broader "cyberspace" policy issues (legal,
societal and ethical), insisting on robust analysis, advocating precise
language and a depoliticized debate.
c)      With its record of successfully promoting collaboration among
nations and civil society, UNESCO is ready to participate in discussions
(such as via the Working Group on Internet Governance) and to assist those
tasked with the review of Internet Governance to develop solutions that fit
the diagnosis and are long-lasting in that they reflect a wider consensus
on the issues.
d)      UNESCO will continue to safeguard key values like freedom of
expression, cultural diversity and openness. It will advocate that existing
mechanisms such as ICANN, or any modification of these mechanisms, must
reflect the following principles:
?       The inherent openness of the Internet infrastructure must be
preserved and should be conducive to the free flow of ideas and knowledge
through word and image;
?       Modifications must not result in the global Internet Governance
system becoming subjected to governmental control, nor should they
facilitate or permit censorship;
?       There must be a precise correlation between new mechanisms and the
problems they seek to address; 
?       Technical innovation must continue to be encouraged; 
?       Modifications to ICANN or new mechanisms should not inhibit
interoperability, cause  instability, nor should they slow down the
continued technical development of the Internet; and
?       Any global Internet management system or mechanism must be
technically competent, transparent and non-partisan.
Whichever mechanism manages the current responsibilities of ICANN, the
result should be one that enables greater use of the Internet, and thereby
greater participation in the modern information world, by an increasing
number of citizens from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. #





From thomas at thomasruddy.org  Wed Jun  2 15:14:47 2004
From: thomas at thomasruddy.org (Thomas Ruddy)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Some thoughts on Internet Governance for Tunisia Prepcom
Message-ID: <20040602141447.74985.qmail@web41506.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all,
--- Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu> wrote:

> * Identify which of the multiple Intgov regimes
> are failing, or where 
> contradictions or loopholes exist

I have written a paper delving into some of these
questions. It will be published in the coming
months, but a draft version is available now as
"Regime Conflicts at the World Summit on the
Information Society",
http://www.webster.ch/faculty/ruddy/paperorlandoumbruch0329.pdf
  
 
> * Take a position on privacy specifically as it
> relates to Internet 
> governance and surveillance

Here too I have advocated our taking a stand on
privacy, esp. as it may be jeopardized by
"ubiquitous computing" and the "Internet of things."
The latter refers to the "smart tags" that industry
wants to place on practically all newly sold consumer
products. Once they are scanned, these tags will be
networked by Verisign in a way similar to that in
which the dot-com domain is now.  Many consumers want
to "kill" the tags at the point of sale, and wary
consumers may be able to use control devices to
accomplish that shutting off.
Best,
Thomas
> 
> > 
> > Internet governance will presumably be a major
> focus
> > 
> > of the rest of the WSIS process. In order to
> > facilitate
> > progress toward a CS position 
> > 
> > Insofar as the Internet governance caucus can
> agree
> > to do
> > anything, it was agreed that we should take the
> > relevant section 
> > of the Civil Soc Declaration as a starting point,
> > and discuss how to 
> > modify it. That is what I do in this post. 
> > 
> > A summary of the CS Declaration's main points
> > relevant to IG are:
> > 
> >  * Governments should not take over the ICANN
> > function and should 
> > not be exclusively responsible for IG
> > 
> >  * The special US oversight role over ICANN and
> the
> > root zone file 
> > (mistakenly identified as the "root servers")
> should
> > end when "the 
> > conditions for system stability and sound
> management
> > can be 
> > guaranteed"
> > 
> >  * There should be "public interest monitoring"
> and
> > analysis of Internet 
> > governance-related IOs such as ICANN, WIPO, OECD,
> > WTO, etc.
> > 
> >  * A "multi-stakeholder observatory committee"
> > should be established to 
> > perform this monitoring and analysis
> > 
> > In terms of modifying this statement, I think a
> lot
> > of work needs to be done. At the time it was
> written
> > it probably did a good job of staking out basic CS
> > attitudes toward some key Internet governance
> > issues, both broad and narrow. The debate has
> > progressed significantly since WSIS Phase 1,
> > however, and in its current form the statement
> does
> > not contribute much.
> > 
> > * At a minimum, we need to correct the error and
> > properly identify 
> > what ICANN does and what aspect of it is
> supervised
> > by the U.S. Dept 
> > of Commerce. The root servers are actually owned
> and
> > operated by 
> > independent organizations and have no contractual
> > relationship either 
> > with ICANN or the U.S. DoC. ICANN does, however,
> > have some MoUs 
> > with the USG and the U.S. Dept of Commerce does
> > oversee the contents 
> > of the root zone file. 
> > 
> > * In addition, I personally would want to closely
> > re-examine those 
> > words about when USG oversight should end; the
> > qualification about 
> > "guaranteed" conditions for "system stability and
> > sound management" 
> > sounds a bit too restrictive for me. If a new
> > statement is not to be 
> > completely irrelevant, a firm position on this
> issue
> > must be taken
> > 
> > * The "observatory committee" strikes me as an
> idea
> > who time has 
> > come and gone. Most of what it was supposed to do
> > has been 
> > superseded by the SG's Working Group. (Maybe we
> can
> > claim that 
> > our call was heeded? ;-) ) 
> > 
> > * A revised statement should take some position on
> > how to deal 
> > with multiple, overlapping internet governance
> > regimes. See my 
> > discussion of this in the Internet Governance
> > Project's paper on 
> > principles and norms
> > http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-UNICTTF.pdf 
> >  
> > A more aggressive approach to revision could do
> any
> > or all of the 
> > following:
> > 
> > * Identify which of the multiple Intgov regimes
> are
> > failing, or where 
> > contradictions or loopholes exist
> > 
> > * Articulate specific critiques and supports of
> > ICANN, e.g. oppose 
> > the use of Internet resources as leverage for
> > regulation and control, 
> > and call for consistency of its governance
> > mechanisms with the end 
> > to end principle; approve ICANN's incorporation of
> > direct CS input into 
> > its processes, with perhaps some critique of its
> > bowdlerized At-Large 
> > mechanisms 
> > 
> > * Articulate specific critiques of ITU and address
> > the ITU-ICANN relationship
> > 
> > * Address in a more substantive way the
> relationship
> > between 
> > developed and developing countries in governance
> > institutions. 
> > The current language, which basically says that
> > inclusiveness is 
> > good, rather begs the question of what
> institutional
> > reforms 
> > would actually improve the situation.
> > 
> > * Take a position on IPR and specifically fair use
> > standards
> > 
> > * Take a position on spam control
> > 
> > * Take a position on privacy specifically as it
> > relates to Internet 
> > governance and surveillance
> > 
> > --Milton Mueller
> > (with apologies for the monolingualism)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 


From thomas at thomasruddy.org  Wed Jun  2 18:11:21 2004
From: thomas at thomasruddy.org (Thomas Ruddy)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Some thoughts on Internet Governance for Tunisia Prepcom
In-Reply-To: <20040602141447.74985.qmail@web41506.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040602171121.29879.qmail@web41507.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all,
Having just discovered that our campus server is down
today, let me refer you to another copy of my paper on
the server of the Environment and ICT Working Group,
of which I am convenor, 
http://www.wsis.ethz.ch/paperorlandoumbruch0405.pdf

Apologies for the delay,
Thomas

--- Thomas Ruddy <thomas@thomasruddy.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
> --- Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu> wrote:
> 
> > * Identify which of the multiple Intgov regimes
> > are failing, or where 
> > contradictions or loopholes exist
> 
> I have written a paper delving into some of these
> questions. It will be published in the coming
> months, but a draft version is available now as
> "Regime Conflicts at the World Summit on the
> Information Society",
>
http://www.webster.ch/faculty/ruddy/paperorlandoumbruch0329.pdf
>   
>  
> > * Take a position on privacy specifically as it
> > relates to Internet 
> > governance and surveillance
> 
> Here too I have advocated our taking a stand on
> privacy, esp. as it may be jeopardized by
> "ubiquitous computing" and the "Internet of things."
> The latter refers to the "smart tags" that industry
> wants to place on practically all newly sold
> consumer
> products. Once they are scanned, these tags will be
> networked by Verisign in a way similar to that in
> which the dot-com domain is now.  Many consumers
> want
> to "kill" the tags at the point of sale, and wary
> consumers may be able to use control devices to
> accomplish that shutting off.
> Best,
> Thomas
> > 
> > > 
> > > Internet governance will presumably be a major
> > focus
> > > 
> > > of the rest of the WSIS process. In order to
> > > facilitate
> > > progress toward a CS position 
> > > 
> > > Insofar as the Internet governance caucus can
> > agree
> > > to do
> > > anything, it was agreed that we should take the
> > > relevant section 
> > > of the Civil Soc Declaration as a starting
> point,
> > > and discuss how to 
> > > modify it. That is what I do in this post. 
> > > 
> > > A summary of the CS Declaration's main points
> > > relevant to IG are:
> > > 
> > >  * Governments should not take over the ICANN
> > > function and should 
> > > not be exclusively responsible for IG
> > > 
> > >  * The special US oversight role over ICANN and
> > the
> > > root zone file 
> > > (mistakenly identified as the "root servers")
> > should
> > > end when "the 
> > > conditions for system stability and sound
> > management
> > > can be 
> > > guaranteed"
> > > 
> > >  * There should be "public interest monitoring"
> > and
> > > analysis of Internet 
> > > governance-related IOs such as ICANN, WIPO,
> OECD,
> > > WTO, etc.
> > > 
> > >  * A "multi-stakeholder observatory committee"
> > > should be established to 
> > > perform this monitoring and analysis
> > > 
> > > In terms of modifying this statement, I think a
> > lot
> > > of work needs to be done. At the time it was
> > written
> > > it probably did a good job of staking out basic
> CS
> > > attitudes toward some key Internet governance
> > > issues, both broad and narrow. The debate has
> > > progressed significantly since WSIS Phase 1,
> > > however, and in its current form the statement
> > does
> > > not contribute much.
> > > 
> > > * At a minimum, we need to correct the error and
> > > properly identify 
> > > what ICANN does and what aspect of it is
> > supervised
> > > by the U.S. Dept 
> > > of Commerce. The root servers are actually owned
> > and
> > > operated by 
> > > independent organizations and have no
> contractual
> > > relationship either 
> > > with ICANN or the U.S. DoC. ICANN does, however,
> > > have some MoUs 
> > > with the USG and the U.S. Dept of Commerce does
> > > oversee the contents 
> > > of the root zone file. 
> > > 
> > > * In addition, I personally would want to
> closely
> > > re-examine those 
> > > words about when USG oversight should end; the
> > > qualification about 
> > > "guaranteed" conditions for "system stability
> and
> > > sound management" 
> > > sounds a bit too restrictive for me. If a new
> > > statement is not to be 
> > > completely irrelevant, a firm position on this
> > issue
> > > must be taken
> > > 
> > > * The "observatory committee" strikes me as an
> > idea
> > > who time has 
> > > come and gone. Most of what it was supposed to
> do
> > > has been 
> > > superseded by the SG's Working Group. (Maybe we
> > can
> > > claim that 
> > > our call was heeded? ;-) ) 
> > > 
> > > * A revised statement should take some position
> on
> > > how to deal 
> > > with multiple, overlapping internet governance
> > > regimes. See my 
> > > discussion of this in the Internet Governance
> > > Project's paper on 
> > > principles and norms
> > > http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-UNICTTF.pdf 
> > >  
> > > A more aggressive approach to revision could do
> > any
> > > or all of the 
> > > following:
> > > 
> > > * Identify which of the multiple Intgov regimes
> > are
> > > failing, or where 
> > > contradictions or loopholes exist
> > > 
> > > * Articulate specific critiques and supports of
> > > ICANN, e.g. oppose 
> > > the use of Internet resources as leverage for
> > > regulation and control, 
> > > and call for consistency of its governance
> > > mechanisms with the end 
> > > to end principle; approve ICANN's incorporation
> of
> > > direct CS input into 
> > > its processes, with perhaps some critique of its
> > > bowdlerized At-Large 
> > > mechanisms 
> > > 
> > > * Articulate specific critiques of ITU and
> address
> > > the ITU-ICANN relationship
> > > 
> > > * Address in a more substantive way the
> > relationship
> > > between 
> > > developed and developing countries in governance
> > > institutions. 
> > > The current language, which basically says that
> > > inclusiveness is 
> > > good, rather begs the question of what
> > institutional
> > > reforms 
> > > would actually improve the situation.
> > > 
> > > * Take a position on IPR and specifically fair
> use
> > > standards
> > > 
> > > * Take a position on spam control
> > > 
> > > * Take a position on privacy specifically as it
> > > relates to Internet 
> > > governance and surveillance
> > > 
> > > --Milton Mueller
> > > (with apologies for the monolingualism)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> 
=== message truncated ===


From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun  4 17:34:35 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] qui sera en hammamet / who will be in Hammamet - updated
Message-ID: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net>

4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004

Chers Amis / Dear Friends,

Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin 
Prepcom:

Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at 
the June WSIS prepcom:

?	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
?	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
?	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
?	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
?	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
?	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
?	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
?	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
?	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
?	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
?	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
?	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
?	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / 
Heinrich-Boell Foundation   Drossou@BOELL.DE
?	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
?	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
?	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
?	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
?	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers 
viola@icvolunteers.org
?	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human 
Evolution studies  a.loreto@ceu.it
?	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences  
muguet@mdpi.org  muguet@mdpi.net
?	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
?	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
?	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
?	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
?	Dr.Razzaghi
?	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
?	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France 
Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
?	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R?gional de Dakar 
jsarr@refer.sn
?	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group  
christine.wenzel@web.de
	
Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. 
Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:

Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est 
M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:

Moncef Achour
Program Officer (civil Society)
c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Tel.:?+41 22 730 63 65
Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
E-mail:?moncef.achour@itu.int


-- Rik Panganiban
     CONGO
=====================================================
Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
(CONGO)
email: 	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
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From wellings at epic.org  Fri Jun  4 22:53:11 2004
From: wellings at epic.org (Frannie Wellings)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
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english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any 
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia 
is/has been a civil society delegate to their 
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public 
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of 
civil society/governmental interaction and 
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like 
to try and get civil society representatives on 
more government delegations.  It would help to 
know who on this list has been previously or will 
be included in their government's delegation in 
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just 
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list. 
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able 
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista 
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la 
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la 
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a 
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la 
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar 
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir 
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s 
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber 
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez 
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o 
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas 
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette 
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la 
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de 
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC, 
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et 
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour 
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions 
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de 
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement. 
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou 
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur 
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur 
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci, 
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives 
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>*	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>*	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>*	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>*	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>*	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>*	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>*	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>*	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>*	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>*	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>*	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>*	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>*	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation 
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>*	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>*	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>*	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>*	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>*	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
>*	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) 
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies 
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>*	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal 
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org 
>muguet@mdpi.net
>*	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>*	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>*	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>*	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>*	Dr.Razzaghi
>*	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>*	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des 
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>*	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, 
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>*	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the 
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can 
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le 
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on 
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>=====================================================


-- 

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Coordinator, The Public Voice
1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200 
Washington, D.C.  20009   USA 
wellings@epic.org
+1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
+1 202 483 1248 (fax)
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From ljeffrey at bydesign-elab.net  Sat Jun  5 17:08:48 2004
From: ljeffrey at bydesign-elab.net (ljeffrey@bydesign-elab.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
References: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net>
        <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <64703.24.77.194.147.1086451728.squirrel@webmail.bydesign-elab.net>

>
Yes I am on list and was in Geneva as one of three cs reps.
Will be happy to help out, and have discussed conclusions on the
experience several times.
Cannot go to Tunis as we are holding a federal election campaign and vote
on June 28th, and that takes priority in our group, eCommons/agora.Was in germany and Austria recently and had some contact with german,
Danish and Swiss cs reps, so have some further insights based on these
talks.
Willl happily contribute to this discussion, and yes some of us would like
to be in Tunis (or elsewhere) for the next prep com if there is one, and
certainly for the Summit.
Liss Jeffrey, PhD
director
eCommons/agora

McLuhan global research network
University of Toronto



 english/spanish/french
>
> Hello Everyone -
> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> civil society/governmental interaction and
> strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> to try and get civil society representatives on
> more government delegations.  It would help to
> know who on this list has been previously or will
> be included in their government's delegation in
> Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> well-connected to it.
> Thank you, Frannie
>
> Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> to go to Tunisia.
>
>
> Hola!
> Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
>
>
>
> Bonjour,
> Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> Frannie
>
>
>
> At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>>
>>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>>
>>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
>>Prepcom:
>>
>>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
>>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>>
>>*	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>>*	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>>*	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>>*	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>>*	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
>>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>>*	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>>*	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>>*	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>>*	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>>*	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>>*	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>>*	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>>*	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
>>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
>>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>>*	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>>*	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>>*	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>>*	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>>*	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
>>viola@icvolunteers.org *	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
>>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
>>a.loreto@ceu.it
>>*	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
>>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
>>muguet@mdpi.net
>>*	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>>*	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>>*	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>>*	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>>*	Dr.Razzaghi
>>*	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>>*	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
>>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>>*	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
>>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>>*	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
>>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>>
>>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
>>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
>>be reached at:
>>
>>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
>>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
>>peut contacter a:
>>
>>Moncef Achour
>>Program Officer (civil Society)
>>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>>
>>
>>-- Rik Panganiban
>>     CONGO
>>====================================================>Rik Panganiban,
>>Communications Coordinator Conference of NGOs in Consultative
>>Relationship with the UN
>>(CONGO)
>>email:	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>>==================================================--
>
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> Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
> Coordinator, The Public Voice
> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Sat Jun  5 20:10:32 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:43 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net> <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV36aJguKp68L00016de7@hotmail.com>

Dear All, Rik

Please add the names from West Asia and middle east family as follow to your
email list , as participants in Hammamet event.

1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com

Both from ICTRC,Iran.

Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot

regards

Amir


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
is/has been a civil society delegate to their
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
civil society/governmental interaction and
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
to try and get civil society representatives on
more government delegations.  It would help to
know who on this list has been previously or will
be included in their government's delegation in
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
>* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
>muguet@mdpi.net
>* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>* Dr.Razzaghi
>* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>=====================================================


--

-----------------------------------------------------------------
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1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
wellings@epic.org
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Mon Jun  7 03:41:31 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Book Igualdad de Oportunidades - Genero, Ciencia y Tecnologia
Message-ID: <20040607024131.94328.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com>

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From sinikka.sipila at fla.fi  Mon Jun  7 08:44:13 2004
From: sinikka.sipila at fla.fi (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Sinikka_Sipil=E4?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <PEEKIMFLHNFPLMAPCMJEIEAECKAA.sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>

Dear All,

There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish government's
WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in 2003.
I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.

Ms. Sinikka Sipila
Secretary General
Finnish Library Association
Vuorikatu 22 A 18
00100 Helsinki
Finland
tel. 358 9 6221 399
fax. 358 9 6221 466
Mobile 358 400 659 363
sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
www.fla.fi


-----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
L?hett?j?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta Frannie Wellings
L?hetetty: 5. kes?kuuta 2004 0:53
Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
is/has been a civil society delegate to their
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
civil society/governmental interaction and
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
to try and get civil society representatives on
more government delegations.  It would help to
know who on this list has been previously or will
be included in their government's delegation in
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>*	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>*	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>*	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>*	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>*	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>*	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>*	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>*	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>*	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>*	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>*	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>*	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>*	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>*	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>*	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>*	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>*	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>*	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
>*	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>*	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
>muguet@mdpi.net
>*	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>*	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>*	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>*	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>*	Dr.Razzaghi
>*	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>*	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>*	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>*	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>=====================================================


--

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Frannie Wellings
Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Coordinator, The Public Voice
1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
wellings@epic.org
+1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
+1 202 483 1248 (fax)
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From john.fung at hkcss.org.hk  Mon Jun  7 09:08:24 2004
From: john.fung at hkcss.org.hk (John Fung)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <PEEKIMFLHNFPLMAPCMJEIEAECKAA.sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
Message-ID: <002301c44c66$9b38c2a0$d401a8c0@John2>

Hello,

We attended Geneva Summit as civil societies of Hong Kong, might not be
able to attend prep meeting at hammamet coming June, but will continue
to participate in WSIS process.

We are partially funded by the government, but we were not part of the
government delegation.

John FUNG
Director
Information Technology Resource Centre
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
www.hkcss.org.hk
John.fung@hkcss.org.hk





-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Sinikka Sipil
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 3:44 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
of govt. relation


Dear All,

There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
government's
WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in
2003.
I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.

Ms. Sinikka Sipila
Secretary General
Finnish Library Association
Vuorikatu 22 A 18
00100 Helsinki
Finland
tel. 358 9 6221 399
fax. 358 9 6221 466
Mobile 358 400 659 363
sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
www.fla.fi


-----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
L?hett?j?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
[mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta Frannie Wellings
L?hetetty: 5. kes?kuuta 2004 0:53
Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
is/has been a civil society delegate to their
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
civil society/governmental interaction and
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
to try and get civil society representatives on
more government delegations.  It would help to
know who on this list has been previously or will
be included in their government's delegation in
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>*	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>*	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>*	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>*	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>*	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>*	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>*	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>*	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>*	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>*	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>*	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>*	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>*	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>*	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party
geramo@europarl.eu.int
>*	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>*	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>*	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>*	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
viola@icvolunteers.org
>*	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>*	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
>muguet@mdpi.net
>*	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>*	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>*	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>*	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>*	Dr.Razzaghi
>*	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society
saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>*	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>*	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>*	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>=====================================================


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From veni at veni.com  Mon Jun  7 09:36:08 2004
From: veni at veni.com (Veni Markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
  question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
References: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net>
 <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20040607113403.032cfec0@193.200.15.187>

Frannie,
I was like this during the actual WSIS and the last PrepCom2,5 in Geneva in 
December. And it was very helpful and useful - both for the CS and even for 
some governments:)

At 17:53 04.06.2004 '?.'  -0400, Frannie Wellings wrote:
>english/spanish/french
>
>Hello Everyone -
>I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any of the NGO representatives 
>going to Tunisia is/has been a civil society delegate to their 
>government's wsis delegation.  At the Public Voice meeting in DC, there 
>was a discussion of civil society/governmental interaction and strategy to 
>improve that connection.  We'd like to try and get civil society 
>representatives on more government delegations.  It would help to know who 
>on this list has been previously or will be included in their government's 
>delegation in Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just 
>well-connected to it.
>Thank you, Frannie
>
>Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list. It's helpful even for those 
>of us who aren't able to go to Tunisia.


From christine.wenzel at web.de  Mon Jun  7 10:03:21 2004
From: christine.wenzel at web.de (Christine Wenzel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
 govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
References: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net> <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <40C42F59.9060809@web.de>

hey/salut Frannie, Rik et al.,

> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any of the NGO 
> representatives going to Tunisia is/has been a civil society delegate 
> to their government's wsis delegation.  At the Public Voice meeting in 
> DC, there was a discussion of civil society/governmental interaction 
> and strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like to try and get 
> civil society representatives on more government delegations.  It 
> would help to know who on this list has been previously or will be 
> included in their government's delegation in Tunis, or sponsored by 
> their government, or just well-connected to it.

i haven't been a cs-delegate into the governments delegation
je ne suis pas ?te un membre de societ? civil dans la delegation 
gouvernemental.

:D
Christine Wenzel
german civil society coordination group for wsis
Les group des organisations allemandes de la soci?t? civile pour smsi





From dmercorios at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  7 11:18:27 2004
From: dmercorios at yahoo.com (Diana Mercorios)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] qui sera en hammamet / who will be in Hammamet - updated
In-Reply-To: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20040607101827.46723.qmail@web13004.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Rik,
ABANTU hopes to have two representatives at the PrepCom:
Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa (nish@abantu.org) Also of the Gender Caucus
Diana Mercorios (diana@abantu.org) Also of the African CS Caucus

Regards,

Diana

 


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From atanu at takingitglobal.org  Mon Jun  7 12:22:27 2004
From: atanu at takingitglobal.org (Atanu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <PEEKIMFLHNFPLMAPCMJEIEAECKAA.sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
Message-ID: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>

Dear All,
As I know several governments, including Australia, Canada, Switzerland do
include CSO representatives in their official delegation - which essentially
means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly, by the respective
government. Can you give me an idea of the policy and strategic aspects of
including CSO representatives into the international policy making process
and what are its outcome(s). I do have some linkages with the Youth Cacaus
and some members of this cacaus eventually had been part of the government
delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental policy meetings.
Your input would be really appreciated.
Best,
Atanu

Atanu Garai
OneWorld South Asia
New Delhi-110016
Phone: 91-11-51756975
Fax: 91-11-51756976
M:+9871469994
Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR atanu@takingitglobal.org
http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sinikka Sipil?" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


>
> Dear All,
>
> There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
government's
> WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in
2003.
> I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.
>
> Ms. Sinikka Sipila
> Secretary General
> Finnish Library Association
> Vuorikatu 22 A 18
> 00100 Helsinki
> Finland
> tel. 358 9 6221 399
> fax. 358 9 6221 466
> Mobile 358 400 659 363
> sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
> www.fla.fi
>
>
> -----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
> L?hett?j?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta Frannie Wellings
> L?hetetty: 5. kes?kuuta 2004 0:53
> Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
> govt. relation
>
>
> english/spanish/french
>
> Hello Everyone -
> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> civil society/governmental interaction and
> strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> to try and get civil society representatives on
> more government delegations.  It would help to
> know who on this list has been previously or will
> be included in their government's delegation in
> Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> well-connected to it.
> Thank you, Frannie
>
> Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> to go to Tunisia.
>
>
> Hola!
> Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
>
>
>
> Bonjour,
> Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> Frannie
>
>
>
> At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> >
> >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> >
> >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
Prepcom:
> >
> >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> >
> >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
> >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
> >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
> >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
> >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
> >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> >a.loreto@ceu.it
> >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> >muguet@mdpi.net
> >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
> >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
> >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >* Dr.Razzaghi
> >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> >
> >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> >be reached at:
> >
> >Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
> >Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
> >peut contacter a:
> >
> >Moncef Achour
> >Program Officer (civil Society)
> >c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> >Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> >Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> >E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> >
> >
> >-- Rik Panganiban
> >     CONGO
> >=====================================================
> >Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
> >(CONGO)
> >email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
> >=====================================================
>
>
> --
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Frannie Wellings
> Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
> Coordinator, The Public Voice
> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
> wellings@epic.org
> +1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
> +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
> http://www.epic.org
> http://www.thepublicvoice.org
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
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From c.bruch at gmx.de  Mon Jun  7 13:24:36 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <28627.1086611076@www28.gmx.net>

German government accepted one civil society representative within its
delegation. No funding went with this status. For WSIS II German government
will again accept at least one cs representative.

We vote electronically to determine who this person(s) is/are going to be.

Christoph



> Dear All,
> As I know several governments, including Australia, Canada, Switzerland do
> include CSO representatives in their official delegation - which
> essentially
> means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly, by the respective
> government. Can you give me an idea of the policy and strategic aspects of
> including CSO representatives into the international policy making process
> and what are its outcome(s). I do have some linkages with the Youth Cacaus
> and some members of this cacaus eventually had been part of the government
> delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental policy meetings.
> Your input would be really appreciated.
> Best,
> Atanu
> 
> Atanu Garai
> OneWorld South Asia
> New Delhi-110016
> Phone: 91-11-51756975
> Fax: 91-11-51756976
> M:+9871469994
> Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR atanu@takingitglobal.org
> http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sinikka Sipil?" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
> Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
> of
> govt. relation
> 
> 
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
> government's
> > WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in
> 2003.
> > I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.
> >
> > Ms. Sinikka Sipila
> > Secretary General
> > Finnish Library Association
> > Vuorikatu 22 A 18
> > 00100 Helsinki
> > Finland
> > tel. 358 9 6221 399
> > fax. 358 9 6221 466
> > Mobile 358 400 659 363
> > sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
> > www.fla.fi
> >
> >
> > -----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
> > L?hett?j?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta Frannie Wellings
> > L?hetetty: 5. kes?kuuta 2004 0:53
> > Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> > una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> > qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> > incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> > d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> > am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> > soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> > sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
> Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> > >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> > >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> > >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> > >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> > >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
> > >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> > >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
> > >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> > >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> > >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> > >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
> > >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> > >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> > >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
> > >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> viola@icvolunteers.org
> > >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> > >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> > >a.loreto@ceu.it
> > >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> > >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> > >muguet@mdpi.net
> > >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> > >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
> > >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
> > >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >* Dr.Razzaghi
> > >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> > >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> > >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> > >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> > >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> > >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> > >
> > >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> > >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> > >be reached at:
> > >
> > >Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
> > >Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
> > >peut contacter a:
> > >
> > >Moncef Achour
> > >Program Officer (civil Society)
> > >c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> > >Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> > >Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> > >E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> > >
> > >
> > >-- Rik Panganiban
> > >     CONGO
> > >=====================================================
> > >Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
> > >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
> > >(CONGO)
> > >email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
> > >=====================================================
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Frannie Wellings
> > Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
> > Coordinator, The Public Voice
> > 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> > Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
> > wellings@epic.org
> > +1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
> > +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
> > http://www.epic.org
> > http://www.thepublicvoice.org
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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> >
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> >
> 
> 
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Jun  7 13:10:50 2004
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Fullsack Jean-Louis)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
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in french below, without accents
in Deutsch auf Anfrage
lo siento, mi espanol esta demasiado limitado (quizas para otra vez ... )

Hello CS folks
I'm always very cautious about "embedded CS members" in gouvernmental
delegations, because their independance is on stake which may just cost the
price of a couple of flight tickets. I know only very few of our colleagues
who beware of losing their liberty of action  ... and achieve to keep it !
There are a lot of people who are sceptical about this new breed of CS  who
therefore call them "Very Gouvernmental Organization" (VGO).  This reminds
me some lively (and very "oriented") discussions  with some of our african
CS colleagues during PrepCom -3a,b,c .. about the "digital solidarity fund"
! And the same destructive discussions happened about human rights in
Tunesia.
I fear that there is a risk of splitting our CS structure in the WSIS if a
significant number of "VGO" members are (only) active supporters of their
gouvernment within our working groups, and therefore would ask them to be as
transparent with the CS represented in WSIS as they want the WSIS process to
be.
Best regards
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France

Bonjour aux membres de la SC
Je suis toujours tres circonspect quant aux "membres embarques de la SC"
dans les delegations gouvernementales, car leur independance est en jeu et
elle coute juste le prix d'une paire de billets de vol. Je ne connais que de
tres rares de nos collegues qui se gardent de perdre leur liberte ... et
reussissent a la garder !
Beaucoup de personnes sont sceptiques par rapport a ce nouveau genre de SC,
et l'apellent pour cette raison "Organisation Tres Gouvernementale" (OTG). A
moi cela me rappelle quelques discussions animees (et tres "orientees) avec
quelques uns de nos collegues de la SC africaine a propos du "fonds de
solidarite numerique". Et les memes discussions destructrices ont eu lieu a
propos des droits de l'homme en Tunisie.
Je crains un risque d'eclatement de notre organisation de la SC au SMSIs si
un nombre significatif de membres d' "OTG" agissent (seulement) comme
mandants de leur gouvernement dans nos groupes de travail, et je leur
demande pour cette raison d'etre aussi transparents avec la SC qu'ils
souhaitent que le SMSI le soit.
Bien cordialement
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT- France


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Wenzel" <christine.wenzel@web.de>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> hey/salut Frannie, Rik et al.,
>
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any of the NGO
> > representatives going to Tunisia is/has been a civil society delegate
> > to their government's wsis delegation.  At the Public Voice meeting in
> > DC, there was a discussion of civil society/governmental interaction
> > and strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like to try and get
> > civil society representatives on more government delegations.  It
> > would help to know who on this list has been previously or will be
> > included in their government's delegation in Tunis, or sponsored by
> > their government, or just well-connected to it.
>
> i haven't been a cs-delegate into the governments delegation
> je ne suis pas ?te un membre de societ? civil dans la delegation
> gouvernemental.
>
> :D
> Christine Wenzel
> german civil society coordination group for wsis
> Les group des organisations allemandes de la soci?t? civile pour smsi
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From atanu at takingitglobal.org  Mon Jun  7 13:55:58 2004
From: atanu at takingitglobal.org (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa> <28627.1086611076@www28.gmx.net>
Message-ID: <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>

Do you think that the inclusion of CSO representative in the government
delegation improves the chances of a better reflection of CSO inputs
prioritised in the governmental input in the process, and thus a better
lobbying by CSOs in this process? Or it is just a governmental supprt of
empowering CSOs in pushing their policy voices in this high-level meeting as
happening in the North. I believe for us in South it would be interesting to
learn how and why governments are allowing CSOs and general public in
sharing their concerns across the ministerial dialogues.
Best,
Atanu

----- Original Message -----
From: "christoph bruch" <c.bruch@gmx.de>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> German government accepted one civil society representative within its
> delegation. No funding went with this status. For WSIS II German
government
> will again accept at least one cs representative.
>
> We vote electronically to determine who this person(s) is/are going to be.
>
> Christoph
>
>
>
> > Dear All,
> > As I know several governments, including Australia, Canada, Switzerland
do
> > include CSO representatives in their official delegation - which
> > essentially
> > means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly, by the respective
> > government. Can you give me an idea of the policy and strategic aspects
of
> > including CSO representatives into the international policy making
process
> > and what are its outcome(s). I do have some linkages with the Youth
Cacaus
> > and some members of this cacaus eventually had been part of the
government
> > delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental policy meetings.
> > Your input would be really appreciated.
> > Best,
> > Atanu
> >
> > Atanu Garai
> > OneWorld South Asia
> > New Delhi-110016
> > Phone: 91-11-51756975
> > Fax: 91-11-51756976
> > M:+9871469994
> > Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR atanu@takingitglobal.org
> > http://www.digitalopportunity.org
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sinikka Sipil?" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
> > Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
> > of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
> > government's
> > > WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in
> > 2003.
> > > I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.
> > >
> > > Ms. Sinikka Sipila
> > > Secretary General
> > > Finnish Library Association
> > > Vuorikatu 22 A 18
> > > 00100 Helsinki
> > > Finland
> > > tel. 358 9 6221 399
> > > fax. 358 9 6221 466
> > > Mobile 358 400 659 363
> > > sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
> > > www.fla.fi



From peyer at bfa-ppp.ch  Mon Jun  7 13:49:07 2004
From: peyer at bfa-ppp.ch (Chantal Peyer)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <PEEKIMFLHNFPLMAPCMJEIEAECKAA.sinikka.sipila@fla.fi> <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <002f01c44c8d$d27f8a10$234b8e0a@michel>

Hello,

There were three representatives of civil society in the swiss delegation
for the first phase of the Summit (among which I was). All three were also
very active members of the swiss civil society coalition comunica-ch
(www.comunica-ch.net  The website is under construction though and is not
very good yet!)
As the Summit was in Geneva and Switzerland, there were no real travel
costs. But for those who had hotel costs, they could be paid by the
governement.

For the futur, things are uncertain regarding SC participation in the swiss
delegation: most certainly, we will continue to follow the process, but not
as members of the official delegation.
For us, some of the main questions about being in an official delegation
are:
- can you keep your freedom of speech or not (obligation to sign a paper
saying that you won't critise the work of your governement,like for example
the canadian's do, and like what the swiss governement will certainly
introduce)? If not, we (comunica-ch) decided not to continue in the official
delegation
- are you representing only your NGO or also a national coalition? For us,
the answer should be also a national coalition.
I would add : are the ideas you defend close enough to the governement, that
they can take them up, accept them and defend them (this was the case for
exemple for the swiss position on Human rights, in many regards)? If not, it
seems more usefull to remain out of the delegation.

For Hammamet, no CS reprsentative will be in the swiss delegation.

Best regards
Chantal Peyer



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Atanu" <atanu@takingitglobal.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: <wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> Dear All,
> As I know several governments, including Australia, Canada, Switzerland do
> include CSO representatives in their official delegation - which
essentially
> means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly, by the respective
> government. Can you give me an idea of the policy and strategic aspects of
> including CSO representatives into the international policy making process
> and what are its outcome(s). I do have some linkages with the Youth Cacaus
> and some members of this cacaus eventually had been part of the government
> delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental policy meetings.
> Your input would be really appreciated.
> Best,
> Atanu
>
> Atanu Garai
> OneWorld South Asia
> New Delhi-110016
> Phone: 91-11-51756975
> Fax: 91-11-51756976
> M:+9871469994
> Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR atanu@takingitglobal.org
> http://www.digitalopportunity.org http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sinikka Sipil?" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
> Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
of
> govt. relation
>
>
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
> government's
> > WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva in
> 2003.
> > I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.
> >
> > Ms. Sinikka Sipila
> > Secretary General
> > Finnish Library Association
> > Vuorikatu 22 A 18
> > 00100 Helsinki
> > Finland
> > tel. 358 9 6221 399
> > fax. 358 9 6221 466
> > Mobile 358 400 659 363
> > sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
> > www.fla.fi
> >
> >
> > -----Alkuper?inen viesti-----
> > L?hett?j?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta Frannie Wellings
> > L?hetetty: 5. kes?kuuta 2004 0:53
> > Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> > una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> > qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> > incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> > d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> > am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> > soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> > sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
> Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> > >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> > >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> > >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> > >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> > >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
> > >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> > >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
> > >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> > >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> > >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> > >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
> > >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> > >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> > >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
> > >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
viola@icvolunteers.org
> > >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> > >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> > >a.loreto@ceu.it
> > >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> > >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> > >muguet@mdpi.net
> > >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> > >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
> > >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
> > >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >* Dr.Razzaghi
> > >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> > >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> > >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> > >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> > >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> > >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> > >
> > >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> > >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> > >be reached at:
> > >
> > >Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
> > >Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
> > >peut contacter a:
> > >
> > >Moncef Achour
> > >Program Officer (civil Society)
> > >c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> > >Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> > >Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> > >E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> > >
> > >
> > >-- Rik Panganiban
> > >     CONGO
> > >=====================================================
> > >Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
> > >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
> > >(CONGO)
> > >email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
> > >=====================================================
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Frannie Wellings
> > Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
> > Coordinator, The Public Voice
> > 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> > Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
> > wellings@epic.org
> > +1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
> > +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Mon Jun  7 14:54:00 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. 
 relation
References: <PEEKIMFLHNFPLMAPCMJEIEAECKAA.sinikka.sipila@fla.fi> <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <40C47378.B18672C0@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi Frannie,

we had one CS representative in the German government delegation since
the Paris Intersessional last summer. At the summit itself we had six.
But no funding whatsoever from the German government. 
It will probably be the same for phase two. The next meeting on this
with the Government is on Wednesday.

Best, Ralf

From info at virtualactivism.net  Mon Jun  7 11:02:25 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-DAV36aJguKp68L00016de7@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHMEEACHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>

Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat unfortunately, but I do have a
notification and an invitation to make: we are in the process of beginning
[very very very late and I understand that], an Arab Caucus. While there is
a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia Arab countries within the
African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a need for an independent
Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic representation in Geneva and
the lack of information on the process within Arab countries. We are having
a very small beginning planning-brainstrming meeting coming up on July 7th
in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in Jordan. We will have a
mailing list for the caucus and I will send you the address. If you or
anyone is interested in participating, please send me an email at
info@mengos.net
I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole CS Plenary to know, even
though we are still in the very first stages and we do understand we are
coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab specificity just like there
is in other regions and we need to participate as such, as well as within
other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and the gender caucus etc..
We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is approved by civil society
NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to anyone from and within the
Arab World.
Thank you.
Marlyn Tadros

-----Original Message-----
From: west Asia [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ?
To: Planery WSIS
Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
of govt. relation


Dear All, Rik

Please add the names from West Asia and middle east family as follow to your
email list , as participants in Hammamet event.

1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com

Both from ICTRC,Iran.

Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot

regards

Amir


----- Original Message -----
From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
is/has been a civil society delegate to their
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
civil society/governmental interaction and
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
to try and get civil society representatives on
more government delegations.  It would help to
know who on this list has been previously or will
be included in their government's delegation in
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
>* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
>muguet@mdpi.net
>* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>* Dr.Razzaghi
>* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
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From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Mon Jun  7 18:42:08 2004
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (jeanette@wz-berlin.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of 
     govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
References: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
    <28627.1086611076@www28.gmx.net>
    <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <1421.132.252.14.6.1086630128.squirrel@webmail.wz-berlin.de>

> Do you think that the inclusion of CSO representative in the government
> delegation improves the chances of a better reflection of CSO inputs
> prioritised in the governmental input in the process, and thus a better
> lobbying by CSOs in this process?


Judging from the German situation, I'd say the main effect of being
members of the government delegation probably was public attention. The
german press got interested in this rather unusual type of collaboration.
Unlike the government representatives who were confined to their official
press releases, we could talk to the press and did indeed give lots of
interviews. For a day or two during the summit we were able to push issues
of importance to german CSOs.

While we had more or less zero impact on the political opinions and
priorities of the German government, we did at times form effective
coalitions with the ministry reps where we agreed on certain issues.

The fact that the EU tries to speak with one voice makes things a bit more
complicated in Europe. First, opinions need to be formed on the government
level across competing ministries. Thereafter, national positions need to
be coordinated at the European level. Participation in the government
delegation can also help to get the necessary information about who
supports what in these opaque networks.

Best, jeanette

Or it is just a governmental supprt of
> empowering CSOs in pushing their policy voices in this high-level meeting
> as
> happening in the North. I believe for us in South it would be interesting
> to
> learn how and why governments are allowing CSOs and general public in
> sharing their concerns across the ministerial dialogues.
> Best,
> Atanu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "christoph bruch" <c.bruch@gmx.de>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 5:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question
> of
> govt. relation
>
>
>> German government accepted one civil society representative within its
>> delegation. No funding went with this status. For WSIS II German
> government
>> will again accept at least one cs representative.
>>
>> We vote electronically to determine who this person(s) is/are going to
>> be.
>>
>> Christoph
>>
>>
>>
>> > Dear All,
>> > As I know several governments, including Australia, Canada,
>> Switzerland
> do
>> > include CSO representatives in their official delegation - which
>> > essentially
>> > means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly, by the respective
>> > government. Can you give me an idea of the policy and strategic
>> aspects
> of
>> > including CSO representatives into the international policy making
> process
>> > and what are its outcome(s). I do have some linkages with the Youth
> Cacaus
>> > and some members of this cacaus eventually had been part of the
> government
>> > delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental policy meetings.
>> > Your input would be really appreciated.
>> > Best,
>> > Atanu
>> >
>> > Atanu Garai
>> > OneWorld South Asia
>> > New Delhi-110016
>> > Phone: 91-11-51756975
>> > Fax: 91-11-51756976
>> > M:+9871469994
>> > Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR atanu@takingitglobal.org
>> > http://www.digitalopportunity.org
> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Sinikka Sipil?" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
>> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
>> > Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
>> question
>> > of
>> > govt. relation
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Dear All,
>> > >
>> > > There have been several civil society delegates in the Finnish
>> > government's
>> > > WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the Summit itself in Geneva
>> in
>> > 2003.
>> > > I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the government.
>> > >
>> > > Ms. Sinikka Sipila
>> > > Secretary General
>> > > Finnish Library Association
>> > > Vuorikatu 22 A 18
>> > > 00100 Helsinki
>> > > Finland
>> > > tel. 358 9 6221 399
>> > > fax. 358 9 6221 466
>> > > Mobile 358 400 659 363
>> > > sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
>> > > www.fla.fi
>
>
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Mon Jun  7 12:59:22 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hammamet hotels with Internet access?
In-Reply-To: <40C47378.B18672C0@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <OF5E875375.E43F0215-ON85256EAC.005A5674-C1256EAC.0041DC41@edc.org>

 Hi everyone,

Does anyone know whether any of the Hammamet conference hotels have 
in-room Internet access? So far I have found only one hotel in the 
official list that mentions it -- Karthago Hammamet -- but the description 
says there is the "possibility of individual use of the Internet," which 
sounds to me that they might have a computer in the lobby.

http://reservation.smsitunis2005.tn/reservation_hotel.asp


Est-ce que n'importe qui sait si un quelconque de ces h?tels de conf?rence 
de Hammamet ont acc?s d'Internet d'en-suite ? Jusqu'ici j'ai trouv? 
seulement un h?tel dans la liste officielle qui des mentions il -- 
Karthago Hammamet -- mais la description indique qu'il y a le "possibility 
d'une utilit? individuelle de l'Internet, " ; quels bruits ? moi qu'elles 
pourraient avoir un ordinateur dans l'entr?e d'h?tel, mais peut-?tre pas 
dans la chambre.


?Cualquier persona sabe si cualesquiera de los hoteles de la conferencia 
de Hammamet tienen acceso del Internet de la en-habitacio'n? He encontrado 
hasta ahora solamente un hotel en la lista oficial que las menciones ?l -- 
Karthago Hammamet -- pero la descripci?n dice que hay el "possibility del 
uso individual del Internet, " qu? sonidos a m? que puede ser que tengan 
una computadora en el pasillo del hotel, pero quiz? no en el cuarto.

thanks/merci/gracias,

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  7 22:34:32 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <007701c44c88$79fe7900$0a00000a@default>
Message-ID: <20040607213432.11168.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>

French bellow !
Hello !
As if it is not so complicated to act as civile
society : a part speaking only english, a part having
decided that english is the only manner to discuss,
other supporting a relative good situation of CS of
the North and others thinking that CS of the South has
just the right to be partly informed and to say every
time YES SIR !we are now before a new contradiction
the CS within the Governmental delegation, the SC
within the private sector and the SC within nowhere !
The transparency in our preparation was so weak and
now they are really confused !
Deux mots pour relever l'extrême gravite de la
situation de la SC qu'on se complait a rendre de plus
en plus compliquee, de plus en plus opaque.
Une partie de la SC sera au sein des délégations
gouvernementales ou officielles, une autre au sein des
délégations des opérateurs privés uen autre au sein de
rien du tout.... Quel gachi !
Mais où allons nous ?
Djilali


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  7 22:50:08 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <002f01c44c8d$d27f8a10$234b8e0a@michel>
Message-ID: <20040607215008.30186.qmail@web60706.mail.yahoo.com>

Chère Chantal,
Les Suisses peuvent faire l'effort de s'exprimer un
peu en français pour nous faciliter un peu la vie,
pauvre de nous analphabètes ! Cela devient compliqué,
on n'a plus qu'à se la boucler et beaucoup ne doivent
attendre que cela... J'ai les messages de ceux qui
m'ont traité de tous les noms, d'arriéré, d'attardé
mental tout simplement parce que j'ai demandé à ceux
qui s'expriment en plusieurs langues de la faire pour
faciliter la réactiviter surtout des pauvres du Sud !
Sans rancune,
Amitiés
Djilali
--- Chantal Peyer <peyer@bfa-ppp.ch> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> There were three representatives of civil society in
> the swiss delegation
> for the first phase of the Summit (among which I
> was). All three were also
> very active members of the swiss civil society
> coalition comunica-ch
> (www.comunica-ch.net  The website is under
> construction though and is not
> very good yet!)
> As the Summit was in Geneva and Switzerland, there
> were no real travel
> costs. But for those who had hotel costs, they could
> be paid by the
> governement.
> 
> For the futur, things are uncertain regarding SC
> participation in the swiss
> delegation: most certainly, we will continue to
> follow the process, but not
> as members of the official delegation.
> For us, some of the main questions about being in an
> official delegation
> are:
> - can you keep your freedom of speech or not
> (obligation to sign a paper
> saying that you won't critise the work of your
> governement,like for example
> the canadian's do, and like what the swiss
> governement will certainly
> introduce)? If not, we (comunica-ch) decided not to
> continue in the official
> delegation
> - are you representing only your NGO or also a
> national coalition? For us,
> the answer should be also a national coalition.
> I would add : are the ideas you defend close enough
> to the governement, that
> they can take them up, accept them and defend them
> (this was the case for
> exemple for the swiss position on Human rights, in
> many regards)? If not, it
> seems more usefull to remain out of the delegation.
> 
> For Hammamet, no CS reprsentative will be in the
> swiss delegation.
> 
> Best regards
> Chantal Peyer
> 
> 
> 
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Atanu" <atanu@takingitglobal.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Cc: <wsisyouth@groups.takingitglobal.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question of
> govt. relation
> 
> 
> > Dear All,
> > As I know several governments, including
> Australia, Canada, Switzerland do
> > include CSO representatives in their official
> delegation - which
> essentially
> > means their trip is sponsored, partly or wholly,
> by the respective
> > government. Can you give me an idea of the policy
> and strategic aspects of
> > including CSO representatives into the
> international policy making process
> > and what are its outcome(s). I do have some
> linkages with the Youth Cacaus
> > and some members of this cacaus eventually had
> been part of the government
> > delegate in the WSIS or other intergovernmental
> policy meetings.
> > Your input would be really appreciated.
> > Best,
> > Atanu
> >
> > Atanu Garai
> > OneWorld South Asia
> > New Delhi-110016
> > Phone: 91-11-51756975
> > Fax: 91-11-51756976
> > M:+9871469994
> > Email: atanu.garai@oneworld.net OR
> atanu@takingitglobal.org
> > http://www.digitalopportunity.org
> http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/atanu
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sinikka Sipilä" <sinikka.sipila@fla.fi>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:14 PM
> > Subject: VS: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question
> of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > There have been several civil society delegates
> in the Finnish
> > government's
> > > WSIS delegation during the PrepComs and the
> Summit itself in Geneva in
> > 2003.
> > > I was one of them. I was partly sponsored by the
> government.
> > >
> > > Ms. Sinikka Sipila
> > > Secretary General
> > > Finnish Library Association
> > > Vuorikatu 22 A 18
> > > 00100 Helsinki
> > > Finland
> > > tel. 358 9 6221 399
> > > fax. 358 9 6221 466
> > > Mobile 358 400 659 363
> > > sinikka.sipila@fla.fi
> > > www.fla.fi
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> > > Lähettäjä: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> > > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]Puolesta
> Frannie Wellings
> > > Lähetetty: 5. kesäkuuta 2004 0:53
> > > Vastaanottaja: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > Aihe: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question of
> > > govt. relation
> > >
> > >
> > > english/spanish/french
> > >
> > > Hello Everyone -
> > > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > > know who on this list has been previously or
> will
> > > be included in their government's delegation in
> > > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > > well-connected to it.
> > > Thank you, Frannie
> > >
> > > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't
> able
> > > to go to Tunisia.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hola!
> > > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta
> lista
> > > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > > delegación del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > > reunión Public Voice en Washington, D.C., había
> > > una discusión de la interacción civil y de la
> > > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > > esa conexión.  Quisiéramos intentar y conseguir
> > > representantes civiles de la sociedad en más
> > > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudaría a saber
> > > quién en esta lista ha sido o estará en Túnez
> > > incluida en la delegación de su gobierno, o
> > > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > > bien-conectado con él. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Bonjour,
> 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Jun  7 23:00:10 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHMEEACHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040607220010.31116.qmail@web60710.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow !
Wonderfull initiative !
Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
participation.
I can propose some names !
Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
réveiller les arabes et leur société civile pour
pallier à l'insuffisance de la qualité de leur
participation à Genève ! Il est vrai qu'à Tunis, pays
arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
prendre conscience si la participation arabe était
nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
précipiter le processus de transformation ... reste à
savoir dans quel sens !
Je demande le profil recherché pour proposer des noms.
Amitiés
Djilali 

--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> unfortunately, but I do have a
> notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> the process of beginning
> [very very very late and I understand that], an Arab
> Caucus. While there is
> a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia Arab
> countries within the
> African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> need for an independent
> Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> representation in Geneva and
> the lack of information on the process within Arab
> countries. We are having
> a very small beginning planning-brainstrming meeting
> coming up on July 7th
> in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> Jordan. We will have a
> mailing list for the caucus and I will send you the
> address. If you or
> anyone is interested in participating, please send
> me an email at
> info@mengos.net
> I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole CS
> Plenary to know, even
> though we are still in the very first stages and we
> do understand we are
> coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> specificity just like there
> is in other regions and we need to participate as
> such, as well as within
> other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> the gender caucus etc..
> We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> approved by civil society
> NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> anyone from and within the
> Arab World.
> Thank you.
> Marlyn Tadros
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: west Asia [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ã
> To: Planery WSIS
> Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question
> of govt. relation
> 
> 
> Dear All, Rik
> 
> Please add the names from West Asia and middle east
> family as follow to your
> email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
> 
> 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> 
> Both from ICTRC,Iran.
> 
> Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
> 
> regards
> 
> Amir
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question of
> govt. relation
> 
> 
> english/spanish/french
> 
> Hello Everyone -
> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> civil society/governmental interaction and
> strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> to try and get civil society representatives on
> more government delegations.  It would help to
> know who on this list has been previously or will
> be included in their government's delegation in
> Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> well-connected to it.
> Thank you, Frannie
> 
> Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> to go to Tunisia.
> 
> 
> Hola!
> Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> delegación del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> reunión Public Voice en Washington, D.C., había
> una discusión de la interacción civil y de la
> estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> esa conexión.  Quisiéramos intentar y conseguir
> representantes civiles de la sociedad en más
> delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudaría a saber
> quién en esta lista ha sido o estará en Túnez
> incluida en la delegación de su gobierno, o
> patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> bien-conectado con él. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> 
> 
> 
> Bonjour,
> Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> liste est un délégué civil de société à la
> délégation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> la réunion Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> de stratégie de society/governmental pour
> améliorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> essayer et obtenir les représentants civils de
> société sur plus de délégations de gouvernement.
> Il aiderait à savoir qui sur cette liste a été ou
> sera à Tunis inclus dans la délégation de leur
> gouvernement, ou commandité par leur
> gouvernement, ou juste bien-relié à lui. Merci,
> Frannie
> 
> 
> 
> At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> >
> >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> >
> >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> >
> >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> >
> >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union,
> c.bruch@gmx.de
> >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila
> mavic@isiswomen.org
> >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net
> lachapelle@openwsis.org
> >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party
> geramo@europarl.eu.int
> >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop 
> esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium
> hkawa@attglobal.net
> >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> viola@icvolunteers.org
> >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> >a.loreto@ceu.it
> >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> >muguet@mdpi.net
> >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus
> t.naughton@iafrica.com
> >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG 
> ong@worldcom.ch
> >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM
> rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >* Dr.Razzaghi
> >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society
> saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> >* Joseph Sarr, Président Commission NTIC,
> >Conseil Régional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> >
> >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> >be reached at:
> 
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From info at virtualactivism.net  Mon Jun  7 23:09:21 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <20040607220010.31116.qmail@web60710.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHOEFKCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>

Thank you for your comments. I am an Egyptian and I do speak Arabic :-)
je suis Arabe - Egyptienne.
But I do need everyone to spread this around. I will keep everyone posted
and informed on our activities, the first of which will be July 7th.
Thanks so much for everyone's support.
Marlyn

-----Original Message-----
From: djilali benamrane [mailto:dbenamrane@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 06:00 ?
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus


In French bellow !
Wonderfull initiative !
Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
participation.
I can propose some names !
Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
r?veiller les arabes et leur soci?t? civile pour
pallier ? l'insuffisance de la qualit? de leur
participation ? Gen?ve ! Il est vrai qu'? Tunis, pays
arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
prendre conscience si la participation arabe ?tait
nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
pr?cipiter le processus de transformation ... reste ?
savoir dans quel sens !
Je demande le profil recherch? pour proposer des noms.
Amiti?s
Djilali

--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> unfortunately, but I do have a
> notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> the process of beginning
> [very very very late and I understand that], an Arab
> Caucus. While there is
> a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia Arab
> countries within the
> African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> need for an independent
> Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> representation in Geneva and
> the lack of information on the process within Arab
> countries. We are having
> a very small beginning planning-brainstrming meeting
> coming up on July 7th
> in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> Jordan. We will have a
> mailing list for the caucus and I will send you the
> address. If you or
> anyone is interested in participating, please send
> me an email at
> info@mengos.net
> I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole CS
> Plenary to know, even
> though we are still in the very first stages and we
> do understand we are
> coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> specificity just like there
> is in other regions and we need to participate as
> such, as well as within
> other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> the gender caucus etc..
> We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> approved by civil society
> NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> anyone from and within the
> Arab World.
> Thank you.
> Marlyn Tadros
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: west Asia [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ?
> To: Planery WSIS
> Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question
> of govt. relation
>
>
> Dear All, Rik
>
> Please add the names from West Asia and middle east
> family as follow to your
> email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
>
> 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>
> Both from ICTRC,Iran.
>
> Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
>
> regards
>
> Amir
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> Hammamet and question of
> govt. relation
>
>
> english/spanish/french
>
> Hello Everyone -
> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> civil society/governmental interaction and
> strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> to try and get civil society representatives on
> more government delegations.  It would help to
> know who on this list has been previously or will
> be included in their government's delegation in
> Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> well-connected to it.
> Thank you, Frannie
>
> Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> to go to Tunisia.
>
>
> Hola!
> Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
>
>
>
> Bonjour,
> Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> Frannie
>
>
>
> At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> >
> >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> >
> >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> >
> >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> >
> >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union,
> c.bruch@gmx.de
> >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila
> mavic@isiswomen.org
> >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net
> lachapelle@openwsis.org
> >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party
> geramo@europarl.eu.int
> >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop
> esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium
> hkawa@attglobal.net
> >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> viola@icvolunteers.org
> >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> >a.loreto@ceu.it
> >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> >muguet@mdpi.net
> >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus
> t.naughton@iafrica.com
> >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG
> ong@worldcom.ch
> >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM
> rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >* Dr.Razzaghi
> >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society
> saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> >
> >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> >be reached at:
>
=== message truncated ===


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From p.maassen at hivos.nl  Mon Jun  7 15:32:30 2004
From: p.maassen at hivos.nl (Paul Maassen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt.  relation
In-Reply-To: <40C47378.B18672C0@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <200406071336.PAA19026@netbox.hivos.nl>

Hi all,

The Dutch delegation had one CS member during the last 
prepcoms and the first summit itself, the representative being me 
on behalf of Hivos (NGO working with 850 partners in devloping 
countries on issues such as human rights, aids, economics and 
ICT4D). The Dutch delegation also had a youth representative 
during the summit.

The same delegation met last april to discuss phase 2. There is a 
quite open flow of information both ways. Hivos, together with 
Oneworld Netherlands and IICD led a consultation of Dutch civil 
society and presented recommendations to the Dutch government 
for the first WSIS. 

Hivos will not participate in the upcoming prepcom, but intends to 
participate along the process, also again as a member of the 
official Dutch delegation. The costs for this participation are paid for 
by Hivos, not by the ministery.

Kind regards,

paul


From:           	Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
To:             	plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject:        	Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. 
	relation
Send reply to:  	plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date sent:      	Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:54:00 +0200

> Hi Frannie,
> 
> we had one CS representative in the German government delegation since the
> Paris Intersessional last summer. At the summit itself we had six. But no
> funding whatsoever from the German government. It will probably be the
> same for phase two. The next meeting on this with the Government is on
> Wednesday.
> 
> Best, Ralf
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From atanu at takingitglobal.org  Tue Jun  8 08:32:28 2004
From: atanu at takingitglobal.org (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>    <28627.1086611076@www28.gmx.net>    <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa> <1421.132.252.14.6.1086630128.squirrel@webmail.wz-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <003e01c44d2a$c4d42860$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>

Certainly getting sponsorship from the government is not the case at least
for OECD countries - the rationale as you and Christoph, Fullsack and
Chantal were pointing out, it seems at least in the EU level the objective
was to 1. promote the CSO voices across the discussion table, irrespective
of government's acceptance or formal endorsement of the CSO's strand 2. Give
the CSO of the respective country a greater visibility 3. and in fewer
cases, adhering to the CSO's strand in the formal governmental input. When
it comes to inputting the CSO perspective in the decision making, being part
of the governmental delegation/agenda makes a sense, isnt it? It seems
democratic from the government's point of view as well. But where the
opinion clashes, it is unlikely for you to make a partnership with the
government to vindicate your strand at this global forum.
On the other hand, all the fellowships are coming largely from governments
directly or indirectly - it is not very clear how CSOs could put forward
their conflicting viewpoints in this process without government support at
all.
Best
Atanu
TakingITGlobal

> Judging from the German situation, I'd say the main effect of being
> members of the government delegation probably was public attention. The
> german press got interested in this rather unusual type of collaboration.
> Unlike the government representatives who were confined to their official
> press releases, we could talk to the press and did indeed give lots of
> interviews. For a day or two during the summit we were able to push issues
> of importance to german CSOs.
>
> While we had more or less zero impact on the political opinions and
> priorities of the German government, we did at times form effective
> coalitions with the ministry reps where we agreed on certain issues.
>
> The fact that the EU tries to speak with one voice makes things a bit more
> complicated in Europe. First, opinions need to be formed on the government
> level across competing ministries. Thereafter, national positions need to
> be coordinated at the European level. Participation in the government
> delegation can also help to get the necessary information about who
> supports what in these opaque networks.
>
> Best, jeanette



From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Tue Jun  8 08:46:56 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Barmaki Amir Hossein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
Message-ID: <Sea1-F45LgRkQ9ZPWv10003f93d@hotmail.com>

Dear Friends

I think I should update some of you who maybe were not involved in the whole 
process and ex-prepcoms and how we reach to this system of caucuses.

All the groups or families or caucuses were developed during the prepcom 2 
with agreement and consultation of the time plenary and an election system. 
Each family was supposed to introduce two members for the CSB, one fix and 
one alternate.

Unfortunately no one from the Arab region was actively participating there 
and we take action and proposed to have a middle east and western Asia 
family, which was approved, which includes all Arab countries in that 
region.

We try hard to reach many Arab NGOs in the region and also from other 
countries and managed to inform many groups and even holding a regional 
seminar on WSIS in Kish Island in August 2003.
But to our surprise not much of interest from our Arab colleagues!

So the northern Arab countries affairs was taken by African caucus and 
middle east by us, but due to Iraq war and many other political issues, it 
seems Arab civil society were very much engaged with many other issues, more 
important than WSIS itself. So we simply couldn’t find a lot of interested 
groups in our region from the Arab world. We manage to bring some people 
from Afghanistan, Iran and Jordan and Turkey to our seminars and also 
disseminate a lot of information, but still the presence of the Arab region 
in WSIS was very weak, l just saw 1 or 2 from Palestine, mainly related to 
government and a few other from Qatar or Jordan.
But the Arab countries in Africa were more active, especially Tunisians, 
which the reason is obvious, but still I do not see a lot of activity from 
the Arab region. I just remember a Tunisian lady raising the same point in 
prepcom 3 and the plenary didn’t accept to change the frame of CSB (Renate 
remembers very well I think). The social problems in the Arab region and the 
role of governments in keeping the CS weak in those countries is well 
reflected in many international reports, including the Arab development 
report of UNDP.

So my dear friends, we really encourage and insist that Arab region should 
form a caucus and be more active in the process, but its really based on 
them, and it shouldn’t be Tunis dominated.

My personal opinion is as the civil society presence and existence in Arab 
region is very weak in principle, we are suffering from it also, the reasons 
I think you all know, for example human rights issues!

We strongly encourage ITU to take action and to ensure the presence of CS 
from all regions in the process, for many CSs this process is a learning and 
capacity building process, good for the future of CS in the region. If 
someone in Europe cares about Iraq, helping Iraqis is not by denouncing 
Americans, is to help Iraqis to form their CS, which we in Iran have some 
good plans for it.

With my best regards

Amir Barmaki







>From: djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>In French bellow !
>Wonderfull initiative !
>Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
>who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
>arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
>participation.
>I can propose some names !
>Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
>réveiller les arabes et leur société civile pour
>pallier à l'insuffisance de la qualité de leur
>participation à Genève ! Il est vrai qu'à Tunis, pays
>arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
>prendre conscience si la participation arabe était
>nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
>précipiter le processus de transformation ... reste à
>savoir dans quel sens !
>Je demande le profil recherché pour proposer des noms.
>Amitiés
>Djilali
>
>--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> > unfortunately, but I do have a
> > notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> > the process of beginning
> > [very very very late and I understand that], an Arab
> > Caucus. While there is
> > a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia Arab
> > countries within the
> > African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> > need for an independent
> > Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> > representation in Geneva and
> > the lack of information on the process within Arab
> > countries. We are having
> > a very small beginning planning-brainstrming meeting
> > coming up on July 7th
> > in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> > Jordan. We will have a
> > mailing list for the caucus and I will send you the
> > address. If you or
> > anyone is interested in participating, please send
> > me an email at
> > info@mengos.net
> > I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole CS
> > Plenary to know, even
> > though we are still in the very first stages and we
> > do understand we are
> > coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> > specificity just like there
> > is in other regions and we need to participate as
> > such, as well as within
> > other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> > the gender caucus etc..
> > We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> > approved by civil society
> > NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> > anyone from and within the
> > Arab World.
> > Thank you.
> > Marlyn Tadros
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: west Asia [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ã
> > To: Planery WSIS
> > Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question
> > of govt. relation
> >
> >
> > Dear All, Rik
> >
> > Please add the names from West Asia and middle east
> > family as follow to your
> > email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
> >
> > 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> > 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >
> > Both from ICTRC,Iran.
> >
> > Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Amir
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegación del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reunión Public Voice en Washington, D.C., había
> > una discusión de la interacción civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexión.  Quisiéramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en más
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudaría a saber
> > quién en esta lista ha sido o estará en Túnez
> > incluida en la delegación de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con él. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un délégué civil de société à la
> > délégation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la réunion Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de stratégie de society/governmental pour
> > améliorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les représentants civils de
> > société sur plus de délégations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait à savoir qui sur cette liste a été ou
> > sera à Tunis inclus dans la délégation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandité par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-relié à lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> > d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> > >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> > >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> > >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union,
> > c.bruch@gmx.de
> > >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> > >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila
> > mavic@isiswomen.org
> > >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> > >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net
> > lachapelle@openwsis.org
> > >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> > >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> > >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> > >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party
> > geramo@europarl.eu.int
> > >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> > >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop
> > esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> > >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium
> > hkawa@attglobal.net
> > >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> > viola@icvolunteers.org
> > >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> > >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> > >a.loreto@ceu.it
> > >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> > >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> > >muguet@mdpi.net
> > >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> > >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus
> > t.naughton@iafrica.com
> > >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG
> > ong@worldcom.ch
> > >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM
> > rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >* Dr.Razzaghi
> > >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society
> > saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> > >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> > >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> > >* Joseph Sarr, Président Commission NTIC,
> > >Conseil Régional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> > >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> > >
> > >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> > >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> > >be reached at:
> >
>=== message truncated ===
>
>
>=====
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From atanu at takingitglobal.org  Tue Jun  8 08:50:04 2004
From: atanu at takingitglobal.org (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt.  relation
References: <200406071336.PAA19026@netbox.hivos.nl>
Message-ID: <005b01c44d2d$3c546f10$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>

Who was the youth delegate you mentioned? You may be aware that before the
Geneva Summit, OneWorld South Asia was trying to gather a CSO perspective
through an online consultation. In a similar effort, OWSA has run previously
several such consultation to explore the possibilities of put forward CSO
perspective in formal policy making process  - this was something new, and
it has not worked out satisfactorily. I believe in South CSOs can send
accross their message to the government in holding large cooperative
consultation process, involving their partners - both through offline and
online events and perhaps including their representation in the governmental
delegation - if their moto are not too contradictory. For Southern CSO's
funding to CSO representative may be crucial be it their part or a seperate
delegation to enable them to participate. While many countries in South
(LDCs, for instance) may not be able to do that, many others can do.
Best,
Atanu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Maassen" <p.maassen@hivos.nl>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> Hi all,
>
> The Dutch delegation had one CS member during the last
> prepcoms and the first summit itself, the representative being me
> on behalf of Hivos (NGO working with 850 partners in devloping
> countries on issues such as human rights, aids, economics and
> ICT4D). The Dutch delegation also had a youth representative
> during the summit.
>
> The same delegation met last april to discuss phase 2. There is a
> quite open flow of information both ways. Hivos, together with
> Oneworld Netherlands and IICD led a consultation of Dutch civil
> society and presented recommendations to the Dutch government
> for the first WSIS.
>
> Hivos will not participate in the upcoming prepcom, but intends to
> participate along the process, also again as a member of the
> official Dutch delegation. The costs for this participation are paid for
> by Hivos, not by the ministery.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> paul
>
>
> From:           Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> To:             plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject:        Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
question of govt.
> relation
> Send reply to:  plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Date sent:      Mon, 07 Jun 2004 15:54:00 +0200
>
> > Hi Frannie,
> >
> > we had one CS representative in the German government delegation since
the
> > Paris Intersessional last summer. At the summit itself we had six. But
no
> > funding whatsoever from the German government. It will probably be the
> > same for phase two. The next meeting on this with the Government is on
> > Wednesday.
> >
> > Best, Ralf
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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> >
>
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From laurent at straskraba.net  Tue Jun  8 16:12:03 2004
From: laurent at straskraba.net (Laurent Straskraba)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
  question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <003e01c44d2a$c4d42860$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
References: <000b01c44c84$59336130$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
 <28627.1086611076@www28.gmx.net>
 <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
 <1421.132.252.14.6.1086630128.squirrel@webmail.wz-berlin.de>
 <003e01c44d2a$c4d42860$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040608164523.01f91a00@mail.straskraba.net>

Dear all,

I would like to contribute to this discussion since I see it coming to 
assumptions and not talking about facts.

First of all, we cannot say "the" CSOs. Civil society have a broad range, 
including educational, political, developmental, environmental, scientific, 
etc. commitment.

Secondly, even if it's the same kind of CSO, it also depends on the person 
who is within the delegation what the input, throughput and output will be.

Thirdly, the fact that a CSO member is part of a governmental organization 
doesn't say anything about the government's support. Not even supplying 
media information about their blend.

Finally, it all depends on the people involved - and that is why we need to 
get away from symbolicism to real issues.

As for the Austrian delegation, in addition to government (administrative 
representatives) and an e-government company delegate, there were people 
from universities, a rural development organization, the Austrian UNESCO 
commission, a private school, and me as an independent researcher and 
consultant.

I think it's a very good idea to be part of the delegation since one gets a 
much better insight into how issues are being discussed, what is mentioned, 
what''s not, who/what is a pushing/laming factor for information society 
development, etc.

So if you have the chance to get into it, I'd recommend to take it.

Best,

Laurent

---
Mag. Laurent Straskraba
Information Society Researcher / Information Society Representative at UN 
Youth & Student Association of Austria

post: Ontlstrasse 3, A - 4040 Linz, Austria / Europe
mobile: +43.650.7711861 (GMT +1)
e-mail: laurent@straskraba.net
web: http://www.straskraba.net
---


At 09:32 08.06.2004, you wrote:
>Certainly getting sponsorship from the government is not the case at least
>for OECD countries - the rationale as you and Christoph, Fullsack and
>Chantal were pointing out, it seems at least in the EU level the objective
>was to 1. promote the CSO voices across the discussion table, irrespective
>of government's acceptance or formal endorsement of the CSO's strand 2. Give
>the CSO of the respective country a greater visibility 3. and in fewer
>cases, adhering to the CSO's strand in the formal governmental input. When
>it comes to inputting the CSO perspective in the decision making, being part
>of the governmental delegation/agenda makes a sense, isnt it? It seems
>democratic from the government's point of view as well. But where the
>opinion clashes, it is unlikely for you to make a partnership with the
>government to vindicate your strand at this global forum.
>On the other hand, all the fellowships are coming largely from governments
>directly or indirectly - it is not very clear how CSOs could put forward
>their conflicting viewpoints in this process without government support at
>all.
>Best
>Atanu
>TakingITGlobal


From mh at wacc.org.uk  Tue Jun  8 16:56:27 2004
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] invitation English Francais Espanol
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D29726F@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Jun  8 18:34:01 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and  question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040608164523.01f91a00@mail.straskraba.net>
Message-ID: <20040608173401.94200.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>

In French below...
Dear Laurent,
It's so easy to be representative of a civile society
situated in developped and rich country... You are
Ausrian congratualtions ! i guess in such a country,
governmental concerns, civile society concerns however
its speciality are quasi the same .... so i can
understand your comments and your advice "So if you
have the chance to get into it, I'd recommend to take
it"...
Imagine that you are somebody in Africa, your
government demends on the aid of particular donnor
(International NGO, UN Agency or Austrian Government°
to pay tickets and fees do you think it easy for a
representative of local NGO to take it as you
recommanded...
I ma 1000 times against because of this will give to
dictatorial gobernments the right to impose CS in
their delegations ! 
Pour ce cher Laurent qui fait des anlyses si
pertinentes pour la CS d'un pays riche et développé,
la pauvre, il ignore la situation dans les pays du Sud
et comment voulez vous afficher la moindre crédibilité
si vous venez en plus dans des délégation officielle !
Je suis mille fois contre, ne serait-ce que parce que
cela va donner l'idée aux Gouvernements dictatoriaux
d'exiger que leur société civile soient inféodée !
Amitiés
Djilali
--- Laurent Straskraba <laurent@straskraba.net> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I would like to contribute to this discussion since
> I see it coming to 
> assumptions and not talking about facts.
> 
> First of all, we cannot say "the" CSOs. Civil
> society have a broad range, 
> including educational, political, developmental,
> environmental, scientific, 
> etc. commitment.
> 
> Secondly, even if it's the same kind of CSO, it also
> depends on the person 
> who is within the delegation what the input,
> throughput and output will be.
> 
> Thirdly, the fact that a CSO member is part of a
> governmental organization 
> doesn't say anything about the government's support.
> Not even supplying 
> media information about their blend.
> 
> Finally, it all depends on the people involved - and
> that is why we need to 
> get away from symbolicism to real issues.
> 
> As for the Austrian delegation, in addition to
> government (administrative 
> representatives) and an e-government company
> delegate, there were people 
> from universities, a rural development organization,
> the Austrian UNESCO 
> commission, a private school, and me as an
> independent researcher and 
> consultant.
> 
> I think it's a very good idea to be part of the
> delegation since one gets a 
> much better insight into how issues are being
> discussed, what is mentioned, 
> what''s not, who/what is a pushing/laming factor for
> information society 
> development, etc.
> 
> So if you have the chance to get into it, I'd
> recommend to take it.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Laurent
> 
> ---
> Mag. Laurent Straskraba
> Information Society Researcher / Information Society
> Representative at UN 
> Youth & Student Association of Austria
> 
> post: Ontlstrasse 3, A - 4040 Linz, Austria / Europe
> mobile: +43.650.7711861 (GMT +1)
> e-mail: laurent@straskraba.net
> web: http://www.straskraba.net
> ---
> 
> 
> At 09:32 08.06.2004, you wrote:
> >Certainly getting sponsorship from the government
> is not the case at least
> >for OECD countries - the rationale as you and
> Christoph, Fullsack and
> >Chantal were pointing out, it seems at least in the
> EU level the objective
> >was to 1. promote the CSO voices across the
> discussion table, irrespective
> >of government's acceptance or formal endorsement of
> the CSO's strand 2. Give
> >the CSO of the respective country a greater
> visibility 3. and in fewer
> >cases, adhering to the CSO's strand in the formal
> governmental input. When
> >it comes to inputting the CSO perspective in the
> decision making, being part
> >of the governmental delegation/agenda makes a
> sense, isnt it? It seems
> >democratic from the government's point of view as
> well. But where the
> >opinion clashes, it is unlikely for you to make a
> partnership with the
> >government to vindicate your strand at this global
> forum.
> >On the other hand, all the fellowships are coming
> largely from governments
> >directly or indirectly - it is not very clear how
> CSOs could put forward
> >their conflicting viewpoints in this process
> without government support at
> >all.
> >Best
> >Atanu
> >TakingITGlobal
> 
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From laurent at straskraba.net  Tue Jun  8 19:23:24 2004
From: laurent at straskraba.net (Laurent Straskraba)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and 
  question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <20040608173401.94200.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <6.1.1.1.0.20040608164523.01f91a00@mail.straskraba.net>
 <20040608173401.94200.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040608194145.01fe6f60@mail.straskraba.net>

Dear Djilali,

thank you for your critical statement. I just would like you to see 
"chance" as a real chance, including financial possibilities, visa 
processing, etc. I fully agree that without real opportunities everything 
is just idle talk and looks nice on papers. Consequently, this is true for 
both "developed" and "developing" countries. Please do not assume that in 
OECD countries everything is fine, so that CSO and government concerns 
would be alike. That's just not the case. I'm not an expert in your 
particular country/situation but I'm certainly aware that there needs to be 
public (international) support for development. It's the same here ..

Finally, I would like to see more action going on to fulfill the goals of 
the Plan of Action in line with the Declaration of Principles. I think it's 
very important for the wealthier to hear and see the views and thoughts of 
the not so wealthy ones. ICTs in my opinion are meant to support these 
opportunities. We need to join hands though to reach this aim, may it be 
personally or virtually.

Best,

Laurent

---
Mag. Laurent Straskraba
Information Society Researcher / Information Society Representative at UN 
Youth & Student Association of Austria

post: Ontlstrasse 3, A - 4040 Linz, Austria / Europe
mobile: +43.650.7711861 (GMT +1)
e-mail: laurent@straskraba.net
web: http://www.straskraba.net
---

At 19:34 08.06.2004, you wrote:
>In French below...
>Dear Laurent,
>It's so easy to be representative of a civile society
>situated in developped and rich country... You are
>Ausrian congratualtions ! i guess in such a country,
>governmental concerns, civile society concerns however
>its speciality are quasi the same .... so i can
>understand your comments and your advice "So if you
>have the chance to get into it, I'd recommend to take
>it"...
>Imagine that you are somebody in Africa, your
>government demends on the aid of particular donnor
>(International NGO, UN Agency or Austrian Government?
>to pay tickets and fees do you think it easy for a
>representative of local NGO to take it as you
>recommanded...
>I ma 1000 times against because of this will give to
>dictatorial gobernments the right to impose CS in
>their delegations !
>Pour ce cher Laurent qui fait des anlyses si
>pertinentes pour la CS d'un pays riche et d?velopp?,
>la pauvre, il ignore la situation dans les pays du Sud
>et comment voulez vous afficher la moindre cr?dibilit?
>si vous venez en plus dans des d?l?gation officielle !
>Je suis mille fois contre, ne serait-ce que parce que
>cela va donner l'id?e aux Gouvernements dictatoriaux
>d'exiger que leur soci?t? civile soient inf?od?e !
>Amiti?s
>Djilali


From mciver at albany.edu  Tue Jun  8 22:22:04 2004
From: mciver at albany.edu (Bill McIver, University at Albany)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
Message-ID: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>

Friends / Amig@s / Amis

The Civil Society Documents for WSIS, Phase I. are here /
Los Documentos de la sociedad civil para CMSI, Fase I. est? ac? /
Les Documents de la soci?t? civile pour SMSI, Phase I. sont ici:

http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003

They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site for them. /
Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. Necesitamos un sitio 
nuevo para ellos. /
Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un nouvel 
emplacement pour eux.


Thanks / Gracias / Merci,

WJM
-- 

Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>

From mciver at albany.edu  Tue Jun  8 22:07:40 2004
From: mciver at albany.edu (Bill McIver, University at Albany)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CT Representatives to the CSB
Message-ID: <40C62A9C.7060902@albany.edu>

All,

We currently have Steve Buckley and Susanna George
as our representatives to the Civil Society Bureau.

Susanna cannot participate in Tunis and has asked to
be replaced.

Karen Banks has been selected for the post by the Content
and Themes group.


WJM

====

Todos,

Tenemos ahora Steve Buckley y Susanna George como
nuestros representantes al <Bureau> de la Sociedad Civil.

Susanna no puede participar en T?nez y ha pedido ser substituido.

Karen Banks ha sido seleccionado para la posici?n
por el grupo del contenido y de los temas.


WJM

====
[C'est une traduction automatique. 
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr ]

Tous,

Nous avons actuellement Steve Buckley et Susanna George
en tant que nos repr?sentants au bureau civil de soci?t?.

Susanna ne peut pas participer ? Tunis et
a demand? ? ?tre remplac?.

Karen Banks a ?t? choisi pour la position par le groupe de
contenu et de th?mes.



WJM
-- 

Bill McIver
Assistant Professor
School of Information Science and Policy
University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York 12222
USA

e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%7Emciver>

From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Wed Jun  9 11:26:56 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
Message-ID: <200406091026.BSC45535@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Dear Bill,

If CS documents need to be hosted somewhere else, wsis-
online would be happy to provide the hosting. 

I'll see where it would be best.

Best 

Bertrand

Bertrand
wsis-online.net Editor
lachapelle@openwsis.org 
Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32


>
>
>Friends / Amig@s / Amis
>
>The Civil Society Documents for WSIS, Phase I. are here /
>Los Documentos de la sociedad civil para CMSI, Fase I. est? 
ac? /
>Les Documents de la soci?t? civile pour SMSI, Phase I. sont 
ici:
>
>http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003
>
>They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site 
for them. /
>Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. 
Necesitamos un sitio 
>nuevo para ellos. /
>Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un 
nouvel 
>emplacement pour eux.
>
>
>Thanks / Gracias / Merci,
>
>WJM
>-- 
>
>Bill McIver
>Assistant Professor
>School of Information Science and Policy
>University at Albany, State University of New York
>Albany, New York 12222
>USA
>
>e-mail: mciver@albany.edu <mailto:mciver@albany.edu>
>URL: http://www.albany.edu/~mciver <http://www.albany.edu/%
7Emciver>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

From Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org  Wed Jun  9 13:10:30 2004
From: Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org (Ramin.Kaweh@unctad.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] NGLS WSIS web-page
Message-ID: <OF052C6B89.DD5CB777-ONC1256EAE.004273E5@unctad.org>

Dear All,

We would like to inform you that NGLS has just upgraded its WSIS web-page
www.un-ngls.org/wsis.htm
and that it will track closely the WSIS process until Tunis 2005.

The web-page has been built as a portal, offering information and links to
other sites related to the WSIS process.
It also provides the latest news, announcements and documentation from the
Executive Secretariat in Geneva
and from civil society organisations engaged in the WSIS process.

We welcome contributions from civil society participants, including news or
information on upcoming meetings and events,
which will be posted on this web-page.

You are warmly invited to visit our upgraded WSIS web-page and to send us
your comments and information.

Kind regards,
Ramin Kaweh



Ch?res toutes, chers tous,

Nous vous informons que le site internet du NGLS dispose d'une nouvelle
page relative au SMSI, disponible ? l'adresse suivante :
www.un-ngls.org/wsis.htm. Sur cette page vous pourrez suivre de pr?s tout
le processus du sommet jusqu'? sa deuxi?me phase de Tunis 2005.

Cette page a ?t? produite comme un portail offrant des informations et des
liens aux autres sites traitant du SMSI. Elle fournit les derni?res
nouvelles, annonces et autres documents produits par le secr?tariat
ex?cutif ? Gen?ve, ainsi que par les organisations de la soci?t? civile
engag?es dans le processus du sommet.

Nous serons heureux de recevoir et de publier sur cette page les
contributions des participants de la soci?t? civile, comme les informations
ou les annonces des r?unions ou autres ?v?nements.

Nous vous invitons donc ? visiter notre nouvelle page et ? nous envoyer vos
commentaires.

Sinc?res salutations
Ramin Kaweh


* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ramin Kaweh
Programme Officer
UN-NGLS (Non-Governmental Liaison Service)
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
tel:  0041.22. 917 2078
fax: 0041.22. 917 0432
ramin.kaweh@unctad.org
www.un-ngls.org
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *





From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Wed Jun  9 14:19:32 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
Message-ID: <33548.65.94.57.142.1086787172.squirrel@webmail.bydesign-elab.net>

We are now reloading our Canadian WSIS resource and exchange web site,
and will also feature the basic documents.
Is there anything else you need to make this work? We will take a look today.
http://wsis.ecommons.ca
http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca

We will also add a Spanish tag for the Spanish docs.

Anyone can go in and post information to the Canadian wsis site btw, ( it
is a drupal open source site) in french english or spanish, simply by
registering.Amelia - amelia Bryne Potter <ameliabryne@mac.com
is helping reload the site.

We will communicate in time for Berlin Sunday meeting (in French and
English!) on various issues, including- accountability and effectiveness for civil society
- who speaks for Canada and North America in summit 2? where are the
consultative mechanisms? how can we bridge some of the gaps in
communications internally, to other scetors and to public? how can we
ensure an accountable and responsible presence in Tunis?- ideas on how to address need to raise profile of WSIS SMSI among civil
society and community groups, and interested publics
Sorry that we cannot attend in Berlin, but the Canadian federal election
now under way requires urgent attention, and some of us are attending a
long planned Media Ecology conference in Rochester (where WSIS will come
up on June 13 in a panel on "Future of the Internet").
best wishes

Liss J
eCommons/agora

french coming later today: je m'excuse...

 Dear Bill,
>
> If CS documents need to be hosted somewhere else, wsis-
> online would be happy to provide the hosting.
>
> I'll see where it would be best.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
> Bertrand
> wsis-online.net Editor
> lachapelle@openwsis.org
> Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32




From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Jun  9 15:06:26 2004
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
Message-ID: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0B13@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

Hi Frannie

I've been part of the Danish Delegation since prepcom2, as Human Rights adviser, and will also participate as such in Tunisia,

Best
Rikke

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Frannie Wellings
Sent: 4. juni 2004 23:53
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation

english/spanish/french

Hello Everyone -
I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any 
of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia 
is/has been a civil society delegate to their 
government's wsis delegation.  At the Public 
Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of 
civil society/governmental interaction and 
strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like 
to try and get civil society representatives on 
more government delegations.  It would help to 
know who on this list has been previously or will 
be included in their government's delegation in 
Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just 
well-connected to it.
Thank you, Frannie

Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list. 
It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able 
to go to Tunisia.


Hola!
Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista 
es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la 
delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la 
reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a 
una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la 
estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar 
esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir 
representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s 
delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber 
qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez 
incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o 
patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas 
bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie



Bonjour,
Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette 
liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la 
d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de 
la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC, 
il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et 
de strat?gie de society/governmental pour 
am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions 
essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de 
soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement. 
Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou 
sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur 
gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur 
gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci, 
Frannie



At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
>
>Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
>
>Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
>
>Here is the updated list of NGO representatives 
>who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
>
>*	Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
>*	Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
>*	Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>*	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>*	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
>*	Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
>*	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
>*	Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
>*	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
>*	Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
>*	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
>*	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
>*	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation 
>Drossou@BOELL.DE
>*	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
>*	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
>*	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
>*	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
>*	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
>*	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) 
>and the Centre on Human Evolution studies 
>a.loreto@ceu.it
>*	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal 
>of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org 
>muguet@mdpi.net
>*	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
>*	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
>*	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
>*	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>*	Dr.Razzaghi
>*	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
>*	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des 
>Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
>*	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, 
>Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
>*	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society 
>Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
>
>Note that the Civil Society Officer within the 
>WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can 
>be reached at:
>
>Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le 
>Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on 
>peut contacter a:
>
>Moncef Achour
>Program Officer (civil Society)
>c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
>Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
>Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
>E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
>
>
>-- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
>=====================================================
>Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
>(CONGO)
>email:	           rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
>=====================================================


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From graciela at rits.org.br  Wed Jun  9 15:53:26 2004
From: graciela at rits.org.br (graciela)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:44 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and
  question of govt. relation
In-Reply-To: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0B13@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20040609115124.03066670@pop.rits.org.br>

Hi,

I will be in Tunis as well.
In Geneve, last december, Rits'representatives have participated as members 
of the Brazilian delegation.


Best regards,
Graciela

At 16:06 9/6/2004 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi Frannie
>
>I've been part of the Danish Delegation since prepcom2, as Human Rights 
>adviser, and will also participate as such in Tunisia,
>
>Best
>Rikke
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From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
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I also have the materials on
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis-main.htm which has a focus
more on Arabic documents but i have also place the English and French
because those are the languages spoken in the Arab World, and I also have
the Arabic docuemtns that I have or am translating.
Marlyn

-----Original Message-----
From: Liss Jeffrey [mailto:ljeffrey@ecommons.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 09:20 ?
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: ameliabryne@mac.com
Subject: [Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.



We are now reloading our Canadian WSIS resource and exchange web site,
and will also feature the basic documents.
Is there anything else you need to make this work? We will take a look
today.
http://wsis.ecommons.ca
http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca

We will also add a Spanish tag for the Spanish docs.

Anyone can go in and post information to the Canadian wsis site btw, ( it
is a drupal open source site) in french english or spanish, simply by
registering.Amelia - amelia Bryne Potter <ameliabryne@mac.com
is helping reload the site.

We will communicate in time for Berlin Sunday meeting (in French and
English!) on various issues, including- accountability and effectiveness for
civil society
- who speaks for Canada and North America in summit 2? where are the
consultative mechanisms? how can we bridge some of the gaps in
communications internally, to other scetors and to public? how can we
ensure an accountable and responsible presence in Tunis?- ideas on how to
address need to raise profile of WSIS SMSI among civil
society and community groups, and interested publics
Sorry that we cannot attend in Berlin, but the Canadian federal election
now under way requires urgent attention, and some of us are attending a
long planned Media Ecology conference in Rochester (where WSIS will come
up on June 13 in a panel on "Future of the Internet").
best wishes

Liss J
eCommons/agora

french coming later today: je m'excuse...

 Dear Bill,
>
> If CS documents need to be hosted somewhere else, wsis-
> online would be happy to provide the hosting.
>
> I'll see where it would be best.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
> Bertrand
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Wed Jun  9 23:27:25 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: Fwd: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and  question of govt. relation
Message-ID: <20040609222725.4438.qmail@web11803.mail.yahoo.com>




Dear all,

In Geneve, last december, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt - UPCH  have participated as members of the Peruvian delegation.


All the best,

 



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From jane at una.dk  Thu Jun 10 08:54:24 2004
From: jane at una.dk (Jane Johnsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hammamet hotels with Internet access?
References: <OF5E875375.E43F0215-ON85256EAC.005A5674-C1256EAC.0041DC41@edc.org>
Message-ID: <003b01c44ec0$2620d5f0$1e01a8c0@net.una.dk>

Hello Andy

We are staying at the Holiday Inn. They list as room amenities internet
acess, which i assume will make us able to log on directly from our rooms.

Sincerely

Jane Johnsen
UNA-Denmark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Carvin" <ACarvin@edc.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 1:59 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hammamet hotels with Internet access?


> Hi everyone,
>
> Does anyone know whether any of the Hammamet conference hotels have
> in-room Internet access? So far I have found only one hotel in the
> official list that mentions it -- Karthago Hammamet -- but the description
> says there is the "possibility of individual use of the Internet," which
> sounds to me that they might have a computer in the lobby.
>
> http://reservation.smsitunis2005.tn/reservation_hotel.asp
>
>
> Est-ce que n'importe qui sait si un quelconque de ces h?tels de conf?rence
> de Hammamet ont acc?s d'Internet d'en-suite ? Jusqu'ici j'ai trouv?
> seulement un h?tel dans la liste officielle qui des mentions il -- 
> Karthago Hammamet -- mais la description indique qu'il y a le "possibility
> d'une utilit? individuelle de l'Internet, " ; quels bruits ? moi qu'elles
> pourraient avoir un ordinateur dans l'entr?e d'h?tel, mais peut-?tre pas
> dans la chambre.
>
>
> ?Cualquier persona sabe si cualesquiera de los hoteles de la conferencia
> de Hammamet tienen acceso del Internet de la en-habitacio'n? He encontrado
> hasta ahora solamente un hotel en la lista oficial que las menciones ?l -- 
> Karthago Hammamet -- pero la descripci?n dice que hay el "possibility del
> uso individual del Internet, " qu? sonidos a m? que puede ser que tengan
> una computadora en el pasillo del hotel, pero quiz? no en el cuarto.
>
> thanks/merci/gracias,
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From jane at una.dk  Thu Jun 10 09:52:41 2004
From: jane at una.dk (Jane Johnsen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of govt. relation
References: <10E7DD03-B645-11D8-9D5F-0003937B7670@earthlink.net> <p06001f52bce69821a3ae@[192.168.1.53]>
Message-ID: <007f01c44ec8$4a215260$1e01a8c0@net.una.dk>

Hello Frannie

I will also be a member of the Danish delegation as adviser. I also served
as such during the Summit in December.

Sincerely

Med venlig hilsen/Yours Sincerely
Jane Finnerup Johnsen
FN-forbundet/Danish UN Association
Midtermolen 3  st. th.
DK-2100 Copenhagen ?
Tel.+45 35467381 (direct)
      +45 35467373
Fax.+45 35467350
e-mail:jane@una.dk

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in Hammamet and question of
govt. relation


> english/spanish/french
>
> Hello Everyone -
> I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> civil society/governmental interaction and
> strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> to try and get civil society representatives on
> more government delegations.  It would help to
> know who on this list has been previously or will
> be included in their government's delegation in
> Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> well-connected to it.
> Thank you, Frannie
>
> Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> to go to Tunisia.
>
>
> Hola!
> Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
>
>
>
> Bonjour,
> Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> Frannie
>
>
>
> At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> >
> >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> >
> >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin
Prepcom:
> >
> >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> >
> >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
> >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
> >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
> >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
> >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
> >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> >a.loreto@ceu.it
> >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> >muguet@mdpi.net
> >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
> >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  ong@worldcom.ch
> >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >* Dr.Razzaghi
> >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> >
> >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> >be reached at:
> >
> >Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le
> >Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on
> >peut contacter a:
> >
> >Moncef Achour
> >Program Officer (civil Society)
> >c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> >Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> >Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> >E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> >
> >
> >-- Rik Panganiban
> >     CONGO
> >=====================================================
> >Rik Panganiban, Communications Coordinator
> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the UN
> >(CONGO)
> >email:            rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >web:                     http://www.ngocongo.org
> >=====================================================
>
>
> -- 
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Frannie Wellings
> Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
> Coordinator, The Public Voice
> 1718 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 200
> Washington, D.C.  20009   USA
> wellings@epic.org
> +1 202 483 1140 extension 107 (telephone)
> +1 202 483 1248 (fax)
> http://www.epic.org
> http://www.thepublicvoice.org
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From busaniche at caminandoutopias.org.ar  Thu Jun 10 12:57:17 2004
From: busaniche at caminandoutopias.org.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
In-Reply-To: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>
References: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>
Message-ID: <1086868637.1939.4.camel@linux.local>

El mar, 08-06-2004 a las 18:22, Bill McIver, University at Albany
escribi?:

> 
> http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003
> 
> They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site for them. /
> Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. Necesitamos un sitio 
> nuevo para ellos. /
> Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un nouvel 
> emplacement pour eux.


Hola Bill 
Hipatia NGO could offer hosting for the documents. Contact Juan Carlos
Gentile to check how to do that. (jucar@hipatia.info) 

ONG HIpatia puede ofrecer hospedaje a los documentos. Contacta a Juan
Carlos Gentile para ver c?mo hacerlo.

Saludos / Regards

Beatriz




From asaleem at pcpak.org  Wed Jun  9 13:16:42 2004
From: asaleem at pcpak.org (Ahmed Saleem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Help Support Civil Society Efforts For WSIS
Message-ID: <11459C74FBB3BE46B629758AF4EE9C6F442B07@server.pcpak.org>

Dear Myriam and colleagues, 

There is an non-profit organisation called CADC - Center for Advocacy and Development Communication - which might be a potential partner to working with. The lady from CADC visited me the other day and mentioned about her intention to locate partners for this project. Her name is Ms Izzah Ahmed. You can contact her at her email: email@isd.wol.net.pk, and phone no. +92-333-5113391. She seems to have lot of contacts in media, Ministry of Information, and radio/tv channels.You can write to her for further information and possibilities. 

Regards
Ahmed Saleem
Senior Communication Manager
Population Council
House No. 7, Street 62
F-6/3, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Tel: 0092-51-2277439 Ext: 114
Fax: 0092-51-2821401
Email: asaleem@pcpak.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Myriam Horngren [mailto:mh@wacc.org.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:56 PM
To: wfcr@comunica.org
Cc: Crisal@comunica.org; crisinfo@comunica.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WFCR] invitation English Francais Espanol



fran?ais au-dessou
espa?ol abajo

HELP SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY EFFORTS FOR WSIS II AND BEYOND

** Did your organization attend the World Forum on Communication Rights 
(WFCR) at WSIS I in Geneva, December 2003?

** Do you want to connect with other civil society organizations 
seeking to advance human rights and social justice within media, 
information and communication policies worldwide?

** Can you spend 20 minutes to take part in a project designed to help 
you learn about, contact and build strategic alliances with groups that 
share your goals?

We want to connect you with the hundreds of organizations working for 
human rights, social justice, and the public interest within media, 
culture and information/communication technology around the world. 
Across cultural and geographical borders common goals unite us. Center 
for International Media Action (CIMA) in New York is conducting this 
project to help you make real links with others who share your concerns 
and issues.

SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768
Please complete this survey before June 21, 2004.

Help us create an online directory of colleagues around the world. We 
want to know about your strategies, ideas and motivations. In exchange, 
we'll provide you with top grade analysis of what the world's most 
creative and enthusiastic media activists are up to - as well as how to 
reach them.

With the help of the International Forum Organizing Group of the World 
Forum on Communication Rights (WFCR), a committee of ten international 
non-governmental organizations, we are asking all the participants of 
the WFCR to take part in an online survey. Groups who do not wish to be 
included in the directory can participate anonymously and still help us 
learn about international efforts to transform media and ICTs.

Please contribute your knowledge and about twenty minutes of your time. 
Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768 for more 
information about this non-commercial, non-profit, non-governmental 
project, and to take the survey (in French, Spanish or English). Or 
write to survey@mediaactioncenter.org and we will send you more 
information.

SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768
Please complete this survey before June 21, 2004.

Sincerely,

Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter, Seeta Pe?a Gangadharan and 
Rachel Kulick,
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
*  *  *  *
Fran?ais
*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
*  *  *  *
AIDEZ-NOUS ? SOUTENIR LES EFFORTS DE LA SOCI?T? CIVILE DANS LE CADRE DU 
SMSI II ET AU-DEL?!

** Avez-vous particip? au Forum Mondial des Droits ? la Communication ? 
la premi?re pahse du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l'Information 
(SMSI I) ? Gen?ve en D?cembre 2003??

** Souhaitez-vous entrer en contact avec d'autres organisations de 
soci?t? civile cherchant ? faire progresser les Droits de l'Homme et de 
la justice sociale dans les politiques de l'information, de la culture, 
des m?dia et de la communication dans le monde entier??

** Accepteriez-vous de nous donner 20 minutes pour prendre par ? un 
projet dont le but est de vous faire conna?tre d'autres organisations 
partageant les m?mes objectifs, pouvoir entrer en contact avec elles et 
?tablir des alliances strat?giques??


Nous voulons vous faire entrer en contact avec les centaines 
d'organisations travaillant sur les Droits de l'Homme, la justice 
sociale et l'int?r?t public dans les technologies de Communication/ 
Information, culture et m?dias dans le monde entier.
Au del? des fronti?res g?ographiques et culturelles, des buts communs 
nous unissent. CIMA (Center for International Media Action), ? New 
york, m?ne ce projet afin de vous aider ? concr?tiser les liens qui 
vous unissent avec d'autres organisations partageant les m?mes 
pr?occupations.

ENQUETE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=55613515132
La date limite pour r?pondre ? cette enquete est le 18 Juin 2004.

Aidez nous ? cr?er un annuaire en ligne des partenaires du monde 
entier. Nous voulons conna?tre vos strat?gies, vos id?es et vos 
motivations. En ?change, nous vous ferons b?n?ficier d'analyse de haute 
qualit? sur les activistes les plus cr?atifs et enthousiastes sur le 
th?me des m?dias dans le monde entier - et nous vous permettrons 
?galement de rentrer en contact avec eux.

Avec l'aide du Comit? d'Organisation du Forum du Forum Mondial des 
Droits ? la Communication (FMDC-WFCR), nous demandons ? tous les 
participants du FMDC-WFCR de bien vouloir prendre part ? cette enqu?te 
en ligne. Les organismes qui ne souhaitent pas ?tre inscrits dans 
l'annuaire peuvent participer anonymement et nous permettre de mieux 
conna?tre les efforts entrepris au niveau international pour 
transformer les m?dias et les TICs.

Nous vous prions donc de bien vouloir contribuer par votre connaissance 
et 20 minutes de votre temps ? cette enqu?te. Visitez le site 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=55613515132 pour plus 
d'informations sur ce projet non commercial, non lucratif et non 
gouvernemental et acc?der au questionnaire (en fran?ais, espagnol et 
anglais). Vous pouvez ?galement nous ?crire ? 
survey@mediaactioncenter.org et nous vous enverrons de plus amples 
informations.

ENQUETE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=55613515132
La date limite pour r?pondre ? cette enquete est le 18 Juin 2004.

Cordialement,

Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter, Seeta Pe?a Gangadharan, 
Rachel Kulick,
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
*  *  *  *
Espa?ol
*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  
*  *  *  *

CONTRIBUYA CON LOS ESFUERZOS DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL PARA LA SEGUNDA 
CUMBRE MUNDIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACI?N (CMSI I)

**  ?Asisti? su organizaci?n al Foro Mundial sobre Derechos de la 
Comunicaci?n (WFCR, por su sigla en ingl?s) durante la cumbre WSIS en 
Ginebra, Suiza, en diciembre del 2003?

** ?Desea UD. Contactarse con otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil 
quienes buscan el avance de los derechos humanos y la justicia social 
en el ?mbito de los medios de comunicaci?n, la informaci?n y las 
pol?ticas de comunicaci?n a nivel mundial?

** ?Puede usted invertir 20 minutos de su valioso tiempo y tomar parte 
en un proyecto dise?ado para ayudarle a aprender acerca de c?mo 
contactar y construir alianzas estrat?gicas con otros grupos quienes 
comparten sus mismos intereses y metas?

Queremos conectarle con cientos de organizaciones que trabajan por los 
derechos humanos, la justicia social y el inter?s p?blico dentro de los 
medios, las comunicaciones o la relaci?n entre cultura y tecnolog?a de 
la informaci?n alrededor del mundo. Traspasando fronteras hay una meta 
final que nos une y por ello el Centro Internacional de Acci?n por los 
Medios (CIMA, por su sigla en ingl?s), en Nueva York, esta conduciendo 
este proyecto para ayudarle a crear lazos con otras organizaciones  que 
comparten sus mismas preocupaciones, objetivos e intereses.

ENCUESTA: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32819516312
La fecha l?mite para completar la encuesta es el 21 de junio del 2004.

Con su ayuda UD. Contribuye a la creaci?n de un directorio electr?nico 
de colegas alrededor del mundo y por ello queremos saber acerca de sus 
ideas, estrategias y motivaciones. A cambio, nosotros le proveemos con 
un an?lisis de la m?s alta calidad acerca de las actividades de los 
activistas m?s entusiastas y creativos de los medios, as? como qu? 
hacer para contactarlos.

Con ayuda del Grupo Organizador del Foro Internacional Sobre Derechos 
de la Comunicaci?n (WFCR), un comit? conformado por diez ONG 
internacionales, estamos pidiendo a todos los participantes del WFCR 
que tomen parte en esta encuesta electr?nica. Aquellos grupos quienes 
no deseen ser incluidos en el directorio electr?nico tambi?n pueden 
participar an?nimamente y as? ayudarnos a aprender acerca de los 
diferentes esfuerzos internacionales para transformar los medios y las 
tecnolog?as de la comunicaci?n y la informaci?n.

Por favor contribuya con su conocimiento y experiencias. Visite

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32819516312

para mayor informaci?n acerca de esta organizaci?n no gubernamental, no 
comercial y sin ?nimo de lucro. Responda la encuesta (disponible en 
espa?ol, franc?s e ingl?s). O escribanos a survey@mediaactioncenter.org 
y le enviaremos mas informaci?n.

ENCUESTA: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32819516312
La fecha l?mite para completar la encuesta es el 21 de junio del 2004.

Sinceramente,

Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter, Seeta Pe?a Gangadharan, 
Rachel Kulick,
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org


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From ljeffrey at bydesign-elab.net  Wed Jun  9 13:35:00 2004
From: ljeffrey at bydesign-elab.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
In-Reply-To: <200406091026.BSC45535@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406091026.BSC45535@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <33647.65.94.54.98.1086784500.squirrel@webmail.bydesign-elab.net>

>
We are now reloading our Canadian WSIS resource and exchange web site, and
will also feature the documents. Is there anything else you need to make
this work? We will take a look today.
http://wsis.ecommons.ca
http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca

We will also add a Spanish tag for the Spanish docs.

Anyone can go in and post information to our wsis site btw, simply by
registering.Amelia - address above - is helping reload the site.

best wishes

Liss J
eCommons/agora

 Dear Bill,
>
> If CS documents need to be hosted somewhere else, wsis-
> online would be happy to provide the hosting.
>
> I'll see where it would be best.
>
> Best
>
> Bertrand
>
> Bertrand
> wsis-online.net Editor
> lachapelle@openwsis.org
> Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32
>
>



From c.bruch at gmx.de  Thu Jun 10 15:20:39 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] question of govt. relation
References: <005f01c44c8e$d15ff3d0$3000a8c0@oneworld.sa>
Message-ID: <16934.1086877239@www43.gmx.net>

Atanu:

The answer to this question depends on the character of the government and
of course of the person who represents cs with a government delegation.

Concerning the WSIS process I am positive that cs does get overwhelmed by
the government and that the organization participation in cs coordination
group for the WSIS are in no way governmental NGOs.

Delegating cs representatives to government delegations and regularly
conferring with government representatives influences both sides. So
depending on the character of a particular government it might be advisable
to keep distance.

An acceptable or even positive relationship between cs and government or the
opposite situation in one country does not prejudge cs-government relations
in other countries.

Christoph


> Do you think that the inclusion of CSO representative in the government
> delegation improves the chances of a better reflection of CSO inputs
> prioritised in the governmental input in the process, and thus a better
> lobbying by CSOs in this process? Or it is just a governmental supprt of
> empowering CSOs in pushing their policy voices in this high-level meeting
> as
> happening in the North. I believe for us in South it would be interesting
> to
> learn how and why governments are allowing CSOs and general public in
> sharing their concerns across the ministerial dialogues.
> Best,
> Atanu
> 

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From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 10 15:26:59 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Mtg with UNDP Administrator - 16 June, 17h00
Message-ID: <3B77E036-BAEA-11D8-9596-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Chers colleges / Dear Colleagues,

Sera un "conversation" avec M. Mark Malloch-Brown, administrateur de  
PNUD la semaine prochaine.  La r?union sera lieux en chambre XXIII au  
Palais des Nations (Geneve) de 1700 en 16 juin.  Il parlera sur le  
"Objectifs de Mill?naire pour le D?veloppement" et la reforme de l'ONU.  
  Donc, je pense cette r?union sera une bonne occasion pour nous de  
demander a lui sur le financement de TICs pour le d?veloppement dans le  
contexte de SMSI.  Son bureau ?tait fait responsable pour cette  
question par la Secretaire-General de l'ONU, mais nous n'avons pas re?u  
aucune information sur ?a.

Je ne peut pas ?tre la bas, mais j?espere que une participante de  
societ? civile dans le proces de SMSI pourra participer et faire une  
reportage pour cette liste.

Sinceremente,

Rik Panganiban
WFM

=======================================


Dear Colleagues,

There will be a "conversation" with Mr. Mark Malloch-Brown,  
administrator of UNDP next week.  The meeting will take place in room  
XXIII at the Palais des Nations (Geneva) at 1700 on 16 June.  He will  
speak about the Millennium Development Goals and UN reform.  So I think  
this meeting would be a good opportunity for us to ask him about  
financing for ICT development in the context of the WSIS.  His office  
has been made responsible for this subject by the Secretary General of  
the UN, but we have received no information about any progress on this  
matter.

I can not be there, but I hope that some participant from civil society  
from the WSIS process can be there to participate and make a report  
back to this list.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Tony.Hill@unctad.org
> Date: 10 juin 2004 05:27:35 GMT-04:00
> Subject: Invitation to a Conversation with UNDP Administrator - 16  
> June, 17h00
>
>
> Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
> We are pleased to invite you to a Conversation with Mark  
> Malloch-Brown, the Administrator of the UN Development Programme  
> (UNDP). ?The meeting will take place in Room XXIII of the Palais des  
> Nations from 1700 hours (5 p.m.) on Wednesday, 16 June.
>
> Mr. Malloch-Brown will make some introductory remarks on:
>
> ? ? ? ? ?The Millennium Development Goals;
> ? ? ? ? ?United Nations Reform;
> ? ? ? ? ?UNDP in post-crisis situations (Iraq, Afghanistan etc., ),
>
> following which the floor will be open for questions, commentary and  
> discussion.
>
> We apologize for the lateness of this invitation but trust you will be  
> able to join us for this stimulating event.
>
> If you require a grounds pass to enter the Palais des Nations, please  
> contact Ms. Anne Kawuki at: tel: 022.917.2090, or email:  
> anne.kawuki@unctad.org.
>
> We look forward to seeing you on 16 June.
>
> With best wishes,
>
>
>
> Odile Sorgho-Moulinier ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  
> ? ? ? ?Tony Hill
> Director ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  
> ? ? ? ? ?Coordinator
> UNDP Office in Geneva ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  
> ? ? ? ?UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service
> Tel: +41.22.917.8538 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  
> ? ? ?Tel:+41.22.917.2076
> Email: odile.sorgho-moulinier@undp.org ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?  
> ? ? ? ?Email: tony.hill@unctad.org
>
>
>
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From c.bruch at gmx.de  Thu Jun 10 16:05:04 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tunis:_Informationsveranstaltung_/_Soir=E9e_d'information?=
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Sorry no English version since the panel discussion is going to be in German
with translation into Frensh only.


Weltgipfel zur Informationsgesellschaft(WSIS):
Weltforum f?r die B?rgerrechte in den Gesellschaften des
21.Jahrhunderts?

Informationsveranstaltung der Heinrich-B?ll-Stiftung und der
Humanistischen Union in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe Institut Tunis

23. Juni 2004, 19.00 - 21.00 Uhr

Goethe-Institut Tunis
Place d'Afrique / 6, rue du S?n?gal 
1002 Tunis-Belv?d?re

Sprachen: Deutsch mit Simultan?bersetzung ins Franz?sische

------------------------------

Der Auftrag der UN-Generalversammlung an den Weltgipfel zur
Informationsgesellschaft (WSIS), eine Verst?ndigung der Weltgemeinschaft
?ber eine Vision von der Informationsgesellschaft sowie ?ber Wege und
Strategien f?r ihre Verwirklichung herbeizuf?hren, dokumentiert ein
ver?ndertes globales Problembewusstsein: nicht nur nachsorgend sollen
L?sungen f?r existierende Probleme gefunden werden; vielmehr soll sich
die Weltgemeinschaft vorsorgend auf gemeinsame Ziele und Wege einigen,
die f?r eine gerechte und nachhaltige Verfassung der durch die neuen
Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien vernetzten Welt beschritten
werden sollen.

Zentrale Fragen, die w?hrend der ersten Phase des Weltgipfels er?rtert
aber nicht abschlie?end beantwortet wurden und deshalb auch in der
zweiten Gipfelphase gro?e Aufmerksamkeit erfahren werden, sind:

- die ?berwindung digitaler Spaltungen weltweit und innerhalb der
Gesellschaften 

- die Weiterentwicklung der Menschenrechte angesichts der Verbreitung
digitaler Medien und neuer Kommunikationsformen

- die Regulierung des Internet (Internet Governance)

- die Sicherstellung des offenen Zugang zum Wissen der Menschheit f?r
alle

- die F?rderung der Vielfalt der Kulturen sowie der Medienpluralit?t

Erstmalig in der Geschichte der UN-Weltgipfel wurden Zivilgesellschaft
und privater Sektor eingeladen, sich am Gipfelprozess zu beteiligen und
ihren Einfluss auf die Entscheidungen der Regierungen geltend zu machen.
Entsprechend bekennt sich auch die offizielle Gipfel-Deklaration zu der
Vision einer "inklusiven Informationsgesellschaft", die nur durch
Einschluss und aktive Beteiligung aller gesellschaftlichen Gruppen zu
verwirklichen ist.

Anl?sslich des Beginns der zweiten Gipfelphase, die das Gastgeberland
Tunesien austragen wird, stellen Vertreter und Vertreterinnen der
deutschen Regierung und des WSIS Zivilgesellschaftlichen
Koordinierungskreises ihre Erfahrungen aus der ersten WSIS-Phase vor und
diskutieren mit den Teilnehmenden.

Programm

Begr??ung

Eckehart Vogt, Goethe Institut 
Armin Anton Koessler, Deutsche Botschaft Tunesien 
Olga Drossou, Heinrich-B?ll-Stiftung

Podium mit anschlie?ender Diskussion

Jeanette Hofmann, Deutsche Regierungsdelegation 
(Vertreterin der Zivilgesellschaft WSIS Phase I)

Michael Leibrandt, Deutsche Regierungsdelegation zum WSIS (Vertreter
der Bundesregierung)

Annette M?hlberg, Referentin f?r e-Government, Vereinte
Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (Ver.di)

Ralf Bendrath, Universit?t Bremen, www.worldsummit2005.org

Moderation: Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union



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Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI):
Forum mondial pour les droits du citoyen dans les soci?t?s du 21i?me
si?cle ?

Soir?e d'information de la Fondation Heinrich B?ll et de l'Union
Humaniste en coop?ration avec l'Institut de Goethe de Tunis

23 juin 2004, 19 :00 - 21 :00 heures

Goethe-Institut Tunis
Place d'Afrique / 6, rue du S?n?gal
1002 Tunis-Belv?d?re
Langues: allemand avec traduction simultan?e en fran?ais

______________________________

La consigne donn?e par l'Assembl?e G?n?rale de l'ONU au Sommet mondial
de la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI)de parvenir ? un accord au sein de
la communaut? internationale sur une vision de la soci?t? de
l'information ainsi que sur les moyens et les strat?gies permettant de
la r?aliser montre un changement survenu dans la mani?re d'aborder le
probl?me ? l'?chelle mondiale : il ne s'agit plus uniquement de trouver
des solutions en aval pour les probl?mes existants ; la communaut?
internationale tente plut?t de pr?venir et de se concerter d'ores et d?j?
sur les buts et les moyens communs ? prendre en compte en vue d'une
constitution ?quitable et durable pour le monde interconnect? par le
biais des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC).
Les questions centrales, d?battues lors de la premi?re phase du sommet
mondial, mais rest?es sans r?ponse finale et qui retiendront donc
?galement notre attention lors de la deuxi?me phase du sommet, sont
les suivantes :
le d?passement des fractures num?riques partout dans le monde et dans
les diff?rentes soci?t?s

- la poursuite du d?veloppement des droits de l'homme face au
d?ploiement des m?dias num?riques et des nouvelles formes de
communication

- la r?gularisation de l'Internet (Internet Governance)

- la garantie de l'acc?s ouvert au savoir de l'humanit? pour tout le
monde

- la promotion de la diversit? des cultures et de la pluralit? des
m?dias

Pour la premi?re fois dans l'histoire des sommets mondiaux organis?s
par les Nations Unies, la soci?t? civile et le secteur priv? ont ?t?
invit?s ? participer au processus du sommet et ? mettre en valeur leur
influence aux d?cisions des gouvernements. C'est pour cela que la
d?claration officielle du sommet adh?re ? la vision d'une ? soci?t?
de l'information inclusive ? qui peut ?tre uniquement r?alis?e moyennant
l'int?gration et la participation active de tous les groupes de la
soci?t?.

A l'occasion du d?but de la deuxi?me phase du sommet qui aura pour pays
d'accueil la Tunisie, les repr?sentants du gouvernement allemand et du
cercle de coordination du SMSI form? par la soci?t? civile parleront de
leurs exp?riences de la premi?re phase du SMSI et discuteront avec les
participants.

Programme

Accueil
Eckehart VOGT, Institut de Goethe
Armin Anton KOESSLER, Ambassade de l'Allemagne, Tunisie
Olga DROSSOU, Fondation Heinrich BOELL

Podium suivi d'un d?bat ouvert

Jeanette HOFMANN, d?l?gation du gouvernement allemand
(repr?sentante de la soci?t? civile SMSI phase I)

Michael LEIBRANDT, d?l?gation du gouvernement allemand pour le SMSI
(repr?sentant du gouvernement f?d?ral)

Annette MUEHLBERG, rapporteuse du ?e-Governemnt?, Syndicat de services
(Ver.di)

Ralf BENDRATH, Universit? de Br?me, www.worldsummit2005.org

Animation du d?bat: Christoph BRUCH, Union Humaniste


-- 
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From echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar  Thu Jun 10 18:47:09 2004
From: echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar (Enrique A. Chaparro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Mtg with UNDP Administrator - 16 June, 17h00
In-Reply-To: <3B77E036-BAEA-11D8-9596-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <3B77E036-BAEA-11D8-9596-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20040610144709.1d813624.echaparro@uolsinectis.com.ar>

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:26:59 -0400
Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> wrote:

RP> Chers colleges / Dear Colleagues,
RP> 
RP> Sera un "conversation" avec M. Mark Malloch-Brown, administrateur de  
RP> PNUD la semaine prochaine.  La r?union sera lieux en chambre XXIII 

<irony>
What UNDP? Microsoft's business partner?

Quel PNUD? Le partenaire d'affaires de Microsoft?

Que PNUD? El socio de negocios de Microsoft?

</irony>

E.

-- 
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From rockproject at 6xa.nl  Thu Jun 10 19:41:50 2004
From: rockproject at 6xa.nl (LiveAid-2.org / United WorldAid Festivals on Global Issues)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Live Aid 2 could Help Support Civil Society Efforts For WSIS
Message-ID: <01d801c44f1a$f4c4d1e0$0301a8c0@f7c0e2>

Dear Ms Izzah, Myriam, Ahmed, colleagues from other community's,

Your initiative is a very good one. Allow me to congratulate you. I am
rather sure we can help each other and collaborate. We, from our part, are
going to organise Live Aid 2 as it seems, together with a great number of
dignitary's, artists and journalists and we invite you and other NGO's to
become part of this global event. In the upcoming weeks we will inform you
with more details, soon after our Press Release somewhere in the upcoming
weeks.

I hope you will be able to accomplish what you aim to achieve. Gladly I'll
give our reaction to your request on your survey next week, but in the
future it would help if you would place your URL in your mail which is
:http://www.phishare.org/partners/cadc/.

Kind regards,
Robert Ebbeler
Activist and Founding Father of the
United WorldAid Festivals on Global Issues
Nominated for the 2004 Tech Museum Awards in the Category "Equality"
www.techawards.org
Patrons:
HE Prime Minister of Belgium Guy Verhofstadt
Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
HE frm UN Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba, Rwanda
www.LiveAid-2.org
www.UnitedWorldAidFestivals.org
+31 (0)70 363 3993

fran?ais au-dessou
espa?ol abajo

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** Did your organization attend the World Forum on Communication Rights
(WFCR) at WSIS I in Geneva, December 2003?

** Do you want to connect with other civil society organizations
seeking to advance human rights and social justice within media,
information and communication policies worldwide?

** Can you spend 20 minutes to take part in a project designed to help
you learn about, contact and build strategic alliances with groups that
share your goals?

We want to connect you with the hundreds of organizations working for
human rights, social justice, and the public interest within media,
culture and information/communication technology around the world.
Across cultural and geographical borders common goals unite us. Center
for International Media Action (CIMA) in New York is conducting this
project to help you make real links with others who share your concerns
and issues.

SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768
Please complete this survey before June 21, 2004.

Help us create an online directory of colleagues around the world. We
want to know about your strategies, ideas and motivations. In exchange,
we'll provide you with top grade analysis of what the world's most
creative and enthusiastic media activists are up to - as well as how to
reach them.

With the help of the International Forum Organizing Group of the World
Forum on Communication Rights (WFCR), a committee of ten international
non-governmental organizations, we are asking all the participants of
the WFCR to take part in an online survey. Groups who do not wish to be
included in the directory can participate anonymously and still help us
learn about international efforts to transform media and ICTs.

Please contribute your knowledge and about twenty minutes of your time.
Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768 for more
information about this non-commercial, non-profit, non-governmental
project, and to take the survey (in French, Spanish or English). Or
write to survey@mediaactioncenter.org and we will send you more
information.

SURVEY: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=10346390768
Please complete this survey before June 21, 2004.

Sincerely,

Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter, Seeta Pe?a Gangadharan and
Rachel Kulick,
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  * *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
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la premi?re pahse du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l'Information
(SMSI I) ? Gen?ve en D?cembre 2003 ?

** Souhaitez-vous entrer en contact avec d'autres organisations de
soci?t? civile cherchant ? faire progresser les Droits de l'Homme et de
la justice sociale dans les politiques de l'information, de la culture,
des m?dia et de la communication dans le monde entier ?

** Accepteriez-vous de nous donner 20 minutes pour prendre par ? un
projet dont le but est de vous faire conna?tre d'autres organisations
partageant les m?mes objectifs, pouvoir entrer en contact avec elles et
?tablir des alliances strat?giques ?


Nous voulons vous faire entrer en contact avec les centaines
d'organisations travaillant sur les Droits de l'Homme, la justice
sociale et l'int?r?t public dans les technologies de Communication/
Information, culture et m?dias dans le monde entier.
Au del? des fronti?res g?ographiques et culturelles, des buts communs
nous unissent. CIMA (Center for International Media Action), ? New
york, m?ne ce projet afin de vous aider ? concr?tiser les liens qui
vous unissent avec d'autres organisations partageant les m?mes
pr?occupations.

ENQUETE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=55613515132
La date limite pour r?pondre ? cette enquete est le 18 Juin 2004.

Aidez nous ? cr?er un annuaire en ligne des partenaires du monde
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Avec l'aide du Comit? d'Organisation du Forum du Forum Mondial des
Droits ? la Communication (FMDC-WFCR), nous demandons ? tous les
participants du FMDC-WFCR de bien vouloir prendre part ? cette enqu?te
en ligne. Les organismes qui ne souhaitent pas ?tre inscrits dans
l'annuaire peuvent participer anonymement et nous permettre de mieux
conna?tre les efforts entrepris au niveau international pour
transformer les m?dias et les TICs.

Nous vous prions donc de bien vouloir contribuer par votre connaissance
et 20 minutes de votre temps ? cette enqu?te. Visitez le site
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d'informations sur ce projet non commercial, non lucratif et non
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survey@mediaactioncenter.org et nous vous enverrons de plus amples
informations.

ENQUETE: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=55613515132
La date limite pour r?pondre ? cette enquete est le 18 Juin 2004.

Cordialement,

Catherine Borgman-Arboleda, Aliza Dichter, Seeta Pe?a Gangadharan,
Rachel Kulick,
CIMA: Center for International Media Action
www.mediaactioncenter.org

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CONTRIBUYA CON LOS ESFUERZOS DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL PARA LA SEGUNDA
CUMBRE MUNDIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACI?N (CMSI I)

**  ?Asisti? su organizaci?n al Foro Mundial sobre Derechos de la
Comunicaci?n (WFCR, por su sigla en ingl?s) durante la cumbre WSIS en
Ginebra, Suiza, en diciembre del 2003?

** ?Desea UD. Contactarse con otras organizaciones de la sociedad civil
quienes buscan el avance de los derechos humanos y la justicia social
en el ?mbito de los medios de comunicaci?n, la informaci?n y las
pol?ticas de comunicaci?n a nivel mundial?

** ?Puede usted invertir 20 minutos de su valioso tiempo y tomar parte
en un proyecto dise?ado para ayudarle a aprender acerca de c?mo
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comparten sus mismos intereses y metas?

Queremos conectarle con cientos de organizaciones que trabajan por los
derechos humanos, la justicia social y el inter?s p?blico dentro de los
medios, las comunicaciones o la relaci?n entre cultura y tecnolog?a de
la informaci?n alrededor del mundo. Traspasando fronteras hay una meta
final que nos une y por ello el Centro Internacional de Acci?n por los
Medios (CIMA, por su sigla en ingl?s), en Nueva York, esta conduciendo
este proyecto para ayudarle a crear lazos con otras organizaciones  que
comparten sus mismas preocupaciones, objetivos e intereses.

ENCUESTA: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32819516312
La fecha l?mite para completar la encuesta es el 21 de junio del 2004.

Con su ayuda UD. Contribuye a la creaci?n de un directorio electr?nico
de colegas alrededor del mundo y por ello queremos saber acerca de sus
ideas, estrategias y motivaciones. A cambio, nosotros le proveemos con
un an?lisis de la m?s alta calidad acerca de las actividades de los
activistas m?s entusiastas y creativos de los medios, as? como qu?
hacer para contactarlos.

Con ayuda del Grupo Organizador del Foro Internacional Sobre Derechos
de la Comunicaci?n (WFCR), un comit? conformado por diez ONG
internacionales, estamos pidiendo a todos los participantes del WFCR
que tomen parte en esta encuesta electr?nica. Aquellos grupos quienes
no deseen ser incluidos en el directorio electr?nico tambi?n pueden
participar an?nimamente y as? ayudarnos a aprender acerca de los
diferentes esfuerzos internacionales para transformar los medios y las
tecnolog?as de la comunicaci?n y la informaci?n.

Por favor contribuya con su conocimiento y experiencias. Visite

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para mayor informaci?n acerca de esta organizaci?n no gubernamental, no
comercial y sin ?nimo de lucro. Responda la encuesta (disponible en
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y le enviaremos mas informaci?n.

ENCUESTA: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=32819516312
La fecha l?mite para completar la encuesta es el 21 de junio del 2004.

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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun 11 10:32:11 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet, updated 11 June
Message-ID: <3712634E-BB8A-11D8-8CB2-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

11 Juin 2004 / 11 June 2004

Chers Amis / Dear Friends,

Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin 
Prepcom:

Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at 
the June WSIS prepcom:

?	Ezendu Ariwa 	e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
?	Richard Baguma , 	UNA-Uganda
?	Karen Banks, APC 	karenb@gn.apc.org
?	Amir Barmaki 	westasiaregion@hotmail.com
?	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
?	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
?	Renata Bloem, CONGO 	rbloem@ngocongo.org
?	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, 	c.bruch@gmx.de
?	Steve Buckley, AMARC 	steve@commedia.org.uk
?	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila 	mavic@isiswomen.org
?	Andy Carvin, EDC	acarvin@edc.org
?	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net 	lachapelle@openwsis.org
?	Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International
?	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / 
Heinrich-Boell Foundation   	Drossou@BOELL.DE
?	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party 	geramo@europarl.eu.int
?	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR 	meigs@wanadoo.fr
?	Rikke Frank Joergensen 	rfj@humanrights.dk
?	Graciela  	graciela@rits.org.br
?	Jeanette Hoffmann 	jeanette@wz-berlin.de
?	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark	jane@una.dk
?	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  	esther.joly@club-internet.fr
?	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium 	hkawa@attglobal.net
?	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers 
	viola@icvolunteers.org
?	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human 
Evolution studies  	a.loreto@ceu.it
?	Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU 	nish@abantu.org
?	Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique
?	Diana Mercorios, ABANTU 	diana@abantu.org
?	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences  
muguet@mdpi.org  	muguet@mdpi.net
?	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  	dorte@una.dk
?	Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus 	t.naughton@iafrica.com
?	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  	ong@worldcom.ch
?	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM 	rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
?	Dr.Razzaghi
?	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.	SC@smsitunis2005.tn
?	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France 
	Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
?	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R?gional de Dakar 
jsarr@refer.sn
?	Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci?n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
?	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group  
christine.wenzel@web.de
?	Helen Yamo, Femme Africain Solidarit?  	info@fasngo.org

	
Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. 
Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:

Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est 
M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:

Moncef Achour
Program Officer (civil Society)
c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Tel.:?+41 22 730 63 65
Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
E-mail:?moncef.achour@itu.int


-- Rik Panganiban
     CONGO
===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From t.naughton at iafrica.com  Fri Jun 11 13:52:33 2004
From: t.naughton at iafrica.com (Tracey Naughton)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet, updated 11 June
In-Reply-To: <3712634E-BB8A-11D8-8CB2-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BCEF77B1.51D9%t.naughton@iafrica.com>

Rik

Looks like I wont make it. No news on financial support.

The media caucus will however I am delighted to announce, have at least two
person there - Raymond Louw who will be representing the World Press Freedom
Committee and Steve Buckley.

Raymond lives in South Africa and we will liaise before he leaves. His email
is: rlouw@sn.apc.org

Best

Tracey

 
Nyaka - Communication & Development
Tracey Naughton
Consultant
201 Somerset Hall
239 Oxford Road
Illovo  2196
South Africa

Phone/fax:    +27 (0) 11 880 5030
cell:                 +27 (0) 82 821 1771
Email:              t.naughton@iafrica.com



From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sun Jun 13 10:21:28 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHOEFKCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040613092128.94973.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>

Can somebody confirm thar this topic of arabe caucus
to be reinforced will be taken into account in the
next Tunis meeting ?
Thanks
Djilali
--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> Thank you for your comments. I am an Egyptian and I
> do speak Arabic :-)
> je suis Arabe - Egyptienne.
> But I do need everyone to spread this around. I will
> keep everyone posted
> and informed on our activities, the first of which
> will be July 7th.
> Thanks so much for everyone's support.
> Marlyn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: djilali benamrane
> [mailto:dbenamrane@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 06:00 ã
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
> 
> 
> In French bellow !
> Wonderfull initiative !
> Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
> who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
> arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
> participation.
> I can propose some names !
> Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
> réveiller les arabes et leur société civile pour
> pallier à l'insuffisance de la qualité de leur
> participation à Genève ! Il est vrai qu'à Tunis,
> pays
> arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
> prendre conscience si la participation arabe était
> nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
> précipiter le processus de transformation ... reste
> à
> savoir dans quel sens !
> Je demande le profil recherché pour proposer des
> noms.
> Amitiés
> Djilali
> 
> --- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> > unfortunately, but I do have a
> > notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> > the process of beginning
> > [very very very late and I understand that], an
> Arab
> > Caucus. While there is
> > a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia
> Arab
> > countries within the
> > African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> > need for an independent
> > Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> > representation in Geneva and
> > the lack of information on the process within Arab
> > countries. We are having
> > a very small beginning planning-brainstrming
> meeting
> > coming up on July 7th
> > in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> > Jordan. We will have a
> > mailing list for the caucus and I will send you
> the
> > address. If you or
> > anyone is interested in participating, please send
> > me an email at
> > info@mengos.net
> > I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole
> CS
> > Plenary to know, even
> > though we are still in the very first stages and
> we
> > do understand we are
> > coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> > specificity just like there
> > is in other regions and we need to participate as
> > such, as well as within
> > other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> > the gender caucus etc..
> > We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> > approved by civil society
> > NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> > anyone from and within the
> > Arab World.
> > Thank you.
> > Marlyn Tadros
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: west Asia
> [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ã
> > To: Planery WSIS
> > Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question
> > of govt. relation
> >
> >
> > Dear All, Rik
> >
> > Please add the names from West Asia and middle
> east
> > family as follow to your
> > email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
> >
> > 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> > 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >
> > Both from ICTRC,Iran.
> >
> > Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Amir
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegación del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reunión Public Voice en Washington, D.C., había
> > una discusión de la interacción civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexión.  Quisiéramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en más
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudaría a saber
> > quién en esta lista ha sido o estará en Túnez
> > incluida en la delegación de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con él. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un délégué civil de société à la
> > délégation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la réunion Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de stratégie de society/governmental pour
> > améliorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les représentants civils de
> > société sur plus de délégations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait à savoir qui sur cette liste a été ou
> > sera à Tunis inclus dans la délégation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandité par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-relié à lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban
> wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> > d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> 
=== message truncated ===


=====
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From info at virtualactivism.net  Sun Jun 13 10:58:58 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <20040613092128.94973.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHIELHCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>

Hello Djilali. I am assuming this question is not directed to me, right?
Just to let eveyrone know, Heinrich Boell Foundation is graciously
supporting this effort in the region and is supporting a series of similar
roundtables besides that one Cairo event that I am organizing on July 7th.
We will be doing the same in both Jordan and Palestine, and hopefully
elsewhere.
Marlyn

-----Original Message-----
From: djilali benamrane [mailto:dbenamrane@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2004 05:21 ?
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus


Can somebody confirm thar this topic of arabe caucus
to be reinforced will be taken into account in the
next Tunis meeting ?
Thanks
Djilali
--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> Thank you for your comments. I am an Egyptian and I
> do speak Arabic :-)
> je suis Arabe - Egyptienne.
> But I do need everyone to spread this around. I will
> keep everyone posted
> and informed on our activities, the first of which
> will be July 7th.
> Thanks so much for everyone's support.
> Marlyn
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: djilali benamrane
> [mailto:dbenamrane@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 06:00 ?
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
>
>
> In French bellow !
> Wonderfull initiative !
> Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
> who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
> arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
> participation.
> I can propose some names !
> Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
> r?veiller les arabes et leur soci?t? civile pour
> pallier ? l'insuffisance de la qualit? de leur
> participation ? Gen?ve ! Il est vrai qu'? Tunis,
> pays
> arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
> prendre conscience si la participation arabe ?tait
> nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
> pr?cipiter le processus de transformation ... reste
> ?
> savoir dans quel sens !
> Je demande le profil recherch? pour proposer des
> noms.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
>
> --- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> > unfortunately, but I do have a
> > notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> > the process of beginning
> > [very very very late and I understand that], an
> Arab
> > Caucus. While there is
> > a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia
> Arab
> > countries within the
> > African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> > need for an independent
> > Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> > representation in Geneva and
> > the lack of information on the process within Arab
> > countries. We are having
> > a very small beginning planning-brainstrming
> meeting
> > coming up on July 7th
> > in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> > Jordan. We will have a
> > mailing list for the caucus and I will send you
> the
> > address. If you or
> > anyone is interested in participating, please send
> > me an email at
> > info@mengos.net
> > I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole
> CS
> > Plenary to know, even
> > though we are still in the very first stages and
> we
> > do understand we are
> > coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> > specificity just like there
> > is in other regions and we need to participate as
> > such, as well as within
> > other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> > the gender caucus etc..
> > We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> > approved by civil society
> > NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> > anyone from and within the
> > Arab World.
> > Thank you.
> > Marlyn Tadros
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: west Asia
> [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ?
> > To: Planery WSIS
> > Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question
> > of govt. relation
> >
> >
> > Dear All, Rik
> >
> > Please add the names from West Asia and middle
> east
> > family as follow to your
> > email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
> >
> > 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> > 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >
> > Both from ICTRC,Iran.
> >
> > Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Amir
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> > una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> > qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> > incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> > d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> > am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> > soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> > sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban
> wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> > d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
>
=== message truncated ===


=====
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T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
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From christine.wenzel at web.de  Mon Jun 14 09:56:36 2004
From: christine.wenzel at web.de (Christine Wenzel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] fyi: UNESCO WSIS Action Directory
Message-ID: <40CD6843.2030504@web.de>

for your information:

UNESCO WSIS Action Directory
How UNESCO is implementing the WSIS Action Plan

rgds
Christine :-)
german cs-coordination group for wsis

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	UNESCO WebWorld Newsletter - 11 June 2004
Date: 	Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:56:50 +0200 (CEST)
From: 	ci.newsletter@unesco.org
To: 	



This week's News digest from WebWorld, the website of UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector: 


UNESCO?s WSIS Action Directory Launched
10-06-2004 (UNESCO) - UNESCO?s WSIS Action Directory, an online platform providing access to information on UNESCO?s contribution to the implementation of the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society in December 2003 has now been launched at http://www.unesco.org/wsisdirectory.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=15935&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201





From mhms2 at enda.sn  Mon Jun 14 10:06:41 2004
From: mhms2 at enda.sn (Marie-Helene)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet, updated 11 June
In-Reply-To: <3712634E-BB8A-11D8-8CB2-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20040614090511.00b4e3a0@enda.sn>

Greetings

Please add my name

Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA mhms@enda.sn

Regards

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ENDA-SYNFEV, B.P. 3370, Dakar, Senegal
Tel : (221) 823 45 42 ; Fax : (221) 822 26 95 ; Messagerie : mhms@enda.sn
http://www.enda.sn/synfev/synfev.htm
http://www.famafrique.org
Reseau Genre et TIC, promouvoir l'egalite de genre dans la societe de 
l'information
http://www.famafrique.org/regentic/accueil.html
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From c.bruch at gmx.de  Mon Jun 14 13:54:02 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PRE-PrepCom June 23rd only / le 23 juin seulement / junio el 23 solamente
Message-ID: <18061.1087217642@www19.gmx.net>

English / Fran?ais / Espa?ol


Dear all,
due to organizational problmes the CS meeting "PrePrepCom" will take place
on June 23rd only.

Venue and agenda will be announced shortly.

Christoph
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Cher tous,
en raison des problmes d'organisation la r?union "PrePrepCom" de CS auront
lieu le 23 juin seulement.

Le rendez-vous et l'ordre du jour seront annonc?s sous peu.

Christoph
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Querido todos,

debido a los problmes de organizaci?n la reuni?n PrePrepCom del CS ocurrir?n
de junio el 23 solamente.

El lugar y la agenda ser?n anunciados pronto.

Christoph


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From pwilson at apnic.net  Tue Jun 15 03:40:24 2004
From: pwilson at apnic.net (Paul Wilson)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet, updated 11 June
In-Reply-To: <3712634E-BB8A-11D8-8CB2-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <3712634E-BB8A-11D8-8CB2-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <40CE6198.3000303@apnic.net>

Hi all

I'll be in Hammamet, and look forward to seeing you there.  Hope to 
attend the CS meeting if I arrive in time.

Paul Wilson
APNIC


Rik Panganiban wrote:

> 11 Juin 2004 / 11 June 2004
> 
> Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> 
> Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> 
> Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at the 
> June WSIS prepcom:
> 
> ? Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> ? Richard Baguma , UNA-Uganda
> ? Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> ? Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> ? Djilali Benamrane dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> ? Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
> bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> ? Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> ? Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
> ? Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> ? Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
> ? Andy Carvin, EDC acarvin@edc.org
> ? Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
> ? Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International
> ? Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell 
> Foundation Drossou@BOELL.DE
> ? Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
> ? Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> ? Rikke Frank Joergensen rfj@humanrights.dk
> ? Graciela graciela@rits.org.br
> ? Jeanette Hoffmann jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> ? Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark jane@una.dk
> ? Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> ? Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
> ? Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
> ? Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human 
> Evolution studies a.loreto@ceu.it
> ? Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU nish@abantu.org
> ? Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique
> ? Diana Mercorios, ABANTU diana@abantu.org
> ? Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 
> muguet@mdpi.org muguet@mdpi.net
> ? Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark dorte@una.dk
> ? Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus t.naughton@iafrica.com
> ? Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG ong@worldcom.ch
> ? Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> ? Dr.Razzaghi
> ? Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida. SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> ? Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France 
> Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> ? Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R?gional de Dakar 
> jsarr@refer.sn
> ? Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci?n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
> ? Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
> christine.wenzel@web.de
> ? Helen Yamo, Femme Africain Solidarit? info@fasngo.org
> 
> 
> 
> Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. 
> Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:
> 
> Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est 
> M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:
> 
> Moncef Achour
> Program Officer (civil Society)
> c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> 
> 
> 
> -- Rik Panganiban
> CONGO
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

-- 
________________________________________________________________________
Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC                      <dg@apnic.net>
http://www.apnic.net                            ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99

------------------------------------------------------------------------
See you at APNIC-18!                     Nadi, Fiji, 31 Aug - 3 Sep 2004
                                            http://www.apnic.net/meetings

From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Tue Jun 15 09:59:36 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PRE-PrepCom June 23rd only / le 23 juin seulement / junio el 23 solamente
In-Reply-To: <18061.1087217642@www19.gmx.net>
Message-ID: <20040615085936.91715.qmail@web52508.mail.yahoo.com>

Cher Monsieur,
 
Merci pour toutes ces informations.
En attendant toutes les pr?cisions n?cessaires ? notre participation pour la journ?e du 23, toute l'?quipe du "Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens", compte ?norm?ment sur votre soutien quant ? notre pr?sence ? ce grand ?v?nement.
 
Pour le Comit? provisoir du SJT
 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Jun 15 17:32:03 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Programme for 23 Orientation / Information Sessions
Message-ID: <21157353.1087317123521.JavaMail.root@kermit.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues / Chers Colleges, 

Please find below the programme for the civil society orientation / information sessions planned for 23 June in Hammamet.

Veuillez trouver au-dessous du programme pour les sessions d'orientation/information a projet?? pour 23 juin dans Hammamet. (Seulemente en anglais, pour le moment.)

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

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Civil Society Orientation Session

PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)

Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004 


This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary background information on the WSIS Phase Two process thus far to ensure effective participation. It is open to 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 ???  11:00	WSIS Phase 2: Actors, Process and Structures
??? Charles Geiger (Deputy Secretary General, WSIS Executive Secretariat) 
??? Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)

11:15 ??? 11:30 	Coffee Break	for Networking

11:30 ??? 12:00	WG on Internet Governance
??? Markus Kummer (Head of Internet Governance Secretariat) tbc
WG on Financing
??? UNDP tba
 
12:00 ??? 13:00 	Civil Society at WSIS
??? Families and Bureau: Renate Bloem
??? Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks
??? Plenary: tba
??? Caucuses: tba
??? WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle

13:00 ??? 14 :30	Lunch for Networking

14:30 ??? 17:00	Strategies:
??? Breakout Groups into Caucuses / Working Groups
??? CS Bureau 

17:00 ??? 18:00	Plenary	Groups report back

18:00 ??? 18:30	Plenary	Roadmap and Deliverables:
??? Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary General, tbc

22:00	Hotel	Nigh-cap with Janis Karklins, Ambassador of Latvia and President elect to be of PrepCom 

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) 
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

From mh at wacc.org.uk  Wed Jun 16 15:22:47 2004
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] crisinfo: Eng/ESP/FR
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D297329@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

NEWS: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/45/   

BBC TO USE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE FOR BROADCAST MATERIAL
The BBC has announced that it plans to use Creative Commons licenses to open up its archive of broadcasting material. The broadcaster has decided to allow users to download, distribute and modify digital clips of BBC television programs through an initiative called the Creative Archive.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/279/

10 miembros de APC han creado portales web de pol?ticas nacionales de TIC, en una iniciativa conjunta. 
Los portales, cada uno adaptado a su manera a las exigencias particulares de cada pa?s, utilizan todos software libre que permite se compartan contenidos en distintos idiomas y entre m?ltiples bases de datos informativas alojadas en distintas partes del mundo. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/277/ 

ICT POLICY WORK AT GLOBAL LEVEL SPARKS LOCAL ACTION AND COLLABORATION
>From the APC 
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- APC has spent the last two years advocating for civil society involvement in international ICT (information and communications technologies) policy-making processes. Now 10 APC members have created national ICT policy portal websites in their own countries in a joint initiative. The portals which are all uniquely adapted to address each country's particular situation all use free software that allows content-sharing in different languages and between multiple information databases hosted in different parts of the world. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/276/

OURMedia/NuestrosMedios IV
Julio 22-25, 2004 - Porto Alegre, Brasil 
Una conferencia internacional para activistas, academic@s, investigador@s, professionales, promotor@s y defensor@s que trabajan en aras del fortalecimiento de los medios de comunicaci?n y de las TICs para apoyar la justicia social, los derechos humanos, la autonom?a de las comunidades y el desarrollo de poder y fortalecimiento de las comunidades de base. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/275/

NEWS/WSIS: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/49 

UNESCO's WSIS Action Directory Launched
10-06-2004 (UNESCO) - UNESCO's WSIS Action Directory, an online platform providing access to information on UNESCO's contribution to the implementation of the Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society in December 2003 has now been launched.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/282/

NGLS upgrades website for WSIS Phase II
The UN Non Governmental Liaison Service has relaunched its website in preparation for the second phase of the Summit. Information is available in English, French and Spanish. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/274/

Results survey WSIS phase 1
The American University's School of International Service in Washington DC undertook earlier in the year a worldwide survey of all WSIS participants. If you have not taken part, you might want to check feedback from friends an foes. If you did participate, the results of the survey are now out. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/269/

Civil society gets ready for Phase 2 PrepCom 1 
Prof A. Cabral
First published on SETE PONTOS bulletin
Although the challenges of civil society for the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) are becoming clearer, this phase certainly will be more complex than the first one, which took place in Geneva in December 2003. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/268/

NEWS/CRIS: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/48 

CRIS USA website: updates on Trade 
New documentation is now available on the CRIS USA website, with excellent reports on Trade and from the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Albuquerque, April 21-25, 2004. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/278/



GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/280 

CELEBRATE SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY
The Software Freedom Day network has invited several prominent non-profit Free/Open Source Software organizations and personalities to join in the celebrations. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/281/  


CONTRIBUYA CON LOS ESFUERZOS DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL PARA LA SEGUNDA CUMBRE MUNDIAL DE LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACI?N
?Asisti? su organizaci?n al Foro Mundial sobre Derechos de la Comunicaci?n (WFCR, por su sigla en ingl?s) durante la cumbre WSIS en Ginebra, Suiza, en diciembre del 2003? 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/273/ 

AIDEZ-NOUS A SOUTENIR LES EFFORTS DE LA SOCIETE CIVILE!
Avez-vous particip? au Forum Mondial des Droits ? la Communication ? la premi?re phase du Sommet Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l'Information (SMSI I) ? Gen?ve en D?cembre 2003 ? 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/272/ 

HELP SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY EFFORTS FOR WSIS II AND BEYOND
Did your organization attend the World Forum on Communication Rights (WFCR) at WSIS I in Geneva, December 2003? 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/271/ 

GET INVOLVED/CRIS CHARTER: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/74 

Show your support for the campaign, sign up!: http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/74

Pour montrer votre soutien pour la Campagne CRIS, signez la Charte!
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/74

Han firmado la Carta de CRIS, ya?:
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/74 










Myriam Horngren
CRIS Network and Campaign Coordinator
c/o WACC
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 (0) 207 582 9139
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org 
email: mh@wacc.org.uk



From rikp at earthlink.net  Wed Jun 16 15:58:57 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] upcoming ITU/WSIS thematic meeting on Spam July 7-9, Geneva
Message-ID: <B1519587-BFA5-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues,

The ITU is organizing from 7-9 July in Geneva a WSIS thematic meeting 
on combatting Spam.  While many of your organizations may not be doing 
work directly related to Spam, I believe that this is an important 
issue that civil society needs to be involved in.  Spam raises all 
sorts of important social and cultural concerns, particularly in 
relation to advertisements of a criminal or sexual nature.  The 
regulation of spam can open the door towards more government control of 
other kinds of email traffic if careful democratic controls are not put 
into place.

Spam has serious reprecussions for both the North and the South.  For 
richer countries, spam (which can account for more than 60% of internet 
traffic) can cause serious delays in vital scientific, government, and 
financial data.  For developing countries, where citizens often pay 
much more for internet access, spam can be incredibly costly to manage.

I would hope that we would at least have adequate representation at 
this meeting from our networks working on human rights, internet 
governance, and security and surveillance.  The deadline to register is 
18 June.

Below is pasted the official invitation letter from the Secretary 
General of the ITU.  More information can be found at 
http:.//www.itu.int/spam .

Sincerely,

Rik Panganiban

---------------------------------------------------------

Chers Coll?gues,

L'UIT organise ? partir du 7-9 juillet en Gen?ve une r?union th?matique 
de WSIS sur combattre le Spam. Tandis que plusieurs de vos organismes 
peuvent ne pas effectuer le travail directement li? au Spam, je crois 
que c'est une question importante que la soci?t? civile doit ?tre 
impliqu? dedans. Le Spam soul?ve toutes les sortes de soucis sociaux et 
culturels importants, en particulier par rapport aux annonces ? 
caract?re criminel ou sexuel. Le r?glement du Spam peut ouvrir la porte 
vers plus de controle de gouvernement d'autres genres de trafic d'email 
si des d?mocratiques mesures ne sont pas install?es.

Le Spam a des reprecussions s?rieux pour le nord et le sud. Pour des 
pays plus riches, Spam (qui peut expliquer plus de 60% du trafic 
d'Internet) peut causer s?rieux retarde des donnees scientifiques, 
gouvernementales, et financielles. Pour les pays en voie de 
d?veloppement, o? les citoyens payent souvent beaucoup plus l'acc?s 
d'Internet, le Spam peut ?tre incroyablement co?teux pour contr?ler.

J'esp?rerais que nous aurions au moins ? repr?sentation proportionn?e 
lors de cette r?union de nos r?seaux travaillant sur des droits de 
l'homme, le gouvernance d'Internet, et s?curit? et surveillance.  La 
date-limite ? enregistrer est 18 juin.

Au-dessous est coll? la lettre d'invitation officielle du s?cr?taire 
g?n?ral de l'UIT (seulemente en anglais malhereusement). Plus 
d'information peut ?tre trouv?e ? http://www.itu.int/spam.

Sinc?rement,

Rik Panganiban

=============================================

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION
General Secretariat

Contact: ClaudiaSarrocco
Tel:  +41227306301
Fax:  +41227306453
E-Mail:  counteringspam@itu.int
Geneva, 28 April 2004

To:  Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the  ITU and 
Member States of the United Nations
International Organizations
ITU Sector Members
WSIS accredited NGOs, civil society entities and accredited  business 
entities

Subject:  ITU WSIS Thematic meeting on Countering Spam,* International 
Conference Center of Geneva  (CICG), Geneva, 7?9 July 2004

Dear Sir/Madam,

During the Geneva phase of the World Summit on the Information Society 
(WSIS) in  December 2003, spam?or unsolicited commercial 
communications?was identified as one of  the major problems affecting 
today's digital world.

With the growing dependence of users on the Internet and e-mail for 
both personal and  professional communications, the phenomenon of spam 
can seriously hamper the  development of the digital economy and 
society by undermining user confidence in online  activities. 
Accordingly, WSIS participants recognized that spam is a ?significant 
and  growing problem for users, networks and the Internet as a whole? 
(WSIS Declaration,  paragraph 37) and, that in order to build 
confidence and security in the use of ICTs, there is a  need to ?take 
appropriate action at national and international levels? (WSIS Plan of 
Action,  paragraph C5, d).

In this regard, I am pleased to invite you  to an ITU WSIS Thematic 
meeting on  Countering Spam,  which will take place from 7 to 9 July 
2004, at the International  Conference Center of Geneva (CICG), next to 
ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The  meeting is open to all UN 
Member States, International Organizations, ITU Sector members,  WSIS 
accredited NGOs and civil society entities, and accredited business 
entities. Please note  that the proceedings of the meeting and 
associated documentation will be in English only.

Regularly updated information about the event can be found at: 
http://www.itu.int/spam/.  A registration form for the event is 
attached in Annex 2, which should be returned by  18 June 2004.

Discussion during the event will based upon the themes outlined in the 
briefing note attached  in Annex 1. You are invited to submit, by 30 
June 2004, a written contribution on any of these  themes to 
counteringspam@itu.int (such as national approaches to countering 
spam). All  written contributions will be made available on the event 
website.

For any additional information, please contact the ITU Strategy and 
Policy Unit (contact  details above).   I look forward to welcoming you 
at this important event.

Yours faithfully,

Yoshio UTSUMI  Secretary General

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
  Rik Panganiban             email: rikp@earthlink.net
  UN Reporting & Advocacy    tel: (+1) 917-710-5524
  Civil Society Organizer

"The future is here,                     -- William
it's just not evenly distributed yet."      Gibson
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From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Wed Jun 16 17:58:32 2004
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (Jeanette Hofmann)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] upcoming ITU/WSIS thematic meeting on Spam
 July 7-9, Geneva
In-Reply-To: <B1519587-BFA5-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <B1519587-BFA5-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <40D07C38.40303@wz-berlin.de>

Hi,
it strikes me as remarkable that WSIS accredited NGOs are also invited 
to the meeting on spam: "The meeting is open to all UN Member States, 
International Organizations, ITU Sector members, WSIS accredited NGOs 
and civil society entities, and accredited business entities."

Some of you may remember how extraordinary difficult it was to 
participate in the ITU meeting on Internet Governance. You had to be 
acknowledged as an expert to get an invitation. Members of the Internet 
Governance caucus were not invited.
Now, is the ITU perhaps changing its rules?

jeanette

Rik Panganiban wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,

[...]


From rikp at earthlink.net  Wed Jun 16 23:19:47 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] upcoming ITU/WSIS thematic meeting on Spam July 7-9, Geneva
In-Reply-To: <40D07C38.40303@wz-berlin.de>
References: <B1519587-BFA5-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net> <40D07C38.40303@wz-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <46B3C3BC-BFE3-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Jeanette,

The ITU is not changing its own rules.

My understanding was that the ITU meeting on internet governance was an 
internal organizational consultation involving its own sector members, 
and thus was governed by the ITU's own rules of procedure.  They could 
invite whoever they wanted to their own internal meeting.

In contrast, the Spam meeting is an official thematic meeting of the 
WSIS.  As such, the ITU is obliged to include all the actors who have 
been officially accredited for the WSIS process writ large, including 
civil society.  It will be interesting to see how the meetings are 
conducted.

Rik Panganiban

On 16 juin 04, at 12:58, Jeanette Hofmann wrote:

> Hi,
> it strikes me as remarkable that WSIS accredited NGOs are also invited 
> to the meeting on spam: "The meeting is open to all UN Member States, 
> International Organizations, ITU Sector members, WSIS accredited NGOs 
> and civil society entities, and accredited business entities."
>
> Some of you may remember how extraordinary difficult it was to 
> participate in the ITU meeting on Internet Governance. You had to be 
> acknowledged as an expert to get an invitation. Members of the 
> Internet Governance caucus were not invited.
> Now, is the ITU perhaps changing its rules?
>
> jeanette
>
> Rik Panganiban wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>
> [...]
>
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From albert.koellner at vibe.at  Wed Jun 16 23:18:10 2004
From: albert.koellner at vibe.at (Albert Koellner)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] upcoming ITU/WSIS thematic meeting on Spam July 7-9, Geneva
In-Reply-To: <B1519587-BFA5-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20040616222433.40E7114B5CE@mail.gn.apc.org>

Hi Rik and all,

CAUCE(*) will be there. If anybody else plans to go, please get in touch 
with me: <crajk@euro.cauce.org>

Albert
(* CAUCE - Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail - 
http://www.cauce.org/) 


From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Thu Jun 17 06:56:28 2004
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update (English and French)
Message-ID: <p06020487bcf6b6adeded@[192.168.1.254]>

English then French:  Many thanks to Bruno Oudet 
for the translation into French.

(this email will also be sent to caucus and working group contact points.)



Update on the status of the Internet governance 
working group, at least what we understand about 
it.

Mr. Markus Kummer, a Swiss diplomat, has been 
appointed to chair the secretariat of the 
Secretary General's Working Group on Internet 
Governance (now on "WG").  Most of what we know 
about the group has come from him, but there is 
no official statement as such, following is put 
together from speeches and presentations.

Kummer says he expects the secretariat to be 
functional by the end of June, and the chairman 
of the WG selected by the 1st prep-comm (June 
24-26) The WG chair will probably be a person 
from a government, preferably from the South.

Indications are that the WG will have between 15 
- 20 members. Kummer has been very supportive of 
the Summit document's requirement that the WG be 
set up in an open and inclusive process.  He is 
extremely approachable, open and pleasant, 
everything we know so far points to him being a 
very good choice for the position.

Kummer has said a couple of times that he expects 
stakeholders will be consulted on who will join 
the WG, people will not be appointed for them. 
He expects the WG membership to be complete by 
October, and it will begin real work from then 
on.  Outline of what the process may look like 
here 
<http://www.too-much.tv/glocomish/2004/05/internet_govern.html>

** Civil society seems to be in a position to 
suggest name of people to join the Working Group. 
Rather than beginning a frenzy or specific 
recommendations, we suggest we try to first agree 
on the qualities of the people we would like to 
see join the working group on behalf of civil 
society.  Aiming at submitting between 3 and 5 
names later.  Note, there has been no allocation 
of places, we have not been promised a specific 
number.

The WG should include people from both developing 
and developed countries.  We think it is 
reasonable to anticipate that a working knowledge 
of English is expected of WG members, it's not 
something for us to decide, but we should be 
sensitive to it.

Some other things we think we know:

Kummer has indicated that skills are more 
important than the person being "high level".  He 
considers Gender balance to be important.

It will require a significant commitment of time 
and effort.  A lot of work in a short time.

Knowledge of a broad range of ICT policy issues would be helpful.

But with all these comments, Mr. Kummer says he 
is only in a position to provide advice, it is 
not his final decision.


We are also sending this note to civil society caucuses and working groups.

Background.

The working group is being formed now, and its 
structure and working methodology have not yet to 
have been set. We may be able to influence this. 
Comments on structure and modalities would be 
very helpful.

Structure and modalities may be discussed at the 
first prep-comm. What we have heard so far is 
that the WG will take input broadly through a 
multi-layered structure. This structure will 
consist of the small high-level core membership 
of the working group itself, a wider network of 
stakeholders feeding into the core group through 
two or three open-ended consultations, and 
perhaps regionally or thematically organized 
meetings and expert hearings.  Civil society 
needs to think about how it can participate in 
such a process.

Kummer has been very open to meeting with groups. 
If the working group membership has the same 
attitude, then giving them opportunities to meet 
with civil society groups, to speak at 
conferences and workshops, would be one way for 
us to make our views known.

Seems the WG will begin by taking a broad view of 
what Internet governance involves. The most 
commonly mentioned issues are: spam; network and 
information security and trust, privacy and 
consumer protection; Internet pricing and 
interconnection, and of course issues associated 
with ICANN and the domain name system. People 
have also mentioned intellectual property rights, 
international rules for e-commerce, taxation and 
encryption. Potentially almost an endless list.

Thank you.

Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette@wz-berlin.de>, Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
coordinators, Internet governance caucus



Point sur l'avancement  du groupe de travail sur 
la  gouvernance de l''Internet, au moins ce que 
nous en avons compris.


M. Markus Kummer, un diplomate suisse, a ?t? 
nomm? pour pr?sider le secr?tariat du groupe de 
travail (abr?g? ci-dessous "GT") sur la 
gouvernance de l'Internet du Secr?taire G?n?ral. 
La plupart des choses que nous avons apprises 
nous viennent de lui. Il n'y a pas eu  encore de 
rapport officiel. Ce qui suit a ?t? r?dig? ? 
partir des discours et des pr?sentations.

Kummer a dit qu'il s'attend ? ce que le 
secr?tariat soit fonctionnel ?  la fin de juin, 
et que le Pr?sident du GT choisi par  le 1er 
PrepCom (24-26 juin). Le Pr?sident  sera 
probablement une personne d'un gouvernement, de 
pr?f?rence du sud.  Des indications donnent ? 
penser que  le GT aura entre 15 et  20 membres. 
Kummer  est tr?s en accord avec le document du 
Sommet qui dit que le GT doit ?tre mis en place 
dans un processus ouvert et inclusif.  Il est 
extr?mement accessible, ouvert et plaisant, et ce 
que nous avons vu  jusqu'ici  nous am?ne ? penser 
qu'il est un tr?s bon choix pour cette position.

Kummer a indiqu? deux fois qu'il s'attend ? ce 
que les diff?rentes parties prenantes soient 
consult?es sur qui doit rejoindre le GT, les 
personnes n'?tant nomm?es par elles.  Il s'attend 
? ce que le  GT soit complet  en octobre. Le vrai 
travail commencera alors. Les grandes lignes du 
processus peuvent ressembler ? ce qui est d?crit



** La CS semble ?tre en position de proposer des 
noms de personnes pour le GT. Plut?t que de 
commencer des discussions  fr?n?tiques  ou faire 
des recommandations pr?cises, nous sugg?rons que 
nous essayions d'abord de nous mettre d'accord 
les comp?tences des personnes  que nous voudrions 
voir rejoindre le groupe de travail au nom de la 
soci?t? civile, l'objectif ?tant de proposer plus 
tard entre 3 et 5 noms. Notez, aucune  place n'a 
?t? attribu?. On ne  nous a pas promis un nombre 
pr?cis.

Le GT devrait inclure des personnes de pays en 
d?veloppement et de d?velopp?s.  Nous pensons 
qu'il est raisonnable de pr?voir qu'une ma?trise 
de l'anglais comme langue de travail soit 
attendue de la part des membres de GT. Ce n'est 
pas quelque chose que nous ayons ? d?cider, mais 
nous devons y ?tre sensible.

Quelques autres points que nous pensons que savoir.

Kummer a indiqu? que les qualifications sont plus 
importantes que d'?tre d'un niveau hi?rarchique 
?lev?.   Il consid?re que l'?quilibre homme/femme 
est important.

Il sera demand?  un engagement significatif en 
temps et en effort.  Beaucoup de travail ? 
fournir dans un espace de temps court.

La connaissance d'une large gamme des aspects politiques des TICs serait utile.

Mais avec tous ces commentaires, M. Kummer a dit 
qu'il est seulement en mesure de donner  les 
conseils, ce n'est pas sa d?cision finale.

Nous envoyons ?galement cette note aux caucus et 
aux groupes de travail de la SC.

La toile de  fond.

Le groupe de travail est entrain de se constituer 
maintenant; sa structure et sa  m?thode de 
travail n'ont pas encore ?t? fix?es. Nous pouvons 
?tre en mesure de l'influencer. Des commentaires 
sur la structure et les modalit?s seraient tr?s 
utiles.

Structure et modalit?s peuvent ?tre discut?es au 
premier PreCom. Nous avons entendu jusqu'ici est 
que le GT recevra largement des contributions ? 
partir d'un structure ? plusieurs niveaux. Cette 
structure comprendra au sein du GT un petit 
groupe central de haut niveau, un r?seau plus 
large de partis concern?s contribuant au groupe 
central via de deux ou trois consultations 
ouvertes, et peut-?tre des r?unions r?gionales ou 
th?matiques  et l'audition d'experts . La soci?t? 
civile doit penser ? la fa?on dont elle peut 
participer ? un tel processus.

Kummer a ?t? tr?s ouvert ? l'id?e de rencontrer 
des groupes.  Si le GT a la m?me attitude, alors 
des rencontres avec des groupes de la SC, des 
interventions lors de conf?rences ou ateliers 
seront des occasions  pour faire entendre nos 
vues..

Il semble le GT commencera par une vision large 
de ce que la gouvernance de l'Internet englobe. 
Les questions g?n?ralement soulev?es sont:  le 
spam;  s?curit? du r?seau et de l'information, 
confiance, protection de  la vie priv?e et du 
consommateur; fixation des tarifs et 
l'interconnexion, et bien entendu toutes les 
questions associ?es ? l'ICANN et au nom de 
domaine.  Ont ?galement mentionn? des droits de 
la propri?t? intellectuelle, des r?gles 
internationales pour l'e-commerce, les taxes et 
le cryptage.  Potentiellement presque une liste 
sans fin.  Merci.

  Coordonnateurs de Jeanette Hofmann < 
jeanette@wz-berlin.de >, Adam Peake < 
ajp@glocom.ac.jp >, caucus de gouvernement 
d'Internet
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From: annd at cyberia.net.lb (Ziad Abdel Samad)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Thu Jun 17 10:40:15 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)
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Tres cher Zied,
 
Merci pour toutes ces informations. Cependant, n'?tatnt plus en charge de la coordination du SMSI pour l'ATFD pour surcharge d'engagement, c'est Melle Sondes Jemaiel qui prend la rel?ve, je lui fais suivre ce courrier pour qu'elle reste en contact avec ANDD, pour tout ce qui concerne le Sommet.
 
Bises
Amel Bejaoui
 
P.S : Nous avons cr?er un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (ind?pendant). Je suis en charge des relations ext?rieures et je compte ?norm?ment sur le soutien du R?seau, compte tenu du contexte que tu connais. Merci de diffuser cette information

Ziad Abdel Samad <annd@cyberia.net.lb> wrote:
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Dear friends in the plenary of the WSIS

It was obvious that the Arab civil society was absent during the preparations for the Summit on Information Society except some Tunisian NGOs who had been invited because Phase II would be taking place in Tunisia.

The Arab NGO Network for Development is interested to be involved in the process of creating this Arab caucus. However, ANND was designated to be member of the advisory board of the project launched by the Third World Institute (ITeM) "Instituto del Tercer Mundo". This project is aiming at involving southern civil society in the process.

In this regards, ANND is looking for further cooperation, and kindly asks for more information regarding the efforts and to join the mailing list.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

We will keep in touch.

Arab NGO Network For Development

P.O.Box: 5792/14
Mazraa 1105-2070
Beirut Lebanon
Tel: +9611319366, fax: +9611815636
Email: annd@cyberia.net.lb, annd@annd.org
web site: www.annd.org
 



		
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From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
Message-ID: <20040617095107.87048.qmail@web52504.mail.yahoo.com>

Tunis le 26 mai 2002 
 
 
D?claration de constitution d?un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (ind?pendant)

 La place du journaliste au sein de l?entreprise d?information s?est d?grad?e ? un point tel qu?il s?est retrouv? marginalis? du fait d?une censure aussi m?thodique que bien organis?e. 

Son pouvoir r?dactionnel a, du coup, r?gress? et ses droits mat?riels, pourtant garantis par les lois r?gissant la profession, lui ont ?t? d?ni?s.

 

Plusieurs signaux ont ?t? lanc?s, ces derni?res ann?es, attirant l?attention sur cette situation d?sastreuse sans qu?il n?y f?t rem?di? de mani?re s?rieuse, que se soit de la part de l?autorit? de tutelle, des chefs d?entreprises de presse ou encore de la structure organisant la profession.

 

La d?t?rioration du statut des journalistes tunisiens ne s?est pas arr?t?e ? la fronti?re du pays.

La place dont ils jouissaient dans les organisations professionnelles internationales a, consid?rablement parti de cette situation avec, entre autres cons?quences, la suspension de l?Association des Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de la F?d?ration Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.) qui lui reproche sa carence  dans la d?fense des journalistes.

 

Les journalistes tunisiens m?ritent sur les plans national et international, un statut bien plus ?lev?e que celui qui est le leur, aujourd?hui, compte tenu de leur formation scientifique et de leurs comp?tences qui s??panouissent chaque fois qu?ils trouvent le cadre ad?quat, comme en t?moigne la place pr?pond?rante qu?occupent des journalistes tunisiens dans nombre d?entreprises de presse ?crite et audiovisuelle arabes et internationales.

 

C?est pour permettre aux journalistes tunisiens de recouvrer le rang dont il sont dignes, ainsi que tous leurs droits, qu?un groupe important de journalistes ont pris l?initiative de constituer un ? Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens ? qui oeuvrera, dans le cadre du droit ? s?organiser en syndicat reconnu par la constitution et conform?ment aux dispositions du code du travail et la convention collective organisant la profession, en vue de : 

 

-         relever la situation mat?rielle des journalistes tunisiens ;

-         permettre aux journalistes d?exprimer librement leurs opinions et d?exercer leur m?tier, sans avoir ? subir de pression, d?oppression, ou d?arbitraire, ni encore, d?atteinte ? leur libert? individuelle ;

-         r?habiliter l?autorit? de la r?daction au sein de l?entreprise de presse tunisienne de mani?re ? redonner aux journalistes tunisiens la place qui leur sied et ? pr?server leur dignit? ;

-         promouvoir la culture syndicale en informant les journalistes des droits que leur reconna?t la loi ;

-         repr?senter ses adh?rents dans les diverses n?gociations se rapportant aux l?gislations aff?rentes aux secteurs de l?information, dans les n?gociations sociales et autres relatives ? l?emploi et aux avantages sociaux.

 

Le comit? constitutif du Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens (S.J.T) est compos? de :

 

Lotfi Hajji : Pr?sident

Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secr?taire g?n?ral

Mohamed Maali : Charg? du r?glement int?rieur

Salah Attia : Tr?sorier

Amel Bejaoui : Charg?e des relations ext?rieures

Mokhtar Tlili : Charg? des affaires sociales.

Mohsen Ouesleti : Charg? des affaires professionnelles

Respectueusement

 

Pour le Comit? provisoire 

La charg?e des Relations ext?rieures

Amel Bejaoui


		
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] excision
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Croisade musulmane contre l?excision
Les imams r?tablissent la v?rit? sur cette tradition
Dossier Excision

mardi 8 juin 2004, par Habibou Bangr? 

L?excision n?est pas un commandement du Proph?te et elle peut ?tre dangereuse. C?est le message que les imams s?n?galais expliquent de plus en plus dans leurs pr?ches. Avec succ?s : des villages entiers ont d?clar? qu?ils abandonnaient l?excision. Encourageant, mais les hommes de foi ne se reposent pas sur leurs lauriers.

  Voir aussi- ? L?Ebola ? frappe le Soudan- Dimanche, Journ?e africaine du paludisme- Quand les enfants meurent de faim- La Maladie du sommeil, un fl?au tenace
D?couverte- Omoy? : un soup?on de pharmacop?e ibo r?v?l?- Gangndo N?Guinabe pr?sente Gambay Corp- La femme noire leader rayonne ? Paris- Mobutu et la nation za?roise : mode d?emploi
Hill and Knowlton
Point Afrique
Afrique de l?Ouest- Les B?ninois ne sont plus polygames- L?Islam ? la s?n?galaise- "Contre la politique des Blancs"- Premi?re audience ? la Cour sp?ciale pour la Sierra Leone
S?n?gal- Dernier adieu ? Hyacinthe Thiandoum- Youssou N?Dour : le site Internet- S.O.S femmes c?libataires- Semb?ne Ousmane combat l?excision

? Le Proph?te a dit que s?il faut exciser les filles, il faut faire attention. Mais lui-m?me n?a jamais fait exciser ses filles. Il n?y a rien dans le Coran qui impose l?excision ?. C?est ce qu?explique l?imam s?n?galais N?Diaye, Secr?taire g?n?ral de l?Association nationale des imams et oul?mas du S?n?gal (Anios) aux foules qui justifient cette coutume en se basant sur le Coran. Et il n?est pas le seul. De nombreux coll?gues se joignent ? cet ?claircissement des textes et mettent en garde contre les dangers de la pratique. Au final, avec l?aide des autorit?s sanitaires et des organisations non gouvernementales (ONG), des villages entiers promettent de d?laisser la mutilation des organes g?nitaux f?minins. Mais il faut consolider les acquis et convaincre les localit?s tenaces. 

Et comment ne pas ?couter la bonne parole des imams dans un pays ? plus de 90% musulman ? V?ritable leaders d?opinion, ils tiennent une place de choix dans la soci?t? qui leur permet de c?toyer les fid?les au moins cinq fois par jour, ? chaque pri?re. Et ce sans compter les causeries religieuses...D?aucuns estiment qu?ils auraient m?me plus de poids que les ONG, dont certains doutent de la bonne foi du discours. Etant tr?s respect?s, influents et ?cout?s, les chefs religieux sont associ?s ? la lutte contre les maux de la soci?t? et sont tr?s actifs pour faire reculer l?excision. Avec l?assentiment du gouvernement. ? Les autorit?s sanitaires ne peuvent pas ?tre partout. Alors le travail de sensibilisation des imams se r?v?le ?tre un pr?cieux soutien. C?est pourquoi ils sont form?s par des techniciens du minist?re, l?id?e ?tant qu?ils transmettent le bon message ?, explique-t-on au minist?re de la Sant?. 

Travail collectif 

La m?thode des imams est semblable ? celles des organisations non gouvernementales avec lesquelles ils travaillent parfois : ?duquer, appuyer chaque argument en citant le livre sacr? des musulmans, sensibiliser aux probl?mes de sant? g?n?r?s par l?excision. Le m?me cheminement m?thodique, mais pas toujours la m?me mani?re d?op?rer. ? Je rassemble les imams, les savants et les populations ? risque et nous discutons en nous limitant aux textes pour expliquer notre point. L?impact est plus important lorsque l?on parle en public car nos interlocuteurs sont plus en confiance. Dans leur esprit, l?intervention publique engage notre cr?dibilit? et nous ne pouvons donc pas dire des contrev?rit?s ?, commente Mouhamed Ch?rif Diop, imam ? la retraite qui m?ne, depuis trois ans, un travail de conscientisation r?gulier pour faire reculer l?excision. 

Pour ?tre certain de toucher son auditoire, le religieux, ? qui il arrive de pr?cher ? la radio et ? la t?l?vision contre l?excision, adapte toujours son discours ? l?auditoire. ? Nous travaillons main dans la main avec des sp?cialistes en m?decine qui nous expliquent les cons?quences n?fastes de cette tradition. Nous d?livrons ensuite l?information aux populations ? risque ?, souligne l?imam N?Diaye. Des initiatives qui ne marchent pas toujours du premier coup. Le Forum africain pour l??ducation de la femme (Fawe) a r?cemment essuy? un revers ? Marsassoum (sud), communaut? locale o? toute l?assembl?e, les jeunes et les plus vieux, se sont d?clar?s ? pour ? l?excision. Ma?ssa Fall, haut-responsable de l?ONG ? Kolda (sud), a d?clar? au quotidien Walf Fadjri que ? l??tape de Marsassoum a ?t? in?dite, surprenante, car la plupart des intervenants ont ?t? favorables ? la pratique de l?excision ?. 

L?excision, un h?ritage ancestral 

L?une des causes de ce rejet tient ? la valeur sentimentale et historique de l?excision. ? Nous touchons ? une tradition mill?naire, ? un h?ritage ancestral l?gu? par des parents ? leurs enfants. Alors quand nous arrivons dans un village, les gens sont convaincus qu?exciser c?est bien ?, souligne Mouhamed Ch?rif Diop. Et l?imam N?Diaye d?ajouter : ? S?il y a des r?sistances, c?est parce qu?on n?abandonne pas le chemin de tradition comme ?a ?. Surtout quand on ne voit pas en quoi la coutume est dangereuse. ? Quand on vous dit que l?excision peut provoquer la st?rilit?, une femme ?g?e qui a ?t? excis?e et qui a eu une dizaine d?enfants va forc?ment d?nigrer ce que vous dites ?, assure-t-on au minist?re de la Sant?. 

Le but de cette sensibilisation n?est pas de juger ou ? forcer ? l?abandon de l?excision, mais d??duquer pour que les gens agissent, ou non, mais en connaissance de cause ?, pr?cise l?imam N?Diaye. Ne pas mettre la pression, c?est aussi la m?thode de sensibilisation choisie par l?association Tostan. Cette ONG internationale aide les communaut?s africaines ? prendre en charge leur propre d?veloppement et qui lutte contre l?excision depuis 1997, avec l?aide d?imams. ? Notre programme d?action repose beaucoup sur comment permettre aux gens d?arr?ter sans faire de la r?pression ?, souligne Molly Melching, directrice de Tostan au S?n?gal. 

28% des communaut?s ont abandonn? 

Le travail de tous les imams est reconnu, mais celui de certains semble l??tre un peu plus. A l?image de celui de Demba Diawara. Le leader religieux, qui travaille ?troitement avec Tostan, est qualifi? par le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l?enfance (Unicef) de ? mod?le ? dans le domaine. Mais c?est bien le travail de tous les dignitaires religieux, coupl? notamment ? celui des ONG, qui a permis d?obtenir de bons r?sultats. Il n?y a pas de statistiques disponibles, mais le minist?re de la Sant? certifie que les fillettes sont beaucoup moins expos?es qu?il y a ? 20 ou 30 ans. Et des exciseuses ont fait leur mea culpa et ont d?clar? publiquement qu?elles regrettaient d?avoir excis? ?. 

Plus pr?cise, l?association Tostan estime que ? 28% des communaut?s qui pratiquent l?excision ont cess? de le faire. Ce qui repr?sente l?abandon de la pratique par 1 367 villages. C?est la premi?re fois en Afrique que des abandons massifs sont d?clar?s. Il est tr?s important que les villages d?cident d?arr?ter ensemble car seul on ne peut rien faire. Si un village abandonne et que les autres aux alentours poursuivent, les parents du village esseul? ne pourront pas marier leurs filles. Il faut un abandon coordonn? ?, explique Molly Melching. 

Consolider les acquis 

Mais les victoires sont encore fragiles. Il faut veiller ? ce que les d?clarations soient suivies des faits et que les localit?s r?calcitrantes acceptent de revenir sur leurs piositions. Une bataille de longue haleine qui obligera notamment les imams ? ?duquer certains de leurs confr?res. ? Beaucoup d?imams ont une compr?hension du Coran qui ?pouse leurs int?r?ts, estime Mouhamed Ch?rif Diop. Nous b?n?ficions de divers avantages et certains, pour ne pas les perdre, sont pr?ts faire une lecture du Coran qui promeut l?excision afin de ne pas mettre ? mal leurs relations avec la population ?, souligne le l?imam ? la retraite, qui ne manque pas d?interpeller les auteurs de ces d?rives dans des discours orient?s sur l?hypocrisie. Mais d?autres imams, souligne-t-il, sont mal inform?s et transmettent un message erron? malgr? eux. Un avis que partage l?imam N?Diaye. ? Certains imams sont des universitaires, mais d?autres ont un niveau tr?s moyen ?. Il est donc du r?le des imams de pa
 lier les
 lacunes en enseignant le message correspondant ? la ? compr?hension standard ? du livre sacr?. 

Les imams sont tr?s actifs et s?organisent au S?n?gal, mais aussi en dehors des fronti?res du pays. Les leaders religieux des pays voisins essayent d??tablir des r?seaux pour faire reculer l?excision, mais aussi d?autres maux. Pour que tous pr?nent la m?me parole religieuse.


































		
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 17 14:29:47 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder
 caucus
Message-ID: <OF1DDFDA8F.D583775C-ON85256EB6.00481A15-85256EB6.004A233A@edc.org>

traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo

Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in 
Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the 
USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital divide 
conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva, 
co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with 
conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of 
interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in 
the WSIS process.

During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter 
activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our ideas 
integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in 
their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including 
education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work 
of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working 
groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role 
of telecenters in the information society.

Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel 
about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have 
an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related 
ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the 
blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of 
protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group 
or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature of 
telecenter activities.

I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the 
Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But I 
wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would 
have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.

Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de 
CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de 
telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que 
nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai 
accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional 
de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de 
conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup 
d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter 
davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et 
d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de 
telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour 
avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les 
telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail 
inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s, 
l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters 
est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le 
rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des 
telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais 
demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation 
d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de 
travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es 
telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis 
essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de 
telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci 
signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de 
multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de 
telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui ont 
particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour 
l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi 
d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la 
plupart de bienvenue.

Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington. 
CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene 
convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias. 
Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador 
del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes 
de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos 
de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter 
implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras 
conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que 
nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas 
integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un 
amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas, 
incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero, 
el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido 
entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo 
m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la 
sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo 
plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de 
funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de 
funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas 
telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento 
existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes 
del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si 
?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus 
del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de 
las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los 
representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este 
domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo 
plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos 
los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.

 
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------

From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Thu Jun 17 14:34:02 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <OF1DDFDA8F.D583775C-ON85256EB6.00481A15-85256EB6.004A233A@edc.org>
Message-ID: <20040617133402.53474.qmail@web11806.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Andy, 
 
I agree.
 
Regards,
 


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From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:45 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI : What can computers do for the poor?
Message-ID: <20040617135707.53565.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com>


Dear all:

FYI.

The route from poverty to empowerment starts with the click of a mouse, says Maartje Op de Coul of Oneworld International. But can internet social projects also make markets work in their favour? 

http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-3-85-1953.jsp#

All the best,

 


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From info at virtualactivism.net  Thu Jun 17 15:48:59 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
In-Reply-To: <20040617095107.87048.qmail@web52504.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hello Amal.
?? ???? ????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ??? ???? ??????? ??? ???? ?????
???????? ??????? ????? ???? ???? ???????? ????
?? ??????
?????? ?????

  -----Original Message-----
  From: amel bejaoui [mailto:beja2310@yahoo.fr]
  Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 05:51 ?
  To: andd Zied
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes
tunisiens (independant).


        Tunis le 26 mai 2002


        D?claration de constitution d?un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens
(ind?pendant)
         La place du journaliste au sein de l?entreprise d?information s?est
d?grad?e ? un point tel qu?il s?est retrouv? marginalis? du fait d?une
censure aussi m?thodique que bien organis?e.

        Son pouvoir r?dactionnel a, du coup, r?gress? et ses droits
mat?riels, pourtant garantis par les lois r?gissant la profession, lui ont
?t? d?ni?s.



        Plusieurs signaux ont ?t? lanc?s, ces derni?res ann?es, attirant
l?attention sur cette situation d?sastreuse sans qu?il n?y f?t rem?di? de
mani?re s?rieuse, que se soit de la part de l?autorit? de tutelle, des chefs
d?entreprises de presse ou encore de la structure organisant la profession.



        La d?t?rioration du statut des journalistes tunisiens ne s?est pas
arr?t?e ? la fronti?re du pays.

        La place dont ils jouissaient dans les organisations
professionnelles internationales a, consid?rablement parti de cette
situation avec, entre autres cons?quences, la suspension de l?Association
des Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de la F?d?ration
Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.) qui lui reproche sa carence  dans
la d?fense des journalistes.



        Les journalistes tunisiens m?ritent sur les plans national et
international, un statut bien plus ?lev?e que celui qui est le leur,
aujourd?hui, compte tenu de leur formation scientifique et de leurs
comp?tences qui s??panouissent chaque fois qu?ils trouvent le cadre ad?quat,
comme en t?moigne la place pr?pond?rante qu?occupent des journalistes
tunisiens dans nombre d?entreprises de presse ?crite et audiovisuelle arabes
et internationales.



        C?est pour permettre aux journalistes tunisiens de recouvrer le rang
dont il sont dignes, ainsi que tous leurs droits, qu?un groupe important de
journalistes ont pris l?initiative de constituer un ? Syndicat des
Journalistes Tunisiens ? qui oeuvrera, dans le cadre du droit ? s?organiser
en syndicat reconnu par la constitution et conform?ment aux dispositions du
code du travail et la convention collective organisant la profession, en vue
de :



        -         relever la situation mat?rielle des journalistes tunisiens
;

        -         permettre aux journalistes d?exprimer librement leurs
opinions et d?exercer leur m?tier, sans avoir ? subir de pression,
d?oppression, ou d?arbitraire, ni encore, d?atteinte ? leur libert?
individuelle ;

        -         r?habiliter l?autorit? de la r?daction au sein de
l?entreprise de presse tunisienne de mani?re ? redonner aux journalistes
tunisiens la place qui leur sied et ? pr?server leur dignit? ;

        -         promouvoir la culture syndicale en informant les
journalistes des droits que leur reconna?t la loi ;

        -         repr?senter ses adh?rents dans les diverses n?gociations
se rapportant aux l?gislations aff?rentes aux secteurs de l?information,
dans les n?gociations sociales et autres relatives ? l?emploi et aux
avantages sociaux.



        Le comit? constitutif du Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens (S.J.T)
est compos? de :



        Lotfi Hajji : Pr?sident

        Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secr?taire g?n?ral

        Mohamed Maali : Charg? du r?glement int?rieur

        Salah Attia : Tr?sorier

        Amel Bejaoui : Charg?e des relations ext?rieures

        Mokhtar Tlili : Charg? des affaires sociales.

        Mohsen Ouesleti : Charg? des affaires professionnelles


  Respectueusement



  Pour le Comit? provisoire

  La charg?e des Relations ext?rieures

  Amel Bejaoui



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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Thu Jun 17 16:41:18 2004
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update (English and French)
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOGELEDFAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

The list bounced this back undeliverable so I'm trying again....

-----Original Message-----
From: William Drake [mailto:wdrake@ictsd.ch]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:59 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Bruno.Oudet@imag.fr; jeanette@wz-berlin.de
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update (English and
French)


Hello,

Thanks Adam and Jeannette for the good summary.  However, two slight
clarifications.  First, the WG chairman will not be selected by or at the
Prepcom.  There will be consultations there, but the chair and the rest of
the WG will be appointed later, so don't be expecting news shortly.  Second,
while they are certainly welcoming suggestions of names from CS, I would
amplify your point that no fixed allocations are promised.  At the end of
the day, the SG will decide on the composition based on a variety of
considerations, our input being just one.  Hence, while they'll consider it
seriously, we shouldn't just assume that there will be definite connection
between any list of names we give them and the final outcome.

Cheers,

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Adam Peake
> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 7:56 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Cc: Bruno.Oudet@imag.fr; jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update (English and
> French)
>
>
> English then French:  Many thanks to Bruno Oudet
> for the translation into French.
>
> (this email will also be sent to caucus and working group contact points.)
>
>
>
> Update on the status of the Internet governance
> working group, at least what we understand about
> it.
>
> Mr. Markus Kummer, a Swiss diplomat, has been
> appointed to chair the secretariat of the
> Secretary General's Working Group on Internet
> Governance (now on "WG").  Most of what we know
> about the group has come from him, but there is
> no official statement as such, following is put
> together from speeches and presentations.
>
> Kummer says he expects the secretariat to be
> functional by the end of June, and the chairman
> of the WG selected by the 1st prep-comm (June
> 24-26) The WG chair will probably be a person
> from a government, preferably from the South.
>
> Indications are that the WG will have between 15
> - 20 members. Kummer has been very supportive of
> the Summit document's requirement that the WG be
> set up in an open and inclusive process.  He is
> extremely approachable, open and pleasant,
> everything we know so far points to him being a
> very good choice for the position.
>
> Kummer has said a couple of times that he expects
> stakeholders will be consulted on who will join
> the WG, people will not be appointed for them.
> He expects the WG membership to be complete by
> October, and it will begin real work from then
> on.  Outline of what the process may look like
> here
> <http://www.too-much.tv/glocomish/2004/05/internet_govern.html>
>
> ** Civil society seems to be in a position to
> suggest name of people to join the Working Group.
> Rather than beginning a frenzy or specific
> recommendations, we suggest we try to first agree
> on the qualities of the people we would like to
> see join the working group on behalf of civil
> society.  Aiming at submitting between 3 and 5
> names later.  Note, there has been no allocation
> of places, we have not been promised a specific
> number.
>
> The WG should include people from both developing
> and developed countries.  We think it is
> reasonable to anticipate that a working knowledge
> of English is expected of WG members, it's not
> something for us to decide, but we should be
> sensitive to it.
>
> Some other things we think we know:
>
> Kummer has indicated that skills are more
> important than the person being "high level".  He
> considers Gender balance to be important.
>
> It will require a significant commitment of time
> and effort.  A lot of work in a short time.
>
> Knowledge of a broad range of ICT policy issues would be helpful.
>
> But with all these comments, Mr. Kummer says he
> is only in a position to provide advice, it is
> not his final decision.
>
>
> We are also sending this note to civil society caucuses and
> working groups.
>
> Background.
>
> The working group is being formed now, and its
> structure and working methodology have not yet to
> have been set. We may be able to influence this.
> Comments on structure and modalities would be
> very helpful.
>
> Structure and modalities may be discussed at the
> first prep-comm. What we have heard so far is
> that the WG will take input broadly through a
> multi-layered structure. This structure will
> consist of the small high-level core membership
> of the working group itself, a wider network of
> stakeholders feeding into the core group through
> two or three open-ended consultations, and
> perhaps regionally or thematically organized
> meetings and expert hearings.  Civil society
> needs to think about how it can participate in
> such a process.
>
> Kummer has been very open to meeting with groups.
> If the working group membership has the same
> attitude, then giving them opportunities to meet
> with civil society groups, to speak at
> conferences and workshops, would be one way for
> us to make our views known.
>
> Seems the WG will begin by taking a broad view of
> what Internet governance involves. The most
> commonly mentioned issues are: spam; network and
> information security and trust, privacy and
> consumer protection; Internet pricing and
> interconnection, and of course issues associated
> with ICANN and the domain name system. People
> have also mentioned intellectual property rights,
> international rules for e-commerce, taxation and
> encryption. Potentially almost an endless list.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Jeanette Hofmann <jeanette@wz-berlin.de>, Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
> coordinators, Internet governance caucus
>
>
>
> Point sur l'avancement  du groupe de travail sur
> la  gouvernance de l''Internet, au moins ce que
> nous en avons compris.
>
>
> M. Markus Kummer, un diplomate suisse, a ?t?
> nomm? pour pr?sider le secr?tariat du groupe de
> travail (abr?g? ci-dessous "GT") sur la
> gouvernance de l'Internet du Secr?taire G?n?ral.
> La plupart des choses que nous avons apprises
> nous viennent de lui. Il n'y a pas eu  encore de
> rapport officiel. Ce qui suit a ?t? r?dig? ?
> partir des discours et des pr?sentations.
>
> Kummer a dit qu'il s'attend ? ce que le
> secr?tariat soit fonctionnel ?  la fin de juin,
> et que le Pr?sident du GT choisi par  le 1er
> PrepCom (24-26 juin). Le Pr?sident  sera
> probablement une personne d'un gouvernement, de
> pr?f?rence du sud.  Des indications donnent ?
> penser que  le GT aura entre 15 et  20 membres.
> Kummer  est tr?s en accord avec le document du
> Sommet qui dit que le GT doit ?tre mis en place
> dans un processus ouvert et inclusif.  Il est
> extr?mement accessible, ouvert et plaisant, et ce
> que nous avons vu  jusqu'ici  nous am?ne ? penser
> qu'il est un tr?s bon choix pour cette position.
>
> Kummer a indiqu? deux fois qu'il s'attend ? ce
> que les diff?rentes parties prenantes soient
> consult?es sur qui doit rejoindre le GT, les
> personnes n'?tant nomm?es par elles.  Il s'attend
> ? ce que le  GT soit complet  en octobre. Le vrai
> travail commencera alors. Les grandes lignes du
> processus peuvent ressembler ? ce qui est d?crit
>
>
>
> ** La CS semble ?tre en position de proposer des
> noms de personnes pour le GT. Plut?t que de
> commencer des discussions  fr?n?tiques  ou faire
> des recommandations pr?cises, nous sugg?rons que
> nous essayions d'abord de nous mettre d'accord
> les comp?tences des personnes  que nous voudrions
> voir rejoindre le groupe de travail au nom de la
> soci?t? civile, l'objectif ?tant de proposer plus
> tard entre 3 et 5 noms. Notez, aucune  place n'a
> ?t? attribu?. On ne  nous a pas promis un nombre
> pr?cis.
>
> Le GT devrait inclure des personnes de pays en
> d?veloppement et de d?velopp?s.  Nous pensons
> qu'il est raisonnable de pr?voir qu'une ma?trise
> de l'anglais comme langue de travail soit
> attendue de la part des membres de GT. Ce n'est
> pas quelque chose que nous ayons ? d?cider, mais
> nous devons y ?tre sensible.
>
> Quelques autres points que nous pensons que savoir.
>
> Kummer a indiqu? que les qualifications sont plus
> importantes que d'?tre d'un niveau hi?rarchique
> ?lev?.   Il consid?re que l'?quilibre homme/femme
> est important.
>
> Il sera demand?  un engagement significatif en
> temps et en effort.  Beaucoup de travail ?
> fournir dans un espace de temps court.
>
> La connaissance d'une large gamme des aspects politiques des TICs
> serait utile.
>
> Mais avec tous ces commentaires, M. Kummer a dit
> qu'il est seulement en mesure de donner  les
> conseils, ce n'est pas sa d?cision finale.
>
> Nous envoyons ?galement cette note aux caucus et
> aux groupes de travail de la SC.
>
> La toile de  fond.
>
> Le groupe de travail est entrain de se constituer
> maintenant; sa structure et sa  m?thode de
> travail n'ont pas encore ?t? fix?es. Nous pouvons
> ?tre en mesure de l'influencer. Des commentaires
> sur la structure et les modalit?s seraient tr?s
> utiles.
>
> Structure et modalit?s peuvent ?tre discut?es au
> premier PreCom. Nous avons entendu jusqu'ici est
> que le GT recevra largement des contributions ?
> partir d'un structure ? plusieurs niveaux. Cette
> structure comprendra au sein du GT un petit
> groupe central de haut niveau, un r?seau plus
> large de partis concern?s contribuant au groupe
> central via de deux ou trois consultations
> ouvertes, et peut-?tre des r?unions r?gionales ou
> th?matiques  et l'audition d'experts . La soci?t?
> civile doit penser ? la fa?on dont elle peut
> participer ? un tel processus.
>
> Kummer a ?t? tr?s ouvert ? l'id?e de rencontrer
> des groupes.  Si le GT a la m?me attitude, alors
> des rencontres avec des groupes de la SC, des
> interventions lors de conf?rences ou ateliers
> seront des occasions  pour faire entendre nos
> vues..
>
> Il semble le GT commencera par une vision large
> de ce que la gouvernance de l'Internet englobe.
> Les questions g?n?ralement soulev?es sont:  le
> spam;  s?curit? du r?seau et de l'information,
> confiance, protection de  la vie priv?e et du
> consommateur; fixation des tarifs et
> l'interconnexion, et bien entendu toutes les
> questions associ?es ? l'ICANN et au nom de
> domaine.  Ont ?galement mentionn? des droits de
> la propri?t? intellectuelle, des r?gles
> internationales pour l'e-commerce, les taxes et
> le cryptage.  Potentiellement presque une liste
> sans fin.  Merci.
>
>   Coordonnateurs de Jeanette Hofmann <
> jeanette@wz-berlin.de >, Adam Peake <
> ajp@glocom.ac.jp >, caucus de gouvernement
> d'Internet



From echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar  Thu Jun 17 14:35:56 2004
From: echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar (Enrique A. Chaparro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI : What can computers do for the poor?
In-Reply-To: <20040617135707.53565.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20040617135707.53565.qmail@web11805.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040617103556.79791012.echaparro@uolsinectis.com.ar>

On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 15:57:07 +0200 (CEST)
Lady Murrugarra <ladymurrugarra@yahoo.es> wrote:

LM> 
LM> Dear all:
LM> 
LM> FYI.
LM> 
LM> The route from poverty to empowerment starts with the click of a
LM> mouse, says Maartje Op de Coul of Oneworld International. 

This is one of the most stupid slogans I've ever heard.

E.

-- 
``Izena duen guzia omen da.''
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From accuosto at chasque.net  Thu Jun 17 18:09:12 2004
From: accuosto at chasque.net (Pablo Accuosto)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ITeM's Project - Tunis 2005
References: <000401c453ae$42e538f0$0800a8c0@ziada>
Message-ID: <022e01c4548d$d430b3e0$4704a8c0@paullier.net>

MessageDear Plenary,

Below I send information of this new project by the Instituto del Tercer
Mundo (ITeM), which Zaid refers to in his email.

* Motivation

Key issues of particular interest to developing countries were largely
postponed to the second part of the WSIS. The process also exposed the
difficulty that Southern countries and civil society actors have in ensuring
that their proposals are taken into account and reflected in the text of the
documents being drafted. Many Southern governments lack the resources and
information needed to be able to make informed decisions and negotiate
effectively the issues related with information and communication
technologies (ICT).

Even if we do believe that this second stage of the WSIS process provides an
opportunity for countries in the South, we also believe that all the pending
issues in discussion are relevant in themselves, independently of the
outcomes of the WSIS and its success or failure as a world conference. It is
essential that decision-makers and the civil society organizations that are
able to have an active role in these discussions (in all and any fora in
which they are presented, including the special working groups created
within the UN, but also the WTO, WIPO, Financial Institutions, etc.) have
timely and appropriate information and analysis about the issues at stake,
their impact and the possible alternatives.

The views and interests of minority groups, women, young people and, in
general, all those who have limited possibilities of influencing the
policies adopted at global level need to be expressed. This information
should come out of research into the different issues involved in the
discussion of shaping of the "information societies" of the future
(including those that are presently not in the official agendas).

* Objectives

The general goal of the project is to contribute to the WSIS II
decision-making process by conducting a number of researchs in key issues of
interest to developing countries, disseminating the results and, based on
them, advise Southern negotiators, the conference secretariat and working
groups on the policy implications of the different proposals they will be
considering during the summit process (at global and regional levels,
including ad-hoc groups created during the process).

The general objective of the project is to contribute to the WSIS II
decision-making process by researching key issues of interest to developing
countries.

Its specific objectives include:

- To involve Southern civil society in debates on the issues on the agenda
at the summit and to give visibility to their opinions so that they may be
taken into account in policy-making;
- To assist government delegates from the South on their positions that may
be favourable to the regional interests and defend them in their general
negotiations;
- To make use of the research results in other instances where the issues
studied under this project may help in the
consideration of the Civil Society Organisations' contributions to the
on-going process of construction of the Information Society;
- To publish briefing papers and policy recommendations summaries on the
research results of key issues for the World Summit in Tunis, 2005.

* Outcomes

Research will take as its starting point the current situation in Southern
countries and will analyze, among other issues, the effect of applying the
policies specified in the documents adopted at the first WSIS summit, as
well as other measures, not included in those documents, that should be
promoted in those countries.

The conclusions of the research will be published online and their policiy
implications summarized in briefing papers that will be published and
distributed at key meetings. Both the research and briefing papers may be
accompanied by additional documentation produced during the research
process.

During the preparatory process for the Tunis WSIS Summit, workshops will be
organized with the aim of publicizing the research in progress and involving
the different civil society actors in discussions on the issues under study.


We will shortly make available a new website dedicated to this new project.
By now, please, refer to Choike's special section on WSIS:
http://www.choike.org/wsis

This project is possible thanks to the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC) support.


Thank you,

Pablo

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ziad Abdel Samad
To: info@virtualactivism.net
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org ; hqazzaz@palnet.com ; 'Roula Masri' ; Kinda
Mohamadieh
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:28 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)



Dear friends in the plenary of the WSIS
It was obvious that the Arab civil society was absent during the
preparations for the Summit on Information Society except some Tunisian NGOs
who had been invited because Phase II would be taking place in Tunisia.
The Arab NGO Network for Development is interested to be involved in the
process of creating this Arab caucus. However, ANND was designated to be
member of the advisory board of the project launched by the Third World
Institute (ITeM) "Instituto del Tercer Mundo". This project is aiming at
involving southern civil society in the process.
In this regards, ANND is looking for further cooperation, and kindly asks
for more information regarding the efforts and to join the mailing list.
Thanks for your time and consideration.
We will keep in touch.
Arab NGO Network For Development
P.O.Box: 5792/14
Mazraa 1105-2070
Beirut Lebanon
Tel: +9611319366, fax: +9611815636
Email: annd@cyberia.net.lb, annd@annd.org
web site: www.annd.org



From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Jun 17 22:33:16 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update (English
  and French)
In-Reply-To: <p06020487bcf6b6adeded@[192.168.1.254]>
References: <p06020487bcf6b6adeded@[192.168.1.254]>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040617223252.041bdae0@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all

this report will be translated into spanish and posted early next week..

karen

At 06:56 17/06/2004, you wrote:
>English then French:  Many thanks to Bruno Oudet for the translation into 
>French.
>
>(this email will also be sent to caucus and working group contact points.)
>
>Update on the status of the Internet governance working group, at least 
>what we understand about it.



From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Jun 18 08:41:12 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
In-Reply-To: <20040617095107.87048.qmail@web52504.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040618074112.97803.qmail@web60707.mail.yahoo.com>

En ce moment de détresse et de désespérance pour les
pays pauvres qui vivent une situation tragique qui
n'émeut plus personne, la naissance d'une organisation
syndicale est toujours un évènement à saluer, surtout
dans les secteurs de conscientisation des peuples et
des gouvernants. Le sommet de Tunis pour la fin 2005
offre une opportunité pour de telles émergences.
Souhaitons leur beaucoup de succès et de réussite au
service des tunisiens, des magrebins, des africains et
des réseaux d'information du Sud si insignifiants par
les temps qui courrent.
(dommage pour le mot indépendant mis entre parenthèses
dans le titre, j'aurais souhaité le voir en majuscule
et en gras, peut-être aussi mieux explicité c'est le
syndicat qui est indépendant ou les journalistes qui
le composent !). 
Amitiés
Djilali
--- amel bejaoui <beja2310@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Tunis le 26 mai 2002 
>  
>  
> Déclaration de constitution d´un syndicat de
> journalistes tunisiens (indépendant)
> 
>  La place du journaliste au sein de l´entreprise
> d´information s´est dégradée à un point tel qu´il
> s´est retrouvé marginalisé du fait d´une censure
> aussi méthodique que bien organisée. 
> 
> Son pouvoir rédactionnel a, du coup, régressé et ses
> droits matériels, pourtant garantis par les lois
> régissant la profession, lui ont été déniés.
> 
>  
> 
> Plusieurs signaux ont été lancés, ces dernières
> années, attirant l´attention sur cette situation
> désastreuse sans qu´il n´y fût remédié de manière
> sérieuse, que se soit de la part de l´autorité de
> tutelle, des chefs d´entreprises de presse ou encore
> de la structure organisant la profession.
> 
>  
> 
> La détérioration du statut des journalistes
> tunisiens ne s´est pas arrêtée à la frontière du
> pays.
> 
> La place dont ils jouissaient dans les organisations
> professionnelles internationales a, considérablement
> parti de cette situation avec, entre autres
> conséquences, la suspension de l´Association des
> Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de la
> Fédération Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.)
> qui lui reproche sa carence  dans la défense des
> journalistes.
> 
>  
> 
> Les journalistes tunisiens méritent sur les plans
> national et international, un statut bien plus
> élevée que celui qui est le leur, aujourd´hui,
> compte tenu de leur formation scientifique et de
> leurs compétences qui s´épanouissent chaque fois
> qu´ils trouvent le cadre adéquat, comme en témoigne
> la place prépondérante qu´occupent des journalistes
> tunisiens dans nombre d´entreprises de presse écrite
> et audiovisuelle arabes et internationales.
> 
>  
> 
> C´est pour permettre aux journalistes tunisiens de
> recouvrer le rang dont il sont dignes, ainsi que
> tous leurs droits, qu´un groupe important de
> journalistes ont pris l´initiative de constituer un
> « Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens » qui
> oeuvrera, dans le cadre du droit à s´organiser en
> syndicat reconnu par la constitution et conformément
> aux dispositions du code du travail et la convention
> collective organisant la profession, en vue de : 
> 
>  
> 
> -         relever la situation matérielle des
> journalistes tunisiens ;
> 
> -         permettre aux journalistes d´exprimer
> librement leurs opinions et d´exercer leur métier,
> sans avoir à subir de pression, d´oppression, ou
> d´arbitraire, ni encore, d´atteinte à leur liberté
> individuelle ;
> 
> -         réhabiliter l´autorité de la rédaction au
> sein de l´entreprise de presse tunisienne de manière
> à redonner aux journalistes tunisiens la place qui
> leur sied et à préserver leur dignité ;
> 
> -         promouvoir la culture syndicale en
> informant les journalistes des droits que leur
> reconnaît la loi ;
> 
> -         représenter ses adhérents dans les
> diverses négociations se rapportant aux législations
> afférentes aux secteurs de l´information, dans les
> négociations sociales et autres relatives à l´emploi
> et aux avantages sociaux.
> 
>  
> 
> Le comité constitutif du Syndicat des Journalistes
> Tunisiens (S.J.T) est composé de :
> 
>  
> 
> Lotfi Hajji : Président
> 
> Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secrétaire général
> 
> Mohamed Maali : Chargé du règlement intérieur
> 
> Salah Attia : Trésorier
> 
> Amel Bejaoui : Chargée des relations extérieures
> 
> Mokhtar Tlili : Chargé des affaires sociales.
> 
> Mohsen Ouesleti : Chargé des affaires
> professionnelles
> 
> Respectueusement
> 
>  
> 
> Pour le Comité provisoire 
> 
> La chargée des Relations extérieures
> 
> Amel Bejaoui
> 
> 
> 		
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Jun 18 08:45:42 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHOEPNCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040618074542.89771.qmail@web60705.mail.yahoo.com>

Enfin, un texte en arabe sur de wsis-cs groupe de
discussion... Mille félicitation à ceux qui ont osé,
puisque les organisateurs n'ont jamais voulu faire
l'effort minimum de traduire nos discussion dans les
langues onusiennes pour mettre tout le monde (riches
et dôté d'accès à internet) au même niveau d'info.
Amitiés
Djilali
--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> Hello Amal.
> ?? ???? ????? ?????? ?????? ???????? ??? ????
> ??????? ??? ???? ?????
> ???????? ??????? ????? ???? ???? ???????? ????
> ?? ??????
> ?????? ?????
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: amel bejaoui [mailto:beja2310@yahoo.fr]
>   Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 05:51 Õ
>   To: andd Zied
>   Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat
> de journalistes
> tunisiens (independant).
> 
> 
>         Tunis le 26 mai 2002
> 
> 
>         Déclaration de constitution d´un syndicat de
> journalistes tunisiens
> (indépendant)
>          La place du journaliste au sein de
> l´entreprise d´information s´est
> dégradée à un point tel qu´il s´est retrouvé
> marginalisé du fait d´une
> censure aussi méthodique que bien organisée.
> 
>         Son pouvoir rédactionnel a, du coup,
> régressé et ses droits
> matériels, pourtant garantis par les lois régissant
> la profession, lui ont
> été déniés.
> 
> 
> 
>         Plusieurs signaux ont été lancés, ces
> dernières années, attirant
> l´attention sur cette situation désastreuse sans
> qu´il n´y fût remédié de
> manière sérieuse, que se soit de la part de
> l´autorité de tutelle, des chefs
> d´entreprises de presse ou encore de la structure
> organisant la profession.
> 
> 
> 
>         La détérioration du statut des journalistes
> tunisiens ne s´est pas
> arrêtée à la frontière du pays.
> 
>         La place dont ils jouissaient dans les
> organisations
> professionnelles internationales a, considérablement
> parti de cette
> situation avec, entre autres conséquences, la
> suspension de l´Association
> des Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de
> la Fédération
> Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.) qui lui
> reproche sa carence  dans
> la défense des journalistes.
> 
> 
> 
>         Les journalistes tunisiens méritent sur les
> plans national et
> international, un statut bien plus élevée que celui
> qui est le leur,
> aujourd´hui, compte tenu de leur formation
> scientifique et de leurs
> compétences qui s´épanouissent chaque fois qu´ils
> trouvent le cadre adéquat,
> comme en témoigne la place prépondérante qu´occupent
> des journalistes
> tunisiens dans nombre d´entreprises de presse écrite
> et audiovisuelle arabes
> et internationales.
> 
> 
> 
>         C´est pour permettre aux journalistes
> tunisiens de recouvrer le rang
> dont il sont dignes, ainsi que tous leurs droits,
> qu´un groupe important de
> journalistes ont pris l´initiative de constituer un
> « Syndicat des
> Journalistes Tunisiens » qui oeuvrera, dans le cadre
> du droit à s´organiser
> en syndicat reconnu par la constitution et
> conformément aux dispositions du
> code du travail et la convention collective
> organisant la profession, en vue
> de :
> 
> 
> 
>         -         relever la situation matérielle
> des journalistes tunisiens
> ;
> 
>         -         permettre aux journalistes
> d´exprimer librement leurs
> opinions et d´exercer leur métier, sans avoir à
> subir de pression,
> d´oppression, ou d´arbitraire, ni encore, d´atteinte
> à leur liberté
> individuelle ;
> 
>         -         réhabiliter l´autorité de la
> rédaction au sein de
> l´entreprise de presse tunisienne de manière à
> redonner aux journalistes
> tunisiens la place qui leur sied et à préserver leur
> dignité ;
> 
>         -         promouvoir la culture syndicale en
> informant les
> journalistes des droits que leur reconnaît la loi ;
> 
>         -         représenter ses adhérents dans les
> diverses négociations
> se rapportant aux législations afférentes aux
> secteurs de l´information,
> dans les négociations sociales et autres relatives à
> l´emploi et aux
> avantages sociaux.
> 
> 
> 
>         Le comité constitutif du Syndicat des
> Journalistes Tunisiens (S.J.T)
> est composé de :
> 
> 
> 
>         Lotfi Hajji : Président
> 
>         Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secrétaire général
> 
>         Mohamed Maali : Chargé du règlement
> intérieur
> 
>         Salah Attia : Trésorier
> 
>         Amel Bejaoui : Chargée des relations
> extérieures
> 
>         Mokhtar Tlili : Chargé des affaires
> sociales.
> 
>         Mohsen Ouesleti : Chargé des affaires
> professionnelles
> 
> 
>   Respectueusement
> 
> 
> 
>   Pour le Comité provisoire
> 
>   La chargée des Relations extérieures
> 
>   Amel Bejaoui
> 
> 
> 
>
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Jun 18 09:04:46 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] mailing list for Arab Caucus - more
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHCEOFCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040618080446.70573.qmail@web60709.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear ZAS,
Extraordinary news which come with late but which
come.
I wish you a full success.
I whish that this list will be in arabic, english and
french, so it will serve as link between persons and
CS organisationspeaking one of these 3 langages.
You should also do an effort to provide stock of
relevant discussion which rule in wsis discussion
lists.
All the best
Djilali
--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> MessageHello everyone. Just for everyone's
> information, I have created the
> mailing list but it is not active yet. I will
> activate it by tomorrow, but
> you may sign up for it or send me an email to sign
> you up.
>
http://virtualactivism.net/mailman/listinfo/arabcaucus_virtualactivism.net
> I will provide more information about the list on
> mengos.net [the site has
> been changing servers so it has been donwn since
> yesterday but should be up
> today - hopefully!]. There is also additional
> information on the WSIS
> process that is specifically targetting Arab NGOs
> because it is in Arabic
> and English on mengos.net
> 
> 
> Best wishes.
> Marlyn
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Ziad Abdel Samad
> [mailto:annd@cyberia.net.lb]
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:29 Õ
>   To: info@virtualactivism.net
>   Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org; hqazzaz@palnet.com;
> 'Roula Masri'; Kinda
> Mohamadieh
>   Subject:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Dear friends in the plenary of the WSIS
> 
>   It was obvious that the Arab civil society was
> absent during the
> preparations for the Summit on Information Society
> except some Tunisian NGOs
> who had been invited because Phase II would be
> taking place in Tunisia.
> 
>   The Arab NGO Network for Development is interested
> to be involved in the
> process of creating this Arab caucus. However, ANND
> was designated to be
> member of the advisory board of the project launched
> by the Third World
> Institute (ITeM) "Instituto del Tercer Mundo". This
> project is aiming at
> involving southern civil society in the process.
> 
>   In this regards, ANND is looking for further
> cooperation, and kindly asks
> for more information regarding the efforts and to
> join the mailing list.
> 
>   Thanks for your time and consideration.
> 
>   We will keep in touch.
> 
>   Arab NGO Network For Development
> 
>   P.O.Box: 5792/14
>   Mazraa 1105-2070
>   Beirut Lebanon
>   Tel: +9611319366, fax: +9611815636
>   Email: annd@cyberia.net.lb, annd@annd.org
>   web site: www.annd.org
> 
> 


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Jun 18 09:04:46 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] mailing list for Arab Caucus - more
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHCEOFCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040618080446.70573.qmail@web60709.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear ZAS,
Extraordinary news which come with late but which
come.
I wish you a full success.
I whish that this list will be in arabic, english and
french, so it will serve as link between persons and
CS organisationspeaking one of these 3 langages.
You should also do an effort to provide stock of
relevant discussion which rule in wsis discussion
lists.
All the best
Djilali
--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> MessageHello everyone. Just for everyone's
> information, I have created the
> mailing list but it is not active yet. I will
> activate it by tomorrow, but
> you may sign up for it or send me an email to sign
> you up.
>
http://virtualactivism.net/mailman/listinfo/arabcaucus_virtualactivism.net
> I will provide more information about the list on
> mengos.net [the site has
> been changing servers so it has been donwn since
> yesterday but should be up
> today - hopefully!]. There is also additional
> information on the WSIS
> process that is specifically targetting Arab NGOs
> because it is in Arabic
> and English on mengos.net
> 
> 
> Best wishes.
> Marlyn
> 
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Ziad Abdel Samad
> [mailto:annd@cyberia.net.lb]
>   Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 10:29 Õ
>   To: info@virtualactivism.net
>   Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org; hqazzaz@palnet.com;
> 'Roula Masri'; Kinda
> Mohamadieh
>   Subject:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Dear friends in the plenary of the WSIS
> 
>   It was obvious that the Arab civil society was
> absent during the
> preparations for the Summit on Information Society
> except some Tunisian NGOs
> who had been invited because Phase II would be
> taking place in Tunisia.
> 
>   The Arab NGO Network for Development is interested
> to be involved in the
> process of creating this Arab caucus. However, ANND
> was designated to be
> member of the advisory board of the project launched
> by the Third World
> Institute (ITeM) "Instituto del Tercer Mundo". This
> project is aiming at
> involving southern civil society in the process.
> 
>   In this regards, ANND is looking for further
> cooperation, and kindly asks
> for more information regarding the efforts and to
> join the mailing list.
> 
>   Thanks for your time and consideration.
> 
>   We will keep in touch.
> 
>   Arab NGO Network For Development
> 
>   P.O.Box: 5792/14
>   Mazraa 1105-2070
>   Beirut Lebanon
>   Tel: +9611319366, fax: +9611815636
>   Email: annd@cyberia.net.lb, annd@annd.org
>   web site: www.annd.org
> 
> 


=====
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From info at virtualactivism.net  Tue Jun  8 09:38:31 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (INFO)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F45LgRkQ9ZPWv10003f93d@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHGEFOCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>

Thank you so much for your support. Indeed, the Arab presence was
exceptionally weak unlike any other conference, and I had been going around
in Geneva and before looking for my Arab mates. I never took the initiative
to form a formal caucus for many reasons, but frankly I think it is so
necessary after what I saw at Geneva. And just so everyone knows, even
though I heard so many discussions about language problems etc., there was
no Arabic tranlsation which excluded the two or three Arabic-only speaking
people I knew who attended. It shoudl be noted that Arabic is a formal UN
language.

I know that now there is beginning to be interest and I am very optimistic
about it, and I had been working to generate interest since that time.
Hopefully with the series of meetings I will be organizing, the Arab Caucus
will be off to a good start. And Barmaki you are absolutely correct in
saying that we were all busy with the war and problems in the Middle East.
Please refer to my short article on the issue "Absence of Arab Civil Society
at WSIS" http://www.mengos.net/articles/o4/summitenglish.htm and also to the
page I am working on towards WSIS II:
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis-main.htm I have also
translated into Arabic some of the materials that the different caucuses
have been passing around, and you may see for instance the translation of
the position papers on Internet governance by the Press organizations at :
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/governancepositionpapgerA.htm I
also looked for UNESCO's translation but found none and am translating that
as well.

In any case, all suggestions are welcome.

I only ask all of you to please tell anyone you know who may be interested
to join the Caucus and help strengthen it. Right now, I have Henrich Boell
Foundation supporting the one-day event in Cairo and then the following
September events in Jordan [the latter will include many from several other
Arab countries including Palestine, Lebanon, etc].

So... thank you all.
Marlyn Tadros



-----Original Message-----
From: Barmaki Amir Hossein [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 03:47 ?
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus



Dear Friends

I think I should update some of you who maybe were not involved in the whole
process and ex-prepcoms and how we reach to this system of caucuses.

All the groups or families or caucuses were developed during the prepcom 2
with agreement and consultation of the time plenary and an election system.
Each family was supposed to introduce two members for the CSB, one fix and
one alternate.

Unfortunately no one from the Arab region was actively participating there
and we take action and proposed to have a middle east and western Asia
family, which was approved, which includes all Arab countries in that
region.

We try hard to reach many Arab NGOs in the region and also from other
countries and managed to inform many groups and even holding a regional
seminar on WSIS in Kish Island in August 2003.
But to our surprise not much of interest from our Arab colleagues!

So the northern Arab countries affairs was taken by African caucus and
middle east by us, but due to Iraq war and many other political issues, it
seems Arab civil society were very much engaged with many other issues, more
important than WSIS itself. So we simply couldn?t find a lot of interested
groups in our region from the Arab world. We manage to bring some people
from Afghanistan, Iran and Jordan and Turkey to our seminars and also
disseminate a lot of information, but still the presence of the Arab region
in WSIS was very weak, l just saw 1 or 2 from Palestine, mainly related to
government and a few other from Qatar or Jordan.
But the Arab countries in Africa were more active, especially Tunisians,
which the reason is obvious, but still I do not see a lot of activity from
the Arab region. I just remember a Tunisian lady raising the same point in
prepcom 3 and the plenary didn?t accept to change the frame of CSB (Renate
remembers very well I think). The social problems in the Arab region and the
role of governments in keeping the CS weak in those countries is well
reflected in many international reports, including the Arab development
report of UNDP.

So my dear friends, we really encourage and insist that Arab region should
form a caucus and be more active in the process, but its really based on
them, and it shouldn?t be Tunis dominated.

My personal opinion is as the civil society presence and existence in Arab
region is very weak in principle, we are suffering from it also, the reasons
I think you all know, for example human rights issues!

We strongly encourage ITU to take action and to ensure the presence of CS
from all regions in the process, for many CSs this process is a learning and
capacity building process, good for the future of CS in the region. If
someone in Europe cares about Iraq, helping Iraqis is not by denouncing
Americans, is to help Iraqis to form their CS, which we in Iran have some
good plans for it.

With my best regards

Amir Barmaki







>From: djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Arab Caucus
>Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:00:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>In French bellow !
>Wonderfull initiative !
>Do you need someone from arabic countries, some one
>who practice arabic or some one who can discuss with
>arabic CS to support them and facilitate their
>participation.
>I can propose some names !
>Extraodinaire et inattendue initiative. On veut
>r?veiller les arabes et leur soci?t? civile pour
>pallier ? l'insuffisance de la qualit? de leur
>participation ? Gen?ve ! Il est vrai qu'? Tunis, pays
>arabe s'il en est cela pourrait faire jaser et faire
>prendre conscience si la participation arabe ?tait
>nulle ou quasi nulle ! les Nations Unies risquent de
>pr?cipiter le processus de transformation ... reste ?
>savoir dans quel sens !
>Je demande le profil recherch? pour proposer des noms.
>Amiti?s
>Djilali
>
>--- INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:
> > Hello everyone. I am not going to Hammamat
> > unfortunately, but I do have a
> > notification and an invitation to make: we are in
> > the process of beginning
> > [very very very late and I understand that], an Arab
> > Caucus. While there is
> > a North Africa Arab countries and an East Asia Arab
> > countries within the
> > African and Asian caucuses, we believe there is a
> > need for an independent
> > Arab Caucus because of the poor and pathetic
> > representation in Geneva and
> > the lack of information on the process within Arab
> > countries. We are having
> > a very small beginning planning-brainstrming meeting
> > coming up on July 7th
> > in Cairo, followed by a larger one in September in
> > Jordan. We will have a
> > mailing list for the caucus and I will send you the
> > address. If you or
> > anyone is interested in participating, please send
> > me an email at
> > info@mengos.net
> > I had informed Rik earlier, but wanted the whole CS
> > Plenary to know, even
> > though we are still in the very first stages and we
> > do understand we are
> > coming in late. We also believe there is an Arab
> > specificity just like there
> > is in other regions and we need to participate as
> > such, as well as within
> > other caucuses such as the human rights caucus and
> > the gender caucus etc..
> > We will give the CS Plenary the mandate once it is
> > approved by civil society
> > NGOs. The invitation is open for participation to
> > anyone from and within the
> > Arab World.
> > Thank you.
> > Marlyn Tadros
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: west Asia [mailto:westasiaregion@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 03:11 ?
> > To: Planery WSIS
> > Cc: wellings@epic.org; moncef.achour@itu.int
> > Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question
> > of govt. relation
> >
> >
> > Dear All, Rik
> >
> > Please add the names from West Asia and middle east
> > family as follow to your
> > email list , as participants in Hammamet event.
> >
> > 1- Sohrab Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> > 2-Amir Hossein Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> >
> > Both from ICTRC,Iran.
> >
> > Hope to see you all there, thanks a lot
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Amir
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Frannie Wellings" <wellings@epic.org>
> > To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 2:23 AM
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of NGO reps in
> > Hammamet and question of
> > govt. relation
> >
> >
> > english/spanish/french
> >
> > Hello Everyone -
> > I'd like to know if anyone on this list and any
> > of the NGO representatives going to Tunisia
> > is/has been a civil society delegate to their
> > government's wsis delegation.  At the Public
> > Voice meeting in DC, there was a discussion of
> > civil society/governmental interaction and
> > strategy to improve that connection.  We'd like
> > to try and get civil society representatives on
> > more government delegations.  It would help to
> > know who on this list has been previously or will
> > be included in their government's delegation in
> > Tunis, or sponsored by their government, or just
> > well-connected to it.
> > Thank you, Frannie
> >
> > Rik - Thanks so much for compiling this list.
> > It's helpful even for those of us who aren't able
> > to go to Tunisia.
> >
> >
> > Hola!
> > Quisiera saber si cualquier persona en esta lista
> > es un delegado civil de la sociedad a la
> > delegaci?n del wsis de su gobierno.  En la
> > reuni?n Public Voice en Washington, D.C., hab?a
> > una discusi?n de la interacci?n civil y de la
> > estrategia de society/governmental para mejorar
> > esa conexi?n.  Quisi?ramos intentar y conseguir
> > representantes civiles de la sociedad en m?s
> > delegaciones del gobierno.  Ayudar?a a saber
> > qui?n en esta lista ha sido o estar? en T?nez
> > incluida en la delegaci?n de su gobierno, o
> > patrocinado por su gobierno, o apenas
> > bien-conectado con ?l. Muchas Gracias, Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > Bonjour,
> > Je voudrais savoir si n'importe qui sur cette
> > liste est un d?l?gu? civil de soci?t? ? la
> > d?l?gation du wsis de leur gouvernement.  Lors de
> > la r?union Public Voice dans le Washington, DC,
> > il y avait une discussion d'interaction civile et
> > de strat?gie de society/governmental pour
> > am?liorer ce raccordement.  Nous voudrions
> > essayer et obtenir les repr?sentants civils de
> > soci?t? sur plus de d?l?gations de gouvernement.
> > Il aiderait ? savoir qui sur cette liste a ?t? ou
> > sera ? Tunis inclus dans la d?l?gation de leur
> > gouvernement, ou commandit? par leur
> > gouvernement, ou juste bien-reli? ? lui. Merci,
> > Frannie
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:34 PM -0400 06.04.2004, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> > >4 Juin 2004 / 4 June 2004
> > >
> > >Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> > >
> > >Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants
> > d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> > >
> > >Here is the updated list of NGO representatives
> > >who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:
> > >
> > >* Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> > >* Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
> > >* Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> > >* Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > >* Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> > >* Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
> > >* Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union,
> > c.bruch@gmx.de
> > >* Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
> > >* Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila
> > mavic@isiswomen.org
> > >* Andy Carvin, EDC   acarvin@edc.org
> > >* Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net
> > lachapelle@openwsis.org
> > >* Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
> > >* Olga Drossou, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation
> > >Drossou@BOELL.DE
> > >* Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party
> > geramo@europarl.eu.int
> > >* Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark    jane@una.dk
> > >* Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop
> > esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> > >* Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium
> > hkawa@attglobal.net
> > >* Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> > viola@icvolunteers.org
> > >* Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV)
> > >and the Centre on Human Evolution studies
> > >a.loreto@ceu.it
> > >* Francis F. Muguet, International Journal
> > >of Molecular Sciences  muguet@mdpi.org
> > >muguet@mdpi.net
> > >* Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  dorte@una.dk
> > >* Tracy Naughton, Media Caucus
> > t.naughton@iafrica.com
> > >* Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG
> > ong@worldcom.ch
> > >* Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM
> > rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> > >* Dr.Razzaghi
> > >* Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society
> > saida.SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> > >* Bruno Salgues, Institut National des
> > >Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> > >* Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC,
> > >Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
> > >* Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> > >Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
> > >
> > >Note that the Civil Society Officer within the
> > >WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can
> > >be reached at:
> >
>=== message truncated ===
>
>
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Jun 18 09:48:07 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
In-Reply-To: <1086868637.1939.4.camel@linux.local>
References: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>
 <1086868637.1939.4.camel@linux.local>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040618094616.047a8ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi everyone

I wonder if we shouldn't set up a wiki for these documents? which i could 
link to from the wsis-cs.org site and others could also..

babel!

Je me demande si nous shouldn't installons un wiki pour ces documents ? ce 
que je pourrais lier ? de l'emplacement de wsis-cs.org et d'autres 
pourraient ?galement.

?Me pregunto si shouldn't instalamos un wiki para estos documentos? cu?l 
podr?a ligar del sitio de wsis-cs.org y otros podr?an tambi?n.

karen

 > http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003
> >
> > They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site for them. /
> > Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. Necesitamos un sitio
> > nuevo para ellos. /
> > Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un nouvel
> > emplacement pour eux.



From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 18 13:53:28 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a telecenter working
 group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Message-ID: <OF93366AFC.BF363818-ON85256EB7.0046CF79-85256EB7.0046D03E@edc.org>




traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo

 Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy

Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore... -
andy

Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
otra vez... - andy

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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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      To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
      cc:
      bcc:
      Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org

traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo

Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital divide
conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
the WSIS process.

During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our ideas
integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
of telecenters in the information society.

Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature of
telecenter activities.

I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But I
wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.

Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui ont
particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
plupart de bienvenue.

Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.


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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun 18 16:02:25 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
Message-ID: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

18 Juin 2004 / 18 June 2004

Chers Amis / Dear Friends,

Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin 
Prepcom:

Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at 
the June WSIS prepcom:

1.	Pablo Accuosto, Instituto del Tercer Mundo	accuosto@chasque.net
2.	Ezendu Ariwa 	e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
3.	Richard Baguma , 	UNA-Uganda
4.	Karen Banks, APC 	karenb@gn.apc.org
5.	Amir Barmaki 	westasiaregion@hotmail.com
6.	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
7.	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
8.	Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
9.	Renata Bloem, CONGO 	rbloem@ngocongo.org
10.	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, 	c.bruch@gmx.de
11.	Steve Buckley, AMARC 	steve@commedia.org.uk
12.	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila 	mavic@isiswomen.org
13.	Andy Carvin, EDC	acarvin@edc.org
14.	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net 	lachapelle@openwsis.org
15.	Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International
16.	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / 
Heinrich-Boell Foundation   	Drossou@BOELL.DE
17.	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party 	geramo@europarl.eu.int
18.	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR 	meigs@wanadoo.fr
19.	Rikke Frank Joergensen 	rfj@humanrights.dk
20.	Graciela  	graciela@rits.org.br
21.	Jeanette Hoffmann 	jeanette@wz-berlin.de
22.	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark	jane@una.dk
23.	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  	esther.joly@club-internet.fr
24.	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium 	hkawa@attglobal.net
25.	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers 
	viola@icvolunteers.org
26.	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human 
Evolution studies  	a.loreto@ceu.it
27.	Raymond Louw, World Press Freedom Committee  	rlouw@sn.apc.org
28.	Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU 	nish@abantu.org
29.	Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique
30.	Diana Mercorios, ABANTU 	diana@abantu.org
31.	Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA 	mhms@enda.sn
32.	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences  
muguet@mdpi.org  	muguet@mdpi.net
33.	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  	dorte@una.dk
34.	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  	ong@worldcom.ch
35.	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM 	rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
36.	Dr.Razzaghi 	erazzaghi@irancsos.net
37.	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.	SC@smsitunis2005.tn
38.	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France 
	Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
39.	Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R?gional de Dakar 
jsarr@refer.sn
40.	Magela Sigillito, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
41.	Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci?n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
42.	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group  
christine.wenzel@web.de
43.	Paul Wilson, APNIC 	pwilson@apnic.net
44.	Helen Yamo, Femme Africain Solidarit?  	info@fasngo.org

	
Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. 
Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:

Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est 
M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:

Moncef Achour
Program Officer (civil Society)
c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Tel.:?+41 22 730 63 65
Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
E-mail:?moncef.achour@itu.int


-- Rik Panganiban
     CONGO

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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun 18 21:55:02 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UNITAR "Dialogue" on Coexistence and Security in IS, Sept 2004, Barcelona
Message-ID: <C503DA82-C169-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

I haven't seen this on the plenary list yet, so thought I would forward.

Rik Panganiban

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ENGLISH/FRANCAIS/ESPANOL


INVITATION LETTER


Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

We are pleased to invite you to the Dialogue on Promoting Coexistence
and Security in the Information Society, to be organised by the
Department of Interior of the Government of Catalonia and the United
Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), in Barcelona,
from 9 to 11 September 2004, as part of the Forum Barcelona 2004.

The Dialogue is aimed at informing policy makers and practitioners in
the field of urban and community-based security, through the sharing
of experiences and best practices from around the world.  The core
conference themes will be examined in the context of the information
society, paying particular attention to innovative prospects offered
by the use of the information and communication technologies in
promoting security and harmonious inter-cultural coexistence.

In addition, this event will mark the establishment of an
International Training Centre for Local Actors, as part of UNITAR?s
CIFAL Network, aimed at building capacities and disseminating good
practices on security issues. The results of the Dialogue, in the
form of a Declaration and Plan of Action, will be communicated at the
World Summit on the Information Society to be held in Tunis in
November 2005.

We would be very pleased if you could participate personally in the
Dialogue, and we  encourage you to extend this invitation to your
various partners and networks who may be interested in attending.  A
detailed conference programme and information regarding participation
and registration is available through the Dialogue website,
www.gencat.net/interior/dialegs2004.

The event will be held in four languages and you are encouraged to
make either a theoretic contribution or present an innovative
experience related to the themes of the conference.  Guidelines for
submitting contributions or case studies are available on the
Dialogue website.  Please check the site regularly to stay informed
on the conference programme, or for more information you may contact
us at  barcelona2004@unitar.org.

We look forward to welcoming you in Barcelona next September.

Thank you and Best regards.


The Dialogue organising committee
Barcelona 2004


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LETTRE D?INVITATION


Ch?re Madame, Cher Monsieur,

Nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter au Dialogue ?Promouvoir la
Convivialit? et la S?curit? dans la Soci?t? de l?Information?, qui
sera organis? par le D?partement de l?Int?rieur de la G?n?ralit? de
Catalogne et l?Institut des Nations Unies pour la Formation et la
Recherche (UNITAR) ? Barcelone du 9 au 11 septembre 2004, dans le
cadre du Forum Barcelone 2004.

Le Dialogue vise ? informer les d?cideurs et les professionnels de la
s?curit? urbaine et communautaire, ? travers l??change d?exp?riences
et bonnes pratiques de toutes les r?gions du monde.  La th?matique
centrale de la conf?rence sera examin?e dans le contexte de la
soci?t? de l?information, en mettant l?accent sur les perspectives
innovantes apport?es par l?utilisation des nouvelles technologies de
l?information et de la communication dans le domaine de la s?curit?
et la convivialit? interculturelle.

La manifestation marquera l??tablissement ? Barcelone d?un Centre
International de Formation des Acteurs Locaux, associ? au R?seau
CIFAL de l?UNITAR et d?di? au renforcement des capacit?s et ? la
diss?mination de bonnes pratiques sur les questions de s?curit?.  Les
r?sultats du Dialogue, sous la forme d?une D?claration et d?un Plan
d?Action, seront communiqu?s ? Tunis en novembre 2005, lors du Sommet
Mondial sur la Soci?t? de l?Information.

Nous serions tr?s heureux si vous pouviez participer personnellement
au Dialogue et nous vous encourageons ? faire suivre cette invitation
? vos diff?rents partenaires et r?seaux int?ress?s. Un programme
d?taill? de la conf?rence, ainsi que des informations sur la
participation et l?enregistrement sont disponibles sur le site du
Dialogue, www.gencat.net/interior/dialegs2004.

La manifestation se tiendra en quatre langues, et vous ?tes invit?s ?
nous transmettre une contribution th?orique ou ? pr?senter une
exp?rience innovante en relation avec sa th?matique.  Un format type
pour aider ? la pr?sentation de contributions et/ou ?tudes de cas est
?galement disponible sur le site du Dialogue. Veuillez visiter ce
site r?guli?rement pour vous tenir inform?s sur le programme de la
conf?rence.  Pour plus de renseignements, n?h?sitez pas ? nous
contacter ? l?adresse suivante: barcelona2004@unitar.org.

Dans l?attente de vous accueillir ? Barcelone au mois de septembre,
veuillez agr?er nos salutations les meilleures.


Le comit? d?organisation du Dialogue
Barcelone 2004

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CARTA DE INVITACION


Estimada Se?ora, Estimado Se?or:

Nos complace invitarle al Di?logo Promover la convivencia y la
seguridad en la sociedad de la informaci?n, organizado por el
Departamento de Interior de la Generalidad de Catalu?a y UNITAR,
Instituto de las Naciones Unidas para la Formaci?n y la
Investigaci?n, que se celebrar? en Barcelona durante los d?as 9 al 11
de septiembre del 2004 en el marco del F?rum Barcelona 2004.

El Di?logo va dirigido a los profesionales de la seguridad urbana y
comunitaria, a trav?s del intercambio de experiencias y de buenas
pr?cticas alrededor del mundo. Los ejes principales del Di?logo se
examinar?n en el contexto de la sociedad de la informaci?n,
enfatizando en los aspectos innovadores que provienen del uso de las
nuevas tecnolog?as de la informaci?n y de la comunicaci?n en el campo
de la seguridad y de la convivencia intercultural.

Este evento dar? lugar al Centro Internacional de Formaci?n de los
Agentes Locales en seguridad, como parte de la red CIFAL de UNITAR,
creado para identificar las orientaciones de un nuevo programa
internacional de formaci?n e intercambio de experiencias y de buenas
pr?cticas sobre el tema de seguridad. Los resultados del Di?logo se
especificar?n en una Declaraci?n y un Plan de Acci?n que se expondr?
en T?nez en noviembre de 2005, durante la Cumbre Mundial de la
Sociedad de la Informaci?n.

Estamos encantados de invitarte a participar personalmente en este
di?logo, y le animamos a que extienda esta invitaci?n a todos sus
compa?eros y redes que crea que puedan estar interesados en
participar. Para mayor informaci?n sobre el programa del Di?logo e
informaci?n sobre qui?n participar? en el encuentro lo pueden
consultar en la Web:  www.gencat.net/interior/dialegs2004.

Las jornadas se efectuar?n en cuatro lenguas, y le animamos a hacer
alguna contribuci?n cient?fica o a presentar una experiencia
innovadora relacionada con los temas clave del Di?logo. Existe un
formato tipo para ayudarles en la presentaci?n de las contribuciones
o experiencias que la encontr?n en la web. Por favor miren
regularmente la web para estar informados de las ?ltimas novedades de
la conferencia o para mayor informaci?n, nos pueden contactar en:
barcelona2004@unitar.org.

Esperamos darle la bienvenida en Barcelona en septiembre.
Reciban un cordial saludo.

El comit? de organizaci?n del Di?logo
Barcelona 2004


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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Jun 19 20:38:48 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20040619193848.6872.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>

Merci Rik, pour cet effort d'information....
Mon nom figure sur les listes des participants depuis
plusieurs semaines, je suppose au titre de CSDPTT qui
m'ont inscrit au sommet de Genève. Monsieur Achour a
eu le bonté d'essayer de clarifier mon inscrition au
titre de BPEM,et il continue à me tenir informé et le
Dr Francis Muguet a obtenu un numéro d'inscription au
titre de son association, mais jusqu'à présent je n'ai
pas eu de confirmation...
Pouvez vous vérifier ?
Merci d'avance
Amitiés
Djilali
--- Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> wrote:
> 18 Juin 2004 / 18 June 2004
> 
> Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> 
> Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs
> pour le juin 
> Prepcom:
> 
> Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who
> plan on being at 
> the June WSIS prepcom:
> 
> 1.	Pablo Accuosto, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
> accuosto@chasque.net
> 2.	Ezendu Ariwa 	e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> 3.	Richard Baguma , 	UNA-Uganda
> 4.	Karen Banks, APC 	karenb@gn.apc.org
> 5.	Amir Barmaki 	westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> 6.	Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> 7.	Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination
> Group 
> bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> 8.	Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
> 9.	Renata Bloem, CONGO 	rbloem@ngocongo.org
> 10.	Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, 
> c.bruch@gmx.de
> 11.	Steve Buckley, AMARC 	steve@commedia.org.uk
> 12.	Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila 
> mavic@isiswomen.org
> 13.	Andy Carvin, EDC	acarvin@edc.org
> 14.	Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net 
> lachapelle@openwsis.org
> 15.	Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International
> 16.	Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination
> Group / 
> Heinrich-Boell Foundation   	Drossou@BOELL.DE
> 17.	Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party 
> geramo@europarl.eu.int
> 18.	Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR 	meigs@wanadoo.fr
> 19.	Rikke Frank Joergensen 	rfj@humanrights.dk
> 20.	Graciela  	graciela@rits.org.br
> 21.	Jeanette Hoffmann 	jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> 22.	Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark	jane@una.dk
> 23.	Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  
> esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> 24.	Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium 
> hkawa@attglobal.net
> 25.	Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> 
> 	viola@icvolunteers.org
> 26.	Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the
> Centre on Human 
> Evolution studies  	a.loreto@ceu.it
> 27.	Raymond Louw, World Press Freedom Committee  
> rlouw@sn.apc.org
> 28.	Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU 	nish@abantu.org
> 29.	Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique
> 30.	Diana Mercorios, ABANTU 	diana@abantu.org
> 31.	Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA 	mhms@enda.sn
> 32.	Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of
> Molecular Sciences  
> muguet@mdpi.org  	muguet@mdpi.net
> 33.	Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  	dorte@una.dk
> 34.	Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  
> ong@worldcom.ch
> 35.	Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM 
> rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> 36.	Dr.Razzaghi 	erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> 37.	Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.
> SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> 38.	Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms
> France 
> 	Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> 39.	Joseph Sarr, Président Commission NTIC, Conseil
> Régional de Dakar 
> jsarr@refer.sn
> 40.	Magela Sigillito, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
> 41.	Domingo Tavarez, Fundación Global Democracia y
> Desarrollo
> 42.	Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society
> Coordination Group  
> christine.wenzel@web.de
> 43.	Paul Wilson, APNIC 	pwilson@apnic.net
> 44.	Helen Yamo, Femme Africain Solidarité  
> info@fasngo.org
> 
> 	
> Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS
> Secretariat is Mr. 
> Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:
> 
> Notez que le officier de societé civile dans le
> Secretariat de SMSI est 
> M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:
> 
> Moncef Achour
> Program Officer (civil Society)
> c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20
> Switzerland
> Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> 
> 
> -- Rik Panganiban
>      CONGO
> 
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 


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From beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar  Sat Jun 19 21:03:05 2004
From: beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar (Beatriz Busaniche)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1087675384.2020.36.camel@linux.local>

El vie, 18-06-2004 a las 12:02, Rik Panganiban escribi?:

> Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being
> atthe June WSIS prepcom:
> 
Hi Rik, could you add Marco Ciurcina from Hipatia Italy?
Hola Rik, podr?as agregar a Marco Ciurcina de Hipatia Italia?

Regards
Beatriz




From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Sat Jun 19 22:56:00 2004
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <1087675384.2020.36.camel@linux.local>
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net> <1087675384.2020.36.camel@linux.local>
Message-ID: <1087682160.40d4b67020c4e@imp.int-evry.fr>

ou a lieu la ezunion preparatoire de la socitete civile proposee par nos amis 
allemand la veille de la prepcom

who ist der cs meeting dejn 23 juny

where take place the civil societey meeting before the prepcom?

thinks for some information about this ......

bruno




Selon Beatriz Busaniche <beatriz@maxmedia.com.ar>:

> El vie, 18-06-2004 a las 12:02, Rik Panganiban escribi?:
> 
> > Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being
> > atthe June WSIS prepcom:
> > 
> Hi Rik, could you add Marco Ciurcina from Hipatia Italy?
> Hola Rik, podr?as agregar a Marco Ciurcina de Hipatia Italia?
> 
> Regards
> Beatriz
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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From hackett at cdeacf.ca  Sun Jun 20 00:23:03 2004
From: hackett at cdeacf.ca (Sharon Hackett)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
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| Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:

Please add / SVP ajoutez
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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Sun Jun 20 05:58:54 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040618094616.047a8ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>
 <1086868637.1939.4.camel@linux.local>
 <6.1.1.1.0.20040618094616.047a8ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040620004952.03106780@mail.bydesign-elab.net>


We at eCommons/agora have captured the docs and will get them up sometime 
next week for further use.
Bill, we have your instructions on additional work needed on the documents, 
and will get to this also.
Just a bit of time crunch so far, sorry for delay.

( O what a hoot this bable fish is, hey).

Nous ? eCommons/agora avons captur? les Doc.s et les obtiendrons vers le 
haut de la semaine autrefois prochaine pour davantage d'usage. Bill, nous 
avons vos instructions sur le travail additionnel requis sur les documents, 
et obtiendrons ? ceci ?galement.
Juste un peu de craquement de temps jusqu'ici, d?sol? pour retarde.

Liss Jeffrey
http://wsis.ecommons.ca
http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca




At 04:48 AM 18/06/2004, karen banks wrote:
>hi everyone
>
>I wonder if we shouldn't set up a wiki for these documents? which i could 
>link to from the wsis-cs.org site and others could also..
>
>babel!
>
>Je me demande si nous shouldn't installons un wiki pour ces documents ? ce 
>que je pourrais lier ? de l'emplacement de wsis-cs.org et d'autres 
>pourraient ?galement.
>
>?Me pregunto si shouldn't instalamos un wiki para estos documentos? cu?l 
>podr?a ligar del sitio de wsis-cs.org y otros podr?an tambi?n.
>
>karen
>
> > http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003
>> >
>> > They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site for them. /
>> > Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. Necesitamos un sitio
>> > nuevo para ellos. /
>> > Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un nouvel
>> > emplacement pour eux.
>
>
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From aizu at anr.org  Sun Jun 20 08:56:37 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
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From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Sun Jun 20 14:37:41 2004
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society 23 june PLEASE ORGANIZE ASAP
In-Reply-To: <C503DA82-C169-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <C503DA82-C169-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1087738661.40d593256c748@imp.int-evry.fr>

Deux r?unions incompatibles de la soci?t? civile  ? la m?me heure?
Ces deux villes sont un peu ?loign?es


Two  imcompatible meeting for civil society at the same time?

Hammamet and tunis are not the same place


Bruno salgues


1) ........................................................................


Soir?e d?information SMSI, Tunis, 23 Juin 2004  
  19:00 - 21:00 heures, Goethe-Institut Tunis
    
  Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l?information (SMSI):
Forum mondial pour les droits du citoyen dans les soci?t?s du 21i?me si?cle ? 
Soir?e d?information 
de la Fondation Heinrich B?ll et de l?Union Humaniste 
en coop?ration avec l?Institut de Goethe de Tunis

23 juin 2004, 19 :00 ? 21 :00 heures

Goethe-Institut Tunis
Place d?Afrique / 6, rue du S?n?gal
1002 Tunis-Belv?d?re

Langues: allemand avec traduction simultan?e en fran?ais

 
2)..............................................................................
.......


Civil Society Orientation Session

PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)

Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004


10 h 23h 




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From mamourgy at yahoo.fr  Fri Jun 18 22:30:36 2004
From: mamourgy at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?GUEYE=20Mamour?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Who will be in Hammamet, updated 11 June
Message-ID: <20040618213036.545.qmail@web50101.mail.yahoo.com>

Bonjour 
Je compte particper ? la rencontre de Hammamet la semaine prochaine.
Bonne r?ception.
 
M. Mamour GUEYE
Maire de la Commune d'Arrondissement de Grand Yoff ? Dakar


		
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From Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it  Mon Jun 21 00:00:41 2004
From: Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it (Francesca.Martinese@comune.bologna.it)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Francesca Martinese/Comune di Bologna/IT
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Message-ID: <OF699D3637.1CE63555-ONC1256EB9.007E67CD-C1256EB9.007E67CD@comune.bologna.it>

Sar? assente dall'ufficio a partire da  18/06/2004 e rientrer? il
22/06/2004.

Risponder? al messaggio al mio ritorno.
Per questioni urgenti, rivolgersi a Marzia Bettocchi (Tel. 051 203395) o a
Greta Zanetti (tel. 051 203488)
I will be out of office from 18th until 22nd June.
I'll answer the message as soon as I'm back.
For urgent matters, please refer to Marzia Bettocchi (Tel. +39 051 203395)
or Greta Zanetti (Tel. +39 051 203488).



From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Jun 21 09:03:24 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updated Programme for 23 Orientation / Information Sessions
Message-ID: <7876BDBB-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues / Chers Colleges,

Please find below the updated programme for the civil society 
orientation / information sessions planned for 23 June in Hammamet.  
Note that Mr. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, 
Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, has confirmed his participation in 
the meeting.

Veuillez trouver au-dessous du programme pour les sessions 
d'orientation/information a projet? pour 23 juin dans Hammamet. Notez 
que M. Shoji Nishimoto, Administrateur assistant et Directeur, Bureau 
for Development Policy, PNUD a confirm? son participation dans la 
reunion.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

---------------------------------------


Civil Society Orientation Session

PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)

Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004


This orientation session is designed to give all participants the 
necessary background information on the WSIS Phase Two process thus far 
to ensure effective participation. It is open to 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 - 11:00	WSIS Phase 2: Actors, Process and Structures
			Charles Geiger (Deputy Secretary General, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
			Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)

11:15 - 11:30 	Coffee Break	for Networking

11:30 - 12:00	WG on Internet Governance
			Markus Kummer (Head of Internet Governance Secretariat) tbc

			WG on Financing
			Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for 
Development Policy, UNDP


12:00 - 13:00 	Civil Society at WSIS
			Families and Bureau: Renate Bloem
			Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks
			Plenary: tba
			Caucuses: tba
			WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle

13:00 - 14 :30	Lunch for Networking

14:30 - 17:00	Strategies:
			Breakout Groups into Caucuses / Working Groups
			CS Bureau

17:00 - 18:00	Plenary	Groups report back

18:00 - 18:30	Plenary	Roadmap and Deliverables:
			Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary General, tbc

22:00		Hotel	Night-cap with Janis Karklins, Ambassador of Latvia and 
President elect to be of PrepCom

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations 
(CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524


From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Jun 21 09:03:19 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
Message-ID: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends,

We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv 
and posted to our websites.  I will be posting news to 
http://wsis-online/csnews as well.

Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre 
websites.  Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews 
aussi.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Communications Coordinator
CONGO

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Mon Jun 21 09:31:20 2004
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <p0611042fbcfc4cebe9c7@[192.168.1.254]>

At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>
>We will do our best to send out news from the 
>Prepcom to the listserv and posted to our 
>websites.  I will be posting news to 
>http://wsis-online/csnews as well.


URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/

Enjoy Tunisia,

Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)



>Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le 
>listserv et ? notre websites.  Je vais post? les 
>nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rik Panganiban
>Communications Coordinator
>CONGO
>
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
>web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524


From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Mon Jun 21 11:13:54 2004
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <p0611042fbcfc4cebe9c7@[192.168.1.254]>
References: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net> <p0611042fbcfc4cebe9c7@[192.168.1.254]>
Message-ID: <1087812834.40d6b4e242f3c@imp.int-evry.fr>

je suis en tunisie depuis ce matin
lezs adresses web de ce mail ne sont pas accessibles

i am now in tunisia before this morning
this web adress are not accessible

bruno salgues

Selon Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>:

> At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >Dear Friends,
> >
> >We will do our best to send out news from the 
> >Prepcom to the listserv and posted to our 
> >websites.  I will be posting news to 
> >http://wsis-online/csnews as well.
> 
> 
> URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/
> 
> Enjoy Tunisia,
> 
> Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)
> 
> 
> 
> >Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le 
> >listserv et ? notre websites.  Je vais post? les 
> >nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Rik Panganiban
> >Communications Coordinator
> >CONGO
> >
> >===============================================
> >RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
> >
> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> >with the United Nations (CONGO)
> >web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> >email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Mon Jun 21 11:33:23 2004
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOELGHGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear All,

Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting.  I hope to be able to
join you at future meetings.

If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT Working Group please,
contact me and also include a brief description of your areas of interest.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


Dear Friends,

We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and
posted to our websites. I will be posting news to http://wsis-online/csnews
as well.

Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre
websites. Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Communications Coordinator
CONGO

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524



From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Mon Jun 21 12:09:08 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] info tunisienne
Message-ID: <20040621110908.96855.qmail@web52509.mail.yahoo.com>



Le pr?sident du Conseil d'Ettajdid candidat ? la pr?sidentielle de 2004 
 
TUNIS, 14 juin (AFP) - Le parti Ettajdid (opposition l?gale, 5 si?ges) a d?sign? lundi le pr?sident de son Conseil national, Mohamed Ali Halouani, candidat ? l'?lection pr?sidentille d'octobre 2004 en Tunisie, a indiqu? ce parti dans un communiqu? ? Tunis.
Universitaire, M. Halouani, 57 ans, est pr?sent? comme "le candidat de l'initiative d?mocratique", coalition form?e par le parti Ettajdid et des personnalit?s politiques autour d'un candidat commun de l'opposition aux pr?sidentielles de 2004.
Ettajdid a annonc? ?galement la constitution d'un "Comit? national de l'initiative d?mocratique pour pr?parer les ?lections pr?sidentielle et l?gislatives".
Le scrutin pr?sidentiel en Tunisie aura lieu le 24 octobre et le pr?sident Ben Ali est candidat ? sa propre succession pour un quatri?me mandat de cinq ans.
Son parti, le Rassemblement constitutionnel d?mocratique (RCD) dispose d'une majorit? ?crasante au Parlement (148 si?ges sur un total de 182), cinq formations d'opposition se partageant les 34 si?ges restants.
Deux autres formations d'opposition l?gale, le Parti d?mocratique progressiste (PDP) et le Forum d?mocratique pour le travail et les libert?s (FDTL) ne disposent d'aucun si?ge au Parlement et n'ont pas adh?r? ? une candidature unique de l'opposition.
Le PDP avait d?sign? en f?vrier 2003 son secr?taire g?n?ral, Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, candidat aux pr?sidentielles 2004, bien qu'il soit exclu d'office de la course ? la pr?sidence en vertu d'une loi qui d?termine le profil d'?ventuels concurrents du pr?sident sortant parmi les dirigeants de l'opposition parlementaire. 
Cette loi exige notamment que les partis politiques reconnus par le pouvoir (au nombre de sept actuellement) b?n?ficient d'une repr?sentation parlementaire, faute de quoi ils ne peuvent pas pr?senter de candidat ? l'?lection pr?sidentielle
Ils peuvent en revanche participer aux ?lections l?gislatives.


		
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From ldmf at att.net  Mon Jun 21 12:48:32 2004
From: ldmf at att.net (L. D. Misek-Falkoff)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOELGHGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <012f01c45785$aee44980$0200a8c0@compaqdesktop>

Dear Elizabeth:

I am interested in this re WSIS and in all contexts inlcluding disability; I would ask all that the phrase "disabled persons" and the like be traded in for "persons with disabilities."  

While posting presently, it may be added for general purposes that In today's world, the former phrase is like a dead end and no win situation; the latter holds promises and shows that disabilities are just one aspect - gives more opening for appreciating abilities and all sorts of good health aspects too.

Thanks and best wishes, LDMF.
Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


> Dear All,
> 
> Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting.  I hope to be able to
> join you at future meetings.
> 
> If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT Working Group please,
> contact me and also include a brief description of your areas of interest.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> Chair Media/ICT Working Group
> NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
> Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
> Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and
> posted to our websites. I will be posting news to http://wsis-online/csnews
> as well.
> 
> Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre
> websites. Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> Communications Coordinator
> CONGO
> 
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Mon Jun 21 14:27:40 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <p0611042fbcfc4cebe9c7@[192.168.1.254]>
References: <7513F3F7-C359-11D8-B1C9-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
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Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040621091311.0332bcc8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

We will be watching out for news, and will post and send to the 
pan-Canadian lists anything relevant.
Bill McIver's documents will be available June 24th off 
http://wsis.ecommons.ca
and http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca
Thanks and best wishes

Liss J
(will be in Toronto, Canada working with associates in Montreal, Canada, on 
building public space online and preparing for civil society engagement in 
eGovernance, now and after the federal election of June 28).

Nous observerons dehors pour des nouvelles, et signalerons et enverrons aux 
listes pan-canadiennes quelque chose appropri?e. Les documents de Bill 
McIver seront le 24 juin disponible outre de http://wsis.ecommons.ca
et de http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca
Merci et meilleurs voeux Liss J
(soyez ? Toronto, Canada fonctionnant avec des associes a Montr?al, Quebec, 
Canada, sur l'espace public de b?timent en ligne et se pr?parant ? 
l'enclenchement de soci?t? civil dans l'e-Governance, maintenant et apr?s 
l'?lection f?d?rale juin de 28).


At 04:31 AM 21/06/2004, Adam Peake wrote:
>At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>>Dear Friends,
>>
>>We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and 
>>posted to our websites.  I will be posting news to 
>>http://wsis-online/csnews as well.
>
>
>URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/
>
>Enjoy Tunisia,
>
>Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)
>
>
>
>>Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre 
>>websites.  Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Rik Panganiban
>>Communications Coordinator
>>CONGO


From valeriab at apc.org  Mon Jun 21 15:22:14 2004
From: valeriab at apc.org (Valeria Betancourt)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <200406210922.14053.valeriab@apc.org>

Hello Rik: 

Please add to the list two colleagues from AMARC-ALC, who will be attending 
the PrepCom1.   They are Jos? Luis Aguirre (Bolivia) and Arturo Bregaglio 
(Paraguay)  

Thanks!

Valeria 


---------------------------------------------------------
Valeria Betancourt
Coordinator
LAC ICT Policy Monitor 
http://lac.derechos.apc.org
Tel: +593 (2) 2-234447 Fax: +593 (2) 2-559440
APC ~ Association for Progressive Communications
http://www.apc.org ? ?

From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Mon Jun 21 15:53:41 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
  telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <OF93366AFC.BF363818-ON85256EB7.0046CF79-85256EB7.0046D03E@
 edc.org>
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Hi Just tuning into this.
Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.

I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as 
they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree 
there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and 
seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of 
libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in 
smaller communities) ,  community learning networks, community access 
points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service 
providers), and other groups which go by different names in different 
technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging 
digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In 
some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.

So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be 
added should be "community access support points"  or some such, and that 
CTCs be one such model.

The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its 
contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community, 
and know of many who would also contribute to this task.

        Bonjour.

Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout 
importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop 
loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un 
atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu 
l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques 
(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits 
villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s 
de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et 
de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont 
par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles, 
mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et 
en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans 
certains cas, de pens?e de groupe, des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce 
groupe de travail.

Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe 
de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire" 
--  ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora 
voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous 
avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les 
savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.

Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone 
est en vacances.
Liss Jeffrey




At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:




>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>  Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy
>
>Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
>plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore... -
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
>plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
>       bcc:
>       Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But I
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
>CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
>nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
>de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
>conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
>d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
>davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
>avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
>inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
>l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
>est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
>telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
>telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
>signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
>multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
>telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui ont
>particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
>l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
>de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
>implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
>m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
>sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
>plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
>existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
>?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
>domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
>plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From magaly at dawn.org.br  Mon Jun 21 15:40:36 2004
From: magaly at dawn.org.br (magaly pazello)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
In-Reply-To: <200406210922.14053.valeriab@apc.org>
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net> <200406210922.14053.valeriab@apc.org>
Message-ID: <F5846FDA-C390-11D8-9158-000A95B172C6@dawn.org.br>

Hello Rick:

I'm magaly pazello, in regards of the fellowship offered by ITU to 
caucus lac I was designated to attend the prepcom1 as a delegate of lac 
region. As this process was did too late I'm still trying to get the 
tunisian visa entrance as well the other travel arrangements. I hope to 
make everything in time to go to Tunis. If is there information on the 
hotel wich one the fellows will be there could please let me know?

best regards,
Magaly

On 21/06/2004, at 11:22, Valeria Betancourt wrote:

> Hello Rik:
>
> Please add to the list two colleagues from AMARC-ALC, who will be 
> attending
> the PrepCom1.   They are Jos? Luis Aguirre (Bolivia) and Arturo 
> Bregaglio
> (Paraguay)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Valeria
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Valeria Betancourt
> Coordinator
> LAC ICT Policy Monitor
> http://lac.derechos.apc.org
> Tel: +593 (2) 2-234447 Fax: +593 (2) 2-559440
> APC ~ Association for Progressive Communications
> http://www.apc.org ? ?
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Mon Jun 21 20:46:38 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hi level panel calls for civil society inclusion in UN system
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040621103230.032d95e8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
References: <OF93366AFC.BF363818-ON85256EB7.0046CF79-85256EB7.0046D03E@edc.org>
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News we can use!

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11104&Cr=civil&Cr1=society

UN should open itself further to involve civil society, high-level panel says

21 June 2004 ? As the world's problems grow ever-more complex, the United 
Nations should stop limiting its decision-making processes exclusively to 
governments and instead needs to open its deliberations to greater 
involvement by civil society groups and the private sector, a blue-ribbon 
panel <http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sg2089.doc.htm>recommends in 
a new report released today.

The Chairman of the Panel of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society Relations, 
former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, said the growing 
participation and influence of non-state actors is enhancing democracy and 
reshaping multilateralism.

"Civil society organizations are the prime movers of some of the most 
innovative initiatives to deal with emerging global trends," he said at a 
press briefing on the launch of the report in New York. "Given how the 
world has changed, constructively engaging with civil society is a 
necessity for the United Nations."

The report, entitled "We the Peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations and 
Global Governance," refers to the sometimes-fraught relationship between 
civil society groups, such as non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and 
governments at the UN.

While this relationship has strengthened greatly and multiplied over the 
years, "difficulties and tensions have arisen, particularly in the 
deliberative process," the report notes.

"Governments do not always welcome sharing what has traditionally been 
their preserve," it says. "At the same time, many in civil society are 
becoming frustrated; they can speak in the UN but question whether anyone 
is listening, or whether their participation has any impact on outcomes."

The report argues for a paradigm shift in how the UN sees itself, saying 
the Organization should foster "multi-constituency" processes that 
incorporate the perspectives and abilities of citizen groups, policy 
advocates, businesses, local governments and parliamentarians.

"We see the dialogue and the collaboration with non-State actors not as a 
threat to governments but as a powerful way to reinvigorate the 
intergovernmental process," Mr. Cardoso told the briefing.

The Panel, appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February 2003, 
recommends that the General Assembly include civil society organizations 
more regularly in its affairs. It also calls for increased civil society 
dialogues with the Security Council and the appointment of a senior UN 
official to promote engagement with civil society.

In addition to Mr. Cardoso, Panel members are affiliated with governments, 
NGOs, academia and the private sector and include Bagher Asadi of Iran, 
Manuel Castells of Spain, Birgitta Dahl of Sweden, Peggy Dulany of the 
United States, Andr? Erd?s of Hungary, Asma Khader of Jordan, Juan Mayr of 
Colombia, Malini Mehra of India, Kumi Naidoo of South Africa, Mary Racelis 
of the Philippines, Prakash Ratilal of Mozambique and Aminata Traor? of Mali.

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From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Mon Jun 21 20:01:57 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Adresse correcte : http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
Message-ID: <200406211901.BVS28919@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Hi all, Hello Bruno,

Rik just mentionned the shorthand address.

The correct one is http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews

I'm in a cybercafe in Hammamet and the page is accessible.

Best

Bertrand

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:13:54 +0200
>From: Bruno SALGUES <Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr>  
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I  
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
>je suis en tunisie depuis ce matin
>lezs adresses web de ce mail ne sont pas accessibles
>
>i am now in tunisia before this morning
>this web adress are not accessible
>
>bruno salgues
>
>Selon Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>:
>
>> At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>> >Dear Friends,
>> >
>> >We will do our best to send out news from the 
>> >Prepcom to the listserv and posted to our 
>> >websites.  I will be posting news to 
>> >http://wsis-online/csnews as well.
>> 
>> 
>> URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/
>> 
>> Enjoy Tunisia,
>> 
>> Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le 
>> >listserv et ? notre websites.  Je vais post? les 
>> >nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Rik Panganiban
>> >Communications Coordinator
>> >CONGO
>> >
>> >===============================================
>> >RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>> >
>> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>> >with the United Nations (CONGO)
>> >web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>> >email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>> >mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>> 
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From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Mon Jun 21 19:56:51 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Correctif : l'adresse est : http://wsis-online.net/csnews
Message-ID: <200406211856.BVS26822@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Hi all,Hello Bruno,

Rik a simplement mentionn? l'adesse en abr?g?.

L'adresse exacte est : http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews

Je suis dans un cybercaf? ? Hammamet et la page est 
accessible.

Bertrand


---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:13:54 +0200
>From: Bruno SALGUES <Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr>  
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I  
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
>je suis en tunisie depuis ce matin
>lezs adresses web de ce mail ne sont pas accessibles
>
>i am now in tunisia before this morning
>this web adress are not accessible
>
>bruno salgues
>
>Selon Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>:
>
>> At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>> >Dear Friends,
>> >
>> >We will do our best to send out news from the 
>> >Prepcom to the listserv and posted to our 
>> >websites.  I will be posting news to 
>> >http://wsis-online/csnews as well.
>> 
>> 
>> URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/
>> 
>> Enjoy Tunisia,
>> 
>> Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le 
>> >listserv et ? notre websites.  Je vais post? les 
>> >nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Rik Panganiban
>> >Communications Coordinator
>> >CONGO
>> >
>> >===============================================
>> >RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>> >
>> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>> >with the United Nations (CONGO)
>> >web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>> >email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>> >mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>> 
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From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Mon Jun 21 20:15:24 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Request for Comments : Government contributions for Hammamet
Message-ID: <200406211915.BVS34650@ms7.netsolmail.com>


Dear friends,

Some governments have made contributions in the perspective 
of the Hammamet meeting that are posted on the Executive 
Secretariat web site. They basically address the following 
themes :

- The opportunity and content of a Political Declaration in 
Tunis
- The structure and format of the Tunis Summit
- The organization of the preparatory process
- The need for mechanisms for the post-Tunis period

I encourage you to read them - particularly those from 
Canada, Switzerland and the European Union. 

Across these themes, some points of potential convergence 
emerge and are briefly outlined below. 

As civil society is likely to be taking the floor at least 
three times for about 15 minutes, they may be worth 
discussing on the Plenary list to see whether civil society 
supports them or not, or has other priorities. These points 
are in no way a complete description of all comments 
submitted.

I ? USING THE 11 THEMES IDENTIFIED IN GENEVA

The first phase of the WSIS process has identified 11 Themes 
that structure the Declaration of Principles and Plan of 
Action adopted in Geneva :
? Role of governments and other stakeholders in the promotion 
of ICTs for Development
? Information and Communication Infrastructure
? Access to Information and Knowledge
? Capacity Building
? Building confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
? Enabling environment
? ICT Applications
? Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and 
Local Content
? Media
? Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society
? International and Regional Cooperation

Several contributions mention these themes could help 
structure the preparatory process, the various Thematic 
events to take place in the period leading up to Tunis and 
the Tunis Summit itself.

As a matter of fact, themes 1 and 11 could be grouped 
separately, as they relate more to implementation mechanisms 
(national e-strategies and international organizations.

what is the position of civil society on tusin this list of 
themes, knowing that :
- the priority order may not be the one that civil society 
would prefer
- it is clear that this list will not be reopened for 
discussion before Tunis
- a list of sub-themes contained in the Action Plan 
(see "List of summit themes" on the wsis-online web site) 
could provide some additional "hooks" to put issues on the 
Agenda  

 
II ? KEEPING THE GENEVA FORMAT FOR TUNIS

It is proposed to organized Tunis, like Geneva, around  a 
plenary session, plus ?summit events? with conferences and 
exhibitions.

Canada (supported by Switzerland) proposes in addition to 
organize the summit events around the 11 themes in the form 
of ?@tents?, that is distinct spaces devoted to each theme, 
with multistakeholder participation.

They also suggest that 3-4 small ?Advisory groups? be 
responsible for clusters of 3-4 themes. They would be 
composed of actors from the 4 constituencies (governments, 
international organizations, civil society and private 
sector) and oversee the organization of the ?@tents? with up 
to 11 sub-groups.

Setting up of these groups would be the responsibility of the 
Executive Secretariat. 

What does civil society think of these notions ?

III ? THEMATIC MEETINGS

Thematic meetings, potentially along the 11 themes above, 
should help structure the preparatory phase . 

The European Union has outlined a list of possible criteria 
for a meeting to be granted the label ?WSIS Thematic 
Meeting? :
? the meeting is being organised on the initiative of a 
recognised WSIS stakeholder from a  government, the civil 
society, the private sector or an appropriate international 
organisation;
? the subject matter is relevant  to the WSIS agenda;  
? the outcomes of such meetings could be fed into the WSIS 
preparatory process proper for noting or endorsement by 
stakeholders, as they deem fit;
? participation in the meeting is open to all WSIS 
stakeholders and, as far as possible, financial costs of 
participation should not be prohibitive; 
? the meeting has no financial implications for the WSIS 
budget.

What is civil society's position ? Should it in particular 
support the criteria that an event should be open to all 
stakeholders to be qualified as Thematic Event ?

IV ? STOCK ? TAKING

Several contributions rightly underscore the need for a 
comprehensive stock-taking exercise during the coming months, 
by governments and international organizations but also by 
private sector and civil society entities to identify ?who 
does (or could do) what? in each of the 11 Themes.

This opens up the question : How to organize in the most 
efficient, economic and useful way such a stock-taking 
exercise among 200 countries, more than 25 intergovernmental 
organizations and several hundreds of civil society entities 
and private sector companies ?

How would civil society like to take part in such a stock-
taking exercise ?


V ? MORE GENERALLY 

Many of these comments (in particular EU, Canada, 
Switzerland) reaffirm the need to involve civil society, even 
more so now that we are moving ?from Principles to Action? 
and get into the implementation phase. This is recommended 
for the preparatory process, the summit itself (in particular 
in the organization of Summit Events) and in the organization 
of Thematic Events.

The European Union stresses the need for limited PrepComs (2 
are suggested, one in the winter of 2004-2005) and the othr 
one in September 2005, and Australia recommends short ones 
used mostly to review reports on progress at the thematic or 
regional levels. 

Finally, several comments insist on not reopening the debate 
on the documents adopted in Geneva, and aiming at a short and 
strong Politicla Document (A ?visionary Chair?s Statement on 
the importance of the Information Society? in Canada?s view, 
a ?political preamble reaffirming the commitment to 
implementation of the DoP and PoA, and an more operative 
part? for the EU).

These various aspects could be discussed during the 
orientation session on the 23rd and comments on the plenary 
from those who cannot participate in Hammamet are certainly a 
useful input. 

Best to all

Bertrand
 
From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Mon Jun 21 23:54:10 2004
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:46 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fwd:_Reprise_du_journal_Alternatives_citoyennes_:?=
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_l'=E9preuve_de_v=E9rit=E9?=
Message-ID: <E85C5106-C3D5-11D8-BA9D-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Hi all,

You'll find hereafter the announcement of an electronic journal, made 
by independent Tunisian people - among them myself -, which will, inter 
alia, closely follow WSIS and its impact on Tunisia. The announcement 
is in French only, sorry.
By the way, I'll be in Tunisia for PrepCom1 of this second phase.

Best regards,
Meryem Marzouki

D?but du message r?exp?di? :

> De: Alternatives Citoyennes 
> <redaction@alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org>
> Date: Mar 22 juin 2004  00:43:18 Europe/Paris
> ?: Redaction Alternatives Citoyennes 
> <redaction@alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org>
> Objet: Reprise du journal Alternatives citoyennes : l'?preuve de v?rit?
>
> Bonsoir,
>
> Veuillez trouver ci-dessous l'annonce de la reprise d?but juillet du 
> journal ?lectronique ? Alternatives citoyennes ?.
> Ce texte est en ligne sur le site du journal : 
> www.alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org
> Abonnement gratuit :
> Sur le site : 
> http://www.alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org/abonnement.html
> Par courrier ?lectronique : ?crire ? 
> diff-altcit-request@alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org, avec comme sujet 
> du message le mot subscribe
>
> Bien cordialement,
> La r?daction
> --
> Alternatives citoyennes - Journal en ligne
> "Des Tunisiens, ici et ailleurs, pour reb?tir ensemble un avenir"
> Mail: redaction@alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org
> Web: www.alternatives-citoyennes.sgdg.org
>
> ============
> Reprise du journal ? Alternatives citoyennes ? : l'?preuve de v?rit?
>
> La Tunisie accueillera en novembre 2005 la seconde phase du Sommet 
> mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI). Voil? un grand honneur 
> ?chu ? l'?tat tunisien qui fut il est vrai pour partie ? l'origine de 
> cette initiative, par la suite d?compos?e en deux temps, la premi?re 
> ?tape ayant d?j? eu lieu en d?cembre 2003 ? Gen?ve.
>
> Pour les observateurs de la vie politique tunisienne, particuli?rement 
> pour les ONG de d?fense des droits de l'homme et des libert?s 
> publiques, et au premier chef pour les militants engag?s dans ces 
> combats et l'ayant souvent ch?rement pay?, pour la soci?t? civile non 
> officielle, quel paradoxe, quelle ind?cence et, dira-t-on dans notre 
> lexique, quelle h?r?sie (beda?) est ce privil?ge accord? ? l'un des 
> r?gimes les plus mutilants pour la libert? de presse, l'un des plus 
> castrateurs pour les journalistes et - au sens id?ologique du mot - 
> les plus totalitaires en mati?re de contr?le de l'information, 
> particuli?rement celle qui circule sur Internet.
>
> D?s lors, il aurait pu ?tre tentant de c?der ? la facilit? - m?tin?e 
> d'un zeste du paternalisme de ceux qui, dans les pays du Nord, croient 
> une fois de plus savoir pour nous - d'un appel au boycott de cet 
> ?v?nement.
>
> Cependant, la r?daction d'? Alternatives citoyennes ? adopte une autre 
> position, dans la conscience des enjeux que repr?sente, pour un pays 
> ?mergent comme la Tunisie, l'emprise du num?rique ? l'?re de la 
> mondialisation. Pour une soci?t? du Sud, rester en dehors de cette 
> r?alit?, ce serait se mettre en dehors de l'histoire et se r?soudre ? 
> se laisser rejeter du mauvais c?t? de toutes les fractures.
>
> Aussi, r?solument, nous d?cidons d'accompagner ce moment avec le 
> regard critique et dans la posture revendicative qu'adopteront toutes 
> les soci?t?s civiles, les institutions, les m?dias dont nous 
> partageons le destin. Nous nous r?jouissons que ce choix soit aussi 
> celui des autres composantes ind?pendantes de la soci?t? civile 
> tunisienne, qui entendent saisir cette occasion de ? d?provincialiser 
> ? ses d?bats, comme il a ?t? soulign? lors de la premi?re r?union 
> organis?e ? cet effet ? l'initiative de la Ligue tunisienne des droits 
> de l'homme le 30 avril 2004 et ? laquelle nous avons particip?.
>
> Nous le ferons avec d'autant plus de conviction qu'en tant que 
> Tunisiens, nous serons particuli?rement impliqu?s et, pour ainsi dire, 
> aux premi?res loges. Appel?s ? monter en premi?re ligne, comment ne 
> pas saisir cette formidable opportunit? : sous la visibilit? de 
> l'ensemble des participants ? cette grande rencontre - et d'une 
> certaine mani?re sous leur protection -, nous allons pouvoir amener le 
> r?gime tunisien ? une ?preuve de v?rit? !
>
> Chacun sait combien ce pouvoir tire de ces Sommets internationaux un 
> b?n?fice politique et en tire l'occasion d'appara?tre sous leurs 
> lambris, redor?s par leurs paillettes et tout lift? par les baumes que 
> d'honorables h?tes, surtout en provenance de pays d?mocratiques, 
> posent sur les plaies ouvertes de la soci?t? tunisienne. Ainsi 
> fonctionn?rent le Sommet de l'Union europ?enne, celui de la Ligue 
> arabe, l'essentiel n'?tant pas que ? l'honneur soit sauf ? comme 
> l'?crivait un ?ditorialiste tunisien le 24 mai, mais que les honneurs 
> d?bordent ? profusion, et qu'importe les ?clats assourdissants des 
> discordes et des ?checs si un ?clat factice et n?anmoins dispendieux 
> pose une aur?ole en trompe-l'oeil sur un pouvoir sanctifi? par ces 
> grand-messes.
>
> Il se trouve toutefois que le SMSI aura autrement une valeur de test. 
> Nous nous proposons d'occuper Internet comme on fait entrer un cheval 
> de Troie dans une citadelle. Avec la jeunesse tunisienne, avec ses 
> militants, ses chercheurs, l'ensemble des citoyens, nous ?l?verons par 
> une expression et une information libres notre revendication de 
> citoyennet?, et nous attendons donc que nos lecteurs en Tunisie 
> puissent se connecter sur notre site, ? partir duquel nous voulons 
> communiquer sans entraves avec eux.
>
> Dans cette logique, nous enregistrerons tout blocage v?rifiable et 
> nous le communiquerons aux associations de la soci?t? civile 
> tunisienne et internationale qui tiendront le registre des 
> protestataires aupr?s des instances du SMSI. Il va sans dire que nous 
> t?moignerons aussi des dispositions (ouvertures ?) positives que les 
> autorit?s tunisiennes pourraient m?nager, car l'information rigoureuse 
> ne s'accommode pas de surench?re.
>
> De fait, notre journal ?lectronique reprend ? la faveur de ce contexte 
> o? nous attendons des autorit?s tunisiennes de la coh?rence. Le mode 
> de fonctionnement habituel du pouvoir tunisien est de mettre en avant 
> sa vitrine lustr?e avec cet interdit oppos? au regard port? sur son 
> arri?re-cour. Nous attendons que cesse sa schizophr?nie, pour que 
> transparence et v?rit? deviennent la r?gle.
>
> Notre journal reprend ?galement alors que des ?ch?ances importantes - 
> plus par les occasions de d?bat qu'elles suscitent que par leurs 
> r?sultats ? la pr?visibilit? assur?e - marqueront l'ann?e 2004, avec 
> les ?lections l?gislatives et pr?sidentielles. Nous entendons 
> faciliter ? cette occasion un d?bat public de qualit?, en y prenant 
> toute notre part.
>
> Pour le reste, notre fonctionnement mensuel de mars 2001 ? mars 2002 a 
> pr?cis? notre identit?. Nous tentons de porter une parole 
> ind?pendante, autant que nous en avons conscience, une parole 
> affranchie des pouvoirs et des lobbies. Nous nous situons dans un 
> projet d?mocratique, solidaire et progressiste, et offrons ce support 
> ?lectronique, gratuit et non subventionn?, au d?bat libre dans ce 
> cadre et dans celui d'une ?thique de l'information.
>
> Encore h?berg? en France par la force des choses, ce journal est aussi 
> r?alis? sur les deux rives et s'inscrit dans un projet 
> euro-m?diterran?en. Mais nous avons eu d'importants retours 
> d'outre-Atlantique, confirmant la pertinence de notre ?largissement ? 
> aux Tunisiens d'ici et d'ailleurs ?, car la plus grande chance de la 
> Tunisie reste sa diaspora ?clat?e sur le globe. Nous comptons sur leur 
> m?tissage pour cosmopolitiser une tunisiannit? que nous ne voulons pas 
> ?triqu?e, chauvine, ferm?e aux autres horizons. Au contraire, c'est 
> une Tunisie multiple que nous voudrions voir ?voluer dans la 
> continuit? de son histoire et dans le mouvement du monde > d'aujourd'hui.
>
> La reprise d'? Alternatives citoyennes ? se fera dans les prochains 
> jours et nous en adresserons le sommaire et quelques ?l?ments ? nos 
> amis inscrits sur notre liste de diffusion. Chacun peut s'y abonner de 
> la m?me fa?on. Nous esp?rons de nos lecteurs compr?hension, solidarit? 
> et r?ciprocit?.
>
> Pour cette simple raison que, malgr? nos diff?rences, ? nous vivons 
> sous le m?me r?gne ? et souffrons dans les m?mes liens.
>
> Le 22 juin 2004
> Nadia Omrane, journaliste, Tunis
> Meryem Marzouki, chercheuse au CNRS, coordinatrice du caucus Droits de 
> l'homme au SMSI, Paris
>
>


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Tue Jun 22 00:38:21 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Reprise du journal Alternatives citoyennes : 
 =?iso-8859-1?Q?l'=E9preuve?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_de_v=E9rit=E9?=
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040621193621.030c3d90@mail.bydesign-elab.net>


Meryem, the smsi.agora-electronique.ca site will link and draw from your 
French language materials.
Thanks for this and do not forget you can post independently on our site 
just by registering.

Our francophone associates will be helping support this effort.

Thanks
Liss J
http://smsi.agora-electronique.ca
http://wsis.ecommons.ca



Meryem, le site web de smsi.agora-electronique.ca liera et tirera de vos 
mat?riaux fran?ais de langue. Merci pour ceci et n'oublient pas que vous 
pouvez signaler ind?pendamment sur notre site juste par l'enregistrement. 
Nos associ?s francophones aideront l'appui cet effort. Merci


At 06:54 PM 21/06/2004, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>You'll find hereafter the announcement of an electronic journal, made by 
>independent Tunisian people - among them myself -, which will, inter alia, 
>closely follow WSIS and its impact on Tunisia. The announcement is in 
>French only, sorry.
>By the way, I'll be in Tunisia for PrepCom1 of this second phase.
>
>Best regards,
>Meryem Marzouki
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From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Second Call: IV Congress of Computer Law
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IV World Congress of Computer Law Alfa-Redi
"Policies and regulatory framework for everyone?s information society"
11 to 15 October 2004
Cuzco - Peru
http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/ivmundiali.asp

Dear colleagues and friends,

Alfa-Redi, a non-governmental organization, is pleased to invite all 
students and professionals interested in the development and progress of 
informatics and its social and regulatory impact, to participate to the IV 
World Congress on Cyber-Law. The event will be held from the 11 to the 15 
October 2004 in the city of Cuzco, in Peru.

This event is the opportunity to share and exchange opinions, experiences 
and to propose policies for the better use of new technologies, taking into 
account the social development of each country and community.

The IV World Congress on Cyber-Law is organized as a follow-up to the 
previous world congresses held in Quito (Ecuador) 
(http://comunidad.vlex.com/conmundial/), Madrid (Spain) 
(http://www.derechoinformatico.info)  y La Habana (Cuba) 
(http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/iiimundial.asp). These events where at 
the origin of proposals that became either laws adopted in several 
countries or that where welcomed as guidelines by different decision-making 
public and private organs dealing with new technologies or the information 
society development.

In conformity with current trends, the IV World Congress seeks the 
participation of multidisciplinary teams. This is the reason why we invite 
to participate every professional interested in the development and 
application of new technologies, such as lawyers, sociologists, 
anthropologists, engineers, and mathematicians, among others, who will 
contribute with their views in order for the final product ? the 
recommendations and proposals of the event ? to cover any kind of problems 
in all domains.

Current subjects in the area of new technologies requiring answers and 
solutions from decision-making entities will be addressed during the event. 
In this line of thoughts, a first chapter on ?Policies in the information 
society? will take place, where e-government and de-democracy issues will 
be part of the debates. Also, a chapter concerning ?Intellectual property 
in the digital era? aimed at discussing domain names and content 
[protection issues will be held. The ?Digital economy? is the title of 
another chapter suggested by the organizers of the event, where matters 
such as e-commerce and e-payment will be addressed. ?Human rights in the 
digital era? and ?Society, Law, and Technology? are important chapters that 
will include subjects like data protection and privacy issues, access to 
the Net of priority groups, gender and new technologies, e-learning, Jobs 
in the digital era, among others.

The event will combine the speeches (presentations) with working groups to 
discuss cases and find solutions to these particular realities.

As you can see, the IV World Congress hopes to focalize the discussion and 
to elaborate proposals in order to solve particular cases raised by the use 
of new technologies and the Internet. Our wish will not become true without 
your participation, therefore we hope you will be among the participants to 
the event.

Cuzco (Peru) opens its arms to you. Be welcome to experience a debate of 
modern matters in a place with a historical culture! We hope to see at the 
Congress! Your attendance is very important to us.

Cordially,

Organizing Committee
IV World Congress of Computer Law
http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/ivmundiali.asp 


From faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe  Tue Jun 22 08:23:09 2004
From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Segunda Convocatoria: IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho
 Informatico
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Nota: Con el ruego de su difusi?n.
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IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico
"Pol?ticas y Marco Regulatorio para una Sociedad de la Informaci?n de todos"
Cuzco-Peru
11 al 15 de Octubre del 2004
http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/ivmundial.asp

Estimados colegas y amigos todos:

La Organizaci?n No Gubernamental Alfa-Redi se complace en inivitar a todos 
los estudiosos y profesionales interesados en el desarrollo y avance de la 
inform?tica y sus repercusiones sociales y normativas, al IV Congreso 
Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico, a realizarse del 11 al 15 de octubre de 
2004 en la ciudad de Cusco ? Per?.

Este evento se presenta como la oportunidad de compartir e intercambiar 
opiniones, experiencias y proponer pol?ticas que ayuden al mejor uso de las 
nuevas tecnolog?as, respetando el desarorllo social de cada pa?s y de cada 
comunidad.

El IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho inform?tico es la continuaci?n de los 
congresos mundiales celebrados en las ciudades de Quito (Ecuador) 
(http://comunidad.vlex.com/conmundial/), Madrid (Espa?a) 
(http://www.derechoinformatico.info)  y La Habana (Cuba) 
(http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/iiimundial.asp), los cuales abrieron las 
puertas a distintas propuestas que hoy en d?a son leyes en diferentes 
pa?ses o que se han constituido como pautas de actuaci?n en los diferentes 
organismos p?blicos y privados decisores de temas de nuevas tecnolog?as o 
desarrollo de la sociedad de la informaci?n.

Acorde con los enfoques actuales, el IV Congreso Mundial pretende la 
participaci?n de equipos multidisciplarios, por lo que inivitamos a 
participar a todos los profesionales interesados en el desarrollo y 
aplicaci?n de las nuevas tecnolog?as. Abogados, soci?logos, antrpop?logos, 
ingenieros, matem?ticos, entre otros, aportar?n su punto de vista a fin de 
que el producto final ? las rcomendaciones y propuestas del evento ? 
englobe todos los problemas desde distintas aristas.

Temas de actualidad que plantean las nuevas tecnolog?as y que requieren 
respuestas y decisiones de los entes decisores ser?n abordados durante el 
evento. As?, se abordar? un primer cap?tulo sobre ?Pol?ticas en la Sociedad 
de la Informaci?n? en donde los temas de gobierno electr?nico o democracia 
digital ser?n parte del debate. Tambi?n el cap?tulo sobre ?Propiedad 
Intelectual en la Era Digital? destacar?, discuti?ndose los temas sobre 
nombres de dominio y protecci?n de contenidos. La ?Econom?a Digital? 
destaca tambi?n en otro cap?tulo, con los temas sobre comercio electr?nico 
y medios de pago electr?nico. ?Derechos Humanos en la Era Digital? y 
?Sociedad, Derecho y Tecnolog?a? son tambi?n cap?tulos importantes con 
temas como protecci?n de datos personales, acceso de los grupos 
prioritarios a la red, genero y nuevas tecnolog?as, e-learning, el trabajo 
en la era digital, entre otros.

El evento combinar? la parte expositiva con el desarrollo de talleres que 
involucran la discusi?n de casos y planteamiento de soluciones a realidades 
concretas.

Como pueden apreciar, el IV Congreso Mundial aspira a ser el centro de 
discusi?n y de elaboraci?n de propuestas para solucionar realidades 
concretas planteadas por el uso de la nuevas tecnolog?as e Internet. Este 
deseo no ser? concretado sin vuestra participaci?n, por lo que renovamos 
nuestra invitaci?n a todos ustedes.

Cusco ? Per? les abre las puertas, ?sean bienvenidos a esta experiencia de 
discusi?n de lo moderno desde las ra?ces de una cultura con historia!. ?Los 
esperamos!. Su presencia es importante.

Cordialmente,

Comite Organizador
IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico
http://www.alfa-redi.org/congreso/ivmundial.asp 


From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Tue Jun 22 11:00:16 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOELGHGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <20040622100016.48179.qmail@web52507.mail.yahoo.com>

Ch?re Elizabeth,
 
Puis je S.V.P avoir une version fran?aise de ce qui suit.
 
Cela aidera ?norm?ment ? notre syndicat de mieux comprendre poour une implication efficiente.
 
Respects
Amel Bejaoui
Syndicat des journalistes tunisiens (Ind?pendant)

"Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net> wrote:
Dear All,

Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting. I hope to be able to
join you at future meetings.

If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT Working Group please,
contact me and also include a brief description of your areas of interest.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of Rik Panganiban
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


Dear Friends,

We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and
posted to our websites. I will be posting news to http://wsis-online/csnews
as well.

Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre
websites. Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Communications Coordinator
CONGO

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Correctif : l'adresse est : http://wsis-online.net/csnews
In-Reply-To: <200406211856.BVS26822@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406211856.BVS26822@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <1087897802.40d800ca47d4f@imp.int-evry.fr>

hi bertrand 

i am in tunis
in some cybercafe it is not possible to acces
i have made an acces to this website from the school of telecom and some other 
point

bruno$$Selon Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE <lachapelle@openwsis.org>:

> Hi all,Hello Bruno,
> 
> Rik a simplement mentionn? l'adesse en abr?g?.
> 
> L'adresse exacte est : http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews
> 
> Je suis dans un cybercaf? ? Hammamet et la page est 
> accessible.
> 
> Bertrand
> 
> 
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:13:54 +0200
> >From: Bruno SALGUES <Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr>  
> >Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I  
> >To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
> >je suis en tunisie depuis ce matin
> >lezs adresses web de ce mail ne sont pas accessibles
> >
> >i am now in tunisia before this morning
> >this web adress are not accessible
> >
> >bruno salgues
> >
> >Selon Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>:
> >
> >> At 4:03 AM -0400 6/21/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
> >> >Dear Friends,
> >> >
> >> >We will do our best to send out news from the 
> >> >Prepcom to the listserv and posted to our 
> >> >websites.  I will be posting news to 
> >> >http://wsis-online/csnews as well.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> URL =  http://www.wsis-online.org/csnews/news/
> >> 
> >> Enjoy Tunisia,
> >> 
> >> Adam (will be in the Bay Area, California)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> >Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le 
> >> >listserv et ? notre websites.  Je vais post? les 
> >> >nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >
> >> >Rik Panganiban
> >> >Communications Coordinator
> >> >CONGO
> >> >
> >> >===============================================
> >> >RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
> >> >
> >> >Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> >> >with the United Nations (CONGO)
> >> >web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> >> >email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> >> >mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
> >> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Plenary mailing list
> >> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Tue Jun 22 11:31:28 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] SJT
Message-ID: <20040622103128.15738.qmail@web52504.mail.yahoo.com>

  
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From c.bruch at gmx.de  Tue Jun 22 11:55:51 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society 23 june PLEASE ORGANIZE ASAP
References: <1087738661.40d593256c748@imp.int-evry.fr>
Message-ID: <22037.1087901751@www27.gmx.net>

Bruno salgues:

Having 2 events at the same time is unforunate, but when we planned the
panel discussion in Tunis, there was nothing scheduled for that evening in
Hammamet. 

Christoph


> 
> Deux r?unions incompatibles de la soci?t? civile  ? la m?me heure?
> Ces deux villes sont un peu ?loign?es
> 
> 
> Two  imcompatible meeting for civil society at the same time?
> 
> Hammamet and tunis are not the same place
> 
> 
> Bruno salgues
> 
> 
> 1)
> ........................................................................
> 
> 
> Soir?e d?information SMSI, Tunis, 23 Juin 2004  
>   19:00 - 21:00 heures, Goethe-Institut Tunis
>     
>   Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l?information (SMSI):
> Forum mondial pour les droits du citoyen dans les soci?t?s du 21i?me
> si?cle ? 
> Soir?e d?information 
> de la Fondation Heinrich B?ll et de l?Union Humaniste 
> en coop?ration avec l?Institut de Goethe de Tunis
> 
> 23 juin 2004, 19 :00 ? 21 :00 heures
> 
> Goethe-Institut Tunis
> Place d?Afrique / 6, rue du S?n?gal
> 1002 Tunis-Belv?d?re
> 
> Langues: allemand avec traduction simultan?e en fran?ais
> 
>  
>
2)..............................................................................
> .......
> 
> 
> Civil Society Orientation Session
> 
> PREPARATORY MEETING
> (PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)
> 
> Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004
> 
> 
> 10 h 23h 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From c.bruch at gmx.de  Tue Jun 22 11:55:51 2004
From: c.bruch at gmx.de (christoph bruch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil society 23 june PLEASE ORGANIZE ASAP
References: <1087738661.40d593256c748@imp.int-evry.fr>
Message-ID: <22037.1087901751@www27.gmx.net>

Bruno salgues:

Having 2 events at the same time is unforunate, but when we planned the
panel discussion in Tunis, there was nothing scheduled for that evening in
Hammamet. 

Christoph


> 
> Deux r?unions incompatibles de la soci?t? civile  ? la m?me heure?
> Ces deux villes sont un peu ?loign?es
> 
> 
> Two  imcompatible meeting for civil society at the same time?
> 
> Hammamet and tunis are not the same place
> 
> 
> Bruno salgues
> 
> 
> 1)
> ........................................................................
> 
> 
> Soir?e d?information SMSI, Tunis, 23 Juin 2004  
>   19:00 - 21:00 heures, Goethe-Institut Tunis
>     
>   Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l?information (SMSI):
> Forum mondial pour les droits du citoyen dans les soci?t?s du 21i?me
> si?cle ? 
> Soir?e d?information 
> de la Fondation Heinrich B?ll et de l?Union Humaniste 
> en coop?ration avec l?Institut de Goethe de Tunis
> 
> 23 juin 2004, 19 :00 ? 21 :00 heures
> 
> Goethe-Institut Tunis
> Place d?Afrique / 6, rue du S?n?gal
> 1002 Tunis-Belv?d?re
> 
> Langues: allemand avec traduction simultan?e en fran?ais
> 
>  
>
2)..............................................................................
> .......
> 
> 
> Civil Society Orientation Session
> 
> PREPARATORY MEETING
> (PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)
> 
> Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004
> 
> 
> 10 h 23h 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From info at fasngo.org  Tue Jun 22 11:55:29 2004
From: info at fasngo.org (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Femmes_Africa_Solidarit=E9?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June
References: <81FEAA1E-C138-11D8-B85C-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <098201c45847$6f1d9af0$2364a8c0@hscpartners.ch>

Apologising for our late notice, we would like to inform you that FAS, Femmes Africa Solidarit? will not be represented by Ms Helen Yamo but by Ms Nzambimana Annick and Ms Rodriguez Susana.
Thank you.

Best Regards
FAS Secretariat
Geneva
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 5:02 PM
  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Prepcom I Participants - updated 17 June


  18 Juin 2004 / 18 June 2004 

  Chers Amis / Dear Friends,

  Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:

  Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:

  1. Pablo Accuosto, Instituto del Tercer Mundo accuosto@chasque.net
  2. Ezendu Ariwa e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
  3. Richard Baguma , UNA-Uganda 
  4. Karen Banks, APC karenb@gn.apc.org
  5. Amir Barmaki westasiaregion@hotmail.com
  6. Djilali Benamrane dbenamrane@yahoo.com
  7. Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
  8. Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
  9. Renata Bloem, CONGO rbloem@ngocongo.org
  10. Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, c.bruch@gmx.de
  11. Steve Buckley, AMARC steve@commedia.org.uk
  12. Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila mavic@isiswomen.org
  13. Andy Carvin, EDC acarvin@edc.org
  14. Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net lachapelle@openwsis.org
  15. Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International 
  16. Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation Drossou@BOELL.DE
  17. Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party geramo@europarl.eu.int
  18. Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR meigs@wanadoo.fr
  19. Rikke Frank Joergensen rfj@humanrights.dk
  20. Graciela graciela@rits.org.br
  21. Jeanette Hoffmann jeanette@wz-berlin.de
  22. Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark jane@una.dk
  23. Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop esther.joly@club-internet.fr
  24. Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium hkawa@attglobal.net
  25. Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers viola@icvolunteers.org
  26. Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human Evolution studies a.loreto@ceu.it
  27. Raymond Louw, World Press Freedom Committee rlouw@sn.apc.org
  28. Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU nish@abantu.org
  29. Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique
  30. Diana Mercorios, ABANTU diana@abantu.org
  31. Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA mhms@enda.sn
  32. Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences muguet@mdpi.org muguet@mdpi.net
  33. Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark dorte@una.dk
  34. Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG ong@worldcom.ch
  35. Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
  36. Dr.Razzaghi erazzaghi@irancsos.net
  37. Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida. SC@smsitunis2005.tn
  38. Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
  39. Joseph Sarr, Pr?sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R?gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
  40. Magela Sigillito, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
  41. Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci?n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
  42. Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group christine.wenzel@web.de
  43. Paul Wilson, APNIC pwilson@apnic.net
  44. Helen Yamo, Femme Africain Solidarit? info@fasngo.org


  Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:

  Notez que le officier de societ? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:

  Moncef Achour
  Program Officer (civil Society)
  c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
  Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
  Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
  E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int


  -- Rik Panganiban
  CONGO

  ===============================================
  RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator

  Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
  with the United Nations (CONGO) 
  web: http://www.ngocongo.org
  email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
  mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Jun 22 12:52:43 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Update on 23 June information sessions
Message-ID: <6443929.1087905163849.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

(Apologies if Renata sent this message out already.)

We are making the final preparations for the 23 June Civil Society information / strategy sessions in Hammamet.  They will take place in the "cinema" of the Medina Conference Centre.

As we understand it, everyone should be able to participate in the 23 June meeting, whether or not you are officially accredited.  No prior registration for the 23 June meeting is necessary.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Communications Coordinator
CONGO


On 21 juin 04, at 04:03, Rik Panganiban wrote:

Dear Colleagues / Chers Colleges,

Please find below the updated programme for the civil society orientation / information sessions planned for 23 June in Hammamet.  Note that Mr. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, has confirmed his participation in the meeting.

Veuillez trouver au-dessous du programme pour les sessions d'orientation/information a projet?? pour 23 juin dans Hammamet. Notez que M. Shoji Nishimoto, Administrateur assistant et Directeur, Bureau for Development Policy, PNUD a confirm?? son participation dans la reunion.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

---------------------------------------


Civil Society Orientation Session

PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)

Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004


This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary background information on the WSIS Phase Two process thus far to ensure effective participation. It is open to 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 - 11:00	WSIS Phase 2: Actors, Process and Structures
			Charles Geiger (Deputy Secretary General, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
			Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)

11:15 - 11:30 	Coffee Break	for Networking

11:30 - 12:00	WG on Internet Governance
			Markus Kummer (Head of Internet Governance Secretariat) tbc

			WG on Financing
			Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP


12:00 - 13:00 	Civil Society at WSIS
			Families and Bureau: Renate Bloem
			Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks
			Plenary: tba
			Caucuses: tba
			WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle

13:00 - 14 :30	Lunch for Networking

14:30 - 17:00	Strategies:
			Breakout Groups into Caucuses / Working Groups
			CS Bureau

17:00 - 18:00	Plenary	Groups report back

18:00 - 18:30	Plenary	Roadmap and Deliverables:
			Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary General, tbc

22:00		Hotel	Night-cap with Janis Karklins, Ambassador of Latvia and President elect to be of PrepCom




===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) 
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

From arne at my-mail.ch  Tue Jun 22 12:45:33 2004
From: arne at my-mail.ch (arne)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Communiqu=E9/Press_release/comunicado?=
Message-ID: <ABA49AF5-C441-11D8-8D53-000393CB4A26@my-mail.ch>

PRESS RELEASE

Montr?al, June 19, 2004. Freedom of expression groups set out reforms 
and guarantees needed for Tunisia to host the World Summit on the 
Information Society in November 2005.
Leading international freedom of expression groups, concerned about 
Tunisia's record on human rights and freedom of expression, have 
written to the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, setting out a series 
of benchmarks and guarantees they expect from the Tunisian government 
in order for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to go 
ahead in Tunis in November 2005.
The proposals were drafted at the annual gathering of the International 
Freedom of Expression Exchange, held in Baku, Azerbaijan, 14-18 June 
2004. The call comes on the eve of the first preparatory committee 
meeting for the Tunisia phase of the World Summit on the Information 
Society. Further endorsements to this open letter are invited and can 
be sent to: amarc@amarc.org
Further information at the International Secretariat of AMARC: Tel. +1 
514 982 0351
________________________________________
Open Letter
addresses of all
signatories appended


His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan
Secretary General of the United Nations
United Nations Organisation
New York, NY10017 ? USA

cc. 	Mr Yoshio Utsumi, Secretary General, ITU
Mr Koichiro Matsuura, Director General, UNESCO


Baku, 18 June 2004

Dear Sir

We, freedom of expression organisations assembled at the General 
Meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) in 
Baku, Azerbaijan on18 June 2004, write to express our deep and 
continuing concerns about plans to hold the UN World Summit on the 
Information Society in Tunis in 2005.

At the conclusion of the first phase of the WSIS, the Intergovernmental 
Summit in Geneva adopted a Declaration of Principles affirming the 
centrality of human rights and freedom of expression as fundamental 
principles for the information society.

Despite this, the Tunisian government continues to violate its 
commitments under the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration 
of Human Rights and the International Convention on Civil and Political 
Rights. The broadcast media remain dominated by the state, websites and 
newspapers critical of the government have been blocked or are 
prevented from publishing, censorship of the Internet is routine 
practice and Tunisia continues to imprison its citizens for exercising 
their freedom of expression.

We urge the United Nations and Member States to change the venue of the 
World Summit on the Information Society unless the government of 
Tunisia makes substantial progress on respect for human rights and 
freedom of expression. The following are basic and essential benchmarks 
for progress before holding the Summit in Tunisia:

1. The recognition of and respect for the unfettered right of human 
rights and other civil society groups including freedom of expression 
organisations to operate freely in Tunisia.

2. The dropping of charges against and the release of individuals 
jailed for exercising their right to freedom of expression consistently 
with international human rights law.

3. Reform of the media and communications environment including the 
right to establish independent media outlets and uncensored access to 
the Internet.

In addition we require clear guarantees concerning the Summit itself:

4. That all local and international human rights and other civil 
society organisations are free to participate in the Summit and to 
publish, broadcast or otherwise distribute and to receive material at 
and from the conference site without threat or practice of any form of 
censorship.

5. That local and international media will be able to report freely and 
without interference from the Summit including directly from the 
conference site.

We call on the United Nations and Member States to insist that the 
Tunisian government make these guarantees concerning the Summit itself 
and that it commit to substantial and measurable progress with respect 
to the benchmarks that we have set out above.

In the event that the Tunisian government is unwilling to make such 
commitments we urge the Secretary General of the United Nations to 
recommend the General Assembly reconsider its decision to hold the 
World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.

Yours,


ARTICLE 19
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)
Cartoonists Rights Network, International (CRN)
Center for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES)
Central Asian and Southern Caucasus Freedom of Expression Network 
(CASCFEN)
Centre for Journalism in Extreme Situations (CJES)
Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA)
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Fundaci?n para la Libertad de Prensa  (Foundation for Press Freedom)
Freedom House
Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI)
Independent Journalism Centre (IJC), Moldova
Index on Censorship
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Journaliste en danger (Journalist in Danger, JED)
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Media Rights Agenda
Norwegian PEN
PERIODISTAS, la Asociaci?n para la Defensa del Periodismo Independiente
Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)
Thai Journalists Association (TJA)
World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
World Association of Newspapers (WAN)
World Press Freedom Committee (WPFC)

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From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Jun 22 13:04:12 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Liste de participants de SC dans la PrepcomI / List of Civil
 society participants at Prepcom I
Message-ID: <11989358.1087905852457.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

22 Juin 2004 / 22 June 2004 

Chers Amis / Dear Friends,

Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:

Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at the June WSIS prepcom:

1. Pablo Accuosto, Instituto del Tercer Mundo	accuosto@chasque.net
2. Jos?? Luis Aguirre, AMARC 
3. Izumi Aizu	aizu@anr.org
4. Nzambimana Annick, Femme Africain Solidarit??  	info@fasngo.org
5. Ezendu Ariwa 	e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
6. Richard Baguma , UNA-Uganda mafundi@yahoo.com
7. Karen Banks, APC 	karenb@gn.apc.org
8. Amir Barmaki 	westasiaregion@hotmail.com
9. Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
10. Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
11. Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
12. Renata Bloem, CONGO 	rbloem@ngocongo.org
13. Arturo Bregaglio, AMARC
14. Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, 	c.bruch@gmx.de
15. Steve Buckley, AMARC 	steve@commedia.org.uk
16. Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila 	mavic@isiswomen.org
17. Andy Carvin, EDC	acarvin@edc.org
18. Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net 	lachapelle@openwsis.org
19. Marco Ciurcina, Hipatia Italy
20. Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International 
21. Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell Foundation   	Drossou@BOELL.DE
22. Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party 	geramo@europarl.eu.int
23. Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR 	meigs@wanadoo.fr
24. Rikke Frank Joergensen 	rfj@humanrights.dk
25. Graciela  	graciela@rits.org.br
26. Mamour Gueye, Maire de la Commune d'Arrondissement de Grand Yoff ?? Dakar	mamourgy@yahoo.fr
27. Sharon Hackett, Carrefour mondial de l'internet citoyen	hackett@cdeacf.ca
28. Jeanette Hoffmann 	jeanette@wz-berlin.de
29. Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark	jane@una.dk
30. Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  	esther.joly@club-internet.fr
31. Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium 	hkawa@attglobal.net
32. Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers 	viola@icvolunteers.org
33. Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human Evolution studies  	a.loreto@ceu.it
34. Raymond Louw, World Press Freedom Committee  	rlouw@sn.apc.org
35. Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU 	nish@abantu.org
36. Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique	emapilele@yahoo.com
37. Diana Mercorios, ABANTU 	diana@abantu.org
38. Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA 	mhms@enda.sn
39. Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular Sciences	muguet@mdpi.org 
40. Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  	dorte@una.dk
41. Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  	ong@worldcom.ch
42. Nnenna Nwakanma, African Civil Society for the Information Society	nne75@yahoo.com
43. Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM 	rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
44. Magaly Pazello	magaly@dawn.org.br
45. Dr.Razzaghi 	erazzaghi@irancsos.net
46. Susana Rodriguez, Femme Africain Solidarit??  	info@fasngo.org
47. Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.	SC@smsitunis2005.tn
48. Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France 	Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
49. Joseph Sarr, Pr??sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R??gional de Dakar jsarr@refer.sn
50. Magela Sigillito, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
51. Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci??n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
52. Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group  christine.wenzel@web.de
53. Paul Wilson, APNIC 	pwilson@apnic.net

	
Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef Achour, who can be reached at:

Notez que le officier de societ?? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est M. Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:

Moncef Achour
Program Officer (Civil Society)
c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int


-- Rik Panganiban
    CONGO

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) 
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

From ecarll at optonline.net  Tue Jun 22 13:38:12 2004
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <012f01c45785$aee44980$0200a8c0@compaqdesktop>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACENCHGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear Linda,

That is how it is written in the WSIS CS Declaration, as there is a section
on Persons with Disabilities, in addition to the section on Health.

Best regards,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair, Media/ICT Working Group,
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: L. D. Misek-Falkoff [mailto:ldmf@att.net]
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:49 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; ldmf@att.net
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


Dear Elizabeth:

I am interested in this re WSIS and in all contexts inlcluding disability; I
would ask all that the phrase "disabled persons" and the like be traded in
for "persons with disabilities."

While posting presently, it may be added for general purposes that In
today's world, the former phrase is like a dead end and no win situation;
the latter holds promises and shows that disabilities are just one aspect -
gives more opening for appreciating abilities and all sorts of good health
aspects too.

Thanks and best wishes, LDMF.
Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


> Dear All,
>
> Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting.  I hope to be able to
> join you at future meetings.
>
> If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT Working Group please,
> contact me and also include a brief description of your areas of interest.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Elizabeth
>
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> Chair Media/ICT Working Group
> NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
> Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf
> Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
>
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and
> posted to our websites. I will be posting news to
http://wsis-online/csnews
> as well.
>
> Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre
> websites. Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rik Panganiban
> Communications Coordinator
> CONGO
>
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
>
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From pimienta at funredes.org  Tue Jun 22 13:29:21 2004
From: pimienta at funredes.org (Daniel Pimienta)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Liste de participants de SC dans la
  PrepcomI / List of Civil society participants at Prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <11989358.1087905852457.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earth
 link.net>
References: <11989358.1087905852457.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <6.1.0.6.2.20040622082747.025f5ec0@funredes.org>

Please add to the civil society list:
Sena?da Jansen, FUNREDES, Dominican Republic. sjansen@funredes.org - 
http://wsis.funredes.org 


From mh at wacc.org.uk  Tue Jun 22 16:37:09 2004
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CRIS y la CMSI fase 2/ prepcom 1
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D2973E8@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

CRIS y la Cumbre Mundial en la Sociedad de la Informaci?n Fase II/Prepcom 1:

La campa?a de CRIS ha seguido de cerca los desarrollos de WSIS fase II. CRIS no ha adoptado una posici?n oficial porque el proceso de WSIS en s? mismo ha sido lento en desarrollar alg?n tipo de lineamiento claro de trabajo desde la Cumbre de G?nova, en Diciembre del a?o pasado. Todav?a, las discusiones se encuentran en curso entre los miembros de CRIS.

CRIS fue lanzado alrededor y con relaci?n a la Cumbre Mundial en la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, con el prop?sito de ampliar el estrecho discurso tecnol?gico y remitir a la agencia a cargo de la organizaci?n, la UTI, e infundir la agenda con cuestiones relacionadas con los medios de gobierno y derechos a la comunicaci?n. 

La campa?a indic? su posici?n en un n?mero de ocasiones hacia el proceso final antes, durante y despu?s del Foro Mundial de Derechos de Comunicaci?n (www.communicationrights.org), destacando que muchas cuestiones b?sicas pertinentes a los agentes centrales de la Sociedad de informaci?n, han sido simplemente ignoradas y que el proceso de acceso a las instituciones tomadoras de decisi?n ha sido, en el mejor de los casos, estropeado.

Ha sido siempre claro para CRIS que el CMSI era una oportunidad de oro para que la Sociedad Civil se movilice hacia un nivel global y empiece a consolidar sus discursos alrededor de estas cuestiones. CRIS contribuy? a forjar un consenso de la Sociedad Civil que fue reflejado en la elaboraci?n de la Declaraci?n de de la Sociedad Civil. La campa?a de CRIS ha apoyado abierta y p?blicamente el documento como una iniciativa de la Sociedad Civil para trabajar junta.

En este esp?ritu, CRIS continuar? confiando en la segunda fase del CMSI, priorizando su compromiso con la Sociedad Civil sobre la interacci?n con el  proceso intergubernamental. Nuestro prop?sito es reforzar el establecimiento de una red de trabajo internacional e intertem?tica que tuvo lugar durante la primera fase de la Cumbre, y continuar construyendo y potenciando su rol de recolector y distribuidor de informaci?n.

Como seguimiento del Foro Mundial de Derecho a la Comunicaci?n (www.communicationrights.org), CRIS continuar? los prop?sito centrales sistem?ticamente ignorados por el CMSI, mientras enfatizar? la necesidad de compromiso de la sociedad civil con los roles reales de poder en los gobiernos globales de comunicaci?n: el r?gimen de "libre comercio" de: WTO, FTAA, y otros acuerdos comerciales regionales y bilaterales. As? como tambi?n lugares como WIPO e ICANN, donde los derechos a la comunicaci?n hacen cara a las crecientes amenazas, y la UNESCO, donde la Convenci?n de Diversidad Cultural demanda nuestro urgente soporte y refuerzo. Es urgente para la sociedad civil tratar el impacto de estas instituciones a nivel nacional, regional y global y terminar el injusto aislamiento de la Sociedad Civil fuera de la esfera real de la toma de decisiones.

Mientras el proceso oficial del WSIS est? en peligro de ser dilatado, nosotros creemos que la sociedad civil tiene un rol crucial en la segunda fase de la Cumbre. La CMSI nos da la oportunidad de juntarnos a explorar y discutir estas cuestiones y traerlas a la CMSI, a las instituciones internacionales relevantes y a nuestros gobiernos y distritos electorales nacionales.

La Campa?a CRIS, 22 junio de 2004

Contact:
Myriam Horngren
CRIS Network and Campaign Coordinator
c/o WACC
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 (0) 207 582 9139
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org 
email: mh@wacc.org.uk



From mh at wacc.org.uk  Tue Jun 22 16:37:12 2004
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CRIS and WSIS phase 2 prepcom 1
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D2973E9@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>



CRIS and the World Summit on the Information Society Phase II/Prepcom 1:

The CRIS campaign has closely followed the developments around WSIS
phase II. CRIS has not yet adopted an 'official' position  because the
WSIS process itself has been slow in developing any kind of clear lines
of work since the Summit in Geneva in December last year. Yet,
discussions are underway amongst CRIS members.

CRIS was launched around and in relation to the World Summit on the
Information Society, with the aim to broaden the narrow technological
discourse and remit of the organising agency, the ITU, and infuse the
agenda with issues related to media governance and communication rights.

The campaign stated its position on a number of occasions towards the
official process before, during and after the World Forum on
Communication Rights, highlighting that many issues central to a
people-centred "Information Society" had simply been ignored and that
the process of a multi-stakeholder approach had been, at best, flawed.

Yet it has always been clear to CRIS that the WSIS was a golden
opportunity for Civil Society to mobilise at global level and to start
consolidating its discourse around these issues. CRIS did contribute to
forging a Civil Society consensus that was reflected in the elaboration
of a Civil Society Declaration. The CRIS campaign has openly and
publicly supported the document as well as the initiative of Civil
Society to work together.

In this spirit, CRIS will remain committed to the second phase of the
WSIS, prioritising its engagement with Civil Society over inter-action
with the intergovernmental process.  Our aim is to reinforce the
international and inter-thematic networking that took place during the
first phase of the Summit, and to continue to build on its role as a
gatherer and distributor of information. 

As a follow up to the World Forum on Communication Rights
(www.communicationrights.org) , CRIS will continue to focus on issues
systematically ignored by the WSIS, while emphasizing the need for civil
society to engage with the real poles of power in global governance of
communications: the 'free trade' regime of WTO, FTAA, and other regional
and bilateral trade agreements, as well as venues like WIPO and ICANN,
where communication rights face growing threats, and UNESCO where the
Cultural Diversity Convention demands our urgent support and
reinforcement.

It is urgent for Civil Society to address the impact of these
institutions at national, regional and global level and to end the
de-facto "ghettoisation" of Civil Society outside the sphere of real
decision-making.

Whilst the official WSIS process is in danger of stalling, we believe
that Civil Society does have a pivotal role to play in the second phase
of the Summit. WSIS gives all of us the opportunity to come together
again to explore and discuss these issues and bring them to the WSIS, to
the relevant international institutions and to our governments and
national constituencies.

The CRIS Campaign, 22 June 2004.

Contact:
Myriam Horngren
CRIS Network and Campaign Coordinator
c/o WACC
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Tel: 44 (0) 207 582 9139
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org 
email: mh@wacc.org.uk



From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Jun 22 16:54:01 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] divesité linguistique et culturelle
In-Reply-To: <20040622100016.48179.qmail@web52507.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040622155401.92360.qmail@web60709.mail.yahoo.com>

Merci Amel pour ce message, pour cette réclamation
pertinente.
Cela fait des mois, qu'à la risée de beaucoup, y
compris des français bien pensants, et des cousins
francophones bon chic bon genre qui m'ont traité de
tous les noms, je réclame la traduction des messages
en Français pour assurer une accessessibilité aux
fancophones non englophones, spécialement pour mes
amis africains et magrébins.
J'ai eu beaucoup d'ambition pour que l'impérialisme
des anglophones que nous avons subi à Genève s'estompe
un peu à Tunis, malheureusement on prêche dans le
désert... et il en sera ainsi ! Amen ! 
Il faut faire l'effort que les autres ne veulent pas
faire et diffuser des résumés ou des alertes.
Amitiés
Djilali  

--- amel bejaoui <beja2310@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Chère Elizabeth,
>  
> Puis je S.V.P avoir une version française de ce qui
> suit.
>  
> Cela aidera énormément à notre syndicat de mieux
> comprendre poour une implication efficiente.
>  
> Respects
> Amel Bejaoui
> Syndicat des journalistes tunisiens (Indépendant)
> 
> "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting.
> I hope to be able to
> join you at future meetings.
> 
> If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT
> Working Group please,
> contact me and also include a brief description of
> your areas of interest.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> Chair Media/ICT Working Group
> NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
> Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
> Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
> 
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> We will do our best to send out news from the
> Prepcom to the listserv and
> posted to our websites. I will be posting news to
> http://wsis-online/csnews
> as well.
> 
> Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom à le
> listserv et à notre
> websites. Je vais posté les nouvelles à
> http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> Communications Coordinator
> CONGO
> 
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
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From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Jun 22 21:51:12 2004
From: jsarr at refer.sn (Joseph Sarr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Liste de participants de SC dans la PrepcomI / List of Civil society participants at Prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <11989358.1087905852457.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
References: <11989358.1087905852457.JavaMail.root@statler.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <1087937472.40d89bc01aa98@www.refer.sn>

Bonjour

Pri?re de rajouter ? la liste :
M. Amadou DIA, Maire de la Commune d'Arrondissement de Hann Bel Air ? Dakar.
Cordialement.

Joseph SARR
Pr?sident de la Commission NTIC, 
Conseil R?gional de Dakar

Selon Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>:

> 22 Juin 2004 / 22 June 2004 
> 
> Chers Amis / Dear Friends,
> 
> Ici c'est la nouvelle liste des representants d'ONGs pour le juin Prepcom:
> 
> Here is the updated list of NGO representatives who plan on being at the June
> WSIS prepcom:
> 
> 1. Pablo Accuosto, Instituto del Tercer Mundo	accuosto@chasque.net
> 2. Jos?? Luis Aguirre, AMARC 
> 3. Izumi Aizu	aizu@anr.org
> 4. Nzambimana Annick, Femme Africain Solidarit??  	info@fasngo.org
> 5. Ezendu Ariwa 	e.ariwa@londonmet.ac.uk
> 6. Richard Baguma , UNA-Uganda mafundi@yahoo.com
> 7. Karen Banks, APC 	karenb@gn.apc.org
> 8. Amir Barmaki 	westasiaregion@hotmail.com
> 9. Djilali Benamrane  dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> 10. Ralf Bendrath, German Civil Society Coordination Group
> bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> 11. Roberto Bissio, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
> 12. Renata Bloem, CONGO 	rbloem@ngocongo.org
> 13. Arturo Bregaglio, AMARC
> 14. Christoph Bruch, Humanistische Union, 	c.bruch@gmx.de
> 15. Steve Buckley, AMARC 	steve@commedia.org.uk
> 16. Mavic Cabrera, ISIS International Manila 	mavic@isiswomen.org
> 17. Andy Carvin, EDC	acarvin@edc.org
> 18. Bertrand de la Chapelle, WSIS-online.net 	lachapelle@openwsis.org
> 19. Marco Ciurcina, Hipatia Italy
> 20. Sibailly Douhoure, Union Network International 
> 21. Olga Drossou, German Civil Society Coordination Group / Heinrich-Boell
> Foundation   	Drossou@BOELL.DE
> 22. Gianluca Eramo, Transnational Radical Party 	geramo@europarl.eu.int
> 23. Divina Frau-Meigs, IAMCR 	meigs@wanadoo.fr
> 24. Rikke Frank Joergensen 	rfj@humanrights.dk
> 25. Graciela  	graciela@rits.org.br
> 26. Mamour Gueye, Maire de la Commune d'Arrondissement de Grand Yoff ??
> Dakar	mamourgy@yahoo.fr
> 27. Sharon Hackett, Carrefour mondial de l'internet
> citoyen	hackett@cdeacf.ca
> 28. Jeanette Hoffmann 	jeanette@wz-berlin.de
> 29. Jane Johnson, UNA-Denmark	jane@una.dk
> 30. Esther Joly, AFNET et Ouvaton.coop  	esther.joly@club-internet.fr
> 31. Hiroshi Kawamura, DAISY Consortium 	hkawa@attglobal.net
> 32. Viola Krebs, International Conference Volunteers
> 	viola@icvolunteers.org
> 33. Angelamaria Loreto, Ius Primi Viri (IPV) and the Centre on Human
> Evolution studies  	a.loreto@ceu.it
> 34. Raymond Louw, World Press Freedom Committee  	rlouw@sn.apc.org
> 35. Nish-Muthoni Matenjwa, ABANTU 	nish@abantu.org
> 36. Elsa Mapilele , UNA-Mozambique	emapilele@yahoo.com
> 37. Diana Mercorios, ABANTU 	diana@abantu.org
> 38. Marie Helene Mottin-Sylla, ENDA 	mhms@enda.sn
> 39. Francis F. Muguet, International Journal of Molecular
> Sciences	muguet@mdpi.org 
> 40. Dorte Munch, UNA-Denmark  	dorte@una.dk
> 41. Adalbert Nouga, Village Suisse ONG  	ong@worldcom.ch
> 42. Nnenna Nwakanma, African Civil Society for the Information
> Society	nne75@yahoo.com
> 43. Rik Panganiban, CONGO / WFM 	rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> 44. Magaly Pazello	magaly@dawn.org.br
> 45. Dr.Razzaghi 	erazzaghi@irancsos.net
> 46. Susana Rodriguez, Femme Africain Solidarit??  	info@fasngo.org
> 47. Saida, Coordinator Tunisian Civil Society saida.	SC@smsitunis2005.tn
> 48. Bruno Salgues, Institut National des Telecoms France
> 	Bruno.Salgues@int-evry.fr
> 49. Joseph Sarr, Pr??sident Commission NTIC, Conseil R??gional de Dakar
> jsarr@refer.sn
> 50. Magela Sigillito, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
> 51. Domingo Tavarez, Fundaci??n Global Democracia y Desarrollo
> 52. Christine Wenzel, German Civil Society Coordination Group 
> christine.wenzel@web.de
> 53. Paul Wilson, APNIC 	pwilson@apnic.net
> 
> 	
> Note that the Civil Society Officer within the WSIS Secretariat is Mr. Moncef
> Achour, who can be reached at:
> 
> Notez que le officier de societ?? civile dans le Secretariat de SMSI est M.
> Moncef Achour qui on peut contacter a:
> 
> Moncef Achour
> Program Officer (Civil Society)
> c/o ITU-Place des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 20 Switzerland
> Tel.: +41 22 730 63 65
> Fax.:+41 22 730 6393
> E-mail: moncef.achour@itu.int
> 
> 
> -- Rik Panganiban
>     CONGO
> 
> ===============================================
> RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
> 
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations
> (CONGO) 
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
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> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


-- 



From aizu at anr.org  Tue Jun 22 22:56:06 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance Caucus meeting
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 link.net>
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Message-ID: <6.0.0.20.2.20040623065106.05a1e8b0@anr.org>

Dear friends,

I am leaving Tokyo soon and arrive at Hamammet before
midnight today (hopefully), missing today's CS meeting.

Though not sure the details of the schedule, I like to
propose to have meetings around the "Internet Governance"
- to figure out the Civil Society position and direction to participate
the upcoming debate with the SG's working group.

I hope Jeannete and other members of the caucus there
will work together to coordinate the meetings and have
productive outcome. And we should ask Makrus Kummer,
the executive coordinater of the secretariat of that WG
to join.

thanks and see you there soon,

izumi 



From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Tue Jun 22 08:45:25 2004
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org ( renate bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 23 June information sessions for civil society
Message-ID: <E1BcfyG-00079P-00@clever.eusc.inter.net>

Dear Friends,

 

Greetings from Hammamet.  We have done a brief tour of the facilities for
the Prepcom today which are at the Medina Conference Centre.  The Tunisian
hosts have done an impressive job preparing meeting rooms and support
facilities like wireless internet and a press centre.

 

Several people have asked us about how to register for the civil society
information and strategy meetings on 23 June.  As we understand it, the 23
June meetings should be open to all who wish to participate.  No prior
registration is necessary. 

 

Renata Bloem

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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Wed Jun 23 00:50:35 2004
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance - update  (Spanish) Fwd: [WSIS-CT] Spanish
 translation UPDATE
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Spanish translation of the Internet governance update.

Many thanks to Ana Am for this translation.

Adam



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>Dear Karen,
>thank you for?adding my new address to the list.
>
>Below and in an attached file (in WORD) you will 
>find the translation to Spanish?of the UPDATE, 
>as I told you last week in my message.
>
>If there is any problem, please let me know.
>
>Cheers / Salud
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>?ltimas noticias sobre el estado del grupo de 
>trabajo sobre la administraci?n de Internet, al 
>menos lo que nosotros entendemos sobre ?l.
>
>El se?or Markus Kummer, un diplom?tico suizo, ha 
>sido designado para dirigir el secretariado de 
>la Secretar?a General del Grupo de Trabajo sobre 
>la Administraci?n de Internet (de aqu? en 
>adelante ?GT?). La mayor parte de la informaci?n 
>sobre el grupo procede de ?l, pero no existe 
>ning?n documento oficial como tal; lo que sigue 
>se ha extra?do de diversos discursos y 
>presentaciones.
>
>Kummer dice que espera que el secretariado 
>comience a funcionar hacia finales de junio, y 
>se seleccione al jefe del GT para el primer 
>prep-com. (junio 24-26). El jefe del GT ser? 
>probablemente un representante de un gobierno, 
>preferiblemente del Sur.
>
>Los indicios son que el GT tendr? entre 15-20 
>miembros. Kummer ha demostrado su gran apoyo al 
>requisito del documento de la Cumbre que exige 
>que el GT se forme a trav?s de un proceso 
>abierto e incluyente. Es una persona muy 
>accesible, abierta y agradable, todo lo que 
>sabemos de ?l hasta el momento se?ala que es una 
>buena elecci?n para esta posici?n.
>
>Kummer ha dicho en un par de ocasiones que 
>espera que aquellos que apuestan por alguien 
>sean consultados sobre quien se incorporar? al 
>GT, no se nombrar? a la gente sin su apoyo. 
>Espera que la elecci?n de miembros del GT est? 
>completa en octubre, y que desde ese momento 
>comiencen a trabajar realmente. Un esquema de lo 
>que supone este proceso puede consultarse en: 
><http://www.too-much.tv/glocomish/2004/05/internet_govern.html>
>
>** La Sociedad Civil parece estar en la posici?n 
>de sugerir nombres de candidatos para formar 
>parte del Grupo de Trabajo. En lugar de dar paso 
>al frenes? o a recomendaciones espec?ficas, 
>nuestra sugerencia es que primero estemos de 
>acuerdo en las cualidades de la gente que nos 
>gustar?a que se incorporase al grupo de trabajo 
>en representaci?n de la Sociedad Civil. Para m?s 
>tarde intentar proponer de 3 a 5 nombres. 
>Percataros de que, dado que no ha habido una 
>asignaci?n de puestos, no se nos ha prometido un 
>n?mero espec?fico.
>
>El GT deber?a incluir gente tanto de pa?ses en 
>desarrollo como desarrollados. Pensamos que es 
>razonable anticipar que se esperar? de los 
>miembros del GT un conocimiento del ingl?s como 
>lengua de trabajo, no es que lo decidamos 
>nosotros, pero deber?amos tenerlo en cuenta.
>
>Algunas otras cosas que pensamos que sabemos:
>
>Kummer ha indicado que las habilidades son m?s 
>importantes que el que la persona sea de ?alto 
>nivel?. Considera el equilibrio de g?neros un 
>elemento importante.
>
>Requerir? un compromiso significativo de tiempo 
>y esfuerzo. Mucho trabajo en poco tiempo.
>
>Un amplio conocimiento de los asuntos pol?ticos del ICT ser? de gran ayuda.
>
>Pero a?n con todos estos comentarios, el se?or 
>Kummer dice que ?l s?lo est? en la posici?n de 
>aconsejar, y que no ser? suya la decisi?n final.
>
>Tambi?n enviamos esta nota a las juntas y grupos 
>de trabajo de la Sociedad Civil.
>
>Trasfondo.
>
>El grupo de trabajo se est? formando ahora, y su 
>estructura y metodolog?a de trabajo todav?a no 
>han sido establecidas. Puede que podamos influir 
>sobre ?stas. Comentarios sobre la estructura o 
>modalidades ser?n bienvenidos.
>
>La estructura y modalidades se discutir?n en el 
>primer prep-com. Lo que sabemos hasta ahora es 
>que el GT introducir? propuestas en un sentido 
>amplio a trav?s de una estructura con diversos 
>niveles. Esta estructura consistir? en un 
>peque?o n?cleo de miembros de alto-nivel del 
>propio grupo de trabajo, una red m?s amplia de 
>aquellos que tienen propuestas que aportar?n al 
>grupo n?cleo mediante dos o tres consultas con 
>final abierto, y quiz?s reuniones organizadas 
>regional o tem?ticamente y audiencias con 
>expertos. La Sociedad Civil necesita estudiar la 
>manera en que participar? de dicho proceso.
>
>Kummer ha demostrado estar muy abierto a 
>reunirse con los grupos. Si los miembros del 
>grupo de trabajo tienen la misma actitud, en ese 
>caso darles oportunidades para reunirse con los 
>grupos de la Sociedad Civil, para hablar en 
>conferencias y talleres, ser?a una forma de 
>difundir nuestros puntos de vista.
>
>Parece que el GT comenzar? por adoptar una 
>visi?n amplia de lo que implica la 
>administraci?n de Internet. Los asuntos tratados 
>con mayor frecuencia son: spam; la seguridad de 
>la red y de la informaci?n, y la protecci?n de 
>la confianza, privacidad y del consumidor; los 
>precios de Internet y la interconexi?n, y por 
>supuesto asuntos asociados con ICANN y el 
>sistema de dominios. Tambi?n se han mencionado 
>los derechos de propiedad intelectual, las 
>reglas internacionales para el comercio 
>electr?nico, los pagos de impuestos y la 
>codificaci?n criptogr?fica. Potencialmente una 
>lista casi sin final.
>
>Gracias.
>
>Jeannette Hofmann 
><<mailto:jeannette@wz-berlin.de>jeannette@wz-berlin.de>, 
>Adam Peake 
><<mailto:ajp@glocom.ac.jp>ajp@glocom.ac.jp> 
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>Internet
>
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From ldmf at att.net  Wed Jun 23 00:54:40 2004
From: ldmf at att.net (L. D. Misek-Falkoff)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
References: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDACENCHGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <002201c458b4$4afbccb0$0200a8c0@compaqdesktop>

Dear Elizabeith:

Hi  and that is helpful.  I'd like to see the passages in fact -- I think you pwd not dp was so written but just wave if there is more on this.  I was pleased to attend the forum on disabilities btw, in Geneva.

Very best wishes, :) LDMF.


Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.
For Reference Only: President and international Ambassador, The National Disability Party; 
Member Disability Caucus to the UN Disability Convention (Treaty); 
Recording Secretary & Member of the Board of Directors, Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
(www.cccun.org), Member Subcommittee on Older Women (of the Committee on the Status of Women; other UN and outside NGO's.
Internet Presence (Design, Use) 1960s - including member of design team for GML forerunner of HTML, XML. 
To all Receivers - Continuing Invitation/Galleries:
http://www.yahoogroups/group/PICTURE-IT-AT-THE-UN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
To: "L. D. Misek-Falkoff" <ldmf@att.net>; <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


> Dear Linda,
> 
> That is how it is written in the WSIS CS Declaration, as there is a section
> on Persons with Disabilities, in addition to the section on Health.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> Focal Point
> International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> Chair, Media/ICT Working Group,
> NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York
> Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> ecarll@optonline.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L. D. Misek-Falkoff [mailto:ldmf@att.net]
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 7:49 AM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Cc: Elizabeth Carll, PhD; ldmf@att.net
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
> 
> 
> Dear Elizabeth:
> 
> I am interested in this re WSIS and in all contexts inlcluding disability; I
> would ask all that the phrase "disabled persons" and the like be traded in
> for "persons with disabilities."
> 
> While posting presently, it may be added for general purposes that In
> today's world, the former phrase is like a dead end and no win situation;
> the latter holds promises and shows that disabilities are just one aspect -
> gives more opening for appreciating abilities and all sorts of good health
> aspects too.
> 
> Thanks and best wishes, LDMF.
> Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth Carll, PhD" <ecarll@optonline.net>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 6:33 AM
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
> 
> 
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Best wishes for a productive and successful meeting.  I hope to be able to
> > join you at future meetings.
> >
> > If you are interested in joining the Health and ICT Working Group please,
> > contact me and also include a brief description of your areas of interest.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Elizabeth
> >
> > Dr. Elizabeth Carll
> > Focal Point
> > International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
> > Chair Media/ICT Working Group
> > NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
> > Tel: 1-631-754-2424
> > Fax: 1-631-754-5032
> > ecarll@optonline.net
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf
> > Of Rik Panganiban
> > Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 4:03 AM
> > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I
> >
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > We will do our best to send out news from the Prepcom to the listserv and
> > posted to our websites. I will be posting news to
> http://wsis-online/csnews
> > as well.
> >
> > Nous envoyerons les nouvelles de la Prepcom ? le listserv et ? notre
> > websites. Je vais post? les nouvelles ? http://wsis-online/csnews aussi.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rik Panganiban
> > Communications Coordinator
> > CONGO
> >
> > ===============================================
> > RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator
> >
> > Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> > with the United Nations (CONGO)
> > web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> > email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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From: ldmf at att.net (L. D. Misek-Falkoff)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] *CORR* Disabilities
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----- Original Message ----- 
  From: L. D. Misek-Falkoff 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: Elizabeth Carll, PhD ; ldmf@att.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Updates on WSIS prepcom I


  Dear Elizabeth:

  Hi  and that is helpful.  I'd like to see the passages in fact -- I think you ((add:) are conveying that ?) pwd not dp was so written but just wave if there is more on this.  I was pleased to attend the forum on disabilities btw, in Geneva.

  Very best wishes, :) LDMF.


  Linda D. Misek-Falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Wed Jun 23 12:20:03 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a  telecenter working
 group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Message-ID: <OFDA53E633.81968CB0-ON85256EBC.003E4286-85256EBC.003E4302@edc.org>




 Hi Liss,

I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would certainly
include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
to the Internet.

Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? telecenters,
j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et pense que les
caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le telecenter de limite
parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s publics
d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question de proposer un
rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, qui nous
reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points d'acc?s de la
communaut? ? l'Internet.

Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluir?a
ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los caf?s del cyber
deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino porque esperaba que
fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros t?rminos, tales como
centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quiz?s
es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n simple de la
misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? interesado en
una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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      cc:
      bcc:
      Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
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Hi Just tuning into this.
Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.

I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
smaller communities) ,? community learning networks, community access
points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.

So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
added should be "community access support points"? or some such, and that
CTCs be one such model.

The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
and know of many who would also contribute to this task.

??? ?? Bonjour.

Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop
loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques
(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits
villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s
de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et
de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont
par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles,
mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et
en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
groupe de travail.

Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe
de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire"
--? ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora
voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous
avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les
savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.

Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone
est en vacances.
Liss Jeffrey




At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:




traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo

?Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy

Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore...
andy

Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
otra vez... - andy

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------

????? To:?? plenary@wsis-cs.org
????? cc:
????? bcc:
????? Subject:??? [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org

traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo

Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital  divide
conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
the WSIS process.

During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our  ideas
integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
of telecenters in the information society.

Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature  of
telecenter activities.

I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.

Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui  ont
particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
plupart de bienvenue.

Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.


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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Wed Jun 23 12:23:47 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
Message-ID: <OF775C8EF2.430DAB20-ON85256EBC.003E9A18-85256EBC.003E9A83@edc.org>




 Hi everyone,

The pre-prepcom meeting in Hammamet is underway. I've started to post
summaries to my blog:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog

I plan to post more summaries later today and over the course of the week,
though first I must find an outlet this auditorium so I can recharge my
laptop. :-)

thanks
ac
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From ACarvin at edc.org  Wed Jun 23 12:24:09 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
Message-ID: <OFA4AAE36A.B3D08B9B-ON85256EBC.003EA309-85256EBC.003EA31F@edc.org>




 Hi everyone,

The pre-prepcom meeting in Hammamet is underway. I've started to post
summaries to my blog:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog

I plan to post more summaries later today and over the course of the week,
though first I must find an outlet this auditorium so I can recharge my
laptop. :-)

thanks
ac
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 23 16:10:21 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
In-Reply-To: <OFA4AAE36A.B3D08B9B-ON85256EBC.003EA309-85256EBC.003EA31F@edc.org>
Message-ID: <20040623151021.70563.qmail@web60708.mail.yahoo.com>

Andy,
Congratulations for what you are doing.
It's a great pity that the translation in French is
out and so many people cannot use your message...
English first even in a french and arabic speaking
country... We have to deal with, i dont know how ! one
day perhaps we will find together the solution.
Good job in Hammamet, full success to everybody
All the best
Djilali
--- Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  Hi everyone,
> 
> The pre-prepcom meeting in Hammamet is underway.
> I've started to post
> summaries to my blog:
> 
> http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog
> 
> I plan to post more summaries later today and over
> the course of the week,
> though first I must find an outlet this auditorium
> so I can recharge my
> laptop. :-)
> 
> thanks
> ac
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
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From ciurcina at studiolegale.it  Mon Jun 21 20:43:31 2004
From: ciurcina at studiolegale.it (Marco Ciurcina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [hipatia] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Documents for WSIS I.
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040618094616.047a8ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <40C62DFC.5060100@albany.edu>
	 <1086868637.1939.4.camel@linux.local>
	 <6.1.1.1.0.20040618094616.047a8ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <1087847011.1915.39.camel@mac>

Il ven, 2004-06-18 alle 10:48, karen banks ha scritto:
> hi everyone
> 
> I wonder if we shouldn't set up a wiki for these documents?
I created a page on hipatia's wiki
http://wiki.hipatia.info/wiki/1.3.4/index.php?pagename=SociedadCivil
I made a "rough" example for the Endorsments file: the only one, I
think, could need collaborative work on (so a wiki).
If you think you need it, you can use this wiki as you like for further
documents.
m.c.

>  which i could 
> link to from the wsis-cs.org site and others could also..
> 
> babel!
> 
> Je me demande si nous shouldn't installons un wiki pour ces documents ? ce 
> que je pourrais lier ? de l'emplacement de wsis-cs.org et d'autres 
> pourraient ?galement.
> 
> ?Me pregunto si shouldn't instalamos un wiki para estos documentos? cu?l 
> podr?a ligar del sitio de wsis-cs.org y otros podr?an tambi?n.
> 
> karen
> 
>  > http://mboom.draper.albany.edu/~mciver/WSIS/Summit_2003
> > >
> > > They will be here until 25 June 2004. We need a new site for them. /
> > > Estar?n aqu? hasta el 25 de de junio de de 2004. Necesitamos un sitio
> > > nuevo para ellos. /
> > > Ils seront ici jusqu'? 25 juin 2004. Nous avons besoin d'un nouvel
> > > emplacement pour eux.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> lista coordinadores-hipatia
> coordinadores-hipatia@listas.hipatia.info
> http://listas.hipatia.info/mailman/listinfo/coordinadores-hipatia
> www.listas.hipatia.info - info@listas.hipatia.info


From james.archibald at mcgill.ca  Mon Jun 21 20:46:28 2004
From: james.archibald at mcgill.ca (Jak Archibald)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:47 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hi level panel calls for civil society inclusion in UN system
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040621154422.033b59d8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
Message-ID: <000401c457c8$72789f80$17ecce84@mcgill.ca>

 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Liss Jeffrey
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 3:47 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hi level panel calls for civil society
inclusion in UN system



News we can use!

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11104
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=11104&Cr=civil&Cr1=society
> &Cr=civil&Cr1=society

UN should open itself further to involve civil society, high-level panel
says

21 June 2004 ? As the world's problems grow ever-more complex, the
United Nations should stop limiting its decision-making processes
exclusively to governments and instead needs to open its deliberations
to greater involvement by civil society groups and the private sector, a
blue-ribbon panel recommends
<http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sg2089.doc.htm>  in a new report
released today.

The Chairman of the Panel of Eminent Persons on UN-Civil Society
Relations, former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, said
the growing participation and influence of non-state actors is enhancing
democracy and reshaping multilateralism.

"Civil society organizations are the prime movers of some of the most
innovative initiatives to deal with emerging global trends," he said at
a press briefing on the launch of the report in New York. "Given how the
world has changed, constructively engaging with civil society is a
necessity for the United Nations."

The report, entitled "We the Peoples: Civil Society, the United Nations
and Global Governance," refers to the sometimes-fraught relationship
between civil society groups, such as non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and governments at the UN.

While this relationship has strengthened greatly and multiplied over the
years, "difficulties and tensions have arisen, particularly in the
deliberative process," the report notes.

"Governments do not always welcome sharing what has traditionally been
their preserve," it says. "At the same time, many in civil society are
becoming frustrated; they can speak in the UN but question whether
anyone is listening, or whether their participation has any impact on
outcomes."

The report argues for a paradigm shift in how the UN sees itself, saying
the Organization should foster "multi-constituency" processes that
incorporate the perspectives and abilities of citizen groups, policy
advocates, businesses, local governments and parliamentarians.

"We see the dialogue and the collaboration with non-State actors not as
a threat to governments but as a powerful way to reinvigorate the
intergovernmental process," Mr. Cardoso told the briefing.

The Panel, appointed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February 2003,
recommends that the General Assembly include civil society organizations
more regularly in its affairs. It also calls for increased civil society
dialogues with the Security Council and the appointment of a senior UN
official to promote engagement with civil society.

In addition to Mr. Cardoso, Panel members are affiliated with
governments, NGOs, academia and the private sector and include Bagher
Asadi of Iran, Manuel Castells of Spain, Birgitta Dahl of Sweden, Peggy
Dulany of the United States, Andr? Erd?s of Hungary, Asma Khader of
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South Africa, Mary Racelis of the Philippines, Prakash Ratilal of
Mozambique and Aminata Traor? of Mali.

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From ACarvin at edc.org  Wed Jun 23 16:52:03 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
Message-ID: <OF2E3938F7.0076AAB5-ON85256EBC.0057298B-85256EBC.005729B2@edc.org>




 Try the translation tools on my website again; they worked when I tried
them a few minutes ago. -ac
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Wed Jun 23 18:16:58 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] telecenter / Public access points working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Message-ID: <200406231716.BWI37811@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Dear all,

A sub-theme in the WSIS Action Plan  identified in the list 
of summit themes is "Public access points in places 
accessible to the public".

Civil society is involved in setting up most of these access 
points, often in cooperation with other actors : some 
governments (like France or Canada), Intergovernmental 
organizations (like Unesco, Francophonie and others I may 
not know about) and private sector entities (hardware 
manufacturers, software developers, both proprietary and 
open source). 

If Civil Society takes the initiative of a dedicated group 
on Public Access Points, it would very easily form the core 
of a more multi-constituency interest group, inviting other 
interested actors to discuss such issues and co-organize a 
WSIS Thematic Meeting on that issue. 

I, for one, would be very glad to join such a CS working 
group on Public Access Points and would be happy to help it 
use the functionalities of wsis-online. 

Best

Bertrand

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:20:03 -0400
>From: Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org>  
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of 
a ?telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus  
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
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> Hi Liss,
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>I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I 
would certainly
>include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes 
should be
>included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it 
would be the most
>inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as 
public access
>centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a 
matter of coming up
>with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is 
formed, that
>acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community 
access points
>to the Internet.
>
>Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? 
telecenters,
>j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et 
pense que les
>caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le 
telecenter de limite
>parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je 
suis ouvert
>d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s 
publics
>d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question 
de proposer un
>rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, 
qui nous
>reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points 
d'acc?s de la
>communaut? ? l'Internet.
>
>Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, 
incluir?a
>ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los 
caf?s del cyber
>deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino 
porque esperaba que
>fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros 
t?rminos, tales como
>centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la 
comunidad. Quiz?s
>es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n 
simple de la
>misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? 
interesado en
>una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al 
Internet.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
>Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
>06/21/2004 10:53 AM AST
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>Hi Just tuning into this.
>Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all 
further here.
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>I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely 
important as
>they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too 
far. I agree
>there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi 
workshop and
>seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the 
absence of
>libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, 
especially in
>smaller communities) ,? community learning networks, 
community access
>points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active 
service
>providers), and other groups which go by different names in 
different
>technical and cultural situations, but which play a big 
role in bridging
>digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just 
terminals.) In
>some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this 
working group.
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>So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the 
working group to be
>added should be "community access support points"? or some 
such, and that
>CTCs be one such model.
>
>The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help 
develop its
>contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the 
library community,
>and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
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>??? ?? Bonjour.
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>Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres 
( tout
>importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de 
travail absent trop
>loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de 
travail. Dans un
>atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous 
avons tenu
>l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des 
biblioth?ques
>(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment 
aux des petits
>villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des 
points d'acc?s
>de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les 
sortes des espaces et
>de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou 
espaces qui vont
>par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques 
et culturelles,
>mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur 
num?rique se divise et
>en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non 
simplement.) Dans
>certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe 
appartiennent dans ce
>groupe de travail.
>
>Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais 
propose que le groupe
>de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien 
d'acc?s communitaire"
>--? ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. 
L'eCommons/agora
>voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses 
contributions. Nous
>avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de 
biblioth?que, et les
>savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette 
t?che.
>
>Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre 
redacteur francophone
>est en vacances.
>Liss Jeffrey
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>At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
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>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola 
est? abajo
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>?Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments 
so far; up to now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any 
comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to 
me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If 
anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we 
can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. 
thanks again... -andy
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>Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires 
jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que 
tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la 
liste pl?ni?re
>plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette 
conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait 
commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous 
pouvons savoir ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-
prepcom encore...
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta 
ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto 
de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado 
a la lista
>plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta 
conversaci?n est? tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera 
comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que 
podemos saber cu?les
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n 
del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>????? To:?? plenary@wsis-cs.org
>????? cc:
>????? bcc:
>????? Subject:??? [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the 
possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola 
est? abajo
>
>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet 
conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter 
conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American 
digital  divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali 
DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to 
discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, 
with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists 
more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many 
telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get 
our  ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play 
a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, 
including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This 
means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses 
and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified 
vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how 
members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea 
would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on 
telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try 
to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In 
terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of 
a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary 
nature  of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who 
participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the 
idea. But
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so 
others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most 
welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence 
annuelle de
>CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande 
conf?rence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re 
num?rique que
>nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant 
l'?v?nement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du 
comit? r?gional
>de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des 
participants de
>conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, 
avec beaucoup
>d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de 
telecenter
>davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce 
forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup 
d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait 
faire plus pour
>avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. 
Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, 
leur travail
>inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le 
contenu, l'acc?s,
>l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail 
des telecenters
>est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de 
travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du 
r?le des
>telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par 
cons?quent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient 
de la cr?ation
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait 
d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
>telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail 
existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants 
participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si 
ceci
>signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un 
comit? de
>multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des 
activit?s de
>telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de 
CS qui  ont
>particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait 
int?r?t pour
>l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier 
entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les 
pens?es sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en 
Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los 
E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide 
conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, 
co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con 
los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de 
acoplamiento, con muchos
>de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del 
telecenter
>implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y 
otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter 
se sent?an que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir 
nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters 
desempe?an un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una 
variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el 
lisiado, el g?nero,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? 
distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de 
funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
>m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de 
telecenters en la
>sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar 
al grupo
>plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n 
de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo 
de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las 
ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de 
funcionamiento
>existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los 
representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, 
no soy seguro si
>?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento 
o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza 
interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que 
resolv?a este
>domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la 
idea al grupo
>plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de 
comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
>
>
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>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From veni at veni.com  Wed Jun 23 18:34:57 2004
From: veni at veni.com (veni markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] telecenter / Public access points
  working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <200406231716.BWI37811@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406231716.BWI37811@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20040623203437.02850b30@198.111.183.129>

>If Civil Society takes the initiative of a dedicated group
>on Public Access Points, it would very easily form the core
>of a more multi-constituency interest group, inviting other
>interested actors to discuss such issues and co-organize a
>WSIS Thematic Meeting on that issue.

Pls, talk to the UNDP, as well. THey have a number of initiatives, among 
them the Telecenters.

best,
veni 


From laurent at straskraba.net  Wed Jun 23 18:40:55 2004
From: laurent at straskraba.net (Laurent Straskraba)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] telecenter / Public access points
  working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <200406231716.BWI37811@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406231716.BWI37811@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040623193730.01f8b808@mail.straskraba.net>

If virtual co-operation is possible, I'd also like to be part of this group.

Laurent

work: http://www.icts.sbg.ac.at

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Information Society Researcher / Information Society Representative at UN 
Youth & Student Association of Austria

post: Ontlstrasse 3, A - 4040 Linz, Austria / Europe
mobile: +43.650.7711861 (GMT +1)
e-mail: laurent@straskraba.net
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At 19:16 23.06.2004, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>A sub-theme in the WSIS Action Plan  identified in the list
>of summit themes is "Public access points in places
>accessible to the public".
>
>Civil society is involved in setting up most of these access
>points, often in cooperation with other actors : some
>governments (like France or Canada), Intergovernmental
>organizations (like Unesco, Francophonie and others I may
>not know about) and private sector entities (hardware
>manufacturers, software developers, both proprietary and
>open source).
>
>If Civil Society takes the initiative of a dedicated group
>on Public Access Points, it would very easily form the core
>of a more multi-constituency interest group, inviting other
>interested actors to discuss such issues and co-organize a
>WSIS Thematic Meeting on that issue.
>
>I, for one, would be very glad to join such a CS working
>group on Public Access Points and would be happy to help it
>use the functionalities of wsis-online.
>
>Best
>
>Bertrand
>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:20:03 -0400
> >From: Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org>
> >Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of
>a  telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
> >To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Liss,
> >
> >I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I
>would certainly
> >include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes
>should be
> >included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it
>would be the most
> >inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as
>public access
> >centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a
>matter of coming up
> >with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is
>formed, that
> >acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community
>access points
> >to the Internet.

[...]


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Wed Jun 23 18:23:32 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a 
  telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <OFDA53E633.81968CB0-ON85256EBC.003E4286-85256EBC.003E4302@
 edc.org>
References: <OFDA53E633.81968CB0-ON85256EBC.003E4286-85256EBC.003E4302@edc.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040623130702.03088c38@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

Thanks.
Let's go for it then. Does anyone have an objection to our setting up such 
a working group?
Public access points? Perhaps that way we can also include the wi fi 
groups, who are doing some interesting work which does not chime so well 
with the idea of "centre".

Merci. Devons-nous commencer ceci alors ? Est-ce que personne qui a une 
objection ? notre ?tablissement un tel groupe de travail ?
Points d'acc?s publics ? Peut-?tre sous ce nom nous pouvons ?galement 
inclure les groupes du wi fi, qui effectuent un certain travail int?ressant 
qui ne sonne pas tellement bien avec l'id?e du "centre" ;.

Liss J

At 07:20 AM 23/06/2004, you wrote:




>  Hi Liss,
>
>I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would certainly
>include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
>included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
>inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
>centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
>with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
>acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
>to the Internet.
>
>Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? telecenters,
>j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et pense que les
>caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le telecenter de limite
>parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
>d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s publics
>d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question de proposer un
>rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, qui nous
>reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points d'acc?s de la
>communaut? ? l'Internet.
>
>Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluir?a
>ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los caf?s del cyber
>deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino porque esperaba que
>fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros t?rminos, tales como
>centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quiz?s
>es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n simple de la
>misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? interesado en
>una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>
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>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
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>Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
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>Hi Just tuning into this.
>Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.
>
>I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
>they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
>there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
>seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
>libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
>smaller communities) ,  community learning networks, community access
>points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
>providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
>technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
>digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
>some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.
>
>So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
>added should be "community access support points"  or some such, and that
>CTCs be one such model.
>
>The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
>contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
>and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
>
>        Bonjour.
>
>Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
>importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop
>loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
>atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
>l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques
>(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits
>villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s
>de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et
>de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont
>par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles,
>mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et
>en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
>certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
>groupe de travail.
>
>Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe
>de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire"
>--  ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora
>voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous
>avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les
>savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.
>
>Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone
>est en vacances.
>Liss Jeffrey
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>At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
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>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
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>  Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy
>
>Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
>plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore...
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
>plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
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>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
>       bcc:
>       Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
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>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital  divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our  ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature  of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
>CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
>nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
>de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
>conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
>d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
>davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
>avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
>inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
>l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
>est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
>telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
>telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
>signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
>multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
>telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui  ont
>particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
>l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
>de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
>implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
>m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
>sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
>plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
>existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
>?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
>domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
>plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
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>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Wed Jun 23 18:59:08 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a 
  telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040623135858.0342a9b8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

Thanks.
Let's go for it then. Does anyone have an objection to our setting up such 
a working group?
Public access points? Perhaps that way we can also include the wi fi 
groups, who are doing some interesting work which does not chime so well 
with the idea of "centre".

Merci. Devons-nous commencer ceci alors ? Est-ce que personne qui a une 
objection ? notre ?tablissement un tel groupe de travail ?
Points d'acc?s publics ? Peut-?tre sous ce nom nous pouvons ?galement 
inclure les groupes du wi fi, qui effectuent un certain travail int?ressant 
qui ne sonne pas tellement bien avec l'id?e du "centre" ;.

Liss J

At 07:20 AM 23/06/2004, you wrote:




>  Hi Liss,
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>I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would certainly
>include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
>included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
>inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
>centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
>with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
>acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
>to the Internet.
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>Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? telecenters,
>j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et pense que les
>caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le telecenter de limite
>parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
>d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s publics
>d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question de proposer un
>rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, qui nous
>reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points d'acc?s de la
>communaut? ? l'Internet.
>
>Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluir?a
>ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los caf?s del cyber
>deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino porque esperaba que
>fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros t?rminos, tales como
>centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quiz?s
>es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n simple de la
>misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? interesado en
>una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.
>
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>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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>Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
>Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
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>Hi Just tuning into this.
>Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.
>
>I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
>they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
>there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
>seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
>libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
>smaller communities) ,  community learning networks, community access
>points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
>providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
>technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
>digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
>some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.
>
>So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
>added should be "community access support points"  or some such, and that
>CTCs be one such model.
>
>The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
>contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
>and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
>
>        Bonjour.
>
>Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
>importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop
>loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
>atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
>l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques
>(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits
>villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s
>de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et
>de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont
>par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles,
>mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et
>en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
>certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
>groupe de travail.
>
>Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe
>de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire"
>--  ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora
>voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous
>avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les
>savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.
>
>Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone
>est en vacances.
>Liss Jeffrey
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>At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
>
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>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>  Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy
>
>Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
>plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore...
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
>plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
>       bcc:
>       Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital  divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our  ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature  of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
>CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
>nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
>de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
>conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
>d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
>davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
>avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
>inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
>l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
>est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
>telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
>telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
>signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
>multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
>telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui  ont
>particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
>l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
>de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
>implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
>m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
>sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
>plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
>existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
>?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
>domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
>plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
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>
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From Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr  Wed Jun 23 18:50:02 2004
From: Bruno.Salgues at int-evry.fr (Bruno SALGUES)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
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i have no objection of this type of working group and with the french tour on 
inform:ation society, we have some experience about public point

bruno salgues

Selon Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>:

> 
> Thanks.
> Let's go for it then. Does anyone have an objection to our setting up such 
> a working group?
> Public access points? Perhaps that way we can also include the wi fi 
> groups, who are doing some interesting work which does not chime so well 
> with the idea of "centre".
> 
> Merci. Devons-nous commencer ceci alors ? Est-ce que personne qui a une 
> objection ? notre ?tablissement un tel groupe de travail ?
> Points d'acc?s publics ? Peut-?tre sous ce nom nous pouvons ?galement 
> inclure les groupes du wi fi, qui effectuent un certain travail int?ressant 
> qui ne sonne pas tellement bien avec l'id?e du "centre" ;.
> 
> Liss J
> 
> At 07:20 AM 23/06/2004, you wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >  Hi Liss,
> >
> >I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would certainly
> >include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
> >included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
> >inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
> >centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
> >with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
> >acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
> >to the Internet.
> >
> >Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? telecenters,
> >j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et pense que les
> >caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le telecenter de limite
> >parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
> >d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s publics
> >d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question de proposer un
> >rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, qui nous
> >reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points d'acc?s de la
> >communaut? ? l'Internet.
> >
> >Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluir?a
> >ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los caf?s del cyber
> >deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino porque esperaba que
> >fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros t?rminos, tales como
> >centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quiz?s
> >es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n simple de la
> >misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? interesado en
> >una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >Andy Carvin
> >Program Director
> >EDC Center for Media & Community
> >acarvin @ edc . org
> >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >       cc:
> >       bcc:
> >       Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
> >telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
> >Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
> >Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> >06/21/2004 10:53 AM AST
> >Please respond to plenary           <font size=-1></font>
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Hi Just tuning into this.
> >Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.
> >
> >I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
> >they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
> >there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
> >seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
> >libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
> >smaller communities) ,  community learning networks, community access
> >points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
> >providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
> >technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
> >digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
> >some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.
> >
> >So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
> >added should be "community access support points"  or some such, and that
> >CTCs be one such model.
> >
> >The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
> >contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
> >and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
> >
> >        Bonjour.
> >
> >Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
> >importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop
> >loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
> >atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
> >l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques
> >(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits
> >villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s
> >de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et
> >de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont
> >par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles,
> >mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et
> >en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
> >certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
> >groupe de travail.
> >
> >Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe
> >de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire"
> >--  ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora
> >voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous
> >avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les
> >savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.
> >
> >Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone
> >est en vacances.
> >Liss Jeffrey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
> >
> >  Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to
> now
> >they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
> >the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
> >that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
> >like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
> >the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy
> >
> >Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
> >they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
> >commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
> >plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
> >ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
> >satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
> >qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore...
> >andy
> >
> >Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
> >ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
> >que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
> >plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est? tan
> >abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
> >satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
> >es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
> >otra vez... - andy
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >Andy Carvin
> >Program Director
> >EDC Center for Media & Community
> >acarvin @ edc . org
> >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >
> >       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >       cc:
> >       bcc:
> >       Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
> >telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
> >Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
> >
> >traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
> >
> >Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
> >Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
> >USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital  divide
> >conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
> >co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
> >conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
> >interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
> >the WSIS process.
> >
> >During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
> >activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our  ideas
> >integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
> >their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
> >education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
> >of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
> >groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
> >of telecenters in the information society.
> >
> >Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
> >about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
> >an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
> >ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
> >blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
> >protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
> >or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature  of
> >telecenter activities.
> >
> >I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
> >Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
> >wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
> >have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
> >
> >Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
> >CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
> >telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
> >nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
> >accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
> >de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
> >conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
> >d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
> >davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
> >d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
> >telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
> >avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
> >telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
> >inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
> >l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
> >est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
> >rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
> >telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
> >demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
> >d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
> >travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
> >telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
> >essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
> >telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
> >signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
> >multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
> >telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui  ont
> >particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
> >l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
> >d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
> >plupart de bienvenue.
> >
> >Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
> >CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
> >convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
> >Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
> >del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
> >de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
> >de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
> >implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
> >conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
> >nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
> >integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
> >amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
> >incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
> >el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
> >entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
> >m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
> >sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
> >plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
> >funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
> >funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
> >telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
> >existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
> >del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
> >?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
> >del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
> >las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
> >representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
> >domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
> >plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
> >los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >Andy Carvin
> >Program Director
> >EDC Center for Media & Community
> >acarvin @ edc . org
> >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> >-------------------------------------------------
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> >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 23 20:50:33 2004
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a   telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040623135858.0342a9b8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
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With the development of new collaborative ideas and technology across the world, it would be best to keep the definitions as broad as possible to enable  new "creative-communitybased-organizations" to develop and be included.
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell

Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net> wrote:

Thanks.
Let's go for it then. Does anyone have an objection to our setting up such 
a working group?
Public access points? Perhaps that way we can also include the wi fi 
groups, who are doing some interesting work which does not chime so well 
with the idea of "centre".

Merci. Devons-nous commencer ceci alors ? Est-ce que personne qui a une 
objection à notre établissement un tel groupe de travail ?
Points d'accès publics ? Peut-être sous ce nom nous pouvons également 
inclure les groupes du wi fi, qui effectuent un certain travail intéressant 
qui ne sonne pas tellement bien avec l'idée du "centre" ;.

Liss J

At 07:20 AM 23/06/2004, you wrote:




> Hi Liss,
>
>I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would certainly
>include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
>included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
>inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
>centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
>with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
>acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
>to the Internet.
>
>Je conviens complètement. Quand je me réfère à CTCs et à telecenters,
>j'inclurais certainement des bibliothèques, par exemple, et pense que les
>cafés de cyber devraient être inclus. J'ai employé le telecenter de limite
>parce que j'ai espéré qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
>d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'accès ou l'accès publics
>d'Internet de la communauté. Peut-être c'est une question de proposer un
>rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est formé, qui nous
>reconnaît sont intéressé par une large gamme des points d'accès de la
>communauté à l'Internet.
>
>Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluiría
>ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los cafés del cyber
>deben ser incluidos. Utilicé el telecenter del término porque esperaba que
>fuera el más inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros términos, tales como
>centros del acceso o acceso públicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quizás
>es una cuestión de venir para arriba con una declaración simple de la
>misión para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce está interesado en
>una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> cc:
> bcc:
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Liss Jeffrey 
>Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
>06/21/2004 10:53 AM AST
>Please respond to plenary 
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Hi Just tuning into this.
>Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.
>
>I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
>they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
>there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
>seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
>libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
>smaller communities) , community learning networks, community access
>points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
>providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
>technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
>digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
>some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.
>
>So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
>added should be "community access support points" or some such, and that
>CTCs be one such model.
>
>The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
>contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
>and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
>
> Bonjour.
>
>Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
>importants qu'ils sont) devrais rétrécir le groupe de travail absent trop
>loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
>atelier et une conférence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
>l'hiver passé, nous avons été préoccupés par l'absence des bibliothèques
>(où beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situés au Canada, notamment aux des petits
>villes ), des réseaux d'apprentissage de la communauté, des points d'accès
>de la communauté (une limite générale pour toutes les sortes des espaces et
>de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui vont
>par différents noms dans différentes situations techniques et culturelles,
>mais qui jouent un grand rôle en jetant un pont sur numérique se divise et
>en fournissant l'accès signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
>certains cas, de pensée de groupe, des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
>groupe de travail.
>
>Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le groupe
>de travail à ajouter devrait être points" de soutien d'accès communitaire"
>-- ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel modèle. L'eCommons/agora
>voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider à développer ses contributions. Nous
>avons également les relations avec la communauté de bibliothèque, et les
>savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient également à cette tâche.
>
>Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur francophone
>est en vacances.
>Liss Jeffrey
>
>
>
>
>At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
>traduction française est ci-dessous / traducción española está abajo
>
> Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again... -andy
>
>Grâce à chacun who's m'a envoyé des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've été tout à fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'idée m'obtiennent envoyés à la liste plénière
>plutôt que juste en privé ; de cette façon cette conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de réunion de pre-prepcom encore...
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
>plenaria más bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversación está tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, así que podemos saber cuáles
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reunión del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> cc:
> bcc:
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin >
>traduction française est ci-dessous / traducción española está abajo
>
>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourné de la conférence annuelle de
>CTCNet à Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conférence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la première numérique que
>nord-américain divisent des conférences. Pendant l'événement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comité régional
>de l'Amérique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
>conférence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante très, avec beaucoup
>d'intérêt en obtenant les activistes nord-américains de telecenter
>davantage impliqués dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estimé que nous car une communauté pourrait faire plus pour
>avoir nos idées intégrées dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large rôle dans leurs communautés, leur travail
>inclut une variété de thèmes, y compris l'éducation, le contenu, l'accès,
>l'handicapé, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
>est distribué parmi plusieurs de nos comités et groupes de travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifiée du rôle des
>telecenters dans la société de l'information. Par conséquent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe plénier ce que les membres penseraient de la création
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon idée serait d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des idées
>telecenter-connexes créées par les groupes de travail existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les représentants participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas sûr si ceci
>signifierait la création d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comité de
>multi-dépositaire, donné la nature interdisciplinaire des activités de
>telecenter. J'ai discuté l'idée avec les représentants de CS qui ont
>participé à Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait intérêt pour
>l'idée. Mais j'ai voulu suggérer l'idée au groupe plénier entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pensées sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia más grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recibí un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteamérica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Teníamos una discusión muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
>de interés en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
>implicados más en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sentían que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podría hacer más para conseguir nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempeñan un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educación, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el género,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters está distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haciéndolo
>más difícil de generar una visión unificada del papel de telecenters en la
>sociedad de información. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
>plenario cómo los miembros se sentirían sobre la creación de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea sería tener un grupo de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construiría en las ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
>existentes, después intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En términos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
>éste significaría la creación de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berlín que resolvía este
>domingo, y había interés en la idea. Pero deseé sugerir la idea al grupo
>plenario entero así que otros tendrían la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayoría de la recepción.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
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From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSS in Latin America - Preliminary Research
Message-ID: <p06110413bcffaf4c5ac7@[192.168.1.10]>


I'm trying to compile a list of projects, organizations and people 
who are working on Free and Open Source (FOSS) projects in the Latin 
America and Caribbean (LAC) region for a research project that I am 
involved in.

If you have time, i'd very much appreciate you completing the short 
form below and sending it back to me.

The results of this informal survey will be added to the results of 
the consultation which was done with a small number of Latin American 
NGOs at the 5th International Forum of Software Libre this past June 
in Porto Alegre Brazil .

I look forward to your comments.

Kindest regards,

Robert Guerra


#### FOSS Projects in LAC - Short Questionnaire ###


Name / Organization:

Location : (region/city/country)

Activities: Focus and/or  aim  of project

Geographic Scope: location where project is taking place in LAC region

Contact Person(s):

URL:


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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Wed Jun 23 21:42:02 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Following events real-time
Message-ID: <p06110402bcff9b92e844@[192.168.1.10]>

I'd been to chat online (realtime) with those who might happen to be 
attending the Tunis PrepCom.

My IM details are as follows:


Yahoo: rguerra
aim: cryptocobi
icq: 10266626
MSN: privaterra@hotmail.com
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Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 08:35:12 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a   telecenter working
 group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Message-ID: <OF57BAD007.73B57A4F-ON85256EBD.0029ABDB-85256EBD.0029AD22@edc.org>




 I'm very glad to hear so many people are interested in the idea. This
morning at the CS plenary at 9am, I am going to suggest we hold a meeting
tomorrow afternoon for people here in Hammamet who have expressed interest
in starting up this work. I mainly want to identify people, CS
organizations, donors, private sector entities, etc, that are stakeholders
in this issue who happen to be here in Hammamet, so we can talk to them in
person. Then we can organizer a broader group online, and identify some
specific work goals.

Je suis tr?s heureux d'entendre tant de personnes sont int?ress?s par
l'id?e. Ce matin ? la session pl?ni?re de CS ? 9am, je vais sugg?rer que
nous tenions une r?union demain apr?s-midi pour les personnes ici dans
Hammamet qui ont montr? un int?r?t en commen?ant vers le haut de ce
travail. Je veux principalement identifier les personnes, les organismes de
CS, les donateurs, les entit?s de secteur priv?, etc.., qui sont des
d?positaires dans cette issue qui s'av?rent justement ?tre ici dans
Hammamet, ainsi nous pouvons leur parler chez la personne. Puis nous
organisateur de bidon par plus large groupe en ligne, et identifions
quelques buts sp?cifiques de travail.

Soy muy alegres o?r a tan mucha gente est?n interesados en la idea. Esta
ma?ana en la sesi?n plenaria del CS en los 9am, voy a sugerir que
celebramos una reuni?n ma?ana por la tarde para la gente aqu? en Hammamet
que ha expresado inter?s en comenzar encima de este trabajo. Deseo
principalmente identificar la gente, las organizaciones del CS, los
donantes, las entidades del sector privado, los etc, que son los tenedores
de apuestas en esta edici?n que suceden estar aqu? en Hammamet, as? que
podemos hablarellos con en persona. Entonces organizador de la lata al
grupo m?s amplio en l?nea, e identificamos algunas metas espec?ficas del
trabajo.

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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      To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
      cc:
      bcc:
      Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
06/23/2004 01:23 PM AST
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Thanks.
Let's go for it then. Does anyone have an objection to our setting up such
a working group?
Public access points? Perhaps that way we can also include the wi fi
groups, who are doing some interesting work which does not chime so well
with the idea of "centre".

Merci. Devons-nous commencer ceci alors ? Est-ce que personne qui a une
objection ? notre ?tablissement un tel groupe de travail ?
Points d'acc?s publics ? Peut-?tre sous ce nom nous pouvons ?galement
inclure les groupes du wi fi, qui effectuent un certain travail int?ressant
qui ne sonne pas tellement bien avec l'id?e du "centre" ;.

Liss J

At 07:20 AM 23/06/2004, you wrote:




>  Hi Liss,
>
>I agree completely. When I refer to CTCs and telecenters, I would
certainly
>include libraries, for example, and think that cyber cafes should be
>included. I used the term telecenter because I hoped it would be the most
>inclusive, but I'm certainly open to other terms, such as public access
>centers or community Internet access. Perhaps it is a matter of coming up
>with a simple mission statement for this group, if it is formed, that
>acknowledges we're interested in a broad range of community access points
>to the Internet.
>
>Je conviens compl?tement. Quand je me r?f?re ? CTCs et ? telecenters,
>j'inclurais certainement des biblioth?ques, par exemple, et pense que les
>caf?s de cyber devraient ?tre inclus. J'ai employ? le telecenter de limite
>parce que j'ai esp?r? qu'il serait le plus inclus, mais je suis ouvert
>d'autres limites, telles que les centres d'acc?s ou l'acc?s publics
>d'Internet de la communaut?. Peut-?tre c'est une question de proposer un
>rapport simple de mission pour ce groupe, s'il est form?, qui nous
>reconna?t sont int?ress? par une large gamme des points d'acc?s de la
>communaut? ? l'Internet.
>
>Convengo totalmente. Cuando refiero a CTCs y a telecenters, incluir?a
>ciertamente bibliotecas, por ejemplo, y pienso que los caf?s del cyber
>deben ser incluidos. Utilic? el telecenter del t?rmino porque esperaba que
>fuera el m?s inclusivo, pero estoy abierto a otros t?rminos, tales como
>centros del acceso o acceso p?blicos del Internet de la comunidad. Quiz?s
>es una cuesti?n de venir para arriba con una declaraci?n simple de la
>misi?n para este grupo, si se forma, que nos reconoce est? interesado en
>una amplia gama de los puntos de acceso de la comunidad al Internet.
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
>       bcc:
>       Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
>Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
>06/21/2004 10:53 AM AST
>Please respond to plenary           <font size=-1></font>
>
>
>
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>
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>
>Hi Just tuning into this.
>Our take is that a more inclusive approach would get us all further here.
>
>I think to limit this working group to telecentres (hugely important as
>they are) would be to narrow the missing working group too far. I agree
>there is a working group missing. In a Canadian wsis-smsi workshop and
>seminar that we held last winter, we were troubled by the absence of
>libraries (where many "ctcs" in fact are located in Canada, especially in
>smaller communities) ,  community learning networks, community access
>points (a general term for all sorts of spaces and active service
>providers), and other groups which go by different names in different
>technical and cultural situations, but which play a big role in bridging
>digital divides and providing meaningful access (not just terminals.) In
>some cases, our group thought cybercafes belong in this working group.
>
>So I agree something is missing, but suggest that the working group to be
>added should be "community access support points"  or some such, and that
>CTCs be one such model.
>
>The eCommons/agora would like to join this group and help develop its
>contributions. We also have extensive contacts with the library community,
>and know of many who would also contribute to this task.
>
>        Bonjour.
>
>Je pense pour limiter ce groupe de travail aux telecentres ( tout
>importants qu'ils sont) devrais r?tr?cir le groupe de travail absent trop
>loin. Je conviens qu'il y a des disparus d'un groupe de travail. Dans un
>atelier et une conf?rence canadiens de wsis-smsi que nous avons tenu
>l'hiver pass?, nous avons ?t? pr?occup?s par l'absence des biblioth?ques
>(o? beaucoup des "ctcs" sont situ?s au Canada, notamment aux des petits
>villes ), des r?seaux d'apprentissage de la communaut?, des points d'acc?s
>de la communaut? (une limite g?n?rale pour toutes les sortes des espaces
et
>de fournisseurs de service actifs), et d'autres groupes ou espaces qui
vont
>par diff?rents noms dans diff?rentes situations techniques et culturelles,
>mais qui jouent un grand r?le en jetant un pont sur num?rique se divise et
>en fournissant l'acc?s signicatif (les ordinateurs non simplement.) Dans
>certains cas, de pens?e de groupe,  des cyber cafe appartiennent dans ce
>groupe de travail.
>
>Ainsi je conviens que quelque chose est absente, mais propose que le
groupe
>de travail ? ajouter devrait ?tre points" de soutien d'acc?s communitaire"
>--  ou quelques tels, et ce CTCs soient un tel mod?le. L'eCommons/agora
>voudrait joindre ce groupe et aider ? d?velopper ses contributions. Nous
>avons ?galement les relations avec la communaut? de biblioth?que, et les
>savons de beaucoup qui contribueraient ?galement ? cette t?che.
>
>Pardonnez-moi pour mon francais execrable, mais notre redacteur
francophone
>est en vacances.
>Liss Jeffrey
>
>
>
>
>At 08:53 AM 18/06/2004, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>  Hi everyone... Thanks to everyone who's sent me comments so far; up to
now
>they've been quite positive. I'd like to request that any comments about
>the idea get sent to the plenary list rather than just to me privately;
>that way this conversation is as open as possible. If anyone else would
>like to comment, please do so by this coming Monday, so we can know what
>the consensus is in time for the pre-prepcom meeting. thanks again...
-andy
>
>Gr?ce ? chacun who's m'a envoy? des commentaires jusqu'ici ; jusqu'ici
>they've ?t? tout ? fait positif. I'd aiment demander que tous les
>commentaires au sujet de l'id?e m'obtiennent envoy?s ? la liste pl?ni?re
>plut?t que juste en priv? ; de cette fa?on cette conversation est aussi
>ouverte comme possible. Si n'importe qui autrement voudrait commenter,
>satisfaire faites ainsi par ce prochain lundi, ainsi nous pouvons savoir
ce
>qu'est le consensus pour les mercis de r?union de pre-prepcom encore...
>andy
>
>Los gracias a cada uno who's me enviaron comentarios hasta ahora; hasta
>ahora they've sido absolutamente positivo. I'd tienen gusto de solicitar
>que cualquier comentario sobre la idea me consigue enviado a la lista
>plenaria m?s bien que apenas privado; esa manera esta conversaci?n est?
tan
>abierta como sea posible. Si cualquier persona quisiera comentar,
>satisfacer haga tan por este lunes que viene, as? que podemos saber cu?les
>es el consenso en la hora para las gracias de la reuni?n del pre-prepcom
>otra vez... - andy
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>       To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
>       cc:
>       bcc:
>       Subject:    [WSIS CS-Plenary] exploring the possibility of a
>telecenter working group/multi-stakeholder caucus
>Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org
>
>traduction fran?aise est ci-dessous / traducci?n espa?ola est? abajo
>
>Hi everyone.... I have just returned from the annual CTCNet conference in
>Seattle, Washington. CTCNet is the largest telecenter conference in the
>USA and has become one of the premiere North American digital  divide
>conferences. During the event I hosted a forum with Amali DeSilva,
>co-coordinator of the North America regional caucus, to discuss WSIS with
>conference attendees. We had a very engaging discussion, with a lot of
>interest in getting North American telecenter activists more involved in
>the WSIS process.
>
>During this forum and other conversations about WSIS, many telecenter
>activists felt that we as a community could do more to get our  ideas
>integrated into the WSIS process. Because telecenters play a broad role in
>their communities, their work includes a variety of themes, including
>education, content, access, the disabled, gender, etc. This means the work
>of telecenters is distributed amongst many of our caucuses and working
>groups, making it more difficult to generate a unified vision of the role
>of telecenters in the information society.
>
>Therefore, I would like to ask the plenary group how members would feel
>about the creation of a telecenter working group. My idea would be to have
>an interdisciplinary working group that would build on telecenter-related
>ideas created by the existing working groups, then try to "fill in the
>blanks" with participating telecenter representatives. In terms of
>protocol, I am not sure if this would mean the creation of a working group
>or a multi-stakeholder caucus, given the interdisciplinary nature  of
>telecenter activities.
>
>I have discussed the idea with CS representatives who participated in the
>Berlin meeting this Sunday, and there was interest in the idea. But
>wanted to suggest the idea to the entire plenary group so others would
>have the opportunity to comment. All thoughts are most welcome.
>
>Bonjour chacun.... Je suis juste retourn? de la conf?rence annuelle de
>CTCNet ? Seattle, Washington. CTCNet est la plus grande conf?rence de
>telecenter aux Etats-Unis et a devenu de la premi?re num?rique que
>nord-am?ricain divisent des conf?rences. Pendant l'?v?nement j'ai
>accueilli un forum avec Amali DeSilva, Co-coordonnateur du comit? r?gional
>de l'Am?rique du Nord, pour discuter WSIS avec des participants de
>conf?rence. Nous avons eu une discussion s'engageante tr?s, avec beaucoup
>d'int?r?t en obtenant les activistes nord-am?ricains de telecenter
>davantage impliqu?s dans le processus de WSIS. Pendant ce forum et
>d'autres conversations au sujet de WSIS, beaucoup d'activistes de
>telecenter ont estim? que nous car une communaut? pourrait faire plus pour
>avoir nos id?es int?gr?es dans le processus de WSIS. Puisque les
>telecenters jouent un large r?le dans leurs communaut?s, leur travail
>inclut une vari?t? de th?mes, y compris l'?ducation, le contenu, l'acc?s,
>l'handicap?, le genre, etc... Ceci signifie que le travail des telecenters
>est distribu? parmi plusieurs de nos comit?s et groupes de travail, le
>rendant plus difficile de produire d'une vision unifi?e du r?le des
>telecenters dans la soci?t? de l'information. Par cons?quent, je voudrais
>demander au groupe pl?nier ce que les membres penseraient de la cr?ation
>d'un groupe de travail de telecenter. Mon id?e serait d'avoir un groupe de
>travail interdisciplinaire qui construirait sur des id?es
>telecenter-connexes cr??es par les groupes de travail existants, puis
>essaye au "fill dans le blanks" ; avec les repr?sentants participants de
>telecenter. En termes de protocole, je ne suis pas s?r si ceci
>signifierait la cr?ation d'un groupe de travail ou d'un comit? de
>multi-d?positaire, donn? la nature interdisciplinaire des activit?s de
>telecenter. J'ai discut? l'id?e avec les repr?sentants de CS qui  ont
>particip? ? Berlin rencontrant ce dimanche, et il y avait int?r?t pour
>l'id?e. Mais j'ai voulu sugg?rer l'id?e au groupe pl?nier entier ainsi
>d'autres auraient l'occasion de commenter. Toutes les pens?es sont la
>plupart de bienvenue.
>
>Acabo de volver de la conferencia anual de CTCNet en Seattle, Washington.
>CTCNet es la conferencia m?s grande del telecenter de los E.E.U.U. y tiene
>convertido de la premier que digital norteamericano divide conferencias.
>Durante el acontecimiento recib? un foro con Amali DeSilva, co-coordinador
>del caucus regional de Norteam?rica, para discutir WSIS con los asistentes
>de la conferencia. Ten?amos una discusi?n muy de acoplamiento, con muchos
>de inter?s en conseguir activistas norteamericanos del telecenter
>implicados m?s en el proceso de WSIS. Durante este foro y otras
>conversaciones sobre WSIS, muchos activistas del telecenter se sent?an que
>nosotros pues una comunidad podr?a hacer m?s para conseguir nuestras ideas
>integradas en el proceso de WSIS. Porque los telecenters desempe?an un
>amplio papel en sus comunidades, su trabajo incluye una variedad de temas,
>incluyendo la educaci?n, el contenido, el acceso, el lisiado, el g?nero,
>el etc. Esto significa que el trabajo de telecenters est? distribuido
>entre muchos de nuestros caucuses y grupos de funcionamiento, haci?ndolo
>m?s dif?cil de generar una visi?n unificada del papel de telecenters en la
>sociedad de informaci?n. Por lo tanto, quisiera preguntar al grupo
>plenario c?mo los miembros se sentir?an sobre la creaci?n de un grupo de
>funcionamiento del telecenter. Mi idea ser?a tener un grupo de
>funcionamiento interdisciplinario que construir?a en las ideas
>telecenter-relacionadas creadas por los grupos de funcionamiento
>existentes, despu?s intenta al "fill en el blanks" con los representantes
>del telecenter que participan. En t?rminos del protocolo, no soy seguro si
>?ste significar?a la creaci?n de un grupo de funcionamiento o de un caucus
>del multi-tenedor de apuestas, dado la naturaleza interdisciplinaria de
>las actividades del telecenter. He discutido la idea con los
>representantes del CS que participaron en la Berl?n que resolv?a este
>domingo, y hab?a inter?s en la idea. Pero dese? sugerir la idea al grupo
>plenario entero as? que otros tendr?an la oportunidad de comentar. Todos
>los pensamientos son la mayor?a de la recepci?n.
>
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Jun 24 09:08:05 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
In-Reply-To: <OF2E3938F7.0076AAB5-ON85256EBC.0057298B-85256EBC.005729B2@edc.org>
Message-ID: <20040624080805.37406.qmail@web60707.mail.yahoo.com>

Andy, sorru to disturb you !
You are one among the very rare colleagues who try to
translate your message in french and spanish....
Thanks a lot for that.... When you propose to use your
translation tools on your website this advice is
usefull for those who like us can access to internet
by DSL or cable but it is quite difficult for those
who in Africe access with RTC. So if it is possible
you can put directly your translation on the main
message.
I know that it require time and normally it is the
duty of our colleagues who are in charge of the CS.
They should find a sustainable solution to this
problem of translation.
Best regards
Djilali
--- Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org> wrote: 
>  Try the translation tools on my website again; they
> worked when I tried
> them a few minutes ago. -ac
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 10:22:01 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
Message-ID: <OF6FCAD3FE.030D1840-ON85256EBD.003373E8-85256EBD.0033746A@edc.org>




 Bruno Oudet has offered to translate my prepcom blogs into French for the
list. If there is a volunteer who will do the same in Spanish, I would
truly appreciate it. Meanwhile, I will post my blogs directly to the list
so members will not have to rely on the Web for reading them.

Bruno Oudet a offert de traduire mes blogs de prepcom en Fran?ais pour la
liste. S'il y a un volontaire qui fera la m?me chose dans l'Espagnol, je
l'appr?cierais vraiment. En attendant, je signalerai mes blogs directement
? la liste ainsi les membres ne devront pas compter sur le Web pour la
lecture ils.

Bruno Oudet ha ofrecido traducir mis blogs del prepcom a franc?s para la
lista. Si hay un voluntario que har? igual en espa?ol, apreciar?a verdad.
Mientras tanto, fijar? mis blogs directamente a la lista as? que los
miembros no tendr?n que confiar en el Web para la lectura ellos.
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 10:34:25 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] summary of yesterday's meetings, in English
Message-ID: <OF6CED1FC6.155381F0-ON85256EBD.00349595-85256EBD.0034973F@edc.org>




 Summary of yesterday's civil society meetings, in English. We will try to
get French and Spanish translations if possible.

Sommaire des r?unions civiles de soci?t? de yesterday's, en anglais. Nous
essayerons d'obtenir des traductions fran?aises et espagnoles si possible.

Resumen de las reuniones civiles de la sociedad de yesterday's, en ingl?s.
Intentaremos conseguir traducciones francesas y espa?olas si es posible.

Prepcom  civil society meeting, June 23

This morning at the Hammamet Medina, Civil Societybegan a day-long meeting
regarding the WSIS prepcom meeting, which will officially open tomorrow
morning. After opening comments from Renate Bloem,  she then welcomed
Charles Geiger of the WSIS Executive Secretariate.Geiger explained the
history of the UN?s interest in hosting world summits. ?Each summit creates
their own rules,? he said. ?This summit is special because it has two
phases. On the first summit the governments decided on the rules of
procedure?. A world summit is basically an intergovernmental summit, while
businesses, international organizations and civil society act as
observers.?

?The origins of this summit was that the Tunisian government proposed the
summit at a meeting of the ITU in Minnesota in 1998?. It was then brought
into the UN system, and there was a resolution that was the basis of this
becoming a UN summit. They said the first phase would take place in Geneva
in 2003, and the second phase would be in Tunisia in 2005.?

?There were two breakthroughs at WSIS. You were able to create civil
society bureaus so you could speak with one voice. Plus there were joint
bureau meetings in which civil society and business were invited to meet
with governments. Governments don?t like to do new things, but once they
do, they probably will continue.? Geiger said he couldn?t guarantee it
would happen in this phase as well, but hoped it would, perhaps starting
with a joint bureau meeting this Friday at 6pm.

?At the first summit we had two declarations, so the question now comes,
what is left for phase two?? he said. ?Here I can only make guesses, since
I cannot speak for the governments. There is unfinished business on?
Internet governance and financing mechanisms [for a digital divide fund].?

Geiger said there would probably be a second prepcom in Geneva next
February, followed by a third prepcom in the late summer, either in Geneva
or Tunis. There will also be regional meetings in Brazil, in Ghana in
February and one hosted by the Arab League.

Civil Society Content & Themes, and WSIS-Online

The next plenary session focused on civil society?s work in the WSIS
process in terms of generating content for official WSIS documents and
activities.  Renate Bloem opened the session noting that during the first
prepcom meeting of the first round of WSIS, civil society was ?totally
excluded.? Complaints about this eventually led to the establishment of an
official WSIS civil society bureau that would have a legitimate seat at the
table, and would be able to submit input on various relevant topics by
civil society organizations.  During the second prepcom, civil society
representatives divided themselves into various working groups on themes
such as human rights, gender, Internet governance, etc, but this was
limited to those people who were physically represented at the meeting,
meaning that some potential topics might have fallen through the cracks.

?The idea of establishing a civil society bureau was a very, very good one,
but we must make sure the process is as democratic and legitimate as
possible,? she said. Over the next day, civil society groups will have to
decide who amongst them will want to speak during two 15-minute time slots
in the plenaries this Friday and Saturday morning.

Next, Steve Buckley from the civil society content and themes group offered
more details on the process. These self-selected working groups were based
upon various common interests and geographic regions. The groups would then
develop positions on relevant Internet issues and submit them to the
content and themes group, whose task it would be to develop the ideas into
a unified position document representing all of civil society participating
in WSIS. During the first round of WSIS, he said, civil society groups felt
that their ideas weren?t being taken seriously, though almost half of the
ideas suggested by civil society ended up making it into the official
documents. Still, he said, this needs improvement, and we should push to
re-open the issue so more of the positions of civil society get accepted by
the participating governments.

Governments, he said, clearly have unfinished business to do regarding
Internet governance and the financing of digital divide initiatives,  but
that should not stop us from advocating our ideas and trying to get them
included in the final WSIS documents. The WSIS plan of action, he said,
needs more specifics. Civil society should also hold governments
accountable to what they?ve promised to do throught this process. Last,
civil society must make sure that governments take human rights seriously;
in particular, he cited the Tunisian government?s evolving policies as an
important barometer for seeing if governments address the issue in ways
that are satisfactory to civil society.

The final speaker was Bertrand de la Chapelle, who gave a demonstration of
the website www.wsis-online.net. A community platform for civil society
activists, the website is intended to be used by groups so they can
coordinate their WSIS-related activities.  The site allows users to create
event listings, working groups, organizational and personal profiles, etc,
all sorted by particular civil society interests. The website?s database
then allows users to sort people and organizations based on these interests
so they can identify each other and hopefully partner with each other to
meet civil society goals.

Youth Caucus breakout session

Discussion of new facilitator to replace Nick Moraitis, who will transition
out of the role. Find co-facilitators, one based in Tunisia and one in
Europe, might be worth exploring.

Ideas for the youth caucus to consider as it moves forward in the process:

- Reaffirm ongoing youth involvement in the prepcoms

- Organize youth consultations at a national level to collect youth input
on relevant issues being discussed through WSIS

- Identifying practical ways youth can be involved in implementing aspects
of the Declaration and Plan of Action to reach the MDGs

- Organize an officially recognized youth summit within the Tunis WSIS
phase



UNDP finance taskforce

Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director of UNDP?s Bureau for
Development Policy, brief ed civil society members on a new UNDP taskforce
which will discuss financing mechanisms for bridging the digital divide
between developed and developing nations. The taskforce, yet to be formed,
will feature representatives from government, civil society and the private
sector, who will identify successful strategies for funding sustainable,
replicable models to bridge the divide. Nishimoto said the UNDP will seek
nominations for experts with experience in implementing funding programs
and digital divide initiatives, including  programs that have creatively
addressed the divide from various perspectives, including infrastructure,
education, content, etc.

Nishimoto expects the taskforce to be constituted by the end of July, with
work commencing immediately via the Internet and occasional in-person
meetings. Mark Malloch Brown, director of UNDP, has asked Nishimoto to
report the findings of the taskforce by this December, in order to allow
for time to review the report prior to the second Prepcom meeting, expected
to be in Geneva early in 2005. Nishimoto predicted around 17 or 18
taskforce members; there will also likely be a mechanism for non-members of
this taskforce to submit opinions on the subject via the Internet.

Janis Karklins and the Lella Baya House Band

Late last night, civil society representatives had the opportunity to chat
with Ambassador Janis Karklins of Latvia, who has been nominated to become
president of the Prepcom of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society. Karklins, who literally arrived at the Lella Baya
Hotel five minutes prior to the meeting at 10:30pm, quickly joined the
group of 15 civil society representatives, hosted by Renate Bloem of CONGO.
Sitting outside by the pool as a rather obnoxious Spanish dance band
performed 100 meters away, Karklins described the basic procedures that had
been adopted unanimously by the Prepcom bureau in Geneva. As the dance
music throbbed in the background, the group asked questions on a variety of
issues, including press freedoms during the Tunis phase,  ensuring adequate
speaking time for civil society representatives,  human rights in the hot
country and various procedural issues. Because of the extraordinarily loud
music vibrating everyone to the bone, sometimes it was rather difficult to
hear what was said; nonetheless, civil society representatives seemed to
appreciate the 45 minutes he gave to the group at such a late hour.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 10:58:21 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <OF23955EF3.259E7811-ON85256EBD.0036C7FA-85256EBD.0036C834@edc.org>




At the Yasmine Hammamet Medina in Tunisia this morning, Mr. Utsumi of the
International Telecommunications Union opened the first preparatory meeting
(prepcom)  of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information
Society. He said we should now move beyond making declarations and embrace
real action to bridge the digital divide. ?I now call on governments,
private sector and civil society to find common ground.?  The
representative of the Swiss government discussed a range of issues,
including the role of civil society in the WSIS process. He said that he
felt civil society?s contributions have helped stimulate ideas amongst
governments, and reiterated the importance of civil society participating
throughout the process.

The Tunisian government representative then welcomed the plenary audience
on behalf of Tunisian President Ben Ali. ?I am convinced that the
complimentary of the summit process, with its first phase in Geneva and the
second phase in Tunis? will strengthen the bonds of international
solidarity,? he said. He then went on to reaffirm the importance of civil
society and the private sector participating in the process.  He added that
civil society should ?intensify? their participation in the process, saying
they are ?an essential element? for the establishment of the information
society. As part of the Tunisian government?s support of civil society
participation, he called for a permanent UN fund for financing the
participation of civil society in the WSIS process. He then said the
Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to help
facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
disabled. He said these groups would also receive free space to display
their activities at the Tunis summit. Similarly, he offered free space for
small private sector companies interested in presenting at the summit.

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Jun 24 10:54:51 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
References: <OF23955EF3.259E7811-ON85256EBD.0036C7FA-85256EBD.0036C834@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DAA4EB.20152C5D@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Andy Carvin wrote:
> He then said the
> Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to help
> facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
> disabled. 

I understood 400,000 dinars. Anyone else?

Ralf



From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 12:06:47 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <OFC030CB13.5DD9FA4D-ON85256EBD.003D0B10-85256EBD.003D0BDA@edc.org>




 You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.

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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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Andy Carvin wrote:
> He then said the
> Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to
help
> facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
> disabled.

I understood 400,000 dinars. Anyone else?

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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 12:07:04 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <OFC8AD4247.217D7F4D-ON85256EBD.003D1231-85256EBD.003D12B1@edc.org>




 You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.

-------------------------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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      Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
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Andy Carvin wrote:
> He then said the
> Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to
help
> facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
> disabled.

I understood 400,000 dinars. Anyone else?

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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Thu Jun 24 12:14:03 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] E/F prepcom opening ceremony
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24.06.04

Here a first step. (To be corrected).
Ici un premier pas! (A correger.)

At the Yasmine Hammamet Medina in Tunisia this morning, Mr. Utsumi of the
International Telecommunications Union opened the first preparatory meeting
(prepcom) of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information
Society. He said we should now move beyond making declarations and embrace
real action to bridge the digital divide. ?I now call on governments,
private sector and civil society to find common ground.? The
representative of the Swiss government discussed a range of issues,
including the role of civil society in the WSIS process. He said that he
felt civil society?s contributions have helped stimulate ideas amongst
governments, and reiterated the importance of civil society participating
throughout the process.

Chez le Yasmine Hammamet Medina en Tunisie ce matin, M. Utsumi de l'union 
de t?l?communications internationale a ouvert la premi?re s?ance 
pr?paratoire (prepcom) de la phase de Tunis du sommet du monde sur la 
soci?t? de l'information. Il a dit que nous devrions maintenant nous 
d?placer au del? de faire des d?clarations et embrasser la vraie action 
pour jeter un pont sur le num?rique divisez. " J' invite maintenant les 
gouvernements, le secteur priv? et la soci?t? civile ? trouver la terre 
commune." Le repr?sentant du gouvernement suisse a discut? une gamme des 
issues, y compris le r?le de la soci?t? civile dans le processus de WSIS. 
Il a dit qu'il a senti des contributions de la soci?t? civile ont aid? ? 
stimuler des id?es parmi des gouvernements, et a r?it?r? l'importance de la 
soci?t? civile participant dans tout le processus.

The Tunisian government representative then welcomed the plenary audience
on behalf of Tunisian President Ben Ali. "I am convinced that the
complementarity of the summit process, with its first phase in Geneva and the
second phase in Tunis will strengthen the bonds of international
solidarity," he said. He then went on to reaffirm the importance of civil
society and the private sector participating in the process. He added that
civil society should "intensify" their participation in the process, saying
they are "an essential element" for the establishment of the information
society. As part of the Tunisian government's support of civil society
participation, he called for a permanent UN fund for financing the
participation of civil society in the WSIS process. He then said the
Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars (USD $160,000) to help
facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
disabled. He said these groups would also receive free space to display
their activities at the Tunis summit. Similarly, he offered free space for
small private sector companies interested in presenting at the summit.

Le repr?sentant tunisien de gouvernement a alors souhait? la bienvenue aux 
assistances pl?ni?res au nom du Pr?sident Ben Ali de Tunisie. "Je 
convaincues que l'?logieux du processus de sommet, avec sa premi?re phase ? 
Gen?ve et la deuxi?me phase ? Tunis renforcera les liens de la solidarit? 
internationale" il a dit. Il a alors continu? pour r?affirmer l'importance 
de la soci?t? civile et du secteur priv? participant au processus. Il a 
ajout? que la soci?t? civile devrait augmenter leur participation au 
processus, parce qu'ils sont "un ?l?ment essentiel"pour l'?tablissement de 
la soci?t? de l'information. En tant qu'?l?ment de l'appui de le 
gouvernement tunisien de la participation civile de soci?t?, il a r?clam? 
des fonds permanents de l'ONU pour financer la participation de la soci?t? 
civile dans le processus de WSIS. Il a alors dit que le gouvernement 
tunisien contribuerait 200.000 dinars (USD $160.000) ? l'aide facilitent la 
participation des repr?sentants civils de soci?t? du monde en voie de 
d?veloppement, en particulier groupes repr?sentant la jeunesse, femmes et 
l'handicap?. Il dit ces groupes recevrait ?galement l'espace libre pour 
montrer leurs activit?s au sommet de Tunis. De m?me, il a offert l'espace 
libre pour de petites compagnies de secteur priv? int?ress?es ? se 
pr?senter au sommet.


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From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: SV: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0944@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

400.000 dinars i noted,

Rikke


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Fra: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org p? vegne af Ralf Bendrath
Sendt: to 24-06-2004 11:54
Til: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Emne: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
 
Andy Carvin wrote:
> He then said the
> Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to help
> facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
> disabled. 

I understood 400,000 dinars. Anyone else?

Ralf


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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Thu Jun 24 12:36:00 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
In-Reply-To: <OFC8AD4247.217D7F4D-ON85256EBD.003D1231-85256EBD.003D12B1@
 edc.org>
References: <OFC8AD4247.217D7F4D-ON85256EBD.003D1231-85256EBD.003D12B1@edc.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040624073506.033a7e90@mail.bydesign-elab.net>


Pls confirm as we are also informing quite a few people.
200 - 400 k?


At 07:07 AM 24/06/2004, you wrote:




>  You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
>translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
>200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Jun 24 12:41:03 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] blogging from pre-prepcom meeting
In-Reply-To: <OF6FCAD3FE.030D1840-ON85256EBD.003373E8-85256EBD.0033746A@edc.org>
Message-ID: <20040624114103.21087.qmail@web60709.mail.yahoo.com>

Andy,
1million thanks to you and to bruno
All the best
Djilali
--- Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  Bruno Oudet has offered to translate my prepcom
> blogs into French for the
> list. If there is a volunteer who will do the same
> in Spanish, I would
> truly appreciate it. Meanwhile, I will post my blogs
> directly to the list
> so members will not have to rely on the Web for
> reading them.
> 
> Bruno Oudet a offert de traduire mes blogs de
> prepcom en Français pour la
> liste. S'il y a un volontaire qui fera la même chose
> dans l'Espagnol, je
> l'apprécierais vraiment. En attendant, je signalerai
> mes blogs directement
> à la liste ainsi les membres ne devront pas compter
> sur le Web pour la
> lecture ils.
> 
> Bruno Oudet ha ofrecido traducir mis blogs del
> prepcom a francés para la
> lista. Si hay un voluntario que hará igual en
> español, apreciaría verdad.
> Mientras tanto, fijaré mis blogs directamente a la
> lista así que los
> miembros no tendrán que confiar en el Web para la
> lectura ellos.
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
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>
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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Thu Jun 24 12:55:38 2004
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: Fw: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <093101c459e2$6c212910$72f8cbc4@KAWAMURA>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hiroshi Kawamura" <hkawa@attglobal.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony


> I heard 400,000 too.
>
> Hiroshi Kawamura
> Disability Focal Point
> DAISY Consortium
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ralf Bendrath" <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 6:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
>
>
> > Andy Carvin wrote:
> > > He then said the
> > > Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars  (USD $160,000) to
> help
> > > facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> > > developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and
the
> > > disabled.
> >
> > I understood 400,000 dinars. Anyone else?
> >
> > Ralf
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
>



From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 13:01:04 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <OF2C83E820.B385D53F-ON85256EBD.00420408-85256EBD.0042044E@edc.org>




 Will try to track down at least two other sources and report back soon.

-------------------------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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      To:   plenary@wsis-cs.org
      cc:
      bcc:
      Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
06/24/2004 07:36 AM AST
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Pls confirm as we are also informing quite a few people.
200 - 400 k?


At 07:07 AM 24/06/2004, you wrote:




>  You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
>translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
>200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>

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From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Thu Jun 24 13:09:43 2004
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
References: <OFC8AD4247.217D7F4D-ON85256EBD.003D1231-85256EBD.003D12B1@edc.org> <6.0.0.22.2.20040624073506.033a7e90@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
Message-ID: <093f01c459e4$25f3d990$72f8cbc4@KAWAMURA>

Andy Carvin has just confirmed and corrected to 400,000 dinar.

Hiroshi for Andy, whose e-mails are currently bounced by unknown reason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Liss Jeffrey" <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony


> 
> 
> Pls confirm as we are also informing quite a few people.
> 200 - 400 k?
> 
> 
> At 07:07 AM 24/06/2004, you wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >  You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
> >translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
> >200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >Andy Carvin
> >Program Director
> >EDC Center for Media & Community
> >acarvin @ edc . org
> >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 13:34:57 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
Message-ID: <OFB15030C3.2312F37D-ON85256EBD.00451DAC-85256EBD.00451E34@edc.org>




 Thanks for posting this; for some reason my messages to the list have been
bouncing.

-------------------------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------













      To:   <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
      cc:
      bcc:
      Subject:    Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony
"Hiroshi Kawamura" <hiroshikawamura@attglobal.net>
Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
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Andy Carvin has just confirmed and corrected to 400,000 dinar.

Hiroshi for Andy, whose e-mails are currently bounced by unknown reason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Liss Jeffrey" <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] prepcom opening ceremony


>
>
> Pls confirm as we are also informing quite a few people.
> 200 - 400 k?
>
>
> At 07:07 AM 24/06/2004, you wrote:
>
>
>
>
> >  You might be right; I was in the back row and the audio from the
> >translation headsets isn't great. If anyone else heard 400k rather than
> >200k, please let me know and I will correct my blog.
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >Andy Carvin
> >Program Director
> >EDC Center for Media & Community
> >acarvin @ edc . org
> >http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> >-------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
>
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 13:55:07 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Phlogging from the prepcom
Message-ID: <OF012CD336.939BFB7F-ON85256EBD.0046F680-85256EBD.0046F70F@edc.org>




 Rather than fill my blog's homepage with large photos, I've started to
post some pictures to my photo blog at phlog.net:

http://www.phlog.net/user/acarvin

You can  also access them from a list of photos included on the left column
of my blog's homepage:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog

 So far I've posted some pics of Renate Bloem, Bruno Oudet and myself.

Enjoy.. -ac

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From nne75 at yahoo.com  Thu Jun 24 14:02:27 2004
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ] African civil society participation at Tunisia PrepCom1 critically low
Message-ID: <20040624130227.651.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com>

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African civil society participation at Tunisia PrepCom1 critically low

By Emrakeb Assefa - Highway Africa News Agency

 

YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 23, 2004 Civil Society Organizations (CSO) attending the First Preparatory Committee (PrepCom1) meeting of the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) expressed today a deep concern over the low level of African participation in the meeting.  

 

“Representation of African civil society organizations is very poor, and the number is so minimal as to be non-existent,” Baguma Tinkasimier Richard, General Secretary of United Nations Association of Uganda, said, noting that attending such meetings would be too expensive for most African NGOs.  He was one among the four sub-Saharan African NGOs currently participating in the Civil Society caucus meeting, a pre-event to the PrepCom1 which will open tomorrow here in Hammamet, Tunisia.

 

Charles Geiger, deputy executive director of the WSIS Executive Secretariat also voiced a similar concern and blamed a lack of funding for the low African attendance in the PrepCom one.  

 

Geiger said, “We were concerned over the low level of participation from Africa in the previous WSIS in Switzerland. But we are more worried now because it has reached a critical point.” He believes the level of African participation in the Tunisia phase would be even lower because Switzerland, the host country of the first phase of WSIS, no longer provided financial support to NGOs.  

 

Meanwhile, Moncef Achour, seconded by the Tunisian government to serve as Civil Society liaison with WSIS Executive Secretariat, admitted that African participation was indeed limited, but his government is doing its level best to overcome the financial problem.  He promised that by PrepCom Two, which is scheduled to take place in February, more finance would be made available to the African NGOs to a grater representation.

 

The difficulty for African participants in the Tunisia Phase has been further exacerbated by the practical problem of travelling.  Several African delegates arriving in Tunisia complained of the time consuming and exhausting travel they had to endure in order to reach Tunisia.

 

“I have to travel over three continents before reaching Tunisia,” Baguma Tinkasimier Richard complained, stating that on leaving Uganda he had to make a 30-hour trip via  Nairobi, Dubai and Paris. “Yet, Tunisia is on the same continent as my country Uganda.”

 

The PrepCom 1 is the first of a series of PrepCom meetings to be held ahead of the Second Phase of WSIS scheduled to be take place in mid November in Tunis.  WSIS is the first UN Summit to be held in two phases to address the issue of Information Society.  The First Phase, which was held from 10-12 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland, closed with governments endorsing declaration of principles and plan of action, documents aiming to address the issue of bridging the digital divide between developing and developed world.

 

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From ACarvin at edc.org  Thu Jun 24 15:49:42 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] telecenter discussion, Friday at 2pm in Hammamet
Message-ID: <OF1AE35D57.D367FE6A-ON85256EBD.00517442-85256EBD.0051746C@edc.org>




en/fr/es

I just wanted to confirm that I will host a telecenter/public Intenet
access points meeting here in Hammamet tomorrow (friday) at 2pm in meeting
room A6, which is one of the rooms available to civil society here at the
prepcom. I do not think we will be able to do a live Internet broadcast, so
we I will post a summary after the meeting, and will then schedule an
online discussion that will allow broader participation. RSVPs are
certainly not required, but please feel free to send me an email if you
plan to attend.

Je veux confirmer que j'accueillerai des points d'acc?s de
telecenter/public Intenet se r?unissant ici dans Hammamet demain (vendredi)
? 2pm dans le lieu de r?union A6, qui est l'une des chambres disponibles ?
la soci?t? civile ici au prepcom. Je ne pense pas que nous pourrons faire
une ?mission de phase d'Internet, ainsi nous je signalerons un sommaire
apr?s la r?union, et puis programmerons une discussion en ligne qui
permettra une plus large participation. RSVPs ne sont pas certainement
exig?s, mais se sentent svp libre pour m'envoyer un email si vous projetez
?tre pr?sente.

Deseo confirmar que reciba los puntos de un acceso de telecenter/public
Intenet que satisfacen aqu? en Hammamet ma?ana (viernes) en los 2pm en el
sitio de reuni?n A6, que es uno de los cuartos disponibles para la sociedad
civil aqu? en el prepcom. No pienso que podremos hacer una difusi?n viva
del Internet, as? que yo fijaremos un resumen despu?s de la reuni?n, y
despu?s programar una discusi?n en l?nea que permita una participaci?n m?s
amplia. RSVPs no se requiere ciertamente, sino se siente por favor libre
enviarme un email si usted planea atender.

thanks,
ac
-------------------------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From laurent at straskraba.net  Thu Jun 24 16:00:50 2004
From: laurent at straskraba.net (Laurent Straskraba)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] telecenter discussion, Friday at 2pm in
  Hammamet
In-Reply-To: <OF1AE35D57.D367FE6A-ON85256EBD.00517442-85256EBD.0051746C@
 edc.org>
References: <OF1AE35D57.D367FE6A-ON85256EBD.00517442-85256EBD.0051746C@edc.org>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040624165916.01f27a88@mail.straskraba.net>

Dear Andy,

yes, I'd like to attend the online discussion. Please let me know when and 
where it will take place since I'll be at a working meeting as well.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Laurent

At 16:49 24.06.2004, you wrote:




>en/fr/es
>
>I just wanted to confirm that I will host a telecenter/public Intenet
>access points meeting here in Hammamet tomorrow (friday) at 2pm in meeting
>room A6, which is one of the rooms available to civil society here at the
>prepcom. I do not think we will be able to do a live Internet broadcast, so
>we I will post a summary after the meeting, and will then schedule an
>online discussion that will allow broader participation. RSVPs are
>certainly not required, but please feel free to send me an email if you
>plan to attend.
>
>Je veux confirmer que j'accueillerai des points d'acc?s de
>telecenter/public Intenet se r?unissant ici dans Hammamet demain (vendredi)
>? 2pm dans le lieu de r?union A6, qui est l'une des chambres disponibles ?
>la soci?t? civile ici au prepcom. Je ne pense pas que nous pourrons faire
>une ?mission de phase d'Internet, ainsi nous je signalerons un sommaire
>apr?s la r?union, et puis programmerons une discussion en ligne qui
>permettra une plus large participation. RSVPs ne sont pas certainement
>exig?s, mais se sentent svp libre pour m'envoyer un email si vous projetez
>?tre pr?sente.
>
>Deseo confirmar que reciba los puntos de un acceso de telecenter/public
>Intenet que satisfacen aqu? en Hammamet ma?ana (viernes) en los 2pm en el
>sitio de reuni?n A6, que es uno de los cuartos disponibles para la sociedad
>civil aqu? en el prepcom. No pienso que podremos hacer una difusi?n viva
>del Internet, as? que yo fijaremos un resumen despu?s de la reuni?n, y
>despu?s programar una discusi?n en l?nea que permita una participaci?n m?s
>amplia. RSVPs no se requiere ciertamente, sino se siente por favor libre
>enviarme un email si usted planea atender.
>
>thanks,
>ac
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 15:39:17 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] report from WSIS CS information sessions 23 June
Message-ID: <45602470-C5EC-11D8-BBD4-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

[apologies if this is received more than once]

Civil Society Information Sessions June 23, 2004
Medina Conference Centre, Hammamet

By Rik Panganiban, Conference of NGOs


Please find here a report on the civil society information sessions 
organized by the Conference of NGOs in cooperation with the WSIS 
Executive Secretariat which took place on 23 June 2004 at the Medina 
Conference Centre in Hammamet. Presentations were given by Charles 
Geiger of the WSIS executive secretariat, Shoji Nishimoto of the Task 
Force on Financing Mechanisms, and Markus Kummar of the Working Group 
on Internet Governance, as well as by Renata Bloem of CONGO, Steve 
Buckley on behalf of Content and Themes, and Bertrand de la Chapelle 
for Wsis-online.net.  There were approximately 80 participants at this 
forum, which was open to all participants without accreditation or 
registration necessary.


CHARLES GEIGER, WSIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Charles Geiger of the WSIS Executive Secretariat explained the 
background on the WSIS process in relation to civil society.  He put 
the WSIS within the context of UN summits in general, and the rules for 
civil society participation that have come through the summit process.  
He noted that the WSIS was unique for the principal role of civil 
society and the private sector within the process, as well as the 
innovation of the creation of a civil society bureau to interface with 
the government bureau on questions of procedure.

He gave his views on what is the purpose of phase II of the WSIS.  Out 
of the WSIS Phase I, there were two left open issues: internet 
governance and financing mechanism, which were referred to new working 
groups for further work and discussions. The Working group on internet 
governance is to issue a report to Prepcom II on its progress.  The 
Task force on financing mechanisms will undergo a stock taking exercise 
to analyze the different funding mechanisms.  This should be done by 
September.

The Prepcoms will proceed until the summit in November 2005.  Prepcom 
II is likely to be February 2005 in Geneva. Prepcom III should be in 
September 2005  in Geneva or Tunisia.

On the Declaration, he thought that governments will not re-open the 
declaration, that is they will not insert new issues. Regarding 
meetings between now and Tunis 2005, he noted that there were two types 
of meetings foreseen. Regional meetings are expected in Latin America, 
Africa (in February, Accra), and an Arab meeting. Thematic Meetings are 
also going to be organized, including one on Spam by ITU and a UNESCO 
meeting on freedom of information. There is a question of how thematic 
meetings are decided and labeled which will be decided here.

At the Tunis Summit itself, there is anticipated to be a political 
document and an action plan.  There will probably not have a +5 process 
for the WSIS, such as has occurred for other UN summits.  There is the 
challenge of mainstreaming Tunis into UN system in general.

He raised the issue of civil society liaisons for Phase I were both 
working for secretariat and for bureau of civil society. Civil society 
liaisons for Phase II will no longer serve as the secretaries for the 
bureau to make their role more clear.

There will be two speaking slots for civil society on Friday morning 
and Saturday morning.


MONCEF ACHOUR, WSIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Moncef Achour, Civil Society Liaison of the WSIS executive secretariat, 
congratulated Renata Bloem and CONGO for having organized this meeting, 
and for their spirit of cooperation.  He noted the funding that Tunisia 
had offered to facilitate the participation of civil society from the 
developing world, and urged others to help find the funds possible to 
ensure they are better represented in the WSIS.  He highlighted the 
participation of African civil society and the diaspora as particularly 
important.

Responding to question from a representative of FIDH, Charles Geiger 
noted that there is no such thing as ?political approval? of NGOs. The 
Executive Secretariat submits to governments the files from applicants. 
  Approval occurs usually during 1st day of the prepcom. As far as he 
knew, Human Rights in China were not formally refused.  If files are 
complete then the secretariat should put it on to Prepcom II. If the 
secretariat does not recommend an NGO, it has to explain why it does 
not recommend. Organizations have to be  legally recognized in their 
country.  There is no exception possible.


MARKUS KUMMAR, INTERNET GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
Markus Kummar, head of the secretariat of the internet governance 
working group, gave a presentation on this body.  He noted that there 
were two views on how to deal with internet governance expressed in 
Phase I,  The first was for some kind of multilateral forum for 
dialogue on the UN system.  The second was for a more private-sector 
driven solutions that ?don?t mess with what works.? There was broad 
agreement on the principles of multilateral cooperation, transparency, 
democracy and the necessity of the involvement of governments, the 
private sector, civil society and international organizations.

The tasks of the working group are:
?	To Define Internet Governance, with the choices between a narrow 
technical one or a broad and political one.
?	To Identify Public policy issues
?	To define the roles of various actors in field ? developing a list of 
who does what

The working group will draw up a report for the Tunis Summit.

The Members will be appointed by UNSG, with 15-20 members anticipated. 
There is the need to balance efficiency and legitimacy, with some 
consideration for regional balance and gender.  The main criteria will 
be the qualifications of the members. At least 3-4 meetings will be 
necessary and in between need 2-3 rounds of open-ended consultations 
with governments and stakeholders.  There may be a need for separate 
expert meetings. The final report should be issued by July 2005. The 
working group will have to do some of its work online.

On the composition of the working group, there are various formulas 
being proposed, between ? perhaps one-third government, one-third civil 
society and one-third private sector or perhaps half government and 
half civil society and private sector. The working group will operate 
in parallel to the prepcoms and report at the 3rd prepcom on its work.

RENATA BLOEM, CONGO
Renata Bloem, secretary general of the Conference NGOs, gave a brief 
history of civil society participation at WSIS.  She noted how the 
civil society liaisons of the secretariat initiated the idea of a civil 
society bureau as a counter-part to the government bureau to liaise 
with them on questions of procedure, not content.  The bureau has been 
composed of ?families? of civil society including various 
constituencies and regions of civil society groups to bring legitimacy 
and representativity to the body.

Meanwhile the Content and Themes group has served to bring together 
civil society working groups and caucuses and individual groups to work 
together on shared projects, such as drafting joint texts, organizing 
meetings with governments and holding press briefings.

During the Paris Intersessional and the Third Prepcom civil society 
interventions were allowed during key parts of the official 
negotiations, as well as limited participation within the working 
groups.  Meanwhile the civil society plenary, the grouping of all the 
accredited NGOs present, served as the primary decision-making body for 
civil society.


STEVE BUCKLEY, CONTENT AND THEMES
Steve Buckley of AMARC explained the work of the Content and Themes 
group, which has served as a coordinating body for civil society work 
on the ?substance? and advocacy during the WSIS.  The content and 
themes brings together the various caucuses and working groups to work 
together and share information collaboratively.  The group serves to 
important role of as a monitor of government activity.


BERTRAND DE LA CHAPELLE, WSIS-ONLINE.NET
Bertrand de la Chapelle of WSIS-online gave a presentation on the WSIS 
community web platform. He noted that the Geneva format is likely to be 
reused in Tunis Summit. I.e. large plenary and parallel events. There 
are 11 agenda items in the Declaration from Phase I.  The website 
wsis-online is built along these lines.  He gave a demonstration of the 
functions on the website, including interlinked databases of 
organizations, individuals, projects and events, indexed by the 11 
agenda items.  He concluded that the website was just a tool, which 
does not replace action but only serves to increase visibility of the 
different actions and actors.


SHOJI NISHIMOTO, UNDP
Shoji Nishimoto of UNDP presented on his work as secretariat of the 
Task Force on Financing Mechanisms.  The current financing mechanisms 
have never really been that successful.  The US funds for AIDS, 
Japanese funds for ICTs for example.  So when you talk about additional 
financial mechanisms, it is a challenge.

There is an opportunity for funds from developed countries to the 
developing world.  He noted the importance of non conventional sources, 
i.e corporate responsibility, consumer contributions.

The job of the Task Force is to provide informed, professional 
analysis. It will engage in data gathering and assessment of what kind 
of financing are available.  Are they working well, achieving what 
kinds of results? What are the gaps?  It will involve private sector 
and civil society as well as governments.  It will take a more holistic 
view before focusing on a particular mechanism.

The Team will be composed of 16-17 members. Membership is merit-based, 
rather than political.  An initial brainstorming session has already 
occurred.  They will finalize their findings to Mark Malloch-Brown by 
Mid-July. The first meeting of the task force will be mid to late 
September.  The report will be done by the end of December 2004 A 
series of working papers are being produced. By end of November, we 
should have the final version from  the secretariat. He emphasized that 
specific recommendations for members of the task force welcome.

He recommended a number of mechanisms, including infrastructure 
investment that is ?pro-poor,? corporate solutions, and consumer 
solutions.   On the Solidarity Fund, he argued that as a huge 
general-purpose fund for ICT development, it probably won?t work.  
However its is important to know what is the specific purpose of a 
solidarity fund is.


Report by Rik Panganiban, Conference of NGOs.  Apologies for any errors 
or omissions in this report.  He can be reached at 
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org.

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524


From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 16:18:47 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Request for Comments : Government contributions for Hammamet
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[apologies if this is received twice]

Bertrand,

This an excellent summary of the state-of-play of the various positions 
of the governments.  I don't know how much we can develop a consensus 
position among the various groups represented in the WSIS on these 
organizational issues.  However I think we can all agree that whatever 
meetings are approved by the Prepcom, whether Prepcoms, regional 
meetings and thematic meetings, should have rules of procedure that 
ensure minimum standards of transparency and participation.  That is:

*	Information about the holding of thematic and regional meetings 
should be sent out widely to all stakeholders and other interested 
parties with sufficient advance notice to ensure adequate time to 
prepare for participation.

*	Rules of procedure of thematic and regional meetings should allow for 
meaningful civil society participation, including the ability to 
distribute documents and to make verbal interventions.

*	Accreditation to any thematic and regional meetings should be open to 
all WSIS stakeholders, and ideally beyond to those who are not 
accredited to the official process but have critical viewpoints and 
expertise related to the meeting in question.

*	Mechanisms for online contributions and participation in thematic and 
regional meetings should be made possible for those who are not able to 
travel to the various venues.

Rik Panganiban

On 21 juin 04, at 15:15, Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE wrote:

>
> Dear friends,
>
> Some governments have made contributions in the perspective
> of the Hammamet meeting that are posted on the Executive
> Secretariat web site. They basically address the following
> themes :
>
> - The opportunity and content of a Political Declaration in
> Tunis
> - The structure and format of the Tunis Summit
> - The organization of the preparatory process
> - The need for mechanisms for the post-Tunis period
>
> I encourage you to read them - particularly those from
> Canada, Switzerland and the European Union.
>
> Across these themes, some points of potential convergence
> emerge and are briefly outlined below.
>
> As civil society is likely to be taking the floor at least
> three times for about 15 minutes, they may be worth
> discussing on the Plenary list to see whether civil society
> supports them or not, or has other priorities. These points
> are in no way a complete description of all comments
> submitted.
>
> I ? USING THE 11 THEMES IDENTIFIED IN GENEVA
>
> The first phase of the WSIS process has identified 11 Themes
> that structure the Declaration of Principles and Plan of
> Action adopted in Geneva :
> ? Role of governments and other stakeholders in the promotion
> of ICTs for Development
> ? Information and Communication Infrastructure
> ? Access to Information and Knowledge
> ? Capacity Building
> ? Building confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
> ? Enabling environment
> ? ICT Applications
> ? Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and
> Local Content
> ? Media
> ? Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society
> ? International and Regional Cooperation
>
> Several contributions mention these themes could help
> structure the preparatory process, the various Thematic
> events to take place in the period leading up to Tunis and
> the Tunis Summit itself.
>
> As a matter of fact, themes 1 and 11 could be grouped
> separately, as they relate more to implementation mechanisms
> (national e-strategies and international organizations.
>
> what is the position of civil society on tusin this list of
> themes, knowing that :
> - the priority order may not be the one that civil society
> would prefer
> - it is clear that this list will not be reopened for
> discussion before Tunis
> - a list of sub-themes contained in the Action Plan
> (see "List of summit themes" on the wsis-online web site)
> could provide some additional "hooks" to put issues on the
> Agenda
>
>
> II ? KEEPING THE GENEVA FORMAT FOR TUNIS
>
> It is proposed to organized Tunis, like Geneva, around  a
> plenary session, plus ?summit events? with conferences and
> exhibitions.
>
> Canada (supported by Switzerland) proposes in addition to
> organize the summit events around the 11 themes in the form
> of ?@tents?, that is distinct spaces devoted to each theme,
> with multistakeholder participation.
>
> They also suggest that 3-4 small ?Advisory groups? be
> responsible for clusters of 3-4 themes. They would be
> composed of actors from the 4 constituencies (governments,
> international organizations, civil society and private
> sector) and oversee the organization of the ?@tents? with up
> to 11 sub-groups.
>
> Setting up of these groups would be the responsibility of the
> Executive Secretariat.
>
> What does civil society think of these notions ?
>
> III ? THEMATIC MEETINGS
>
> Thematic meetings, potentially along the 11 themes above,
> should help structure the preparatory phase .
>
> The European Union has outlined a list of possible criteria
> for a meeting to be granted the label ?WSIS Thematic
> Meeting? :
> ? the meeting is being organised on the initiative of a
> recognised WSIS stakeholder from a  government, the civil
> society, the private sector or an appropriate international
> organisation;
> ? the subject matter is relevant  to the WSIS agenda;
> ? the outcomes of such meetings could be fed into the WSIS
> preparatory process proper for noting or endorsement by
> stakeholders, as they deem fit;
> ? participation in the meeting is open to all WSIS
> stakeholders and, as far as possible, financial costs of
> participation should not be prohibitive;
> ? the meeting has no financial implications for the WSIS
> budget.
>
> What is civil society's position ? Should it in particular
> support the criteria that an event should be open to all
> stakeholders to be qualified as Thematic Event ?
>
> IV ? STOCK ? TAKING
>
> Several contributions rightly underscore the need for a
> comprehensive stock-taking exercise during the coming months,
> by governments and international organizations but also by
> private sector and civil society entities to identify ?who
> does (or could do) what? in each of the 11 Themes.
>
> This opens up the question : How to organize in the most
> efficient, economic and useful way such a stock-taking
> exercise among 200 countries, more than 25 intergovernmental
> organizations and several hundreds of civil society entities
> and private sector companies ?
>
> How would civil society like to take part in such a stock-
> taking exercise ?
>
>
> V ? MORE GENERALLY
>
> Many of these comments (in particular EU, Canada,
> Switzerland) reaffirm the need to involve civil society, even
> more so now that we are moving ?from Principles to Action?
> and get into the implementation phase. This is recommended
> for the preparatory process, the summit itself (in particular
> in the organization of Summit Events) and in the organization
> of Thematic Events.
>
> The European Union stresses the need for limited PrepComs (2
> are suggested, one in the winter of 2004-2005) and the othr
> one in September 2005, and Australia recommends short ones
> used mostly to review reports on progress at the thematic or
> regional levels.
>
> Finally, several comments insist on not reopening the debate
> on the documents adopted in Geneva, and aiming at a short and
> strong Politicla Document (A ?visionary Chair?s Statement on
> the importance of the Information Society? in Canada?s view,
> a ?political preamble reaffirming the commitment to
> implementation of the DoP and PoA, and an more operative
> part? for the EU).
>
> These various aspects could be discussed during the
> orientation session on the 23rd and comments on the plenary
> from those who cannot participate in Hammamet are certainly a
> useful input.
>
> Best to all
>
> Bertrand
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From aizu at anr.org  Thu Jun 24 19:32:15 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Note from Today's Plenary on Internet Governance
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Here follows is my informal note taken today from the
Plenary Meeting herein Hammamet on the subject
of Internet Governance.

After Mr. Kummer made his report/presentation,
many govenrments, led by India and other developing
countries, gave questions and comments asking him to
make the Internet Governance Working group as an
"open-ended" one, not a restrictive one. Very interesting
discussion.

Note: these are just wha tI heard, but no guaranatee
of accuracy. (and sorry for cross-posting).

izumi
---------

Report on Internet Governance
Markus Kummer
I have two hats:
  Swiss ministry and UN hat
But as of July 1 - head of the secretariat on Working Group of Internet 
Governance

Process be open and inclusive with full participation of governments, 
private sector and civil society from both developed and developing countries

Expectation is high
The result of Geneva:
  -the beginning of broad-based multilateral process on Internet governance;
  mandate to UN SG to setup WGIG
  WGIG is to report to the second phase of the Summit in Tunis in Nov 2005
Adapting global governance to the needs of the 21st Century
  That allow all stakeholders to participate
Basis for WGIG
  Principles enshrined in Geneva Declaration
   Now is a global facility, should be multiliaterla, transparent and democratic
  The manamgement should involve fully governments, civil society, private sector

Two schools of thought
  First school
  With the legitimacy of UN system,
  Not replace nor infringe the existing institution
It relates to national sovereignty

Other school
  Present system works well, if itain't broken, don't fix it
System I private sector driven,

Agenda of WGIG
  WGIG will have to decide on the scope of its mandate
   Narrow, technical definition vs broad definition

Two documents of Geneva adopted set the reference
  Identify public policy issues
  Take stock on who does what

Process
  Be "open" and "inclusive" and ensure full participation of government and 
all stakeholders
  No single organization in charge: - direct mandate from WSIS to UNSG
Open and inclusive character of the group:
Stakeholders, and governments
	WG as part of WSIS process not accepted, WSIS process not satisfactory for 
private sector and civil society - to give more inclusive
UN ICT TF -^ as possible model  - given equal access
  Strong emphasis on open-ended, but this group is not for negotiation, but 
gathering facts and come up with solutions
Balance between efficiency and legitimacy
  Interact with all stakeholders, we may need two-tier system,
  Alternate from closed WGIG and open-ended consultations,
  Expert be invited
Developing country participation is essential, including but not limited to 
travel funding
  Process to Tunis reflect these priorities

The Secretariat
  To provide support to UN SG

3 phases
  1 - July - October 2004
  start from small group, to become fully operational,
  with appointment of Chairperson,
  to composition of WGIG, profile of its work
  important: balanced composition
   region,
composition of WGIG be complete by Oct 2004

Second phase:
To start Nov 2004
   To set own agenda
  3 meetings will be needed, in between, open-ended consultation, 2 or 3 rounds
First meeting - Nov or Dec 2004,
  Make use of gathering in PrepCom, back to back to the PrepCom
Further round April or May

To setup advisory board, on eminent person and expert

Report will be issued no later than July 2005

Third phase - after publication of Report
The WGIG and a core group of Secretariat will accompany the process until Tunis
Secretariat will scale down

Main priorities for the first phase and preliminary conclusion
Need for broad based consultation on structure of WGIG and profile of its members
Need to make sure all government and major stakeholders feel represented by 
the WGIG
WGIG can only successful if all stakeholder will recognize themselves in 
the final report

Question

Brazil
Reasoning on organization of the Group
  You can read out the document  your reading is not exactly our reading
"but this group is closed" -
  get fact and try to come up with recommendation
how are you going to UN SG, to decide who is going to take part?
That is why Brazil is requesting the group be open-ended, not limited member

India
Report be submitted - to intergovernmental process
To delay as late as July is unwise
  Not sufficient to insure that outcome of the report is fully reflective
Why this process cannot be - much more inclusive and open-ended, and not 
available to member states and others - sufficiently ahead of Summit in November

OEC?
What status is foreseen for the document submitted by WGIG?
Consensus document? - WSIS process is consensus process
  What happens if WGIG is rejected by PrepCom?

Saudi Arabia
1)	Timetable
2)	Participation in WG
  Many discussion to the last minute at Geneva
  Conclusion - a group as few members as possible - we fear, once again we 
will have same question in Tunis
It might not be better that it might be in open group - all persons 
interested can participate
Time Table - when the report is presented - last minute - we will be under 
pressure
  Preferable to give this in advance  - so that it be submitted to the PrepCom

Iran
Share concerns with India and Saudi Arabia
  PrepCom3 will be late time to receive the report of WGIG
PrepCom3 be overloaded - by other issues, danger for less time for PrepCom3 
for the result of WG
In your slide presentations - "process ahead"
  Reference of open and inclusive mechanism
Interpretation - to separate of mechanism from the work of WG - is the impression
  That is source of concern

You refereed the concept of "global governance"
  Clarification on that point

Kummer
The text of Geneva is open to interpretations
  Global governance - in UN reform, governance meeting with civil society 
involvement
  Internet Governance - same discussion where government, private sector 
and civil society is finding new way for their cooperation - as other WSIS

3 concerns:
  Character of this WG: we were not given any concrete approach of this WG
  All thinking about the continuation of WSIS process in open-ended mode, 
but the text doesn't say that - it has qualifiers,
  WG itself is not, but is done in open-ended process
Text was sent to SG, NY
  We lost the ownership of the text, and NY has a legitimate claim, SG office,
  In the tradition of similar WG, Panels, setup of UN SG
Concern by UNDP on finance is same concern
Why SG is asked to setup WG - clearly felt that smaller group is more efficient
Number floating around is maybe 15 to 20 person manageable
  Documents-  all other qualifier - fully and open participation

  Close group -to move process forward, with open-ended meetings,
But this is not negotiating session, but fact-finding session and exchange views
  IGOs and International forum of course have ways to input, use vide conference,

The timing of Report - we did agree in Geneva, I remember - discussing with 
the possibility
It should be ready well-before Summit, - summer break - in July
Even first draft be available by PrepCom2, but can use PreopCom2, back o back
For fact finding and listen to the views
Report - should not come with major surprise,

PrepCom and Summit can do whatever they want to the report, reject or adopt

I am ready and interact with smaller groups,

India
There is nothing in the language - restrictive of open-ended working group
On finance mechanism - involve various experts,
  No compelling force of restrictive group on Internet Governance
While all stakeholders involved is important, but idea of rather restricted 
member, expert group - with report with very little time - give us unease -
Developing countries to be involved well
I cannot understand how one can do well, with the open-ended process
We like to have some clarification - whether SG does have different point of view
  Proactive in Geneva that is truly open-ended process, rather than limited 
body of people
Is it cast stone- looking at small group, or larger open-ended group?

USA
WG that supports the participation of all stakeholders,

Brazil
Idea expressed by Kummer is fruitful, and we need in deep understanding
We share the view by India,
We like to ask Kummer, actual status of idea - restricted group?
Is this decision already taken by UN SG, or idea proposed by you, 
Ambassador Kummer?
Member be 15 to 20. Is this idea - you have intention of inviting members, 
to be part of this 15 members, or only experts, but not representing 
governments, NGOs, but just specialist on that matter?

Greece
Nihsimoto has said - not negotiation document, but facilitate consultation
  Nishimoto - contain packages, but not include negotiated document
To Kummer, could you make same statement?

China
We have listened carefully to the report by 2 chairs on Financing and IG
  And listened to delegate
We agree with India, Pakistan and Brazil, this group should be open and inclusive
15 to 20 - how are you going to choose the member, we like to know the detail
we like to know the outcome as soon as possible before next PrepCom, before March
the report is supposed to give information to the PrepCom or to the Final 
meeting, Nov 2005
Status of IG WG, we also listened to Mr. Utsumi's prepsentation
  Thematic meeting
What is going to be the status of resource of regional and thematic meetings
I like to know the details

South Africa/Lindall
We like to ssociate with concerns and comment raised by India, Pakistan, 
Brazil and China
We have somewhat lost the ownership - when we gave it to SG
Given the broad and common understanding - to make sure this group is 
composed be satisfied with us
Concerned about the Calendar
We are concerned - that start in November, one year almost after the summit

Ireland
Mr. Kummer made one statement - WG is only successful when all stakeholders 
feel with their views -^ can you come back after tomorrow's session?

Kummer
India, nothing prevent to setup open-ended, or the other way
I can report this back to NY
It is very much idea, central of SG office, that this group be in 
traditional work of SG
In WSIS process - who is in charge of preparing the document
If we have open-ended group, we still have the question - who is going to 
create the document? Drafting group?  It is our intention to make the 
process as open and inclusive, but there is a need for small group to drive 
process
Write a report on complex matter in open-ended process
Profile status of Group - experts or government people- this is very much 
we need to discuss to reach common understanding we like
We need government representatives with sufficient political overview, we 
also need from Private sector, with technical community  - it will be very 
mixed membership to gain credibility
US asked all stakeholders participation - we need all stakeholders to be 
represented;
  Government, civil society, private sector who would participate on equal footing
But government representative would be a more acceptable solution
Parallel to TF on Financing Mechanism
It will not be a negotiated report, but hopefully it is consensus report

China and Brazil asked about the selection criteria, but like the Finance, 
SG will nominate the member, but we can do dialogues - with regional group 
and stakeholder
They can write proposals, chairperson,
At this stage, I don't like to invite candidates, but rather discussion
Needs for speed , but practical question of having structure setup and 
question of resources
Text is not clear - if WG report back to Summit, but that does not make sense,
This report be last PrepCom
By next Prepcom - this be steep task in such complex issue

Last comment: when looking at other WG, eminent people- they usually give 
much more time - but the important part is setting up time
I discussed with World Commission of Dams? -^
They devoted lengthy period of consultation when setting up

Morocco
We have specific proposal - to get out of this deadlock -
Basic membership - could be 2 host countries, Switzerland and Tunisia
  And countries organized regional conferences
Basic group, but open to others, as well

Kenya, Canada, India, Mexico, Selvia Montenegro followed,
and Kummer made final statement/answer that he will report
to SG about these comments, but emphasised again that
WG Process is open and inclusive, but WG itself has
limited memberhsip in order to to efficinetly function as a kind
of Drafting Group.







From aizu at anr.org  Thu Jun 24 19:39:54 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next Internet Governance Caucus Meeting - Jun 25 10am
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Hi,

I like to propose to have another Internet Governance Caucus
meeting here in Hamammet, 10 am, right after the Civil Society
Plenary in the morning, even there is the Plenary.

The objectve of this meeting is to discuss the common position
of Civil Society Caucus, at least an interim one, on UN SG's
Internet Governance Working Group activity, so that we can
make a brief statement on this subject on Saturday pleanry.

Given the intense discussion in the government plenary
this afternoon, we really need to "say" something during
this PrepCom1, otherwise, Civil Society views will not
be heard.

I will try to find a room and will announce at the tomrrow morning
Civil society pleanry (and this list). I just spoke about this with
Jeannete, our co-coordinator and she generally agreed.

Thanks,

izumi 



From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 10:48:02 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] report from WSIS CS information sessions 23 June
Message-ID: <9541A984-C5C3-11D8-BBD4-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Civil Society Information Sessions June 23, 2004
Medina Conference Centre, Hammamet

By Rik Panganiban, Conference of NGOs


Please find here a report on the civil society information sessions 
organized by the Conference of NGOs in cooperation with the WSIS 
Executive Secretariat which took place on 23 June 2004 at the Medina 
Conference Centre in Hammamet. Presentations were given by Charles 
Geiger of the WSIS executive secretariat, Shoji Nishimoto of the Task 
Force on Financing Mechanisms, and Markus Kummar of the Working Group 
on Internet Governance, as well as by Renata Bloem of CONGO, Steve 
Buckley on behalf of Content and Themes, and Bertrand de la Chapelle 
for Wsis-online.net.  There were approximately 80 participants at this 
forum, which was open to all participants without accreditation or 
registration necessary.


CHARLES GEIGER, WSIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Charles Geiger of the WSIS Executive Secretariat explained the 
background on the WSIS process in relation to civil society.  He put 
the WSIS within the context of UN summits in general, and the rules for 
civil society participation that have come through the summit process.  
He noted that the WSIS was unique for the principal role of civil 
society and the private sector within the process, as well as the 
innovation of the creation of a civil society bureau to interface with 
the government bureau on questions of procedure.

He gave his views on what is the purpose of phase II of the WSIS.  Out 
of the WSIS Phase I, there were two left open issues: internet 
governance and financing mechanism, which were referred to new working 
groups for further work and discussions. The Working group on internet 
governance is to issue a report to Prepcom II on its progress.  The 
Task force on financing mechanisms will undergo a stock taking exercise 
to analyze the different funding mechanisms.  This should be done by 
September.

The Prepcoms will proceed until the summit in November 2005.  Prepcom 
II is likely to be February 2005 in Geneva. Prepcom III should be in 
September 2005  in Geneva or Tunisia.

On the Declaration, he thought that governments will not re-open the 
declaration, that is they will not insert new issues. Regarding 
meetings between now and Tunis 2005, he noted that there were two types 
of meetings foreseen. Regional meetings are expected in Latin America, 
Africa (in February, Accra), and an Arab meeting. Thematic Meetings are 
also going to be organized, including one on Spam by ITU and a UNESCO 
meeting on freedom of information. There is a question of how thematic 
meetings are decided and labeled which will be decided here.

At the Tunis Summit itself, there is anticipated to be a political 
document and an action plan.  There will probably not have a +5 process 
for the WSIS, such as has occurred for other UN summits.  There is the 
challenge of mainstreaming Tunis into UN system in general.

He raised the issue of civil society liaisons for Phase I were both 
working for secretariat and for bureau of civil society. Civil society 
liaisons for Phase II will no longer serve as the secretaries for the 
bureau to make their role more clear.

There will be two speaking slots for civil society on Friday morning 
and Saturday morning.


MONCEF ACHOUR, WSIS EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT
Moncef Achour, Civil Society Liaison of the WSIS executive secretariat, 
congratulated Renata Bloem and CONGO for having organized this meeting, 
and for their spirit of cooperation.  He noted the funding that Tunisia 
had offered to facilitate the participation of civil society from the 
developing world, and urged others to help find the funds possible to 
ensure they are better represented in the WSIS.  He highlighted the 
participation of African civil society and the diaspora as particularly 
important.

Responding to question from a representative of FIDH, Charles Geiger 
noted that there is no such thing as ?political approval? of NGOs. The 
Executive Secretariat submits to governments the files from applicants. 
  Approval occurs usually during 1st day of the prepcom. As far as he 
knew, Human Rights in China were not formally refused.  If files are 
complete then the secretariat should put it on to Prepcom II. If the 
secretariat does not recommend an NGO, it has to explain why it does 
not recommend. Organizations have to be  legally recognized in their 
country.  There is no exception possible.


MARKUS KUMMAR, INTERNET GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
Markus Kummar, head of the secretariat of the internet governance 
working group, gave a presentation on this body.  He noted that there 
were two views on how to deal with internet governance expressed in 
Phase I,  The first was for some kind of multilateral forum for 
dialogue on the UN system.  The second was for a more private-sector 
driven solutions that ?don?t mess with what works.? There was broad 
agreement on the principles of multilateral cooperation, transparency, 
democracy and the necessity of the involvement of governments, the 
private sector, civil society and international organizations.

The tasks of the working group are:
?	To Define Internet Governance, with the choices between a narrow 
technical one or a broad and political one.
?	To Identify Public policy issues
?	To define the roles of various actors in field ? developing a list of 
who does what

The working group will draw up a report for the Tunis Summit.

The Members will be appointed by UNSG, with 15-20 members anticipated. 
There is the need to balance efficiency and legitimacy, with some 
consideration for regional balance and gender.  The main criteria will 
be the qualifications of the members. At least 3-4 meetings will be 
necessary and in between need 2-3 rounds of open-ended consultations 
with governments and stakeholders.  There may be a need for separate 
expert meetings. The final report should be issued by July 2005. The 
working group will have to do some of its work online.

On the composition of the working group, there are various formulas 
being proposed, between ? perhaps one-third government, one-third civil 
society and one-third private sector or perhaps half government and 
half civil society and private sector. The working group will operate 
in parallel to the prepcoms and report at the 3rd prepcom on its work.

RENATA BLOEM, CONGO
Renata Bloem, secretary general of the Conference NGOs, gave a brief 
history of civil society participation at WSIS.  She noted how the 
civil society liaisons of the secretariat initiated the idea of a civil 
society bureau as a counter-part to the government bureau to liaise 
with them on questions of procedure, not content.  The bureau has been 
composed of ?families? of civil society including various 
constituencies and regions of civil society groups to bring legitimacy 
and representativity to the body.

Meanwhile the Content and Themes group has served to bring together 
civil society working groups and caucuses and individual groups to work 
together on shared projects, such as drafting joint texts, organizing 
meetings with governments and holding press briefings.

During the Paris Intersessional and the Third Prepcom civil society 
interventions were allowed during key parts of the official 
negotiations, as well as limited participation within the working 
groups.  Meanwhile the civil society plenary, the grouping of all the 
accredited NGOs present, served as the primary decision-making body for 
civil society.


STEVE BUCKLEY, CONTENT AND THEMES
Steve Buckley of AMARC explained the work of the Content and Themes 
group, which has served as a coordinating body for civil society work 
on the ?substance? and advocacy during the WSIS.  The content and 
themes brings together the various caucuses and working groups to work 
together and share information collaboratively.  The group serves to 
important role of as a monitor of government activity.


BERTRAND DE LA CHAPELLE, WSIS-ONLINE.NET
Bertrand de la Chapelle of WSIS-online gave a presentation on the WSIS 
community web platform. He noted that the Geneva format is likely to be 
reused in Tunis Summit. I.e. large plenary and parallel events. There 
are 11 agenda items in the Declaration from Phase I.  The website 
wsis-online is built along these lines.  He gave a demonstration of the 
functions on the website, including interlinked databases of 
organizations, individuals, projects and events, indexed by the 11 
agenda items.  He concluded that the website was just a tool, which 
does not replace action but only serves to increase visibility of the 
different actions and actors.


SHOJI NISHIMOTO, UNDP
Shoji Nishimoto of UNDP presented on his work as secretariat of the 
Task Force on Financing Mechanisms.  The current financing mechanisms 
have never really been that successful.  The US funds for AIDS, 
Japanese funds for ICTs for example.  So when you talk about additional 
financial mechanisms, it is a challenge.

There is an opportunity for funds from developed countries to the 
developing world.  He noted the importance of non conventional sources, 
i.e corporate responsibility, consumer contributions.

The job of the Task Force is to provide informed, professional 
analysis. It will engage in data gathering and assessment of what kind 
of financing are available.  Are they working well, achieving what 
kinds of results? What are the gaps?  It will involve private sector 
and civil society as well as governments.  It will take a more holistic 
view before focusing on a particular mechanism.

The Team will be composed of 16-17 members. Membership is merit-based, 
rather than political.  An initial brainstorming session has already 
occurred.  They will finalize their findings to Mark Malloch-Brown by 
Mid-July. The first meeting of the task force will be mid to late 
September.  The report will be done by the end of December 2004 A 
series of working papers are being produced. By end of November, we 
should have the final version from  the secretariat. He emphasized that 
specific recommendations for members of the task force welcome.

He recommended a number of mechanisms, including infrastructure 
investment that is ?pro-poor,? corporate solutions, and consumer 
solutions.   On the Solidarity Fund, he argued that as a huge 
general-purpose fund for ICT development, it probably won?t work.  
However its is important to know what is the specific purpose of a 
solidarity fund is.


Report by Rik Panganiban, Conference of NGOs.  Apologies for any errors 
or omissions in this report.  He can be reached at 
rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org.

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 10:19:56 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] list of relevant online resources
Message-ID: <A84B4346-C5BF-11D8-BBD4-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends,

I prepared this flyer for the information session for civil society 
yesterday in Hammamet.  Karen said that people might like to have these 
online resources handy.

Rik Panganiban

=====================================


Online WSIS Resources


WSIS Official Website	http://www.itu.int/wsis

Tunisian Secretariat	http://www.smsitunis2005.org

Tunisian Civil Society	http://www.ongtunisie.org

ICT for Development Platform	http://www.ict-4d.org

International Telecommunications Union	http://www.itu.int

UNESCO Information Society Portal	http://www.unesco.org/wsis

UN ICT Task Force	http://www.unicttaskforce.org

WSIS-online	http://www.wsis-online.net

WSIS-online Civil Society News	http://www.wsis-online.net/csnews

WSIS Civil Society Meeting Point	http://www.wsis-cs.org

German CS Coordinating Committee	http://www.worldsummit2005.org

Conference of NGOs in Consulative Relationship with the United 
Nations	http://www.ngocongo.org

Coordinating Board of Business 
Interlocutors	http://www.businessatwsis.net


The Civil Society Declaration for the WSIS Phase I can be downloaded in 
English, French and Spanish from http://worldsummit2005.org.  It also 
is available in Arabic at http://www.itu.int/wsis


WSIS Civil Society ?Plenary? Email List

Much of the general discussions and announcements of civil society 
organizations related to the WSIS take place over the ?plenary? email 
listserv.  You can subscribe to the WSIS civil society plenary email 
listserv by filling out a form at 
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary .


===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 11:58:08 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Following events real-time
In-Reply-To: <p06110402bcff9b92e844@[192.168.1.10]>
References: <p06110402bcff9b92e844@[192.168.1.10]>
Message-ID: <606E56C1-C5CD-11D8-BBD4-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

My mac, and some other peoples macs, don't seem to be able to connect 
to IM.   Might be some kind of port blocking.  don't know.  Others on 
PCs seem to be able to connect.

Rik

On 23 juin 04, at 16:42, Robert Guerra wrote:

> I'd been to chat online (realtime) with those who might happen to be 
> attending the Tunis PrepCom.
>
> My IM details are as follows:
>
>
> Yahoo: rguerra
> aim: cryptocobi
> icq: 10266626
> MSN: privaterra@hotmail.com
> -- 
> ###
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From rikp at earthlink.net  Thu Jun 24 12:42:30 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Request for Comments : Government contributions for Hammamet
In-Reply-To: <200406211915.BVS34650@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406211915.BVS34650@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <9361F5D3-C5D3-11D8-BBD4-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Bertrand,

This an excellent summary of the state-of-play of the various positions 
of the governments.  I don't know how much we can develop a consensus 
position among the various groups represented in the WSIS on these 
organizational issues.  However I think we can all agree that whatever 
meetings are approved by the Prepcom, whether Prepcoms, regional 
meetings and thematic meetings, should have rules of procedure that 
ensure minimum standards of transparency and participation.  That is:

*	Information about the holding of thematic and regional meetings 
should be sent out widely to all stakeholders and other interested 
parties with sufficient advance notice to ensure adequate time to 
prepare for participation.

*	Rules of procedure of thematic and regional meetings should allow for 
meaningful civil society participation, including the ability to 
distribute documents and to make verbal interventions.

*	Accreditation to any thematic and regional meetings should be open to 
all WSIS stakeholders, and ideally beyond to those who are not 
accredited to the official process but have critical viewpoints and 
expertise related to the meeting in question.

*	Mechanisms for online contributions and participation in thematic and 
regional meetings should be made possible for those who are not able to 
travel to the various venues.

Rik Panganiban

On 21 juin 04, at 15:15, Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE wrote:

>
> Dear friends,
>
> Some governments have made contributions in the perspective
> of the Hammamet meeting that are posted on the Executive
> Secretariat web site. They basically address the following
> themes :
>
> - The opportunity and content of a Political Declaration in
> Tunis
> - The structure and format of the Tunis Summit
> - The organization of the preparatory process
> - The need for mechanisms for the post-Tunis period
>
> I encourage you to read them - particularly those from
> Canada, Switzerland and the European Union.
>
> Across these themes, some points of potential convergence
> emerge and are briefly outlined below.
>
> As civil society is likely to be taking the floor at least
> three times for about 15 minutes, they may be worth
> discussing on the Plenary list to see whether civil society
> supports them or not, or has other priorities. These points
> are in no way a complete description of all comments
> submitted.
>
> I ? USING THE 11 THEMES IDENTIFIED IN GENEVA
>
> The first phase of the WSIS process has identified 11 Themes
> that structure the Declaration of Principles and Plan of
> Action adopted in Geneva :
> ? Role of governments and other stakeholders in the promotion
> of ICTs for Development
> ? Information and Communication Infrastructure
> ? Access to Information and Knowledge
> ? Capacity Building
> ? Building confidence and Security in the use of ICTs
> ? Enabling environment
> ? ICT Applications
> ? Cultural Diversity and Identity, Linguistic Diversity and
> Local Content
> ? Media
> ? Ethical Dimensions of the Information Society
> ? International and Regional Cooperation
>
> Several contributions mention these themes could help
> structure the preparatory process, the various Thematic
> events to take place in the period leading up to Tunis and
> the Tunis Summit itself.
>
> As a matter of fact, themes 1 and 11 could be grouped
> separately, as they relate more to implementation mechanisms
> (national e-strategies and international organizations.
>
> what is the position of civil society on tusin this list of
> themes, knowing that :
> - the priority order may not be the one that civil society
> would prefer
> - it is clear that this list will not be reopened for
> discussion before Tunis
> - a list of sub-themes contained in the Action Plan
> (see "List of summit themes" on the wsis-online web site)
> could provide some additional "hooks" to put issues on the
> Agenda
>
>
> II ? KEEPING THE GENEVA FORMAT FOR TUNIS
>
> It is proposed to organized Tunis, like Geneva, around  a
> plenary session, plus ?summit events? with conferences and
> exhibitions.
>
> Canada (supported by Switzerland) proposes in addition to
> organize the summit events around the 11 themes in the form
> of ?@tents?, that is distinct spaces devoted to each theme,
> with multistakeholder participation.
>
> They also suggest that 3-4 small ?Advisory groups? be
> responsible for clusters of 3-4 themes. They would be
> composed of actors from the 4 constituencies (governments,
> international organizations, civil society and private
> sector) and oversee the organization of the ?@tents? with up
> to 11 sub-groups.
>
> Setting up of these groups would be the responsibility of the
> Executive Secretariat.
>
> What does civil society think of these notions ?
>
> III ? THEMATIC MEETINGS
>
> Thematic meetings, potentially along the 11 themes above,
> should help structure the preparatory phase .
>
> The European Union has outlined a list of possible criteria
> for a meeting to be granted the label ?WSIS Thematic
> Meeting? :
> ? the meeting is being organised on the initiative of a
> recognised WSIS stakeholder from a  government, the civil
> society, the private sector or an appropriate international
> organisation;
> ? the subject matter is relevant  to the WSIS agenda;
> ? the outcomes of such meetings could be fed into the WSIS
> preparatory process proper for noting or endorsement by
> stakeholders, as they deem fit;
> ? participation in the meeting is open to all WSIS
> stakeholders and, as far as possible, financial costs of
> participation should not be prohibitive;
> ? the meeting has no financial implications for the WSIS
> budget.
>
> What is civil society's position ? Should it in particular
> support the criteria that an event should be open to all
> stakeholders to be qualified as Thematic Event ?
>
> IV ? STOCK ? TAKING
>
> Several contributions rightly underscore the need for a
> comprehensive stock-taking exercise during the coming months,
> by governments and international organizations but also by
> private sector and civil society entities to identify ?who
> does (or could do) what? in each of the 11 Themes.
>
> This opens up the question : How to organize in the most
> efficient, economic and useful way such a stock-taking
> exercise among 200 countries, more than 25 intergovernmental
> organizations and several hundreds of civil society entities
> and private sector companies ?
>
> How would civil society like to take part in such a stock-
> taking exercise ?
>
>
> V ? MORE GENERALLY
>
> Many of these comments (in particular EU, Canada,
> Switzerland) reaffirm the need to involve civil society, even
> more so now that we are moving ?from Principles to Action?
> and get into the implementation phase. This is recommended
> for the preparatory process, the summit itself (in particular
> in the organization of Summit Events) and in the organization
> of Thematic Events.
>
> The European Union stresses the need for limited PrepComs (2
> are suggested, one in the winter of 2004-2005) and the othr
> one in September 2005, and Australia recommends short ones
> used mostly to review reports on progress at the thematic or
> regional levels.
>
> Finally, several comments insist on not reopening the debate
> on the documents adopted in Geneva, and aiming at a short and
> strong Politicla Document (A ?visionary Chair?s Statement on
> the importance of the Information Society? in Canada?s view,
> a ?political preamble reaffirming the commitment to
> implementation of the DoP and PoA, and an more operative
> part? for the EU).
>
> These various aspects could be discussed during the
> orientation session on the 23rd and comments on the plenary
> from those who cannot participate in Hammamet are certainly a
> useful input.
>
> Best to all
>
> Bertrand
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 08:54:27 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] some news on WSIS from Tunisia and elsewhere
Message-ID: <40DBDA33.93707797@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

http://www.worldsummit2005.org/

Civil Society Discusses Human Rights Work for Phase Two
Human Rights Caucus Session Met Great Interest
24 June 2004. The first official meeting of the civil society human
rights caucus during the Tunis phase of the summit sparked a lively
debate on the future work of the caucus and the human rights situation
in Tunisia. More...

Previews on Financial Mechanisms Taskforce
23 June 2004. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director of
UNDP?s Bureau for Development Policy, briefed civil society members on
the WSIS task force which will discuss financing mechanisms for bridging
the digital divide between developed and developing nations. More...

New Working Groups of International Civil Society are Forming
Caucuses for Finance, Community Telecenters and Arab Region being set up
22 June 2004. Shortly before the first PrepCom of WSIS phase two, the
international civil society groups and networks are becoming even more
active. Three new important caucuses are about to start their work.
More...

Civil Society Participation in WSIS Phase Two
Governments hesitating, NGOs demanding progress
10 June 2004. At a meeting with their government this week, the German
WSIS coordination group got some new information on the further process
of civil society inclusion in the WSIS process. There will be a round of
?informal? consultations among the governments next week in Geneva, in
order to prepare for the discussions at PrepCom1 of the WSIS II phase in
Tunisia a week later. These consultations will take place behind closed
doors on the 14th and 17th of June. On other levels like the EU, the
summit process still also needs a lot of improvement in terms of
openness and inclusiveness. More...

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Fri Jun 25 10:43:13 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Barmaki Amir Hossein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] tunisian human rights NGOs?
Message-ID: <Sea1-F159vvg9CfOw2v0002ec2d@hotmail.com>


Hi

can someone update us on the debate going on between some Tunisian NGOs 
regarding who should be the speaker in the time slots available for th 
plenary?
I think this is a seriuos issue and we should be alert of some GNGOs who may 
represent themselves as HR CSs and take the lead. Also we should support the 
real CS to express thier ideas.

I beleive our Tunisian frineds should be aware of this point that the whole 
CS is monitoring what is going on here and we will report back what we saw. 
If the trend is to stop some people of expressing thier ideas in a 
international conference, we should not tolerate that.

I am asking all CS present in prepcom 1 to act and move on with  open eyes. 
For Third world counitres, specially islamic and arab wolrd, HR should be 
the main subject of attention.


Regards

Amir

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From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 11:32:29 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] news: WSIS prepcom plenary suspended over human rights dispute
Message-ID: <OFED8DBB39.5664CC9B-ON85256EBE.0039E790-85256EBE.0039E810@edc.org>




Prepcom Plenary Suspended Over Human Rights Dispute

Proceedings at the Prepcom have been suspended because some representatives
from Tunisian civil society have objected to a Tunisian human rights
activist who was scheduled to speak on behalf of the human rights caucus,
as well as to some of the content in their presentation emphasizing the
need to respect human rights, privacy and freedom of expression during the
Tunis phase of WSIS. Sources say the objecting representatives from within
Tunisian civil society complained to the Tunisian government minister in
attendance at the Prepcom, who in turn objected to the president of the
Prepcom. The agenda of the Prepcom has been suspended for 45 minutes. The
dispute remains unresolved. Civil society representatives have scheduled an
emergency meeting, which shall begin in a few minutes. More information
soon.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 11:32:39 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:48 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] news: WSIS prepcom plenary suspended over human rights dispute
Message-ID: <OF87FB5C7C.934BCCE0-ON85256EBE.0039EB35-85256EBE.0039EBD4@edc.org>




Prepcom Plenary Suspended Over Human Rights Dispute

Proceedings at the Prepcom have been suspended because some representatives
from Tunisian civil society have objected to a Tunisian human rights
activist who was scheduled to speak on behalf of the human rights caucus,
as well as to some of the content in their presentation emphasizing the
need to respect human rights, privacy and freedom of expression during the
Tunis phase of WSIS. Sources say the objecting representatives from within
Tunisian civil society complained to the Tunisian government minister in
attendance at the Prepcom, who in turn objected to the president of the
Prepcom. The agenda of the Prepcom has been suspended for 45 minutes. The
dispute remains unresolved. Civil society representatives have scheduled an
emergency meeting, which shall begin in a few minutes. More information
soon.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From mueller at syr.edu  Fri Jun 25 12:27:22 2004
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus Meeting - Jun
 25 10am
Message-ID: <s0dbd3ed.010@gwia201.syr.edu>

Izumi:
It may be a bit late, but I would encourage you to take advantage
of the work the IG caucus already did several months ago. 
In particular, there was some discussion of the "process"
the SG's Internet Governance working group should follow,
based on ideas submitted by Wolfgang Kleinwachter. No 
consensus document was produced, but a proposal was
made, there were no strong objections to it, 
some comments, observations and modifications were
submitted, etc. To follow legitimate procedure one should
at least use that as a starting point.  

Regarding substantive issues, again nothing was produced
(despite repeated efforts by Jeanette and myself) but I did
submit a brief analysis of the CS Declaration's Phase 1 statement
on Internet governance and how it might need to be modified
going forward. That could serve as a useful starting point for
discussions at a physical meeting. 

Sorry I don't have time to look up the archived links to
the specific messages I am referring to, but when one is
given 24 hours notice and the time difference is 8 or so hours....

It's great that you've organized a meeting and hopefully new
people willing to be active will join the list and interact with
the caucus as a whole.

rgds,
--MM


>>> AIZU <aizu@anr.org> 06/24/04 02:39PM >>>
Hi,

I like to propose to have another Internet Governance Caucus
meeting here in Hamammet, 10 am, right after the Civil Society
Plenary in the morning, even there is the Plenary.

The objectve of this meeting is to discuss the common position
of Civil Society Caucus, at least an interim one, on UN SG's
Internet Governance Working Group activity, so that we can
make a brief statement on this subject on Saturday pleanry.

Given the intense discussion in the government plenary
this afternoon, we really need to "say" something during
this PrepCom1, otherwise, Civil Society views will not
be heard.

I will try to find a room and will announce at the tomrrow morning
Civil society pleanry (and this list). I just spoke about this with
Jeannete, our co-coordinator and she generally agreed.

Thanks,

izumi 


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From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 13:10:06 2004
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (jeanette@wz-berlin.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus Meeting - Jun 25
 10am
In-Reply-To: <s0dbd3ed.009@gwia201.syr.edu>
References: <s0dbd3ed.009@gwia201.syr.edu>
Message-ID: <3105.196.203.248.157.1088165406.squirrel@196.203.248.157>

>
> Izumi:
> It may be a bit late, but I would encourage you to take advantage
> of the work the IG caucus already did several months ago.
> In particular, there was some discussion of the "process"
> the SG's Internet Governance working group should follow,
> based on ideas submitted by Wolfgang Kleinwachter. No
> consensus document was produced, but a proposal was
> made, there were no strong objections to it,
> some comments, observations and modifications were
> submitted, etc. To follow legitimate procedure one should
> at least use that as a starting point.

Hi, Milton,

Wolfgang has presented his ideas in Barcelona last month. Kummer has made
it clear in his diplomatic way that Wolfgang's ideas are certainly
interesting but too elaborate and complex considering the 7 month time
frame. It has been my understanding that Wolfgang didn't pursue his
proposal any further.

We've been trying this morning to agree on the basic structure of
statement that could be presented to the plenary should the civil society
plenary tonight agree. Should Izumi, Paul Wilson and I succeed to draft a
statement we will post on this list this afternoon and ask for comments.

best, jeanette

>
> Regarding substantive issues, again nothing was produced
> (despite repeated efforts by Jeanette and myself) but I did
> submit a brief analysis of the CS Declaration's Phase 1 statement
> on Internet governance and how it might need to be modified
> going forward. That could serve as a useful starting point for
> discussions at a physical meeting.
>
> Sorry I don't have time to look up the archived links to
> the specific messages I am referring to, but when one is
> given 24 hours notice and the time difference is 8 or so hours....
>
> It's great that you've organized a meeting and hopefully new
> people willing to be active will join the list and interact with
> the caucus as a whole.
>
> rgds,
> --MM
>
>
>>>> AIZU <aizu@anr.org> 06/24/04 02:39PM >>>
> Hi,
>
> I like to propose to have another Internet Governance Caucus
> meeting here in Hamammet, 10 am, right after the Civil Society
> Plenary in the morning, even there is the Plenary.
>
> The objectve of this meeting is to discuss the common position
> of Civil Society Caucus, at least an interim one, on UN SG's
> Internet Governance Working Group activity, so that we can
> make a brief statement on this subject on Saturday pleanry.
>
> Given the intense discussion in the government plenary
> this afternoon, we really need to "say" something during
> this PrepCom1, otherwise, Civil Society views will not
> be heard.
>
> I will try to find a room and will announce at the tomrrow morning
> Civil society pleanry (and this list). I just spoke about this with
> Jeannete, our co-coordinator and she generally agreed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> izumi
>
>
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 14:09:14 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>




Following the suspension of the plenary session, civil society delegates
met in the Didon Theatre to try to solve the impasse that had been reached
over the human rights caucus statement. Saida Agrebi of Tunisia said the
statement should say that all participating countries respect human rights
rather than singling out Tunisia, and emphasized the need for an African to
represent the caucus during the plenary. Other Tunisians concurred, with
many of them dominating the first half of the discussion.

Ambassador Karklins, president of the Prepcom,  then arrived and asked the
group to resolve its differences. ?We will give 15 minutes speaking time
for NGOs. We cannot intervene in the decisionmaking process of NGOs, and we
can give you time to sort out your internal questions, and I would ask
Renate [Bloem] as your coordinator to give me a list of speakers at
12:40pm. The list should contain name, organization they represent, and
speakers for their part should follow closely the rules of procedure? So
therefore I will be very attentively following your intervention? and if I
see that rules of procedure aren?t [followed] ? I will intervene.?

Several speakers then noted that there is ?extreme mistrust? between
certain elements within the civil society family in terms of their position
regarding the Tunisian government and human rights, and that it may be
necessary to present both views, given them each time during the plenary
speaking slot.  Others suggested that the divide that exists within civil
society should be acknowledged in the plenary for the sake of openness.

Rikke Frank Joergensen, co-chair of the human rights caucus, defended the
process to date. ?We followed the procedure that we?ve followed from the
first phase of the summit,? she noted. She said that issues were discussed
in yesterday?s civil society plenary, then people were invited to stay
afterwards to help draft language.  ?The drafting group then decided on
four speakers? including two African speakers, one on economic development
and a woman from Tunisia on human rights.? Regarding the statement, she
said it is consistent with statements the caucus had released in the past,
and there is precedent to note any human rights issues in the host country,
as had been the case in Geneva when there were problems with certain groups
being allowed to speak and protest.

In the end, it appeared to be decided that there would be one speaker, a
woman from Africa,  who would leave out the language singling out Tunisia.
There was no actual vote; while one was attempted, the Tunisian delegation
overwhelmed the room with shouting and clapping. Additionally, the attempt
at a vote was conducted without translation into English, which meant many
delegates were unable to participate.

As delegates left the room, a number of shouting matches broke out. The
representative from the Tunisian Human Rights League called the apparent
decision ?a scandal,? with others shouting their opinion back and forth.

But the question still remains open; when civil society representatives
spoke during the late morning plenary, just before lunch, the human rights
caucus did not present their remarks, because it was clear that no
democratic consensus had been reached on the issue. They will continue the
debate later today, and hopefully strike some kind of agreement so they may
present first thing tomorrow morning during the plenary session.

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 15:02:17 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: 
 <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
References: 
 <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
Message-ID: <p0611041fbd01dc061143@[192.168.1.10]>

Upon reading Andy's latest dispatch - I must say that it's quite 
disappointing to hear what happened, but not unexpected.

My earlier visit to Tunis in March, and comments made to this list 
and to many of you in private did indicate that we needed to have a 
tight process in place, with set structures to avoid something along 
the line which happened earlier today.

in essence, what's clear is that the Tunis phase is in fact quite 
different - with different players, that act in ways very different 
then in phase I (Geneva). What we can't be is Naive. We have to, we 
must not allow something like this to happen again - for it would be 
shame that  all our hard work, all of our energy, time and gains be 
lost by those who have as their agenda one to - basically - be 
disruptive.

Signs that disruptive behavior from certain Tunisian representatives 
occurred at the recent meeting of the European WSIS CS group in 
Berlin (June 13th), something which should have alerted us to act and 
implement proactive measures before the PrepCom.

Measures such as collecting background information (name, country and 
name of accredited organization) from the participants well ahead of 
- yes, our meeting - would have alerted us to the possibility that 
there would be differences of opinion that had to be dealt with.  We 
should have consulted and obtained advice from colleagues who have 
participated in other UN processes where this happens all the time, 
for perhaps - they could have told us how, if at all, disruptive 
behaviour can be contained as much as possible.


To think that - no disruption - was going to happen , was a naive 
view. So let's be positive, let's have the discussion we should have 
had MONTHS ago on how we can be more proactive, more effective, and 
more realistic that from this point on we have a new set of people to 
deal with.

personally,  More than ever, i believe we need an effective , and yes 
- neutral coordinating body , like the CS bureau, to help facilitate 
discussions,  and create the dialogue between  - the differently 
minded groups which exist.


those are my comments for now - keen to hear from the rest of you.

regards

Robert


At 9:09 AM -0400 6/25/04, Andy Carvin wrote:
>Following the suspension of the plenary session, civil society delegates
>met in the Didon Theatre to try to solve the impasse that had been reached
>over the human rights caucus statement. Saida Agrebi of Tunisia said the
>statement should say that all participating countries respect human rights
>rather than singling out Tunisia, and emphasized the need for an African to
>represent the caucus during the plenary. Other Tunisians concurred, with
>many of them dominating the first half of the discussion.

-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From mlavigne at wanadoo.fr  Fri Jun 25 14:50:25 2004
From: mlavigne at wanadoo.fr (Michel LAVIGNE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)
Message-ID: <28758675.1088171425260.JavaMail.www@wwinf0103>

Volunteering is one of the key !
Please check http://intergovernance.org
and reply to the questionnaire http://intergovernance/org/quest
if you wish

Regards

Michel Lavigne
Sangomar Systems
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From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments
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 Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments

Ralf Bendrath of the Heinrich Boll Foundation served as one of civil
society?s speakers during today?s first plenary, immediately prior to the
lunch break. Bendrath said that the Geneva stage of WSIS was ?a major step
forward in developing a multi-stakeholder process.? Governments cannot
address ICT challenges alone, he noted; mechanisms must involve civil
society if they are to succeed. ?Governments routinely acknowledge civil
society?. We demand that a multi-stakeholder approach becomes a reality.?
Bendrath noted that a multi-stakeholder process is working in regards to
efforts surrounding the issues of Internet governance and financing
mechanisms, but it hasn?t worked well in other areas.

Additionally, Bendrath pointed out that civil society, with only 15 minutes
to speak today and tomorrow, is thus given the equivalent of  only 2.7
percent of total plenary time.  Plus, their speaking slot is separated from
the actual periods of debate. ?We need to be able to speak to the point [of
a particular issue] at the time they are raised,? he said. Bendrath also
noted that only a small number of civil society representatives are
participating here in person, leaving most of the community without an
active voice.

Bendrath laid out a series of civil society?s concerns. He said that
governments must not fall back from previous levels of civil society
participation. Regional meetings must be open to all interest parties.
Mechanisms must guarantee that civil society is involved in the drafting
and amending process. There must be modalities for civil society
involvement in implementing the action plan. There should be creative use
of ICTs for civil society members around the world to participate. Bendrath
also said that civil society was happy to hear about Tunisia?s offer to
contribute 400,000 dinars for a civil society participation fund; however,
the funds must be used in transparent manner.

?We are not willing to play an alibi role,? he said in his conclusion. ?The
summit can only be a success if there is substantive civil society
involvement.?

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 16:04:14 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Establishing a WSIS Conversation on Telecenters and Related Initiatives
Message-ID: <OF0B44AF93.B6C1A3B9-ON85256EBE.0052C8CF-85256EBE.0052C917@edc.org>




English/Francais/Espanol

 This afternoon I hosted an informal gathering to discuss the possibility
of forming an interdisciplinary telecenter taskforce within civil society?s
WSIS-related activities. The session started with some confusion, as the
room for the event changed three times on the illuminated signs advertising
its location. Despite these initial difficulties, we had representatives
from civil society, government and the private sector, hailing from France,
Canada, Bangladesh, Guinea-Conakry, Taiwan, Denmark and the United States.

In the meeting, I gave a brief overview of discussions that had occurred at
the Community Technology Centers Network (CTCNet) conference in Seattle two
weeks ago. Given the interdisciplinary nature of telecenters, working in
fields ranging from Internet access and education to content and human
rights, their interests are spread out amongst the current working groups
within civil society; therefore, some of the overarching goals of the
telecenter movement might accidentally fall through the cracks, as
different groups work to identify their particular work priorities.

We therefore decided to create a discussion list over the course of the
next several weeks, allowing people ample time to join the list prior to
the start of discussion. Discussions would occur in English, French and
Spanish, utilizing translation software to assist the conversation. We
would try to identify potential stakeholders within governments, civil
society, the private sector, international agencies and donors with an
interest in promoting successful, sustainable telecenters as a tool for
reaching the Millennium Development Goals. The group would then brainstorm
to identify specific projects that could serve the WSIS process, such as an
international thematic conference; identifying networks of telecenters at
the local, national and regional level in order to forge greater
connections between them; collecting and disseminating case studies that
demonstrate the rich diversity of telecenters, including programs run by
libraries and community networks; and sharing of best practices and
telecenter tools, translated for cultural and linguistic appropriateness.

Over the remaining time here at the Prepcom, I?ll continue having
conversations with people on this issue; then in the coming weeks we?ll be
able to start organizing more formal discussions via the Internet. Please
stay tuned for a formal announcement on the launch of the discussion list
and how to participate.

Cet apr?s-midi j'ai accueilli une r?union sans c?r?monie pour discuter la
possibilit? de former un taskforce interdisciplinaire de telecenter dans
les activit?s WSIS-connexes de la soci?t? civile. La session a commenc? par
de la confusion, car la salle pour l'?v?nement a chang? trois fois sur les
signes lumineux annon?ant son endroit. En d?pit de ces difficult?s
initiales, nous avons eu des repr?sentants de la soci?t? civile, du
gouvernement et du secteur priv?, gr?lant de France, du Canada, du
Bangladesh, Guatemala, Guin?e-Conakry, le Taiwan, du Danemark et des
Etats-Unis.

Lors de la r?union, j'ai donn? une br?ve vue d'ensemble des discussions qui
s'?taient produites ? la conf?rence du r?seau de centres de technologie de
la Communaut? (CTCNet) ? Seattle il y a deux semaines. Etant donn? la
nature interdisciplinaire des telecenters, fonctionnant dans les domaines
s'?tendant de l'acc?s et de l'?ducation d'Internet vers des droits de
l'homme contents et, leurs int?r?ts sont ?tendus parmi les groupes de
travail courants chez la soci?t? civile ; donc, certains des buts
overarching du mouvement de telecenter pourraient accidentellement tomber
par les fissures, comme les diff?rents groupes travaillent pour identifier
leurs priorit?s particuli?res de travail.

Nous avons donc d?cid? de cr?er une liste de discussion en plusieurs
semaines suivantes, accordant aux gens l'heure suffisante de joindre la
liste avant le d?but de la discussion. Les discussions auraient lieu en
anglais, fran?ais et espagnol, utilisant le logiciel de traduction pour
aider la conversation. Nous essayerions d'identifier les d?positaires
potentiels dans des gouvernements, la soci?t? civile, le secteur priv?, les
agences internationales et les donateurs avec un int?r?t en favorisant des
telecenters r?ussis et soutenables comme outil pour atteindre les buts de
d?veloppement de mill?nium. Le groupe ferait un brainstorm alors pour
identifier les projets sp?cifiques qui pourraient servir le processus de
WSIS, tel qu'une conf?rence th?matique internationale ; identification des
r?seaux des telecenters au niveau local, national et r?gional afin de
forger de plus grands raccordements entre eux ; rassemblant et diss?minant
les ?tudes de cas qui d?montrent la diversit? riche des telecenters, y
compris des programmes ex?cut?s par des biblioth?ques et des r?seaux de la
communaut? ; et partage des meilleures pratiques et des outils de
telecenter, traduit pour la convenance culturelle et linguistique. Au cours
du temps restant ici chez le Prepcom, je continuerai ? avoir des
conversations avec des personnes sur cette question ; alors en prochaines
semaines nous pourrons commencer ? organiser des discussions plus formelles
par l'interm?diaire de l'Internet. Le s?jour a accord? svp pour une annonce
formelle sur le lancement de la liste de discussion et comment participer.

Esta tarde recib? una reuni?n informal para discutir la posibilidad de
formar un taskforce interdisciplinario del telecenter dentro de las
actividades WSIS-relacionadas de la sociedad civil. La sesi?n comenz? con
una cierta confusi?n, pues el cuarto para el acontecimiento cambi? tres
veces en las muestras iluminadas que anunciaban su localizaci?n. A pesar de
estas dificultades iniciales, ten?amos representantes de la sociedad civil,
del gobierno y del sector privado, granizando de Francia, de Canad?, de
Bangladesh, de Guatemala, de Guinea-Conakry, de Taiw?n, de Dinamarca y de
los Estados Unidos.

En la reuni?n, di una breve descripci?n de las discusiones que hab?an
ocurrido en la conferencia de la red de los centros de la tecnolog?a de la
comunidad (CTCNet) en Seattle hace dos semanas. Dado la naturaleza
interdisciplinaria de telecenters, trabajando en los campos que se
extienden del acceso y de la educaci?n del Internet a los derechos
contentos y humanos, sus intereses se separan hacia fuera entre los grupos
de funcionamiento actuales dentro de la sociedad civil; por lo tanto,
algunas de las metas overarching del movimiento del telecenter pudieron
bajar accidentalmente a trav?s de las grietas, como diversos grupos
trabajan para identificar sus prioridades particulares del trabajo.

Por lo tanto decid?amos crear una lista de la discusi?n sobre el curso de
las varias semanas pr?ximas, no prohibiendo a gente hora amplia de
ensamblar la lista antes del comienzo de la discusi?n. Las discusiones
ocurrir?an en ingl?s, franc?s y espa?ol, utilizando software de la
traducci?n para asistir a la conversaci?n. Intentar?amos identificar
tenedores de apuestas potenciales dentro de gobiernos, la sociedad civil,
el sector privado, las agencias internacionales y a donantes con un inter?s
en promover telecenters acertados, sostenibles como herramienta para
alcanzar las metas del desarrollo del milenio. El grupo entonces se
inspirar?a para identificar los proyectos espec?ficos que podr?an servir el
proceso de WSIS, tal como una conferencia tem?tica internacional;
identificar redes de telecenters en el nivel local, nacional y regional
para forjar mayores conexiones entre ellas; recogiendo y diseminando los
estudios de caso que demuestran la diversidad rica de telecenters,
incluyendo los programas funcionados por las bibliotecas y las redes de la
comunidad; y el compartir de las mejores pr?cticas y de las herramientas
del telecenter, traducido para la conveniencia cultural y ling??stica.
Sobre el tiempo restante aqu? en el Prepcom, continuar? teniendo
conversaciones con la gente en esta edici?n; entonces en las semanas que
vienen podremos comenzar a organizar discusiones m?s formales v?a el
Internet. Pronto cuente con por favor un aviso formal en el lanzamiento de
la lista de la discusi?n y c?mo participar.

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 15:10:30 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
References: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DC3256.AA1556F8@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi all,

and thanks a lot, Andy, for updating everybody out there on this.

> In the end, it appeared to be decided that there would be one speaker, a
> woman from Africa,  who would leave out the language singling out Tunisia.
There was no consensus on it. I got no answer to my question why Tunisia
is not considered an African country, and the Human Rights Caucus
definitely did not agree on censoring the language on Tunisia.

> But the question still remains open; when civil society representatives
> spoke during the late morning plenary, just before lunch, the human rights
> caucus did not present their remarks, because it was clear that no
> democratic consensus had been reached on the issue. 

> They will continue the
> debate later today, and hopefully strike some kind of agreement so they may
> present first thing tomorrow morning during the plenary session.
We have to seriously think about how to deal with these agents
provocateurs. Everything was done according to procedures we had during
WSIS phase one, and the statement was actually not bashing Tunisia, but
encouraging the true implementation of human rights in all countries
including Tunisia. (We hope to be able to send out the statement later
today and also get an English translation.)
The Tunisians messed up the whole thing, and the chair was obviously not
capable of moderating in a sufficient manner.

This is really serious. 
If you look at the outcome, the Tunisian close-to-government "NGOs" got
what they wanted: There was no public civil society statement on human
rights, and the woman from the Tunisian Human Rights League could not
speak. 
Keeping in mind that the PrepCom venue looks more like a Las Vegas
spaceship that landed here in the middle of nowhere than it looks like
Tunisia, it seems that Tunisia just does not exist in this summit
process. 
A number of like minded civil society groups are currently discussing to
form their own structures to make sure that they can speak about all
issues that are important to them. If we (or rather the Tunisian NGOs
close to the government) go on like this, we will have a de facto
censorship. Many of us are not sure anymore if it makes sense to deal
with everybody, even if it is clear that there are fundamental
differences on important issues. 

Ralf


From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Jun 25 16:13:05 2004
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (=?iso-8859-1?q?Lady=20Murrugarra?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Bienvenida la competencia...Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail....
Message-ID: <20040625151305.12408.qmail@web11802.mail.yahoo.com>


Si ahora yahoo ofrece 100MB gratis!! 
desde el mes de Julio...
---------------------------
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From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@edc.org>




Ralf wrote: There was no consensus on it. I got no answer to my question
why Tunisia
is not considered an African country, and the Human Rights Caucus
definitely did not agree on censoring the language on Tunisia.

He's absolutely right, there was no consensus, only chaos, though many of
the Tunisians treated it as if there had been an actual vote. I've just
uploaded some brief video clips of the end of the meeting in which you can
see how out of control it got. The files are large, more than 4 megs each,
so they may be slow to download.

http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr1.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr2.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr3.avi


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 15:35:32 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
References: <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DC3834.1124D8F1@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Andy,

> http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr1.avi
> http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr2.avi
> http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr3.avi

I only got three 1kb files. Is this an error on your side, or are they
messing with the network here?

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 16:39:35 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <40DC3256.AA1556F8@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: 
 <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
 <40DC3256.AA1556F8@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <p0611042cbd01f6cdc914@[192.168.1.10]>

Ralf:

I agree with your statements 100%

Just like governments, i would encourage the creation of a "like 
minded" civil society group - which is inclusive as possible, 
respects diversity and who's members agree to certain generally 
agreed upon rules of procedure.

Would neutral space of the Goethe institue in Tunisia help for 
subsequent meetings?

regards

Robert

At 4:10 PM +0200 6/25/04, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>and thanks a lot, Andy, for updating everybody out there on this.
>
>>  In the end, it appeared to be decided that there would be one speaker, a
>>  woman from Africa,  who would leave out the language singling out Tunisia.
>There was no consensus on it. I got no answer to my question why Tunisia
>is not considered an African country, and the Human Rights Caucus
>definitely did not agree on censoring the language on Tunisia.
>
>>  But the question still remains open; when civil society representatives
>>  spoke during the late morning plenary, just before lunch, the human rights
>>  caucus did not present their remarks, because it was clear that no
>>  democratic consensus had been reached on the issue.
>
>>  They will continue the
>>  debate later today, and hopefully strike some kind of agreement so they may
>>  present first thing tomorrow morning during the plenary session.
>We have to seriously think about how to deal with these agents
>provocateurs. Everything was done according to procedures we had during
>WSIS phase one, and the statement was actually not bashing Tunisia, but
>encouraging the true implementation of human rights in all countries
>including Tunisia. (We hope to be able to send out the statement later
>today and also get an English translation.)
>The Tunisians messed up the whole thing, and the chair was obviously not
>capable of moderating in a sufficient manner.
>
>This is really serious.
>If you look at the outcome, the Tunisian close-to-government "NGOs" got
>what they wanted: There was no public civil society statement on human
>rights, and the woman from the Tunisian Human Rights League could not
>speak.
>Keeping in mind that the PrepCom venue looks more like a Las Vegas
>spaceship that landed here in the middle of nowhere than it looks like
>Tunisia, it seems that Tunisia just does not exist in this summit
>process.
>A number of like minded civil society groups are currently discussing to
>form their own structures to make sure that they can speak about all
>issues that are important to them. If we (or rather the Tunisian NGOs
>close to the government) go on like this, we will have a de facto
>censorship. Many of us are not sure anymore if it makes sense to deal
>with everybody, even if it is clear that there are fundamental
>differences on important issues.
>
>Ralf
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 16:39:48 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <OFAEB33EC9.1BD70090-ON85256EBE.00560A7B-85256EBE.00560AC1@edc.org>




Correction on URLs:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr1.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blogvideo/plenary.hr2.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr3.avi


From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Fri Jun 25 16:42:36 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@
 edc.org>
References: <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@edc.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040625114109.03221e40@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

Like to disseminate, but we cannot get these files.
Have all sw etc required to download, finding nothing there.

Liss J
wsis.ecommons.ca
smsi.agira-electronique.ca


At 11:28 AM 25/06/2004, Andy Carvin wrote:




>Ralf wrote: There was no consensus on it. I got no answer to my question
>why Tunisia
>is not considered an African country, and the Human Rights Caucus
>definitely did not agree on censoring the language on Tunisia.
>
>He's absolutely right, there was no consensus, only chaos, though many of
>the Tunisians treated it as if there had been an actual vote. I've just
>uploaded some brief video clips of the end of the meeting in which you can
>see how out of control it got. The files are large, more than 4 megs each,
>so they may be slow to download.
>
>http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr1.avi
>http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr2.avi
>http://www.edwebproject.org/video/plenary.hr3.avi
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Andy Carvin
>Program Director
>EDC Center for Media & Community
>acarvin @ edc . org
>http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
>-------------------------------------------------
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 16:45:53 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <OF8ADF0EB8.7613D7C6-ON85256EBE.005698FD-85256EBE.0056995D@edc.org>




No, Ralf, it was my fault, not the network's; sometimes I type too fast for
my own good.

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr1.avi

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr2.avi

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr3.avi

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From pwilson at apnic.net  Fri Jun 25 16:49:55 2004
From: pwilson at apnic.net (Paul Wilson)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for Saturday plenary
Message-ID: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>

Friends,

After this morning's meeting of the internet governance caucus, a 
voluntary drafting committee was formed of Bertrand, Jeanette, Izumi and 
myself.  We drafted the following text as a statement on Internet 
Governance for delivery during the civil society slot in the WSIS 
plenery tomorrow morning (Saturday).

We welcome comments from the governance caucus and during CS plenary 
this evening.

Thanks,

Paul Wilson.
===


1. In his opening remarks to the Global Forum on Internet Governance, in 
New York on 25 March 2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan himself said:

"In managing, promoting and protecting [the Internet?s] presence in our 
lives, we need to be no less creative than those who invented it. 
Clearly, there is a need for governance, but that does not necessarily 
mean that it has to be done in the traditional way, for something that 
is so very different."

2. In this spirit, we welcome the creation of a Working Group on 
Internet Governance which will not be bound by the existing rules of 
procedure of WSIS, and which can therefore pioneer innovative mechanisms 
for multi-stakeholder consensus building.

3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the creation of this Working 
Group provide an appropriate and clear basis on which to move forward. 
The Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus urges progress on this 
matter without further debate which may further delay this important work.

4. We place great importance upon the references in these paragraphs to 
?open and transparent process? and ?full and active participation?.  We 
understand these to mean that all interested entities will be welcomed 
to contribute to and participate at three stages.

First, in discussions regarding establishment, composition and working 
processes of the WG. Second, in the membership of the WG itself, by fair 
representation. And third, in the working group?s consultation 
processes, through comprehensive communications channels.

5. Towards the first of these aims, we ask that on establishment of the 
WG secretariat in July 2004, a general call for contributions be made to 
canvass views on the establishment, composition and working processes of 
the WG. Further, an open meeting should be held to finalise these 
critical aspects of the WG.

6. This proposal being accepted and enacted, the Civil Society Internet 
Governance Caucus fully intends to actively contribute in this critical 
first phase of the working group?s efforts, as well as to its future 
work, towards an outcome with which all stakeholders can identify.



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 15:54:32 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments
References: <OF325CB6C1.C9544A31-ON85256EBE.0050D157-85256EBE.0050D1D0@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DC3CA8.C929F525@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Thanks for the summary, Andy.
For the record: Here is what I actually read. 
We are giving this to the governments (bureau and others) soon.
The other statements fromthis morning will also be sent here and put
online asap.

Ralf

----------------------------

Ralf Bendrath, Heinrich B?ll Foundation

Statement to the PrepCom Plenary on behalf of the Civil Society plenary

25 June 2004

Dear friends,

the first phase of this summit was a major step forward in developing a
multi-stakeholder process on the global level. For the first time civil
society and others have participated in such a way. 

We have worked very hard to use this opportunity in a constructive
manner. By doing so, we also have been reminding you of how a true
vision of a human-centred, just and inclusive information society could
and should look like.

We have to move on in this direction. Governments can not address these
issues alone. Any mechanism that does not closely associate civil
society and other stakeholders is not only unacceptable in principle, it
is also doomed to fail. 

You all have acknowledged this. The importance of civil society
participation is evoked routinely by governments and in official WSIS
statements.

What we demand now is that the multi-stakeholder process is not just a
nice phrase, but becomes true reality.

This seems to be the case for the working groups on internet governance
and finance, where we have heard about and experienced very promising
approaches.

We insist that it also becomes a reality for the rest of the summit
process. 

We are not convinced yet:

- The speaking time given to Civil Society reveals the ironic asymmetry
between the importance theoretically given to us and the actual reality.
Our speaking slots only amount to 2.7 per cent of the total plenary
time!

- In order to have meaningful discussion among all stakeholders, we need
to be able to speak to the points at the time they are raised. This is
not the case right now, though we already had this modality during the
Geneva phase!

- It is still not clear how we can contribute to the implementation of
the action plan with our knowledge and our experiences.

- Meaningful participation also needs to address the large part of civil
society that can not come to Tunis or Geneva. At this PrepCom, we do not
even have an internet broadcast as in phase one.

We want to make very clear that our further participation is depending
on some conditions:

- We insist that we don't fall back behind the highest levels of
inclusiveness and participation from the first phase. Instead, we even
want to improve them. 

- All thematic and regional meetings have to be fully open to all
interested parties.

- Whatever Political Declaration is to be adopted in Tunis, appropriate
mechanisms have to guarantee that civil society is truly involved in any
drafting process and supported in commenting and proposing amendments in
a timely manner.

- We need modalities to ensure meaningful civil society consultation and
cooperation on all areas of the stock-taking exercises and the
implementation of the action plan.

- There must be a creative use of ICTs to ensure civil society
participation from all over the world. We have a lot of experience with
this from our own work.

- We were happy to hear about the participation fund yesterday. However,
we insist that the funding is used in a transparent manner, according to
the actual needs and with meaningful participation of already
established civil society structures on this.

To summarize: 

We are not willing to play an alibi role or lend our legitimacy to a
process that excludes us from true meaningful participation. The summit
can only be a summit of successes if there is substantive progress in
our participation.

From rbissio at chasque.net  Fri Jun 25 16:22:09 2004
From: rbissio at chasque.net (Roberto Bissio)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <p0611041fbd01dc061143@[192.168.1.10]>
References: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DC18F1.30784.1932763@localhost>

One lateral but interesting aspect of the civil society debate around 
the human rights statement and who should read it was the very 
unusual circumstance of having a UN plenary meeting adjourn for 
around an hour in order to wait for Civil Society to put its act 
together! I can not recall anything like that in some 15 years of 
following UN meetings.

Roberto



From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 17:03:53 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments
Message-ID: <OF0629E4AF.0CAC926B-ON85256EBE.00583EC4-85256EBE.00583F3F@edc.org>




 thanks for posting this; will it be one the Web as well? I'd like to link
to it as the document of record. Or I can post it on my blog; just let me
know.

thanks
ac
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 16:06:33 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments
References: <OF0629E4AF.0CAC926B-ON85256EBE.00583EC4-85256EBE.00583F3F@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DC3F79.61B8883A@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

There's no copyright on it. ;-)
Disseminate as widely as you want, I will put it on
http://www.worldsummit2005.org once I have more time.

Andy Carvin wrote:
> 
>  thanks for posting this; will it be one the Web as well? I'd like to link
> to it as the document of record. Or I can post it on my blog; just let me
> know.

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 16:09:09 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] second civil society statement we read this morning
Message-ID: <40DC4015.D2D7BD1A@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Here is the second civil society statement we read this morning in
plenary. 
I was last. Still looking for the first one read by George.

To the translation team: Can you translate these into other languages?
Thanks!!!

R.

-------------------------------

Victoria Cabrera-Balleza
ISIS International Manila

Statement to WSIS PrepCom Plenary
June 25, 2004

At the conclusion of the first phase of this World Summit the
international community agreed a vision and objectives, in the
Declaration of Principles, which are framed around the Millennium
Development Goals and other internationally agreed objectives for
sustainable development. In doing so the Geneva Summit committed to the
challenge of creating an information and communications environment
oriented towards the achievement of a world free of poverty and hunger.

In 2005 the Tunis Summit will coincide with the first five-year review
of international progress towards the Millennium Development Goals.
Governments and multilateral institutions will measure the results of
the WSIS process on the basis of its contribution to the achievement of
universal primary education, promotion of gender equality and women's
empowerment, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal
health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases and ensuring
environmental sustainability and development of global partnerships for
development. 

These are key targets against which action and implementation must be
measured.

We all acknowledge that ICTs can make a contribution to poverty
alleviation and the realization of all human rights, including the right
to development, health, education, and information thereby enabling
developing countries to participate as equal partners in the global
information and communication society. But our efforts are largely
failing and the so-called 'digital-divide' is in fact expanding.

The model that relies primarily on international private investment to
achieve those goals is not working. Markets only provide services for
those who can afford them; governments are unable to correct market
failures due to imposed constraints including external debt and IMF
conditionalities that limit their investments in infrastructure;
investment agreements constrain the delivery of public services and
intellectual property regimes make technology transfers unaffordable. 

These contradictions have been most obviously exposed in the case of
efforts to reduce mortality from HIV/AIDS where the basic right of
patients to life has been restricted by international trade rules to
protect the intellectual property of manufacturers of the medicines
vital for effective treatment. 

Despite these failures, the Action Plan agreed in Geneva, relies to a
large extent on a false logic. It assumes that investment in information
and communication technology products, services and applications, will
by itself contribute to the achievement of development goals. It
assumes, that setting targets for rolling out the ICT infrastructure,
will automatically lead to alleviation of poverty.

Civil society has a different perspective on the priorities for action
needed to achieve the development goals and objectives set out in the
Declaration of Principles. 

We believe policies and investment must be effective from the ground-up. 

People and communities must themselves be enabled to take action to
improve their lives and conditions. Civil society initiatives and
community-driven development projects must be supported and encouraged
through improvements to the policy and regulatory environment for access
to information and to the means of communications and through investment
in traditional as well as new communication technologies. 

WSIS II can be of enormous help in identifying the national and
international obstacles and the action which is needed to address them.

From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 17:14:13 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for Governments
Message-ID: <OFF8FA30EE.0D0C2EF3-ON85256EBE.00593147-85256EBE.0059318F@edc.org>




 done! Just wish I had some video to go with it. :-)

http://edwebproject.org/andy/blog/
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 16:14:25 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
References: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
	 <40DC3256.AA1556F8@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <p0611042cbd01f6cdc914@[192.168.1.10]>
Message-ID: <40DC4151.7B866694@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Robert Guerra wrote:

> Just like governments, i would encourage the creation of a "like
> minded" civil society group - which is inclusive as possible,
> respects diversity and who's members agree to certain generally
> agreed upon rules of procedure.
Thanks, Robert - good to get some feedback on this. 

What are the others thinking? We have a hard time to decide this on our
own here in Tunisia.

> Would neutral space of the Goethe institue in Tunisia help for
> subsequent meetings?
Not really. There is enough space here at the moment, the Goethe
Institute has to be open to everyone, and the next two PrepComs will be
in Geneva anyway, as far as we have heard yet.

R.

From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Fri Jun 25 17:20:27 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for
  Governments
In-Reply-To: <40DC3CA8.C929F525@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <OF325CB6C1.C9544A31-ON85256EBE.0050D157-85256EBE.0050D1D0@edc.org>
 <40DC3CA8.C929F525@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040625121805.03140ea8@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

Ralf's CS statement is online at
http://wsis.ecommons.ca/

We will post more soon, including links to Andy's videos.
They are very disturbing.
We are also preparing an English transcript (of the shouting).

At 10:54 AM 25/06/2004, you wrote:
>Thanks for the summary, Andy.
>For the record: Here is what I actually read.
>We are giving this to the governments (bureau and others) soon.
>The other statements fromthis morning will also be sent here and put
>online asap.
>
>Ralf


From steve at commedia.org.uk  Fri Jun 25 17:23:27 2004
From: steve at commedia.org.uk (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS 2 Prepcom 1 - CS Statement No 1
In-Reply-To: <28758675.1088171425260.JavaMail.www@wwinf0103>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20040625172234.02b91818@pop.gn.apc.org>

Statement to the Plenary Session on Prepcom 1, WSIS Phase 2, Hammammet, 25 
June 2004 - presented by George Christensen, AMARC-Africa

Civil society organisations, participating in the World Summit on the 
Information Society believe a just and equitable information society must 
be people-centred, based on respect for fundamental human rights and giving 
priority to the reduction of poverty and the implementation of sustainable 
development.

During the Geneva phase of the Summit, civil society organisations played a 
full and active role. Despite significant constraints on dialogue and 
communication within the process itself, civil society organisations 
contributed extensively and with good effect.

At the completion of the Geneva Summit we can acknowledge three outcomes: 
two intergovernmental documents  the Declaration of Principles and the Plan 
of Action, and one civil society document  a declaration titled "Shaping 
Information Societies for Human Needs" that was presented to governments at 
the final plenary in Geneva.

Although there are several points on which the civil society position is 
different from that of the governments we propose the Declaration of 
Principles should not be re-opened.

They key principles in the intergovernmental Declaration - on sustainable 
development and the millennium development goals, and on human rights and 
freedom of expression - should form the measures against which actions in 
the second phase are judged.

On the other hand, the Plan of Action, is not a document we can accept to 
work with. It was hastily drafted in the final stages of the Geneva Summit, 
with little input from civil society. In certain important respects it is 
in contradiction with the Declaration of principles and it does not 
adequately provide a basis for action and implementation.

We recommend this be reviewed to establish a new and measurable basis for 
action.

As we commence the second phase of the World Summit on the Information 
Society we would like to re-state our commitment to the priorities set out 
in the civil society declaration presented in Geneva  copies are available 
here today.

We also wish to remind government that the role of civil society is not 
simply one of assisting with implementation but also of observation, 
monitoring and holding of governments to account. During the second phase 
of the Summit we will continue to provide a constructive but critical input 
to the process. We ask for the best conditions to do so in the firm belief 
that our contribution will assist in achieving a better outcome.








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            steve@commedia.org.uk
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         http://www.commedia.org.uk
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From aizu at anr.org  Fri Jun 25 17:18:54 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance
  for Saturday plenary
In-Reply-To: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>
References: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.20.2.20040626011701.05dabe88@anr.org>

Though I was one of the drafting volunteers, I think
  $B!H(Bopen and transparent process$B!I(B in para 4 should be replaced with
"open and inclusive process".

Sorry about this,

izumi

At 01:49 04/06/26 +1000, you wrote:

>3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the creation of this Working Group 
>provide an appropriate and clear basis on which to move forward. The Civil 
>Society Internet Governance Caucus urges progress on this matter without 
>further debate which may further delay this important work.
>
>4. We place great importance upon the references in these paragraphs to $BEP(B 
>pen and transparent process$BG(Band $BEG(Bull and active participation$BG(B  We 
>understand these to mean that all interested entities will be welcomed to 
>contribute to and participate at three stages.


From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 17:28:59 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Must not be an Alibi for  Governments
Message-ID: <OFA34CB82D.D3FDB1A6-ON85256EBE.005A8B07-85256EBE.005A8B6C@edc.org>




 additional video and two (large) digital photos:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr4.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/photos/plenary.debate1.jpg
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/photos/plenary.debate2.jpg
Will capture more if it happens.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 17:45:10 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <p0611042fbd02070f9894@[192.168.1.10]>

Roberto:

had no idea that the govt plenary adjourned and waited for an hour 
for CS. Wow. indeed that indicates how serious they take CS...i mean, 
if they didn't they would have just ignored us all together.





>One lateral but interesting aspect of the civil society debate around
>the human rights statement and who should read it was the very
>unusual circumstance of having a UN plenary meeting adjourn for
>around an hour in order to wait for Civil Society to put its act
>together! I can not recall anything like that in some 15 years of
>following UN meetings.
>
>Roberto


-- 
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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 17:45:20 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not enough bandwidth, or
 something worse...
Message-ID: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]>

I'm curious if anyone has been able to determine the reasons behind 
the internet access issues at the Prepcom.

I ask, as at the march informal meeting - all went well, and 
connectivity was good enough to not only be on  IM, but also have 
Voice over IP working (i had voice over iChat working on my mac).

The simple, and obvious reply would be one of inadequate bandwith for 
the amount of people - but, is it that simple ? Given Tunisia's well 
documented  record of internet censorship - might it be that internet 
access has been made difficult on purpose so that real time 
communications be hard, if not impossible.  it would be consistent 
with known practice....


something to think about -

regards

Robert



-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From aizu at anr.org  Fri Jun 25 17:55:31 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Chair/President concluding remarks on Internet Governance WG.
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.20.2.20040626011701.05dabe88@anr.org>
References: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>
 <6.0.0.20.2.20040626011701.05dabe88@anr.org>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.20.2.20040626015334.05b495a0@anr.org>

This is my note from the Plenary just concluding now on Internet Governance.
Clearly, the government have more say in the "consultation" process, than
other stakeholders. if this will happen the way he described.

izumi

Chair's final remark, on Internet Governance -
June 25 17:45-.

Our task is to define the way how government and other stakeholders would 
interact

It would interact regular basis with government gropus - update consultations,
During these consultations, government reps would have chance to discuss 
with WG member on substantive issues, to allow experts of WGs, to work on 
the final report, based on government positions.

When it comes to 2nd PrepCom, that would be the opportunity for recorded 
discussion on Internet governance issues - where WG will interact with 
government groups in a formal manner .

The sooner we will be able to interact with the WG, we would have better results.
Only interaction during Feb 2005, would not be sufficient to guide the work 
of WGs, that would not insure the open-endedness and inclusiveness.
Regular consultation, whether once a month or twice, will insure 
open-endedness and inclusiveness. The same applies to the Finance Task Force.
In same way to have consultation process, in informal setting, between 
PrepCom2 and PrepCom3,


From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun 25 18:02:41 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] notes on afternoon session of WSIS prepcom I, 25 June
Message-ID: <783D4DC5-C6C9-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Brief Notes on WSIS Prepcom I, Afternoon Plenary Session, 25 June

The afternoon session of the Prepcom plenary saw resumed debate on Item 
12 (The focus and output of the Tunis Phase) and 13 (the structure of 
the process for the Tunis Phase).  Several delegations expressed 
reservations about the composition and modalities of the Working Group 
on Internet Governance and the Task Force on Financing Mechanisms, in 
particular whether they were "open-ended" or not.  Others highlighted 
issues that were important to those delegations, including education, 
health, government, and less-developed countries concerns. Most 
emphasized that they should not renegotiate issues which have already 
been agreed upon in the Geneva phase.

The Chair distributed a proposal for a decision of the Prepcom I 
related to the focus, output and preparatory process of the Tunis Phase 
including a diagram of how the prepcoms relate to the working groups 
and other relevant fora.  He also proposed that there would be a 
document produced that would be basis for negotiations at the 2nd 
Prepcom, which would be drafted by the "friends of the Chair" in 
consultation with regional groups.  This document would evolve in light 
of thematic and regional meetings that occurred, and would be refined 
at Prepcom 2 and 3 until the final Summit.

I presume he is referring to the final "political statement" as well as 
the more action-oriented document that would be the final outcome of 
the Tunis Summit.

Rik Panganiban

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 


From info at virtualactivism.net  Fri Jun 25 18:04:46 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <p0611042cbd01f6cdc914@[192.168.1.10]>
Message-ID: <002d01c45ad6$870af540$521c723e@Marlyn>

In WSIS phase I in Geneva, many of you may remember if you attended the
human rights caucus that there were similar arguments from Tunisian GNGO
representatives -as Amir said governmental non-governmental
organizations. They created the same anger and shouting matches, and I
think we need to think of a different strategy because it ends up being
very disruptive. We need to think of definitely giving them their voice
and space and asking for the same in return, only to avoid the mostly
'uncivil' matches that have occurred every time the words 'Tunis' and
'human right's are put in the same sentence.  Let us put in mind that
this is what will happen and let us try and create a strategy for
dealing with it. 

Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
Virtual Activism
http://www.virtualactivism.org





From info at virtualactivism.net  Fri Jun 25 18:04:46 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <OFAEB33EC9.1BD70090-ON85256EBE.00560A7B-85256EBE.00560AC1@edc.org>
Message-ID: <002f01c45ad6$88380390$521c723e@Marlyn>

Andy, I have translated your blog into Arabic also. I did not want ot
promise it in the beginning because I was not sure I can deliver, but I
am working on it.. so..
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis05/suspensionA.htm



Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
Virtual Activism
http://www.virtualactivism.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Carvin [mailto:ACarvin@edc.org] 
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 11:40 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary





Correction on URLs:

http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr1.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blogvideo/plenary.hr2.avi
http://www.edwebproject.org/andy/blog/video/plenary.hr3.avi

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From rikp at earthlink.net  Fri Jun 25 18:14:31 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not enough bandwidth, or something worse...
In-Reply-To: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]>
References: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]>
Message-ID: <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

As far as I have heard, the only ones with significant access problems 
were people with Macs.  And the techies in the local secretariat staff 
seemed genuinely concerned about fixing this.

Someone could do some research if it is even possible to limit access 
to only macintoshes intentionally and directly.

Rik Panganiban

On 25 juin 04, at 12:45, Robert Guerra wrote:

> I'm curious if anyone has been able to determine the reasons behind 
> the internet access issues at the Prepcom.
>
> I ask, as at the march informal meeting - all went well, and 
> connectivity was good enough to not only be on  IM, but also have 
> Voice over IP working (i had voice over iChat working on my mac).
>
> The simple, and obvious reply would be one of inadequate bandwith for 
> the amount of people - but, is it that simple ? Given Tunisia's well 
> documented  record of internet censorship - might it be that internet 
> access has been made difficult on purpose so that real time 
> communications be hard, if not impossible.  it would be consistent 
> with known practice....
>
>
> something to think about -
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> -- 
> ###
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 18:51:37 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] NY Times article on Internet controls in Tunisia....
Message-ID: <p06110434bd021620206f@[192.168.1.10]>

TUNISIA VIEWED AS REPRESSIVE ON INTERNET CONTROLS
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/25/international/africa/25tuni.html



June 25, 2004

Tunisia's Tangled Web Is Sticking Point for Reform
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR


TUNIS - Walking toward an Internet cafe in this balmy Mediterranean 
capital, Siham Bensedrine, a journalist and human rights advocate, 
quietly points out the secret police agent regularly assigned to 
watch her building.

She chooses a cafe at some distance from her apartment, lest the 
owner take fright at her surfing the Web with foreign visitors and 
ban her. Once inside, she sits at a terminal beneath several 
intimidating signs. "It is strictly forbidden to connect to banned 
sites,'' reads one in part, while another warns, "The use of any 
diskettes except those provided by the manager is absolutely 
forbidden.''

[...]

To take the Internet as just one example, Tunis has proven itself to 
be perhaps the most repressive Arab government, activists here say. 
Not only are many Web sites blocked, they say, but e-mail is also 
heavily monitored. The ability to offer Web services is kept within a 
small privileged circle. Web cafes are shuttered if deemed too lax 
about monitoring every site visited by patrons. Harsh jail sentences 
are meted out to young men convicted of creating or even visiting 
banned sites.

  The number of Web cafes is shrinking in Tunis because so many have 
been closed.

With more sophisticated filtering techniques that block restricted 
sites far more vigorously, struggling Tunisian publications like 
Kalima resort to the samizdat techniques of the old Soviet Union - 
photocopying their magazines and passing them around clandestinely. 
For the Web versions available outside Tunisia, articles are smuggled 
or e-mailed out piecemeal. "Tunisia is economically liberated, but 
politically we live in the Soviet Union of the 1950's; that is the 
paradox,'' says Souhayer BelHassen, the deputy director of the 
Tunisian League for Human Rights.

  Activists are especially incensed that the United Nations has chosen 
Tunis for the next international conference on information technology 
in November 2005, wondering how a country that so heavily curbs 
Internet access can be used to help showcase its future potential.

[...]

Tunisian officials defend the country's Internet record. They point 
out that the country is advanced in deploying the computer for 
everything from university registration to soccer tickets to paying 
utility bills. They also note that sites that were once blocked, like 
Amnesty International and much of the French press, are now open. 
"The sites that are blocked belong to fundamentalist and terrorist 
groups,'' one Tunisian official said. Those jailed in the Zarzis 
case, he said, were trying to get logistical support from Al Qaeda 
and experimenting with explosives.


-- 
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Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 18:55:50 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not
 enough bandwidth, or something worse...
In-Reply-To: <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]>
 <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <p06110435bd02173e6396@[192.168.1.10]>

Rik:

Are you telling me that only microsoft machines work on the Tunisian network?

Begs to ask the  larger question - is it mac's only or non-windows 
machines? are linux machines also affected? if so, then it would give 
the sign that F/OSS isn't a choice either?

regards

Robert



At 1:14 PM -0400 6/25/04, Rik Panganiban wrote:
>As far as I have heard, the only ones with significant access 
>problems were people with Macs.  And the techies in the local 
>secretariat staff seemed genuinely concerned about fixing this.
>
>Someone could do some research if it is even possible to limit 
>access to only macintoshes intentionally and directly.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>
>On 25 juin 04, at 12:45, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>>I'm curious if anyone has been able to determine the reasons behind 
>>the internet access issues at the Prepcom.
>>
>>I ask, as at the march informal meeting - all went well, and 
>>connectivity was good enough to not only be on  IM, but also have 
>>Voice over IP working (i had voice over iChat working on my mac).
>>
>>The simple, and obvious reply would be one of inadequate bandwith 
>>for the amount of people - but, is it that simple ? Given Tunisia's 
>>well documented  record of internet censorship - might it be that 
>>internet access has been made difficult on purpose so that real 
>>time communications be hard, if not impossible.  it would be 
>>consistent with known practice....
>>
>>
>>something to think about -
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Robert
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>###
>>Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>>Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Fri Jun 25 19:10:38 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia -
  not enough bandwidth, or something worse...
In-Reply-To: <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]>
 <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040625140332.034522d0@mail.bydesign-elab.net>

I have just translated the gender caucus report from Canada 's Sharon 
Hackett (thanks Alta Vista babel fish for making this easier, if still 
horribly labour intensive.)
It is doubtless not complete, however it bears on this discussion.
  francais ci-dessous
http://wsis.ecommons.ca/report
http://wsis.ecommons.ca/node?l=fr

24.06.04 Tunis : Clash of civilisation for the Gender caucus
par Sharon Hackett
trans. Liss Jeffrey [not approved by original author], with aid from Alta 
Vista Babel Fish.

The meetings of the Gender caucus in this Prepcom represent the shock of 
civilizations. With the opening of the Tunis phase of the WSIS and Prepcom 
1, Tunisian women (who were allowed to participate) came in great numbers 
to assist yesterday with the meeting of the gender caucus. For the 
majority, these women did not have any knowledge of the documents produced 
in Geneva, nor of the NGO process.
In addition there was some baggage to be addressed: including ideas on 
women and the ICT conveyed by the very new Declaration of Tunis 
(http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/detail.php?id=234). This 
declaration was produced on May 21, 2004 at the time of the international 
'Forum of Tunis on "the woman, the family and digital culture online"' held 
here in Yasmine Hammamet where Prep Com 1 is happening. With this 
declaration, the Tunisian women thus brought the perspective on gender 
which makes sure that women's role is in the household, the family, and 
that for girls and the younger generation the family takes the place of 
education of girls.

It goes without saying that the prospects for finding common ground were 
poor among those with traditional views and those with more modern views, 
and some left the room in pure frustration at a dialogue which went so 
badly. Also the caucus on human rights and the Plenary itself were the 
occasion for several arguments between the autonomous and international 
Tunisian civil society groups and delegates from institutional [domestic?] 
organizations. Trust did not characterize these discussions. Yet 
approximately 25 women who stayed to the end of the Caucus meeting ended up 
holding a kind of rite of passage where the new ideas could start to engage 
with the Geneva declaration of the civil society, which had been 
distributed the day before.

Some participants told organizers privately that they had not been able to 
obtain these documents on the Internet... one would say that there had been 
no access to information on the WSIS nor on the Gender caucus statements. 
The caucus thus directed a very animated discussion on the Wsis Declaration 
of civil society and how it could be implemented on the local level. ( 
Let's look after the international level afterwards, said one participant!) 
I have successfully printed some copies of the Statement of principles of 
Geneva phase, and will distribute them during the meetings today. The 
government of Tunisia will even be able to attach its tuque!
[that last has to be joual but i cannot figure it out - JPG help!]


Please read the original, as there may be errors. LJ
====================================================================
Tunis : choc des civilisations au Gender caucus
par Sharon Hackett

Les r?unions du caucus Gender dans cette Prepcom sont le lieu d'un choc des 
civilisations. Avec l'ouverture de la phase Tunis du SMSI, cette Prepcom a 
permis la participation de femmes tunisiennes qui sont venues en grand 
nombre assister ? la rencontre hier du caucus Gender. Pour la plupart, ces 
femmes n'avaient aucune connaissance des documents produits ? Gen?ve, ni du 
processus d'un sommet onusien.

Ce qu'elles avaient comme bagage : des id?es sur les femmes et les TIC 
v?hicul?es par la toute nouvelle D?claration de Tunis 
(http://www.smsitunis2005.tn/plateforme/detail.php?id=234). Cette 
d?claration a ?t? produite le 21 mai 2004 lors du 'Forum international de 
Tunis sur ?La femme, la famille et la culture num?rique?' tenu ici m?me ? 
Yasmine Hammamet. Elles apportaient donc la perspective de cette conf?rence 
qui assimile, tel qu'on tente depuis des ann?es d'?viter de le faire (!!) 
les femmes au foyer familial, ? la jeune g?n?ration, le r?le de la famille 
comme lieu d'?ducation des petits...

Il va sans dire que les perspectives des 'anciennes' et de ces 'nouvelles' 
ne trouvaient pas toute de suite leur terrain d'entente, et certaines ont 
quitt? la salle purement par frustration avec un dialogue qui s'amor?ait si 
mal. Il faut dire aussi que le caucus des droits humains et les pleni?res 
ont ?t? l'occasion de plusieurs prises de bec entre la soci?t? civile 
autonome tunisienne et international et les d?l?gu?s des organismes 
institutionnels, alors la confiance ne r?gne pas dans les discussions. Mais 
les environ 25 femmes qui restaient ont fini par faire une sorte de session 
d'initiation o? les nouvelles ont pu commencer ? engager avec la 
d?claration de la soci?t? civile, qui avait ?t? distribu?e la veille. 
Quelques-unes ont d'ailleurs confi? aux organisatrices qu'elles n'avaient 
pas pu obtenir ces documents sur Internet... on dirait qu'avoir acc?s ce 
n'est pas tout. Le caucus a donc orient? les discussions, tr?s anim?es, sur 
la d?claration de la soci?t? civile et la fa?on de le mettre en oeuvre sur 
le plan local. (L'international, on regardera apr?s, disaient-elles !) J'ai 
r?ussi ? imprimer quelques copies de la D?claration de principes de la 
phase de Gen?ve, et on les distribuera lors de la r?union d'aujourd'hui... 
et le gouvernment tunisien pourra attacher sa tuque!


From ACarvin at edc.org  Fri Jun 25 20:36:34 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] paralysis in civil society meeting
Message-ID: <OF133177F4.3B9ABCD5-ON85256EBE.006BB749-85256EBE.006BB7F0@edc.org>





Paralysis

This evening?s content and themes meeting of the civil society caucus
degenerated into  chaos, as some Tunisian and African NGO representatives
overwhelmed the session, preventing chairs Karen Banks and Steve Buckley
from leading a discussion on tomorrow?s various civil society speeches to
the government plenary. With probably seven or eight Tunisians for every
non-Tunisian in the room, they demanded that civil society take an
immediate vote on whether language critical of the Tunisian government
would be excised from the human rights caucus text.

The Tunisians, who did not participate in the human rights caucus session
in which the language was drafted, demanded the right to overrule the text
criticizing the Tunisian government, as well as change the speaker to
someone they felt represented their view. They argued that a ?vote? had
been taken earlier in the afternoon during the previous civil society
meeting -- rather, it was their supporters shouting acclamation -- and no
consistent translation was offered to allow participants to make an
informed decision.

For nearly two hours, the audience of nearly 100 people were completely
deadlocked, with the Tunisians blocking calls for a discussion proposing
that two people ? one of their choosing and one chosen by the human rights
caucus ? be given time to speak tomorrow during the government plenary. On
numerous occasions, Karen Banks was shouted down by Tunisian
representatives, saying she wasn?t the legitimate chair of the meeting and
that the chair that had presided over the chaotic afternoon session return
to that position.

Eventually, Renate Bloem arrived, having come back from a meeting with
government delegates, and implored the group to attempt to arrive at
consensus. She said that if the session continued to be held hostage, it
would become impossible for civil society to craft the speeches on other
issues that need to be addressed during tomorrow?s plenary.

By this time it was just before 8pm, and the translators were off the clock
and left the room. This made it impossible to continue the debate with
adequate translation, and it was decided that a plenary to discuss the
human rights issue would be convened first thing tomorrow morning so that
the Content and Themes group could have an adequate amount of time tonight
to plan tomorrow?s other speeches.


-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 21:15:01 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] paralysis in civil society meeting
In-Reply-To: 
 <OF133177F4.3B9ABCD5-ON85256EBE.006BB749-85256EBE.006BB7F0@edc.org>
References: 
 <OF133177F4.3B9ABCD5-ON85256EBE.006BB749-85256EBE.006BB7F0@edc.org>
Message-ID: <p06110438bd023212ad5f@[192.168.1.10]>

Andy:

thanks for this - sigh! looks like the # of tunsians in the CS 
discussions has changed from the usual 25% to 75%.

If indeed the next prepcom will be in Geneva - we must make sure that 
our structures, procedures, facilitation and conflict resolution 
abilities are much improved.

What the Tunisian's don't seem to realize is that  by their actions - 
the so called Paralysis - that Freedom of expression and diversity of 
views are rights not common place in Tunisia. For if the WSIS Civil 
Society is treated so - how must the local "real" civil society be 
treated? Again, something to think about.

The opportunity existed for Tunisia to prove it's claims that it is 
in fact  a democracy, open to dissenting views and respectful of 
norms of procedure, and capable of hosting all the stakeholders 
involved in the WSIS. However, but it did no such thing.

Let's not forget that all this (and far worse) has been reported for 
years  in reports by Amnesty International Human Rights Watch,  OMCT, 
and others.

So we should be cautious - paralysis is what's occuring inside the 
confines of the conference centre, an area covered by a UN/Host 
country agreement. let's  start thinking about what  very likely will 
occur when CS "protestors" come to the country for the summit in Nov. 
it won't be pretty . I would suggest an idea that came up at the CS 
meeting in Berlin - let's  form a CS planning committee which works 
on logistical and other arrangements to help CS be as ready and 
prepared as possible for the meetings ahead.

The said working/group committee would only deal with issues related 
to coordination and logistics to make sure that CS basic needs are 
through of, planned and ready for meetings to come. For example, it 
could  make sure our IT needs are taken care of, so that we can 
inform the our collegues around the world who can virtually 
participate.

comments?


regards

Robert



>Paralysis
>
>This evening?s content and themes meeting of the civil society caucus
>degenerated into  chaos, as some Tunisian and African NGO representatives
>overwhelmed the session, preventing chairs Karen Banks and Steve Buckley
>from leading a discussion on tomorrow?s various civil society speeches to
>the government plenary. With probably seven or eight Tunisians for every
>non-Tunisian in the room, they demanded that civil society take an
>immediate vote on whether language critical of the Tunisian government
>would be excised from the human rights caucus text.

-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From info at virtualactivism.net  Fri Jun 25 15:24:47 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rik's report on June 23rd session
In-Reply-To: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
Message-ID: <001601c45ac0$2e7b26e0$521c723e@Marlyn>

I have the report translated into Arabic for those who are interested. I
am working to translate other documents... hang on. 
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis05/reportjune24-04-A.htm

:-)


Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
http://www.mengos.net
http://www.virtualactivism.org





From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 20:36:44 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Evidence of infringement of Human Rights at PrepCom1
Message-ID: <40DC7ECC.C745716F@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

1. The tunisian human rights league web site (www.ltdh.org) is not
accessible anymore from the PrepCom venue.
2. The tunisian organizing committee issued at least 20-30 new badges
today (registration dealine is long over), and the authorities carried
these people from Tunis in Buses to the Civil Society content and themes
meeting this evening.
3. The CT meeting was completely hijacked by the Tunisian agent
provocateurs. Wewere deprived our right tospeakfreely,and someofus were
almost physically attacked. It was a frightening situation.

There is discussion going on among governments right nowtomovethe
wholesummit to Geneva. All PrepComs will now take place in Geneva.

We have a meeting of like-minded NGOs right now and discuss our
strategy.

Ralf

From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Fri Jun 25 21:58:19 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:=20[WSIS=20CS-Plenary]=20Version=20fran=E7aise=20du=20Draft=20statement=20on=20Internet=20Gvernance=20for=20Saturday=20plenary?=
Message-ID: <200406252058.BWW36786@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Voici une traduction fran?aise du texte de l'intervention 
pr?vue pour demain matin sur les questions de gouvernance 
internet. Merci pour vos commentaires avant 8h30 demain.  



"D?claration relative au Groupe de Travail du Secr?taire 
G?n?ral des Nations-Unies sur la Gouvernance Internet, au 
nom du Caucus Gouvernance Internet de la Soci?t? Civile. 


1. Dans ses remarques ? l'ouverture du Forum Global sur la 
Gouvernance Internet, tenu ? New York le 25 Mars dernier, le 
Secr?taire G?n?ral des Nations Unies, Kofi Annan lui-m?me 
indiquait : "Dans la gestion, la promotion et la protection 
de la pr?sence de l'Internet dans nos vies, nous devons ?tre 
au moins aussi cr?atifs que ceux qui l'ont invent?. Il y a 
un clair besoin de gouvernance, mais cela ne signifie pas 
n?cessairement que cela doit ?tre fait d'une mani?re 
traditionnelle, pour quelque chose qui est aussi diff?rent".

2. Dans ce esprit, nous accueillons avec int?r?t la cr?ation 
d'un groupe de travail sur la gouvernance Internet qui ne 
sera pas limit? par les r?gles de proc?dure existantes du 
SMSI et permettra du coup de mettre en ?uvre de mani?re 
pioni?re des m?canismes innovants pour construire le 
consensus entrer tous les acteurs.

3.	Les paragraphes du Plan d?Action relatifs ? la 
cr?ation de ce groupe de travail fournissent une base 
appropri?e et claire sur laquelle il est possible d?avancer. 
Le Caucus Gouvernance Internet de la Soci?t? Civile invite ? 
avancer sur ce sujet sans que la prolongation du d?bat 
ralentisse plus avant ce travail important.

4.  Nous attachons une grande importance aux r?f?rences dans 
ces paragraphes aux expressions ? processus ouvert et 
inclusif ? et ? participation pleine et enti?re ?. Nous 
consid?rons celles-ci comme signifiant que toutes les 
entit?s concern?es seront convi?es ? contribuer et ? 
participer au cours de trois ?tapes successives.

En premier, dans les discussions relatives ? 
l?tablisssement, la composition et le mode de fonctionnement 
du groupe de travail. En second lieu, en tant que membre du 
groupe lui-m?me, via une juste repr?sentativit?. En 
troisi?me lieu, dans le processus de consultation du groupe 
de travail, via des canaux de communication appropri?s. 

5. Pour r?aliser le premier de ces objectifs, nous demandons 
qu?apr?s l??tablissement du secr?tariat du groupe de travail 
en Juillet 2004, un appel g?n?ral ? contribution soit lanc? 
pour recueillir les diff?rents points de vue sur 
l??tablissement, la composition, et le processus de travail 
du groupe. Nous demandons en outre qu?une r?union ouverte se 
tienne pour finaliser ces aspects critiques du groupe de 
travail. 

6 .  Si cette proposition est mise en oeuvre, le Caucus 
Gouvernance Internet de la Soci?t? Civile affirme son 
intention de contribuer activement dans cette premi?re phase 
critique des efforts du groupe de travail, ainsi que dans 
son futur travail, pour produire un r?sultat auquel tous les 
acteurs pourront s?identifier."
From veni at veni.com  Fri Jun 25 21:59:36 2004
From: veni at veni.com (veni markovski)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] paralysis in civil society meeting
In-Reply-To: <p06110438bd023212ad5f@[192.168.1.10]>
References: <OF133177F4.3B9ABCD5-ON85256EBE.006BB749-85256EBE.006BB7F0@edc.org>
 <p06110438bd023212ad5f@[192.168.1.10]>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.2.20040625235751.02a24600@198.111.183.129>

>If indeed the next prepcom will be in Geneva - we must make sure that our 
>structures, procedures, facilitation and conflict resolution abilities are 
>much improved.

I am thinking that perhaps the Civil Society plenary / CT / etc. may ask 
the Secretariat of the WSIS to make sure either:

a) have decent working environment in Tunis, or
b) move the CS part of the WSIS PrepComs to Geneva

v.




From rkoven at compuserve.com  Fri Jun 25 22:23:06 2004
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Evidence of infringement of Human Rights at
  PrepCom1
Message-ID: <200406251723_MC3-1-856E-D39B@compuserve.com>

Dear All -- 

The discussions of governments to move WSIS II elsewhere are long overdue.

Press freedom groups have been arguing along that the choice of Tuunisia
was a serious mistake.

Tunisian comportment, as described in today's various messages, only serve
to confirm what we strongly apprehended all along -- that Tunisan GONGOs
would prevent free discussion. Those who thought the contrary might have
considered that Tunisan sense of enlightened self-interest would prevail,
that they would be eager to show themselves capable of organizing a
normally consensual meeting, with give and take.  But those of us who have
already suffered Tunisian GONGO slings and arrows during the Geneva
meetiings are unfortunately being proven right.

Civil Society groups should now rally to the call already made by press
freedom NGOs to Kofi Annan to use his influence to move WSIS II or cancel
it altogether.

Alternatives are Geneva, another African location like Dakar, Senegal, or
UN Headquarters in NY -- a neutral location.

When the idea was broached in the past to Annan's people, they insisted
they could not take it upon themselves to change a UN General Assembly
decision to go to Tunis. Now, that argument can be answered with the
finding that the Tunisian authorities prove themselves incapable of
conducting a calm, businesslike meeting in which all sides can be heard,
that they mean to use sheer local numbers to overwhelm outside participants
and those who represent independent Tunisian Civil Society organizations.

If this is said forcefully, unanimously enough, it might eventually be
heard at UN headquarters,

An argument against moving it was that an African country should be allowed
the opportunity it could provide the platform for such a meeting. There are
undoubtedly a number of African countries of which this is so. But Tunisia
is clearly demonstrating that it is not one of them.

Ronald Koven
European Representative, World Press Freedom Committee

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 22:17:18 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Evidence of infringement of Human Rights at
 PrepCom1
In-Reply-To: <40DC7ECC.C745716F@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <40DC7ECC.C745716F@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <p0611043bbd024557319b@[192.168.1.10]>

wow!

I guess the Tunisians couldn't have done it better - they proved by 
their actions that tunisia isn't an appropriate place for a summit.

I feel bad for all of you there -who went there with good, honest 
intentions , to do work, only to be harassed and assaulted. To come 
all the way, certain people at great expense - is a tragedy. 
Frightening indeed.

In terms of the summit - t2005 with it's meetings on MDG+5 and next 
WTO round will be full enough as it is... I do hope it gets  moved to 
another venue and/or another date.


Will be thinking of you all - May the hours you have left in - like 
minded - spaces be productive.


regards


Robert



>1. The tunisian human rights league web site (www.ltdh.org) is not
>accessible anymore from the PrepCom venue.
>2. The tunisian organizing committee issued at least 20-30 new badges
>today (registration dealine is long over), and the authorities carried
>these people from Tunis in Buses to the Civil Society content and themes
>meeting this evening.
>3. The CT meeting was completely hijacked by the Tunisian agent
>provocateurs. Wewere deprived our right tospeakfreely,and someofus were
>almost physically attacked. It was a frightening situation.
>
>There is discussion going on among governments right nowtomovethe
>wholesummit to Geneva. All PrepComs will now take place in Geneva.
>
>We have a meeting of like-minded NGOs right now and discuss our
>strategy.
>
>Ralf
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Fri Jun 25 23:06:27 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Tunisia News - Encore une page noire dans les annales de la
 justice
Message-ID: <p06110400bd0252162e53@[192.168.3.25]>

http://www.reveiltunisien.org/breve.php3?id_breve=1208

Encore une page noire dans les annales de la justice
  mercredi  23 juin 2004

CONSEIL NATIONAL POUR LES LIBERTES EN TUNISIE

  Tunis le 23 juin 2004

  Encore une page noire dans les annales de la justice

  Le proc?s des internautes de Zarzis o? devaient compara?tre en ?tat 
d'arrestation , Omar Chalandi (22 ans), Hamza mahroug (22 ans), Amor 
Rached (22 ans), Abdelgaffar Guisa (22 ans), Ridha bel haj Ibrahim 
(37 ans), Aymen Mcharek (22 ans), tous condamn?s en premi?re instance 
? 19 ans de prison ferme, et qui s'est ouvert le 22 juin devant la 
cour d'appel de Tunis, n'a pu se poursuivre parce que les pr?venus 
n'ont pas ?t? pr?sent?s ? la cour?!

  Le collectif de la d?fense constitu? entre autre du b?tonnier B?chir 
Essid, de ma?tres Raouf Ayadi, Mokhtar Trifi, Radhia Nasraoui, N?jib 
Hosni, Mohamed Abbou, Samir Dillou, Samir Ben Amor, Noureddine 
Bhiri?, choqu? par ce refus ill?gal de l'administration 
p?nitentiaire, avait exig? de la cour de donner l'ordre de pr?senter 
les pr?venus qui se trouvent ? 150 m?tres du tribunal ? la prison 
civile du 9 avril, ou alors d'exiger de l'administration 
p?nitentiaire de motiver l'absence des pr?venus ? leur proc?s, 
conform?ment ? ses comp?tences et ? ce que pr?voit la loi.

  Les avocats avaient alert? la cour sur ce refus d?lib?r? de 
l'administration qui serait motiv? par la pr?sence d'observateurs 
?trangers et rappel? ? la cour que les pr?venus ?taient sous son 
autorit? et qu'elle devrait user de cette autorit? pour les amener au 
tribunal. Mais le pr?sident de la cour Tahar Sliti a lev? l'audience 
et s'est ?clips? laissant des avocats, dont les demandes ?taient 
rest?es sans r?ponse, constern?s. Les familles des d?tenus avaient 
elles aussi cri? leurs indignation et demand? quel sort la cour 
r?serve ? leurs enfants. Tard dans la soir?e, ils ont appris que le 
proc?s a ?t? report? au 6 juillet 2004. Quant au proc?s du jeune 
Bourguiba, impliqu? dans la m?me affaire, qui s'est tenu le 23 juin 
devant une chambre pour mineurs, il a ?t? report? au 7 juillet ? la 
demande de ses avocats.

  Ce proc?s embl?matique de l'instrumentalisation par le pouvoir 
politique de la lutte contre le terrorisme pr?occupe de nombreuses 
ONG de droits humains et de libert? d'_expression. En effet, outre la 
pr?sence d'observateurs d'ONG tunisiennes (LTDH, CNLT, AISPP), des 
observateurs d'ONG internationales ?taient pr?sents ? ce proc?s, nous 
citons parmi eux, Steve Buckley (World Association of Community Radio 
Broadcasters, Article 19, International Freedom of _Expression 
eXchange (IFEX), International Press Institute (IPI), World press 
freedom committee (WPFC), Canadian journalists for free _expression 
(CJFE), Antoine Madelin (FIDH et OMCT), Caroline Stainier (REMDH), 
Renaud Cornaud (Comit? Aix-marseille pour les libert?s en Tunisie), 
et Philippe Dieudonn? ( F?d?ration Rh?nes-Alpes de la LDH). La World 
association of newspapers (WAN) ?tait repr?sent?e par ma?tre Ayadi, 
Index-on-censorship, par ma?tre N?jib Hosni et Reporters sans 
fronri?res (RSF) par ma?tre Mohamed Abbou.

  Par ailleurs, les familles des prisonniers ont alert? le CNLT sur 
les conditions de d?tention pr?occupantes de leurs enfants. Amor 
Rached, abdelghaffar Guiza, Amor Chalendli, ont fait l'objet d'une 
sanction disciplinaire et transf?r?s ? la prison sinistre de Borj el 
Amri depuis le 16 juin. De m?me, la m?re de Amor Chendli, venue de 
France pour le proc?s, a ?t? interdite de rendre visite ? son fils. 
Quant ? Abdelghaffar Guiza, il a ?t? jet? au cachot et interdit de 
visite pour avoir protest? contre son transfert. Amor Rached a 
inform? sa famille, qui a pu le visiter, qu'ils entamaient une gr?ve 
de la faim illimit?e.

  Le CNLT consid?re que la raison de ce report invoqu?e par le 
pr?sident Tahar Sliti est hautement r?v?latrice du degr? de 
soumission de la justice ? la volont? de l'ex?cutif, puisqu'il 
reconna?t qu'il ne peut exercer l'autorit? que lui conf?re la loi en 
vue d'amener les pr?venus qu'il a convoqu?s devant la cour qu'il 
pr?side.

  Il r?it?re sa crainte que ces jeunes ne b?n?ficient pas d'une 
justice sereine et d'un proc?s ?quitable tel que d?fini par les 
standards internationaux et appelle toutes les ONG nationales et 
internationales ? une plus grande vigilance concernant l'observation 
de ce proc?s.

  Il consid?re que les faux-fuyants utilis?s par les autorit?s 
publiques, en vue d'?viter que ce proc?s ne se tienne devant des 
observateurs internationaux, illustrent largement la volont? de 
cacher les violations graves aux droits et libert?s dont 
l'administration se rend coupable en toute impunit?.

  Il rel?ve l'instrumentalisation de ce genre de proc?s par les 
autorit?s publiques dans sa pr?tendue lutte contre le terrorisme, 
suite ? la d?claration du ministre de la communication et des 
transports, Sadock Rabah, le jour de ce proc?s, lors de sa conf?rence 
de presse annon?ant l'ouverture des travaux de la commission 
pr?paratoire du SMSI ? Hammamet?: ??Pas de tol?rance pour l'usage des 
nouvelles technologies de l'information, par les terroristes ainsi 
que pour l'usage d'Internet pour des op?rations terroristes.??

  Le CNLT condamne avec la plus grande vigueur l'ing?rence de 
l'ex?cutif dans la justice et appelle ? la restauration de l'autorit? 
de l'institution judiciaire.

  Pour le Conseil

  La porte-parole

  Sihem Bensedrine
-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Fri Jun 25 23:33:10 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] news, analysis and summary from PrepCom paralysis
Message-ID: <40DCA826.7F2233DD@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Hi all,

see http://www.worldsummit2005.org for an article I just uploaded on the
whole day and the perspectives out of that. 
Be patient - the server sometimes needs some time until the pages are
generated, so you might want to check in half an hour or so if it is not
there yet (and no, this is just a dumb proprietary CMS, no Tunisian
involvement. ;-) )
 
We (the likeminded group of NGOs) will be offline now until tomorrow
morning. Pretty hot developments here. Wish us luck!

Best, Ralf

From echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar  Sat Jun 26 01:23:49 2004
From: echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar (Enrique A. Chaparro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Evidence of infringement of Human Rights at
 PrepCom1
In-Reply-To: <40DC7ECC.C745716F@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <40DC7ECC.C745716F@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <20040625212349.527eecf0.echaparro@uolsinectis.com.ar>

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:36:44 +0200
Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

RB> 1. The tunisian human rights league web site (www.ltdh.org) is not
RB> accessible anymore from the PrepCom venue.
RB> 2. The tunisian organizing committee issued at least 20-30 new badges
RB> today (registration dealine is long over), and the authorities carried
RB> these people from Tunis in Buses to the Civil Society content and
RB> themes meeting this evening.
RB> 3. The CT meeting was completely hijacked by the Tunisian agent
RB> provocateurs. Wewere deprived our right tospeakfreely,and someofus
RB> were almost physically attacked. It was a frightening situation.
RB> 
RB> There is discussion going on among governments right nowtomovethe
RB> wholesummit to Geneva. All PrepComs will now take place in Geneva.
RB> 
RB> We have a meeting of like-minded NGOs right now and discuss our
RB> strategy.

I'm deeply sorry to remember you that this is exactly what I
warned you about, a month ago in EPIC's conference in Washington.
Please receive all my solidarity, and let me know if I can help
in any way.

Regards from the Far South,

Enrique

-- 
``Izena duen guzia omen da.''
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Sat Jun 26 07:51:37 2004
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for
 Saturday plenary
In-Reply-To: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>
References: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net>
Message-ID: <p0611047cbd02ca7854d0@[0.0.0.0]>

Hi,

Para 3.  I think it should be Plan of Action, not 
Action Plan, and Para 4. as Izumi noted, quotes 
should be from the Plan of Action  "open and 
inclusive process [that ensures a mechanism for 
the] full and active participation".  And perhaps 
replace "participate at three stages" with 
"participate in all aspects of the working group 
process." (and remove first, second third from 
the next paragraph.)

Thanks,

Adam (sunny in Santa Clara.)



>Friends,
>
>After this morning's meeting of the internet 
>governance caucus, a voluntary drafting 
>committee was formed of Bertrand, Jeanette, 
>Izumi and myself.  We drafted the following text 
>as a statement on Internet Governance for 
>delivery during the civil society slot in the 
>WSIS plenery tomorrow morning (Saturday).
>
>We welcome comments from the governance caucus 
>and during CS plenary this evening.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Wilson.
>===
>
>
>1. In his opening remarks to the Global Forum on 
>Internet Governance, in New York on 25 March 
>2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan himself 
>said:
>
>"In managing, promoting and protecting [the 
>Internet?s] presence in our lives, we need to be 
>no less creative than those who invented it. 
>Clearly, there is a need for governance, but 
>that does not necessarily mean that it has to be 
>done in the traditional way, for something that 
>is so very different."
>
>2. In this spirit, we welcome the creation of a 
>Working Group on Internet Governance which will 
>not be bound by the existing rules of procedure 
>of WSIS, and which can therefore pioneer 
>innovative mechanisms for multi-stakeholder 
>consensus building.
>
>3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the 
>creation of this Working Group provide an 
>appropriate and clear basis on which to move 
>forward. The Civil Society Internet Governance 
>Caucus urges progress on this matter without 
>further debate which may further delay this 
>important work.
>
>4. We place great importance upon the references 
>in these paragraphs to ?open and transparent 
>process? and ?full and active participation?. 
>We understand these to mean that all interested 
>entities will be welcomed to contribute to and 
>participate at three stages.
>
>First, in discussions regarding establishment, 
>composition and working processes of the WG. 
>Second, in the membership of the WG itself, by 
>fair representation. And third, in the working 
>group?s consultation processes, through 
>comprehensive communications channels.
>
>5. Towards the first of these aims, we ask that 
>on establishment of the WG secretariat in July 
>2004, a general call for contributions be made 
>to canvass views on the establishment, 
>composition and working processes of the WG. 
>Further, an open meeting should be held to 
>finalise these critical aspects of the WG.
>
>6. This proposal being accepted and enacted, the 
>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully 
>intends to actively contribute in this critical 
>first phase of the working group?s efforts, as 
>well as to its future work, towards an outcome 
>with which all stakeholders can identify.
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From mlavigne at wanadoo.fr  Sat Jun 26 09:10:36 2004
From: mlavigne at wanadoo.fr (Michel LAVIGNE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)
Message-ID: <7804330.1088237436126.JavaMail.www@wwinf0401>

As i must leave for Paris this morning and in order to be fully effective,
you can find us under the generic name of SANGOMAR whithin the wsis.
Everybody can participate to the discussion by filling the questionnaire we
made especially for a working group on Internet Governance.
You'll find it at http://intergovernance.org
We ask for your comments. Everybody at wsis is concerned.

Best regards

Michel Lavigne
SANGOMAR ECOSYSTEMS/SANGOMAR SYSTEMS

Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance 

>Friends,
>
>After this morning's meeting of the internet
>governance caucus, a voluntary drafting
>committee was formed of Bertrand, Jeanette,
>Izumi and myself.  We drafted the following text
>as a statement on Internet Governance for
>delivery during the civil society slot in the
>WSIS plenery tomorrow morning (Saturday).
>
>We welcome comments from the governance caucus
>and during CS plenary this evening.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Wilson.
>===
>
>
>1. In his opening remarks to the Global Forum on
>Internet Governance, in New York on 25 March
>2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan himself
>said:
>
>"In managing, promoting and protecting [the
>Internet?s] presence in our lives, we need to be
>no less creative than those who invented it.
>Clearly, there is a need for governance, but
>that does not necessarily mean that it has to be
>done in the
>
>2. In this spirit, we welcome the creation of a
>Working Group on Internet Governance which will
>not be bound by the existing rules of procedure
>of WSIS, and which can therefore pioneer
>innovative mechanisms for multi-stakeholder
>consensus building.
>
>3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the
>creation of this Working Group provide an
>appropriate and clear basis on which to move
>forward. The Civil Society Internet Governance
>Caucus urges progress on this matter without
>further debate which may further delay this
>important work.
>
>4. We place great importance upon the references
>in these paragraphs to ?open and transparent
>process? and ?full and active participation?.
>We understand these to mean that all interested
>entities will be welcomed to contribute to and
>participate at three stages.
>
>First, in discussions regarding establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Second, in the membership of the WG itself, by
>fair representation. And third, in the working
>group?s consultation processes, through
>comprehensive communications channels.
>
>5. Towards the first of these aims, we ask that
>on establishment of the WG secretariat in July
>2004, a general call for contributions be made
>to canvass views on the establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Further, an open meeting should be held to
>finalise these critical aspects of the WG.
>
>6. This proposal being accepted and enacted, the
>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully
>intends to actively contribute in this critical
>first phase of the working group?s efforts, as
>well as to its future work, towards an outcome
>with which all stakeholders can identify.
>
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From dorte at mail.una.dk  Sat Jun 26 09:18:34 2004
From: dorte at mail.una.dk (Dorte Munch)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] the discussed human rigths document in English and French
Message-ID: <20040626081834.M36936@mail.una.dk>

The discussed human rights document in English and French (below)

Civil Society statement on the human rights issue
Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
PrepCom1, WSIS second phase
Hammamet ? June 25 2004
Presented by
Souhayr Belhassen, vice-president of the Tunisian Human Rights League


At the beginning of this WSIS second phase, civil society organizations 
present in Hammamet wish to express their objectives and their working 
priorities in view of the Tunis Summit in 2005.

At a time where the foundations of international human rights law are being 
challenged by newly adopted laws and measures, everywhere in the world, in 
the name of a fight against terrorism, it was important that the Declaration 
of principles adopted in Geneva in 2003 makes reference to the fundamental 
principles of universality and indivisibility of all human rights, to the 
right to development, and specially reaffirms the necessary respect of the 
integrality of Article 19 of the UDHR on freedom of expression, of 
information and of communication.

This second phase must go beyond that. Indeed, we intend that it clarifies 
these principles by also reaffirming the fundamental principle of non 
discrimination, the necessity to respect international labor standards, and 
the recognition that a true security can only be reached with measures 
entirely compatible with internationally recognized human rights, not least 
the right to privacy. In addition, we cannot accept that the Declaration of 
principles admits that the rule of law is supposed to ? reflect national 
realities? rather than being in coherence with the legally binding 
obligations of States according to the international human rights treaties 
they have ratified.

The Tunis phase will focus on Internet governance and infrastructure 
financing issues. We will take part in this work, making sure that its 
results ensure the promotion of the effective implementation of the whole 
set of human rights, and do not derogate from them.

Without effective implementation, the principles would indeed stay without 
substance. We request that WSIS allow for these principles to be translated 
into an information and communication society serving human rights. To this 
end, we wish that the Summit define precise indicators allowing to evaluate 
the realization of this objective and set up an international mechanism for 
their assessment on this ground, at the local, regional and international 
level.

Finally, we are entirely conscious of the fundamental importance of holding 
WSIS in Tunis, for the people of Tunisia as well as of all the global South 
countries, and we thus wish its success. However, we wish to reaffirm that 
it is the duty of the host country of the Summit to show exemplarity, 
especially in the realization of freedom of expression, of information, of 
communication, as well as of freedom of association and the right to 
privacy, during the Tunis process and beyond.




Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
PrepCom1, seconde phase du SMSI, s?ance pl?ni?re
Hammamet ? 25 juin 2004
Pr?sent?e par
Souhayr Belhassen, vice-pr?sidente de la Ligue tunisienne des droits de 
l?homme


En ce d?but de la seconde phase du SMSI, les organisations de la soci?t? 
civile pr?sentes ? Hammamet souhaitent exprimer leurs objectifs et leurs 
priorit?s de travail en vue du Sommet de Tunis en 2005.

? l?heure o? les fondations du droit international des droits de l?homme 
sont ?branl?es par les lois et mesures adopt?es, partout dans le monde, au 
nom d?une lutte contre le terrorisme, il ?tait important que la D?claration 
de principe adopt?e ? Gen?ve en 2003 se r?f?re aux principes essentiels 
d?universalit? et d?indivisibilit? de tous les droits de l?homme, au droit 
au d?veloppement, et r?affirme en particulier le n?cessaire respect de 
l?int?gralit? de l?article 19 de la DUDH sur la libert? d?expression, 
d?information et de communication. 

Cette seconde phase doit aller plus loin. Nous entendons en effet qu?elle 
pr?cise ces principes en affirmant ?galement le principe non-d?rogeable de 
non discrimination, la n?cessit? du respect des standards internationaux 
relatifs aux droits des travailleurs, et la reconnaissance qu?une vraie 
s?curit? ne peut ?tre atteinte que gr?ce ? des mesures enti?rement 
compatibles avec les droits de l?homme internationalement reconnus, 
particuli?rement le droit ? la vie priv?e. En outre, nous ne pouvons 
accepter que la D?claration de principes admette que l??tat de droit soit 
suppos? ? refl?ter la situation r?elle des pays ?, plut?t qu??tre en 
coh?rence avec les obligations l?gales des ?tats d?coulant des trait?s 
internationaux relatifs aux droits de l?homme qu?ils ont ratifi?s.

La phase de Tunis va concentrer ses travaux sur les questions de gouvernance 
d?Internet et de financement de l?infrastructure. Nous y prendrons toute 
notre part en veillant ? ce que leurs r?sultats, loin d?y d?roger, 
promeuvent la mise en oeuvre effective de l?ensemble des droits de l?homme.

Sans mise en oeuvre effective, les principes resteront en effet lettre 
morte. Nous entendons que le SMSI permette que ces principes se traduisent 
par une soci?t? de l?information et de la communication au service des 
droits de l?homme. ? cette fin, nous souhaitons que le Sommet d?finisse des 
indicateurs pr?cis permettant d?appr?cier la r?alisation de cet objectif et 
mette en place un m?canisme international et ind?pendant pour leur 
?valuation sur le terrain, au niveau local, r?gional et international.
 
Enfin, nous sommes pleinement conscients de l'importance fondamentale de la 
tenue du SMSI ? Tunis, pour les peuples de Tunisie comme de l'ensemble des 
pays du Sud, et nous souhaitons donc sa r?ussite. Toutefois, nous souhaitons 
r?affirmer qu?il incombe au pays h?te du Sommet de se montrer exemplaire, 
notamment dans la r?alisation de la libert? d?expression, d?information et 
de communication, ainsi que de la libert? d?association et du droit ? la vie 
priv?e, pendant le d?roulement du processus de Tunis et au-del?. 


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Jun 26 10:21:10 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS emergency plenary seen from fare
In-Reply-To: <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
Message-ID: <20040626092110.51158.qmail@web60706.mail.yahoo.com>

In french bellow Dear Andy,
Thanks for your update on CS emergency plenary.
As many i am following with great concern what it
seems as the Big Chaos of the CS. Thanks to the UN
procedures of agreement i could not attend your
Precom. I noted in other messages and press review the
lake of African CS society and its insuffisant level
of participation. Seen from Europe, it seems that the
Human right item is the mainly one adressed in
Hammamet, as if the impossible dialogue North South
has been solved... it seems from fare the the CS is
serving as alibi only for the North. I do note that
99.99% of message continue to be only in English so
non english speaking people cannot support you and
what is wonderfull to read your comment : 
"""Additionally, the attempt at a vote was conducted
without translation into English, which meant many
delegates were unable to participate""".
Those who participated at the CS meetings in Geneva
Summit can remember that it was the case of many
delagates who where unable to participate because of
discussion and decisions was only in english !
All the best for CS participants 
Djilali ! 

J'ai remercié Andy pour son compte rendu, il m'a fait
rappelé les rencontres à Genève où le SC débattait en
anglais et où les francophones passaient pour des
analphabètes, c'est merveilleux que nos amis
anglophones aient ressenti le même handicap
accidentèlement et furtivement à hammamet, peut-être
qu'ils finiront par comprendre mes complaintes.
J'ai aussi relevé que vu de loin, les discussions se
focalisent sur les droits de l'homme c'est certes un
enjeu de 1ère importance mais bien après le gouffre
d'incompréhension qui se consolide entre le Nord et le
sud et la société civile devient l'alibi du Nord...
Quant à la sous représentation de la SC africaine elle
était fatale et la Tunisie à mon humble avis n'a
aucune responsabilité, il aurait fallu que la SC
mondiale résolve ce pb en faisant pression sur les
pays riches !
Amitiés
Djilali
--- Andy Carvin <ACarvin@edc.org> wrote:
> Following the suspension of the plenary session,
> civil society delegates
> met in the Didon Theatre to try to solve the impasse
> that had been reached
> over the human rights caucus statement. Saida Agrebi
> of Tunisia said the
> statement should say that all participating
> countries respect human rights
> rather than singling out Tunisia, and emphasized the
> need for an African to
> represent the caucus during the plenary. Other
> Tunisians concurred, with
> many of them dominating the first half of the
> discussion.
> 
> Ambassador Karklins, president of the Prepcom,  then
> arrived and asked the
> group to resolve its differences. ?We will give 15
> minutes speaking time
> for NGOs. We cannot intervene in the decisionmaking
> process of NGOs, and we
> can give you time to sort out your internal
> questions, and I would ask
> Renate [Bloem] as your coordinator to give me a list
> of speakers at
> 12:40pm. The list should contain name, organization
> they represent, and
> speakers for their part should follow closely the
> rules of procedure? So
> therefore I will be very attentively following your
> intervention? and if I
> see that rules of procedure aren?t [followed] ? I
> will intervene.?
> 
> Several speakers then noted that there is ?extreme
> mistrust? between
> certain elements within the civil society family in
> terms of their position
> regarding the Tunisian government and human rights,
> and that it may be
> necessary to present both views, given them each
> time during the plenary
> speaking slot.  Others suggested that the divide
> that exists within civil
> society should be acknowledged in the plenary for
> the sake of openness.
> 
> Rikke Frank Joergensen, co-chair of the human rights
> caucus, defended the
> process to date. ?We followed the procedure that
> we?ve followed from the
> first phase of the summit,? she noted. She said that
> issues were discussed
> in yesterday?s civil society plenary, then people
> were invited to stay
> afterwards to help draft language.  ?The drafting
> group then decided on
> four speakers? including two African speakers, one
> on economic development
> and a woman from Tunisia on human rights.? Regarding
> the statement, she
> said it is consistent with statements the caucus had
> released in the past,
> and there is precedent to note any human rights
> issues in the host country,
> as had been the case in Geneva when there were
> problems with certain groups
> being allowed to speak and protest.
> 
> In the end, it appeared to be decided that there
> would be one speaker, a
> woman from Africa,  who would leave out the language
> singling out Tunisia.
> There was no actual vote; while one was attempted,
> the Tunisian delegation
> overwhelmed the room with shouting and clapping.
> Additionally, the attempt
> at a vote was conducted without translation into
> English, which meant many
> delegates were unable to participate.
> 
> As delegates left the room, a number of shouting
> matches broke out. The
> representative from the Tunisian Human Rights League
> called the apparent
> decision ?a scandal,? with others shouting their
> opinion back and forth.
> 
> But the question still remains open; when civil
> society representatives
> spoke during the late morning plenary, just before
> lunch, the human rights
> caucus did not present their remarks, because it was
> clear that no
> democratic consensus had been reached on the issue.
> They will continue the
> debate later today, and hopefully strike some kind
> of agreement so they may
> present first thing tomorrow morning during the
> plenary session.
> 
> -------------------------------------------------
> Andy Carvin
> Program Director
> EDC Center for Media & Community
> acarvin @ edc . org
> http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
> -------------------------------------------------
> 
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Sat Jun 26 10:39:31 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] resolved: Human Rights League speaking!
Message-ID: <OF1BAA1B52.8F1C8C73-ON85256EBF.00350D6A-85256EBF.00350EBE@edc.org>




 She's been given the chance to speak, starting right now - the governments
intervened before we had to lodge a formal protest.

more soon
ac
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Sat Jun 26 11:16:56 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Barmaki Amir Hossein)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
Message-ID: <Sea1-F1504gmYlrLZ8e0000a08d@hotmail.com>

Dear All

We maange to have two speakers today on HR, one the first lady(Ms.Belhassan) 
who was denied yesterday, with a bit modified text, then an african lady who 
reads the same text !!!!!! in the goverment plenary. some tuniisans were 
very annoyed,but its was a funny situation.

my concrete suggestion is that we could not go on like this and let them 
jeoperdise our democratic debates.We should split and form another plenary, 
the tunisina GNGOs could form their own plenary.

obviously from now on we have two fractions of CS and its ok, this is 
difference and its accepatble.

but the like minded NGOs should gather each other and decide for thier own, 
it will be also a good poltical action and have a lot of hidden messages.

In prepcom II we should have a claer definition of who are in what side, on 
side of freedom of expression or not.


and for who are not here, you really miss many funny events and sometimes 
shocking.

regards

Amir


>From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: update on CS emergency plenary
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 11:39:35 -0400
>
>Ralf:
>
>I agree with your statements 100%
>
>Just like governments, i would encourage the creation of a "like minded" 
>civil society group - which is inclusive as possible, respects diversity 
>and who's members agree to certain generally agreed upon rules of 
>procedure.
>
>Would neutral space of the Goethe institue in Tunisia help for subsequent 
>meetings?
>
>regards
>
>Robert
>
>At 4:10 PM +0200 6/25/04, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>>Hi all,
>>
>>and thanks a lot, Andy, for updating everybody out there on this.
>>
>>>  In the end, it appeared to be decided that there would be one speaker, 
>>>a
>>>  woman from Africa,  who would leave out the language singling out 
>>>Tunisia.
>>There was no consensus on it. I got no answer to my question why Tunisia
>>is not considered an African country, and the Human Rights Caucus
>>definitely did not agree on censoring the language on Tunisia.
>>
>>>  But the question still remains open; when civil society representatives
>>>  spoke during the late morning plenary, just before lunch, the human 
>>>rights
>>>  caucus did not present their remarks, because it was clear that no
>>>  democratic consensus had been reached on the issue.
>>
>>>  They will continue the
>>>  debate later today, and hopefully strike some kind of agreement so they 
>>>may
>>>  present first thing tomorrow morning during the plenary session.
>>We have to seriously think about how to deal with these agents
>>provocateurs. Everything was done according to procedures we had during
>>WSIS phase one, and the statement was actually not bashing Tunisia, but
>>encouraging the true implementation of human rights in all countries
>>including Tunisia. (We hope to be able to send out the statement later
>>today and also get an English translation.)
>>The Tunisians messed up the whole thing, and the chair was obviously not
>>capable of moderating in a sufficient manner.
>>
>>This is really serious.
>>If you look at the outcome, the Tunisian close-to-government "NGOs" got
>>what they wanted: There was no public civil society statement on human
>>rights, and the woman from the Tunisian Human Rights League could not
>>speak.
>>Keeping in mind that the PrepCom venue looks more like a Las Vegas
>>spaceship that landed here in the middle of nowhere than it looks like
>>Tunisia, it seems that Tunisia just does not exist in this summit
>>process.
>>A number of like minded civil society groups are currently discussing to
>>form their own structures to make sure that they can speak about all
>>issues that are important to them. If we (or rather the Tunisian NGOs
>>close to the government) go on like this, we will have a de facto
>>censorship. Many of us are not sure anymore if it makes sense to deal
>>with everybody, even if it is clear that there are fundamental
>>differences on important issues.
>>
>>Ralf
>>
>>_______________________________________________
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>>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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>
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From steve at commedia.org.uk  Sat Jun 26 12:13:40 2004
From: steve at commedia.org.uk (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Human rights - text as delivered
In-Reply-To: <OF1BAA1B52.8F1C8C73-ON85256EBF.00350D6A-85256EBF.00350EBE@
 edc.org>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20040626114700.02b99100@pop.gn.apc.org>

Cher tous et toutes/Dear all

Voice l' intervention de Souhayre Belhassen comme presente aujourd'hui a la 
pleniere intergovernmentale sur le droits humaines.  / Here is the 
presentation of Souhayr Belhassen on human rights as delivered today at the 
intergovernmental plenary.
(english translation of the text follows below)

Steve

//

Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
PrepCom1, seconde phase du SMSI, s?ance pl?ni?re, Hammamet  26 juin 2004

Je suis Souhayr Belhassen, vice-president de la La F?d?ration 
internationale des ligues des droits de l?Homme et vice presidente de la 
Ligue tunisienne des droits de l?homme.

En ce d?but de la seconde phase du SMSI, les organisations de la soci?t? 
civile pr?sentes a  Hammamet souhaitent exprimer leurs objectifs et leurs 
priorit?s de travail en vue du Sommet de Tunis en 2005.

A l?heure o? les fondations du droit international des droits de l?homme 
sont ?branl?es par les lois et mesures adopt?es, partout dans le monde, au 
nom d?une lutte contre le terrorisme, il ?tait important que la D?claration 
de principe adopt?e a Geneve en 2003 se r?fere aux principes essentiels 
d?universalit? et d?indivisibilit? de tous les droits de l?homme, au droit 
au d?veloppement, et r?affirme en particulier le n?cessaire respect de 
l?int?gralit? de l?article 19 de la DUDH sur la libert? d?expression, 
d?information et de communication.

Cette seconde phase doit aller plus loin. Nous entendons en effet qu?elle 
pr?cise ces principes en affirmant ?galement le principe non-d?rogeable de 
non discrimination, la n?cessit? du respect des standards internationaux 
relatifs aux droits des travailleurs, et la reconnaissance qu?une vraie 
s?curit? ne peut ?tre atteinte que gr?ce a des mesures enti?rement 
compatibles avec les droits de l?homme internationalement reconnus, 
particuli?rement le droit a la vie priv?e. En outre, nous ne pouvons 
accepter que la D?claration de principes admette que l??tat de droit soit 
suppos? ?refl?ter la situation r?elle des pays ?, plut?t qu??tre en 
coh?rence avec les obligations l?gales des ?tats d?coulant des trait?s 
internationaux relatifs aux droits de l?homme qu?ils ont ratifi?s.

La phase de Tunis va concentrer ses travaux sur les questions de 
gouvernance d?Internet et de financement de l?infrastructure. Nous y 
prendrons toute notre part en veillant a ce que leurs r?sultats, loin d?y 
d?roger, promeuvent la mise en oeuvre effective de l?ensemble des droits de 
l?homme.

Sans mise en oeuvre effective, les principes resteront en effet lettre 
morte. Nous entendons que le SMSI permette que ces principes se traduisent 
par une soci?t? de l?information et de la communication au service des 
droits de l?homme. A cette fin, nous souhaitons que le Sommet d?finisse des 
indicateurs pr?cis permettant d?appr?cier la r?alisation de cet objectif et 
mette en place un m?canisme international et ind?pendant pour leur 
?valuation sur le terrain, au niveau local, r?gional et international.

Enfin, nous sommes pleinement conscients de l'importance fondamentale de la 
tenue du SMSI ici et pour les peuples de l'ensemble des pays du Sud, et 
nous souhaitons donc sa r?ussite. Toutefois, nous souhaitons r?affirmer 
qu?il incombe aux deux pays h?tes du Sommet de se montrer exemplaires, 
notamment dans la r?alisation de la libert? d?expression, d?information et 
de communication, ainsi que de la libert? d?association et du droit a la 
vie priv?e.

///

[english translation]
Civil Society statement on human rights
PrepCom1, WSIS second phase, Hammamet  June 26 2004

I am Souhayr Belhassen, Vice-President of the International Federation for 
Human Rights and Vice-President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights.

At the beginning of this WSIS second phase, civil society organizations 
present in Hammamet wish to express their objectives and their working 
priorities in view of the Tunis Summit in 2005.

At a time where the foundations of international human rights law are being 
challenged by newly adopted laws and measures, everywhere in the world, in 
the name of a fight against terrorism, it was important that the 
Declaration of principles adopted in Geneva in 2003 makes reference to the 
fundamental principles of universality and indivisibility of all human 
rights, to the right to development, and specially reaffirms the necessary 
respect of the integrality of Article 19 of the UDHR on freedom of 
expression, of information and of communication.

This second phase must go beyond that. Indeed, we intend that it clarifies 
these principles by also reaffirming the fundamental principle of non 
discrimination, the necessity to respect international labor standards, and 
the recognition that a true security can only be reached with measures 
entirely compatible with internationally recognized human rights, not least 
the right to privacy. In addition, we cannot accept that the Declaration of 
principles admits that the rule of law is supposed to ?reflect national 
realities? rather than being in coherence with the legally binding 
obligations of States according to the international human rights treaties 
they have ratified.

The Tunis phase will focus on Internet governance and infrastructure 
financing issues. We will take part in this work, making sure that its 
results ensure the promotion of the effective implementation of the whole 
set of human rights, and do not derogate from them.

Without effective implementation, the principles would indeed stay without 
substance. We request that WSIS allow for these principles to be translated 
into an information and communication society serving human rights. To this 
end, we wish that the Summit define precise indicators allowing to evaluate 
the realization of this objective and set up an international mechanism for 
their assessment on this ground, at the local, regional and international 
level.

Finally, we are entirely conscious of the fundamental importance of holding 
WSIS here and for the people of all the global South countries, and we thus 
wish its success. However, we wish to reaffirm that it is the duty of the 
two host countries of the Summit to show exemplarity, especially in the 
realization of freedom of expression, of information, of communication, as 
well as of freedom of association and the right to privacy.

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From info at virtualactivism.net  Sat Jun 26 12:12:30 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] the discussed human rigths document in Arabic
In-Reply-To: <20040626081834.M36936@mail.una.dk>
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Translation of the Civil society human rights document in Arabic 
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis05/civilsocietystatement
A.htm

Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
en Arabe
http://www.mengos.net/technews/wsis-special/wsis05/civilsocietystatement
A.htm

Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
Virtual Activism
http://www.virtualactivism.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Dorte Munch [mailto:dorte@mail.una.dk] 
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 4:19 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] the discussed human rigths document in
English and French

The discussed human rights document in English and French (below)

Civil Society statement on the human rights issue
Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
PrepCom1, WSIS second phase
Hammamet ? June 25 2004
Presented by
Souhayr Belhassen, vice-president of the Tunisian Human Rights League


At the beginning of this WSIS second phase, civil society organizations 
present in Hammamet wish to express their objectives and their working 
priorities in view of the Tunis Summit in 2005.

At a time where the foundations of international human rights law are
being 
challenged by newly adopted laws and measures, everywhere in the world,
in 
the name of a fight against terrorism, it was important that the
Declaration 
of principles adopted in Geneva in 2003 makes reference to the
fundamental 
principles of universality and indivisibility of all human rights, to
the 
right to development, and specially reaffirms the necessary respect of
the 
integrality of Article 19 of the UDHR on freedom of expression, of 
information and of communication.

This second phase must go beyond that. Indeed, we intend that it
clarifies 
these principles by also reaffirming the fundamental principle of non 
discrimination, the necessity to respect international labor standards,
and 
the recognition that a true security can only be reached with measures 
entirely compatible with internationally recognized human rights, not
least 
the right to privacy. In addition, we cannot accept that the Declaration
of 
principles admits that the rule of law is supposed to ? reflect national

realities? rather than being in coherence with the legally binding 
obligations of States according to the international human rights
treaties 
they have ratified.

The Tunis phase will focus on Internet governance and infrastructure 
financing issues. We will take part in this work, making sure that its 
results ensure the promotion of the effective implementation of the
whole 
set of human rights, and do not derogate from them.

Without effective implementation, the principles would indeed stay
without 
substance. We request that WSIS allow for these principles to be
translated 
into an information and communication society serving human rights. To
this 
end, we wish that the Summit define precise indicators allowing to
evaluate 
the realization of this objective and set up an international mechanism
for 
their assessment on this ground, at the local, regional and
international 
level.

Finally, we are entirely conscious of the fundamental importance of
holding 
WSIS in Tunis, for the people of Tunisia as well as of all the global
South 
countries, and we thus wish its success. However, we wish to reaffirm
that 
it is the duty of the host country of the Summit to show exemplarity, 
especially in the realization of freedom of expression, of information,
of 
communication, as well as of freedom of association and the right to 
privacy, during the Tunis process and beyond.




Intervention de la soci?t? civile sur la question des droits de l?homme
PrepCom1, seconde phase du SMSI, s?ance pl?ni?re
Hammamet ? 25 juin 2004
Pr?sent?e par
Souhayr Belhassen, vice-pr?sidente de la Ligue tunisienne des droits de 
l?homme


En ce d?but de la seconde phase du SMSI, les organisations de la soci?t?

civile pr?sentes ? Hammamet souhaitent exprimer leurs objectifs et leurs

priorit?s de travail en vue du Sommet de Tunis en 2005.

? l?heure o? les fondations du droit international des droits de l?homme

sont ?branl?es par les lois et mesures adopt?es, partout dans le monde,
au 
nom d?une lutte contre le terrorisme, il ?tait important que la
D?claration 
de principe adopt?e ? Gen?ve en 2003 se r?f?re aux principes essentiels 
d?universalit? et d?indivisibilit? de tous les droits de l?homme, au
droit 
au d?veloppement, et r?affirme en particulier le n?cessaire respect de 
l?int?gralit? de l?article 19 de la DUDH sur la libert? d?expression, 
d?information et de communication. 

Cette seconde phase doit aller plus loin. Nous entendons en effet
qu?elle 
pr?cise ces principes en affirmant ?galement le principe non-d?rogeable
de 
non discrimination, la n?cessit? du respect des standards internationaux

relatifs aux droits des travailleurs, et la reconnaissance qu?une vraie 
s?curit? ne peut ?tre atteinte que gr?ce ? des mesures enti?rement 
compatibles avec les droits de l?homme internationalement reconnus, 
particuli?rement le droit ? la vie priv?e. En outre, nous ne pouvons 
accepter que la D?claration de principes admette que l??tat de droit
soit 
suppos? ? refl?ter la situation r?elle des pays ?, plut?t qu??tre en 
coh?rence avec les obligations l?gales des ?tats d?coulant des trait?s 
internationaux relatifs aux droits de l?homme qu?ils ont ratifi?s.

La phase de Tunis va concentrer ses travaux sur les questions de
gouvernance 
d?Internet et de financement de l?infrastructure. Nous y prendrons toute

notre part en veillant ? ce que leurs r?sultats, loin d?y d?roger, 
promeuvent la mise en oeuvre effective de l?ensemble des droits de
l?homme.

Sans mise en oeuvre effective, les principes resteront en effet lettre 
morte. Nous entendons que le SMSI permette que ces principes se
traduisent 
par une soci?t? de l?information et de la communication au service des 
droits de l?homme. ? cette fin, nous souhaitons que le Sommet d?finisse
des 
indicateurs pr?cis permettant d?appr?cier la r?alisation de cet objectif
et 
mette en place un m?canisme international et ind?pendant pour leur 
?valuation sur le terrain, au niveau local, r?gional et international.
 
Enfin, nous sommes pleinement conscients de l'importance fondamentale de
la 
tenue du SMSI ? Tunis, pour les peuples de Tunisie comme de l'ensemble
des 
pays du Sud, et nous souhaitons donc sa r?ussite. Toutefois, nous
souhaitons 
r?affirmer qu?il incombe au pays h?te du Sommet de se montrer
exemplaire, 
notamment dans la r?alisation de la libert? d?expression, d?information
et 
de communication, ainsi que de la libert? d?association et du droit ? la
vie 
priv?e, pendant le d?roulement du processus de Tunis et au-del?. 

_______________________________________________
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Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary





From jsarr at refer.sn  Sat Jun 26 12:18:58 2004
From: jsarr at refer.sn (Joseph Sarr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Mes impressions d'aujourd'hui
Message-ID: <1088248738.40dd5ba28d65a@www.refer.sn>

English version below (electronic translation)

Chers amis

J'ai particip? cette semaine ? deux r?unions du bureau de la Soci?t? Civile au
PERPCOM1 , en remplacement de titulaires absents. Tous les d?bats se sont
d?roul?s en anglais et ceci est tr?s grave. J'estime qu'une soci?t? civile doit
?tre plurielle, multilingue et s'ouvrir ? tous les horizons.

Par ailleurs, je constate que tous les d?bats de la Soci?t? Civile se sont
focalis?s ces deux derniers jours sur les probl?mes li?s aux droits de l'homme.
Ces probl?mes sont essentiels, certes, mais il faudrait favoriser ?galement des
?changes autour des diff?rents th?mes d?velopp?s par les autres enyit?s de la
Soci?t? Civile. Il y a des membres de la soci?t? civile qui ont fait des
milliers de kilom?tres, ? leur propre frais, pour trouver des solutions adapt?s
aux probl?mes de leur terroir. On se retrouve devant un d?bat bloqu? sur un
th?me unique. Que va-t-on mettre dans nos rapports de mission? A ce niveau, le
Secr?tariat de la Soci?t? Civile est interpel?.

Joseph SARR
Famille des Pouvoirs Locaux

Dear friends 
I have taken part this week in two meetings of the Civil Society Bureau, at
PREPCOM1 to replace holders absent. All the debates proceeded in English and
this is very serious problem. I think that a civil society must be plural,
multilingual and have to emerge at all horizons. In addition, I note that all
the debates of the Civil Company were focused these last two days on the
problems related to the human rights. These problems are essential, certainly,
but it would be necessary to also support exchanges around the various topics
developed by the other families of the Civil Society. There are members of the
Civil Society who made thousands of kilometers, with their clean expenses, to
find solutions adapted to the problems of their locality. Finally the debate was
blocked on a single topic. What will we put in our reports of mission? At this
level, the Civil Society Secretariat is challenged. 

Joseph SARR 
Family of the Local Authorities




From aizu at anr.org  Sat Jun 26 12:18:20 2004
From: aizu at anr.org (AIZU)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance caucus statement also read
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F1504gmYlrLZ8e0000a08d@hotmail.com>
References: <Sea1-F1504gmYlrLZ8e0000a08d@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.20.2.20040626201018.055f8fe0@anr.org>

After two speakers from Human Right caucus made the statement
in the morning plenary, Jeannette Hoffman one of the co-coordinators of the
caucus, was also given a slot and she read the statement from
the civil society.

The morning Civil Society plenary was more orderly than the
one yesterday. We still had dissenting opinions on Human right
issues, left almost no time to discuss any other items, such
as Internet Governance or Financial Mechanism.

But the Internet Governance caucus was able to distribute the
printed draft both in English and French, at the end of the meeting,
and proceeded to speak at the plenary.

Thanks for all the comments and supports.

izumi (I feel like i was acting like a secretary....) 


From rikp at earthlink.net  Sat Jun 26 12:32:23 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] larger process questions from Prepcom I / les questions de processus de Prepcom I
In-Reply-To: <Sea1-F1504gmYlrLZ8e0000a08d@hotmail.com>
References: <Sea1-F1504gmYlrLZ8e0000a08d@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <7E5505FF-C764-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends,

This Prepcom has served to highlight what was dealt with in Prepcom II 
in the First Phase, namely the structures and procedures used by Civil 
Society to work collaboratively together and with governments in the 
process.  Just to enumerate some of the key civil society structural 
issues that need to be addressed with some urgency:

?`	Reform and Evolution of the Bureau of Civil Society: i.e. 
composition, mandate, functioning
?	Decision-making among civil society: i.e. consensus versus "voting" 
versus sign-on processes (versus shouting)
?	Content and Themes: composition, mandate, functioning
?	Plenary / Plenary Email List: composition, mandate, functioning
?	Caucuses & Working Groups: issues of transparency, composition, 
mandate, etc.

The more that these issues can be clarified, widely consulted and 
ideally documented for all CSOs online and on paper, the easier it will 
be to move forward effectively.  Do we have a structure or grouping of 
us who can develop our own agreed rules of procedure on these issues?

For example, I, in principle, have no problem with any caucus or 
working group having some kind of standards for membership, as long as 
those standards are widely known and enforced with some kind of 
accountability.

We have benefited greatly here from the presence of several veterans 
from other processes in the United Nations, including Roberto Bissio 
(Social Watch), Hamesh from NGLS, Antoine Medelin from FIDH and of 
course Renata Bloem from CONGO.

Rik Panganiban

----------------------------------------------------------------

Chers Amis,

Ce Prepcom a servi ? accentuer ce qui a ?t? trait? de dans Prepcom II 
de la premi?re phase, notement les structures et les proc?dures 
employ?es par la Societ? Civile pour travailler en collaboration 
ensemble et des gouvernements dans le processus. ?num?rer juste 
certaines des questions structurales de soci?t? civile principale qui 
doivent ?tre abord?es avec de l'urgence :

?	r?forme et ?volution du bureau de la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d. 
composition, mandat, fonctions
?	Le procesus de decision parmi la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d. consensus 
contre le "voting" contre le processus de "sign-on"
?	Le Group de Contenu et Themes : composition, mandat, fonctions
?	le pl?ni?re / email liste pl?ni?re : composition, mandat, fonctions
?	Les Caucuses et groupes de travail : issues de transparence, de 
composition, de mandat, etc...

Plus ces issues peuvent ?tre clarifi?es, largement consult?es et 
id?alement document?es pour tout le CSOs et sur le papier et en ligne, 
plus il sera d'avancer efficacement facile. Avons-nous une structure ou 
groupe de nous qui peuvent d?velopper nos propres des r?gles de 
proc?dure convenues sur ces questions ?  Par exemple, en principe, je 
n'a aucun probl?me avec n'importe quel comit? ou groupe de travail 
ayant un certain genre de normes pour l'adh?sion, aussi longtemps que 
ces normes sont largement connues et impos?es avec un certain genre de 
responsabilit?.

Nous avons b?n?fici? consid?rablement ici de la pr?sence de plusieurs 
v?t?rans d'autres processus aux Nations Unies, y compris Roberto Bissio 
(Social Watch) Hamesh de NGLS, Antoine Medelin de FIDH et naturellement 
Renata Bloem du CONGO.

Rik Panganiban

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From ACarvin at edc.org  Sat Jun 26 14:17:19 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] German news coverage of prepcom human rights debate
Message-ID: <OFA7042CD0.A5BBDE76-ON85256EBF.0048FF44-85256EBF.0048FF77@edc.org>




I was just looked at my blog's web stats and was wondering what was causing
a spike in the hit count; I discovered that a German news website has an
article about the human rights challenges we faced here at the Prepcom.
They link to my blog and the video footage I filmed; Ralf and Jeanette get
mentioned as well.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48623

Would one of our German speakers be willing to summarize in English,
Francais, etc?

ac
-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From hackett at cdeacf.ca  Sat Jun 26 13:24:14 2004
From: hackett at cdeacf.ca (Sharon Hackett)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not
 enough bandwidth, or something worse...
In-Reply-To: <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <p06110430bd02071d9bcd@[192.168.1.10]> <1FA8B1FD-C6CB-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <40DD6AEE.4040902@cdeacf.ca>

Rik Panganiban wrote:

> As far as I have heard, the only ones with significant access problems 
> were people with Macs.  And the techies in the local secretariat staff 
> seemed genuinely concerned about fixing this.
>
> Someone could do some research if it is even possible to limit access 
> to only macintoshes intentionally and directly.

I have found access to be simple and reliable.  They brought up a mac 
yestrweday for some testing, so I think they were trying to do something 
about the difficulties. I have not however tried to use IM.

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Jun 26 13:51:39 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] German news coverage of prepcom human rights 
 debate
References: <OFA7042CD0.A5BBDE76-ON85256EBF.0048FF44-85256EBF.0048FF77@edc.org>
Message-ID: <40DD715A.62568D56@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Andy Carvin wrote:
 
> I was just looked at my blog's web stats and was wondering what was causing
> a spike in the hit count; I discovered that a German news website has an
> article about the human rights challenges we faced here at the Prepcom.
> They link to my blog and the video footage I filmed; Ralf and Jeanette get
> mentioned as well.
> 
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48623
> 
> Would one of our German speakers be willing to summarize in English,
> Francais, etc?

Heise News is the major ICT news ticker in Germany. The reporter here
has worked with us very well during the first phase. She called one of
the Tunisian Human Rights activists yesterday evening after I had
established the contact, and Jeanette and I also gave her some
information and soundbytes. 
The article is mainly a summary of what Andy
(http://edwebproject.org/andy/blog) and I
(http://www.worldsummit2003.org) have been reporting on the last two
days.

Ralf

From ACarvin at edc.org  Sat Jun 26 14:52:32 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] a few pics of the SalsaTec Posse in Hammamet
Message-ID: <OFF247E225.2073A8DD-ON85256EBF.004C385C-85256EBF.004C38B5@edc.org>




en/fr/es

Hi everyone,

Last night I took some photographs of CS people during a late-night meeting
we had outside at the Salsa Tec Restaurant here at the medina. I have put
together a very quick, sloppy and temporary photo album. I'll make a much
nicer and more informative photo album when I get home to Boston.

La nuit pass?e j'ai pris quelques photographies des personnes de CS au
cours d'une r?union de fin de nuit que nous avons eue dehors au restaurant
technique de Salsa ici au medina. J'ai remont? un album photos tr?s rapide,
mouill? et provisoire. Je ferai un album photos beaucoup plus gentil et
plus instructif quand je deviens ? la maison ? Boston.

Ayer por la noche tom? algunas fotograf?as de la gente del CS durante una
reuni?n late-night que ten?amos afuera en el restaurante t?cnico de Salsa
aqu? en el medina. He juntado un ?lbum de foto muy r?pido, descuidado y
temporal. Har? un ?lbum de foto mucho m?s agradable y m?s informativo
cuando consigo casero a Boston.

http://www.edwebproject.org/prepcom1pics/

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From rikp at earthlink.net  Sat Jun 26 16:01:45 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] process for drafting of documents
Message-ID: <BDD9BEAE-C781-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

COMMENTARY ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A SUMMIT DOCUMENT DRAFTING 
PROCESS

My understanding is that the President of the Prepcom Amb. Janis 
Karklins has made quite an interesting proposal, which should be 
accepted today.  He calls for a "group of friends of the President" in 
consultation with regional groups to prepare a "document to serve as 
the basis of negotiations" taking into account the outcomes of relevent 
thematic, regional and other "WSIS-related" meetings.

This proposal would represent a good amount of trust placed in the 
President to facilitate the drafting of the main texts of the Summit 
directly, as opposed to being done through a bureau or only through a 
formal Prepcom process.  In Phase I, the Prepcom President's own 
drafting process was pre-empted by governments wishing to have more 
direct control over the drafting.

This also would be a evolving document that would be able to 
incorporate the results of various "WSIS-related" meetings.  This is in 
contrast to the Phase I process, which did not allow for the regional 
consultations to be directly inputted into the draft summit texts.  In 
addition, it leaves vague the notion of which meetings actually might 
be included, since "WSIS-related" could be interpreted quite broadly, 
perhaps including meetings organized by the private sector, civil 
society, academia, etc.

Presumably the final documents will take the form of a political 
declaration and an action-oriented document.

For civil society, this represents perhaps a gain and perhaps a loss in 
terms of our ability to monitor and contribute to the drafting process. 
  A "friends of the chair" committee would presumably be closed to 
observers.  However a text incorporating directly thematic, regional 
and other WSIS-related meetings might be more open to civil society 
input, since it gives us more opportunities to make contributions that 
in the end might end up in the summit text.

Rik Panganiban
===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sat Jun 26 16:40:47 2004
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Summaries, videos, and photos
In-Reply-To: <OFF247E225.2073A8DD-ON85256EBF.004C385C-85256EBF.004C38B5@edc.org>
Message-ID: <JAEAIHOFJNJNGOMHHMDAOEFPHHAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

I have just been catching up on the Tunis proceedings and wanted to thank
the dedicated members of CS who were able to attend on our behalf and the
excellent rapid work in writing summaries and keeping everyone updated.
Andy Carvin's videos and photos certainly capture the drama in a vivid way.

Thank you to all,

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Focal Point
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies;
Chair Media/ICT Working Group
NGO Committee on Mental Health, New York;
Tel: 1-631-754-2424
Fax: 1-631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net




From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Jun 23 21:47:31 2004
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FOSS in Latin America - Preliminary Research
Message-ID: <p0611040cbcff9c5f187f@[192.168.1.10]>


I'm trying to compile a list of projects, organizations and people 
who are working on Free and Open Source (FOSS) projects in the Latin 
America and Caribbean (LAC) region for a research project that I am 
involved in.

If you have time, i'd very much appreciate you completing the short 
form below and sending it back to me.

The results of this informal survey will be added to the results of 
the consultation which was done with a small number of Latin American 
NGOs at the 5th International Forum of Software Libre this past June 
in Porto Alegre Brazil .

I look forward to your comments.

Kindest regards,

Robert Guerra


#### FOSS Projects in LAC - Short Questionnaire ###


Name / Organization:

Location : (region/city/country)

Activities: Focus and/or  aim  of project

Geographic Scope: location where project is taking place in LAC region

Contact Person(s):

URL:


*** Please email your replies to :

	rguerra@privaterra.org










From james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca  Thu Jun 24 15:56:21 2004
From: james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca (james.archibald@staff.mcgill.ca)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:49 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] E/F prepcom opening ceremony
In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040624071121.031b0320@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
References: <OF23955EF3.259E7811-ON85256EBD.0036C7FA-85256EBD.0036C834@edc.org> <6.0.0.22.2.20040624071121.031b0320@mail.bydesign-elab.net>
Message-ID: <1088088981.40daeb9592e37@webmail.mcgill.ca>

Quoting Liss Jeffrey <ljeffrey@ecommons.net>:

>
> 24.06.04
>
> Here a first step. (To be corrected).
> Ici un premier pas! (A correger.)
>
> At the Yasmine Hammamet Medina in Tunisia this morning, Mr. Utsumi of the
> International Telecommunications Union opened the first preparatory meeting
> (prepcom) of the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information
> Society. He said we should now move beyond making declarations and embrace
> real action to bridge the digital divide. ?I now call on governments,
> private sector and civil society to find common ground.? The
> representative of the Swiss government discussed a range of issues,
> including the role of civil society in the WSIS process. He said that he
> felt civil society?s contributions have helped stimulate ideas amongst
> governments, and reiterated the importance of civil society participating
> throughout the process.
>
> Chez le Yasmine Hammamet Medina en Tunisie ce matin, M. Utsumi de l'union
> de t?l?communications internationale a ouvert la premi?re s?ance
> pr?paratoire (prepcom) de la phase de Tunis du sommet du monde sur la
> soci?t? de l'information. Il a dit que nous devrions maintenant nous
> d?placer au del? de faire des d?clarations et embrasser la vraie action
> pour jeter un pont sur le num?rique divisez. " J' invite maintenant les
> gouvernements, le secteur priv? et la soci?t? civile ? trouver la terre
> commune." Le repr?sentant du gouvernement suisse a discut? une gamme des
> issues, y compris le r?le de la soci?t? civile dans le processus de WSIS.
> Il a dit qu'il a senti des contributions de la soci?t? civile ont aid? ?
> stimuler des id?es parmi des gouvernements, et a r?it?r? l'importance de la
> soci?t? civile participant dans tout le processus.
>
> The Tunisian government representative then welcomed the plenary audience
> on behalf of Tunisian President Ben Ali. "I am convinced that the
> complementarity of the summit process, with its first phase in Geneva and the
> second phase in Tunis will strengthen the bonds of international
> solidarity," he said. He then went on to reaffirm the importance of civil
> society and the private sector participating in the process. He added that
> civil society should "intensify" their participation in the process, saying
> they are "an essential element" for the establishment of the information
> society. As part of the Tunisian government's support of civil society
> participation, he called for a permanent UN fund for financing the
> participation of civil society in the WSIS process. He then said the
> Tunisian government would contribute 200,000 dinars (USD $160,000) to help
> facilitate the participation of civil society representatives from the
> developing world, particularly groups representing youth, women and the
> disabled. He said these groups would also receive free space to display
> their activities at the Tunis summit. Similarly, he offered free space for
> small private sector companies interested in presenting at the summit.
>
> Le repr?sentant tunisien de gouvernement a alors souhait? la bienvenue aux
> assistances pl?ni?res au nom du Pr?sident Ben Ali de Tunisie. "Je
> convaincues que l'?logieux du processus de sommet, avec sa premi?re phase ?
> Gen?ve et la deuxi?me phase ? Tunis renforcera les liens de la solidarit?
> internationale" il a dit. Il a alors continu? pour r?affirmer l'importance
> de la soci?t? civile et du secteur priv? participant au processus. Il a
> ajout? que la soci?t? civile devrait augmenter leur participation au
> processus, parce qu'ils sont "un ?l?ment essentiel"pour l'?tablissement de
> la soci?t? de l'information. En tant qu'?l?ment de l'appui de le
> gouvernement tunisien de la participation civile de soci?t?, il a r?clam?
> des fonds permanents de l'ONU pour financer la participation de la soci?t?
> civile dans le processus de WSIS. Il a alors dit que le gouvernement
> tunisien contribuerait 200.000 dinars (USD $160.000) ? l'aide facilitent la
> participation des repr?sentants civils de soci?t? du monde en voie de
> d?veloppement, en particulier groupes repr?sentant la jeunesse, femmes et
> l'handicap?. Il dit ces groupes recevrait ?galement l'espace libre pour
> montrer leurs activit?s au sommet de Tunis. De m?me, il a offert l'espace
> libre pour de petites compagnies de secteur priv? int?ress?es ? se
> pr?senter au sommet.
>
>
>





From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Jun 25 17:20:08 2004
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] update on CS emergency plenary
In-Reply-To: <40DC18F1.30784.1932763@localhost>
References: 
 <OF78696DB0.0641965B-ON85256EBE.004841AC-85256EBE.004841D6@edc.org>
 <40DC18F1.30784.1932763@localhost>
Message-ID: <p0611042dbd0200df2544@[192.168.1.10]>

Roberto:

had no idea that the govt plenary adjourned and waited for an hour 
for CS. Wow. indeed that indicates how serious they take CS...i mean, 
if they didn't they would have just ignored us all together.





>One lateral but interesting aspect of the civil society debate around
>the human rights statement and who should read it was the very
>unusual circumstance of having a UN plenary meeting adjourn for
>around an hour in order to wait for Civil Society to put its act
>together! I can not recall anything like that in some 15 years of
>following UN meetings.
>
>Roberto


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Jun 25 17:25:57 2004
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not enough bandwidth, or
 something worse...
In-Reply-To: 
 <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@edc.org>
References: 
 <OF5682EC9D.5BC359A8-ON85256EBE.00550459-85256EBE.005504D0@edc.org>
Message-ID: <p0611042ebd02013d3b48@[192.168.1.10]>

I'm curious if anyone has been able to determine the reasons behind 
the internet access issues at the Prepcom.

I ask, as at the march informal meeting - all went well, and 
connectivity was good enough to not only be on  IM, but also have 
Voice over IP working (i had voice over iChat working on my mac).

The simple, and obvious reply would be one of inadequate bandwith for 
the amount of people - but, is it that simple ? Given Tunisia's well 
documented  record of internet censorship - might it be that internet 
access has been made difficult on purpose so that real time 
communications be hard, if not impossible.  it would be consistent 
with known practice....


something to think about -

regards

Robert




From echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar  Fri Jun 25 19:51:26 2004
From: echaparro at uolsinectis.com.ar (Enrique A.Chaparro)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Control of communications in Tunisia - not
    enough bandwidth, or something worse...
Message-ID: <20040625185126.AD65B6C636@tino.sinectis.com.ar>

Rik asks:
> 
> Someone could do some research if it is even possible to limit access 
> to only macintoshes intentionally and directly.

The asnwer is yes. It is technically possible to do it e.g. doing
MAC-address-based filtering (where MAC is not the Apple machine but
Media Access Control address). MAC addresses are unique, and there
are only about 16 possible prefixes that can be associated with
macintoshes.
If any of you have a linux or *bsd machine and some network expertise,
the following experiment can be done: change the MAC address of the
network card in an Intel-based machine to something with prefix
00:50:E4 and try to connect. If it doesn't work, there is a poisoned
filter somewhere filtering packets coming from macintoshes.
However, it sounds very baroque to me. If any "dark force" is trying
to prevent someone to connect, there are many other simpler and
less evident methods to do it.

Regards from the Far South,

Enrique
-- 
Venit summa dies et ineluctable tempus.
              --Virgilio, Eneida, 2:324

From claupad at libero.it  Sat Jun 26 07:39:16 2004
From: claupad at libero.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] strategy in Tunis
Message-ID: <20040626064208.657D814B633@mail.gn.apc.org>

I would like to thank of all you, working in Tunisia, for the huge effort,
in managing the situation while allowing all of us who could not attend of
what was going on with so  much detail.

The situation really seem to be critical and we are looking forward for
news; meanwhile if there is anything that the wider community can do, and
you may be discussing this, let us know. I think about contacts to
respective governmental delegation as soon as they come back or anything
with the wider public and media, or a formal request to Annan and
"friends"...

I invite you, while strategising, to include a much wider constituency in
the strategy.

Best wishes

Claudia padovani

 

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From kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Sat Jun 26 16:24:45 2004
From: kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for
 Saturday plenary
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Dear all,
 
the statement has my full endorsement. Short, clear and open for several future options.
 
Thanks
 
wolfgang
 
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Adam Peake
Gesendet: Sa 26.06.2004 08:51
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for Saturday plenary



Hi,

Para 3.  I think it should be Plan of Action, not
Action Plan, and Para 4. as Izumi noted, quotes
should be from the Plan of Action  "open and
inclusive process [that ensures a mechanism for
the] full and active participation".  And perhaps
replace "participate at three stages" with
"participate in all aspects of the working group
process." (and remove first, second third from
the next paragraph.)

Thanks,

Adam (sunny in Santa Clara.)



>Friends,
>
>After this morning's meeting of the internet
>governance caucus, a voluntary drafting
>committee was formed of Bertrand, Jeanette,
>Izumi and myself.  We drafted the following text
>as a statement on Internet Governance for
>delivery during the civil society slot in the
>WSIS plenery tomorrow morning (Saturday).
>
>We welcome comments from the governance caucus
>and during CS plenary this evening.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Wilson.
>===
>
>
>1. In his opening remarks to the Global Forum on
>Internet Governance, in New York on 25 March
>2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan himself
>said:
>
>"In managing, promoting and protecting [the
>Internet?s] presence in our lives, we need to be
>no less creative than those who invented it.
>Clearly, there is a need for governance, but
>that does not necessarily mean that it has to be
>done in the traditional way, for something that
>is so very different."
>
>2. In this spirit, we welcome the creation of a
>Working Group on Internet Governance which will
>not be bound by the existing rules of procedure
>of WSIS, and which can therefore pioneer
>innovative mechanisms for multi-stakeholder
>consensus building.
>
>3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the
>creation of this Working Group provide an
>appropriate and clear basis on which to move
>forward. The Civil Society Internet Governance
>Caucus urges progress on this matter without
>further debate which may further delay this
>important work.
>
>4. We place great importance upon the references
>in these paragraphs to ?open and transparent
>process? and ?full and active participation?.
>We understand these to mean that all interested
>entities will be welcomed to contribute to and
>participate at three stages.
>
>First, in discussions regarding establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Second, in the membership of the WG itself, by
>fair representation. And third, in the working
>group?s consultation processes, through
>comprehensive communications channels.
>
>5. Towards the first of these aims, we ask that
>on establishment of the WG secretariat in July
>2004, a general call for contributions be made
>to canvass views on the establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Further, an open meeting should be held to
>finalise these critical aspects of the WG.
>
>6. This proposal being accepted and enacted, the
>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully
>intends to actively contribute in this critical
>first phase of the working group?s efforts, as
>well as to its future work, towards an outcome
>with which all stakeholders can identify.
>
>
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From kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Sat Jun 26 16:15:01 2004
From: kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] process for drafting of documents
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3706D735@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Dear all,
 
If only governments are invited as "members of the group of friends of the president", other stakeholders should call for a "liaison" to guarantee a minimum/maximum of interaction and information.
 
Best wishes and thanks for the good reporting work
 
Wolfgang
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Rik Panganiban
Gesendet: Sa 26.06.2004 17:01
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Betreff: [WSIS CS-Plenary] process for drafting of documents


COMMENTARY ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A SUMMIT DOCUMENT DRAFTING PROCESS 

My understanding is that the President of the Prepcom Amb. Janis Karklins has made quite an interesting proposal, which should be accepted today. He calls for a "group of friends of the President" in consultation with regional groups to prepare a "document to serve as the basis of negotiations" taking into account the outcomes of relevent thematic, regional and other "WSIS-related" meetings. 

This proposal would represent a good amount of trust placed in the President to facilitate the drafting of the main texts of the Summit directly, as opposed to being done through a bureau or only through a formal Prepcom process. In Phase I, the Prepcom President's own drafting process was pre-empted by governments wishing to have more direct control over the drafting. 

This also would be a evolving document that would be able to incorporate the results of various "WSIS-related" meetings. This is in contrast to the Phase I process, which did not allow for the regional consultations to be directly inputted into the draft summit texts. In addition, it leaves vague the notion of which meetings actually might be included, since "WSIS-related" could be interpreted quite broadly, perhaps including meetings organized by the private sector, civil society, academia, etc. 

Presumably the final documents will take the form of a political declaration and an action-oriented document. 

For civil society, this represents perhaps a gain and perhaps a loss in terms of our ability to monitor and contribute to the drafting process. A "friends of the chair" committee would presumably be closed to observers. However a text incorporating directly thematic, regional and other WSIS-related meetings might be more open to civil society input, since it gives us more opportunities to make contributions that in the end might end up in the summit text. 

Rik Panganiban 
=============================================== 
RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator 

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship 
with the United Nations (CONGO) 
web: http://www.ngocongo.org 
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org 
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 


From kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Sat Jun 26 16:43:21 2004
From: kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus
 Meeting - Jun 25 10am
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3706D738@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Jenatte is right, my proposal is, given the timeframe, too complex, but I will elaborate on this and this could be implemented after WSIS II, when WGIG will become something like "institutionalized". I am sure, that the WGIG is only the beginning of a long term process which will lead to a new system of collaboration, coordination and consultation (C3) among existing and (where necessary) new institutions and WGIG could become something like a coordinator. Thatswhy we have to put WGIG into a context and have to develop a clear understanding what the context is. In my proposal the context is a. the open plenary/forum and b. a group of representative of stakeholders, nominatzed by the stakeholders themselves. And do not forget, that the MoU between the DoC and ICANN terminates in October 2006:-)
 
 
 
Best
 
wolfgang
 
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von jeanette@wz-berlin.de
Gesendet: Fr 25.06.2004 14:10
An: Milton Mueller
Cc: aizu@anr.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org; governance@lists.cpsr.org
Betreff: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus Meeting - Jun 25 10am



>
> Izumi:
> It may be a bit late, but I would encourage you to take advantage
> of the work the IG caucus already did several months ago.
> In particular, there was some discussion of the "process"
> the SG's Internet Governance working group should follow,
> based on ideas submitted by Wolfgang Kleinwachter. No
> consensus document was produced, but a proposal was
> made, there were no strong objections to it,
> some comments, observations and modifications were
> submitted, etc. To follow legitimate procedure one should
> at least use that as a starting point.

Hi, Milton,

Wolfgang has presented his ideas in Barcelona last month. Kummer has made
it clear in his diplomatic way that Wolfgang's ideas are certainly
interesting but too elaborate and complex considering the 7 month time
frame. It has been my understanding that Wolfgang didn't pursue his
proposal any further.

We've been trying this morning to agree on the basic structure of
statement that could be presented to the plenary should the civil society
plenary tonight agree. Should Izumi, Paul Wilson and I succeed to draft a
statement we will post on this list this afternoon and ask for comments.

best, jeanette

>
> Regarding substantive issues, again nothing was produced
> (despite repeated efforts by Jeanette and myself) but I did
> submit a brief analysis of the CS Declaration's Phase 1 statement
> on Internet governance and how it might need to be modified
> going forward. That could serve as a useful starting point for
> discussions at a physical meeting.
>
> Sorry I don't have time to look up the archived links to
> the specific messages I am referring to, but when one is
> given 24 hours notice and the time difference is 8 or so hours....
>
> It's great that you've organized a meeting and hopefully new
> people willing to be active will join the list and interact with
> the caucus as a whole.
>
> rgds,
> --MM
>
>
>>>> AIZU <aizu@anr.org> 06/24/04 02:39PM >>>
> Hi,
>
> I like to propose to have another Internet Governance Caucus
> meeting here in Hamammet, 10 am, right after the Civil Society
> Plenary in the morning, even there is the Plenary.
>
> The objectve of this meeting is to discuss the common position
> of Civil Society Caucus, at least an interim one, on UN SG's
> Internet Governance Working Group activity, so that we can
> make a brief statement on this subject on Saturday pleanry.
>
> Given the intense discussion in the government plenary
> this afternoon, we really need to "say" something during
> this PrepCom1, otherwise, Civil Society views will not
> be heard.
>
> I will try to find a room and will announce at the tomrrow morning
> Civil society pleanry (and this list). I just spoke about this with
> Jeannete, our co-coordinator and she generally agreed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> izumi
>
>
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sat Jun 26 18:28:56 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] PRESS STATEMENT: CS Content and Themes Coordinators
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040626181344.03230cf8@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all,

Please find attached a Press Statement written by Karen Banks and Steve 
Buckley as coordinators of the Civil Society Content and themes group. A 
spanish version will follow soon.

Veuillez trouver ci-joint un Communique de presse redige par Karen Banks et 
Steve Buckley en tant que coordonnateurs du groupe Contenus et themes de la 
Societe Civile. Une version espagnole suivra sous peu.

Karen Banks
===========

[English Follows below]

COMMUNIQU? DE PRESSE ? Hammamet, 26 juin 2004

Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l?information, Phase de Tunis, Comit? 
pr?paratoire 1
Communiqu? pr?par? par les coordonnateurs du groupe Contenu et th?mes de la 
soci?t? civile au SMSI

Les organismes de la soci?t? civile r?unis ? Hammammet, en Tunisie pour le 
premier Comit? pr?paratoire de la deuxi?me phase du Sommet mondial sur la 
soci?t? de l'information ont insist? sur l?engagement envers les principes 
des droits de l'homme et envers les priorit?s en mati?re de d?veloppement 
durable.

Mme Souhayr Belhassen, Vice-Pr?sident de la F?d?ration internationale des 
droits de l?homme et de la Ligue Tunisienne des droits de l?homme, a dit au 
sujet des droits humains :

? A l?heure o? les fondations du droit international des droits de l?homme 
sont ?branl?es par les lois et mesures adopt?es, partout dans le monde, au 
nom d?une lutte contre le terrorisme, il ?tait important que la D?claration 
de principe adopt?e ? Gen?ve en 2003 se r?f?re aux principes essentiels 
d?universalit? et d?indivisibilit? de tous les droits de l?homme, au droit 
au d?veloppement, et r?affirme en particulier le n?cessaire respect de 
l?int?gralit? de l?article 19 de la DUDH sur la libert? d?expression, 
d?information et de communication. ?

Renata Bloem, Pr?sidente de la Conf?rence des organisations 
non-gouvernementes en relation consultative avec les Nations UNIES (CONGO) 
a dit :

? Nous souhaitons remercier le Pr?sident du Comit? pr?paratoire et 
reconna?tre le r?le que le gouvernement tunisien a jou? afin de permettre ? 
Mme Souhayr Belhassen de parler lors de la pleni?re des gouvernements et ce 
en d?pit du fait que son droit de parler au nom de la soci?t? civile n?ait 
?t? mis en question. ?

Les organismes de la soci?t? civile oeuvrant ? Hammamet ont rencontr? de 
graves obstacles et des modes d?op?ration ?tablis qui, par le pass?, ont 
?t? propices au d?veloppement de consensus et une contribution efficace au 
processus intergouvernemental, furent remis en question ici.

? la lumi?re de ces difficult?s, la soci?t? civile r?visera ses pratiques 
afin d?assurer que la diversit? des opinions et perspectives que nous 
repr?sentons tous puisse continuer ? s?exprimer pleinement.

Le r?le de la soci?t? civile n?en est pas simplement un d?aider ? la mise 
en ?uvre mais aussi d?observer et de tenir imputables nos 
gouvernements.  Pendant la deuxi?me phase du Sommet nous continuerons ? 
fournir une contribution constructive mais critique au processus.

Afin d?am?liorer les conditions dans lesquels nous pourrons mieux 
contribuer, nous demandons au Comit? pr?paratoire du SMSI de fournir plus 
de temps et d?espace pour la contribution de la soci?t? civile au 
processus, y compris des m?canismes pour un dialogue efficace et substantif 
avec les gouvernements.  Nous souhaiterions aussi que soient lev?es les 
barri?res ? la participation des organismes de la soci?t? civile qui sont 
constitu?s mais qui se sont vu refuser l?inscription par les autorit?s 
comp?tentes de leur pays d?op?ration.

Malgr? les graves difficult?s qui nous confrontaient, nous consid?rons que 
les r?sultats du Comit? pr?paratoire en Tunisie sont un pas important pour 
nous permettre de faire face aux d?fis complexes de la soci?t? de 
l?information.

  -30-

Pour information information:

Steve Buckley, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
Tel: +44 7801 945037
Karen Banks, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Tel: +44 7712 553582
Coordonnateurs du groupe Contenu et th?mes de la soci?t? civile au SMSI
----------------

PRESS STATEMENT - Hammamet, 26 June 2004

World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis Phase, Preparatory Committee 1
Statement prepared by the coordinators of the WSIS Civil Society Content 
and Themes Group

Civil society organisations gathered in Hammamet, Tunisia for the first 
preparatory committee of the second phase of the World Summit on the 
Information Society insisted that the second phase of the Summit maintain 
commitment to human rights principles and sustainable development priorities.

Mme. Souhayr Belhassen, Vice-President of the International Federation for 
Human Rights and Vice-President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights, 
speaking on human rights, said:

?At a time where the foundations of international human rights law are 
being challenged by newly adopted laws and measures, everywhere in the 
world, in the name of a fight against terrorism, it was important that the 
Declaration of principles adopted in Geneva in 2003 makes reference to the 
fundamental principles of universality and indivisibility of all human 
rights, to the right to development, and specially reaffirms the necessary 
respect of the integrality of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of 
Human Rights on freedom of expression, of information and of communication.?

Renata Bloem, President of the Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations 
in consultative relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) said:

?We wish to thank the President of the Preparatory Committee, and we 
acknowledge the Tunisian Governments role in ensuring that Mme Souhayr 
Belhassen was able to take the floor in the inter-governmental plenary 
despite challenges to her right to speak on behalf of civil society.?

Civil society organisations working in Hammamet have faced serious 
obstacles and challenges to established modes of operation which, in the 
previous phase in Geneva, have been productive in developing consensus and 
effective civil society input to the inter-governmental process. In the 
light of these difficulties, civil society will be reviewing its practices 
and procedures in order to ensure that the diversity of opinions and 
perspectives that we represent can continue to be freely expressed.

The role of civil society is not simply one of assisting with 
implementation but also observation, monitoring and holding governments to 
account. During the second phase of the summit we will continue to provide 
a constructive but critical input to the process.

In order to improve the conditions in which we can best contribute we call 
upon the WSIS Preparatory Committee to provide additional time and space 
for civil society input to the process including mechanisms for effective 
and substantive dialogue with governments. We also seek the removal of 
barriers to participation for civil society organizations that are 
constituted but have been refused registration by the appropriate 
authorities in their country of operation.

Despite serious difficulties we have faced we consider the outcomes of the 
Preparatory Committee in Tunisia to be an important step forward in facing 
the complex challenges of the information society.

-ends-

Further information:

Steve Buckley, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)
Tel: +44 7801 945037
Karen Banks, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Tel: +44 7712 553582
Coordinators of the WSIS Civil Society Content and Themes Group



From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Sat Jun 26 18:42:40 2004
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (jeanette@wz-berlin.de)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] larger process questions from Prepcom I / 
     les questions de processus de Prepcom I
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> Dear Friends,
>

Dear Rik,

from what I heard, most people agree that structures and procedures are in
need of review and reform. Do you have an idea of how this could be done
effectively?

thanks, jeanette


> This Prepcom has served to highlight what was dealt with in Prepcom II
> in the First Phase, namely the structures and procedures used by Civil
> Society to work collaboratively together and with governments in the
> process.  Just to enumerate some of the key civil society structural
> issues that need to be addressed with some urgency:
>
> ?`	Reform and Evolution of the Bureau of Civil Society: i.e.
> composition, mandate, functioning
> ?	Decision-making among civil society: i.e. consensus versus "voting"
> versus sign-on processes (versus shouting)
> ?	Content and Themes: composition, mandate, functioning
> ?	Plenary / Plenary Email List: composition, mandate, functioning
> ?	Caucuses & Working Groups: issues of transparency, composition,
> mandate, etc.
>
> The more that these issues can be clarified, widely consulted and
> ideally documented for all CSOs online and on paper, the easier it will
> be to move forward effectively.  Do we have a structure or grouping of
> us who can develop our own agreed rules of procedure on these issues?
>
> For example, I, in principle, have no problem with any caucus or
> working group having some kind of standards for membership, as long as
> those standards are widely known and enforced with some kind of
> accountability.
>
> We have benefited greatly here from the presence of several veterans
> from other processes in the United Nations, including Roberto Bissio
> (Social Watch), Hamesh from NGLS, Antoine Medelin from FIDH and of
> course Renata Bloem from CONGO.
>
> Rik Panganiban
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Chers Amis,
>
> Ce Prepcom a servi ? accentuer ce qui a ?t? trait? de dans Prepcom II
> de la premi?re phase, notement les structures et les proc?dures
> employ?es par la Societ? Civile pour travailler en collaboration
> ensemble et des gouvernements dans le processus. ?num?rer juste
> certaines des questions structurales de soci?t? civile principale qui
> doivent ?tre abord?es avec de l'urgence :
>
> ?	r?forme et ?volution du bureau de la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d.
> composition, mandat, fonctions
> ?	Le procesus de decision parmi la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d. consensus
> contre le "voting" contre le processus de "sign-on"
> ?	Le Group de Contenu et Themes : composition, mandat, fonctions
> ?	le pl?ni?re / email liste pl?ni?re : composition, mandat, fonctions
> ?	Les Caucuses et groupes de travail : issues de transparence, de
> composition, de mandat, etc...
>
> Plus ces issues peuvent ?tre clarifi?es, largement consult?es et
> id?alement document?es pour tout le CSOs et sur le papier et en ligne,
> plus il sera d'avancer efficacement facile. Avons-nous une structure ou
> groupe de nous qui peuvent d?velopper nos propres des r?gles de
> proc?dure convenues sur ces questions ?  Par exemple, en principe, je
> n'a aucun probl?me avec n'importe quel comit? ou groupe de travail
> ayant un certain genre de normes pour l'adh?sion, aussi longtemps que
> ces normes sont largement connues et impos?es avec un certain genre de
> responsabilit?.
>
> Nous avons b?n?fici? consid?rablement ici de la pr?sence de plusieurs
> v?t?rans d'autres processus aux Nations Unies, y compris Roberto Bissio
> (Social Watch) Hamesh de NGLS, Antoine Medelin de FIDH et naturellement
> Renata Bloem du CONGO.
>
> Rik Panganiban
>
> ==============================================RIK PANGANIBAN
> Communications Coordinator
>
> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
> with the United Nations (CONGO)
> web: http://www.ngocongo.org
> email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
> mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524



From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Sat Jun 26 19:13:33 2004
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rules and procedures
Message-ID: <E1BeHgJ-00004z-00@clever.eusc.inter.net>

Dear friends,

 

I totally agree for establishing rules and procedures which should govern
our meetings at UN World Conferences a part from reviewing our structures
(Bureau, CT and Caucuses in the WSIS). These rules should help us in
general, but particular when facing such difficult situations we have just
gone through.

 

CONGO, together with NGLS, will have a meeting on 26 July, to give NGOs an
opportunity to respond and react to the Cardoso report. Following that
meeting we could ask some leading NGOs to start drafting such rules, which
should then be shared widely.

 

The CS Bureau meeting had decided to establish a small Committee to assess
and review that particlar structure. As events then took such a memomentum
we did not come around to identify the persons, unless this happened today.
In any event we will do this, and we had set a time frame until end of
August. 

Best

 

Renate Bloem

Conference of NGOs (CONGO)

 

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From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rules and procedures
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I am just in the final CS plenary of this PrepCom. Amir Barmaki (West
Asia Region) just reported on the decision of the CS Bureau today:

- Bureau will form 4 working groups
  1. self-reform of the bureau
  2. procedures of plenary and general civil society
  3. financing and fellowships
  4. content and themes rules of procedure
- will draft papers until end of September
- will be posted to plenary
- one month for comments
- WGs will amend proposals
- At first CS plenary of prepcom2, it will be discussed, amended and
accepted by civil society and will be binding for the second phase of
the summit
- Of course it is possible to give input and suggestions to the working
groups before they deliver their drafts.
- Two groups will be chaired by Tunisian delegates, two by others.

(if I got everything right)

The CS Plenary is currently discussing this matter, among others. This
time, everybody is behaving very nicely.

Ralf <- on the beach later, finally :-)


From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sat Jun 26 19:54:16 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] larger process questions from Prepcom I /  
     les questions de processus de Prepcom I
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Jeanette:

This is not an issue that just has been raised now, both after the 
summit and at the informal WSIS meeting in march the item was raised. 
No discussion ensued on any of the lists - perhaps didn't think it 
was important. But, now - luckily there's been a realization that 
discussion, analysis and work needs to be done to have more effective 
structures in place.

In case you and/or others haven't see it before - below is a URL of 
the report Viola wrote for the CSB meeting in march. I've highlited 
certain points which were raised which might serve for points to 
start a discussion...

In regards to next steps - my personal comments are as follows....

Personally,  i don't think the plenary list is the best place for 
discussion. I would suggest, instead that a NEW working group be 
created, one with a given timeline to come up with a concrete set of 
recommendations for reform.

I would envision the working group as consisting of  people and/or 
organizations drawn  from :

- the governance caucus
- CS Bureau
- C&T
- organizations/individuals with UN lobbying experience
- HR caucus

Concrete deliverables:

1. Revision of CS Bureau (CSB)

I see it as a coordinating body, a neutral one at that, who's role it 
is to provide a logisitical and facilitory role for the (real) CS 
that's involved in the WSIS.

- For me, there isn't enough information written down on the exact 
role and responsibility of the CSB. Currently, details are here -

  http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CS_Bureau

- For the structure to be useful and serve as a precedent for future 
processes, we must make sure that everything is properly documented.

- if you look at the existing documentation - there's nothing on 
procedure and minimum commitments which it's members should...need to 
perform. So i'd suggest a discussion leading to a clear statement on 
what CS facilitation body is supposed to do, and then recompose the 
body with some of the existing members and/or new ones.

To be honest, i'm disappointed by many of my colleagues on the CSB 
who for intent and purpose aren't doing a thing. Perhaps they don't 
have time - but , i think they just don't know what expected of them 
- and so they do nothing. I don't want to be negative - instead, 
identify the problem and how we can move forward.

If there's no precise documentation and procedures to follow -well, 
let's spend a soft amount of time to create it. From there, let's get 
a team together who's committed to actually "do something"

In summary, my proposed next steps :

- establishment of review/reform working group
- deadline of Fall 2004 to come up with recommendations, so that they 
are in place before jan 2005.
- should include as a minimum, and  if possible members of governance 
group, so that they can - suggest how to improve/revise CS's own 
structures
- Revise documentation and structure of CS facilitation body (be it 
the CSB, or something new)
- recommend set of core principles and rules of procedure to be 
followed at CS meetings (be they plenary, or otherwise).

ie. Meetings  - list of participants needs to be taken,  meetings 
needed to be called in advance in writing , that the announcement of 
the meeting needed to be accompanied of an Agenda, both a Chair and a 
Secretary needed to be elected Speaking order needs to be observed, 
minutes (even informal) to be taken, and ways need to be found for 
those not physically present to be able to participate.

In way - i'd way, we need to define process to follow, and make sure 
those present are comitted to follow them.

that's it for now. I look forward to speaking with some of you on the 
phone in the next few days...

regards

Robert






Report from the Civil Society Bureau Meeting @ Tunis, March 2004
http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CSB_TUN0304_Report

The discussion then focused on the challenges of the CSB work in the 
context of the Phase 2 scenario, which will be different from Phase 
1. Several CS representatives expressed the need for clear procedures 
when calling CS Bureau meetings, transparency and documentation about 
the working mechanisms of the CS Bureau. It was suggested that all 
Bureau meetings needed to be called in writing on the CS Bureau list, 
that the announcement of the meeting needed to be accompanied of an 
Agenda, both a Chair and a Secretary needed to be elected and minutes 
(even informal) to be taken. Several CS representatives ?Renata Bloem 
(NGOs), Robert Guerra (North America & Europe) and Viola Krebs 
(Volunteers)? stressed the need for these procedures to always be 
respected.

Ideas for the evaluation process of the CS Bureau

* Continuity and Documentation

* Lessons Learned

Lessons learned It is urgent to move forward with the evaluation, 
think about some kind of a mechanism to confirm representativity of 
the various representatives. Since each family has its own mechanisms 
and structure, the evaluation needs to be flexible enough to match 
those differences, but also ridged enough to actually be able to 
really evaluate the work done so far, groups reached, etc.

* Confirmation of Focal points

* Non-representation of some regions

... there are some serious challenges, both linked to the 
classification of countries such as Argentina and Mexico and the fact 
language difficulties make participation quite difficult. Indeed, the 
Tunisia official web site of the WSIS is only in French, English and 
Arabic, but no Spanish. This language issue needs to be addressed.

http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CS_Meetings



>  > Dear Friends,
>>
>
>Dear Rik,
>
>from what I heard, most people agree that structures and procedures are in
>need of review and reform. Do you have an idea of how this could be done
>effectively?
>
>thanks, jeanette
>
>
>>  This Prepcom has served to highlight what was dealt with in Prepcom II
>>  in the First Phase, namely the structures and procedures used by Civil
>>  Society to work collaboratively together and with governments in the
>>  process.  Just to enumerate some of the key civil society structural
>>  issues that need to be addressed with some urgency:
>>
>>  ?`	Reform and Evolution of the Bureau of Civil Society: i.e.
>>  composition, mandate, functioning
>>  ?	Decision-making among civil society: i.e. consensus versus "voting"
>>  versus sign-on processes (versus shouting)
>>  ?	Content and Themes: composition, mandate, functioning
>>  ?	Plenary / Plenary Email List: composition, mandate, functioning
>>  ?	Caucuses & Working Groups: issues of transparency, composition,
>>  mandate, etc.
>>
>>  The more that these issues can be clarified, widely consulted and
>>  ideally documented for all CSOs online and on paper, the easier it will
>>  be to move forward effectively.  Do we have a structure or grouping of
>>  us who can develop our own agreed rules of procedure on these issues?
>>
>>  For example, I, in principle, have no problem with any caucus or
>>  working group having some kind of standards for membership, as long as
>>  those standards are widely known and enforced with some kind of
>>  accountability.
>>
>>  We have benefited greatly here from the presence of several veterans
>>  from other processes in the United Nations, including Roberto Bissio
>>  (Social Watch), Hamesh from NGLS, Antoine Medelin from FIDH and of
>>  course Renata Bloem from CONGO.
>>
>>  Rik Panganiban
>>
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>  Chers Amis,
>>
>>  Ce Prepcom a servi ? accentuer ce qui a ?t? trait? de dans Prepcom II
>>  de la premi?re phase, notement les structures et les proc?dures
>>  employ?es par la Societ? Civile pour travailler en collaboration
>>  ensemble et des gouvernements dans le processus. ?num?rer juste
>>  certaines des questions structurales de soci?t? civile principale qui
>>  doivent ?tre abord?es avec de l'urgence :
>>
>>  ?	r?forme et ?volution du bureau de la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d.
>>  composition, mandat, fonctions
>>  ?	Le procesus de decision parmi la soci?t? civile : c.-?-d. consensus
>>  contre le "voting" contre le processus de "sign-on"
>>  ?	Le Group de Contenu et Themes : composition, mandat, fonctions
>>  ?	le pl?ni?re / email liste pl?ni?re : composition, mandat, fonctions
>>  ?	Les Caucuses et groupes de travail : issues de transparence, de
>>  composition, de mandat, etc...
>>
>>  Plus ces issues peuvent ?tre clarifi?es, largement consult?es et
>>  id?alement document?es pour tout le CSOs et sur le papier et en ligne,
>>  plus il sera d'avancer efficacement facile. Avons-nous une structure ou
>>  groupe de nous qui peuvent d?velopper nos propres des r?gles de
>>  proc?dure convenues sur ces questions ?  Par exemple, en principe, je
>>  n'a aucun probl?me avec n'importe quel comit? ou groupe de travail
>>  ayant un certain genre de normes pour l'adh?sion, aussi longtemps que
>  > ces normes sont largement connues et impos?es avec un certain genre de
>>  responsabilit?.
>>
>>  Nous avons b?n?fici? consid?rablement ici de la pr?sence de plusieurs
>>  v?t?rans d'autres processus aux Nations Unies, y compris Roberto Bissio
>>  (Social Watch) Hamesh de NGLS, Antoine Medelin de FIDH et naturellement
>>  Renata Bloem du CONGO.
>>
>>  Rik Panganiban
>>
>>  ==============================================RIK PANGANIBAN
>>  Communications Coordinator
>>
>>  Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>>  with the United Nations (CONGO)
>>  web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>>  email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>>  mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sat Jun 26 20:14:46 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: Re: [CS Bureau] Minutes of the Bureau Meeting, 26 June 2004
Message-ID: <p06110414bd037b80e65f@[192.168.1.251]>

Thanks Viola:

a couple of quick points:

(1) Let me express my interest, as Focal point for Europe & North 
America to participate in the following subgroups:

* Way forward
* Financing
* overal procedure.

(2) CSB Contacts - i'm the one currently maintaining the list and website.

* the Geneva2003.org site is dead, as has been dead for months. The 
mailing list that operated from there, hasn't been active...that fact 
was posted to the plenary and Bureau list months ago. ....

We should ask FDD to transfer the domain to CS, as well - they should!

the bureau list is NOW at --- 
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau

Note:
a. email address where bureau members should post is -  bureau@wsis-cs.org
b. only members of the bureau can post, however the archives are open 
for all to read


I conducted an update before the March informal meeting. if there's 
revisions to be made - please get the persons in question to send 
them to me and i'll update the site ASAP.

CSB - General Info
http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CS_Bureau

Contact Points:
http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_FP_ContactList
(the persons listed in the site above are the ones subscribed to the CSB).





At 10:14 AM -0700 6/26/04, Viola Krebs wrote:
>Minutes of the Bureau Meeting, 26 June 2004
>
>Agenda
>
>1. Procedure
>2. Bureau: the way forward
>3. Financing, strategies for next PrepComs and Summit
>4. Comments about PrepCom 1, what has worked, what are the lessons 
>that can be learned?
>5. Action Plan
>
>????????????????????????????????
>
>1. Procedure
>
>Procedure needs to be established in writing. It needs to be 
>repeated at the start of the first plenary of each PrepCom / event 
>(in paper, oral and online form).
>
>The CS Plenary should be structured as follows: 5 min. report from 
>the Bureau and 15 min for questions and answers; 5 min. report from 
>Contents and Themes and 15 min. for questions and answers.
>
>It was suggested that the time of the Plenary should be extended to 1.5 hours.
>
>2. Bureau: the way forward
>
>We have moved into the second phase of the WSIS, it is seems 
>necessary to consider the way forward for the International CS 
>Bureau. The composition and mechanisms will therefore be reviewed by 
>a sub-group of the Bureau which will submit concrete proposals by 
>September.
>
>The following points and considerations have been mentioned:
>
>Since the Governmental Bureau has 32 members, it might be a good 
>idea to consider the same for the CS Bureau.
>
>Each Family of the Bureau has a Focal Point and at least one 
>alternate. If the family coincides with a working group, there 
>should ideally be at one additional person to follow the Contents 
>and Themes group meetings, which should not be the Focal Point for 
>the Bureau.
>
>The CS Bureau only deals with procedure. All matters related to 
>content are being left up to the Contents and Themes group and the 
>various caucuses. If there is a disagreement within a caucus / the 
>Contents and Themes group, that may lead to a crisis (e.g. Human 
>rights statement of PrepCom 1), the Bureau may called for advise as 
>an instance of conflict resolution.
>
>It was suggested that observers could attend Bureau meetings, but 
>would only be allowed to speak if the chair allocated time for 
>observers.
>
>The CS Bureau needs a Secretariat, which deals with logistical 
>matters (e.g. sending of minutes, translation coordination, printing 
>documents, etc.).
>
>In case no funds can be secured for such a logistical position, the 
>tasks might be divided among several members of the CS Bureau. In 
>this case, it would be important to have a system of rotation, as 
>the work load is significant.
>
>Minutes and regular updates of the CS Bureau meeting should be 
>posted on the CS Bureau list. This is especially important for those 
>Focal Points unable to attend a meeting, but who need to inform 
>their constancy about events.
>
>Whenever possible, agendas should be sent to the CS Bureau list ahead of time.
>
>Each CS Bureau Family that wishes to continue working should submit 
>a report of phase 1 by 15 September. It will be the basis for the 
>evaluation process. It appears that, in addition to the 
>constituencies represented, the networking capacity of families 
>should be taken into consideration.
>
>3. Financing
>
>We need to identify financing sources and mechanisms to allow more 
>CS participants to attend. To do this, it is recommended to create a 
>working group that can write grants for the CS Bureau and CS at 
>large. One starting point is the existing CS fund that was created 
>by Tunisia and contains currently 400,000 Dinars.
>
>We should in particular have a look at funding possibilities from 
>North American Foundations (e.g. Rockefeller, Ford, etc.) that were 
>not present at all.
>
>We also should approach the private sector for funding.
>
>4. Comments about PrepCom 1, what has worked, what are the lessons 
>that can be learned?
>
>We should prepare ourselves better before the next PrepCom (e.g. 
>action plan). We should have a Bureau meeting one day before the 
>opening of the PrepCom to prepare the first CS plenary.
>
>Interpretation has been an issue for CS participation in this 
>PrepCom. Indeed, not all sessions had benefited from interpretation, 
>which created communication problems. In phase 1 of the Summit, 
>volunteer interpreters were provided by ICVolunteers. This could be 
>done again, provided expenses were reimbursed (e.g. transport, 
>accommodation). Languages to be covered should be English, French, 
>Spanish and the language of the host country (e.g. Arabic).
>
>5. Action Plan
>
>a) Four sub-groups of the Bureau have been created to work on 
>specific documents:
>-	Overall procedure for CS (Middle East, Gender, Science and technology)
>-	Way forward for the International CS Bureau (NGOs, 
>Volunteers, Europe, Networks, Bertrand de la Chapelle)
>-	Financing group (dealing with grant writing) (Africa, Think 
>Thanks, Networks, Volunteers)
>-	Liaison person to recommend creation of contents and theme 
>procedures group (Education)
>
>Timelines:	Pre-final version by 15 September 2004
>		Final documents by the beginning of October 2004
>
>b) The CS Bureau mailing list needs to be updated, as it is out of date.
>
>c) Make sure that the email archive of the CS Plenary guarantees the 
>accessibility of all the documents sent to the list, including 
>attachments.
>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Bureau mailing list
>Bureau@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau


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Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From steve at commedia.org.uk  Sat Jun 26 21:02:46 2004
From: steve at commedia.org.uk (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: SOCIEDAD CIVIL EN ULTIMA JORNADA PREP COM I
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20040626210205.02a900d8@pop.gn.apc.org>

>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 05:57:39 -0700 (PDT)
>From: jose luis aguirre <jla2863@yahoo.com>
>Subject: SOCIEDAD CIVIL EN ULTIMA JORNADA PREP COM I
>
>(Tunes, 26 de junio) Despues de recurrentes de airados debates en los que 
>se hizo notar la presion de entidades no gubernamentales de Tunes, y que 
>impidieron la palabra y manifestacion de sus denuncias a la Liga Tunesina 
>de los Derechos Humanos, y su preocupacion por la necesidad de vigencia de 
>un estado de garantias para la libertad de expresion y haciendose 
>insistencia en senalar la universalidad e indivisibilidad de los derechos 
>humanos esta manana el Caucus de la Sociedad Civil tuvo su segunda y 
>ultima intervencion en la Reunion Preparatorio de la Cumbre Mundial de la 
>Sociedad de la Informacion que hasta hoy se celebra en Tunes.
>
>El segmento concedido a la sociedad civil en la plenaria general de 
>gobierno en la PREP COM I, comprendio la presencia de tres oradores: 
>Souhayr Belhassen, Vicepresidente de la Federacion Internacional de 
>Derechos Humanos y Vicepresidente de Liga Tunesina de Defensa de los 
>Derechos Humanos; la Presidente de la Coordinacion de ONGs Africanas de 
>Derechos Humanos; y Janeth Hoffman como cabeza y representante del grupo 
>tematico sobre la Gobernanza de la Internet.
>
>La intervencion de Belhassen senalo lo siguiente:
>
>"A inicios de esta segunda fase de la CMSI las organizaciones de la 
>sociedad civil reunidas aui en Hammamed desean indicar cuales son sus 
>objetivos y prioridades de trabajo, todo ello con miras a la Cumbre de 
>Tunes del 2005. Actualmente cuando los fundamentos del derecho 
>internacional de los derechos humanos se ven estremecidos por la leyes y 
>medidas que se imponen en todo el mundo a nombre de la lucha contra el 
>terrorismo es importante que la declaracion de principios adoptada en 
>Ginebra en el 2003 se refiera a los principios fundamentales de 
>universalidad e indivisibilidad de todos los derechos humanos que se 
>refiere al derecho al desarrollo y que tienen que ver en particular al 
>necesario respeto de todo el Articulo 19 de la Declaracion de los Derechos 
>Humanos respecto a la libertad de expresion, informacion y de 
>comunicacion. Pero, esta segunda fase creemos que debe ir mas alla porque 
>lo que deseamos es que se precisen estos principi os afirmando tambien la 
>no discriminacion y que necesariamente se respeten las normas 
>internacionales relativas a los derechos de los trabajadores y el 
>reconocimiento de que una seguridad autentica solo se puede lograr gracias 
>a medidas perfectamente orientadas a garantizar los derechos 
>internacionalmente reconocidos, las condiciones reales deben reflejar la 
>situacion de los paises ademas de estar en coherencia con las obligaciones 
>de los estados y que se desprenden de los tratados que han ratificado. 
>Esta segunda fase en Tunes concentrara sus esfuerzos en los temas de la 
>gobernancia de la interntet y el financiamiento de la infraestructura, 
>hemos de participar como nos corresponde en todo esto velando por los 
>resultados haciendo que una aplicacion eficaz promueva la vigencia de los 
>derechos humanos, sino todos estos serian letra muerta. Esperamos que la 
>CMSI permita que estos principios se plasmen en una sociedad de la 
>informacion y de l a comunicacion que este al servicio de los derechos 
>humanos. Para este fin deseamos que en esta Cumbre se definan indicadores 
>precisos que a su vez permitan la consecucion de estos objetivos y se 
>establezca un mecanismo internacional independiente que permita a su vez 
>la reevalucion en el terreno sea en el plano local, nacional o 
>internacional. Sabemos my bien cual es la importancia capital que tiene 
>aqui y ahora la CMSI y para la totalidad de los pueblos del sur y asi 
>deseamos que tenga exito, por consiguiente tambien quisieramos reafirmar 
>que compete a los paises dar la pauta sobre todo cuando se trata de lograr 
>la consecucion dela  libertad de expresion, de comunicacion y de 
>informacion como tambien la libertad de asociacion y el derecho a 
>proteccion de la vida privada. Muchas gracias."
>
>Las palabras de la segunda representante de la sociedad civil fueron el 
>mismo texto anterior.
>
>La intervencion de del Grupo de Trabajo de la Gobernanza de la Internet 
>desde el caucus de la sociedad civil a cargo de Janeth Hoffman establecio:
>
>"Hablo en nombre del grupo que se decio al tema de la gobernabilidad de la 
>internet.
>En la declaracion del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, Kofi 
>Annan, en el Foro Global de la Gobernabilidad de la Internet; realizado en 
>Nueva York el 25 de marzo de 2004 senalo: "Administrar, promover y 
>proteger la presencia de internet en nuestras vidas hay que ser no menos 
>creativos de aquellos que lo inventaron es evidente y necesario que exista 
>esta gobernabilidad, lo que no necesariamente significaproceder de una 
>manera tradicional para algo que es totalmente muy diferente".
>
>En este espiritu saludamos con beneplacito la creacion de este grupo de 
>trabajo sobre la Gobernanza de la Internet que no estara obligado a las 
>reglas de procedimiento de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la 
>Informacion y que por consiguiente puede ser pionero para encontrar 
>mecanismos innovativos para lograr el concenso entre los multiples 
>interesados en esto. En muchos parrafos del Plan de Accion se hace 
>referencia a la creacion de este Grupo de Trabajo que debe proveer de una 
>base apropiada y clara sobre la que nos podamos mover. El grupo encargado 
>de la gobernanza de la interntet desde la sociedad civil insta a que 
>avancemos sin mayor dilacion porque esto puede afectar esta labor tan 
>importante. Nosotros colocamos gran importancia a la referencia que se da 
>en estos parrafos que solicitan que este se un proceso abierto e 
>integrador y de plena y activa participacion, comprendemos que todo esto 
>significa que todos los entes comprometidos para que nos de n su 
>contribucion y puedan participar en estas tres fases: Primero, en la etapa 
>de discusion , estableci,iento de la composicion y metodos de trabajo 
>parael proceso de este Grupo de Trabajo. Segundo; en la incorporacion de 
>miembros en este Grupo de Trabajo bajo una representacion equitativa, y; 
>en tercer lugar en el proceso de consulta que lleve este Grupo de Trabajo 
>a traves de los canales de comunicacion que utilice.
>Para nuestro primer objetivo pedimos establecer este Grupo de Trabajo en 
>la secretaria para julio de 2004 y se haga un llamamiento general para que 
>se presenten ideas para el establecimiento, composicion y metodo de 
>trabajo de este Grupo. Ademas, se debe llevar a cabo una reunion que 
>permita dar termino a estos aspectos tan criticos antes de que el mismo 
>Grupo de Trabajo se forme. El Grupo de Trabajo de la gobernanza de la 
>internte desde la sociedad civil quiere contribuir de manera activa en 
>esta primera fase tan critica asi como apoyar en el mismo proceso futuro 
>hasta alcanzar los objetivos de todas las partes interesadas. Muchas gracias".
>
>En cuanto a la intervencion que se esperaba del Grupo de Trabajo de 
>Financiamiento este no pudo presentar ningun producto senalando que el 
>ambiente de discusion en que se sumio el Caucus de la Sociedad Civil no le 
>per,mitio elaborar ninguna postura.
>
>
>Jose Luis Aguirre A y Arturo Bregaglio
>Representacion de AMARC y CRIS en Tunes
>
>
>
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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sun Jun 27 11:39:23 2004
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Mes impressions d'aujourd'hui
In-Reply-To: <1088248738.40dd5ba28d65a@www.refer.sn>
Message-ID: <20040627103923.4194.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>

Cher Joseph
J'appuie totalement votre réaction même à distance et
même si je n'ai pas assisté à hammaet...
Mais prudence n'insistez pas sur l'impérieuse
nécessité de la diversité culturelle comme condition
d'accès à l'information sinon vous allez recevoir des
messages de ce genre.... 
''''''Subject: Request to mailing list Bureau rejected

From: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org  Add to Address Book 
To: dbenamrane@yahoo.com 
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:42:02 +0100 (BST) 
Your request to the Bureau mailing list
Posting of your message titled "Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary]
Governmental
Bureau and First PrepCom" has been rejected by the
list moderator.  The moderator gave the
following reason for rejecting your request:
"Please email rguerra@privaterra,org details of you
CSB membership. if you aren't member of the WSIS Civil
Society Bureau, kindly post your message again to the
WSIS CS plenary list, whose address is as follows
plenary@wsis-cs.org."
Any questions or comments should be directed to the
list administrator at: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org'''''''
Si ce n'est pas de la censure de nos amis englophone
du Nord qui veulent garder le monopole de l'arme de
l'information, cela lui ressembe.
Amitiés
Djilali
--- Joseph Sarr <jsarr@refer.sn> wrote:
> English version below (electronic translation)
> Chers amis
J'ai participé cette semaine à deux réunions du
bureau de la Société Civile au PERPCOM1 , en
remplacement de titulaires absents.
> Tous les débats se sont
> déroulés en anglais et ceci est très grave. J'estime
> qu'une société civile doit
> être plurielle, multilingue et s'ouvrir à tous les
> horizons.
> Par ailleurs, je constate que tous les débats de la
> Société Civile se sont
> focalisés ces deux derniers jours sur les problèmes
> liés aux droits de l'homme.
> Ces problèmes sont essentiels, certes, mais il
> faudrait favoriser également des
> échanges autour des différents thèmes développés par
> les autres enyités de la
> Société Civile. Il y a des membres de la société
> civile qui ont fait des
> milliers de kilomètres, à leur propre frais, pour
> trouver des solutions adaptés
> aux problèmes de leur terroir. On se retrouve devant
> un débat bloqué sur un
> thème unique. Que va-t-on mettre dans nos rapports
> de mission? A ce niveau, le
> Secrétariat de la Société Civile est interpelé.
> 
> Joseph SARR
> Famille des Pouvoirs Locaux
> 

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From mlavigne at wanadoo.fr  Fri Jun 25 14:40:49 2004
From: mlavigne at wanadoo.fr (Michel LAVIGNE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus Meeting - Jun 25 10am
References: <s0dbd3ed.009@gwia201.syr.edu> <3105.196.203.248.157.1088165406.squirrel@196.203.248.157>
Message-ID: <000101c45c3d$28d625e0$4804f851@lavigne>

Volunteering is one of the key !
Please check http://intergovernance.org
and reply to the questionnaire http://intergovernance/org/quest
if you wish

Regards

Michel Lavigne
Sangomar Systems

----- Original Message -----
From: <jeanette@wz-berlin.de>
To: "Milton Mueller" <mueller@syr.edu>
Cc: <aizu@anr.org>; <plenary@wsis-cs.org>; <governance@lists.cpsr.org>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 2:10 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Next Internet Governance Caucus
Meeting - Jun 25 10am


> >
> > Izumi:
> > It may be a bit late, but I would encourage you to take advantage
> > of the work the IG caucus already did several months ago.
> > In particular, there was some discussion of the "process"
> > the SG's Internet Governance working group should follow,
> > based on ideas submitted by Wolfgang Kleinwachter. No
> > consensus document was produced, but a proposal was
> > made, there were no strong objections to it,
> > some comments, observations and modifications were
> > submitted, etc. To follow legitimate procedure one should
> > at least use that as a starting point.
>
> Hi, Milton,
>
> Wolfgang has presented his ideas in Barcelona last month. Kummer has made
> it clear in his diplomatic way that Wolfgang's ideas are certainly
> interesting but too elaborate and complex considering the 7 month time
> frame. It has been my understanding that Wolfgang didn't pursue his
> proposal any further.
>
> We've been trying this morning to agree on the basic structure of
> statement that could be presented to the plenary should the civil society
> plenary tonight agree. Should Izumi, Paul Wilson and I succeed to draft a
> statement we will post on this list this afternoon and ask for comments.
>
> best, jeanette
>
> >
> > Regarding substantive issues, again nothing was produced
> > (despite repeated efforts by Jeanette and myself) but I did
> > submit a brief analysis of the CS Declaration's Phase 1 statement
> > on Internet governance and how it might need to be modified
> > going forward. That could serve as a useful starting point for
> > discussions at a physical meeting.
> >
> > Sorry I don't have time to look up the archived links to
> > the specific messages I am referring to, but when one is
> > given 24 hours notice and the time difference is 8 or so hours....
> >
> > It's great that you've organized a meeting and hopefully new
> > people willing to be active will join the list and interact with
> > the caucus as a whole.
> >
> > rgds,
> > --MM
> >
> >
> >>>> AIZU <aizu@anr.org> 06/24/04 02:39PM >>>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I like to propose to have another Internet Governance Caucus
> > meeting here in Hamammet, 10 am, right after the Civil Society
> > Plenary in the morning, even there is the Plenary.
> >
> > The objectve of this meeting is to discuss the common position
> > of Civil Society Caucus, at least an interim one, on UN SG's
> > Internet Governance Working Group activity, so that we can
> > make a brief statement on this subject on Saturday pleanry.
> >
> > Given the intense discussion in the government plenary
> > this afternoon, we really need to "say" something during
> > this PrepCom1, otherwise, Civil Society views will not
> > be heard.
> >
> > I will try to find a room and will announce at the tomrrow morning
> > Civil society pleanry (and this list). I just spoke about this with
> > Jeannete, our co-coordinator and she generally agreed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > izumi
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > governance mailing list
> > governance@lists.cpsr.org
> > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > governance mailing list
> > governance@lists.cpsr.org
> > https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From mlavigne at wanadoo.fr  Sat Jun 26 09:01:43 2004
From: mlavigne at wanadoo.fr (Michel LAVIGNE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for Saturday plenary
References: <40DC49A3.4070302@apnic.net> <p0611047cbd02ca7854d0@[0.0.0.0]>
Message-ID: <000201c45c3d$29427c40$4804f851@lavigne>

As i must leave for Paris this morning and in order to be fully effective,
you can find us under the generic name of SANGOMAR whithin the wsis.
Everybody can participate to the discussion by filling the questionnaire we
made especially for a working group on Internet Governance.
You'll find it at http://intergovernance.org
We ask for your comments. Everybody at wsis is concerned.

Best regards

Michel Lavigne
SANGOMAR ECOSYSTEMS/SANGOMAR SYSTEMS




----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Peake" <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft statement on Internet Gvernance for
Saturday plenary


Hi,

Para 3.  I think it should be Plan of Action, not
Action Plan, and Para 4. as Izumi noted, quotes
should be from the Plan of Action  "open and
inclusive process [that ensures a mechanism for
the] full and active participation".  And perhaps
replace "participate at three stages" with
"participate in all aspects of the working group
process." (and remove first, second third from
the next paragraph.)

Thanks,

Adam (sunny in Santa Clara.)



>Friends,
>
>After this morning's meeting of the internet
>governance caucus, a voluntary drafting
>committee was formed of Bertrand, Jeanette,
>Izumi and myself.  We drafted the following text
>as a statement on Internet Governance for
>delivery during the civil society slot in the
>WSIS plenery tomorrow morning (Saturday).
>
>We welcome comments from the governance caucus
>and during CS plenary this evening.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paul Wilson.
>===
>
>
>1. In his opening remarks to the Global Forum on
>Internet Governance, in New York on 25 March
>2004, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan himself
>said:
>
>"In managing, promoting and protecting [the
>Internet?s] presence in our lives, we need to be
>no less creative than those who invented it.
>Clearly, there is a need for governance, but
>that does not necessarily mean that it has to be
>done in the traditional way, for something that
>is so very different."
>
>2. In this spirit, we welcome the creation of a
>Working Group on Internet Governance which will
>not be bound by the existing rules of procedure
>of WSIS, and which can therefore pioneer
>innovative mechanisms for multi-stakeholder
>consensus building.
>
>3. The Action Plan paragraphs regarding the
>creation of this Working Group provide an
>appropriate and clear basis on which to move
>forward. The Civil Society Internet Governance
>Caucus urges progress on this matter without
>further debate which may further delay this
>important work.
>
>4. We place great importance upon the references
>in these paragraphs to ?open and transparent
>process? and ?full and active participation?.
>We understand these to mean that all interested
>entities will be welcomed to contribute to and
>participate at three stages.
>
>First, in discussions regarding establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Second, in the membership of the WG itself, by
>fair representation. And third, in the working
>group?s consultation processes, through
>comprehensive communications channels.
>
>5. Towards the first of these aims, we ask that
>on establishment of the WG secretariat in July
>2004, a general call for contributions be made
>to canvass views on the establishment,
>composition and working processes of the WG.
>Further, an open meeting should be held to
>finalise these critical aspects of the WG.
>
>6. This proposal being accepted and enacted, the
>Civil Society Internet Governance Caucus fully
>intends to actively contribute in this critical
>first phase of the working group?s efforts, as
>well as to its future work, towards an outcome
>with which all stakeholders can identify.
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sun Jun 27 18:26:15 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Civil Society Bureau Mailing list
In-Reply-To: <BDD9BEAE-C781-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <BDD9BEAE-C781-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <p06110400bd04b359887c@[192.168.1.10]>

Civil Society Bureau Mailing list

Each bureau family has an organizational focal point, whose role it 
is to inform the family about updates regarding the evolution of the 
WSIS preparation and to facilitate input from various family members 
into the overall process.

A mailing list has been created for discussions, dialogue and 
comments from WSIS Civil Society Bureau (CSB) members. The list is 
closed - being open only to the designated focal points of the CS. 
The composition and membership of the CSB is maintained at the 
following URL -

http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CS_Bureau

Though the list is closed, it's archives are open for all to read. 
The archive address is at:
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/bureau/

Should you have any questions and/or comments in regards to the CSB, 
please contact Robert Guerra, who is the European & North American 
Focal point and current maintainer of the CSB Wiki and mailing list.

In regards to comments about Civil Society and WSIS, please do 
subscribe and/or post a message the Civil Society Plenary list,

plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


Regards,

Robert Guerra
Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for Europe, North America & CIS
http://secure.privaterra.org/privaterra/contact-rg.html

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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sun Jun 27 20:44:35 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Outcomes / decisions of PrepCom1
Message-ID: <40DF23A3.983B7DDA@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

The official document is online now at
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1253|0

Ralf



From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sun Jun 27 21:25:06 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
Message-ID: <40DF2D22.1135F485@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

The "official" summaries of the plenary discussions during prepcom1 that
are provided at http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/coverage2/index.html
are pretty good. They even give a honest view on what civil society
speakers said.

However: Normally they mention the organizations the speakers came from.
The summary from saturday though is referring to the speaker from the
Tunisian Human Rights League as the "representative of the African NGO
on Human Rights". It is not mentioned at all that there were actually
two speakers on human rights.

Does anybody know who is providing these summaries?

Ralf

From rikp at earthlink.net  Sun Jun 27 21:37:23 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] final prepcomI outcomes
Message-ID: <CB2EB6CA-C879-11D8-895F-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Colleagues,

The WSIS Phase II Prepcom I finished very late last night (26 June) 
around 11:30pm.  As I understand it, governments agreed to accept the 
President's draft decision, which outlines the structure of the Tunis 
Phase, including its relationship with the Working Group on Internet 
Governance and the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms.  The next 
prepcom will take place for 7 working days, that is one and a half 
weeks, I believe on 17-25 February 2005.

The government drafting group working on the President's text took an 
very long time to complete its work, beginning around 4pm and going 
until late into the evening.  By some reports, this was a signal of 
some governments discontent with how the President was conducting the 
process.  It was the Asia Group that had initially expressed 
reservations about accepting the text as is without amendment or 
discussion, but other African states expressed the desire to go through 
the text line-by-line as well.  If other people have different 
information, please post it to this list.

Reportedly, civil society and other observers were ejected from the 
drafting meeting after a request by the Chinese delegation, which was 
supported by the Brazilian delegation.

Meanwhile, the final plenary session of civil society on the evening of 
26 June witnessed no major disagreements or discord.  Whether this was 
due to general fatigue, the near completion of the prepcom, or no 
controversial issues on the table is unknown.  One person observed that 
the number of Tunisian participants had dwindled to a handful.  It was 
agreed to try and convene a civil society plenary at least the day 
prior to the actual prepcom, and that the chair of that meeting would 
be from the African caucus.

Regards to all,

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 
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From amalidesilva at yahoo.com  Sun Jun 27 22:57:47 2004
From: amalidesilva at yahoo.com (Amali De Silva)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Thank you
Message-ID: <20040627215747.97322.qmail@web21321.mail.yahoo.com>

Just wanted to say THANK YOU ! to all those of you who were reporting on PC1 to CS via the plenary list as well as working on - site. 
 
Amali De Silva - Mitchell
President Vancouver Community Network, Canada.



Amali De Silva-Mitchell  AAT,BSc.(Econ)Warwick,MSc.(Int.Acc/Fin)LSE

Tel: 1-604-736-9012 & Email: amalidesilva@yahoo.com

 

 

 







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From rguerra at cpsr.org  Sun Jun 27 23:27:09 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Compilation of WSIS Documents for PrepCom 1/Tunis
Message-ID: <p0611040ebd04f951eec2@[192.168.1.251]>

In order to make easier for people to have an offline copy of all the 
official WSIS documents (in all the different languages..), i've 
taken the liberty of packing all the documents into one 6.57Mb PDF 
file.

Name of file is:  Complete-docs-PC1-tunis.pdf
You can download it at the following URL:

http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=67

I hope it's useful to  those in low bandwidth countries -

regards,

Robert


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From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Mon Jun 28 00:52:13 2004
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Compilation of WSIS Documents for PrepCom
	1/Tunis
In-Reply-To: <p0611040ebd04f951eec2@[192.168.1.251]>
Message-ID: <BD052A4D.126E8%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

Robert

Thinks a lot for that work

Esther

> De?: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
> R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Date?: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 18:27:09 -0400
> ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Compilation of WSIS Documents for PrepCom 1/Tunis
> 
snip 
> http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=67
> 
> I hope it's useful to  those in low bandwidth countries -
> 
> regards,
> 
> Robert
> 


From adavidziuk at yahoo.com  Mon Jun 28 06:00:43 2004
From: adavidziuk at yahoo.com (alejandra davidziuk)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] crisinfo.org - news  ENG/ESP
Message-ID: <20040628050043.20259.qmail@web12008.mail.yahoo.com>

NEWS WSIS http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/49

PREPCOM1 DIARY: DAY 4 – AS A CONCLUSION 
(Tunisia) 06/26/2004 – Recurrent and angry debates
evidenced the pressure by Tunisian NGOs to prevent the
Tunisian League of Defense of Human Rights from
presenting its denunciations and concern for the need
for the existence of guarantees for the freedom of
expression. The Civil Society Caucus insisted on
pointing out the universality and indivisibility of
human rights in its second and last intervention in
Tunisia. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/311/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 4 – A MODO DE CIERRE
(Túnez) 26/06/2004 – Recurrentes y airados debates
hicieron notar la presión de ONGs tunecinas para
impedir que la Liga Tunecina de Defensa los Derechos
Humanos manifestara sus denuncias y su preocupación
por la necesidad de vigencia de un estado de garantías
para la libertad de expresión. El Caucus de la
Sociedad Civil insistió en señalar la universalidad e
indivisibilidad de los derechos humanos en su segunda
y última intervención en Túnez. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/310/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 3 – PRESENCIA DEL SECTOR DE
LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL
(Túnez) 25/06/2004 – La intervención de la sociedad
civil en la reunión plenaria oficial (gubernamental)
se produjo con la intervención de tres oradores luego
de que tuviera que diferirse por 45 minutos. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/309/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 3 – LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL
DEBATE DEMOCRACIA Y DERECHOS HUMANOS
(Túnez) 25/06/2004 – Durante la jornada de ayer y
desde hoy muy temprano, acaloradas discusiones en
todas las lenguas y tonalidades fueron el marco
permanente en los diversos grupos de la sociedad
civil. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/308/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 2 – REPRESENTANTES DE
GOBIERNOS LATINOAMERICANOS SESIONARON EN TÚNEZ
(Túnez) 24/06/2004 – En una reunión convocada por la
CEPAL, un gran número de países Latinoamericanos
escucharon una presentación sobre los distintos
niveles de financiamiento que tienen los programas de
nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación
(TICs) en los diferentes gobiernos latinoamericanos. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/307/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 2 – CONDICIONES DE RIESGO
PARA LA LIBERTAD DE EXPRESION EN TUNEZ
(Túnez) 24/06/2004 – Durante la sesión de hoy, el
Caucus de la Sociedad Civil reunido en el ámbito de la
PREPCOM 1 encontró coincidencias al manifestar las
condiciones de riesgo que presenta la libertad de
expresión en Túnez, sede de la CMSI en 2005. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/306/

PREPCOM1 DIARY: DAY 2 – RISK CONDITIONS FOR FREEDOM OF
EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA 
(Tunisia) 06/24/2004 – In today’s session, the Civil
Society Caucus meeting in the realm of PREPCOM 1 found
echo indicating the risk conditions for freedom of
expression in Tunisia, host country for WSIS in 2005. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/305/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 2 – UTSUMI PRIORIZO LA
IMPLEMENTACION DEL PLAN DE ACCION
(Túnez) 24/06/2004 – Al ser consultado por AMARC sobre
cuál sería la prioridad para la segunda fase de la
CMSI, el Presidente del Comité Organizador de Alto
Nivel de la CMSI y Secretario General de la Unión
Internacional de Telecomunicaciones (UIT), Yoshio
Utsumi, señaló la implementación del Plan de Acción
adoptado en Ginebra, trasladando su carácter de papel
a un plan concreto dirigido a la acción que confirme
acciones eficaces y proactivas. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/304/

PREPCOM1 DIARY: DAY 2 – UTSUMI PRIORITIZED
IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN OF ACTION 
(Tunisia) 06/24/2004 – When asked by AMARC what would
be the priority for the second Phase of WSIS, the
President of the High-Level WSIS Organizing Committee
and Secretary General of the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU), Yoshio Utsumi,
indicated the implementation of the Plan of Action
adopted in Geneva, translating it from paper into a
concrete plan aimed at effective and proactive
actions. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/303/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM1: DIA 2 – CEREMONIA OFICIAL DE
APERTURA
(Túnez) 24/06/2004 - La sesión inaugural de la
PREPCOM1 - CMSI, realizada esta mañana, estuvo
centrada en la elección del nuevo presidente para la
etapa de Túnez. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/302/

PREPCOM1 DIARY: DAY 2 – OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY
(Tunisia) 06/24/2004 – The opening session of PREPCOM1
- WSIS this morning focused on the election of the new
president for the Tunisia phase. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/301/

DIARIO DE LA PREPCOM 1: DIA 1 - ABIERTO EL JUEGO 
(Túnez) 23/06/2004 - La primera reunión del Comité
Preparatorio para la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial
en la Sociedad de la Información (PREPCOM 1-CMSI)
comenzó su primera jornada hoy, el 23 de junio de
2004, en el Medina Conference Centre de Yasmine
Hammamet, Túnez (Norte de África). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/300/

PREPCOM1 DIARY: DAY 1 – LET THE GAMES BEGIN
(Tunis) 06/23/2004 - The first preparatory meeting for
the second phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society (PREPCOM 1 - WSIS) began today in
the Medina Conference Centre of Yasmine Hammamet,
Tunisia (North Africa). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/299/

WITNESSES FOR THE SOUTH
The Instituto del Tercer Mundo launched a new project
of researching key issues of interest to developing
countries to contribute to the WSIS II decision-making
process. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/298/

TESTIGOS PARA EL SUR
El Instituto del Tercer Mundo lanzó un nuevo proyecto
para contribuir al procedimiento de toma de decisión
de WSIS II investigando las cuestiones claves que
interesan a los países en vías de desarrollo. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/297/

INTERNET GOVERNANCE ROADMAP 
Too-Much-TV has published a draft agenda for the
Working Group on Internet Governance. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/296/

MAPA DE RUTA DE LA GOBERNANZA DE INTERNET 
Too-Much-TV publicó una posible agenda del Grupo de
Trabajo de la Gobernanza de Internet más allá de los
grandes acontecimientos. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/295/

SALLY BURCH: “NO SE ESPERABA QUE HICIERAMOS TANTO
RUIDO”
2003 fue el escenario de una importante batalla entre
las grandes corporaciones de una parte, y organismos
de la sociedad civil de la otra, por uno de los
derechos fundamentales de los seres humanos: el
derecho a la información. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/293/

SALLY BURCH: “NOBODY EXPECTED US TO MAKE SO MUCH
NOISE”
2003 was the scene of an important battle between big
corporations and the civil society sector over the
fundamental human right of access to information. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/294/

NEWS http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/45/

WOMEN, COMMUNICATION AND DENUNCIATION
An Ibero-American conference on Women and
Communication held in Havana blamed the US media for
what it described as lies and distortions around the
case of the five Cuban political prisoners, imprisoned
in the United States. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/292/

MUJERES, COMUNICACION Y DENUNCIA
En La Habana, durante una conferencia Ibero-Americana
sobre mujeres y comunicación, se culpó a los medios
emplazados en la ciudad estadounidense de Miami por lo
que se describió como mentiras y distorsiones en la
conexión con el caso de los cinco presos políticos
cubanos en una cárcel de los Estados Unidos. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/291/

THE EMERGING GLOBAL DEBATE ABOUT MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND
REGULATION
We suggest you to read “The Political Economy of
International Communications: Foundations for the
Emerging Global Debate about Media Ownership and
Regulation”, by Robert McChesney and Dan Schiller. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/290/

EL NUEVO DEBATE GLOBAL SOBRE PROPIEDAD Y LA REGULACIÓN
DE LOS MEDIOS 
Sugerimos el documento “La política económica de las
comunicaciones internacionales: fundamentos para el
nuevo debate global sobre la propiedad y la regulación
de los medios”, de Roberto McChesney y Dan Schiller. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/289/

PRESS FREEDOM THREATENED IN THAILAND
On 22 June 2004, Thailand’s Criminal Court issued an
unprecedented ruling to accept a libel lawsuit filed
by the prime minister’s business empire against
Supinya Klangnarong, secretary-general of Campaign for
Popular Media Reform (CPMR). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/287/

AMENAZAS A LA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA EN TAILANDIA 
El 22 de junio de 2004, la Corte Criminal publicó una
ley sin precedente si acepta una demanda de difamación
presentada por la mega compañía familiar del Primer
Ministro contra la activista Supinya Klangnarong. La
demandaron por atraer la atención del público a una
nota que revelaba el sistema jurídico tailandés. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/288/

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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Mon Jun 28 10:15:13 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (Hossein Amir)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rules and proceduresworking groups of CSB
Message-ID: <Sea1-F99ARihH5oNPa700035f78@hotmail.com>

Dear All

As Ralf rightly said, the working groups will work on the new rules and 
procedures and other issues, for the civil society participating in WSIS and 
to avoid any confusion in future, it was also suggested to merge the Working 
Groups (WG) of Contents and themes (CT) and general rules and procedures, it 
seems ok. But we should discuss it in the bureau.

I am also trying to draft a proposal for a CSB meeting before September to 
meet and discuss the WGs proposals and to request advise, who will be 
selected by the WG chairs to comment back and share their ideas. Boel 
foundation already expressed its interest to be the host, based on the 
condition that a donor funds the meeting. Its a lot of work and let see what 
will happen, we are doing are best.

I am chairing the WG on general rules and procedures, and Karen Banks from 
CT and the trade unions focal point are co-chairs of the CT rules and 
procedures. We will try merging this two; on CSB reform Viola Kreps and 
Renate Bleom (we propose her, she is not aware of it yet!!) and another 
focal point will the WG members.

On financing the CS WG, Africa and Arab caucus are co-chairs.

>From the time being membership is limited to CSB, unless the chairs request 
someone to join and give advise, then will be open discussion and requesting 
comments. We decide in this way for practicalities and trying to reach a 
result, otherwise there will be endless debates and no result, so please 
cooperate with us and give the chance to your focal points in CSB to do 
their job and for sure they will discuss it among their constituencies.

The practical arrangements are still to be discussed among CSB, as we 
finalize our working process, it will be shared with all plenary.

We have time till end of Sept.

Thanks and see you soon

Amir Barmaki

Middle East, West Asia Family FP in CSB







>From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
>Reply-To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rules and procedures
>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:36:33 +0200
>
>I am just in the final CS plenary of this PrepCom. Amir Barmaki (West
>Asia Region) just reported on the decision of the CS Bureau today:
>
>- Bureau will form 4 working groups
>   1. self-reform of the bureau
>   2. procedures of plenary and general civil society
>   3. financing and fellowships
>   4. content and themes rules of procedure
>- will draft papers until end of September
>- will be posted to plenary
>- one month for comments
>- WGs will amend proposals
>- At first CS plenary of prepcom2, it will be discussed, amended and
>accepted by civil society and will be binding for the second phase of
>the summit
>- Of course it is possible to give input and suggestions to the working
>groups before they deliver their drafts.
>- Two groups will be chaired by Tunisian delegates, two by others.
>
>(if I got everything right)
>
>The CS Plenary is currently discussing this matter, among others. This
>time, everybody is behaving very nicely.
>
>Ralf <- on the beach later, finally :-)
>
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>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Mon Jun 28 11:36:55 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
In-Reply-To: <BFEHKBDFENGJLLIPCDKHOEPNCHAA.info@virtualactivism.net>
Message-ID: <20040628103655.27572.qmail@web52502.mail.yahoo.com>

 
 

 

        

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INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:

Hello Amal. 

#1607;#1604; #1605;#1605;#1603;#1606; #1573;#1585;#1587;#1575;#1604; #1575;#1604;#1576;#1610;#1575;#1606; #1576;#1575;#1604;#1604;#1594;#1577; #1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577;#1567; #1604;#1602;#1583; #1606;#1588;#1585;#1578; #1575;#1604;#1605;#1608;#1590;#1608;#1593; #1593;#1604;#1609; #1605;#1608;#1602;#1593; #1576;#1608;#1575;#1576;#1577; #1575;#1604;#1605;#1606;#1592;#1605;#1575;#1578; #1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577; #1608;#1604;#1603;#1606;#1609; #1571;#1585;#1610;#1583; #1606;#1588;#1585;#1607; #1576;#1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577; #1603;#1584;#1604;#1603;

#1605;#1593; #1578;#1581;#1610;#1575;#1578;#1609;

#1605;#1575;#1585;#1604;#1610;#1606; #1578;#1575;#1583;#1585;#1587;

 

-----Original Message-----
From: amel bejaoui [mailto:beja2310@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 05:51 ?
To: andd Zied
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).


INFO <info@virtualactivism.net> wrote:Hello Amal. 
#1607;#1604; #1605;#1605;#1603;#1606; #1573;#1585;#1587;#1575;#1604; #1575;#1604;#1576;#1610;#1575;#1606; #1576;#1575;#1604;#1604;#1594;#1577; #1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577;#1567; #1604;#1602;#1583; #1606;#1588;#1585;#1578; #1575;#1604;#1605;#1608;#1590;#1608;#1593; #1593;#1604;#1609; #1605;#1608;#1602;#1593; #1576;#1608;#1575;#1576;#1577; #1575;#1604;#1605;#1606;#1592;#1605;#1575;#1578; #1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577; #1608;#1604;#1603;#1606;#1609; #1571;#1585;#1610;#1583; #1606;#1588;#1585;#1607; #1576;#1575;#1604;#1593;#1585;#1576;#1610;#1577; #1603;#1584;#1604;#1603;
#1605;#1593; #1578;#1581;#1610;#1575;#1578;#1609;
#1605;#1575;#1585;#1604;#1610;#1606; #1578;#1575;#1583;#1585;#1587;
 
-----Original Message-----
From: amel bejaoui [mailto:beja2310@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 05:51 ?
To: andd Zied
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).


Tunis le 26 mai 2002 
 
 
D?claration de constitution d?un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (ind?pendant)

 La place du journaliste au sein de l?entreprise d?information s?est d?grad?e ? un point tel qu?il s?est retrouv? marginalis? du fait d?une censure aussi m?thodique que bien organis?e. 

Son pouvoir r?dactionnel a, du coup, r?gress? et ses droits mat?riels, pourtant garantis par les lois r?gissant la profession, lui ont ?t? d?ni?s.

 

Plusieurs signaux ont ?t? lanc?s, ces derni?res ann?es, attirant l?attention sur cette situation d?sastreuse sans qu?il n?y f?t rem?di? de mani?re s?rieuse, que se soit de la part de l?autorit? de tutelle, des chefs d?entreprises de presse ou encore de la structure organisant la profession.

 

La d?t?rioration du statut des journalistes tunisiens ne s?est pas arr?t?e ? la fronti?re du pays.

La place dont ils jouissaient dans les organisations professionnelles internationales a, consid?rablement parti de cette situation avec, entre autres cons?quences, la suspension de l?Association des Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de la F?d?ration Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.) qui lui reproche sa carence  dans la d?fense des journalistes.

 

Les journalistes tunisiens m?ritent sur les plans national et international, un statut bien plus ?lev?e que celui qui est le leur, aujourd?hui, compte tenu de leur formation scientifique et de leurs comp?tences qui s??panouissent chaque fois qu?ils trouvent le cadre ad?quat, comme en t?moigne la place pr?pond?rante qu?occupent des journalistes tunisiens dans nombre d?entreprises de presse ?crite et audiovisuelle arabes et internationales.

 

C?est pour permettre aux journalistes tunisiens de recouvrer le rang dont il sont dignes, ainsi que tous leurs droits, qu?un groupe important de journalistes ont pris l?initiative de constituer un ? Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens ? qui oeuvrera, dans le cadre du droit ? s?organiser en syndicat reconnu par la constitution et conform?ment aux dispositions du code du travail et la convention collective organisant la profession, en vue de : 

 

-         relever la situation mat?rielle des journalistes tunisiens ;

-         permettre aux journalistes d?exprimer librement leurs opinions et d?exercer leur m?tier, sans avoir ? subir de pression, d?oppression, ou d?arbitraire, ni encore, d?atteinte ? leur libert? individuelle ;

-         r?habiliter l?autorit? de la r?daction au sein de l?entreprise de presse tunisienne de mani?re ? redonner aux journalistes tunisiens la place qui leur sied et ? pr?server leur dignit? ;

-         promouvoir la culture syndicale en informant les journalistes des droits que leur reconna?t la loi ;

-         repr?senter ses adh?rents dans les diverses n?gociations se rapportant aux l?gislations aff?rentes aux secteurs de l?information, dans les n?gociations sociales et autres relatives ? l?emploi et aux avantages sociaux.

 

Le comit? constitutif du Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens (S.J.T) est compos? de :

 

Lotfi Hajji : Pr?sident

Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secr?taire g?n?ral

Mohamed Maali : Charg? du r?glement int?rieur

Salah Attia : Tr?sorier

Amel Bejaoui : Charg?e des relations ext?rieures

Mokhtar Tlili : Charg? des affaires sociales.

Mohsen Ouesleti : Charg? des affaires professionnelles

Respectueusement

 

Pour le Comit? provisoire 

La charg?e des Relations ext?rieures

Amel Bejaoui



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From jsarr at refer.sn  Mon Jun 28 12:16:12 2004
From: jsarr at refer.sn (Joseph Sarr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Mes impressions d'aujourd'hui
In-Reply-To: <20040627103923.4194.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>
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Message-ID: <1088421372.40dffdfcc53a2@www.refer.sn>

Cher Djilali,
Je te remercie pour ta compr?hension.

Joseph SARR

Selon djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>:

> Cher Joseph
> J'appuie totalement votre r?action m?me ? distance et
> m?me si je n'ai pas assist? ? hammaet...
> Mais prudence n'insistez pas sur l'imp?rieuse
> n?cessit? de la diversit? culturelle comme condition
> d'acc?s ? l'information sinon vous allez recevoir des
> messages de ce genre.... 
> ''''''Subject: Request to mailing list Bureau rejected
> 
> From: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org  Add to Address Book 
> To: dbenamrane@yahoo.com 
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:42:02 +0100 (BST) 
> Your request to the Bureau mailing list
> Posting of your message titled "Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary]
> Governmental
> Bureau and First PrepCom" has been rejected by the
> list moderator.  The moderator gave the
> following reason for rejecting your request:
> "Please email rguerra@privaterra,org details of you
> CSB membership. if you aren't member of the WSIS Civil
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> Si ce n'est pas de la censure de nos amis englophone
> du Nord qui veulent garder le monopole de l'arme de
> l'information, cela lui ressembe.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- Joseph Sarr <jsarr@refer.sn> wrote:
> > English version below (electronic translation)
> > Chers amis
> J'ai particip? cette semaine ? deux r?unions du
> bureau de la Soci?t? Civile au PERPCOM1 , en
> remplacement de titulaires absents.
> > Tous les d?bats se sont
> > d?roul?s en anglais et ceci est tr?s grave. J'estime
> > qu'une soci?t? civile doit
> > ?tre plurielle, multilingue et s'ouvrir ? tous les
> > horizons.
> > Par ailleurs, je constate que tous les d?bats de la
> > Soci?t? Civile se sont
> > focalis?s ces deux derniers jours sur les probl?mes
> > li?s aux droits de l'homme.
> > Ces probl?mes sont essentiels, certes, mais il
> > faudrait favoriser ?galement des
> > ?changes autour des diff?rents th?mes d?velopp?s par
> > les autres enyit?s de la
> > Soci?t? Civile. Il y a des membres de la soci?t?
> > civile qui ont fait des
> > milliers de kilom?tres, ? leur propre frais, pour
> > trouver des solutions adapt?s
> > aux probl?mes de leur terroir. On se retrouve devant
> > un d?bat bloqu? sur un
> > th?me unique. Que va-t-on mettre dans nos rapports
> > de mission? A ce niveau, le
> > Secr?tariat de la Soci?t? Civile est interpel?.
> > 
> > Joseph SARR
> > Famille des Pouvoirs Locaux
> > 
> 
> =====
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From lachapelle at openwsis.org  Mon Jun 28 12:49:24 2004
From: lachapelle at openwsis.org (Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "the friends of the president" drafting group
Message-ID: <200406281149.BXG26014@ms7.netsolmail.com>

Hi Rik,

You rightly identified this notion of a "friends of the 
president group" as an important novation in the process. A. 
Samassekou tried something similar in the first phase but 
encountered serious difficulties in the PrepCom2, as 
governments (in particular GRULAC if I remember well) 
considered he had no mandate for doing so and that, as a 
result, they had not been able to contribute. So his whole 
document was trashed. 

Drawing lessons from that painful experience, Janis Karklins 
has made sure he is given an explicit mandate this time. But 
the question of how Civil society could participate in this 
process is not closed. Quite on the contrary.

Indeed, during the joint Bureaus meeting, (to which I 
participated on behalf of the Internet Governance Caucus), I 
explicitely mentionned to President Karklins this formulation 
about a group of "friends of the President". 

I also recalled the statement Ralf had read that very morning 
in the official plenary, about providing appropriate 
mechanisms for civil society to effectively contribute "in a 
timely manner" to the drafting of whatever Political 
Declaration could be planned for Tunis and our willingness to 
be involved. I also recalled that SG Utsumi a few minutes 
earlier in his response to a previous question, had wished 
the setting up of "appropriate communication channels" with 
civil society.

To my surprise, Amb. Karklins went further than I expected, 
replying straightforwardly that he could envisage having 
civil society and private sector representatives in the group 
of friends of the President. 

He may have been too bold : although no government made an 
explicit remarks at that time, I do not believe they would 
accept a joint, multi-stakeholder group to facilitate 
drafting. 

Nor am I sure this would be in the full interest of civil 
society to be merged in one single group. Maybe a separate, 
paralel, channel would be better. It has to be evaluated 
carefully - and quickly.

But two things are certain in that context :
- the earlier good input channels are established with the 
President, the more impact there can be on the architecture 
of the final Tunis Declaration itself;
- Amb Karklins is visibly willing to find ways to involve 
civil society in more than mere symbolic ways, and this 
notion of "friends of the President" is to consider with 
great attention.  

The second phase is different from the first one : the way 
the final document is going to be drafted clearly more 
structured. 

A priority is therefore to define how we want to be part of 
that process and lobby to get support from friendly 
governments (as was the case with the EU to solve the 
Hammamet CS Crisis) 

For the rest, you are right to mention that the Summit 
process must take into account not only regional and thematic 
events but also "WSIS-related Events". This leaves the 
possibility for events organized by civil society to push a 
given theme and force it somehow on the Agenda. 

This is just preliminary thoughts. 

Best


Bertrand
 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:01:45 -0400
>From: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net>  
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] process for drafting of 
documents  
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
>COMMENTARY ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A SUMMIT DOCUMENT 
DRAFTING 
>PROCESS
>
>My understanding is that the President of the Prepcom Amb. 
Janis 
>Karklins has made quite an interesting proposal, which 
should be 
>accepted today.  He calls for a "group of friends of the 
President" in 
>consultation with regional groups to prepare a "document to 
serve as 
>the basis of negotiations" taking into account the outcomes 
of relevent 
>thematic, regional and other "WSIS-related" meetings.
>
>This proposal would represent a good amount of trust placed 
in the 
>President to facilitate the drafting of the main texts of 
the Summit 
>directly, as opposed to being done through a bureau or only 
through a 
>formal Prepcom process.  In Phase I, the Prepcom President's 
own 
>drafting process was pre-empted by governments wishing to 
have more 
>direct control over the drafting.
>
>This also would be a evolving document that would be able to 
>incorporate the results of various "WSIS-related" meetings.  
This is in 
>contrast to the Phase I process, which did not allow for the 
regional 
>consultations to be directly inputted into the draft summit 
texts.  In 
>addition, it leaves vague the notion of which meetings 
actually might 
>be included, since "WSIS-related" could be interpreted quite 
broadly, 
>perhaps including meetings organized by the private sector, 
civil 
>society, academia, etc.
>
>Presumably the final documents will take the form of a 
political 
>declaration and an action-oriented document.
>
>For civil society, this represents perhaps a gain and 
perhaps a loss in 
>terms of our ability to monitor and contribute to the 
drafting process. 
>  A "friends of the chair" committee would presumably be 
closed to 
>observers.  However a text incorporating directly thematic, 
regional 
>and other WSIS-related meetings might be more open to civil 
society 
>input, since it gives us more opportunities to make 
contributions that 
>in the end might end up in the summit text.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
>web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524 

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Jun 28 14:35:49 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fw: Arab Governments' Repression Does Not Leave Out the Internet
In-Reply-To: <200406281149.BXG26014@ms7.netsolmail.com>
References: <200406281149.BXG26014@ms7.netsolmail.com>
Message-ID: <p06110418bd05cf0123b3@[192.168.1.251]>



        Arab Governments' Repression Does Not Leave Out the Internet
                             A New Study Affirms
                      Absence of Freedom of Expression




(Cairo, 7 June, 2004)- Most Arab governments do not exclude the Internet
from the restrictions they impose on the media, and the constraints placed
on political activity has a negative impact on Arab Internet websites and
users, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRINFO) said
today.

Of the 11 Arab countries included in the study, three countries-Jordan,
UAE, and Qatar-provide a relatively higher degree of on-line freedom. The
other eight Arab countries impose heavy security restriction on Internet
users, which are commonly featured in the Arab world, HRINFO said in its
first study - the first published Arabic Study about Freedom of Expression
and the Internet in the Arab world- titled "The Internet in the Arab
World:
A New Space of Repression?"
Initially, HRINFO aimed to shed light on the use of the Internet in the
Arab world, the number of Arab Internet users, and the number of the
Arabic
language websites, and examine the reasons why they are so low. As the
study progressed, the initial analysis of the data collected -from
different media sources, foreign studies on the Internet in the Arab
region, and interviews, etc-induced HRINFO to release the study quickly,
in
order to declare that it is the governments' policies of censorship and
bans, alongside with poverty and illiteracy bear the responsibility for
impeding the growth of the Internet in the Arab world.
"Arab governments typically use the protection of Islamic values and
public
morals to justify banning websites of human rights or political opposition
groups that censure these governments; even forums are banned in Arab
countries," Gamal Abdel Aziz, HRINFO's executive director and the writer
of
the study said. "As a matter of fact," he added, "most of these
governments
oppose freedom of expression in particular, and other political and civil
freedoms in general."
The study reveals that while some states arrest Internet users just for
surfing websites of the oppositional parties or groups, other countries
use
the Internet to trap socially rejected segments in violation of regulatory
and legal requirements.
The study also exposes the false claims made by a country like Tunisia,
which has declared itself worthy of hosting the second phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society.
HRINFO calls upon the international society to avoid bestowing legitimacy
upon Tunisia's lie about its respect of freedom of expression, and to
avoid
contributing to the ill-treatment of Tunisian citizens from a totalitarian
regime that does not respect the citizens' human rights and liberties.
"Neither the internet will refrain from publishing the violations made by
the governments and the security regimes, nor prisons will stop human
rights activists everywhere from exposing further violations", Gamal Abdel
Aziz said. He asserted that "Arabs deserve to live a free life. Since
policing and repression of freedom of expression have proved to be
failures, now it is time to exercise the freedom of expression itself".
The 77-pages study is available in hard copies, in HRINFO office, and in
an
electronic form on HRINFO website.



            About The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information



HRINFO is a central repository that makes available Middle East and North
African human rights organizations' reports and statements to Arabic
readers worldwide; provides resources about human rights issues to the
media, activists, and the general public; attempts to expand the circle of
Arabic readers interested in learning more about human rights issues and
organizations; provides links to major international organizations that
feature content in Arabic; increases access to information about specific
human rights issues or abuses.
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information is a partner in the Arabic
Portal for Human Rights http://www.hrria.org


Hard copies of the study are available in HRINFO
For more information feel free to contact:
Gamal Eid
Executive Manager
Cell: 002025249544
Or
Eman Herzallah
Translator
Cell: 0020124046573

Electronic full text:
http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports
or
http://www.hrinfo.org/en/reports


-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From ACarvin at edc.org  Mon Jun 28 15:09:17 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] thanks for the memories....
Message-ID: <OFE4CCF118.F6370819-ON85256EC1.004D500B-85256EC1.004DC114@edc.org>

en/fr/es

Hi everyone,

I  just wanted to post a brief note to all of you who were in Hammamet, as 
well as to everyone who helped out online. It was really great getting to 
meet so many of you in person after so many virtual conversations. :-) In 
the next few weeks I'll post details regarding our new Telecentres group, 
once we've worked out setting up a discussion list for it. More 
information soon.

J'ai juste voulu signaler une note sommaire ? tout le vous ce qui ?taient 
dans Hammamet, aussi bien qu'? chacun qui a aid? dehors en ligne. Il ?tait 
obtenir vraiment grand de rencontrer tellement bon nombre d'entre vous 
chez la personne apr?s tant de conversations virtuelles : -) En semaines ? 
venir je partagerai des d?tails concernant notre nouveau groupe de 
Telecentres, une fois que nous avons cr?? une liste de discussion pour 
elle. Plus d'information bient?t.

Acabo de desear fijar una peque?a nota a usted que estaba en Hammamet, as? 
como a cada uno que ayud? hacia fuera en l?nea. Era el conseguir realmente 
grande satisfacer a tan muchos de usted en persona despu?s de tan muchas 
conversaciones virtuales:-) En las semanas pr?ximas compartir? los 
detalles con respecto a nuestro nuevo grupo de Telecentres, una vez que 
hayamos creado una lista de la discusi?n para ella. M?s informaci?n 
pronto.

thanks,
ac

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Mon Jun 28 20:17:04 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sound archive of June 13th CS meeting in Berlin
In-Reply-To: <20040627103923.4194.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20040627103923.4194.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <p0611040cbd061d8c8bbd@[192.168.1.251]>

Files from the CS meeting in Berlin are now online -

at the following address:

http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-1.mov
http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-2.mov
http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-3.mov

Note: If there's anyone with the tools to filter and improve the 
sound - please let me know, as it would be great to process the files 
to sound better...


pictures:



the sound could be better - and they could use some post-processing 
to get the quality up.


agenda of the meeting at:
<http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/622.htm>

Photos of session also online @

<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3530>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3531>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3532>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3533>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3534>


Photos below - of IRC link up with Seattle & Vienna

<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3535>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3536>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3537>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3538>
<http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3539>


As well, of related interest is a scanned copy of the Tunisian Anti 
terror legislation which I obtained in March when i was in Tunis..

http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/2003-Tunisia-Anti-Terror-leg-sm.pdf


-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From ACarvin at edc.org  Mon Jun 28 20:53:50 2004
From: ACarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS II warm-up degenerates into human rights punch-up (fwd)
Message-ID: <OFBAED5A12.997DCDC3-ON85256EC1.006D4C54-85256EC1.006D4CA7@edc.org>




Another article about the prepcom that might be of interest:

WSIS II warm-up degenerates into human rights punch-up
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/28/wsis_human_rights/

It seems like the article has some of the timeline mixed up, though.

ac

-------------------------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
-------------------------------------------------


From lists at mraihi.com  Mon Jun 28 20:41:56 2004
From: lists at mraihi.com (MRAIHI Marouen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] thanks for the memories....
References: <OFE4CCF118.F6370819-ON85256EC1.004D500B-85256EC1.004DC114@edc.org>
Message-ID: <009401c45d47$fc644f30$10be96d5@ic2>

Hi Andy

I share your feelings about the meetings we had during this prepcom. I hope
to meet the others during the next one !

During this prepcom I noticed that many of the CS members were not following
the plenary lis. I think it will be nice to invite your new contacts to join
it.

PS: Andy, online translation was not very successful this time :-)

Regards

MRAIHI Marouen
Youth Caucus Member
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/marouen



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Carvin" <ACarvin@edc.org>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] thanks for the memories....


en/fr/es

Hi everyone,

I  just wanted to post a brief note to all of you who were in Hammamet, as
well as to everyone who helped out online. It was really great getting to
meet so many of you in person after so many virtual conversations. :-) In
the next few weeks I'll post details regarding our new Telecentres group,
once we've worked out setting up a discussion list for it. More
information soon.

J'ai juste voulu signaler une note sommaire ? tout le vous ce qui ?taient
dans Hammamet, aussi bien qu'? chacun qui a aid? dehors en ligne. Il ?tait
obtenir vraiment grand de rencontrer tellement bon nombre d'entre vous
chez la personne apr?s tant de conversations virtuelles : -) En semaines ?
venir je partagerai des d?tails concernant notre nouveau groupe de
Telecentres, une fois que nous avons cr?? une liste de discussion pour
elle. Plus d'information bient?t.

Acabo de desear fijar una peque?a nota a usted que estaba en Hammamet, as?
como a cada uno que ayud? hacia fuera en l?nea. Era el conseguir realmente
grande satisfacer a tan muchos de usted en persona despu?s de tan muchas
conversaciones virtuales:-) En las semanas pr?ximas compartir? los
detalles con respecto a nuestro nuevo grupo de Telecentres, una vez que
hayamos creado una lista de la discusi?n para ella. M?s informaci?n
pronto.

thanks,
ac

-------------------------------------------------
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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
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http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org
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From ljeffrey at ecommons.net  Mon Jun 28 22:22:27 2004
From: ljeffrey at ecommons.net (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Sound archive of June 13th CS meeting in
  Berlin
In-Reply-To: <p0611040cbd061d8c8bbd@[192.168.1.251]>
References: <20040627103923.4194.qmail@web60703.mail.yahoo.com>
 <p0611040cbd061d8c8bbd@[192.168.1.251]>
Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20040628171421.03189920@mail.bydesign-elab.net>


We will get to this remixing soon. We have Bill McIver's archive, some work 
to do on that, and other Hammamet items to post.
Coming soon as more of our volunteers finish with the Cdn federal election, 
which wraps up today, June 28.

All will be on

wsis.ecommons.ca
smsi.agora-electronique.ca

Nous obtiendrons ? ceci se rem?langeant bient?t. Nous avons les archives de 
Bill McIver, et un certain travail ? faire sur cela, et d'autres articles 
de Hammamet ? signaler. En venez bient?t en tant que plus de nos 
volontaires finissez avec l'?lection f?d?rale du Canada, qui s'enveloppe 
vers le haut aujourd'hui, juin 28.

Tous seront allum?s

wsis.ecommons.ca
smsi.agora-electronique.ca


At 03:17 PM 28/06/2004, Robert Guerra wrote:
>Files from the CS meeting in Berlin are now online -
>
>at the following address:
>
>http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-1.mov
>http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-2.mov
>http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/berlin/berlin-3.mov
>
>Note: If there's anyone with the tools to filter and improve the sound - 
>please let me know, as it would be great to process the files to sound 
>better...
>
>
>pictures:
>
>
>
>the sound could be better - and they could use some post-processing to get 
>the quality up.
>
>
>agenda of the meeting at:
><http://www.worldsummit2003.de/en/web/622.htm>
>
>Photos of session also online @
>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3530>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3531>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3532>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3533>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3534>
>
>
>Photos below - of IRC link up with Seattle & Vienna
>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3535>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3536>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3537>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3538>
><http://gallery.privaterra.org/album38/IMG_3539>
>
>
>As well, of related interest is a scanned copy of the Tunisian Anti terror 
>legislation which I obtained in March when i was in Tunis..
>
>http://www.privaterra.org/~rguerra/2003-Tunisia-Anti-Terror-leg-sm.pdf
>
>
>--
>###
>Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>
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From rikp at earthlink.net  Mon Jun 28 23:52:43 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Rik's pictures from WSIS Prepcom I
Message-ID: <DD5EB1FB-C955-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Dear Friends / Chers Amis,

My pictures from Prepcom I can be viewed at 
http://www.ngocongo.org/images/WSISprepcomI/prepcomI.html . Enjoy!

Mes photos de la Prepcom I peuvent ?tre voir ? 
http://www.ngocongo.org/images/WSISprepcomI/prepcomI.html .

Rik Panganiban

===============================================
RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
with the United Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
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From lists at mraihi.com  Tue Jun 29 03:59:04 2004
From: lists at mraihi.com (MRAIHI Marouen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Youth Caucus Report
References: <OFE4CCF118.F6370819-ON85256EC1.004D500B-85256EC1.004DC114@edc.org> <009401c45d47$fc644f30$10be96d5@ic2>
Message-ID: <00d501c45d85$2f6d1cd0$d8be96d5@ic2>

1. Engagement in Civil Society Bureau meetings and debates (who represented
the YC? what (youth) issues were raised? what key decisions were made? etc)

As I was the representative of the Youth Caucus during the informal meeting
which took place in March, CSB Members invited me to join them to the bureau
meetings to replace Nick in the debates.
In general, all the content of the debates was related to these topics:
-         Differences of the way of working of CS and CSB between the 2
phases and the solutions of the lack of fundraising.
-         CSB constitutions and way of working of different
caucuses/families
-         Solutions to the problem of Human Rights caucus conflict
-         Teams constitution to take care of writing/editing CS procedures
texts to avoid some new conflicts happened during this phase.

As you can see, there was no debating about the content of each caucus
statements. Only 2 working groups were discussed related to this phase
vision (Financing Mechanisms and Internet Governance). That's why my
position as an youth caucus temporary alternate, with a non clear position
of the youth caucus inside the forthcoming WSIS disallowed me to rise any
questions related to us. All my interventions were related to the topics I
already said and most were adopted on the CSB final report.


2. Participation in plenaries, side events/meetings

Since the 1st day, youth caucus was "officially" represented by 5 Tunisian
persons (4 TIG members + the youth Tunisian CS responsible), when our
meeting was announced by the chairman of the plenary, we found ourselves 9
persons (Anne Christin and Julia - 2 German girls from the Lutheran world
federation, Andy from the Digital Divide Network, and Lionelle from
Cameroon). All these last persons attended the 1st meeting not as Youth
caucus official representatives but found our caucus the most close to them.
After presentations, we started the discussion with Youth Caucus news such
New Facilitator assignment. Second point was Youth Caucus participation
inside the WSIS, it was obvious that we were not as enough as prepcom 3 for
example to take decisions about that point. So we preferred trying to find
new ideas. And there is the result (thanks to Andy's summarize):

- Reaffirm ongoing youth involvement in the prepcoms through various
publicity efforts
- Organize youth consultations at a national level to collect youth input on
relevant issues being discussed through WSIS
- Identifying practical ways youth can be involved in implementing aspects
of the Declaration and Plan of Action to reach the MDGs (such as youth
involvement in running telecenters, etc.)
- Organize an officially recognized youth summit within the Tunis WSIS phase

These points were presented by Andy on the 2nd official CS plenary as the
result of YC fist meeting.


During the next 2 days, the youth caucus meetings were always scheduled at
10 o'clock, the same time of the prepcom's plenary sessions and especially
the CS speakers' interventions and that was the reason why we were not able
to have more meetings during that prepcom. Moreover, most of us attending
the prepcom for other reasons than the YC were busy with other caucuses
meetings. Anyway, they proved the solidarity of youth members of CS family.


3. emerging developments and opportunities pertinent to youth (ie. Proposed
UNDP Task Force on Financial Mechanisms, new funding commitment from the
Tunisian Gov't for CS participation...which mentions of youth, among
others).

About the financial point, I don't have a lot to say but that the Tunisian
CS promised to help us (at least on a local level) when we will need it. But
I don't have more information about the use of the CS fund started by
Tunisian 400.000 TN Dinars (about 270 US$).
There are other points I want to focus on:
As Tarek said, Tunisian Minister of transport and Communication Technologies
presented the willing of Tunisia to host the Youth Summit inside the WSIS on
Tunis 2005. This project was the proposal of an ONG called Mileset
(http://www.milset.org) to the Tunisian government. This ONG was asked by
the CS Tunisian side to be in touch with the YC facilitator to see how this
event can be organized. I don't know if it was done or not but what is sure
is that we need an urgent response of the YC Facilitator concerning this
point.


4. Personal reflection/assessment on the process so far

Personally I think that YC participation was acceptable as the outcome of
the other caucuses wasn't so important considering the issues faced and the
short period of this prepcom. What it must be done for the next prepcom is
to guarantee the participation of more important number for the YC as it
will be in Geneva.
During the first meeting of the YC, we tried to find solutions to reach the
two WSIS official working groups related to the two issues proposed by Mr.
Anan in case we want to help them by making a youth world wide consultation.
Now I think that it can be done through the CS working groups related to
these topics (the reports of these WG are linked to a strict timeline to be
respected).
Youth Caucus is much respected as it was very active during the first phase!
Despites funding issues, we are supposed to keep the same level of
participation during this phase.


5. The road ahead after PrepCom 1 (i.e strategy for continuity of
participation, potential project partnerships)

- We (Tunisian YC representatives) had a nonofficial meeting with Mr. Alain
Clairc who explained us how the YC was born and how it was working. He also
explained why the facilitator should be from the North. As the first phase
is not like the second one, he advised us (on a local and global scale) to
stay active and to plan on or two international events in Tunisia related to
the YC.
- A personal contact I had with Viola Krebs, from voluntarism Caucus and
director of the International Conference Volunteers NGO, about events we can
organize together (as she's convinced that the voluntarism and Youth Caucus
are linked in several points). She also wanted to be present to a YC meeting
to speak further about this partnership but it was unfortunately possible.

MRAIHI Marouen
Youth Caucus member
marouen@mraihi.com
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/marouen

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From beja2310 at yahoo.fr  Tue Jun 29 11:28:38 2004
From: beja2310 at yahoo.fr (=?iso-8859-1?q?amel=20bejaoui?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Naissance d'un syndicat de journalistes tunisiens (independant).
In-Reply-To: <20040618074112.97803.qmail@web60707.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20040629102838.83700.qmail@web52506.mail.yahoo.com>

Cher Monsieur Djilali,
 
D'abord veuillez accepter mes excuses pour le retard que je mets ? r?agir. Depuis que le syndicat est n?, j'ai tous les jours autour de 300 mails, y compris ceux qui concernent le SMSI, l'ATFD dont je suis membre et A.I Section tunisienne concernant la campagne "violences contre les femmes qui va durer 6 ann?es etc....
 
 
Votre mot est tr?s touchant. Je ne sais quoi vous r?pondre. Je me contente d'un clich? connu et presque banal, mais qui n'est pas du tout vid? de son sens. Seul le silence....entre gens de la m?me "race" militante.
Pour ce qui est de (Ind?pendant), c'est juste une pr?cision ? tous ceux qui de part le monde ont re?u cette nouvelle et qui n'ont pas forc?ment une id?e claire sur la situation des libert? en Tunisie. Mais je comprends parfaitement le sentiment "O combien partag?" de ce qu'on peut ressentir dans nos pays quand on est oblig? de pr?ciser des choses, sens?es ?tre ?videntes. Bref, disons que c'est un syndicat INDEPENDANT de part L'AUTONOMIE de ses adh?rents.  
 
SOLIDARITE MILITANTE
Respects
Amel Bejaoui
charg?e des R.E
S.J..T _ Tunisie
 
 

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> wrote:
En ce moment de d?tresse et de d?sesp?rance pour les
pays pauvres qui vivent une situation tragique qui
n'?meut plus personne, la naissance d'une organisation
syndicale est toujours un ?v?nement ? saluer, surtout
dans les secteurs de conscientisation des peuples et
des gouvernants. Le sommet de Tunis pour la fin 2005
offre une opportunit? pour de telles ?mergences.
Souhaitons leur beaucoup de succ?s et de r?ussite au
service des tunisiens, des magrebins, des africains et
des r?seaux d'information du Sud si insignifiants par
les temps qui courrent.
(dommage pour le mot ind?pendant mis entre parenth?ses
dans le titre, j'aurais souhait? le voir en majuscule
et en gras, peut-?tre aussi mieux explicit? c'est le
syndicat qui est ind?pendant ou les journalistes qui
le composent !). 
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- amel bejaoui wrote:
> Tunis le 26 mai 2002 
> 
> 
> D?claration de constitution d?un syndicat de
> journalistes tunisiens (ind?pendant)
> 
> La place du journaliste au sein de l?entreprise
> d?information s?est d?grad?e ? un point tel qu?il
> s?est retrouv? marginalis? du fait d?une censure
> aussi m?thodique que bien organis?e. 
> 
> Son pouvoir r?dactionnel a, du coup, r?gress? et ses
> droits mat?riels, pourtant garantis par les lois
> r?gissant la profession, lui ont ?t? d?ni?s.
> 
> 
> 
> Plusieurs signaux ont ?t? lanc?s, ces derni?res
> ann?es, attirant l?attention sur cette situation
> d?sastreuse sans qu?il n?y f?t rem?di? de mani?re
> s?rieuse, que se soit de la part de l?autorit? de
> tutelle, des chefs d?entreprises de presse ou encore
> de la structure organisant la profession.
> 
> 
> 
> La d?t?rioration du statut des journalistes
> tunisiens ne s?est pas arr?t?e ? la fronti?re du
> pays.
> 
> La place dont ils jouissaient dans les organisations
> professionnelles internationales a, consid?rablement
> parti de cette situation avec, entre autres
> cons?quences, la suspension de l?Association des
> Journalistes Tunisiens (A.J.T.) comme membre de la
> F?d?ration Internationale des Journalistes (F.I.J.)
> qui lui reproche sa carence dans la d?fense des
> journalistes.
> 
> 
> 
> Les journalistes tunisiens m?ritent sur les plans
> national et international, un statut bien plus
> ?lev?e que celui qui est le leur, aujourd?hui,
> compte tenu de leur formation scientifique et de
> leurs comp?tences qui s??panouissent chaque fois
> qu?ils trouvent le cadre ad?quat, comme en t?moigne
> la place pr?pond?rante qu?occupent des journalistes
> tunisiens dans nombre d?entreprises de presse ?crite
> et audiovisuelle arabes et internationales.
> 
> 
> 
> C?est pour permettre aux journalistes tunisiens de
> recouvrer le rang dont il sont dignes, ainsi que
> tous leurs droits, qu?un groupe important de
> journalistes ont pris l?initiative de constituer un
> ? Syndicat des Journalistes Tunisiens ? qui
> oeuvrera, dans le cadre du droit ? s?organiser en
> syndicat reconnu par la constitution et conform?ment
> aux dispositions du code du travail et la convention
> collective organisant la profession, en vue de : 
> 
> 
> 
> - relever la situation mat?rielle des
> journalistes tunisiens ;
> 
> - permettre aux journalistes d?exprimer
> librement leurs opinions et d?exercer leur m?tier,
> sans avoir ? subir de pression, d?oppression, ou
> d?arbitraire, ni encore, d?atteinte ? leur libert?
> individuelle ;
> 
> - r?habiliter l?autorit? de la r?daction au
> sein de l?entreprise de presse tunisienne de mani?re
> ? redonner aux journalistes tunisiens la place qui
> leur sied et ? pr?server leur dignit? ;
> 
> - promouvoir la culture syndicale en
> informant les journalistes des droits que leur
> reconna?t la loi ;
> 
> - repr?senter ses adh?rents dans les
> diverses n?gociations se rapportant aux l?gislations
> aff?rentes aux secteurs de l?information, dans les
> n?gociations sociales et autres relatives ? l?emploi
> et aux avantages sociaux.
> 
> 
> 
> Le comit? constitutif du Syndicat des Journalistes
> Tunisiens (S.J.T) est compos? de :
> 
> 
> 
> Lotfi Hajji : Pr?sident
> 
> Mahmoud Dhaouadi : Secr?taire g?n?ral
> 
> Mohamed Maali : Charg? du r?glement int?rieur
> 
> Salah Attia : Tr?sorier
> 
> Amel Bejaoui : Charg?e des relations ext?rieures
> 
> Mokhtar Tlili : Charg? des affaires sociales.
> 
> Mohsen Ouesleti : Charg? des affaires
> professionnelles
> 
> Respectueusement
> 
> 
> 
> Pour le Comit? provisoire 
> 
> La charg?e des Relations ext?rieures
> 
> Amel Bejaoui
> 
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------
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From rfj at humanrights.dk  Tue Jun 29 16:24:32 2004
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
Message-ID: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0BCB@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that they
only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on the
host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr Belhassen
from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,

Rikke

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On
Behalf Of Ralf Bendrath
Sent: 27. juni 2004 22:25
To: wsis-cs-plenary
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday

The "official" summaries of the plenary discussions during prepcom1 that
are provided at http://www.itu.int/wsis/newsroom/coverage2/index.html
are pretty good. They even give a honest view on what civil society
speakers said.

However: Normally they mention the organizations the speakers came from.
The summary from saturday though is referring to the speaker from the
Tunisian Human Rights League as the "representative of the African NGO
on Human Rights". It is not mentioned at all that there were actually
two speakers on human rights.

Does anybody know who is providing these summaries?

Ralf
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From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Tue Jun 29 16:33:09 2004
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
References: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0BCB@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <40E18BB5.321A2B1@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

> This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that they
> only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on the
> host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr Belhassen
> from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,

They just took down Souhayr's intervention from Saturday. I had sent it
to them a bit ago, and it was there an hour ago. 

http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all.asp?lang=en?&c_event=pc2|1&c_type=all|

What's going on there?

Ralf

From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Jun 29 16:37:30 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Liste Bureau - y'a til des gens que peut assister avec traduccion?
In-Reply-To: 
 <OFE4CCF118.F6370819-ON85256EC1.004D500B-85256EC1.004DC114@edc.org>
References: 
 <OFE4CCF118.F6370819-ON85256EC1.004D500B-85256EC1.004DC114@edc.org>
Message-ID: <p0611040ebd073b1f7573@[192.168.1.251]>

Djilali:

- la 1re chose que je voudrais dire, est d'excuser mon fran?ais ecrit 
- je comprends la langue, mais ?a fait longtemps que je ne ecrivez 
pas en fran?ais...


En concernant ton message a karen Banks -

je regret que tu a pensez que comme admin. de la liste du bureau 
j'avais essayer de appliquez la censure. En plus, que regrette aussi 
que tu pense que je essayer de "monopolizer l'information"


c'est n'est pas de la censure - pas de tout. Je suis un 
espa?ole/canadien que si parle 3 langues. Je connais bien la 
diversite culturelle, la  plurielite y la  diversite linguistique. 
Peut-etre c'est facil de critiquez, mais c'est pas de tout vrai c'est 
que tu disez.


avec plus de 250 messages pour approver et etre la seule persone que 
administer la liste - j'avais essayer d'envoyer un message simple, a 
tous les persones que on envoyer un message a liste.

Je suis bien consciente de l'importance d'avoir les comunications de 
la societie civil en divers langues. Certainment  tu a vu mes 
messages a la liste de plenaire dans les mois pass? y certainment la 
semaine dernaire de l'importance de faire toutes les choses possibles 
por que les gens peut se communiquez y comprende dans les langues 
officielles des naciones unies (espa?ol, frances, angles, russe, 
chinoise)


J'avez fais des efforts pour demander d'assistance pour traduir les 
pages du bureau en Fran?ais et en espa?ol. Il y'a des gens que 
s'interes, mais personne que c'est mais travaller y de le faire.

Peut-?tre toi, ou  des autres francophones n'avais pas vu mon 
announce il y'a des mois? Je ne sait pais. C'est facil de 
critiquez...La seul chose que je peut dire que de travailler y de 
essayer de solutioner le problem est plus dificil.

Si toi m?me, ou des otres personnes, o peut-?tre des organizaciones 
s'interese pour traduir les contenue y de assister le bureau pour se 
communique avec de francophones - ?a sera magnifique.


Alors - je relance le petite annonce - Ya'til des francophones que 
peut assister en mes en cours un services de traducion por le bureau? 
Si tu peut assister, svp envoyez moi un courier electronic pour que 
on peut commencez le travail.

Encore, je voudrais excuser mon fran?ais ecrit - mais j'avais pensez 
que se meut de faire un effort, pour donnez la se?al que je suis 
consiente de la diversit? culturelle.

Je veut etre claire - certainmente il y'a des gens dans le "nord" que 
vraiement veut travallez ensemble avec des gens dans les autres 
regiones. Des messages negatives est quelque chose facil a 
faire...Est-ce-que ,peut-etre, en peut pens? dans le future d'etre 
plus positive - dire des choses que ne marche pas bien y donnez des 
idees "positives" pour le solutionez.


salut

Robert



-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Jun 29 16:39:02 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on
  Saturday
In-Reply-To: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0BCB@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
References: <53E14C44C8F37442B95B73E4C8E744DF1A0BCB@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629163811.036a89c0@pop.gn.apc.org>

greetings

I agree. I suggest the Human rights coordinators write to the secretariat 
with a formal request for a correction. This is the public record of the 
meeting.

karen

At 16:24 29/06/2004, you wrote:
>This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that they
>only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on the
>host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr Belhassen
>from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,
>
>Rikke



From rguerra at cpsr.org  Tue Jun 29 17:10:22 2004
From: rguerra at cpsr.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ENGLISH - Liste Bureau - y'a til des gens que peut assister avec
 traduccion?
Message-ID: <p0611040fbd07438a6e92@[192.168.1.251]>

English translation of my earlier message....

>  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>  From: Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org>
>>  Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Liste Bureau - y'a til des gens que peut
>>  assister avec traduccion?

Subject : Bureau list - are there people who can help with translation]

>>
>>  Djilali:
>>
>>  - la 1re chose que je voudrais dire, est d'excuser mon fran?ais ecrit

[first thing i want to say - i'd like to apologize for my written french]


>>  - je  comprends la langue, mais ?a fait longtemps que je ne ecrivez
>>  pas en  fran?ais...
>>

[ i understand the language, but it's been a long time since i write in french]



>>  En concernant ton message a karen Banks -

[concerning your message to ...]

>>
>>  je regret que tu a pensez que comme admin. de la liste du bureau
>>  j'avais  essayer de appliquez la censure. En plus, que regrette aussi
>>  que tu pense  que je essayer de "monopolizer l'information"
>>

i regret/am sad - to think that  you believe that I as list admin i 
tried to apply censorship. I also regret that you think that i'm 
trying to monopolize information.



>>  c'est n'est pas de la censure - pas de tout. Je suis un
>>  espa?ole/canadien  que si parle 3 langues. Je connais bien la
>>  diversite culturelle,  la  plurielite y la  diversite linguistique.
>>  Peut-etre c'est facil de  critiquez, mais c'est pas de tout vrai
>>  c'est que tu disez.
>>

[it's not censorship - not at all. I am a spanish and canadian who 
speaks three languages. I understand and know well first hand what 
cultural diversity, plurality and linguistic diversity means. Perhaps 
it's easy (for you) to critise, but what you say isn't at all true.]



>>  avec plus de 250 messages pour approver et etre la seule persone que
>>  administer la liste - j'avais essayer d'envoyer un message simple, a
>>  tous  les persones que on envoyer un message a liste.


[with more than 250 messages to approve and being the sole person who 
(really) administers the list - i tried to send a simple message to 
all those who tried (and weren't authorized) to send a message to the 
list]


>>  Je suis bien consciente de l'importance d'avoir les comunications de
>>  la  societie civil en divers langues. Certainment  tu a vu mes
>>  messages a la  liste de plenaire dans les mois pass? y certainment la
>>  semaine dernaire de  l'importance de faire toutes les choses
>>  possibles por que les gens peut se  communiquez y comprende dans les
>>  langues officielles des naciones unies  (espa?ol, frances, angles,
>>  russe, chinoise)
>>

[I am fully aware of the importance of civil society to communicate 
in different languages. Certainly you've seen my messages to the 
plenary over the last few months and last week (in particular) where 
i mention the importance of doing all we can to be able for us to 
communicate and understand each other in all the official UN 
languages (spanish, french, english, russian, chinese)]



>>  J'avez fais des efforts pour demander d'assistance pour traduir les
>>  pages  du bureau en Fran?ais et en espa?ol. Il y'a des gens que
>>  s'interes, mais  personne que c'est mais travaller y de le faire.


[I have made efforts to ask for help to translate the Bureau pages 
into French and Spanish. There are people who have expressed an 
interest to help, but no one has gotten down to work and get it done]


>>  Peut-?tre toi, ou  des autres francophones n'avais pas vu mon
>>  announce il  y'a des mois? Je ne sait pais. C'est facil de
>>  critiquez...La seul chose  que je peut dire que de travailler y de
>>  essayer de solutioner le problem  est plus dificil.


[maybe you and the other francophones didn't see the message i sent 
months ago? I don't know. It is easy to critize...the only thing i'll 
say is that working together to solve the problem is much harder]



>>  Si toi m?me, ou des otres personnes, o peut-?tre des organizaciones
>>  s'interese pour traduir les contenue y de assister le bureau pour se
>>  communique avec de francophones - ?a sera magnifique.
>>

[if you, others, or perhaps even organizations are interested (and 
able) to translate the contents and help the bureau be able to 
communicate with francophones - than that would be great!]



>>  Alors - je relance le petite annonce - Ya'til des francophones que
>>  peut  assister en mes en cours un services de traducion por le
>>  bureau? Si tu  peut assister, svp envoyez moi un courier electronic
>>  pour que on peut  commencez le travail.


[Thus, i'll announce it again - Are there francophones out there who 
can help put in place a translation service for the Bureau? If you 
can help, please send me an email so that we can start the work 
(which needs to be done).]

>>
>>  Encore, je voudrais excuser mon fran?ais ecrit - mais j'avais pensez
>>  que  se meut de faire un effort, pour donnez la se?al que je suis
>>  consiente de  la diversit? culturelle.


[Again, i want to apologize for my written french - I thought it was 
best to make the effort, to give a sign that I am very aware of 
"cultural diversity" (which isn't really the right word - it's really 
linguistic diversity...)

>>  Je veut etre claire - certainmente il y'a des gens dans le "nord" que
>>  vraiement veut travallez ensemble avec des gens dans les autres
>>  regiones.  Des messages negatives est quelque chose facil a
>>  faire...Est-ce-que  ,peut-etre, en peut pens? dans le future d'etre
>>  plus positive - dire des  choses que ne marche pas bien y donnez des
>>  idees "positives" pour le  solutionez.
>>
>

[ I want to be clear - There are people in the "north" who really are 
committed to working together with people in other regions. Sending 
negative messages - criticisms - is an easy thing to do. 
However,perhaps, we should be more positive - indicate what isn't 
working and give concrete "positive" ideas on how to implement a 
solution.]

>>  salut

[regards]

>>  Robert
>>


-- 
###
Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
Privaterra - <http://www.privaterra.org>

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Jun 29 17:27:53 2004
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <40E18BB5.321A2B1@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

I just checked this URL right now, and there are no CS intervention on  
Saturday (neither Souhayr's, nor the others).
Let's wait before reacting, then. There must be some negociations going  
on...
If it appears that the secretariat puts on line the other interventions  
but not Souhayr's one, then we would officially react to ask for having  
it on line, like the others. The CS secretariat liaison is reading this  
list, so he must be aware of this now.

If an official reaction is needed from us, I suggest that it should be  
signed by the chairs of the content and themes group (Steve and Karen)  
as well as by the coordinators of the HR caucus (Rikke and myself).  
ALthough dealing with the HR issue, the statement was prepared by the  
drafting committee of the C&T group, and presented as such, not only by  
the caucus, after all. Let's not help the disinformation increase.

Cheers,
Meryem

Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 17:33 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :

>> This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that they
>> only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on the
>> host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr  
>> Belhassen
>> from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,
>
> They just took down Souhayr's intervention from Saturday. I had sent it
> to them a bit ago, and it was there an hour ago.
>
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing- 
> all.asp?lang=en?&c_event=pc2|1&c_type=all|
>
> What's going on there?
>
> Ralf
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From rikp at earthlink.net  Tue Jun 29 17:50:46 2004
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
References: <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
Message-ID: <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>

Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who  
spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.

Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de  
la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi  
matin?  Merci.

Rik Panganiban

On 29 juin 04, at 12:27, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> I just checked this URL right now, and there are no CS intervention on  
> Saturday (neither Souhayr's, nor the others).
> Let's wait before reacting, then. There must be some negociations  
> going on...
> If it appears that the secretariat puts on line the other  
> interventions but not Souhayr's one, then we would officially react to  
> ask for having it on line, like the others. The CS secretariat liaison  
> is reading this list, so he must be aware of this now.
>
> If an official reaction is needed from us, I suggest that it should be  
> signed by the chairs of the content and themes group (Steve and Karen)  
> as well as by the coordinators of the HR caucus (Rikke and myself).  
> ALthough dealing with the HR issue, the statement was prepared by the  
> drafting committee of the C&T group, and presented as such, not only  
> by the caucus, after all. Let's not help the disinformation increase.
>
> Cheers,
> Meryem
>
> Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 17:33 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :
>
>>> This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that they
>>> only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on  
>>> the
>>> host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr  
>>> Belhassen
>>> from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,
>>
>> They just took down Souhayr's intervention from Saturday. I had sent  
>> it
>> to them a bit ago, and it was there an hour ago.
>>
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all.asp?lang=en? 
>> &c_event=pc2|1&c_type=all|
>>
>> What's going on there?
>>
>> Ralf
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Jun 29 17:57:42 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on
  Saturday
In-Reply-To: <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629175447.0349b1d8@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi rik

>Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who
>spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.

>Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de
>la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi
>matin?  Merci.

I believe it is: Mme Awa N'Diaye of GRABS - Groupe de recherche et d'action 
pour le bien-?tre social, Senegal - but would appreciate a confirmation re 
organisation.

here is a reference in a local tunisian paper:

http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives270604/actualites/latunisieest.html

karen


From steve at commedia.org.uk  Tue Jun 29 18:11:06 2004
From: steve at commedia.org.uk (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on
  Saturday
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629175447.0349b1d8@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
 <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
 <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20040629180629.017f4518@pop.gn.apc.org>

At 17:57 29/06/2004 +0100, you wrote:
>hi rik
>
>>Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who
>>spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.
>
>>Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de
>>la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi
>>matin?  Merci.
>
>I believe it is: Mme Awa N'Diaye of GRABS - Groupe de recherche et 
>d'action pour le bien-?tre social, Senegal - but would appreciate a 
>confirmation re organisation.
This is the affiliation listed in the now published participants list:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc1/participants-observers.pdf

Steve


------------------------------------------------------------
            steve@commedia.org.uk
------------------------------------------------------------
         http://www.commedia.org.uk
------------------------------------------------------------


From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Jun 29 18:15:59 2004
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629175447.0349b1d8@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <FD8EC70B-C9EF-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 18:57 Europe/Paris, karen banks a ?crit :

> hi rik
>
>> Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who
>> spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.
>
>> Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de
>> la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi
>> matin?  Merci.
>
> I believe it is: Mme Awa N'Diaye of GRABS - Groupe de recherche et  
> d'action pour le bien-?tre social, Senegal - but would appreciate a  
> confirmation re organisation.

Yes, this is it. But wasn't she presented as the coordinator to the UN  
of human rights African NGOs (!) ?
>
> here is a reference in a local tunisian paper:
>
> http://www.lapresse.tn/archives/archives270604/actualites/ 
> latunisieest.html


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Jun 29 18:22:55 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629181534.034a0480@pop.gn.apc.org>

dear all,

Ralf has requested translation of the statement on participation, but i 
thought it would be easier for the translation team if we did a status 
check of all interventions, with a summary of which translations we need. 
This is what i can find:

Babelfish:
Ralf a demand? la traduction du rapport sur la participation, mais j'ai 
pens? qu'il serait plus facile pour l'?quipe de traduction si nous faisions 
un contr?le de statut de tous les interventions, avec un sommaire de de 
quelles traductions nous avons besoin. Est ce ce que je peux trouver:

Ralf ha solicitado la traducci?n de la declaraci?n sobre la participaci?n, 
pero pens? que ser?a m?s f?cil para el equipo de la traducci?n si hicimos 
un cheque del estado de todos los interventions, con un resumen de qu? 
traducciones necesitamos. Esto es lo que puedo encontrar:

June 25th:

Statement 1: on general context as read by George Christensen - english only
Statement 2: on the need for new develpment models and empowerment of local 
CS - as read by Mavic Cabrera - english only
Statement 3: on CS participation - as read by Ralf Bendrath - english only

June 26th:

Statement 1: on human rights as read by Mme Mme Souhayr Belhassen - French 
and English
Statement 2: on human rights as read by Mme Awa N'Diaye - no electronic copy?
Statement 3: on Internet governance as read by Ms. Jeanette Hoffman - 
english only (where is the final copy?)

Ideally, we want all documents translated in English, french, spanish and 
arabic.

to the translation team - i will send all documents we have - could you let 
us know who can manage which translations?

Babelfish:

Dans le meilleur des cas, nous voulons tous les documents traduits en 
anglais, fran?ais, l'Espagnol et l'arabe. ? l'?quipe de traduction - 
j'enverrai tous les documents que nous avons - pourrait vous faites-nous 
savoir qui peut contr?ler qui des traductions ?

Idealmente, deseamos todos los documentos traducidos en ingl?s, franc?s, 
espa?ol y ?rabe. ?al equipo de la traducci?n - enviar? todos los documentos 
que tenemos - podr?a usted sepamos qui?n puede manejar que las traducciones?

karen


From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Tue Jun 29 18:11:15 2004
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renata Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <000e01c45dfc$17492d70$2101a8c0@Renata>

Rik,

It is Mme Diaye, as far as I know coordinator of the African Diaspora.

Renate Bloem

-----Message d'origine-----
De?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
part de Rik Panganiban
Envoy??: mardi, 29. juin 2004 18:51
??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet?: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on
Saturday

Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who  
spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.

Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de  
la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi  
matin?  Merci.

Rik Panganiban

On 29 juin 04, at 12:27, Meryem Marzouki wrote:

> I just checked this URL right now, and there are no CS intervention on

> Saturday (neither Souhayr's, nor the others).
> Let's wait before reacting, then. There must be some negociations  
> going on...
> If it appears that the secretariat puts on line the other  
> interventions but not Souhayr's one, then we would officially react to

> ask for having it on line, like the others. The CS secretariat liaison

> is reading this list, so he must be aware of this now.
>
> If an official reaction is needed from us, I suggest that it should be

> signed by the chairs of the content and themes group (Steve and Karen)

> as well as by the coordinators of the HR caucus (Rikke and myself).  
> ALthough dealing with the HR issue, the statement was prepared by the

> drafting committee of the C&T group, and presented as such, not only  
> by the caucus, after all. Let's not help the disinformation increase.
>
> Cheers,
> Meryem
>
> Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 17:33 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :
>
>>> This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that
they
>>> only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on  
>>> the
>>> host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr  
>>> Belhassen
>>> from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,
>>
>> They just took down Souhayr's intervention from Saturday. I had sent

>> it
>> to them a bit ago, and it was there an hour ago.
>>
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all.asp?lang=en? 
>> &c_event=pc2|1&c_type=all|
>>
>> What's going on there?
>>
>> Ralf
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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From lists at mraihi.com  Tue Jun 29 17:58:34 2004
From: lists at mraihi.com (MRAIHI Marouen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ENGLISH - Liste Bureau - y'a til des gens que peut assister avec traduccion
In-Reply-To: &lt;p0611040fbd07438a6e92@[192.168.1.251]&gt;
References: &lt;p0611040fbd07438a6e92@[192.168.1.251]&gt;
Message-ID: <528b8378b972b79f78e0ff46c88240f3@>

Robert, I think I can help with french translation for the bureau as I'm
not member of any of the bureau working groups ! 


But I think it would be better to wait until these WG publish their final
procedurs documents. 


Regards 

MRAIHI Marouen 
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/marouen 



On June 29, 7:10 pm Robert Guerra <rguerra@cpsr.org> wrote:
> English translation of my earlier message....
>

>
> [Thus, i'll announce it again - Are there francophones out there who
> can help put in place a translation service for the Bureau? If you
> can help, please send me an email so that we can start the work
> (which needs to be done).]
>

From marzouki at ras.eu.org  Tue Jun 29 18:43:20 2004
From: marzouki at ras.eu.org (Meryem Marzouki)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629181534.034a0480@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <CFCCC390-C9F3-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>

Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 19:22 Europe/Paris, karen banks a ?crit :
> June 26th:
>
> Statement 1: on human rights as read by Mme Mme Souhayr Belhassen - 
> French and English
> Statement 2: on human rights as read by Mme Awa N'Diaye - no 
> electronic copy?

Oh, it should be quite simple : interestingly (and funny) enough, she 
re-read the entire statement read right before her by Souhayr 
Belhassen, except the very last sentence. But I don't have a precise 
idea of what she said instead. Should be something like "all countries 
in the world" instead of the two host countries, and the remaing kept 
the same.

These people were so convinced that that they will succeed in the end 
that they haven't even prepared their own alternative statement...

The good news for the tarnslation team is that the translation should 
be very easy !!!

From jsarr at refer.sn  Tue Jun 29 18:53:41 2004
From: jsarr at refer.sn (Joseph Sarr)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on Saturday
In-Reply-To: <000e01c45dfc$17492d70$2101a8c0@Renata>
References: <000e01c45dfc$17492d70$2101a8c0@Renata>
Message-ID: <1088531621.40e1aca54d9b1@www.refer.sn>

Chers amis,

J'ajoute une pr?cision : il s'agit de Madame NDIAYE, membre de la DAGE (Diaspora
Africaine de GEn?ve)

Bonne r?ception.

Joseph SARR
Pr?sident de la Commission NTIC
Conseil R?gional de Dakar

Selon Renata Bloem <rbloem@ngocongo.org>:

> Rik,
> 
> It is Mme Diaye, as far as I know coordinator of the African Diaspora.
> 
> Renate Bloem
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
> part de Rik Panganiban
> Envoy??: mardi, 29. juin 2004 18:51
> ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Objet?: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] small note on speaking CS slots on
> Saturday
> 
> Can someone confirm the name and affiliation of the other speaker who  
> spoke on human rights on Saturday? Thanks.
> 
> Est-ce il y a quelqu'un qui peut confirmer le nom et l'affiliation de  
> la personne qui a pris la parole sur les droits de l'homme en samedi  
> matin?  Merci.
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> 
> On 29 juin 04, at 12:27, Meryem Marzouki wrote:
> 
> > I just checked this URL right now, and there are no CS intervention on
> 
> > Saturday (neither Souhayr's, nor the others).
> > Let's wait before reacting, then. There must be some negociations  
> > going on...
> > If it appears that the secretariat puts on line the other  
> > interventions but not Souhayr's one, then we would officially react to
> 
> > ask for having it on line, like the others. The CS secretariat liaison
> 
> > is reading this list, so he must be aware of this now.
> >
> > If an official reaction is needed from us, I suggest that it should be
> 
> > signed by the chairs of the content and themes group (Steve and Karen)
> 
> > as well as by the coordinators of the HR caucus (Rikke and myself).  
> > ALthough dealing with the HR issue, the statement was prepared by the
> 
> > drafting committee of the C&T group, and presented as such, not only  
> > by the caucus, after all. Let's not help the disinformation increase.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Meryem
> >
> > Le mardi, 29 juin 2004, ? 17:33 Europe/Paris, Ralf Bendrath a ?crit :
> >
> >>> This is not a small note, it is crucial! it basically means that
> they
> >>> only refer to second HR intervention (without the last sentence on  
> >>> the
> >>> host countries of the Summit) and not the one made by Souhayr  
> >>> Belhassen
> >>> from the Tunisian HR league. It has to be corrected asap,
> >>
> >> They just took down Souhayr's intervention from Saturday. I had sent
> 
> >> it
> >> to them a bit ago, and it was there an hour ago.
> >>
> >> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/listing-all.asp?lang=en? 
> >> &c_event=pc2|1&c_type=all|
> >>
> >> What's going on there?
> >>
> >> Ralf
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Plenary mailing list
> >> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >>
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


-- 



From info at virtualactivism.net  Tue Jun 29 19:27:58 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:50 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629181534.034a0480@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <002801c45e06$d0e5eac0$531c723e@Marlyn>

Ok I will provide the Arabic. I have some of them but I will provide
whatever is missing and send them all by Thursday. You can send me the
Arabic Karen if you want, but I think I have all the documents. 


Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
Virtual Activism
http://www.virtualactivism.org


-----Original Message-----
From: karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:23 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; tranlation@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents

dear all,

Ralf has requested translation of the statement on participation, but i 
thought it would be easier for the translation team if we did a status 
check of all interventions, with a summary of which translations we
need. 
This is what i can find:

Babelfish:
Ralf a demand? la traduction du rapport sur la participation, mais j'ai 
pens? qu'il serait plus facile pour l'?quipe de traduction si nous
faisions 
un contr?le de statut de tous les interventions, avec un sommaire de de 
quelles traductions nous avons besoin. Est ce ce que je peux trouver:

Ralf ha solicitado la traducci?n de la declaraci?n sobre la
participaci?n, 
pero pens? que ser?a m?s f?cil para el equipo de la traducci?n si
hicimos 
un cheque del estado de todos los interventions, con un resumen de qu? 
traducciones necesitamos. Esto es lo que puedo encontrar:

June 25th:

Statement 1: on general context as read by George Christensen - english
only
Statement 2: on the need for new develpment models and empowerment of
local 
CS - as read by Mavic Cabrera - english only
Statement 3: on CS participation - as read by Ralf Bendrath - english
only

June 26th:

Statement 1: on human rights as read by Mme Mme Souhayr Belhassen -
French 
and English
Statement 2: on human rights as read by Mme Awa N'Diaye - no electronic
copy?
Statement 3: on Internet governance as read by Ms. Jeanette Hoffman - 
english only (where is the final copy?)

Ideally, we want all documents translated in English, french, spanish
and 
arabic.

to the translation team - i will send all documents we have - could you
let 
us know who can manage which translations?

Babelfish:

Dans le meilleur des cas, nous voulons tous les documents traduits en 
anglais, fran?ais, l'Espagnol et l'arabe. ? l'?quipe de traduction - 
j'enverrai tous les documents que nous avons - pourrait vous faites-nous

savoir qui peut contr?ler qui des traductions ?

Idealmente, deseamos todos los documentos traducidos en ingl?s, franc?s,

espa?ol y ?rabe. ?al equipo de la traducci?n - enviar? todos los
documentos 
que tenemos - podr?a usted sepamos qui?n puede manejar que las
traducciones?

karen

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From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Tue Jun 29 21:09:19 2004
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west Asia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] internet cencorship in Iran
Message-ID: <Sea1-DAV6621MGKbiVv0001d264@hotmail.com>

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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Tue Jun 29 23:01:28 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents
In-Reply-To: <002801c45e06$d0e5eac0$531c723e@Marlyn>
References: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629181534.034a0480@pop.gn.apc.org>
 <002801c45e06$d0e5eac0$531c723e@Marlyn>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629225857.01f36de8@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi marlyn,

At 19:27 29/06/2004, you wrote:
>Ok I will provide the Arabic. I have some of them but I will provide
>whatever is missing and send them all by Thursday. You can send me the
>Arabic Karen if you want, but I think I have all the documents.

thanks very much - we're waiting for the final Internet governance 
statement but otherwise we have all of the CS interventions to plenary 
posted in this list.

babelfish:

merci beaucoup - we're attendant le rapport final de gouvernement 
d'Internet mais autrement nous avons tous les interventions de CS ? la 
session pl?ni?re signal?e dans cette liste.

gracias mucho - we're que espera la declaraci?n final del gobierno del 
Internet pero tenemos de otra manera todos los interventions del CS a la 
sesi?n plenaria fijada en esta lista.

karen




From viola at icvolunteers.org  Tue Jun 29 17:56:09 2004
From: viola at icvolunteers.org (Viola Krebs)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Synthesis - CS Bureau meeting - 26/06/04
Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20040628103329.0248dba0@mail.icvolunteers.org>

English version at the top
Version fran?aise dessous

*****************
Dear Colleagues,

Please find below a synthesis of the WSIS Civil Society Bureau meeting 
taking place on 26 June 2004 in Hammamet, Tunisia. It contains some 
suggestions / a road map on how to move forward from now to the next 
PrepCom, which will take place in February 2005 in Geneva.

Kind regards,

Viola
Focal Point for the Volunteer Family

*****************
Minutes, 26 June 2004

1. Procedure

Procedure needs to be established in writing if it has not already been so 
(e.g. documents written during PrepCom 2 of phase 1). It needs to be 
repeated at the start of the first plenary of each PrepCom / event (in 
paper, oral and online form).

The CS Plenary should be structured as follows: 5 min. report from the 
Bureau and 15 min for questions and answers; 5 min. report from Contents 
and Themes and 15 min. for questions and answers.

It was suggested that the time of the Plenary should be extended to 1.5 hours.

2. Bureau: the way forward

We have moved into the second phase of the WSIS, it is seems necessary to 
consider the way forward for the International CS Bureau. The composition 
and mechanisms will therefore be reviewed by a sub-group of the Bureau 
which will submit concrete proposals by September.

Each CS Bureau Family that wishes to continue working should submit a 
report of phase 1 by 15 September. It will be the basis for the evaluation 
process. It appears that, in addition to the constituencies represented, 
the networking capacity of families should be taken into consideration.

3. Financing

We need to identify financing sources and mechanisms to allow more CS 
participants to attend. To do this, it is recommended to create a working 
group that can write grants for the CS Bureau and CS at large. One starting 
point is the existing CS fund that was created by Tunisia and contains 
currently 400,000 Dinars.

We should in particular have a look at funding possibilities from North 
American Foundations (e.g. Rockefeller, Ford, etc.) that were not present 
at all.

We also should approach the private sector for funding.

4. Comments about PrepCom 1, what has worked, what are the lessons that can 
be learned?

Interpretation has been an issue for CS participation in this PrepCom. 
Indeed, not all sessions had benefited from interpretation, which created 
communication problems. In phase 1 of the Summit, volunteer interpreters 
were provided. This could be done again, provided expenses were reimbursed. 
Languages to be covered should be English, French, Spanish and the language 
of the host country (e.g. Arabic).

5. Action Plan

a) Four sub-groups of the Bureau have been created to work on specific 
documents:
-       Overall procedure for CS
-       Way forward for the International CS Bureau
-       Financing group (dealing with grant writing)
-       Liaison person to recommend creation of contents and theme 
procedures group

Timelines:      Pre-final version by 15 September 2004
                 Final documents by the beginning of October 2004

b) Make sure that the email archive of the CS Plenary guarantees the 
accessibility of all the documents sent to the list, including attachments.

*****************
Chers Coll?gues,

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous une synth?se de la r?union du Bureau de la 
soci?t? civile du SMSI qui a eu lieu le 26 juin 2004 ? Hammamet, en 
Tunisie. La synth?se contient des suggestions / un plan d'action entre 
maintenant et le prochain PrepCom qui aura lieu ? Gen?ve au mois de f?vrier 
2005.

Avec mes meilleurs messages,

Viola
Point de contact de la Famille des Volontaires

*****************
PV, 26 juin 2004

1. Proc?dure

La proc?dure doit ?tre ?tablie par ?crit si ce n'a pas d?j? ?t? fait 
(documents ?crits durant le PrepCom 2 de la phase 1 du Sommet. Elle doit 
?tre r?p?t?e au d?but de la premi?re s?ance pl?ni?re de chaque PrepCom / 
?v?nement (en version papier, oralement  et en ligne).

La S?ance pl?ni?re de  la CS devrait ?tre structur?e comme suit : rapport 
du Bureau de 5 minutes et 15 minutes pour les questions et r?ponses; 5 
minutes pour le rapport du groupe Th?mes et Contenus et 15 minutes pour les 
questions et r?ponses.

Il a ?t? sugg?r? que le temps de la s?ance pl?ni?re journali?re devrait 
?tre prolong? ? une heure et demie.

2. Bureau : Vision pour le futur

Nous avons entam? la deuxi?me phase du WSIS, il semble n?cessaire de 
consid?rer la suite du Bureau International de la CS. La composition et les 
m?canismes seront donc pass?s en revue par un sous-groupe du Bureau qui 
soumettra des propositions concr?tes au mois de septembre.

Chaque Famille membre du Bureau de la SC qui souhaite continuer d'?tre 
membre du Bureau est invit?e ? soumettre un rapport de ses activit?s pour 
la phase 1 du Sommet au 15 septembre 2004. Ce rapport formera la base pour 
le processus d'?valuation. En plus du r?seau repr?sent? par chaque Famille, 
sa capacit? de mobilisation et travail en r?seau devrait ?tre pris en 
consid?ration.

3. Financement

Nous devons identifier des sources de financement et des m?canismes pour 
permettre ? plus de participants de la CS d?assister aux r?unions. Pour le 
faire, on a recommand? de cr?er un groupe de travail qui peut pr?parer des 
demandes de subventions pour le Bureau de la CS et la CS en g?n?ral. Un 
point de d?part est le fonds de CS existant qui a ?t? cr?? par la Tunisie 
et contient actuellement 400,000 dinars.

Nous devrions en particulier revoir les possibilit?s de financement venant 
des fondations nord-am?ricaines (par exemple. Rockefeller, Ford, etc.) qui 
n'?tait pas pr?sentes  du tout lors de la premi?re phase.
Nous devrions aussi nous rapprocher du secteur priv? pour le financement.

4. Les commentaires de la PrepCom 1

L'interpr?tation a pos? un probl?me pour la participation de la CS dans ce 
PrepCom. En effet, pas toutes les sessions avaient profit? de 
l'interpr?tation, ce qui a cr?? des probl?mes de communication. Dans la 
phase 1 du Sommet des interpr?tes volontaires ont ?t? fournis. Cela 
pourrait ?tre fait de nouveau, pourvu que les frais soient rembours?s. Les 
langues ? ?tre couvertes devraient ?tre l'anglais, le fran?ais, l'espagnol 
et la langue du pays d'accueil (Arabe).

5. Plan d'Action

a) Quatre sous-groupes du Bureau ont ?t? cr??s pour travailler sur des 
documents sp?cifiques :

- la proc?dure Compl?te de la CS
- le futur du Bureau International de la CS
- le groupe de financement
- la personne de Liaison pour recommander la cr?ation des proc?dures du 
groupe de th?mes et contenus.

D?lais :
Version pr? finale des documents avant le 15 septembre 2004.
Documents finaux d?but octobre 2004

b) Assurer que les archives des email de la S?ance pl?ni?re de la CS 
garantissent l'accessibilit? ? tous les documents envoy?s ? la liste, y 
compris les fichiers attach?s.


 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
International Conference Volunteers (IC Volunteers)
P.O. Box 755, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
http://www.icvolunteers.org
Phone: +41 22 800 1436
Fax: +41 22 800 1437 or 321 53 27
Email: viola@icvolunteers.org
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Wed Jun 30 10:16:50 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS secretariat response re statements
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040630101148.06890b60@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all

Charles Geiger has written to myself, renate and rik re the status of the 
CS statements on the WSIS websites.

They have copies of the statement Ms. Belhassen read, but do not have a 
copy of Ms. Awa's. I don't think it is appropriate for us to reconstruct 
the latter statement and so i will send a message to Mme Agrebi and 
Mustapha Masmoudi requesting an electonic copy.

If anyone else on this list has a copy of the second human rights 
statement, could you please post it to the list.

Mr. Geiger also notes that the summary on the WSIS site which only refers 
to one statement, will be corrected.

Babelfish:

Charles Geiger a ?crit ? me, au renate et au rik au sujet du statut des 
rapports de CS sur les sites Web de WSIS. Ils ont des copies de la mme. 
Belhassen de rapport lue, mais n'ont pas une copie de mme. Awa's. I don't 
pensent qu'il est appropri? que nous reconstruisent le dernier rapport et 
ainsi j'enverrai un message ? Mme. Agrebi et Mustapha Masmoudi demandant 
une copie electonic. Si n'importe qui autrement sur cette liste a une copie 
du deuxi?me rapport de droits de l'homme, pourriez vous svp le signaler ? 
la liste. M. Geiger note ?galement que le sommaire sur l'emplacement de 
WSIS qui se rapporte seulement ? un rapport, sera corrig?.

Charles Geiger ha escrito a me, al renate y al rik re el estado de las 
declaraciones del CS en los Web site de WSIS. Tienen copias del ms 
Belhassen de la declaraci?n le?da, pero no tienen una copia de ms Awa's. I 
don't piensa que es apropiado que reconstruyamos la ?ltima declaraci?n y 
as? que enviar? un mensaje a mme Agrebi y Mustapha Masmoudi que solicita 
una copia electonic. Si cualquier persona en esta lista tiene una copia de 
la segunda declaraci?n de los derechos humanos, podr?a usted fijarla por 
favor a la lista. Sr. Geiger tambi?n observa que el resumen en el sitio de 
WSIS que refiere solamente a una declaraci?n, ser? corregido.

karen


From karenb at gn.apc.org  Wed Jun 30 11:47:17 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UPDATE: status of CS statements on WSIS site
In-Reply-To: <995BFAB0-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
References: <F9CC31E2327C3D4B99BCB36A17622178808412@MAILBOX1.blue.itu.ch>
 <995BFAB0-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040630114107.06785ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>

Dear all,

The WSIS secretariat assures us that all CS statements they have received 
will all be online as soon as possible. They will also correct the WSIS 
summary to reflect the fact that two HR statements were made.

Could someone please post the internet governance statement as soon as 
possible.

I have emailed Mme Agrebi and Mustapha Masmoudi and requested they send a 
copy of the second Human rights statement to the plenary and secretariat 
for uploading.

The secretariat has also agreed to upload statements in as many languages 
as we can translate and i will forward them when available.

babelfish:

Le secr?tariat de WSIS nous assure que tous les rapports de CS qu'ils ont 
re?us seront tout en ligne aussit?t que possible. Ils corrigeront ?galement 
le sommaire de WSIS pour refl?ter le fait que deux rapports d'heure ont ?t? 
faits. Pourrait quelqu'un satisfaire le poteau le rapport de gouvernement 
d'Internet aussit?t que possible. J'ai emailed Mme. Agrebi et Mustapha 
Masmoudi et demand? ils envoient une copie du deuxi?me rapport de droits de 
l'homme ? la session pl?ni?re et au secr?tariat pour t?l?charger. Le 
secr?tariat a est ?galement d'accord sur des rapports de t?l?chargement 
dans autant de langues comme nous pouvons traduire et je les exp?dierai 
quand disponible.

La secretar?a de WSIS nos asegura que todas las declaraciones del CS que 
han recibido todas estar?n en l?nea cuanto antes. Tambi?n corregir?n el 
resumen de WSIS para reflejar el hecho de que dos declaraciones de la hora 
fueron hechas. Podr?a alguien satisfacer el poste la declaraci?n del 
gobierno del Internet cuanto antes. Tengo emailed a mme Agrebi y Mustapha 
Masmoudi y solicitado env?an una copia de la segunda declaraci?n de los 
derechos humanos a la sesi?n plenaria y a la secretar?a para uploading. La 
secretar?a tiene tambi?n convino las declaraciones del upload en tantas 
idiomas como podemos traducir y las remitir? cuando esta' disponible.

karen


From nne75 at yahoo.com  Wed Jun 30 13:08:22 2004
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Status of CS documents: Awa Ndiaye's copy
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629225857.01f36de8@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20040630120822.53073.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all
 
I have sent a mail to Awa'a address that is in my databank, asking for an electronic copy of her statement.  Hope it comes in shortly.
 
Best
 
Nnenna

		
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Jun 30 14:11:14 2004
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CSB Bureau - Archive location
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This is to remind everyone that the minutes and meeting reports of 
the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) are archived, are online, and 
available at the following location:

http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6


Ce doit rappeler chacun que le compte rendu et les rapports de 
r?union du bureau civil de soci?t? (CSB) sont archiv?, sont en ligne, 
et disponibles ? l'endroit suivant :

http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6


?ste debe recordar cada uno que los minutos y los informes de la 
reuni?n de la oficina civil de la sociedad (CSB) est?n archivados, 
est?n en l?nea, y disponibles en la localizaci?n siguiente:

http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6


For additional translations - please consult - dictionary.com at -
Pour des traductions additionnelles - consultez svp - dictionary.com ? -
Para las traducciones adicionales - consulte por favor - dictionary.com -

http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html

From rbissio at chasque.net  Wed Jun 30 14:32:33 2004
From: rbissio at chasque.net (Roberto Bissio)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ms. Belhassen's statement in Spanish
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040630114107.06785ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <995BFAB0-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <40E296C1.11199.195679@localhost>

Dear all,

Please find below the Spanish translation of Ms. Belhassen's statement.

cheers,
Roberto


[traducci?n al espa?ol-original en franc?s]
Declaraci?n de la Sociedad Civil sobre los derechos humanos 
PrepCom1, CMSI segunda fase, Hammamet, 26 Junio de 2004 

Mi nombre es Souhayr Belhassen, y soy Vicepresidenta de la Federaci?n
Internacional de Derechos Humanos y Vicepresidenta de la Liga Tunecina de
Derechos Humanos. 

Al inicio de esta segunda fase de la CMSI, las organizaciones de la
sociedad civil presentes en Hammamet desean dar a conocer sus objetivos y
sus prioridades de trabajo respecto de la Cumbre de T?nez en 2005. 

En este tiempo en que los cimientos de la ley internacional sobre derechos
humanos est?n siendo socavados por leyes y medidas recientemente 
adoptadas
en todo el mundo en nombre de la lucha contra el terrorismo, era
importante que la Declaraci?n de principios, adoptada en Ginebra en 2003,
hiciera referencia a los principios fundamentales de universalidad e
indivisibilidad de todos los derechos humanos y el derecho al desarrollo y
que reafirmara especialmente el respeto necesario a la integralidad del
Art?culo 19 de la DUDH sobre libertad de expresi?n, de informaci?n y
comunicaci?n. 

Esta segunda fase debe ir a?n m?s lejos. En efecto, entendemos que la
Declaraci?n clarifica estos principios al reafirmar el principio
fundamental no derogable de no discriminaci?n, la necesidad de respetar
las normas internacionales relativas a los derechos de los trabajadores, y
el reconocimiento de que una verdadera seguridad no puede alcanzarse sino
gracias a medidas enteramente compatibles con los derechos humanos
internacionalmente reconocidos, especialmente el derecho a la vida
privada. Asimismo no podemos aceptar que la Declaraci?n de principios
admita que el Estado de Derecho deba "reflejar la situaci?n real de los
pa?ses", sino m?s bien que sea coherente con las obligaciones legales de
los Estados derivadas de los tratados internacionales de derechos humanos
que ellos ratificaron.

La fase de T?nez concentrar? su trabajo sobre las cuestiones de gobernanza
de Internet y financiaci?n de la infraestructura. De nuestra parte,
haremos lo posible para que sus resultados, lejos derogar, promueven la
implementaci?n efectiva de los derechos humanos en su conjunto. 

Sin una implementaci?n efectiva, los principios seguir?n siendo en efecto
letra muerta. Nosotros creemos que la CMSI debe permitir que estos
principios se traduzcan en una sociedad de la informaci?n y la
comunicaci?n al servicio de los derechos humanos. A este fin, deseamos que
la Cumbre defina indicadores precisos que permitan apreciar la realizaci?n
de este objetivo y establezca un mecanismo internacional e independiente
para su evaluaci?n in situ, a nivel local, regional e internacional. 

Por ?ltimo, somos plenamente conscientes de la importancia fundamental de
la celebraci?n de la CMSI aqu? y para los pueblos de todos los pa?ses del
Sur, y deseamos pues su ?xito. No obstante, deseamos reafirmar que es
deber de los dos pa?ses anfitriones de la Cumbre mostrarse ejemplares, en
particular, en la realizaci?n de la libertad de expresi?n, informaci?n y
comunicaci?n, as? como de la libertad de asociaci?n y del derecho a la
vida privada. 




On 30 Jun 2004 at 11:47, karen banks wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> The WSIS secretariat assures us that all CS statements they have
> received will all be online as soon as possible. They will also
> correct the WSIS summary to reflect the fact that two HR statements
> were made.
> 
> Could someone please post the internet governance statement as soon as
> possible.
> 
> I have emailed Mme Agrebi and Mustapha Masmoudi and requested they
> send a copy of the second Human rights statement to the plenary and
> secretariat for uploading.
> 
> The secretariat has also agreed to upload statements in as many
> languages as we can translate and i will forward them when available.
> 
> babelfish:
> 
> Le secr?tariat de WSIS nous assure que tous les rapports de CS qu'ils
> ont re?us seront tout en ligne aussit?t que possible. Ils corrigeront
> ?galement le sommaire de WSIS pour refl?ter le fait que deux rapports
> d'heure ont ?t? faits. Pourrait quelqu'un satisfaire le poteau le
> rapport de gouvernement d'Internet aussit?t que possible. J'ai emailed
> Mme. Agrebi et Mustapha Masmoudi et demand? ils envoient une copie du
> deuxi?me rapport de droits de l'homme ? la session pl?ni?re et au
> secr?tariat pour t?l?charger. Le secr?tariat a est ?galement d'accord
> sur des rapports de t?l?chargement dans autant de langues comme nous
> pouvons traduire et je les exp?dierai quand disponible.
> 
> La secretar?a de WSIS nos asegura que todas las declaraciones del CS
> que han recibido todas estar?n en l?nea cuanto antes. Tambi?n
> corregir?n el resumen de WSIS para reflejar el hecho de que dos
> declaraciones de la hora fueron hechas. Podr?a alguien satisfacer el
> poste la declaraci?n del gobierno del Internet cuanto antes. Tengo
> emailed a mme Agrebi y Mustapha Masmoudi y solicitado env?an una copia
> de la segunda declaraci?n de los derechos humanos a la sesi?n plenaria
> y a la secretar?a para uploading. La secretar?a tiene tambi?n convino
> las declaraciones del upload en tantas idiomas como podemos traducir y
> las remitir? cuando esta' disponible.
> 
> karen
> 
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From marco at hipatia.info  Wed Jun 30 14:41:29 2004
From: marco at hipatia.info (Marco Ciurcina)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CSB Bureau - Archive location
In-Reply-To: <p0611041ebd086b197a66@[192.168.1.251]>
References: <4517CD98-C9E9-11D8-BC36-0003935A8C90@ras.eu.org>
	 <7782406B-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
	 <6.1.1.1.0.20040629175447.0349b1d8@pop.gn.apc.org>
	 <p0611041ebd086b197a66@[192.168.1.251]>
Message-ID: <1088602889.2474.17.camel@mac>

Where is it possible to find the minutes and meeting reports of the
civil society plenaries ?

Adonde se encontran las minutas de las plenarias de la sociedad civil ?

Ou est-ce que on peut rencontrer les minutes des plenaires de la soci?t?
civile ?

m.c.


Il mer, 2004-06-30 alle 15:11, Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> This is to remind everyone that the minutes and meeting reports of 
> the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) are archived, are online, and 
> available at the following location:
> 
> http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6
> 
> 
> Ce doit rappeler chacun que le compte rendu et les rapports de 
> r?union du bureau civil de soci?t? (CSB) sont archiv?, sont en ligne, 
> et disponibles ? l'endroit suivant :
> 
> http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6
> 
> 
> ?ste debe recordar cada uno que los minutos y los informes de la 
> reuni?n de la oficina civil de la sociedad (CSB) est?n archivados, 
> est?n en l?nea, y disponibles en la localizaci?n siguiente:
> 
> http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6
> 
> 
> For additional translations - please consult - dictionary.com at -
> Pour des traductions additionnelles - consultez svp - dictionary.com ? -
> Para las traducciones adicionales - consulte por favor - dictionary.com -
> 
> http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Wed Jun 30 14:46:06 2004
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ms. Belhassen's statement in Spanish
In-Reply-To: <40E296C1.11199.195679@localhost>
References: <995BFAB0-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net>
 <40E296C1.11199.195679@localhost>
Message-ID: <6.1.1.1.0.20040630144210.01de7ea0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi roberto,

thanks for this, i'll pass this onto the secretariat and let the 
translation team know not to translate.

karen

At 14:32 30/06/2004, Roberto Bissio wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>Please find below the Spanish translation of Ms. Belhassen's statement.
>
>cheers,
>Roberto



From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Wed Jun 30 15:23:24 2004
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (Jeanette Hofmann)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UPDATE: status of CS statements on WSIS site
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040630114107.06785ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <F9CC31E2327C3D4B99BCB36A17622178808412@MAILBOX1.blue.itu.ch> <995BFAB0-C9EC-11D8-A0A3-000A9575083C@earthlink.net> <6.1.1.1.0.20040630114107.06785ec0@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <40E2CCDC.7070301@wz-berlin.de>


karen banks wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> The WSIS secretariat assures us that all CS statements they have 
> received will all be online as soon as possible. They will also correct 
> the WSIS summary to reflect the fact that two HR statements were made.
> 
> Could someone please post the internet governance statement as soon as 
> possible.

I have sent the english and the french version of the IG statement to 
the ITU.

best, jeanette
> 


From info at virtualactivism.net  Wed Jun 30 22:17:13 2004
From: info at virtualactivism.net (info@virtualactivism.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents in Arabic all available
In-Reply-To: <6.1.1.1.0.20040629181534.034a0480@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <000001c45ee7$a03c9e00$831c723e@Marlyn>

Karen and everyone, attached are the Arabic documents. I don't know if I
forgot any, but here they are. 
And Meryem, thanks for your recommendation ,and I have not yet read the
report on Democracy, but I can help distribute it and could post it on
mengos.net . 


Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
Executive Director
Virtual Activism
http://www.virtualactivism.org


-----Original Message-----
From: karen banks [mailto:karenb@gn.apc.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:23 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; tranlation@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents

dear all,

Ralf has requested translation of the statement on participation, but i 
thought it would be easier for the translation team if we did a status 
check of all interventions, with a summary of which translations we
need. 
This is what i can find:

Babelfish:
Ralf a demand? la traduction du rapport sur la participation, mais j'ai 
pens? qu'il serait plus facile pour l'?quipe de traduction si nous
faisions 
un contr?le de statut de tous les interventions, avec un sommaire de de 
quelles traductions nous avons besoin. Est ce ce que je peux trouver:

Ralf ha solicitado la traducci?n de la declaraci?n sobre la
participaci?n, 
pero pens? que ser?a m?s f?cil para el equipo de la traducci?n si
hicimos 
un cheque del estado de todos los interventions, con un resumen de qu? 
traducciones necesitamos. Esto es lo que puedo encontrar:

June 25th:

Statement 1: on general context as read by George Christensen - english
only
Statement 2: on the need for new develpment models and empowerment of
local 
CS - as read by Mavic Cabrera - english only
Statement 3: on CS participation - as read by Ralf Bendrath - english
only

June 26th:

Statement 1: on human rights as read by Mme Mme Souhayr Belhassen -
French 
and English
Statement 2: on human rights as read by Mme Awa N'Diaye - no electronic
copy?
Statement 3: on Internet governance as read by Ms. Jeanette Hoffman - 
english only (where is the final copy?)

Ideally, we want all documents translated in English, french, spanish
and 
arabic.

to the translation team - i will send all documents we have - could you
let 
us know who can manage which translations?

Babelfish:

Dans le meilleur des cas, nous voulons tous les documents traduits en 
anglais, fran?ais, l'Espagnol et l'arabe. ? l'?quipe de traduction - 
j'enverrai tous les documents que nous avons - pourrait vous faites-nous

savoir qui peut contr?ler qui des traductions ?

Idealmente, deseamos todos los documentos traducidos en ingl?s, franc?s,

espa?ol y ?rabe. ?al equipo de la traducci?n - enviar? todos los
documentos 
que tenemos - podr?a usted sepamos qui?n puede manejar que las
traducciones?

karen

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Jun 30 23:07:44 2004
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TRANSLATION: Status of CS documents in
 Arabic all available
In-Reply-To: <000001c45ee7$a03c9e00$831c723e@Marlyn>
References: <000001c45ee7$a03c9e00$831c723e@Marlyn>
Message-ID: <p06110427bd08e9d92f9a@[192.168.1.251]>

As i'm not sure if everyone can read arabic  rtf files, i've 
converted the files you send to PDF - and have uploaded them to 
following location

http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=7

regards

Robert

>Karen and everyone, attached are the Arabic documents. I don't know if I
>forgot any, but here they are.
>And Meryem, thanks for your recommendation ,and I have not yet read the
>report on Democracy, but I can help distribute it and could post it on
>mengos.net .
>
>
>Marlyn Tadros, Ph.D
>Executive Director
>Virtual Activism
>http://www.virtualactivism.org
>

From kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Wed Jun 30 08:28:24 2004
From: kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:18:51 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "the friends of the president" drafting group
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3706D743@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Dear Betrand,
 
thanks for the careful analysis. As I proposed in an earlier message, one "trick" could be to propose a "non-voting liaison". The ICANN system of collaboration and multistakeholder approach is based on this liaison principle (the GAC and the ALAC and other communities have non-voting liaisons in official ICANN bodies without voting rights, that means they do not share the responsiblity for decisions and keep their right to articulate an individual and dissending voice).
 
So why not propose this officially to Karklins via the Bureau?
 
Best
 
wolfgang
 
a 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE
Gesendet: Mo 28.06.2004 13:49
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Betreff: [WSIS CS-Plenary] "the friends of the president" drafting group



Hi Rik,

You rightly identified this notion of a "friends of the
president group" as an important novation in the process. A.
Samassekou tried something similar in the first phase but
encountered serious difficulties in the PrepCom2, as
governments (in particular GRULAC if I remember well)
considered he had no mandate for doing so and that, as a
result, they had not been able to contribute. So his whole
document was trashed.

Drawing lessons from that painful experience, Janis Karklins
has made sure he is given an explicit mandate this time. But
the question of how Civil society could participate in this
process is not closed. Quite on the contrary.

Indeed, during the joint Bureaus meeting, (to which I
participated on behalf of the Internet Governance Caucus), I
explicitely mentionned to President Karklins this formulation
about a group of "friends of the President".

I also recalled the statement Ralf had read that very morning
in the official plenary, about providing appropriate
mechanisms for civil society to effectively contribute "in a
timely manner" to the drafting of whatever Political
Declaration could be planned for Tunis and our willingness to
be involved. I also recalled that SG Utsumi a few minutes
earlier in his response to a previous question, had wished
the setting up of "appropriate communication channels" with
civil society.

To my surprise, Amb. Karklins went further than I expected,
replying straightforwardly that he could envisage having
civil society and private sector representatives in the group
of friends of the President.

He may have been too bold : although no government made an
explicit remarks at that time, I do not believe they would
accept a joint, multi-stakeholder group to facilitate
drafting.

Nor am I sure this would be in the full interest of civil
society to be merged in one single group. Maybe a separate,
paralel, channel would be better. It has to be evaluated
carefully - and quickly.

But two things are certain in that context :
- the earlier good input channels are established with the
President, the more impact there can be on the architecture
of the final Tunis Declaration itself;
- Amb Karklins is visibly willing to find ways to involve
civil society in more than mere symbolic ways, and this
notion of "friends of the President" is to consider with
great attention. 

The second phase is different from the first one : the way
the final document is going to be drafted clearly more
structured.

A priority is therefore to define how we want to be part of
that process and lobby to get support from friendly
governments (as was the case with the EU to solve the
Hammamet CS Crisis)

For the rest, you are right to mention that the Summit
process must take into account not only regional and thematic
events but also "WSIS-related Events". This leaves the
possibility for events organized by civil society to push a
given theme and force it somehow on the Agenda.

This is just preliminary thoughts.

Best


Bertrand


---- Original message ----
>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:01:45 -0400
>From: Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> 
>Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] process for drafting of
documents 
>To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
>COMMENTARY ON THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL FOR A SUMMIT DOCUMENT
DRAFTING
>PROCESS
>
>My understanding is that the President of the Prepcom Amb.
Janis
>Karklins has made quite an interesting proposal, which
should be
>accepted today.  He calls for a "group of friends of the
President" in
>consultation with regional groups to prepare a "document to
serve as
>the basis of negotiations" taking into account the outcomes
of relevent
>thematic, regional and other "WSIS-related" meetings.
>
>This proposal would represent a good amount of trust placed
in the
>President to facilitate the drafting of the main texts of
the Summit
>directly, as opposed to being done through a bureau or only
through a
>formal Prepcom process.  In Phase I, the Prepcom President's
own
>drafting process was pre-empted by governments wishing to
have more
>direct control over the drafting.
>
>This also would be a evolving document that would be able to
>incorporate the results of various "WSIS-related" meetings. 
This is in
>contrast to the Phase I process, which did not allow for the
regional
>consultations to be directly inputted into the draft summit
texts.  In
>addition, it leaves vague the notion of which meetings
actually might
>be included, since "WSIS-related" could be interpreted quite
broadly,
>perhaps including meetings organized by the private sector,
civil
>society, academia, etc.
>
>Presumably the final documents will take the form of a
political
>declaration and an action-oriented document.
>
>For civil society, this represents perhaps a gain and
perhaps a loss in
>terms of our ability to monitor and contribute to the
drafting process.
>  A "friends of the chair" committee would presumably be
closed to
>observers.  However a text incorporating directly thematic,
regional
>and other WSIS-related meetings might be more open to civil
society
>input, since it gives us more opportunities to make
contributions that
>in the end might end up in the summit text.
>
>Rik Panganiban
>===============================================
>RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
>
>Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship
>with the United Nations (CONGO)
>web: http://www.ngocongo.org
>email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org
>mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524
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