From r_correia at telkomsa.net  Fri Jul  1 11:04:26 2005
From: r_correia at telkomsa.net (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Testing List Management (Reply To) Features
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From correia.rui at gmail.com  Fri Jul  1 11:07:51 2005
From: correia.rui at gmail.com (Rui Correia)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Testing List Management (Reply To) Features
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From mh at wacc.org.uk  Fri Jul  1 14:42:57 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [July 1st 2005]
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D91198D@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

NEWSROOM

UNESCO meeting on Cultural Diversity Convention ends with broad agreement
The Third and final session of the Intergovernmental Meeting on the draft UNESCO Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions finished its work on June 3rd. The result was widely seen as a defeat for the United States which opposed acceptance of the final draft text. The text, which was approved by representatives of 130 States will be presented at the UNESCO General Conference for discussion and possible approval in October 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/882

NEWSROOM/CRIS

Derechos de Comunicaci?n en Incomunicado 05
La semana pasada una conferencia en ?msterdam reuni? a muchos activistas de la informaci?n y cr?ticos a fin de comentar el discurso de "desarrollo de la informaci?n". Temas del evento del Incomunicado fueron desde multi-participaci?n de entidades involucradas en la CMSI hasta pol?tica global de econom?as de la informaci?n. Asimismo, fue al ser la congregaci?n m?s grande de gente involucrada interna y externamente en la CMSI brindo un perspectiva critica de la "gran figura".
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/879

CRIS at Incommunicado 05
CRIS Info Communication rights at incommunicado.05 A conference in Amsterdam last week brought together many info-activists and critical intellectuals for reflections on the "information for development" discourse. Themes of the "Incommunicado" event ranged from multi-stakeholderism at WSIS to the global political economy of information. It also was the largest gathering of people involved inside and outside the WSIS that provided a critical look at "the big picture".
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/878


NEWSROOM/WSIS

Canadian Civil Society Communique
This consensus statement was adopted by Canadian civil society groups representing a diverse range of peoples, backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives. The group of 200 people met in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on 13-15 May 2005 at a conference entitled "Paving the Road to Tunis"
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/883

WSIS and UK Civil Society
On 24th May the British Council organised a consultation meeting between Civil Society and the UK Government in the run up to the World Summit in the Information Society. CRIS members joined in the consultation as the UK was preparing to take over the presidency of the European Union in early July.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/881

ALER trabajando en conjunto por los derechos de la comunicaci?n
por N?stor Busso
Del 8 al 10 de junio se realiz? en R?o de Janeiro la Reuni?n Regional de Am?rica Latina y Caribe preparatoria de la segunda fase de la Cumbre Mundial de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n que se desarrollar? en Tunes en noviembre de este a?o. La Declaraci?n de R?o de Janeiro y el Plan de Acci?n, los dos documentos oficiales aprobados en la Conferencia, reiteran el compromiso de crear "una sociedad de la informaci?n inclusiva" y reafirman la participaci?n social como indispensable para su construcci?n.
http://www.crisinfo.org/index.php/content/view/full/880



NEWSROOM/WSIS: Special Prepcoms

WSIS Executive Secretariat Newsletter now online
PrepCom-3 of the Tunis phase to take place in Geneva
The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the Tunis phase of WSIS (PrepCom-3) will be held from 19 to 30 September 2005 in the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/884

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

Radical Radio Coalition en Escocia durante el G8
Del 1 al 9 de julio la "radical radio coalition" - coalici?n de radio
radical transmitir? por Internet desde Escocia cubriendo las protestas
G8 y ofreciendo cobertura en profundidad en los asuntos que ser?n
discutidos.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/877

Radical Radio Coalition: announcement and call for participation
>From 1 July - 9 July the radical radio coalition will be streaming
internet radio from Scotland covering the G8 protests and providing
in-depth coverage on the issues being discussed.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/876


CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, econ?mica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org/www.wacc.org.uk
email: mh@wacc.org.uk
 

From jimmcdonnell at blueyonder.co.uk  Fri Jul  1 17:03:45 2005
From: jimmcdonnell at blueyonder.co.uk (Jim McDonnell)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] US WILL RETAIN ITS CONTROL OF INTERNET OVERSIGHT
Message-ID: <42C56961.8040506@blueyonder.co.uk>

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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Jul  1 19:53:41 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra [c])
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canada: Preliminary position on Internet governance / Position provisoire au sujet de la gouvernance d'Internet [u]
References: <191903F2031B524CAF24466A2093920C02274560@msg-mb1.icent.ic.gc.ca>
Message-ID: <43809B2C-8133-4EE7-87AE-6FE5A11E653F@lists.privaterra.org>

http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/internet- 
governance---38--canadians.html

I'd like to alert Canadians on this list of a message recently posted  
by Industry Canada. In summary - the message states  preliminary  
Canadian Government positions,  and calls upon Canadian citizens  
interested in internet governance to submit  comments related to the  
WGIG report by the end of July. It is a short , informal consultation  
- but one none the less.



regards

Robert


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



Begin forwarded message:





> From: "Graham, Bill: DIT" <Graham.Bill@ic.gc.ca>
> Date: June 30, 2005 6:16:24 PM EDT (CA)
> To: "Graham, Bill: DIT" <Graham.Bill@ic.gc.ca>
> Subject: RE: Preliminary position on Internet governance / Position  
> provisoire au sujet de la gouvernance d'Internet
>
>
> What I did not say, but hope will be obvious, is that I would  
> appreciate it very much if you could forward this note to any  
> others you believe might be interested in commenting, or post to  
> relevant listservs.  We will be happy to see comments, and will be  
> sure to distribute the WGIG report when it is released.  It will be  
> sent out on July 18, and we will have to submit our official  
> comments to Geneva before August 15, so we will have to request  
> that any feedback on that report reach us within about 1 week, to  
> permit us to develop a response and to move it through the internal  
> approval process.
>
> Bill Graham
> Director, Industry Canada
> International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination
> 300 Slater Street
> Ontario, Canada
> K1A 0C8
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Graham, Bill: DIT
> Sent:   Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:23 PM
> To:     Graham, Bill: DIT
> Subject:        Preliminary position on Internet governance /  
> Position provisoire au sujet de la gouvernance d?Internet
>
> Le fran?ais suit.
> =======================================================
> To Canadians interested in international Internet governance issues:
>
> The purpose of this notice is to invite submissions from interested  
> Canadians regarding Internet governance, within the context of  
> Phase II of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
>
> Comments can be submitted directly by e-mail to the Secretariat of  
> the UN Working Group on Internet Governance  at wgig@unog.ch or  
> through the ?WGIG Web? site at http://www.wgig.org.
>
> There are a number of specific issue papers on the www.wgig.org  
> website, which the WGIG is considering in its process.  These are  
> open for comment and we are encouraging interested Canadians to  
> respond directly to the WGIG.  Submitted views and recommendations  
> that are both compatible with Canadian interests and effective on a  
> global scale would be of particular interest to the Government of  
> Canada.
>
> Interested Canadians making submissions to the Secretariat of the  
> WGIG should be aware that this is a process conducted under the  
> auspices of the UN WGIG Secretariat.  Parties making submissions  
> should not assume that the Government of Canada will directly  
> consult submissions made as a part of this separate process.   
> However, those parties wishing to copy Industry Canada on  
> submissions to the WGIG can cc their submissions to:
>
> wsis-smsi@ic.gc.ca.
>
> Preliminary Government of Canada position on Internet governance:
>
> No formal Government of Canada position yet tabled
> A Canadian contribution is planned for submission to the WSIS  
> Preparatory Committee Meeting III, after the WGIG final report for  
> release in mid-July, 2005 has been reviewed.
>
> WSIS process
> Canada strongly supports the letter and principle of the agreed- 
> upon WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action, in  
> particular, the work of the Working Group on Internet Governance.   
> We are satisfied that the UN Secretary General has successfully  
> sought inputs of all stakeholders in the WGIG.  We have followed  
> its work with interest and look forward to its final report to be  
> released mid-July, 2005.
>
> Economic, social and cultural success of the Internet
> Canada believes that the international community needs to  
> understand in concrete terms what problems exist before they can  
> enter into informed consideration of proposed solutions, especially  
> the possible creation of new treaty-based organizations.  Canada  
> strongly endorses the agreement in Geneva that ?policy authority  
> for Internet-related public policy issues is the sovereign right of  
> States? (WSIS Declaration of Principles, article 49a) and that  
> ?international Internet governance issues should be addressed in a  
> coordinated manner? (WSIS Declaration of Principles, article 50).   
> This does not imply, however, that new international bodies must be  
> created.
>
> Security and reliability of the internet
> Security and reliability of the internet are of paramount  
> importance.  In our domestic environment, we have developed a  
> policy approach to the internet based on laws of general  
> application and we believe there are international analogies.  For  
> example, the World Intellectual Property Office should address  
> intellectual property rights.  Thus, we believe it is not useful to  
> seek to have one forum to address all Internet governance issues.   
> It should be handled by a combination of local, national, regional,  
> international, public and private bodies.  We believe that such an  
> approach, pursued with care, will foster continued expansion of the  
> internet as a fundamental tool for innovation, economic growth and  
> social development.
>
> WSIS outcomes on Internet governance
> A possible outcome would be agreement to establish an informal  
> mechanism either to continue the work of the WGIG, or to provide a  
> forum for countries to discuss specific Internet governance issues  
> and to coordinate responses, as appropriate.  The Government of  
> Canada recognizes that some countries wish to have a forum to  
> discuss a range of issues related to Internet governance.  We  
> strongly supported the establishment of the Working Group on  
> Internet governance as a first step in that process.  The lack of  
> Internet-specific institutions does not mean that there are no  
> existing international mechanisms able to address problems in the  
> Internet environment.  Any approach to develop a forum ought to be  
> flexible, able to respond quickly and be inclusive of all  
> stakeholders (governments, private sector and civil society.)  An  
> understanding of how networks operate must also be reflected in any  
> established forum.
>
> Further information regarding Canada and the WSIS, including  
> further background on this issue, can be found at:
> <http://www.wsis-smsi.gc.ca/>
>
>
>

From Mueller at syr.edu  Tue Jul  5 22:31:58 2005
From: Mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IP Addressing: Next Step in the Internet Governance Debate?
Message-ID: <s2cac41a.074@gwia201.syr.edu>

The Internet Governance Project releases a new paper discussing
proposals for competing sources of IPv6 addresses. 

IP addressing is one of the most important - yet least understood -
aspects of Internet governance. The new IGP paper reviews the growing
debate on IP address management and concludes that: 

"There is room for significant policy variation in address space
management. Introduction of a responsible, globalized competing IPv6
allocation authority below the top level would permit experimentation
with different policies and governance systems. This might make
addressing more responsive to the needs of users."

The paper can be downloaded at http://www.internetgovernance.org 





Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org


From oftadeh at gmail.com  Wed Jul  6 13:48:02 2005
From: oftadeh at gmail.com (Ali Asghar Oftadeh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Birthday Calendar
Message-ID: <8782977.1120654082780.JavaMail.Administrator@win01>

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From Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca  Wed Jul  6 17:06:46 2005
From: Bill.McIver at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (McIver, Bill)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:01 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU Parliament software patent directive dropped
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Wed Jul  6 17:49:39 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?Q?Internet_Governance_-_18-19_July_2005?=
Message-ID: <200507061650.j66GnYmU014443@homer2.tic.ch>

English / French / Spanish

 

Dear all,

 

Let me draw your attention to the up-coming WGIG-related events to be held
in Geneva.

 

- 18 July 2005

The Final WGIG report will be presented. More details about this meeting
will be made available soon on the WGIG website (www.wgig.org
<http://www.wgig.org/> ).

 

- 19 July 2005 

A one-day workshop on Internet Governance at National Level will be
organised at the Palais des Nations
(http://www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html). 

 

Registration:

Note that the registration process for those two meetings is now open
(deadline for request for participation: 15 July). 

The Registration Form (www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc) is
available on the WGIG Website. All NGOs accredited to the WSIS process and
wishing to participate in these meetings have to fill this form and send it
to the WGIG Secretariat (wgig@unog.ch) for registration and to get a badge. 

 

Non accredited entities wishing to attend should send their requests by
email, including details on their credentials and specific interest in
Internet Governance.

 

Best regards,

 

 

======

 

Chers tous, 

 

Je me permets d?attirer votre attention sur les prochains ?v?nements
relatifs au GTGI qui se tiendront prochainement ? Gen?ve.

 

- 18 Juillet 2005 

Le rapport final du GTGI sera pr?sent?. Plus de d?tails sur cette r?union
devraient ?tre bient?t disponibles sur le site du GTGI (www.wgig.org
<http://www.wgig.org/> ).

 

- 19 Juillet 2005

Un atelier d?une journ?e sur la Gouvernance Internet au Niveau National sera
organis? au Palais des Nations ( <http://www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html>
http://www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html). 

 

Enregistrement :

Veuillez ? ce propos noter que la proc?dure d?enregistrement pour ces deux
r?unions est maintenant ouverte (date limite pour la demande de
participation : 15 Juillet).

Le Formulaire d?enregistrement (
<http://www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc>
www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc) est disponible sur le site du
GTGI. Les ONG accr?dit?es aupr?s du SMSI d?sirant participer ? ces r?unions
doivent le remplir et le transmettre au Secr?tariat du GTGI (
<mailto:wgig@unog.ch> wgig@unog.ch) pour enregistrement et pour l?obtention
d?un badge.

 

Les entit?s non accr?dit?es qui souhaitent participer doivent envoyer leur
demande par e-mail, avec les d?tails sur leurs pouvoirs et sur leur int?r?t
sp?cifique en mati?re de gouvernance internet.

 

Bien ? vous,

 

 

======

 

Estimados Colegas,

 

Este es un aviso sobre los pr?ximos eventos que el GTGI estar? llevaran a
cabo en Ginebra

 

-          18 de Julio 2005

El reporte final del GTGI ser? presentado. Mayores detalles sobre esta
reuni?n ser?n dados pr?ximamente en el sitio web del GTGI (
<http://www.wgig.org/> www.wgig.org).

 

-          19 de Julio 2005

Un taller de un d?a sobre el Gobierno de Internet a Nivel Nacional ser?
organizado en el Palais des Nations (
<http://www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html>
http://www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html). 

 

Registro:

Tome en cuenta que el proceso de registro para estas dos reuniones est?
abierto (la fecha limite para la solicitud de participaci?n: 15 de julio)

La solicitud la puede obtener en el sitio web del GTGI (
<http://www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc>
www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc), todas las ONGs acreditadas en
el proceso de la CMSI y que deseen participar tienen que llenar esta forma y
enviarla a la Secretaria del GTGI ( <mailto:wgig@unog.ch> wgig@unog.ch) para
ser registrados y obtener el gafete.

 

Entidades no acreditadas que deseen participar deben enviar su solicitud v?a
e-mail, incluyendo sus credenciales y su inter?s por el Gobierno de
Internet. 

 

Cordiales Saludos

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures
Message-ID: <42CD0DCC.3070007@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
Betreff: <incom> ~ World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures ~
Datum: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 07:47:49 +0200
Von: Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>
An: incom-l@incommunicado.info

WSFII PREPCON '05
                                     ~
           ~ World Summit on Free Information Infrastructures ~

Every year for the last four years, Free Networkers from around the
world have organised summits, the last one being the Freifunk.net Summer
Convention 2004 in Djursland, Denmark where Free Networkers, free 
infrastructure pragmatists and community network builders from 32 
countries got together, shared ideas, made plans and forged alliances.

This year, we are widening the scope through an association with the
Open Knowledge Foundation (okfn.org) - we want to invite people from all
areas of free infrastructure development to participate in a world summit,
trying to cross the streams Free Hardware, Free Software, Open Geodata, 
LETS trading systems, Open Licensing, Community TV/Radio, Public Knowledge
Infrastructures, and other areas of research and activity that we haven't 
thought of yet.

                                 ~ why ~

Because Free Infrastructure developers don't really have to ask this
question. We have this in common - that FIIs come from pragmatic 
application and problem solving rather than being led by policy or law. By 
meeting and joining forces, we can do what we do more effectively.

                              ~ structure ~

The structure is a 2 day public conference in a central London location
during which the various FII groups can present their activities and the
specifics of their FII domain to other groups and the public. Prior to
that weekend event (1st/2nd October for the London WSFII) there will be a
week during which a venue will be available to groups if they wish to hold
preparatory meetings, workshops, talks and social gatherings.

                               ~ prepcon ~

This might not be a 'world' summit with as many international
delegations as we had in Denmark last year. Instead, this is a call to FII 
groups to organise summits on their continents around the same time, to 
feed into a more ambitious WSFII scheduled for summer 2006 in India.

                         ~ How to get involved ~

If you are involved in research and activity in one of the knowledge
domains we've already listed as FIIs, or you work on one we've missed out,
please get in touch and help by proposing someone, or some group to come 
and represent that FII.

The first confirmed WSFII venue is London - which will be the Western
European hub for this year's WSFII prepcon If you would like to set up a 
WSFII prepcon in your locality, please get in touch via the mailing list:
http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss and we can set you
up a subdomain.

We are developing a programme on our wiki and taking registrations for
participation in the london WSFII on the website: http://wsfii.org, so
we look forward to hearing from you and your FII group there.

Registration: http://okfn.org/wsfii/wiki/WsfiiRegistration
Discussion / Announcement List:
http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss

All power to Free Infrastructures!

the WSFII provisional organisers.

_______________________________________________
incom-l mailing list
incom-l@incommunicado.info
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Thu Jul  7 18:13:06 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
Message-ID: <200507071713.j67HCxmE001936@homer2.tic.ch>

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From atanu.garai at oneworld.net  Fri Jul  8 06:08:46 2005
From: atanu.garai at oneworld.net (Atanu Garai)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Third annual report of ICT Taskforce
In-Reply-To: <200507071713.j67HCxmE001936@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <HLELIGIKEGAMANBFCBOEOEENCJAA.atanu.garai@oneworld.net>

Dear All,
Points 73/74/76/77 are relevant for Global Alliance discussion. UN News
provides a related annoucement here:
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=14928&Cr=information&Cr1=techno
logy

Regards
Atanu

--
Third annual report of the Information and Communication Technologies Task
Force
Assessment and Way Forward
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N05/374/66/PDF/N0537466.pdf?OpenEleme
nt

Quote
72. At their meetings, Task Force members have identified and discussed
achievements and challenges, with a view to improving the working methods
and impact of the Task Force. It was agreed that many elements have
contributed to the prominence and influence that the Task Force has achieved
since its launch in November 2001. The Task Force provides a truly global
policy platform for multistakeholder interaction and consensus-building on
ways and means to harness the potential of ICT for servicing and advancing
development, especially poverty reduction. The Task Force helps promote
cross-sectoral dialogues on key policy concerns and issues, linking the ICT
and development agendas in WSIS and other forums. The patronage of the
Secretary-General for the ICT, its direct link to the Economic and Social
Council and the participation of key United Nations agencies provide global
visibility and attract active high-level and expert participation. The
decentralized structure of thematic working groups and regional networks has
achieved global reach by gaining access to, and providing an outlet for,
regional and subregional needs and concerns and provides a platform for the
presentation of views and perspectives of underrepresented constituencies.
The Task Force has also been successful in facilitating partnership and
synergy between the  different groups. It has been able to function in a
cost-effective, flexible and relatively nonbureaucratic manner with light
secretariat support by joining with interested partners in undertaking its
activities.

73. The Task Force will face several challenges in the final year of its
mandate, including in relation to the follow-up to the Geneva phase of WSIS
and the preparations for Tunis. The effectiveness of the Task Force in
reaching its goals is contingent on the continued involvement of partners,
especially Governments, key institutions and other actors engaged in
ICT-for-development activities.

74. Funding, which is based on voluntary contributions, remains a challenge.
The implementation of agreed plans of the Task Force is sometimes impeded by
the unpredictability of incoming resource flows.

75. In 2005, the Millennium Summit five-year review and the second phase of
WSIS will provide a unique opportunity for mainstreaming ICT into the
broader development agenda. In the last year of its mandate, the Task Force
has the opportunity to provide advice to the Secretary-General on ICT
matters, including effective integration of ICT into United Nations
processes to help achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness.

76. In July 2004, the Secretary-General communicated his very positive
reaction to a proposal of the Chairman of the ICT Task Force concerning a
broad-based global alliance for ICT and development. The Secretary-General
stated that the Task Force has played a very useful role in linking the WSIS
ICT agenda with the development goals of the United Nations and that there
would be, therefore, merit in the idea of an alliance that would pursue
innovative approaches also in the future.
The Secretary-General requested a more detailed proposal.

77. In implementation of this request, the Task Force has been undertaking
extensive consultations. Consultations launched after the Berlin meeting of
the Task Force in November 2004 have resulted in a broad recognition of the
need for the continuation of dialogue among all relevant stakeholders
focused on the role of ICT in development that would build on the work of
and cooperate with existing institutions and networks on cross-cutting and
cross-sectoral issues related to ICT
for development and Information Society. Consultations and exchanges of
views on the objective and modalities of the proposed alliance are
continuing with a view to presenting appropriate recommendations to the
Secretary-General.

Unquote

--
Atanu Garai
Knowledge Coordinator - ICT
Knowledge for Development Programme
OneWorld South Asia
C 5, Qutab Institutional Area
New Delhi 110 016
P (91 11) 51689000
F (91 11) 51689001


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Jul  8 13:58:14 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Development and business
Message-ID: <31902333.1120827494588.JavaMail.www@wwinf1513>



Dear all
Please find hereafter a very interesting and revealing information : the ICC gets suddenly involved in DC's issues, and what's even stranger, in fixed line voice telephony !  And "urges ITU" to concentrate on that.
But, ICC is a Member of ITU since decades and up to now, I didn't notice such an "urgency" touted by our business "partner" in this UN body.
The explanation becomes obvious and fairly clear when you read the last sentence ! It shows no less clearly that business has nothing in common with philanthropy nor with solidarity.
Long live to the MSP, but under those conditions without me. 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France
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From mueller at syr.edu  Fri Jul  8 18:03:32 2005
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in
	Tunis
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This has a deadline of July 15. That is not realistic. 
Merging events with other organizations will take more than a week. If you expect serious consolidation to take place, give us more time. By the way, this is the same week as the ICANN meeting in Luxembourg, so many of us are traveling and extremely busy.


>>> wsis@iprolink.ch 07/08/05 10:30 AM >>>
English / French / Spanish

 

Dear all, 

 

Further to the list of side events requests submitted to the Joint Committee
we forwarded to you, please find enclosed a copy of the communiqu? provided
by the Tunisian Organising Committee. This was posted on the Host Country
website, as announced, but only appears on the French part of this website
and has not been translated in English yet (therefore the attached text in
English is provided by CONGO).

 

The very high number of demands will undoubtedly push the Joint Committee
not to satisfy every demand. Therefore it encourages applicants to merge
side events of similar thematic nature.

 

Do not hesitate to contact us for any information in this regard.

 

Best regards, 

 

 

=========

 

Chers tous, 

 

Suite ? la liste des demandes d'?v?nements parall?les soumis au Comit?
Conjoint que nous vous avons faite suivre hier, veuillez trouver une copie
du communiqu? fourni par les autorit?s tunisiennes. Il a ?t? mis en ligne
sur le site Internet du pays h?te, comme annonc?, mais seulement sur la
partie fran?aise du site en pas encore traduit en anglais (cette traduction
en anglais est donc fournie par CONGO).

 

Le grand nombre de demandes va sans aucun doute pousser le Comit? Conjoint ?
ne pas donner satisfaction ? toutes les demandes. C'est pourquoi il
encourage les demandeurs ? fusionner les ?v?nements parall?les de nature
th?matique similaire.

 

N'h?sitez pas ? nous contacter pour toute information suppl?mentaire ? ce
sujet.

 

Bien ? vous,

 

 

=========

 

Queridos Colegas,

 

Adem?s de la lista que le hemos enviado sobre los eventos paralelos
realizada por el Comit? Mixto, le enviamos un comunicado del Comit?
Organizador de T?nez. Este fue publicado en el sitio web del Pa?s hu?sped,
como se anunci?, pero solo aparece en franc?s y a?n no ha sido traducido al
ingl?s (el texto en ingl?s fue traducido por CONGO).

 

El alto n?mero de solicitudes sin duda presionar? al Comit? Mixto para no
satisfacer a todas las demandas. Esto debe animar a la fusi?n de eventos
paralelos de tem?ticas similares.

 

No deje de contactarnos si necesita informaci?n a este respecto.

 

Atentos saludos,     

 

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org 
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org 

 



From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Jul  8 18:39:06 2005
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] ARTS & SCIENCES 2005  Paris, 8-10 July / Juillet 2005
Message-ID: <42CEBA3A.5020503@mdpi.org>


Francais / English

Bonsoir,

Je viens de r?aliser que j'avais compl?tement oubli?
d'annoncer sur cette liste ( et sur d'autres listes )
cet ?v?nement reli? au SMSI. Cet oubli est peut ?tre ( et m?me
sans doute ) li? ? une petit surmenage d? ? l'organisation
mat?rielle de la conf?rence scientifique que je co-organisais
du Lundi au Jeudi. Veuillez me pardonner.
Tous ceux qui sont ? Paris, dans une fraicheur revivifiante apr?s
l'oppressante vague de chaleur pollu?e, sont les bienvenus.

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

  ARTS & SCIENCES 2005
  http://www.wtis.org/as05
Les Arts et les Sciences dans la Soci?t? de l'Information
Paris, 8-10 Juillet 2005 ENSTA, Porte de Versailles

  Suivant les meilleures traditions de la Renaissance et de l'Age des 
Lumi?res, il vous est propos? un Ev?nenment Th?matique du Sommet Mondial 
sur la Soci?t? de l'Information  ,qui va rassembler des Scientifiques, 
des Universitares, des Artistes Repr?sentants de Governements, des 
Diplomates, des activistes de la Soci?t? Civile aussi bien que le grand 
public pour discuter des d?fis relatifs ? la communication de contenu 
artistiques et scientifiques au sein de la soci?t? de l'information, et 
en particulier ce qui sont les impacts et les avantages des nouvelles 
technologies informatiques. Concernant l'Acc?s ? la connaissance 
scientifique, l'?v?nement va se concentrer sur deux aspects : le Libre 
Acc?s ? la litt?rature scientifique et aux donn?es, l'acc?s libre aux 
cours en ligne. La question de l'Acc?s aux arts et aux sciences humaines 
va ?tre discut?s non seulement en termes d'acc?s ouvert ? la litt?rature 
universitaire et aux cours dans ces domaines, mais ?galement en termes 
d'acc?s et de communication directe avec les artistes, en particulier en 
ce qui les Arts Num?riques et Alternatifs, qui sont n?s de l'?volution 
technologique qui rends possible l'existence m?me de la Soci?t? de 
l'Information, et qui constituent donc l'expression native de ce monde 
nouveau en gestation. Vont ?tre ?galement discut?es quelques questions 
pr?cises relatives au contexte technologique et de logiciel aussi bien 
que le contexte juridique qui devrait permettre ? la soci?t? de 
l'information d'?voluer vers une soci?t? de la connaissance et des 
savoirs partag?s.

Cet ?v?nement est organis? comme le suivi combin? de la Conf?rence 
Scientifique Fondation de la Science de l'Information ( ENSTA, 4-7 
Juillet 2005 ) et le SIANA 2005 : Semaine internationale des arts 
num?riques et alternatifs ( INT, 9 - 15 Avril 2005 ).

Cet ?v?nement est gratuit et ouvert ? toutes et ? tous. Vous ?tes 
cordialement invit?s ? vous enregistrer pour ?tre inclu dans notre liste 
courriel

Les d?lais sont courts, car l'id?e d'un "follow up" ? la conf?rence 
FIS2005, en conjonction avec la participation d'artistes ( qui nous y 
ont incit?s ) nous est venu qu'apr?s le SIANA'2005.

Un autre facteur contraignant est que si on veut contribuer au SMSI, au 
travers de recommandations, surtout concernant les Arts, il faut le 
faire avant la PrepCom3 qui se tient du 19 au 30 Septembre.

Cordialement

Francis


===============================================================================
Dear friends

I belatedly realize that I thought I did but
in fact completely forgot to announce
this WSIS-related event I am currrently organizing in Paris.
I was probably too busy with the scientific conference
FIS2005 that began this week that
I was also co-organizing.

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

*ARTS & SCIENCES 2005*
http://www.wtis.org/as05
Arts and Science in the Information Society
Paris, 8-10 July 2005 ENSTA <http://www.ensta.fr>, Porte de Versailles

Following the best tradition of the Renaissance and the age of
Enlightenment, a Thematic Event
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/thematic.html> of the World Summit
on the Information Society <http://www.itu.int/wsis> is proposed that
would gather Scientists, Scholars, Artists, Governements
Representatives, Diplomats, Civil Society Activists as well as the
general public to debate about the challenges of communicating Arts and
Sciences content within the Information Society, and in particular what
are the impacts and benefits of the new computer technologies.
Concerning Access to Scientific knowledge, the event is going to focus
on two aspects : *Open Access* to scientific litterature and data, Open
Access to online courses The question of Access to Arts and the
Humanities is going to be discussed not only in terms of Open Access to
academic litterture and courses in those fields, but also concerning the
access to the artists, in particular concerning Digital Arts, the Arts
that are born from the technological evolution that allows the very
existence of the Information Society, and which are by essence the
expression of the new world that is being built. Are going to be also
discussed selected issues concerning the technological and software
context as well as the legal context that should allow the Information
Society to evolve towards a *Knowledge Society of Shared Knowledge*.

This event is organized as as a combined follow-up of the Scientific
Conference Foundation of Information Science
<http://www.mdpi.net/fis2005/> ( ENSTA <http://www.ensta.fr>, 4-7 July
2005 ) and the SIANA 2005 <http://www.int-evry.fr/siana/> : Semaine
internationale des arts num?riques et alternatifs ( INT
<http://www.int-evry.fr>, 9 - 15 Avril 2005 ).

This event is free and open to all. You are kindly invited to register
<http://www.wtis.org/as05/registration.html> to be included in our
mailing list.
Please contact us <http://www.wtis.org/as05/contact.html> for more
information.


Best regards

Francis

-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------
Francis F. Muguet  Ph.D  MDPI  Open Access Journals -  Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org  muguet@mdpi.net

Knowledge Networks & Information Society Lab. (KNIS)
http://www.knis.org  http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
E.N.S.T.A  32 Boulevard Victor  muguet@ensta.fr
75739 PARIS CEDEX FRANCE
(33) 01.45.52.60.19 -- Fax: (33) 01.45.52.52.82

WSIS  World Summit on the Information Society
Chair Scientific Information WG http://www.wsis-si.org
Co-chair Patents & Copyrights WG htt://www.wsis-pct.org

Multi-Stakeholders UN agency proposal  http://www.unmsp.org

WTIS World Tour of the Information Society
http://www.wtis.org  muguet@wtis;org
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Jul  8 19:21:17 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Empoderamiento a la Mujer en un Mundo Abierto...
In-Reply-To: <42CEBA3A.5020503@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20050708182117.87252.qmail@web26904.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 ?Bienvenido al 




Empoderamiento a la Mujer en un Mundo Abierto

 

Todo  comenz? como una idea  de Stacy Gildenston (USA), actual ex- Directora de Certificaci?n del LPI (Linux Profesional Institute), y desarrollada en conjunto con Jian Kerr-McKnight (originalmente de Jamaica, ahora en Canad?), y Lady Murrugarra (Per?), ambas expertas en desarrollo de la mujer. 

 

 

WOWEM incluye participantes del ?frica, Asia/PACRIM, Am?rica Central y del Sur, y Europa (fuera de la uni?n europea).  
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From baptista at cynikal.net  Sat Jul  9 00:19:47 2005
From: baptista at cynikal.net (Joe Baptista)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:02 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Development and business
In-Reply-To: <31902333.1120827494588.JavaMail.www@wwinf1513>
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Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:

>
> Dear all
>
> Please find hereafter a very interesting and revealing information : 
> the ICC gets suddenly involved in DC's issues, and what's even 
> stranger, in fixed line voice telephony !  And "urges ITU" to 
> concentrate on that.
>
This is normal postering.  The ITU is being told to mind their own 
business and keep their hands off the prize - the USG root system.

regards
joe baptista



> But, ICC is a Member of ITU since decades and up to now, I didn't 
> notice such an "urgency" touted by our business "partner" in this UN body.
>
> The explanation becomes obvious and fairly clear when you read the 
> last sentence ! It shows no less clearly that business has nothing in 
> common with philanthropy nor with solidarity.
>
> Long live to the MSP, but under those conditions without me.
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> CSDPTT - France
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From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Jul 10 17:10:09 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <200507081430.j68EUaRu017899@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCMENEJGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Dear All,

I agree with Milton, that this is not a realistic time frame to expect to
attempt to merge programs by July 15th.

In addition, the contact information is not listed for the organizers of
each of the events.  Therefore, it would be helpful to include the necessary
contact information for the program organizers for each event.

Thank you to the CONGO staff for helping with this.

Best regards,

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net
 -----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of CONGO - Philippe Dam
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:31 AM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: 'Renata Bloem'; 'Alejandra Mendoza'
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis



  English / French / Spanish



  Dear all,



  Further to the list of side events requests submitted to the Joint
Committee we forwarded to you, please find enclosed a copy of the communiqu?
provided by the Tunisian Organising Committee. This was posted on the Host
Country website, as announced, but only appears on the French part of this
website and has not been translated in English yet (therefore the attached
text in English is provided by CONGO).



  The very high number of demands will undoubtedly push the Joint Committee
not to satisfy every demand. Therefore it encourages applicants to merge
side events of similar thematic nature.



  Do not hesitate to contact us for any information in this regard.



  Best regards,





  =========



  Chers tous,



  Suite ? la liste des demandes d??v?nements parall?les soumis au Comit?
Conjoint que nous vous avons faite suivre hier, veuillez trouver une copie
du communiqu? fourni par les autorit?s tunisiennes. Il a ?t? mis en ligne
sur le site Internet du pays h?te, comme annonc?, mais seulement sur la
partie fran?aise du site en pas encore traduit en anglais (cette traduction
en anglais est donc fournie par CONGO).



  Le grand nombre de demandes va sans aucun doute pousser le Comit? Conjoint
? ne pas donner satisfaction ? toutes les demandes. C?est pourquoi il
encourage les demandeurs ? fusionner les ?v?nements parall?les de nature
th?matique similaire.



  N?h?sitez pas ? nous contacter pour toute information suppl?mentaire ? ce
sujet.



  Bien ? vous,





  =========



  Queridos Colegas,



  Adem?s de la lista que le hemos enviado sobre los eventos paralelos
realizada por el Comit? Mixto, le enviamos un comunicado del Comit?
Organizador de T?nez. Este fue publicado en el sitio web del Pa?s hu?sped,
como se anunci?, pero solo aparece en franc?s y a?n no ha sido traducido al
ingl?s (el texto en ingl?s fue traducido por CONGO).



  El alto n?mero de solicitudes sin duda presionar? al Comit? Mixto para no
satisfacer a todas las demandas. Esto debe animar a la fusi?n de eventos
paralelos de tem?ticas similares.



  No deje de contactarnos si necesita informaci?n a este respecto.



  Atentos saludos,







  Philippe Dam
  CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
  11, Avenue de la Paix
  CH-1202 Geneva
  Tel: +41 22 301 1000
  Fax: +41 22 301 2000
  E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
  Website: www.ngocongo.org



  The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org


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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Jul 10 17:35:00 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCMENEJGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
References: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCMENEJGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <DB923159-0969-4701-BEC6-25118732D4B8@lists.privaterra.org>

A couple of important points that people should be aware of:

* The "deadline for " parallel event proposals was the end of April
* The "process and procedure" as to how to handle and the proposals  
has been the subject of a great amount of debate and negotiations  
both the the Groups of Friends of the Chair (GFC), the WSIS  
governmental bureau and the civil society bureau.
-  I and other members of  the Civil society bureau, the WSIS ES as  
well as certain key govts such as the EU and WEOG group  have lobbied  
quite hard to make sure the process is as open and transparent as  
possible. This lead to a recommendation to the parallel event  
organizers that the list of proposals be made public and that clear  
instructions be given as to where they are in the process and how to  
proceed.
- The result of the lobbying efforts has lead a list "finally" being  
made public. The exact process, specifically who are the persons who  
will vet the proposals - is still unknown.

* To my knowledge, and that of the CSB bureau - no public and open  
invitation has been made to involve CS structures such as working  
groups, caucuses, plenary and/or the CSB in the decision making  
process. Thus, despite calls from the CSB and others - no advancement  
seems to have been made in actually involving CS in the actual  
planning and logistics of the summit preparations itself. Multi- 
stakeholder process, hmm, doesn't look like it..


* Having been involved in some of the lobbying efforts to make the  
process open - it is my my "personal" opinion that the July 15th  
deadline is in fact a "hard" one. As such, my recommendation would be  
that Individuals and/or organizations that have submitted proposals  
either confirm their info, or send in revised details on or before  
July 15th - Tunis Time (that means 1800 on July 14th!).

* It has been my experience that the organizers are very strict when  
it comes to deadlines & time zones - as such submissions on or after  
18:00 on July 14th are likely to be considered late. So the ACTUAL   
deadline is 1800hrs EDT (new york time) on July 14th!


regards,

Robert





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




On 10-Jul-05, at 12:10 PM, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I agree with Milton, that this is not a realistic time frame to  
> expect to attempt to merge programs by July 15th.


From ecarll at optonline.net  Sun Jul 10 18:32:13 2005
From: ecarll at optonline.net (Elizabeth Carll, PhD)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <DB923159-0969-4701-BEC6-25118732D4B8@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCENIJGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>

Robert,

Thanks for all your efforts in making this a transparent process and your
recommendations.  I would think if WSIS II were held in another venue such
as Geneva, the number of program proposals would not be a problem.

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
UN NGO Committee on Mental Health
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Tel: 1631-754-2424
Fax: 1631-754-5032
ecarll@optonline.net

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
Behalf Of Robert Guerra
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:35 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in
Tunis
Importance: High


[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people.
Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
_______________________________________

A couple of important points that people should be aware of:

* The "deadline for " parallel event proposals was the end of April
* The "process and procedure" as to how to handle and the proposals
has been the subject of a great amount of debate and negotiations
both the the Groups of Friends of the Chair (GFC), the WSIS
governmental bureau and the civil society bureau.
-  I and other members of  the Civil society bureau, the WSIS ES as
well as certain key govts such as the EU and WEOG group  have lobbied
quite hard to make sure the process is as open and transparent as
possible. This lead to a recommendation to the parallel event
organizers that the list of proposals be made public and that clear
instructions be given as to where they are in the process and how to
proceed.
- The result of the lobbying efforts has lead a list "finally" being
made public. The exact process, specifically who are the persons who
will vet the proposals - is still unknown.

* To my knowledge, and that of the CSB bureau - no public and open
invitation has been made to involve CS structures such as working
groups, caucuses, plenary and/or the CSB in the decision making
process. Thus, despite calls from the CSB and others - no advancement
seems to have been made in actually involving CS in the actual
planning and logistics of the summit preparations itself. Multi-
stakeholder process, hmm, doesn't look like it..


* Having been involved in some of the lobbying efforts to make the
process open - it is my my "personal" opinion that the July 15th
deadline is in fact a "hard" one. As such, my recommendation would be
that Individuals and/or organizations that have submitted proposals
either confirm their info, or send in revised details on or before
July 15th - Tunis Time (that means 1800 on July 14th!).

* It has been my experience that the organizers are very strict when
it comes to deadlines & time zones - as such submissions on or after
18:00 on July 14th are likely to be considered late. So the ACTUAL
deadline is 1800hrs EDT (new york time) on July 14th!


regards,

Robert





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




On 10-Jul-05, at 12:10 PM, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I agree with Milton, that this is not a realistic time frame to
> expect to attempt to merge programs by July 15th.

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary



From nne75 at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 10 20:18:57 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Abuja WTDC PrepCom Report
Message-ID: <20050710191857.86552.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com>

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From mueller at syr.edu  Mon Jul 11 07:27:22 2005
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in
	Tunis
Message-ID: <s2d1d912.092@gwia201.syr.edu>

Robert:
Thanks for your efforts to open up this process and for your valuable
information on how to conform to it. I would simply reply by saying that
since a July 15 deadline does not make it possible to consolidate our
proposed program with any others, I will not attempt to consolidate. Do
I need to do anything, then? They have the application, do I just wait
for them to make a decision? 

>>> rguerra@lists.privaterra.org 07/10/05 12:35 PM >>>
[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
_______________________________________

A couple of important points that people should be aware of:

* The "deadline for " parallel event proposals was the end of April
* The "process and procedure" as to how to handle and the proposals  
has been the subject of a great amount of debate and negotiations  
both the the Groups of Friends of the Chair (GFC), the WSIS  
governmental bureau and the civil society bureau.
-  I and other members of  the Civil society bureau, the WSIS ES as  
well as certain key govts such as the EU and WEOG group  have lobbied 

quite hard to make sure the process is as open and transparent as  
possible. This lead to a recommendation to the parallel event  
organizers that the list of proposals be made public and that clear  
instructions be given as to where they are in the process and how to  
proceed.
- The result of the lobbying efforts has lead a list "finally" being  
made public. The exact process, specifically who are the persons who  
will vet the proposals - is still unknown.

* To my knowledge, and that of the CSB bureau - no public and open  
invitation has been made to involve CS structures such as working  
groups, caucuses, plenary and/or the CSB in the decision making  
process. Thus, despite calls from the CSB and others - no advancement 

seems to have been made in actually involving CS in the actual  
planning and logistics of the summit preparations itself. Multi- 
stakeholder process, hmm, doesn't look like it..


* Having been involved in some of the lobbying efforts to make the  
process open - it is my my "personal" opinion that the July 15th  
deadline is in fact a "hard" one. As such, my recommendation would be 

that Individuals and/or organizations that have submitted proposals  
either confirm their info, or send in revised details on or before  
July 15th - Tunis Time (that means 1800 on July 14th!).

* It has been my experience that the organizers are very strict when  
it comes to deadlines & time zones - as such submissions on or after  
18:00 on July 14th are likely to be considered late. So the ACTUAL   
deadline is 1800hrs EDT (new york time) on July 14th!


regards,

Robert





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




On 10-Jul-05, at 12:10 PM, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I agree with Milton, that this is not a realistic time frame to  
> expect to attempt to merge programs by July 15th.

_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org 
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Jul 11 13:51:19 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <s2d1d912.092@gwia201.syr.edu>
References: <s2d1d912.092@gwia201.syr.edu>
Message-ID: <1F9CC53F-02E9-44C2-A7C3-870265C10A40@lists.privaterra.org>

On 11-Jul-05, at 2:27 AM, Milton Mueller wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> Robert:
> Thanks for your efforts to open up this process and for your valuable
> information on how to conform to it. I would simply reply by saying  
> that
> since a July 15 deadline does not make it possible to consolidate our
> proposed program with any others, I will not attempt to  
> consolidate. Do
> I need to do anything, then? They have the application, do I just wait
> for them to make a decision?

As a minimum,  I would suggest you send an email that - confirms the  
submission as sent originally. At least that way they know you are  
still interested.

regards

Robert

From mh at wacc.org.uk  Mon Jul 11 16:36:35 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [July 8th 2005]
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D911A9B@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

HOME

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http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/889

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* 09 de junho de 2005 - Nilza Iraci (Geled?s) / Marcio Alexandre (Afirma)
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Mon Jul 11 18:44:39 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <LCEBJJNICFFBCNIHEDHCCENIJGAA.ecarll@optonline.net>
Message-ID: <200507111744.j6BHiWcw002792@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

This is just to inform you that Renate Bloem sent out today a letter to Mr.
Utsumi, in order to demand the extension, by at least one additional week,
of the deadline for any initiative to merge proposals for side events
pertaining to common topics. This doesn?t mean that this deadline will be
extended by the Joint Committee, but that we are actually working on this.

 

In addition, we are also preparing a list of contacts within NGOs requesting
space for side events, in order to facilitate your initiatives in that
scope.

 

Lastly, we attended today?s GFC meeting. We were not thrown out, since no
government asked for it. We will send you a summary of this meeting asap
(probably tomorrow).

 

Best regards, 

 

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Elizabeth Carll, PhD
Envoy? : dimanche, 10. juillet 2005 18:32
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis

 

 

Robert,

 

Thanks for all your efforts in making this a transparent process and your

recommendations.  I would think if WSIS II were held in another venue such

as Geneva, the number of program proposals would not be a problem.

 

Elizabeth

 

Dr. Elizabeth Carll

International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies

UN NGO Committee on Mental Health

Communications Coordination Committee for the UN

Tel: 1631-754-2424

Fax: 1631-754-5032

ecarll@optonline.net

 

-----Original Message-----

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On

Behalf Of Robert Guerra

Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:35 PM

To: plenary@wsis-cs.org

Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in

Tunis

Importance: High

 

 

[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.

Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people.

Your cooperation is highly appreciated]

_______________________________________

 

A couple of important points that people should be aware of:

 

* The "deadline for " parallel event proposals was the end of April

* The "process and procedure" as to how to handle and the proposals

has been the subject of a great amount of debate and negotiations

both the the Groups of Friends of the Chair (GFC), the WSIS

governmental bureau and the civil society bureau.

-  I and other members of  the Civil society bureau, the WSIS ES as

well as certain key govts such as the EU and WEOG group  have lobbied

quite hard to make sure the process is as open and transparent as

possible. This lead to a recommendation to the parallel event

organizers that the list of proposals be made public and that clear

instructions be given as to where they are in the process and how to

proceed.

- The result of the lobbying efforts has lead a list "finally" being

made public. The exact process, specifically who are the persons who

will vet the proposals - is still unknown.

 

* To my knowledge, and that of the CSB bureau - no public and open

invitation has been made to involve CS structures such as working

groups, caucuses, plenary and/or the CSB in the decision making

process. Thus, despite calls from the CSB and others - no advancement

seems to have been made in actually involving CS in the actual

planning and logistics of the summit preparations itself. Multi-

stakeholder process, hmm, doesn't look like it..

 

 

* Having been involved in some of the lobbying efforts to make the

process open - it is my my "personal" opinion that the July 15th

deadline is in fact a "hard" one. As such, my recommendation would be

that Individuals and/or organizations that have submitted proposals

either confirm their info, or send in revised details on or before

July 15th - Tunis Time (that means 1800 on July 14th!).

 

* It has been my experience that the organizers are very strict when

it comes to deadlines & time zones - as such submissions on or after

18:00 on July 14th are likely to be considered late. So the ACTUAL

deadline is 1800hrs EDT (new york time) on July 14th!

 

 

regards,

 

Robert

 

 

 

 

 

--

Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>

Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>

 

 

 

 

On 10-Jul-05, at 12:10 PM, Elizabeth Carll, PhD wrote:

 

> Dear All,

> 

> I agree with Milton, that this is not a realistic time frame to

> expect to attempt to merge programs by July 15th.

 

_______________________________________________

Plenary mailing list

Plenary@wsis-cs.org

http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

 

 

_______________________________________________

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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Mon Jul 11 19:41:41 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting barred for CS
Message-ID: <22621147.1121107301696.JavaMail.www@wwinf1511>

Dear all 
This morning at 9, I was at Villa Feuillantines with my badge from the former GFC meeeting, the filled in forms and my passport for getting a badge for the today GFC meeting. 
But the UN officer refused to deliver me the badge for accessing the Palais and attending the meeeting, since the latter was a strictly gouvenrmental one, and therefore  forbidden to non gouvernmental participants. 
Once more, many thanks to the ES, the CSB and to all these CS MSP freaks who are still trying to convert us to their phantasms. I'll just return to Strasbourg, some 400 km far away.
Best regards 
Jean-Louis Fullsack  
dream.  
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Jul 11 20:24:02 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting barred for CS
In-Reply-To: <22621147.1121107301696.JavaMail.www@wwinf1511>
References: <22621147.1121107301696.JavaMail.www@wwinf1511>
Message-ID: <157EE5F6-4157-40C1-A10E-2B31B9DBE1BF@lists.privaterra.org>

I gather you don't have an ECCOSOC UN badge ? That would have let you  
on the UN grounds, and then you would have entered the room. That's  
likely how the staff from CONGO were able to enter.

regards

Robert
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On 11-Jul-05, at 2:41 PM, Jean-Louis FULLSACK wrote:

> Dear all
>
> This morning at 9, I was at Villa Feuillantines with my badge from  
> the former GFC meeeting, the filled in forms and my passport for  
> getting a badge for the today GFC meeting.
>
> But the UN officer refused to deliver me the badge for accessing  
> the Palais and attending the meeeting, since the latter was a  
> strictly gouvenrmental one, and therefore  forbidden to non  
> gouvernmental participants.
>
> Once more, many thanks to the ES, the CSB and to all these CS MSP  
> freaks who are still trying to convert us to their phantasms. I'll  
> just return to Strasbourg, some 400 km far away.
>
> Best regards
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> dream.


From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Mon Jul 11 20:58:08 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <1F9CC53F-02E9-44C2-A7C3-870265C10A40@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOMEHOFDAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi,

The way I read the letter on the ITU website, they are only asking for
notification in the event someone is proposing to merge their event with
another event.

> invited to advise the Joint Committee concerning any initiative in
> this regard as quickly as possible
> and not later than 15 July 2005 (using the e-mail addresses for
> parallel events).

Where in the letter does it state that the secretariat wants hundreds of
messages from people who previously took the time to prepare proposals
reconfirming that they are still interested?

Best,

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 2:51 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in
> Tunis
>
>
>
> On 11-Jul-05, at 2:27 AM, Milton Mueller wrote:
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
> > for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Robert:
> > Thanks for your efforts to open up this process and for your valuable
> > information on how to conform to it. I would simply reply by saying
> > that
> > since a July 15 deadline does not make it possible to consolidate our
> > proposed program with any others, I will not attempt to
> > consolidate. Do
> > I need to do anything, then? They have the application, do I just wait
> > for them to make a decision?
>
> As a minimum,  I would suggest you send an email that - confirms the
> submission as sent originally. At least that way they know you are
> still interested.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>



From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Jul 11 22:45:22 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of requests for parallel events in Tunis
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOMEHOFDAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOMEHOFDAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <275D3C4D-562D-4317-8149-17BD91121661@lists.privaterra.org>

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




On 11-Jul-05, at 3:58 PM, William Drake wrote:

> [
>
> The way I read the letter on the ITU website, they are only asking for
> notification in the event someone is proposing to merge their event  
> with
> another event.
>
>
>> invited to advise the Joint Committee concerning any initiative in
>> this regard as quickly as possible
>> and not later than 15 July 2005 (using the e-mail addresses for
>> parallel events).
>>
>
> Where in the letter does it state that the secretariat wants  
> hundreds of
> messages from people who previously took the time to prepare proposals
> reconfirming that they are still interested?
>

Well, you are correct that it doesn't state that everyone should get  
back to them. I just am saying it wouldn't hurt...

I base my recommendation on the fact that those planning events in  
the ICT 4 All space have been asked to "confirm" their proposals -  
they too have space allocation problem..

regards

Robert

From esther.joly at club-internet.fr  Tue Jul 12 00:06:40 2005
From: esther.joly at club-internet.fr (Esther Joly)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting barred for CS
In-Reply-To: <22621147.1121107301696.JavaMail.www@wwinf1511>
Message-ID: <BEF8C820.260EF%esther.joly@club-internet.fr>

Un ?tat de fait qui devrait ?tre source de remous... ? moins que tous
aillent ? Tunis en se moquant des objectifs de la mise en place de
l?int?gration du travail de la Soci?t? Civile....

Esther
--  

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la vitalit? des institutions, des citoyens et des formations de pouvoir qui
en soutiennent l?existence. Don't forget it.
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De?: Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr>
R?pondre ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Date?: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 20:41:41 +0200 (CEST)
??: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting barred for CS

Dear all 

This morning at 9, I was at Villa Feuillantines with my badge from the
former GFC meeeting, the filled in forms and my passport for getting a badge
for the today GFC meeting.

But the UN officer refused to deliver me the badge for accessing the Palais
and attending the meeeting, since the latter was a strictly gouvenrmental
one, and therefore  forbidden to non gouvernmental participants.

Once more, many thanks to the ES, the CSB and to all these CS MSP freaks who
are still trying to convert us to their phantasms. I'll just return to
Strasbourg, some 400 km far away.

Best regards 

Jean-Louis Fullsack

dream.  


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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Jul 12 10:52:28 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC meeting barred for CS
In-Reply-To: <22621147.1121107301696.JavaMail.www@wwinf1511>
Message-ID: <20050712095229.26639.qmail@web60714.mail.yahoo.com>

Jean Louis, 
Merci pour ce t?moignage ?loquent !
Cela pourrait peut-?tre r?veiller ce qui pensent
encore que la soci?t? civile est consid?r?e avec tous
les ?gards d?s ? son nouveau statut de
multipartenariat.
Je fais partie de ceux qui pensent que la soci?t?
civile sert principalement d'alibi ? la pr?sence et ?
l'action des multinationales et des majors qui
pilotent les affaires mondiales en ce domaine.
Je ne traduis pas en anglais, il y a longtemps que ce
chantier n'int?resse plus personne !
Sans vouloir polluer la liste, j'informe que depuis
des semaines je demande ? v?rifier mon inscription
pour participer au precom III et au prochain sommet de
Tunis, je suis sens? ?tre depuis plusieurs mois sinon
ann?es, le correspondant de BPEM aupr?s des
organisateurs du sommet, BPEM existe officiellement
sur la liste des associations accr?dit?es mais je n'ai
jamais re?u de confirmation ni de mot de passe pour
pouvoir m'inscrire et inscrire d'autres membres de
BPEM... Lors du sommet de Gen?ve et du Precom II
d'autres associations m'ont parain?, le feront-elles
encore pour le precom III et pour Tunis ? suis-je en
mesure d'accepter encore pareil statut.... pareilles
mascarades ? c'est aussi cela les indices de la
consid?ration qu'on a pour la soci?t? civile 
Excellentes vacances
Amiti?s
Djilali

--- Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Dear all 
> This morning at 9, I was at Villa Feuillantines with
> my badge from the former GFC meeeting, the filled in
> forms and my passport for getting a badge for the
> today GFC meeting. 
> But the UN officer refused to deliver me the badge
> for accessing the Palais and attending the meeeting,
> since the latter was a strictly gouvenrmental one,
> and therefore  forbidden to non gouvernmental
> participants. 
> Once more, many thanks to the ES, the CSB and to all
> these CS MSP freaks who are still trying to convert
> us to their phantasms. I'll just return to
> Strasbourg, some 400 km far away.
> Best regards 
> Jean-Louis Fullsack  
> dream.  


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From mr.marouen at gmail.com  Tue Jul 12 14:41:54 2005
From: mr.marouen at gmail.com (Marouen MRAIHI)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Question about provided services during the summit
Message-ID: <9ea79150507120641184431da@mail.gmail.com>

Hi 

What are exactly the services provided by the organizing comittee
during the summit apart from conference room and exposition space. I'm
asking this question for example to know if we have to hire
interpreters or no.

Regards 

Marouen MRAIHI 
WSIS Youth Caucus
http://www.wsisyouth.org

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Jul 13 13:44:28 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Speakers nominations and Communications strategy
Message-ID: <C62BD302-9DF7-45FD-A838-423BE6B83275@lists.privaterra.org>

http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/speakers-nominations- 
and-communications-strategy.html

I'm puzzled by the lack of recent exchanges on and about speaker  
nominations and press strategy for the upcoming WSIS meetings. As  
such, i'll throw  a couple of thought out a couple of questions and  
comments  for discussion and debate..


Speaker Nominations for the Summit

- what are the deadlines
- what are the topics of the roundtables ?
- what is the final # of Civil society speakers that will be allowed  
to speak @ the plenary
- do we know the date & approx time the first civil society speaker  
will "speak" - ie. after Kofi Annan?
- do we know what what venues we can nominate speakers for ?

- Which, if any, of the events being organized by civil society  
organizations will have an "open call" for speakers? What will be the  
nomination and selection process?

Press & Communications strategy

The press is , at least here in North America, starting to file  
stories on and about WSIS. They are focusing just on WGIG for now,  
but will start to address other issues involved in the summit soon.

To be strategic, I would highly recommend that Civil Society @ WSIS  
put more thought, effort and preparation for press conferences. No  
only for PrepCom3, but for the summit as well. I would like to make a  
call for the creation of an adhoc Communications committee. It should  
have, as a minimum representatives from the content and themes, the  
media caucus, the civil society bureau, and other caucuses as well.


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




From titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com  Wed Jul 13 16:01:49 2005
From: titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com (Titilayo Akinsanmi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Youth Oriented Events at Tunis
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20051128203720.04876c40@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20050713150149.21932.qmail@web54105.mail.yahoo.com>


Hello,

If you are organising or hosting a youth oriented event at the Tunis summit could you please send such information to facilators@wsisyouth.org. We woudl like to collate all these and work out modalities of working together on each where possible.

Regards,

Titi 



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www.pin.itgo.com www.ycdo.net 

www.schoolnetafrica.net www.globalteenager.org 

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From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GFC Meeting - 11 July 2005
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From: titiakinsanmi at yahoo.com (Titilayo Akinsanmi)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
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Hello,

If you are organising or hosting a youth oriented event at the Tunis summit could you please send such information to facilitators@wsisyouth.org. We would like to collate all these and work out modalities of working together on each where possible.

Regards,

Titi 




Titi Akinsanmi

www.pin.itgo.com www.ycdo.net 

www.schoolnetafrica.net www.globalteenager.org 

IMPACT YOUR GENERATION!!!



		
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Wed Jul 13 17:52:40 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: Speakers and Format of Tunis Summit
Message-ID: <42D281F40006F6E9@mail21.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

 

 

 

Hi Robert and all,

 

 

In addition to what I sent earlier in March (see below and still valid) let
me answer your first questions:

 

*	Deadline: process of identification to be finalized ideally end of
PrepCom3. CSB has to give the names by 8 October to Mr Utsumi. 
*	Topics of roundtables: There will be two Roundtables under the same
theme at different times From Commitment to Action: Implementation after
Tunis
*	Topic of High-level Panel: Not yet decided
*	Overall slots for CS speakers: see below. In addition: 3 speakers
(+alternates) at each roundtable (6) plus 1 speaker on the Panel
*	Opening Ceremony: SG Kofi Annan, President of Tunisia, President of
Switzerland, SG ITU, 1 CS, 1 PS.

 

More later

Renata

 

 

 

 

  _____  

De : Renata Bloem [mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org] 
Envoy? : samedi, 19. mars 2005 20:34
? : CS Plenary (plenary@wsis-cs.org)
Cc : bureau wsis (bureau@wsis-cs.org); CT Group (ct@wsis-cs.org)
Objet : Speakers and Format of Tunis Summit

 

French version will follow on Monday. 

 

 

Dear all, 

 

Further to the ongoing discussion on Format for Tunis, speakers and other
preparations, here is some more information to be shared.

I was called yesterday to a short meeting with the WSIS Executive
Secretariat to define further modalities for Speakers, and I refer to the
adopted PrepCom II document Note by the Executive Secretariat, Annex 1: Time
Management contained in Doc.WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/4-E 25 February 2005.

 

1.Speakers

 

I was told that due to enormous pressures from the International
Organizations, in particular from the UN Agencies who all want to speak, in
accordance with customary UN protocol some of the time given to observers
will need to take their multiple requests into consideration. However, equal
time will be given to CS and PS.

As it looks now, CS will have the following slots

*         1 speaker at the Opening Session, (there was no acceptance of
slicing this slot)

*         1 speaker at the First Plenary

*         1 (or 2) speakers at Second Plenary (depending on the number of
Heads of State)

*         1 (or 2) speakers at Third Plenary  (depending on the number of
Heads of State)

*         2 speakers at all following observer slots

 

This means 12 CS speakers for sure and alternates should be ready. 

In addition, CS will be invited to participate in the parallel Round Tables
(with only 20 participants as 30 compared to Geneva) which will be held in
parallel and consecutively and in the three interactive High-Level Panels,
to be held probably during lunch-time (with 5 panalists). The process of
identification of CS speakers should ideally be finalized by the end of
PrepCom III

 

The good news is that after the discussion the WSIS ES affirmed that CS
decides through its own mechanisms who will speak (in coordination with the
Secretary- General of the Summit ?Mr. Utsumi, who is now known to accept
decisions by CS)

CS speakers will be called by name and accredited entity and then identified
through their self-organizing mechanism (Caucus, WG or other)

It was nevertheless pointed out that the President of the Summit or his
Representative, chairing the Summit, could just not call on a particular
speaker if he so decides (!)

 

2.Overpasses

 

Because of some limited capacity ? the Plenary contains some 2500 seats ?
overpasses will be given to participants

*	1200 to governments 
*	  300 to IGOs 
*	  400 to PS 
*	  600 to CS 

 

The CSB will be asked to work out a scheme for best possible participation.
CS overpasses will be non- nominative

 

3. Security 

 

Badges will be issued in the same format as in Geneva, (I asked for a very
short detection distance and pointed to the existing expertise within CS in
this field. I also requested that the ES should insist that the Host Country
agreement with the UN, particularly the section on Immunity should be soon
an accessible document)

 

4. Venue

 

Venue will be as in Geneva all under one roof. However space other than
Plenary and specific areas for the ITU and other Offices will be open
spaces, meaning that probably the noise level in rooms for parallel events
will also be the same as in Geneva. The adjacent exhibition area will be
open to general public, not needing official badges. This area will be under
Tunisian authority.

 

More information will be sent out soon by the WSIS ES.

 

We are here following the Commission on Human Rights, see also
www.ngoCHR.org <http://www.ngochr.org/>  and www.unhcr.info
<http://www.unhcr.info/> 

 

Best

Renata  

 

 

 

 

Renate Bloem 

President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mil:  <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website:  <http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org

 


Reminder: CONGO Postal Address Has Changed


We will soon be unable to receive mail at our old address at the Palais des
Nations in Geneva.  So please make sure to update your records with CONGO's
new Geneva office postal address: CP 50, 1211 Gen?ve 20, Switzerland.  Our
physical office address is 11, Avenue De La Paix, 1st Floor, 1202 Gen?ve,
Switzerland.

 

 

 

 

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From sbuckley at gn.apc.org  Wed Jul 13 19:20:25 2005
From: sbuckley at gn.apc.org (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Jordan to host AMARC 9
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20050713191852.02cd05d0@pop.gn.apc.org>

Le fran?ais suit
Espa?ol sigue

Press release
For immediate distribution

Jordan to host AMARC 9

Montreal, July 6, 2005. AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio 
Broadcasters, is pleased to announce that Jordan will be the host country 
for the Ninth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters. AMARC 9 will 
be a weeklong event in the second half of 2006. It is expected to bring 
together 300-400 community broadcasters from over 100 countries and all 
regions of the world.

Steve Buckley, President of AMARC, said: "We are delighted to be taking our 
next world conference to Jordan, a country which has made significant steps 
in opening up the airwaves to include community radio. Despite the 
continuing reluctance of some Arab world governments to respect human 
rights and to allow for real pluralism in the media, we see growing 
interest in and potential for community media in both North Africa and the 
Middle East."

AMARC 9 is to be hosted by pioneering Internet and FM broadcaster AmmanNet 
in partnership with media and journalism groups in Jordan and Palestine and 
with the support of the local authority in Aqaba and the Jordanian 
Audio-Visual Commission who recently commenced licensing local and 
community radio services in Jordan.

Daoud Kuttab, founder of AmmanNet, enthusiastically welcomed the decision: 
"Holding an AMARC global conference in an Arab country will act as a major 
catalyst to strengthen the creation of a legal, political and legislative 
environment that can encourage and support community radio in a region in 
which governments have monopolised the airwaves for tens of years."

The decision follows an open selection procedure in which proposals were 
also considered from Ghana and Argentina. The International Board of AMARC 
expressed appreciation to Ghana Community Radio Network and to AMARC's 
Latin American and Caribbean section for also submitting proposals to host 
AMARC 9.

- 30 -

AMARC is an international non-governmental organization serving the 
community radio movement in over 110 countries, and advocating for the 
right to communicate at the international, national, local and neighborhood 
levels.

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

Comunicado de prensa

Jordania acoger? la AMARC 9

AMARC, la Asociaci?n Mundial de radios Comunitarias, se complace en 
anunciar que Jordania ser? el pa?s anfitri?n de la Novena Asamblea Mundial 
de las Radios Comunitarias. AMARC 9 ser? un evento de una semana que se 
realizar? en la segunda mitad de 2006. Se espera que re?na de 300 a 400 
radiodifusores comunitarios de m?s de 100 pa?ses y de todas las regiones 
del mundo.

Steve Buckley, Presidente de AMARC, dijo: "Estamos contentos de hacer 
nuestra pr?xima conferencia mundial en Jordania, un pa?s que ha dado 
importantes pasos en abrir las ondas para incluir la radio comunitaria. 
Pese a la reticencia de algunos gobiernos ?rabes en respetar los derechos 
humanos y permitir un real pluralismo en los medios, vemos un creciente 
inter?s y potencial para los medios comunitarios en el Norte de ?frica y en 
el Oriente Medio".

El anfitri?n de la AMARC 9 ser? AmmanNet, radiodifusor pionero del Internet 
y de la banda FM en Jordania, en asociaci?n con grupos de medios y de 
periodistas tanto de Jordania como de Palestina. Tambi?n contar? con el 
apoyo de la autoridad local de Aqaba y de la Comisi?n Audio visual de 
Jordania. Esta ?ltima ya ha comenzado a otorgar licencias a radios locales 
y comunitarias en Jordania.

Daoud Kuttab, fundador de AmmanNet, acogi? con entusiasmo la decisi?n: "La 
realizaci?n de la Conferencia Mundial de AMARC en un pa?s ?rabe ser? un 
elemento catalizador para reforzar la creaci?n de un contexto pol?tico y 
legislativo que favorezca y apoye las radios el desarrollo de los medios 
comunitarios en una regi?n donde los gobiernos han monopolizado las ondas 
durante decenios".

La decisi?n culmin? un proceso de selecci?n abierto en el que se 
consideraron tambi?n propuestas de Gana y Argentina. El Consejo 
Internacional de AMARC expres? su apreciaci?n a la Red de Radios 
Comunitarias de Gana y de la secci?n latinoamericana y del Caribe de AMARC 
por sus propuestas de acoger la AMARC 9.

- 30 -

AMARC es una organizaci?n internacional que est? al servicio del movimiento 
de las radios comunitarias. AMARC conecta m?s de 3 000 miembros en m?s de 
110 pa?ses. AMARC apoya, defiende y promueve los intereses de las radios 
comunitarias a trav?s de acciones solidarias y de la cooperaci?n 
internacional.

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

Communiqu? de presse
Pour distribution imm?diate

La Jordanie sera le pays h?te de l'AMARC 9

Montr?al, juillet 6, 2005. L'Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs 
communautaires, AMARC, a annonc?e aujourd'hui que la Jordanie sera le pays 
h?te de la neuvi?me Assembl?e mondiale des radiodiffuseurs communautaires. 
L'AMARC 9 sera un ?v?nement d'une semaine qui se tendra dans la deuxi?me 
moiti? de 2006. On s'attend ? recevoir entre 300 et 400 radiodiffuseurs 
communautaires de plus de 100 pays et de toutes les r?gions du monde.

Steve Buckley, pr?sident de l'AMARC a dit : " Nous sommes contents d'amener 
notre prochaine conf?rence mondiale en Jordanie, un pays qui fait des pas 
significatifs d'ouverture des ondes ? la radio communautaire. Malgr? les 
r?ticences des gouvernements du monde arabe de respecter les droits humains 
et de permettre un pluralisme r?el dans les m?dias, nous percevons un 
int?r?t grandissant et des potentialit?s certaines pour les m?dias 
communautaires en Afrique du Nord et au Moyen-Orient.

L'organisation jordanienne h?te de l'AMARC 9 est le radiodiffuseur pionnier 
sur l'Internet et sur la bande FM, AmmanNet en partenariat avec des groupes 
de m?dias et de journalistes autant de la Jordanie que de la Palestine. Il 
comptera sur le soutien de l'autorit? locale d'Aqaba et la Commission 
Audio-visuelle de la Jordanie. Cette derni?re vient de commencer ? octroyer 
des licences aux radios communautaires et locales en Jordanie.

Daoud Kuttab, fondateur d'AmmanNet, a accueilli avec enthousiasme la 
d?cision " La tenue de la Conf?rence mondiale dans un pays arabe sera un 
catalyseur majeur qui encouragera et appuiera la radio communautaire dans 
une r?gion o? les gouvernements ont monopolis? les ondes pendant des 
d?cennies ".

La d?cision a suivi un processus de s?lection ouvert qui a ?galement 
consid?r? les propositions du Ghana et de l'Argentine. Le Conseil 
international de l'AMARC a exprim? son appr?ciation au R?seau des radios 
communautaires du Ghana et ? la section Am?rique latine et Cara?bes de 
l'AMARC pour avoir soumis des propositions en vue d'accueillir l'AMARC 9.

- 30 -

AMARC est une organisation internationale non gouvernementale servant le 
mouvement de la radio communautaire qui dessert plus de 3000 membres dans 
plus de 110 pays. AMARC vise ? soutenir, d?fendre et favoriser les int?r?ts 
des radiodiffuseurs communautaires par la solidarit? et la coop?ration 
internationale.
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        Please note my new contact details:
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                          Steve Buckley
  15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX - U.K.
              Email: sbuckley@gn.apc.org
                    Tel: +44 114 220 1426
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             Community Media Solutions
                       www.cmso.co.uk
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Thu Jul 14 09:32:26 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [CS Bureau] TR: Speakers and Format of Tunis Summit
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From: annette at nnm-ev.de (Annette Muehlberg)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Blog zu ICANN Meeting
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Hi, for all of you who understand German:

I am blogging from the ICANN Meeting in Luxembourg. I recently got
appointed as European Member of the At-Large Advisory Committee and try to
help to make the ICANN procedures more transparent on my website.

So if you are interested have a look at:

http://www.wecann.net



From nne75 at yahoo.com  Thu Jul 14 13:56:35 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:03 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report of the African Civil Society Forum ; Abuja, Nigeria, July 1-4
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From proformnigeria at yahoo.com  Thu Jul 14 14:13:23 2005
From: proformnigeria at yahoo.com (The Profesional Leaders Forum)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Youth Oriented Events at Tunis
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Hello Titi,
 
Tops of the day and thanks for your e-mail below.
 
 
Our forum organises youth empowerment seminars for ALL categories of youth groups.
 
Is it alright to organise something in conjuction with you in Tunis?
 
 
Pls reply soonest.
 
 
Olabode

Titilayo Akinsanmi <titiakinsanmi@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello,

If you are organising or hosting a youth oriented event at the Tunis summit could you please send such information to facilators@wsisyouth.org. We woudl like to collate all these and work out modalities of working together on each where possible.

Regards,

Titi 



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www.pin.itgo.com www.ycdo.net 

www.schoolnetafrica.net www.globalteenager.org 

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From acarvin at edc.org  Thu Jul 14 16:13:15 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Seeking ICT4D writer based in SE Asia
Message-ID: <35589DD47219F14BBFE1446979A831B401687E84@athena.ad.edc.org>

Hi everyone,

As many of you know, I'm working with IDRC on a book about the telecentre movement, which we plan to release at WSIS. We're planning to profile an education technology initiative in Laos, and are looking for a writer based in Laos, Thailand, or somewhere nearby who would be available in the next 2-3 weeks to help us write an article for the book (800-1000 words). We would negotiate a rate directly with author, and cover travel expenses as needed. Similarly, we're looking to find a photographer who could accompany the writer.

If you know of anyone, please contact me offlist, and cc Maria Brunelli at mbrunelli@idrc.ca. Please provide information about professional experience, and a writing sample if possible.

thanks,
ac

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From robin at ipjustice.org  Thu Jul 14 16:01:45 2005
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Request for support for reform at WIPO - Group NGO stmt supporting
 Development Agenda available for sign-on
Message-ID: <42D67E59.6080809@ipjustice.org>

Dear colleagues,

Apologies for the cross-posting, but ....

Attached and below is a statement for publication at next week's WIPO 
Development Agenda Meeting.  Civil society groups are invited to sign-on 
to the statement to show support for reform at WIPO, and specifically, 
support for the Friends of Development proposal.

Background info on the WIPO Development Agenda meeting is posted at:
  http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/WIPO_DA.shtml

If your NGO would like to sign-on in support of this statement, please 
send me an email (robin@ipjustice.org) and indicate the NGO name and 
country in which your NGO is based.

Please send your support for this statement by TUESDAY 19 JULY so we can 
publish this on Wednesday JULY 20th at the beginning of 3rd IIM of the 
Development Agenda meeting at WIPO.

And please distribute this statement as widely as possible and encourage 
other groups to please sign-on, so we can show the WIPO delegates that 
public-interest groups support reform at WIPO.

Within the next day or so, this group statement (and translations) will 
also be posted to the web at:
  http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/NGO_Statement.shtml
and supporting NGO names will be added there as they come in.

Our statement would be much more effective if we had it translated into 
other languages - particularly Spanish, French, German, Italian, and 
Portuguese.  If anyone is able to translate this document into any of 
these languages (or others), please let me know asap.  We'd like to 
distribute hard-copies of these translations at the 20-22 July meeting 
also, so will need the translations completed by the 19th so we can make 
copies in Geneva for distribution on the 20th.

Thank you!!
Robin Gross
robin@ipjustice.org
IP Justice

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

We, the undersigned public interest non-governmental organizations 
support the adoption of the proposal submitted by the Group of Friends 
of Development (FoD) for a Development Agenda at the World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO).

Specifically, we call attention to the following principles in the FoD 
proposal and recommend that Member States:

1.   AMEND THE WIPO CONVENTION (1967) TO EXPRESSLY INCORPORATE A 
DEVELOPMENT DIMENSION, CONSISTENT WITH WIPO OBLIGATIONS AS A UN AGENCY
	
Public interest NGOs fully support Proposal 1 of the adopted Work Plan 
(Annex to Summary of Chair), which proposes amending the WIPO Convention 
to include explicit language incorporating a development dimension and 
the specific language for such change set forth in WO/GA/31/11, appendix 3.
	
The 1974 agreement between the United Nations and WIPO established WIPO 
as a specialized agency of the UN family with responsibility for 
?promoting creative intellectual activity and for facilitating the 
transfer of technology related to industrial property to the developing 
countries in order to accelerate economic, social and cultural 
development, subject to the competence and responsibilities of the 
United Nations and its organs . . . .?
	
Amending WIPO?s mandate will enhance and inscribe a development 
dimension into the organization?s core, ensuring WIPO will maintain its 
responsibility to the UN and promote the public interest, first and 
foremost.

2.  CONSIDER ELABORATION OF A TREATY ON ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY

We fully support Proposal 3 of the adopted Work Plan that calls on 
Member States to consider elaboration of a Treaty on Access to Knowledge 
and Technology.	

Access to knowledge and information sharing are fundamental to education 
and research and to fostering innovation and creativity. A treaty 
setting out user freedoms would address ?the need to maintain a balance 
between the rights of authors and the larger public interest, 
particularly education, research and access to information, as reflected 
in the Berne Convention? as set out in the Preamble to the WIPO 
Copyright Treaty.

A treaty on access to knowledge and technology would be a key component 
in policy interventions to alleviate the situation in disadvantaged 
countries and would be of benefit to the overall socio-economic and 
political development of a country.	



3.  ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT WIPO EVALUATION AND RESEARCH OFFICE (WERO)
	
Public interest NGOs fully support Proposal 5 of the adopted Work Plan 
that calls for the establishment of WERO.
	
The creation of an independent research office that would report 
directly to the General Assembly is an important component to the reform 
mandated by the General Assembly?s adoption of the Development Agenda. 
The creation of WERO would strengthen the oversight function of Member 
States at WIPO, enhance the credibility of WIPO and its programmess, and 
would comply with established international practice in other 
organizations such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

As set forth in the FoD Proposal, the establishment of WERO would 
provide a transparent, independent and objective body that would 
evaluate all WIPO programmes and activities with respect to their 
development impact in general and their impact on innovation, creativity 
and dissemination of knowledge and technology; assess the development 
impact of all proposed norm-setting activities in WIPO; and monitor and 
evaluate all WIPO technical assistance activities based on guidelines 
established by the General Assembly.

4.  ADOPT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME

We fully support the proposals which relate to Technical Assistance. 
These are Proposal 4 to Formulate and Adopt Principles and Guidelines 
for the Development and Implementation of Technical Assistance; Proposal 
10 to Improve Information Sharing on Technical Assistance; and Proposal 
14 to Develop Indicators and Benchmarks for the Evaluation of WIPO 
Technical Assistance.

We believe that these proposals would enhance the value of technical 
assistance to developing countries by providing opportunities to review 
technical assistance programmes and keep them fresh, to include new or 
alternative business and software models and to ensure that a 
cross-section of stakeholder interests are represented. Consultation 
with a wide range of groups such as libraries, educators, people with 
disabilities and consumers, as well as creators and rightsholders would 
help to build capacity and improve governance, a key component of the 
2005 Report of the Commission for Africa.

5.  REFORM WIPO NORMS AND PRACTICES:
	
	A.  Weigh the costs and benefits of copyright, patent and trademark rights
	
Public interest NGOs fully support Proposal 7 of the adopted Work Plan 
to formulate and adopt principles and guidelines for norm-setting 
activities in WIPO. WIPO must acknowledge the costs and benefits of both 
information monopolies and harmonization.
	
Continuously expanding the scope and level of copyright, patent and 
trademark rights creates real social and economic costs. Norm-setting 
activities must follow guidelines that balance public access and 
competition policies against monopoly rights in knowledge and 
information, and that weigh the economic cost of maintaining and 
enforcing these systems against the relative benefits in each country.

In order to reach effective results that meet the challenges of global 
development, internationally agreed upon developmental standards should 
serve as benchmarks for WIPO norm-setting activities to meet. The United 
Nations Millennium Development Goals,  which all 191 UN Member States 
have pledged to meet, establish development standards that copyright, 
patent and trademark laws should seek to facilitate.

	B.  Copyright, patent and trademark rights are not ends in themselves 
and must foster   the public goals of innovation, creativity and 
technical development

Public interest NGOs fully support Proposal 8 of the adopted Work Plan 
to undertake independent, evidence-based ?development impact assessments.?

International instruments recognize the underlying public goals of 
copyright, patent and trademark laws. The WIPO Copyright Treaty 
recognizes that copyright law serves ?to maintain a balance between the 
interests of authors and the larger public interest, particularly 
education, research, and access to information.?  Trade Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Art. 7 explicitly stipulates a balanced 
and harmonious outlook between these rights and the public interest.

It is essential that copyright, patent and trademark rights foster 
innovation, creativity and technical development. WIPO must adopt a 
framework that can ensure that these information monopolies advance 
public goals in developing countries. The FoD proposal for a Development 
Agenda at WIPO provides an excellent blueprint to begin this reform.
	
	C.  ?One size (XL) fits all? approach to copyright, patent and 
trademark rights does not foster development in all countries

International norms for copyright, patent and trademark rights need to 
take into account different levels of development to ensure that the 
primary rationale for granting the rights, to promote societal 
development by encouraging technological innovation, is actually 
accomplished.

Expansive copyright, patent and trademark rights disproportionately 
favor wealthy developed countries and perpetuate the current imbalance 
in access to and control of knowledge and information. Copyright, patent 
and trademark laws must reflect each country?s development needs to 
better facilitate access to information and knowledge throughout the 
world. Such access is strongly called for in the ?Doha Plan of Action? 
agreed by the Heads of State and Government of the Group of 77 and China 
  and in the ?Declaration of Principles? of the World Summit on the 
Information Society .

All countries have a right to make their own economic development 
strategies, which are inherently value based. Articles 1 and 8 of TRIPS 
recognize both national sovereignty concerning development strategies 
and national values.   WIPO?s ?one-size-fits-all? approach improperly 
assumes that western intellectual property policy embodies universal 
values.

	D.  Copyright, patent and trademark laws need to protect flexibilities 
and limitations

International instruments and developed countries? own copyright, 
trademark and patent laws provide for flexibilities and limitations that 
ensure the promotion of social values. Competition policy, compulsory 
licenses for medicine, and fair use exceptions demonstrate that monopoly 
rights can be curtailed to achieve public benefits.
	
Countries need to have policy space to meet national developmental 
priorities. Creative expression is value driven and copyright, patent 
and trademark law governs what type of creative expression is either 
permissible or infringing, and what type of creative expression is 
?protectable? and to what extent. Since all Member States have a natural 
right to exercise their own values and the legal system is the principal 
means through which society can assert its values, all nations have a 
natural right to make value choices regarding their own level of 
copyright, patent and trademark rights.

WIPO technical assistance should promote the full range of flexibilities 
provided by TRIPS, including education and promotion of non-proprietary 
free and open access development models.

	E.  More transparent and Member driven with ongoing public interest 
participation

Public interest NGOs fully support Proposals 6 and 9 of the adopted Work 
Plan which, respectively, seek to ensure wider participation of public 
interest NGOs at WIPO, and to establish a system of holding public 
hearings prior to the initiation of norm-setting activities.

The FoD proposal initiates an important dialogue on making fundamental 
changes to ensure that WIPO is truly Member driven, as the majority of 
WIPO constituents are from developing countries. In order to progress as 
a Member-driven organization, WIPO must address the development concerns 
of its Members in all aspects of its work.



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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Thu Jul 14 17:25:11 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 18-19-20 July 2005
Message-ID: <200507141625.j6EGP4On032402@homer2.tic.ch>

Dear all, 

 

Further the recent message we sent you on next week's Internet Governance
related meetings, please take note of this additional information.

 

. Presentation of the WGIG Report - 18 July 2005 (10:00-13:00 and
15:00-18:00)

Room XVIII, Palais des Nations

www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html

This open consultation is open to all stakeholders. More information has
recently been made available on the WGIG Website. 

 

. Workshop on Internet Governance at the national level - 19 July
(10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00)

Palais des Nations

www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html

Some information on the content and the format of this workshop is now
available on the WGIG Website.

 

Please note that the deadline for the Request for Participation is tomorrow
15 July 2005 for those two events. The form is available on the WGIG
Website: www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc

 

. Informal Open-ended Consultations on Internet Governance - 20 July
(13:00-15:00)

Room VIII, Palais des Nations

www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

Amb. Khan, Chairman of PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance,
invited all stakeholders to an open-ended consultation on Internet
Governance. Information had been published this afternoon on the ITU. The
registration form for an access badge to the UN is available on the ITU
Website (www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.doc)
and must be returned to the WSIS ES.

 

Best regards,

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

 

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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Thu Jul 14 17:44:45 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] My last message to plenary
Message-ID: <42D27FB2000A7AAE@mail13.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Dear Bill and dear all, 

 

I would like to apologize to all of you who get some technical troubles with
the last e-mail you received from my e-mail address through the plenary
list. Actually it contains the text of a message I previously sent to the
Plenary list yesterday on 'Speakers and Format of Tunis Summit', which
perfectly went through with the right page set up. But I cannot explain why
it was sent out a second time with this format. Maybe this is related to the
fact that the initial mail was sent without the new introductory remark at
the beginning of each mail sent to the Plenary list.

 

I do apologize again for that unpleasant trouble.

Best regards,

 

Renata

 

 

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Jul 14 22:27:10 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report of the African Civil Society Forum ;
 Abuja, Nigeria, July 1-4
Message-ID: <16721972.1121376430285.JavaMail.www@wwinf0101>

Dear Nnenna
Many interesting topics in this report of the Abuja Meeting, but what is missing is the list of CS, really NON gouvernmental, organizations that were participating. . 
When we look at the list of participants we see a lot of journalists, ICT professionels and academists but no trace of an African "grass-root" organizations !
This makes me wonder about the representativeness of the "CS" present in such meetings.
Am I wrong ? 
Thanks for reassuring me/us on this point.
Best regards
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France

A : "African CSO WSIS Publication" , "ACSIS" , "WSIS Plenary" 
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report of the African Civil Society Forum ; Abuja, Nigeria, July 1-4
> 
> 
Dear all

Please find attached, the report of the above-mentioned.  La version francaise suivra.

Best regards

Nnenna
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Jul 14 23:35:16 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karenb@gn.apc.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)
Message-ID: <1121380516.42d6e8a434426@setup.greennet.org.uk>

Dear all,

The WGIG report has been released and is available on the WGIG website in the 6
UN languages: www.wgig.org

karen
-----

"The United Nations Secretary-General today transmitted the Report of the
Working Group on Internet Governance to the President of the Preparatory
Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society,  Ambassador Janis
Karklins, and the WSIS Secretary-General,  Mr Yoshio Utsumi. Click here to view
the Report:  

http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf

The Report has been translated in all UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French,
Russian, and Spanish.

http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Arabic.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Chinese.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-French.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Russian.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Spanish.pdf

A Background Report is also made available. It will be translated into French
and posted on this website in due course.
http://www.wgig.org/docs/BackgroundReport.doc

Click here to view the Press Release. 
http://www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html


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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Jul 14 23:42:31 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karenb@gn.apc.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG Internet Governance report released
Message-ID: <1121380951.42d6ea572c98e@setup.greennet.org.uk>

Dear all

Apologies, the last message came without subject line, a resend, karen
--------

Dear all,

The WGIG report has been released and is available on the WGIG website in the 6
UN languages: www.wgig.org

karen
-----

"The United Nations Secretary-General today transmitted the Report of the
Working Group on Internet Governance to the President of the Preparatory
Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society,  Ambassador Janis
Karklins, and the WSIS Secretary-General,  Mr Yoshio Utsumi. Click here to view
the Report:  


http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGREPORT.pdf


The Report has been translated in all UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, French,
Russian, and Spanish.


http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Arabic.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Chinese.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-French.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Russian.doc
http://www.wgig.org/docs/WGIGReport-Spanish.pdf


A Background Report is also made available. It will be translated into French
and posted on this website in due course.
http://www.wgig.org/docs/BackgroundReport.doc


Click here to view the Press Release. 
http://www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html


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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Fri Jul 15 07:42:51 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 18-19-20 July 2005
In-Reply-To: <200507141625.j6EGP4On032402@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOEENKFDAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi,

Just to clarify regarding the consultation on Wednesday, the invitation letter on the ITU website says it is from 10.00-13.00, but it is listed below at 13.00-15.00.  I would presume that the invitation letter is correct...?

Best,

Bill




-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of CONGO - Philippe Dam
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:25 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; 'bureau wsis'
Cc: 'Renate Bloem'; wsis@ngocongo.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 18-19-20 July 2005



  Dear all, 

   

  Further the recent message we sent you on next week's Internet Governance related meetings, please take note of this additional information.

   

  . Presentation of the WGIG Report - 18 July 2005 (10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00)

  Room XVIII, Palais des Nations

  www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html

  This open consultation is open to all stakeholders. More information has recently been made available on the WGIG Website. 

   

  . Workshop on Internet Governance at the national level - 19 July (10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00)

  Palais des Nations

  www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html

  Some information on the content and the format of this workshop is now available on the WGIG Website.

   

  Please note that the deadline for the Request for Participation is tomorrow 15 July 2005 for those two events. The form is available on the WGIG Website: www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc

   

  . Informal Open-ended Consultations on Internet Governance - 20 July (13:00-15:00)

  Room VIII, Palais des Nations

  www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

  Amb. Khan, Chairman of PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance, invited all stakeholders to an open-ended consultation on Internet Governance. Information had been published this afternoon on the ITU. The registration form for an access badge to the UN is available on the ITU Website (www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.doc) and must be returned to the WSIS ES.

   

  Best regards,

   

  Philippe Dam
  CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
  11, Avenue de la Paix
  CH-1202 Geneva
  Tel: +41 22 301 1000
  Fax: +41 22 301 2000
  E-mail: wsis@ngocongo.org
  Website: www.ngocongo.org 

   

  The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our website at www.ngocongo.org

   
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Jul 15 08:48:49 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] List of Side Events contact information of CS parallel events in Tunis
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Jul 15 08:54:58 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 20 July 2005 (10.00-13.00) - Corr.
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOEENKFDAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <200507150754.j6F7sq8f006438@homer2.tic.ch>

Sorry for that, the mistake is mine of course. The informal consultations on
IG will take place from 10:00 to 13:00. Please read as follows:

 

? Informal Open-ended Consultations on Internet Governance ? 20 July
(10:00-13:00)

Room VIII, Palais des Nations

 <http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html>
www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

Amb. Khan, Chairman of PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance,
invited all stakeholders to an open-ended consultation on Internet
Governance. Information had been published this afternoon on the ITU. The
registration form for an access badge to the UN is available on the ITU
Website (www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.doc)
and must be returned to the WSIS ES.

 

Ph

  _____  

De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de William Drake
Envoy? : vendredi, 15. juillet 2005 07:43
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org; 'bureau wsis'
Cc : 'Renate Bloem'; wsis@ngocongo.org
Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 18-19-20 July
2005

 

Hi,

 

Just to clarify regarding the consultation on Wednesday, the invitation
letter on the ITU website says it is from 10.00-13.00, but it is listed
below at 13.00-15.00.  I would presume that the invitation letter is
correct...?

 

Best,

 

Bill

 

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf
Of CONGO - Philippe Dam
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:25 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; 'bureau wsis'
Cc: 'Renate Bloem'; wsis@ngocongo.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance meetings - 18-19-20 July 2005

Dear all, 

 

Further the recent message we sent you on next week?s Internet Governance
related meetings, please take note of this additional information.

 

? Presentation of the WGIG Report ? 18 July 2005 (10:00-13:00 and
15:00-18:00)

Room XVIII, Palais des Nations

www.wgig.org/Report-Presentation.html

This open consultation is open to all stakeholders. More information has
recently been made available on the WGIG Website. 

 

? Workshop on Internet Governance at the national level ? 19 July
(10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00)

Palais des Nations

www.wgig.org/workshop-july.html

Some information on the content and the format of this workshop is now
available on the WGIG Website.

 

Please note that the deadline for the Request for Participation is tomorrow
15 July 2005 for those two events. The form is available on the WGIG
Website: www.wgig.org/docs/Registration_Form_eng.doc

 

? Informal Open-ended Consultations on Internet Governance ? 20 July
(13:00-15:00)

Room VIII, Palais des Nations

www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html

Amb. Khan, Chairman of PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance,
invited all stakeholders to an open-ended consultation on Internet
Governance. Information had been published this afternoon on the ITU. The
registration form for an access badge to the UN is available on the ITU
Website (www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.doc)
and must be returned to the WSIS ES.

 

Best regards,

 

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

 

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From acarvin at edc.org  Fri Jul 15 11:04:09 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Seeking ICT4D writer based in SE Asia
Message-ID: <20050715100303.6A2751D37B38@sohumx112.sohu.com>

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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Parallel events in Tunis
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From acarvin at edc.org  Fri Jul 15 20:19:41 2005
From: acarvin at edc.org (Andy Carvin)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:04 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Event: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra
Message-ID: <35589DD47219F14BBFE1446979A831B401687ED1@athena.ad.edc.org>


Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that I'll be conducting a podcasting and videoblogging workshop for ICT activists in Accra next week. If there are any plenary members in Accra who are interested, here are the event details.

It's currently scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 14:00 GMT at the offices of African Security Dialogue and Research. Their office is located on Kofi Annan Avenue, just off Atomic Agency Road, North Legon. 

If you're in Accra and would like to attend, please RSVP to Amos Anyimadu at accraboy @ fastmail.fm, in case the time or location changes; feel free to cc me off-list as well. I hope to see some of you there! -andy

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Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
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From nne75 at yahoo.com  Sun Jul 17 17:15:05 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report of the African Civil Society Forum ; Abuja, Nigeria, July 1-4
In-Reply-To: <16721972.1121376430285.JavaMail.www@wwinf0101>
Message-ID: <20050717161505.14971.qmail@web50208.mail.yahoo.com>

Hi Jean-Louis
 
Most of the organizations there were grassroot.  Only you may not have heard of them before.  Even the journalists, many are from community media.  Not to forget that research centers and universities are CS.
 
Best
 
Nnenna

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From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Sun Jul 17 19:13:40 2005
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Report of the African Civil Society Forum ;
      Abuja, Nigeria, July 1-4
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References: <16721972.1121376430285.JavaMail.www@wwinf0101>
    <20050717161505.14971.qmail@web50208.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <34325.81.133.152.9.1121624020.squirrel@webmail2.londonmet.ac.uk>


Dear Sir/Madam

I am an academic member of the London Metropolitan University and I need
to register for the CS status. Kindly advice me  on this matter before the
Tunis event in November 2005

I am a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Information Systems in the United Kingdom
Thanks for all your support

> Hi Jean-Louis
>
> Most of the organizations there were grassroot.  Only you may not have
> heard of them before.  Even the journalists, many are from community
> media.  Not to forget that research centers and universities are CS.
>
> Best
>
> Nnenna
>
> __________________________________________________
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Jul 17 19:49:59 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FAQ: How can I register for the WSIS ?
Message-ID: <75B7D08D-135E-4847-9BC6-698D0CBA3798@lists.privaterra.org>

On 17-Jul-05, at 2:13 PM, Ezendu Ariwa wrote:

>
> Dear Sir/Madam
>
> I am an academic member of the London Metropolitan University and I  
> need
> to register for the CS status. Kindly advice me  on this matter  
> before the
> Tunis event in November 2005
>
> I am a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Information Systems in the  
> United Kingdom
> Thanks for all your support

Dear Ezendu:

In response to your question, and similar ones I get all the time  -  
i've gone ahead a written a blog entry about it. Message is copied  
below FYI.
Hope you find it useful,



Regards,

Robert


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Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374



FAQ: How can I register for the WSIS ?

http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/how-can-i-register-for- 
the-wsis--.html

A frequently asked question I get asked is , ?How can I register for  
the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ??

Well, the answer is simple - there are two options.

Option 1
The easiest to do, is to have an organization that is already  
accredited in the WSIS add you to their delegation. The is no ?hard?  
deadline, as already accredited organizations can add delegates to  
their delegation at any time, including when an event has already  
started.

The drawback, is that you?ll have a name tag with the name of another  
organization - but, you?ll be able to enter the venue and have access  
to almost all the facilities.

Option 2
This option is a bit more involved, but allows you to participate in  
the WSIS process under the name of your own organization and/or  
institution.

Organizations that wish to participate in PrepCom-3 and/or the Summit  
and who were not accredited in previous PrepComs, must submit an  
accreditation request form to the Executive Secretariat by 8 August 2005

In terms of what needs to be done - its not that complex, one just  
has to assemble all the needed documents and send them well in  
advance of the deadline in Aug 8th 2005 deadline. You read right -  
for a November meeting the deadline is first week in august!). Below  
is a copy of a PDF that explains it all.

Where to send the completed forms:

Executive Secretariat
World Summit on the Information Society
International Telecommunication Union
Place des Nations
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland

Contact address for Civil Society:

wsis.csd@ties.itu.int
Phone: +41 22 730 63 65
Fax: +41 22 730 63 93



From sylvia at peoplewho.org  Sun Jul 17 21:00:44 2005
From: sylvia at peoplewho.org (Sylvia Caras)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FAQ: How can I register for the WSIS ?
In-Reply-To: <75B7D08D-135E-4847-9BC6-698D0CBA3798@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <75B7D08D-135E-4847-9BC6-698D0CBA3798@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.2.20050717125919.044d8be0@mail.peoplewho.org>

At 11:49 AM 7/17/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>[add you to their delegation

We were accredited for Geneva.  I haven't yet seen any opportunity to 
submit names of delegates for Tunis.  Have you?

Sylvia

Sylvia Caras
People Who


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Jul 17 22:28:58 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FAQ: How can I register for the WSIS ?
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050717125919.044d8be0@mail.peoplewho.org>
References: <75B7D08D-135E-4847-9BC6-698D0CBA3798@lists.privaterra.org> <6.2.0.14.2.20050717125919.044d8be0@mail.peoplewho.org>
Message-ID: <3950CA75-B052-4366-85C9-ADBE9F18C885@lists.privaterra.org>

if your organization is one of the ones listed @ the URL below:

http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1552%7C1553


Then the WSIS ES should  have sent you a username & password to be  
able to register delegates. If not, well fill in the  designated  
focal point registration form and send it to the ITU. From there,  
wait for them to get back to you

<http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/focal_point/focal_cs.doc>

regards

Robert

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Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>




On 17-Jul-05, at 4:00 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]  
> _______________________________________
>
> At 11:49 AM 7/17/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>
>> [add you to their delegation
>>
>
> We were accredited for Geneva.  I haven't yet seen any opportunity  
> to submit names of delegates for Tunis.  Have you?
>
> Sylvia
>
> Sylvia Caras
> People Who
>
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> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From matululup at yahoo.com  Mon Jul 18 08:44:53 2005
From: matululup at yahoo.com (Matululu Phillip)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Remove me from the list
Message-ID: <20050718074453.14471.qmail@web30811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

  

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From faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe  Mon Jul 18 07:39:50 2005
From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] V Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - Convocatoria
 Segunda
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Nota: Se ruega la mayor difusion posible de este mensaje

V Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico:
Sociedad de la Informaci?n, Gobierno Electr?nico y Regulaci?n del Ciberespacio

Santo Domingo, Rep?blica Dominicana
Sede: Hotel Intecontinental V Centenario
Fecha: 3 al 7 de octubre de 2005
http://www.funglode.org/v-mundial-di/

Presentacion:
El Congreso Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico, es una propuesta desde 
Latinoam?rica, como espacio de encuentro y dialogo de los expertos 
internacionales en materias de pol?ticas y marco regulatorio de sociedad de 
la informaci?n, en la perspectiva del uso de las TIC para el Desarrollo, 
entendiendo que los procesos de desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n 
tienen que surgir desde un an?lisis de los cambios sociales que afectan los 
procesos humanos y entre ellos los procesos jur?dicos, en este contexto se 
requiere una constante revisi?n y actualizaci?n de los marcos referenciales 
y marcos de acci?n pol?ticos y regulatorios para aprovechar la m?xima 
capacidad de las TICs.

Objetivos:
En respuesta a las din?micas y procesos que se producen al interior de la 
denominada Sociedad de la Informaci?n, surge el Congreso Mundial de Derecho 
Inform?tico, evento creado por Alfa-Redi (http://www.alfa-redi.org), 
entidad de base en Latinoam?rica, dedicada entre otras actividades, a la 
formaci?n, investigaci?n, discusi?n y formulaci?n de propuestas en temas de 
Pol?ticas y Marco Regulatorio en el campo de la de la interrelaci?n entre 
el Derecho y las Nuevas Tecnolog?as en el actual contexto mundial.

El V Congreso Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico es un importante espacio que 
ha logrado su consolidaci?n en la regi?n luego de haberse realizado con 
?xito, siempre bajo la orientaci?n de Alfa-Redi, en los siguientes pa?ses:
Quito-Ecuador (2001), Madrid-Espa?a (2002), La Habana-Cuba (2003), y 
Cusco-Per? (2004).

En esta oportunidad, el V Congreso Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico, tendr? 
lugar en Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, bajo la organizaci?n local de 
FUNGLODE, reconocida entidad orientada al fortalecimiento de la Democracia 
y la promoci?n del Desarrollo Sostenible en su pa?s. El Congreso en su 
calidad de espacio de an?lisis y discusi?n, reunir? a un significativo 
n?mero de expertos en temas de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n, provenientes 
tanto de Latinoam?rica como de Europa, Asia-Pac?fico, Africa y Norte Am?rica.

El V Congreso Mundial de Derecho Inform?tico se plantea como una propuesta 
latinoamericana que entiende que los procesos de desarrollo de la Sociedad 
de la Informaci?n tienen que surgir desde un an?lisis de los cambios 
sociales que afectan los procesos humanos y entre ellos los procesos 
jur?dicos, ?mbito en el cual se requiere una constante revisi?n y 
actualizaci?n de los marcos referenciales y marcos de acci?n pol?ticos y 
regulatorios, siempre en la b?squeda del m?ximo aprovechamiento de las TICs 
para el Desarrollo.

Programa:
Lunes 3: Taller sobre Dise?o de Pol?ticas de Sociedad de la Informaci?n
Martes 4: Internet y Gobierno
Miercoles 5: Propiedad Intelectual en la era digital / Negocio Electr?nico
Jueves 6: Privacidad en el entorno digital
Viernes 7: Delitos inform?ticos / WSIS

Talleres sobre SPAM / Aspectos Legales de Numeros IP / Internet Gambling /

Email de Contacto:

Funglode:
"Maria Waleska Alvarez" <mwalvarez@verizon.net.do>
"Marco Herrera" <Marco.Herrera@steelhector.com>

Alfa-Redi:
"Monica Monroy" <vmundial@alfa-redi.org>


From mh at wacc.org.uk  Mon Jul 18 09:22:30 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [July 18th 2005]
Message-ID: <7414FB05C3419C42931F0911BE79061D911B24@wacc-commserver.wacc.org.uk>

NEWSROOM

Gender and ICT Issues at Women's World Congress
By Mavic Cabrera-Balleza
Gender and ICT advocates from all world regions joined some 2,000 other women activists at the Women's Worlds Congress 2005, -the 9TH International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women-, held at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea, June 19-24.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/896


NEWSROOM/WSIS

WGIG Internet Governance report released
The United Nations Secretary-General today transmitted the Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance to the President of the Preparatory Committee of the World Summit on the Information Society, Ambassador Janis Karklins, and the WSIS Secretary-General, Mr Yoshio Utsumi
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/893


UK Civil Society Consultation Communiqu?
The UK Civl Society Communiqu? to the Foreign Commonwealth Office (in charge of UK and EU representation at the WSIS) is now online.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/892

WSIS follow-up: Role of civil society contested, activists locked out of next meetings
Discussions on how to proceed after the second WSIS summit in November are getting more urgent. There is a danger of this question to be lost due to the dominance of financing and internet governance negotiations in the second phase of WSIS. A recent meeting of the "Group of the Friends of the Chair" (GFC) in Geneva tried to bring some clarity, but a consensus is still far away. Meanwhile, civil society groups are lamenting the fact that they will be locked out of the next GFC meetings.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/891


NEWSROMM/WSIS & TUNISIA

Mon clavier est rebelle (REMIX)
Les activistes internautes s'expriment d?j? sur la deuxi?me phase du SMSI et laissent le clavier prendre le control et se rebeller. Une animation frappante sur fond de musique iranienne autour du th?me du SMSI en Tunisie... ?a change des communiqu?s officiels.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/890

International Free Speech Groups Urge Tunisia to End Internet Censorship
Tunisia Monitoring Group
July 14, 2005
International free expression groups today launched a new website detailing the state of free expression in Tunisia and challenged the government to end Internet blocking in the lead-up to the November 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/895

GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

Eurozone: Take action on TV without Frontiers
As part of the UK Presidency Tessa Jowell will chair the EU culture ministers. The main issue on the agenda is to complete the revision of the EC's most important legislation on broadcasting -- the Television Without Frontiers Directive -- by December. This directive helps legitimise public service broadcasting provision; allows member states to determine their own broadcasting policies; protects cultural diversity, eg through quotas for original indigenous production; and helps keep broadcasting out of free trade agreements such as GATS (the WTO services agreement).
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/897

Request for support for reform at WIPO
Below is a statement published by IP Justice for publication at next week's WIPO Development Agenda Meeting. Civil society groups are invited to sign-on to the statement to show support for reform at WIPO, and specifically, support for the Friends of Development proposal.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/894


CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visi?n de la Sociedad de la Informaci?n se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, econ?mica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcci?n de una sociedad de la informaci?n basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participaci?n, justicia social y econ?mica, e inspiradas por la equidad de g?nero y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la ?soci?t? de l'information? est bas?e sur le droit de communiquer qui est consid?r? comme un moyen pour ?tendre les droits de l'homme et am?liorer la vie sociale, ?conomique et culturelle des personnes et des communaut?s. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la soci?t? civile se r?unissent afin d'aider ? la construction d'une soci?t? de l'information bas?e sur les principes de transparence, de diversit?, de participation et de justice ?conomique et sociale et inspir?e par une approche ?quitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects r?gionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org/www.wacc.org.uk
email: mh@wacc.org.uk


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Jul 18 15:01:26 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary]  How can we"CS" reduce difficulties to register for the WSIS ?
In-Reply-To: <3950CA75-B052-4366-85C9-ADBE9F18C885@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20050718140126.39946.qmail@web60713.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Robert, As a recognized leader of this list with
Karen, Achour and other colleagues and friends it is
normal to draw your attention on difficulties we meet
to register.
For me, since many months, i am trying to solve
registration problems without any succ?s.... Thanks to
CSDPTT and to CONGO i participated to Geneva Summit
and PRECOM II for Tunis.... I am not ready to suffer
more in the future and if nobody can help me, i have
not choice except to remove myself from oncomming
PRECOM III and Tunis Summit.
Please take note for the future as leader of Civile
society in the WSIS preparation.
All the best
Djilali

Il semble y avoir deux poids deux mesures pour les
enregistrements aux rencontres preparatoires et au
sommet de Tunis et il est normal d'alerter tout le
monde pour chacun prenenne note des
dysfonctionnement....
Pour ma part j'ai abuser de la gentillesse de CSDPTT
puis de CONGO pour m'infiltrer dans le sommet de
geneve et dans le precom II en preparation de Tunis...
Je ne crois pas devoir faire le m?me effort pour le
precom III ni pour le sommet...
Que les leaders de la soci?t? civile se penchent sur
le probl?me sino he bien RIEN au lieu d'?tre X
milliers de participants il y aura X-1 et cela ne
g?nera personne.
Amiti?s
Djilali 
 

--- Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org>
wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> _______________________________________
> 
> if your organization is one of the ones listed @ the
> URL below:
> 
>
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1552%7C1553
> 
> 
> Then the WSIS ES should  have sent you a username &
> password to be  
> able to register delegates. If not, well fill in the
>  designated  
> focal point registration form and send it to the
> ITU. From there,  
> wait for them to get back to you
> 
>
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/geneva/focal_point/focal_cs.doc>
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra
> <http://www.privaterra.org>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 17-Jul-05, at 4:00 PM, Sylvia Caras wrote:
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the  
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses intended  
> > for specific people. Your cooperation is highly
> appreciated]  
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > At 11:49 AM 7/17/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
> >
> >> [add you to their delegation
> >>
> >
> > We were accredited for Geneva.  I haven't yet seen
> any opportunity  
> > to submit names of delegates for Tunis.  Have you?
> >
> > Sylvia
> >
> > Sylvia Caras
> > People Who
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
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>
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> 


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T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
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From Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org  Thu Jul 14 15:20:17 2005
From: Ramin.Kaweh at unctad.org (Ramin.Kaweh@unctad.org)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Internet Governance: INFORMAL CONSULTATION MEETING with all WSIS
 stakeholders on 20 July 2005
Message-ID: <OFBA387B04.615663D8-ONC125703E.004EA51A-C125703E.004EC34F@unctad.org>

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From sunit at thairuralnet.org  Fri Jul 15 03:03:49 2005
From: sunit at thairuralnet.org (Sunit Shrestha)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Seeking ICT4D writer based in SE Asia
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Hi, we're TRN working on ICT4D in Thailand. Robert forwarded your mail to
us. Could you please give us some more detail on the article, we might be
able to help. 

 

Cheers, 

 

Sunit 

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Andy Carvin
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:13 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; telecentres@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Seeking ICT4D writer based in SE Asia

 

Hi everyone,

As many of you know, I'm working with IDRC on a book about the telecentre
movement, which we plan to release at WSIS. We're planning to profile an
education technology initiative in Laos, and are looking for a writer based
in Laos, Thailand, or somewhere nearby who would be available in the next
2-3 weeks to help us write an article for the book (800-1000 words). We
would negotiate a rate directly with author, and cover travel expenses as
needed. Similarly, we're looking to find a photographer who could accompany
the writer.

If you know of anyone, please contact me offlist, and cc Maria Brunelli at
mbrunelli@idrc.ca. Please provide information about professional experience,
and a writing sample if possible.

thanks,
ac

--
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Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.tsunami-info.org
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
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From mueller at syr.edu  Sun Jul 17 04:40:57 2005
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] An Assessment of the WGIG Report
Message-ID: <s2d99b25.014@gwia201.syr.edu>

The Internet Governance Project, a consortium of academic experts on
international Internet regulation and policy, has issued a response to
the recently-released report of the UN Working Group on Internet
Governance (WGIG).

The IGP praises the report for providing a "useful" consensus
definition of Internet governance and for "identifying a range of
important public policy issues." The IGP singled out two policy issues
mentioned in the report in particular : 

1) A call for moving beyond unilateral U.S. control of the domain name
system, and;

2) A recognition that existing Internet-related treaties around
intellectual property protection are controversial, and may need to be
reviewed to be better balanced with values such as fair use, free
expression, privacy, technical innovation and economic development.

However, when it comes to the WGIG's other mandates to "define the
roles and responsibilities" of governments, civil society and business,
and to make specific proposals for action, the Report provides less
guidance. 

The IGP was forced to respond "none of the above" to its 4 proposed
models of institutional reform. The IGP supports WGIG's call for a new,
open global Internet policy forum that gives equal status to citizens
and governments, but says that such a forum will not succeed unless its
efforts are focused on a particular objective. The IGP suggests that the
new forum focus on preparing the world's governments to achieve binding
agreements on the basic principles and norms to guide Internet
governance.

The UN WGIG Report itself can be downloaded at www.wgig.org 

The Internet Governance Project's response can be downloaded at
www.internetgovernance.org or at
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-quovadis.pdf 

###


From thetha at sangonet.org.za  Mon Jul 18 14:49:57 2005
From: thetha at sangonet.org.za (THETHA)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [THETHA] World Summit Award (WSA) - South African Competition
Message-ID: <025101c58b9f$960f6760$ea00a8c0@fifi>

WORLD SUMMIT AWARD (WSA) - SOUTH AFRICAN COMPETITION

Deadline: 26 July 2005

The World Summit Award (WSA) is a global initiative to select and promote
the world's best e-Content and Creativity. It is held within the framework
of and in cooperation with the United Nations World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS).

With a special focus on cultural identity and diversity, the competition
seeks to highlight the best digital content from each country, emphasising
content that promotes the development of an "Information Society." It aims
not only to make the benefits of the new "Information Society" accessible
and meaningful for all humanity, but in particular to raise public awareness
and give deserved public recognition to the highest quality e-Content
produced all over the world.

WSA covers the following 8 categories:

* e-Learning;
* e-Culture;
* e-Science;
* e-Government;
* e-Health;
* e-Business,
* e-Entertainment;
* e-Inclusion.

The WSA in South Africa is the first competition of its kind in the country
emphasizing the importance of content in bridging the digital divide. The
main aim and purpose of organizing this competition is to recognise,
encourage and further disseminate South Africa's best e-Content practices
and products.

The evaluation criteria will be based on the following key issues:

* the quality and comprehensiveness of content;
* ease of use;
* functionality, navigation and orientation;
* value added through interactivity and multimedia;
* attractiveness of design;
* quality of craftsmanship;
* strategic importance to the millennium development goals (MDGs) and WSIS.

For more information on WSA rules and evaluation criteria, please visit -
www.wsis-award.org

SANGONeT is coordinating the South African WSA process and will involve
various online content experts in reviewing the nominations.

The South African winners in each category will be entered in the
international competition.

The international winners will be announced at the WSA Gala, taking place in
Tunis, Tunisia, on 16 November 2005, during the Second Phase of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

To participate, please complete and submit the Entry Form which is available
on the SANGONeT website - www.sangonet.org.za.

The closing date for South African nominations is Tuesday, 26 July 2005.


_______________________________________
WSIS mailing list
WSIS@lists.sn.apc.org
http://lists.sn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis

From sbuckley at gn.apc.org  Mon Jul 18 15:34:42 2005
From: sbuckley at gn.apc.org (Steve Buckley)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UK civil society WSIS communique
Message-ID: <4.3.1.20050718153231.012b5e78@pop.gn.apc.org>

The British Council has issued a communique to the UK government 
summarising the key messages of a UK civil society consultative conference 
on the WSIS.

The full text is below and online at: 
<http://www.britishcouncil.org/wsis.htm>http://www.britishcouncil.org/wsis.htm

Steve Buckley



Executive summary:
WSIS UK Participation Day 24 May 2005
?UK Civil Society speaks?

We have grouped together the key messages from the British Council 
facilitated event for your consideration.  The one day event brought 
together 88 Civil Society representatives from Government, Academia, Media, 
Business and NGOs, to discuss thematic approaches to the UK?s involvement 
in WSIS.  The Manchester based event attracted a diverse group of delegates 
with a focussed approach, leading to consensus on the following points:

Freedom of Expression and Information Societies:
?       WSIS II must reinforce and seek full implementation of 
internationally recognised guarantees on the right to freedom of expression 
and access to information. The Tunisian government as host country should 
set an example, by introducing improvements in civil rights and freedom of 
expression.
?       UK is seen as an international leader in the Information Society 
and therefore will have experiences which others may find valuable

Media Diversity and Information Societies:
?       The media is an essential tool in promoting good governance and 
citizenship.  Governments should take particular account of the importance 
of community media and other grass-root activities to drive creation of an 
inclusive information society
?       Government investment should drive sustainable business models, 
which join up mainstream business drivers of government, industry and civil 
society

Democratic decision making and Information Societies:
?       Civil society groups have played a valuable role in highlighting 
the social impact of the Internet and its governance.  Sections of civil 
society have experience of the various funding and governance approaches 
for activities involving ICTs. These have led to innovative and effective 
developments helping towards poverty eradication, enabling change, 
promoting citizenship and gender empowerment
?       It is important that the UK delegation actively seeks to draw on 
existing expertise and encourage direct peer-to-peer outreach and 
communications within civil society, for both a sustainable and innovative 
model of Information Society

Recommendations for future consultation

For UK Civil Society to be more effective in the consultation process with 
UK government, we have the following suggestions:
?       Invitations for future consultations to be made earlier for a more 
meaningful input from Civil Society (e.g. WTO, WIPO and UNESCO)
?       Consultation at the initial planning phase will lead to real and 
widespread engagement on issues relating to communication and information
?       For example, this worked well with the Commission for Africa Report 
(released 11 March), which contained over 60 references, comments and 
recommendations related to information and communications. This highlighted 
the greater need for effective and consistent policies on these issues 
across the board.




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        Please note my new contact details:
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                          Steve Buckley
  15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield S1 2BX - U.K.
              Email: sbuckley@gn.apc.org
                    Tel: +44 114 220 1426
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             Community Media Solutions
                       www.cmso.co.uk
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Mon Jul 18 16:28:23 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events requests - 25 july 2005
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Jul 18 16:42:02 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
Message-ID: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm

A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed  
to reach a decision.
The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance  
that range from no change to complete overhaul.
The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference  
due to take place in November.

The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer  
of the net's core administrative body.

[snipped]

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




From hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net  Mon Jul 18 17:42:57 2005
From: hiroshikawamura at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events requests - 25 july 2005
Message-ID: <09f701c58bb8$38734950$020ba8c0@T42hkawa>

Dear All:

Since the "Thematic list of CS side events in Tunis" currently available on 
the web does not reflect the submission of merged proposals yet, I would 
like to share the attached information on the "2nd Global Forum on 
Disability in the Information Sciety" submitted on 14th July by DAISY 
Consortium and BASMA jointly on behalf of the WSIS Disability Caucus based 
on the decisions of the Disability Caucus during PrepCom2 in Geneva.
With this submission, events No.102 and 123 in the list are merged into one
to be held on 15th and 17th November in Tunis with 200 participants.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CS Disability Focal Point
hkawa@attglobal.net

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

Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society,



EVENT DESCRIPTION





The DAISY Consortium organized the first Global Forum on Disability in the 
Information Society as part of the parallel events of the first phase of the 
World Summit on the Information Society which was held in Geneva in december 
2003.

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society will be held 
in Tunis in 16-18 November 2005 and  will be an excellent opportunity to 
raise awareness on the fact that people with disabilities will get best 
benefit from ICT just like other community members only if equal 
participation in ICT development from design stage through implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation is guaranteed.



This proposal seeks to have a joint venture composed by the DAISY Consortium 
and the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Handicap?s ?, 
organize the second Global forum on Disability in the Information Society, a 
part of the parallel events of the second phase of WSIS.



* This Forum proposal is submitted based on :

- The decision of the WSIS Civil Society Disability Caucus since the DAISY 
Consortium is serving as the Disability Focal Point.

- A strong will of the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des 
Handicap?s ? to contribute to all efforts to reduce the digital divide 
between Persons with disabilities and the General Public.



* The objectives of this Forum are to:

- Promote simultaneous accessibility to information and communications 
worldwide,

- Share the knowledge of best practices ICT for Persons with Disabilities 
and the General Public,



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society will be a 
two days forum with sessions relating to accessibility to Information and 
Communication Technology (ICT) from a global perspective.



* The forum will be organized as follows :

Day 1 (15 November 2005) : Panel 1,

Session 1 : Presentation of Best Practices of Assistive ICT and ICT for All
Session 2 : Thematic Session on Disaster Reduction/Preparedness for Persons 
with Disabilities and the General Public; the critical role of ICT 
development
Day 2 (17 November 2005) : Panel 2,

Session 1 : Global Panel of Persons with Disabilities on equal partnership 
for ICT Development for All to be conducted by the initiatives of 
International Disability Alliance (IDA)

Session 2 : Adoption of Resolution for the timeline, implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation of the WSIS Action Plan



* Two hundred participants including people with various disabilities.



* Requirements for the event is accessibility for both physical 
accessibility as well as

information and communications accessibility. The details of requirements 
will be given through the registration process.



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society is 
organized in collaboration with those concerned organizations including :

-        International Disability Alliance

-        R?seau des Associations des  Personnes Handicap?es en Tunisie 
(RAPHT).

-        ITU / BDT

-        Workability Europe/International

-        GLADNET





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza" <wsis@iprolink.ch>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events 
requests - 25 july 2005




Dear all,



We received the confirmation today from the WSIS Executive Secretariat that
the deadline for announcing initiatives to merge side-events has been
extended until 25 July. In this regard, please find attached the latest
amended list of side events requests classified by thematic clusters.



Lastly, let me reiterate you that the Informal Open-ended Consultations on
Internet Governance (20 July 2005, 10.00-13.00), convened by Ambassador
Masood Khan, Chairman of the PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet
Governance, is open to all stakeholders, including Civil Society
representatives. Badge request form:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.pdf

Regards,

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FYI

> Info CIPACO (IPAO/PIWA)  -- 06/07-2005
> -------------------------------------
>
> In  English <#english> (below) and French: please check both versions 
> for more information
> En anglais et en fran?ais. Veuillez consulter les deux versions pour 
> plus d'information.
>
>
> ***********************************************************************
> FRANCAIS
> ***********************************************************************
>
> SOMMAIRE :
>
> Agenda
> Nouvelles
> Biblioth?que
>
> Focus :
> Trois bourses pour participer ? un ?v?nement international sur les 
> politiques des TIC
>
> Activit?s du CIPACO
> Organisation d'un d?bat ?lectronique bilingue sur les enjeux des 
> droits de la propri?t? intellectuelle pour l'Afrique dans la soci?t? 
> de l'information (par les projets CIPACO (IPAO) et CIPESA 
> (Bridges.org)). Du mercredi 20 juillet au dimanche 21 ao?t 2005.
>
> -----------------------------
> Cette lettre d'information mensuelle pr?sente une s?lection des mises 
> ? jour du site du projet CIPACO de l'Institut Panos Afrique de 
> l'Ouest, ainsi que l'actualit? du projet (voir ci-dessous). Le contenu 
> est organis? par langue pour faciliter la lecture car les informations 
> diff?rent d'une langue ? l'autre. En dehors des informations qu'il 
> h?berge, Cipaco.org constitue une passerelle donnant directement acc?s 
> ? un ensemble de sites d?di?s aux (politiques des) TIC, en particulier 
> en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre (Nig?ria, Mali, S?n?gal, Burkina 
> Faso, RD Congo, initiatives r?gionales, etc.).  Vous pourrez ?galement 
> d'un seul clic avoir acc?s aux calendriers et aux ressources des 
> principales initiatives/organisations internationales actives dans le 
> domaine (OMPI, OMC, ICANN, etc.).
>
>
> ----------------
> AGENDA
> ----------------
>
> ** Forum R?gional Africain des Collectivit?s Locales sur la Soci?t? de 
> l'Information **
> Dakar, S?n?gal, du 13 au 15 juillet 2005. Il s'agit d'un ?v?nement 
> pr?paratoire au Deuxi?me Sommet des Villes et des Pouvoirs Locaux sur 
> la Soci?t? de l'Information (Sommet de Bilbao 2005).
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=296
>
> ** IEARN Dakar 2005 **
> 17 au 24 juillet, 2005, Dakar (S?n?gal). Il s'agit ?galement de la 
> 12?me conf?rence des enseignants et du
> 9?me sommet des jeunes du r?seau IEARN qui oeuvre pour le renforcement 
> de l'?ducation par les TIC. Th?me : "Populations, probl?matiques de 
> l'?ducation et TIC"
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=277
>
> ** Second s?minaire SEMAFORAD : "L'usage des TIC pour l'enseignement, 
> la formation et l'apprentissage - retour d'exp?riences" **
> 12, 13 et 14 novembre 2005, Alg?rie.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=167
>
> ** Conf?rence mondiale sur le d?veloppement des t?l?communications **
> Du 7-15 mars 2006 (Doha, Qatar). Organis?e par l'Union Internationale 
> des T?l?communications.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=255
>
> **Consulter les autres ?v?nements de notre agenda** : 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3&lang=fr 
> <http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3&lang=fr>
>
>
> -------------------
> NOUVELLES
> -------------------
>
> ** Appel ? candidature : formation sur les enjeux des NTIC **
> L'Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (IPAO) propose, du 25 au 28 
> juillet, un atelier de formation sur le th?me des "enjeux des NTIC". 
> Gratuit, cet atelier est ouvert aux journalistes de presse ?crite du 
> S?n?gal. La date de d?p?t des dossiers de candidatures est fix?e au 15 
> juillet. D'autres ateliers sont organis?s au B?nin, au Togo, au Mali, 
> au Niger et au Burkina Faso.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=301
>
> ** Accord-cadre Gouvernement/Microsoft : Un accord ? risque pour le 
> Burkina Faso ? **
> La semaine nationale de l'Internet et des TIC a ?t? l'occasion pour le 
> gouvernement burkinab? de signer un accord-cadre pour certains 
> minist?res avec la soci?t? am?ricaine Microsoft. Cet accord, loin 
> d'?tre une opportunit?, semble ?tre un choix ? risque pour le Burkina 
> Faso quand on sait qu'il y a une alternative ? cet accord. Alors 
> quelle est la motivation r?elle qui a pr?valu ? la signature d'un tel 
> partenariat ?
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=294
>
> ** Cr?ation de l'autorit? de r?gulation multisectorielle de la Gambie **
> L'organe de r?gulation multisectorielle (PURA : Public Utilities 
> Regulatory Authority) que la Gambie vient de mettre en place 
> s'occupera des T?l?communications, de l'Energie, de l'Eau.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=293
>
> ** Le Parlement europ?en rejette d?finitivement la directive relative 
> ? la possibilit? de breveter des logiciels **
> Il n'y aura pas de l?gislation sur la brevetabilit? des inventions par 
> ordinateurs. Le Parlement europ?en a rejet? mercredi ? une tr?s large 
> majorit? : 646 voix pour, 14 contre et 18 abstentions, la proposition 
> de directive concernant la brevetabilit? des logiciels, mettant fin ? 
> trois ann?es de d?bat passionn?.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=299&lang=fr
>
> ** SMSI - PrepCom 3 : Bourses disponibles pour les participants des 
> pays les moins avanc?s **
> Un certain nombre de bourses seront disponibles pour les repr?sentants 
> des pays en voie de d?veloppement et les repr?sentants de la soci?t? 
> civile. D?lai : 05 Ao?t 2005 - Ev?nement organis? du 19 au 29 
> septembre 2005.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=292
> ****
>
> **
> Consulter les autres nouvelles ici** : 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1&lang=fr 
> <http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1&lang=fr>
>
>
>  --------------------
> BIBLIOTHEQUE
> --------------------
>
> ** Participation africaine au SMSI : document de travail **
> Par : David Souter; Association for Progressive Communication (APC)
> Il s'agit d'une traduction en fran?ais d'un rapport sur la 
> participation africaine ? la premi?re phase du Sommet mondial sur la 
> Soci?t? de l'information. L'original en anglais fait autorit?. "Ce 
> document pr?sente un aper?u de la participation des pays africains ? 
> la premi?re phase du SMSI (Sommet de Gen?ve qui s'est tenu en d?cembre 
> 2003....."
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=201&lang=fr
>
> ** Recommandation sur la promotion et l'usage du multilinguisme et 
> l'acc?s universel au cyberespace **
> Par : UNESCO (Conf?rence G?n?rale)
> "La Conf?rence g?n?rale (...) Rappelant qu'il est affirm? dans le 
> Pr?ambule de l'Acte constitutif de l'UNESCO que "la dignit? de l'homme 
> exigeant la diffusion de la culture et l'?ducation de tous en vue de 
> la justice, de la libert? et de la paix, il y a l?, pour toutes les 
> nations, des devoirs sacr?s ? remplir dans un esprit de mutuelle 
> assistance"...Convaincue que le d?veloppement des nouvelles 
> technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC) offre des 
> possibilit?s d'am?liorer la libre circulation des id?es par le mot et 
> par l'image, mais rend aussi plus probl?matique la participation de 
> tous ? la soci?t? mondiale de l'information...
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=198&lang=fr
>
> ** Compte-rendu de la PrepCom-2 de la 2?me phase du SMSI **
> Par : Jean-Louis Fullsack/Association CSDPTT
> "Le 2?me Comit? pr?paratoire (PrepCom-2) de la deuxi?me phase du SMSI 
> vient de se d?rouler du 15 au 26 f?vrier ? Gen?ve. Il a rassembl? 
> quelques 700 d?l?gu?s des 160 Etats repr?sent?s et des organisations 
> internationales et r?gionales ainsi que des repr?sentants du secteur 
> priv?, et environ 180 membres de la Soci?t? civile. .."
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=196&lang=fr
>
>
> **Consulter d'autres documents de notre biblioth?que ici :** 
> http://www.cipaco.org/documents.php?lang=fr
>
>
> ------------------
> FOCUS :  
> -----------------
> ** Trois bourses pour participer ? un ?v?nement international sur les 
> politiques des TIC **
> L'Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest, dans le cadre de son projet 
> CIPACO (Centre sur les Politiques Internationales des TIC - Afrique 
> Centrale et de l'Ouest), met ? la disposition de trois ressortissants 
> de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre, une bourse de participation ? un 
> ?v?nement international portant sur les politiques des TIC.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=290
>
> ---------------------------------
> ACTIVITES DU CIPACO   :
> ---------------------------------
>
> Enjeux de la propri?t? intellectuelle pour l'Afrique dans la soci?t? 
> de l'information
> 20 juillet - 21 ao?t 2005
>
> Le projet CIPACO (de l'Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest) et le CIPESA 
> (de Bridges.org) organisent un d?bat ?lectronique bilingue sur les 
> enjeux de la propri?t? intellectuelle pour l'Afrique dans la soci?t? 
> de l'information. 
>
> Ce d?bat a pour objectif de sensibiliser les diff?rents acteurs 
> (soci?t? civile, secteur priv?, institutions publiques, etc.), de les 
> informer sur les trait?s juridiques internationaux du domaine et leurs 
> enjeux (ADPIC, "Trait?s Internet" de l'OMPI, etc.) et de favoriser les 
> ?changes et la collaboration sur ces probl?matiques en Afrique. Les 
> alternatives aux aspects pr?judiciables des instruments juridiques 
> internationaux actuels et au durcissement de la protection de la 
> propri?t? intellectuelle dans l'?re num?rique (creatives commons, 
> logiciels libres, acc?s libre ? l'information...) seront examin?s.  Un 
> document de synth?se comportant des recommandations sera r?alis? sur 
> la base de ces discussions. Un sous-th?me sera discut? par semaine. 
> Les contributions  pourront ?tre faites en fran?ais ou en anglais et 
> une traduction sera assur?e.
>
> Des experts de diff?rentes organisations internationales telles le 
> Consumer Project on Technology (http://www.cptech.org) et l'Electronic 
> Frontier Foundation (http://www.eff.or) participeront ? la mod?ration 
> du d?bat.
>
> Site du d?bat :
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=34
>
> Dates:
> La d?bat aura lieu du mercredi 20 juillet au dimanche 21 ao?t 2005
>
> Th?mes:
> Semaine 1: (20 - 26 juillet): Introduction g?n?rale sur la 
> probl?matique : conception traditionnelle des droits de la propri?t? 
> intellectuelle, enjeux pour les pays en d?veloppement, arguments en 
> faveur et en d?faveur du renforcement de la protection de la propri?t? 
> intellectuelle ? l'?re de la soci?t? de l'information.
>
> Semaine 2 (27 juillet - 2 ao?t): Instruments internationaux li?s aux 
> droits de la propri?t? intellectuelle  : enjeux pour l'Afrique ? l'?re 
> de l'information. Discussions sur les trait?s internationaux, en 
> particulier l'ADPIC (TRIPs, TRIPs+) de l'OMC, les Tait?s Internet de 
> l'OMPI, etc.
>
> Semaine 3 (3 - 9 ao?t) : Enjeux sectoriels
> Logiciels libres; gestion num?rique des droits (DRM); acc?s aux 
> mat?riels ?ducatifs; protection des contenus locaux et du savoir 
> traditionnel, ad?quation et utilisation des droits de la propri?t? 
> intellectuelle pour les industries audio-visuelles, etc.
>
> Semaine 4 (10 - 16 ao?t): Alternatives aux r?gimes actuels des droits 
> de la propri?t? intellectuelles
> Copyleft;  Creative Commons, acc?s libre ? l'information, Agenda de 
> d?veloppement de l'OMPI, d?claration de Gen?ve, impacts des 
> infractions de la propri?t? intellectuelle
>
> Semaine 5 (17 - 21 ao?t): Conclusions, recommandations
> Echanges sur les strat?gies r?gionales et nationales ? mettre en 
> oeuvre par les diff?rents acteurs.
>
> Groupes cibles:
> Le d?bat est ouvert ? toute personne physique ou morale int?ress?e par 
> ces sujets : d?cideurs politiques, universitaires, secteur priv?, 
> acteurs du secteur audiovisuel, juristes, sp?cialistes des politiques 
> des NTIC, etc. Les personnes ressources ayant une expertise sur le 
> sujet sont ?galement invit?es. Il est recommand? aux participants de 
> consulter les documents de r?f?rence fournis sur la plateforme du 
> d?bat afin de mieux s'y pr?parer.
>
> Discussion bilingue (fran?ais - anglais)
> Afin d'encourager la collaboration r?gionale et l'?change 
> d'exp?riences au-del? des espaces linguistiques, les d?bats auront 
> lieu simultan?ment en fran?ais et an anglais. Une traduction sera 
> assur?e :
> - traduction ou synth?se des messages "importants" une fois par jour.
> - des liens vers des outils de traduction automatique seront fournis 
> afin de faciliter l'intercompr?hension et pour inciter les 
> participants qui le peuvent ? envoyer leurs contributions dans les 
> deux langues.
>
> Facilitateurs
> Les diff?rents th?mes seront introduits par des messages de lancement. 
> Des experts participeront au d?bat et apporteront aux participants des 
> r?ponses ? leurs pr?occupations. La discussion est en particulier 
> organis?e en collaboration avec le Consumer Project on Technology 
> (www.cptech.org) et l'Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org).
>
> Documents de r?f?rence:
> Une liste de documents de r?f?rence sera fournie sur la plateforme 
> ?lectronique du d?bat, avant et pendant sa tenue.
>
> Inscription:
> Pour s'abonner et participer aux discussions, aller sur 
> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=74, ou envoyer un email 
> ? Ken Lohento klohento@panos-ao.org (ressortissants de l'Afrique de 
> l'Ouest ou de l'Afrique Centrale) et ? Anthony Mugeere 
> anthony@bridges.org (ressortissants de l'Afrique de l'Est et de 
> l'Afrique Australe). Les ressortissants de l'Afrique du Nord sont 
> invit?s ? s'abonner par l'un ou l'autre de ces proc?d?s. Idem pour les 
> participants des autres continents.
>
> Synth?se finale
> Une synth?se finale sera produite en fran?ais et en anglais ? la fin 
> des d?bats.
>
> Pour plus d'information, voir 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=34
>
>
> --------------------------------
> Le CIPACO est mis en place par l'Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest 
> (IPAO) http://www.panos-ao.org, une organisation non gouvernementale 
> africaine dont l'objectif est de promouvoir une culture de la 
> d?mocratie, de la citoyennet? et de la paix, ? travers l'information 
> et la communication. Il a ?t? initi? dans le cadre du Programme 
> international CATIA http://www.catia.ws/?SITE_LANG=fr et a pour but de 
> renforcer les capacit?s des acteurs en Afrique de l'Ouest et du 
> Centre, pour une meilleure participation ? la prise de d?cision 
> internationale en mati?re de TIC. Une initiative partenaire couvrant 
> l'Afrique de l'Est et l'Afrique Australe a ?t? ?galement mis en place 
> dans le cadre du programme CATIA : www.cipesa.org. Le CIPACO s'ins?re 
> dans le Programme NTIC de l'IPAO. Pour plus d'information, consultez 
> notre site www.cipaco.org.
>
>  
> Contact  - Envoyez-nous vos informations:  Ken Lohento, contact@cipaco.org
>
> Pour s'abonner, envoyez-nous un email  ou aller sur : 
> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=15&lang=
> Pour se d?sabonner, envoyez-nous un email  ou aller sur 
> http://mailman.cipaco.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newsletter
>
>  
>
> *************************************************************************** 
>
> ENGLISH
> ***************************************************************************
>
> **
>
> CONTENTS:
>
> Calendar
> News Updates
> Library
>
> Focus:
> Three Grants to Take Part in an International Event on ICT Policies
>
> CIPACO's activities:
> Email discussion on "Intellectual property rights: issues for Africa 
> in the information society". 20 July - 21 August 2005. By the CIPACO 
> (PIWA) and CIPESA (Bridges.org) projects.
>
>
> -----------------------
> This monthly newsletter presents a selection of the updates on the 
> website of CIPACO, a project of the Panos Institute West Africa (see 
> below) and provides updated news about the project. Information is 
> organized in two-language sections in order to facilitate reading 
> since the information items differ from one language to the other. 
> Apart from information hosted, the CIPACO website functions like a 
> bridge to websites dedicated to ICT policies, especially in West and 
> Central Africa (Mali, Senegal, DR Congo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, 
> regional initiatives, etc.). It also gives you a one-click access to 
> the calendar and resources of the main international 
> initiatives/organisations in the domain (WIPO, WTO, ICANN, etc.).
>
>
> -----------------------
> CALENDAR
> -----------------------
> ** Conference on Bridging the Digital and Scientific Divides : Forging 
> Partnerships with the Nigerian Diaspora **
> 27 and 28 July, 2005, Nigeria. This conference "...is the first major 
> effort to lay the groundwork for concrete and sustained interaction 
> between Nigeria and its Diasporans, facilitate the establishment of 
> networks and partnerships between the Nigerian Diaspora and their 
> counterparts at home for the benefit of the country and its people".
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=278&lang=en
>
> ** Cameroon to host major commonwealth forum on ICT **
> 5 - 9 September 2005, Yaounde, Cameroon. The CTO Forum 2005 is 
> expected to attract manufacturers, operators and services providers in 
> the region and beyond, with its high-level conference and exhibition.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=119&lang=en
>
> ** AITEC 2005 : Invitation to the 9th annual international conference **
> 21-23 September 2005, LA PALM Beach Hotel, Accra, (Ghana) Theme : 
> Business Process Re-engineering with ICT.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=204&lang=en
>
> ** SatCom Africa 2006 **
> 20 - 24 February 2006, Johannesburg (South Africa).
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=139&lang=en
>
> ** 15th World Congress on Information Technology **
> 1 - 5 May 2006, Austin (USA). WCIT brings together global leaders from 
> business, government and academia to impact economic and social 
> development through the exchange of policies, ideas and technology.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=62&lang=en
>
>
> *More events* : 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3&lang=en 
> <http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3&lang=en>
>
> -----------------
> NEWS
> -----------------
> ** WSIS - PrepCom 3: Fellowships for LDC participants representatives **
> A limited number of fellowships will be available to government 
> representatives from developing countries as well as for 
> representatives from civil society. Deadline: 5 August 2005 - Event 
> organized from 19 to 29 Septembre 2005.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=292&lang=en
>
> ** Casablanca Statement on ICT Localisation in Africa**
> The PanAfrican Localisation workshop held in Casablanca, June 13-15, 
> brought together localisation experts and representatives of 
> localisation projects from various countries in Africa and some 
> beyond. We considered the state of localisation on the continent, key 
> issues, and ideas for facilitating and advancing localisation efforts. 
> The meeting also produced a brief declaration.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=289&lang=en
>
> ** Liberia: Sherman Calls for Duty Free On Computer **
> Presidential Aspirant Cllr. H. Varney G. Sherman has called for duty 
> free on computer which he says is key to the development of a country. 
> [He] said that duty free on computer would make it cheaper and 
> affordable for every Liberian to have asses to it.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=284&lang=en
>
> ** The US to maintain control on Internet **
> U.S. Principles on the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System. 
> (Title of a statement delivered on 30/06/2005 by the US Assistant 
> Secretary of Commerce Michael Gallagher)
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=300&lang=en
>
> ** No software patents in Europe **
> After years of struggle, the European Parliament finally rejected the 
> software patent directive with 648 of 680 votes : A strong signal 
> against patents on software logic, a sign of lost faith in the 
> European Union and a clear request for the European Patent Office 
> (EPO) to change its policy: the EPO must stop issuing software patents 
> today.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=297&lang=en
>
>
> **More news:** 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1&lang=en 
> <http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=1&lang=en>
>
> ------------------
> LIBRARY
> ------------------
> ** African Debate on Internet Governance: Summary of discussions **
> By: UN Economic Commission for Africa
> "The debate on Internet Governance was launched on 7 May 2005 by the 
> Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) upon request from the Chairperson 
> of the African Ministerial Committee on ICT, H.E. Hon. A. Kan-Dapaah, 
> Minister of Communication of Ghana. It run for 3 weeks in several 
> African lists composed of 544 subscribers moderated by ECA staff and 
> the African members of the WGIG. The debate took into account the 
> African Position adopted by the African Regional Conference for the 
> WSIS held in Ghana from 2-4 February 2005
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=202&lang=en
>
> ** Synthesis of the e-discussion on the development of local traffic 
> in West and Central Africa and beyond **
> By: list contributors and PIWA
> This bilingual e-debate was organized under the CIPACO project of the 
> Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA www.panos-ao.org) in collaboration 
> with AfriSPA. It is the first in a series of debates and its aim is to 
> help reduce ICT costs within the two regions, with the development of 
> local traffic and the reduction of international costs.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=200&lang=en
>
> ** Universal Service and Access in Cameroon: Assessment of the Policy 
> Environment and Lessons from Senegal and Cote d'Ivoire **
> by: Aboubakar HAMAN
> "This project assesses universal service policies in Cameroon and 
> suggests some lessons from the experience of two sub-Saharan countries 
> and from the calculations made on a cost model with the intention to 
> identify policy options aiming at minimizing the net cost of universal 
> service provision.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=199&lang=en
>
> ** Recommendation concerning the promotion and use of multilingualism 
> and universal access to cyberspace **
> By: UNESCO (General Conference)
> "The General Conference (...) Recognizing the "central and important 
> role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 
> Organization in the field of information and communication and in the 
> implementation of
> the relevant decisions in this area adopted by the General Conference 
> of that Organization and of the relevant parts of the Assembly 
> resolutions on the subject"..Convinced that the development of new 
> information and communication technologies (ICTs) provides 
> opportunities to improve the free flow of ideas by word and image but 
> also presents challenges for ensuring the participation of all in the 
> global information society...
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/document.php?num_doc=197&lang=en
>
>  **More documents:** http://www.cipaco.org/documents.php?lang=en
>
>
>
> ----------------------
> FOCUS
> ----------------------
> **Three Grants to Take Part in an International Event on ICT Policies **
> The Panos Institute West Africa, within the framework of its CIPACO 
> project (Centre for international ICT policies - West and Central 
> Africa), is offering a grant to three nationals from West or Central 
> Africa, to take part in an international event concerning ICT 
> policies. The grant will allow the beneficiary to contribute to this 
> event and/or to strengthen his/her abilities regarding issues on ICT 
> policies of priority in Africa.
> -> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=290&lang=en
>
>
>  
> -----------------------
> CIPACO'S ACTIVITIES
> ----------------------
>
> E-debate on "Intellectual property rights: issues for Africa in the 
> information society". 20 July - 21 August 2005. By the CIPACO (PIWA) 
> and CIPESA (Bridges.org) projects.
>
> The goal of this four-week long email discussion is to raise awareness 
> of critical issues around intellectual property rights (IPR) for 
> Africa, to provide an overview of the existing legal processes and 
> tools, to discuss alternatives to the current situation, and to 
> facilitate exchange and collaboration between individuals and 
> organisations working in this field. Based on the discussion, a short 
> summary report -- including a number of recommended activities -- will 
> be prepared.
>
> The discussion is a joint project of the Center for International ICT 
> Policy for West and Central Africa (CIPACO, supported by Panos 
> Institute West Africa Project) and the Collaboration for International 
> ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA, a programme of 
> bridges.org). CIPACO and CIPESA are supported by the Catalysing Access 
> to ICT in Africa (CATIA) Initiative of the UK Department for 
> International Development.
>
> The discussion is conducted with expert co-moderators from a range of 
> organisations, including the Consumer Project on Technology and the 
> Electronic Frontier Foundation.
>
>
> The discussion will be hosted at: 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=34&lang=en
>
> Dates:
> The discussion will run from Wednesday 20 July - Sunday 21 August 2005
>
> Topics:
> Week 1 (20 - 26 July): General overview -- what is at stake for Africa?
> General overview of IPR in the information society; the traditional 
> role of copyright and patents; issues in developing countries; pros 
> and cons of IPR enforcement for developing countries.
>
> Week 2 (27 July - 2 August): International IPR mechanisms
> Introduction and discussion of existing legal instruments and relevant 
> organisations, including WTO TRIPS, TRIPS Plus, WIPO Internet 
> Treaties, Free Trade Agreements that include IPR, etc.
>
> Week 3 (3 - 9 August): Applications of IPR in Africa
> Free/Open Source Software; digital rights management (DRM); learning 
> materials; protection of local content and indigenous knowledge; 
> relevance and use of IPR laws for local creative industries, etc.
>
> Week 4 (10 - 16 August): Alternatives to the existing IPR regimes
> Copyleft -- turning copyright upside down; Creative Commons and other 
> open access initiatives; WIPO development agenda and Geneva 
> Declaration; the impact of IPR infringement.
>
> Week 5 (17 - 21 August): Wrap up, conclusions and recommendations
> Discussion of what action can be taken with regard to national, 
> regional and international IPR policy.
>
>
> Target group:
> A wide range of individuals and organisations is encouraged to 
> contribute to the discussions, including: policy-makers and their 
> advisors, academics, private sector representatives from entertainment 
> and creative industries, artists, journalists, lawyers, and the 
> general public interested in IPR issues in Africa.
>
>
> Participants are encouraged to use the recommended reading list (that 
> will be provided online) to achieve a basic understanding of IPR prior 
> to the discussion. No other preparation is necessary.
>
> Discussion in French and English
> To encourage collaboration and exchange across language and regional 
> boundaries in Africa, the discussion will be conducted in French and 
> English simultaneously:
> * Translations or summaries of "important" mails would be provided on 
> a 24 h basis
> * Links to tools for automatic translation will be provided to enable 
> participants to post in both languages.
>
> Moderators / Faciliators
> The different topics and themes will be introduced by moderators who 
> will also facilitate the discussion. In addition, international 
> experts on specific topics will contribute specifically to their areas 
> of expertise. The discussion is also organized in partnership with the 
> Consumer Project on Technology (www.cptech.org) and with the support 
> of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org).
>
> Background resources
> A list of background reading and other resources relevant in the 
> context of IPR in Africa will be provided prior to the start of the 
> discussions. Additional documents will be added throughout the 
> discussion as needed.
>
> Subscribing
> To subscribe, please visit 
> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=74&lang=en, or send an 
> email to Ken Lohento klohento@panos-ao.org (West and Central African 
> participants) or to Anthony Mugeere Anthony@bridges.org (East and 
> Southern African participants). Participants from Northern Africa are 
> requested to use one of these methods to subscribe. The same for other 
> participants.
>
> Final synthesis
> A final synthesis will be provided at the end of the debate in both 
> English and French.
>
> For more information: 
> http://www.cipaco.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=34&lang=en
>
> -----------------------------------
> CIPACO has been initiated by Panos Institute West Africa (PIWA) 
> http://www.panos-ao.org, in order to strengthen the capacity of 
> African stakeholders for a more effective participation in 
> international ICT decision-making processes. The project is inserted 
> in the ICT Programme of PIWA and is initially funded by the 
> international CATIA Programme http://www.catia.ws/?SITE_LANG=en. PIWA 
> is a regional West African NGO, of which aim is to promote Democracy, 
> Citizenship and Peace, through information and communication. CIPESA a 
> sister project, put in place within the same CATIA framework and 
> covers East and Southern Africa. For more information: www.cipesa.org. 
> For more information, please check our website www.cipaco.org
>
> Contact  - To send us an event:  Ken Lohento, contact@cipaco.org
>
> To subscribe, send us a email or go to: 
> http://www.cipaco.org/article.php3?id_article=15&lang=en
> To unsubscribe, send us an email or go to 
> http://mailman.cipaco.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newsletter 
>
> <http://www.panos-ao.org/> 

<http://www.panos-ao.org/> 

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From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:05 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOIEGGFEAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi,

>From the start, the English language press coverage of the WGIG process has
been almost uniformly awful and sometimes absolutely jaw-dropping.   This
stuff gets forwarded and reforwarded all the over the net and becomes memes
that impede productive dialogue.  One might have expected a little better
from the BBC, but I guess not.  The first sentence of the article is wrong
on both points, and things proceed from there.

Best,

Bill



> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 5:42 PM
> To: wsis-cs-plenary Plenary
> Cc: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
>
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
>
> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed
> to reach a decision.
> The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference
> due to take place in November.
>
> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> of the net's core administrative body.
>
> [snipped]
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>



From hkawa at rehab.go.jp  Mon Jul 18 17:08:07 2005
From: hkawa at rehab.go.jp (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events requests - 25 july 2005
References: <200507181532.j6IFWqdF001918@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <099c01c58bb2$e2edec10$020ba8c0@T42hkawa>

Dear All:

Since the "Thematic list of CS side events in Tunis" currently available on 
the web does not reflect the submission of merged proposals yet, I would 
like to share the attached information on the "2nd Global Forum on 
Disability in the Information Sciety" submitted on 14th July by DAISY 
Consortium and BASMA jointly on behalf of the WSIS Disability Caucus based 
on the decisions of the Disability Caucus during PrepCom2 in Geneva.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CS Disability Focal Point
hkawa@attglobal.net

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

Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society,



EVENT DESCRIPTION





The DAISY Consortium organized the first Global Forum on Disability in the 
Information Society as part of the parallel events of the first phase of the 
World Summit on the Information Society which was held in Geneva in december 
2003.

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society will be held 
in Tunis in 16-18 November 2005 and  will be an excellent opportunity to 
raise awareness on the fact that people with disabilities will get best 
benefit from ICT just like other community members only if equal 
participation in ICT development from design stage through implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation is guaranteed.



This proposal seeks to have a joint venture composed by the DAISY Consortium 
and the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Handicap?s ?, 
organize the second Global forum on Disability in the Information Society, a 
part of the parallel events of the second phase of WSIS.



* This Forum proposal is submitted based on :

- The decision of the WSIS Civil Society Disability Caucus since the DAISY 
Consortium is serving as the Disability Focal Point.

- A strong will of the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des 
Handicap?s ? to contribute to all efforts to reduce the digital divide 
between Persons with disabilities and the General Public.



* The objectives of this Forum are to:

- Promote simultaneous accessibility to information and communications 
worldwide,

- Share the knowledge of best practices ICT for Persons with Disabilities 
and the General Public,



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society will be a 
two days forum with sessions relating to accessibility to Information and 
Communication Technology (ICT) from a global perspective.



* The forum will be organized as follows :

Day 1 (15 November 2005) : Panel 1,

Session 1 : Presentation of Best Practices of Assistive ICT and ICT for All
Session 2 : Thematic Session on Disaster Reduction/Preparedness for Persons 
with Disabilities and the General Public; the critical role of ICT 
development
Day 2 (17 November 2005) : Panel 2,

Session 1 : Global Panel of Persons with Disabilities on equal partnership 
for ICT Development for All to be conducted by the initiatives of 
International Disability Alliance (IDA)

Session 2 : Adoption of Resolution for the timeline, implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation of the WSIS Action Plan



* Two hundred participants including people with various disabilities.



* Requirements for the event is accessibility for both physical 
accessibility as well as

information and communications accessibility. The details of requirements 
will be given through the registration process.



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society is 
organized in collaboration with those concerned organizations including :

-        International Disability Alliance

-        R?seau des Associations des  Personnes Handicap?es en Tunisie 
(RAPHT).

-        ITU / BDT

-        Workability Europe/International

-        GLADNET





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza" <wsis@iprolink.ch>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events 
requests - 25 july 2005




Dear all,



We received the confirmation today from the WSIS Executive Secretariat that
the deadline for announcing initiatives to merge side-events has been
extended until 25 July. In this regard, please find attached the latest
amended list of side events requests classified by thematic clusters.



Lastly, let me reiterate you that the Informal Open-ended Consultations on
Internet Governance (20 July 2005, 10.00-13.00), convened by Ambassador
Masood Khan, Chairman of the PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet
Governance, is open to all stakeholders, including Civil Society
representatives. Badge request form:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.pdf



Regards,







Alejandra Mendoza Le?n

CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat

11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org



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From hkawa at attglobal.net  Mon Jul 18 17:27:50 2005
From: hkawa at attglobal.net (Hiroshi Kawamura)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events requests - 25 july 2005
References: <200507181532.j6IFWqdF001918@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <09c201c58bb5$a90c8a80$020ba8c0@T42hkawa>

Dear All:

Since the "Thematic list of CS side events in Tunis" currently available on 
the web does not reflect the submission of merged proposals yet, I would 
like to share the attached information on the "2nd Global Forum on 
Disability in the Information Sciety" submitted on 14th July by DAISY 
Consortium and BASMA jointly on behalf of the WSIS Disability Caucus based 
on the decisions of the Disability Caucus during PrepCom2 in Geneva.
With this submission, events No.102 and 123 in the list are merged into one 
to be held on 15th and 17th November in Tunis with 200 participants.

Best regards,

Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CS Disability Focal Point
hkawa@attglobal.net

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

Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society,



EVENT DESCRIPTION





The DAISY Consortium organized the first Global Forum on Disability in the 
Information Society as part of the parallel events of the first phase of the 
World Summit on the Information Society which was held in Geneva in december 
2003.

The second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society will be held 
in Tunis in 16-18 November 2005 and  will be an excellent opportunity to 
raise awareness on the fact that people with disabilities will get best 
benefit from ICT just like other community members only if equal 
participation in ICT development from design stage through implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation is guaranteed.



This proposal seeks to have a joint venture composed by the DAISY Consortium 
and the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des Handicap?s ?, 
organize the second Global forum on Disability in the Information Society, a 
part of the parallel events of the second phase of WSIS.



* This Forum proposal is submitted based on :

- The decision of the WSIS Civil Society Disability Caucus since the DAISY 
Consortium is serving as the Disability Focal Point.

- A strong will of the ? Association BASMA pour la Promotion de l'Emploi des 
Handicap?s ? to contribute to all efforts to reduce the digital divide 
between Persons with disabilities and the General Public.



* The objectives of this Forum are to:

- Promote simultaneous accessibility to information and communications 
worldwide,

- Share the knowledge of best practices ICT for Persons with Disabilities 
and the General Public,



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society will be a 
two days forum with sessions relating to accessibility to Information and 
Communication Technology (ICT) from a global perspective.



* The forum will be organized as follows :

Day 1 (15 November 2005) : Panel 1,

Session 1 : Presentation of Best Practices of Assistive ICT and ICT for All
Session 2 : Thematic Session on Disaster Reduction/Preparedness for Persons 
with Disabilities and the General Public; the critical role of ICT 
development
Day 2 (17 November 2005) : Panel 2,

Session 1 : Global Panel of Persons with Disabilities on equal partnership 
for ICT Development for All to be conducted by the initiatives of 
International Disability Alliance (IDA)

Session 2 : Adoption of Resolution for the timeline, implementation, 
monitoring and evaluation of the WSIS Action Plan



* Two hundred participants including people with various disabilities.



* Requirements for the event is accessibility for both physical 
accessibility as well as

information and communications accessibility. The details of requirements 
will be given through the registration process.



* The Second Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society is 
organized in collaboration with those concerned organizations including :

-        International Disability Alliance

-        R?seau des Associations des  Personnes Handicap?es en Tunisie 
(RAPHT).

-        ITU / BDT

-        Workability Europe/International

-        GLADNET





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza" <wsis@iprolink.ch>
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:28 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Extended deadline for merging side events 
requests - 25 july 2005




Dear all,



We received the confirmation today from the WSIS Executive Secretariat that
the deadline for announcing initiatives to merge side-events has been
extended until 25 July. In this regard, please find attached the latest
amended list of side events requests classified by thematic clusters.



Lastly, let me reiterate you that the Informal Open-ended Consultations on
Internet Governance (20 July 2005, 10.00-13.00), convened by Ambassador
Masood Khan, Chairman of the PrepCom-3 Sub-Committee A on Internet
Governance, is open to all stakeholders, including Civil Society
representatives. Badge request form:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/consultations/20july/badge-request.pdf



Regards,







Alejandra Mendoza Le?n

CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat

11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:hhumanrights@hyprolink.ch> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org





From jacqueline.morris at gmail.com  Tue Jul 19 00:10:33 2005
From: jacqueline.morris at gmail.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <131293a2050718161038a2d595@mail.gmail.com>

Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I
misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
Jacqueline Morris

On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
> 
> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed
> to reach a decision.
> The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference
> due to take place in November.
> 
> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> of the net's core administrative body.
> 
> [snipped]
> 
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


-- 
______________________
Jacqueline Morris
www.carnivalondenet.com
T&T Music and videos online

From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Tue Jul 19 15:32:39 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <131293a2050718161038a2d595@mail.gmail.com>
References: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>
	 <131293a2050718161038a2d595@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <954259bd0507190732614b998a@mail.gmail.com>

 The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US battle.
 Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not devote 
attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the press to 
define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt they went to 
the simplistic presentation.
 I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the originality of 
the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a 
positive outcome.
 Bertrand

 On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. 
> Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
> 
> Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
> since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
> Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I
> misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
> meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
> Jacqueline Morris
> 
> On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
> people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
> >
> > A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed
> > to reach a decision.
> > The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> > that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> > The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference
> > due to take place in November.
> >
> > The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> > of the net's core administrative body.
> >
> > [snipped]
> >
> > --
> > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> 
> 
> --
> ______________________
> Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com <http://www.carnivalondenet.com>
> T&T Music and videos online
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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From: jacqueline.morris at gmail.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0507190732614b998a@mail.gmail.com>
References: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org>
	 <131293a2050718161038a2d595@mail.gmail.com>
	 <954259bd0507190732614b998a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <131293a2050719083932380f57@mail.gmail.com>

Bertrand
You are correct. How can we turn this around now? Or can we?
Jacqueline

On 7/19/05, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US battle.
>  
> Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not devote
> attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the press to
> define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt they went to
> the simplistic presentation. 
>  
> I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the originality of
> the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a
> positive outcome.
>  
> Bertrand
> 
>  
> On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people.
> Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
> > since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
> > Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I 
> > misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
> > meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
> > Jacqueline Morris
> > 
> > On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
> > >
> > > A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed 
> > > to reach a decision.
> > > The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> > > that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> > > The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference 
> > > due to take place in November.
> > >
> > > The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> > > of the net's core administrative body.
> > >
> > > [snipped]
> > >
> > > --
> > > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> > > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > ______________________
> > Jacqueline Morris
> > www.carnivalondenet.com
> > T&T Music and videos online 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary 
> > 
> 
> 


-- 
______________________
Jacqueline Morris
www.carnivalondenet.com
T&T Music and videos online

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Jul 19 18:33:46 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] A more effective press strategy...
In-Reply-To: <131293a2050719083932380f57@mail.gmail.com>
References: <70422C59-999F-4773-8C4E-B6A465500E8D@lists.privaterra.org> <131293a2050718161038a2d595@mail.gmail.com> <954259bd0507190732614b998a@mail.gmail.com> <131293a2050719083932380f57@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <C9C8C392-5E4D-4714-A5D5-1F624105D8DD@lists.privaterra.org>

Jacqueline:

I was going to reply to your earlier message on the governance list ,  
but - better if i replied here...

In regards to the press ,  well I too have been quite disappointed in  
regards to how CS @ WSIS engages the press.  Thought, careful  
planning - a strategy - needs to be developed. I've mentioned this  
numerous times @ CSB and would be keen to work with you another  
others to make sure, at least for PC 3, there's a more effective  
engagement of the press.

As for possible steps - i'd recommend

1. the creation of an ad-hoc press committee. One that works to  
identify media contacts as well as preparing CS speakers and - yes -  
coaching them - on how to effectively speak to the press.

2. start planning for prepcom 3. There is a press conference at the  
start at the event, and one at the end. let's start to develop who  
and what we'd like to say - now , and not hours before the news  
conference is about to start.

regards

Robert


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




On 19-Jul-05, at 11:39 AM, Jacqueline Morris wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> Bertrand
> You are correct. How can we turn this around now? Or can we?
> Jacqueline
>
> On 7/19/05, Bertrand de La Chapelle <bdelachapelle@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US  
>> battle.
>>
>> Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not  
>> devote
>> attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the  
>> press to
>> define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt  
>> they went to
>> the simplistic presentation.
>>
>> I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the  
>> originality of
>> the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a
>> positive outcome.
>>
>> Bertrand
>>
>>
>> On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>>> entire list.
>>>
>> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for  
>> specific people.
>> Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
>>
>>> _______________________________________
>>>
>>> Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
>>> since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
>>> Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I
>>> misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
>>> meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
>>> Jacqueline Morris
>>>
>>> On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
>>>> entire
>>>>
>> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for  
>> specific
>> people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
>>
>>>> _______________________________________
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
>>>>
>>>> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has  
>>>> failed
>>>> to reach a decision.
>>>> The group's report suggests four possible futures for net  
>>>> governance
>>>> that range from no change to complete overhaul.
>>>> The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society  
>>>> conference
>>>> due to take place in November.
>>>>
>>>> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as  
>>>> overseer
>>>> of the net's core administrative body.
>>>>
>>>> [snipped]
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>>>> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Plenary mailing list
>>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> ______________________
>>> Jacqueline Morris
>>> www.carnivalondenet.com
>>> T&T Music and videos online
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Plenary mailing list
>>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> ______________________
> Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com
> T&T Music and videos online
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Tue Jul 19 20:09:16 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
Message-ID: <29579443.1121800156339.JavaMail.www@wwinf0202>

Dear Bertrand
I want you just to tell us your understanding about this "positive outcome". 
I wonder if a large part of the CS considers the WGIG outcomes as really positive, at least at its current state.
BTW : I'll attend the WGIG "open meeting" scheduled to-morrow morning at Palais des Nations and hope to see you.
Friendly
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT.
 




> Message du 19/07/05 16:34
> De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
> 
> 
The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US battle.

Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not devote attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the press to define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt they went to the simplistic presentation. 

I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the originality of the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a positive outcome.

Bertrand
> 
>  
On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> _______________________________________
> 
> Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
> since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
> Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I 
> misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
> meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
> Jacqueline Morris
> 
> On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
> >
> > A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed 
> > to reach a decision.
> > The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> > that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> > The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference 
> > due to take place in November.
> >
> > The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
> > of the net's core administrative body.
> >
> > [snipped]
> >
> > --
> > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> >
> > 
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> 
> 
> --
> ______________________
> Jacqueline Morris
> www.carnivalondenet.com
> T&T Music and videos online 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary 
> 

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From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Wed Jul 20 11:43:51 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <29579443.1121800156339.JavaMail.www@wwinf0202>
References: <29579443.1121800156339.JavaMail.www@wwinf0202>
Message-ID: <954259bd050720034369a92630@mail.gmail.com>

Cher Jean-Louis, (english below)
 Il y a clairement des choses ? critiquer sur le fonctionnement ou les 
r?sultats du WGIG. 
 Personnellement, je vois au moins trois aspects :
- les m?canismes insuffisants de communication durant la phase de travail 
entre les membres ? l'int?rieur et ceux qui ?taient ? l'ext?rieur
- le caract?re pas assez it?ratif des r?dactions
- le manque de pr?cision sur les roles et responsabilit?s des diff?rents 
acteurs. 
 Il y en a surement d'autres et je ne parle pas de la substance, seulement 
du process. Mais globalement, je persiste ? penser qu'? ce jour, le WGIG a 
?t?, au sein du WSIS, ce qui va le plus dans la direction de ce que l'on 
peut souhaiter :
- en temes de participation et de modalit?s de repr?sentation
- en termes de proc?dures de concertation et de m?thodes de travail 
- en termes de substance m?me
 Ce n'est pas assez, on est bien d'accord. Mais l'enjeu est de continuer 
dans cette direction et de pousser plus loin; pas de revenir sur les 
quelques avanc?es qui ont pu ?tre obtenues. Les gouvernements qui ne veulent 
pas de la soci?t? civile s'en chargeront tout seuls...
 Je dirai cela, le d?fendrai sans rel?che et sans h?sitation, jusqu'? ce que 
quelqu'un pr?sente des arguments convaincants sur le possible dommage que ce 
processus pourrait avoit apport? ? la soci?t? civile ou ? ses membres. Et je 
suis ouvert ? ce d?bat.
 By the way, je saisis l'occasion pour te demander, compte tenu de tes 
commentaires souvent forts sur l'expression multi-stakeholder :
1 - quels sont pr?cis?ment les raisons (de principe ou pratiques) de tes 
r?ticences sur ce concept ?
2 - quelle est la formule d'association de la soci?t? civile aux processus 
futurs que tu soouhaiterais ?
 Je demande ?a sinc?rement. Je n'ai pas de fixation particuli?re sur le mot. 

 Amicalement
 Bertrand

 Dear Jean-Louis, 
There are clearly things to criticize about the operation or the results of 
the WGIG. 
Personally, I see at least three aspects: 
- insufficient mechanisms of communication during the phase of work between 
the members inside and those which were outside 
- character not iterative enough of the draftings 
- lack of precision on the roles and responsibilities for the various 
actors. 
There are surely other limitations and I do not even speak about the 
substance, only of the process. But overall, I persist in thinking that to 
date, the WGIG was, within the WSIS, what goes most in the direction of what 
we can wish: 
- in temes of participation and methods of representation 
- in terms of working method and conciliation procedures 
- in terms of substance even 
It is not enough, I agree. But the objective is to continue in this 
direction and to push further; not to turn our back on the few improvements 
that have been obtained. Governments which do not want civil society will do 
that enough... 
I will say it, will defend it without slackening and hesitation, until 
somebody presents convincing arguments on the possible damage that this 
process could have brought to the civil society or to its members. And I am 
open to have this debate. 
The main benefit for me is the broader use of the word multi-stakeholder. By 
the way, given your often strong comments on the expression 
multi-stakeholder, I seized the occasion to ask you : 
1 - which are the reasons precisely (of principle or practical) of your 
reservations on this concept ? 
2 - how would you see the mechanisms for association of civil society to the 
future processes ? 
I ask that sincerely. I do not have particular fixing on the word. Works for 
me but I have more interest in the actual processes that in the way they are 
labeled.
Friendly
Bertrand
 
 On 7/19/05, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote: 
> 
> Dear Bertrand
> 
> I want you just to tell us your understanding about this "positive 
> outcome". 
> 
> I wonder if a large part of the CS considers the WGIG outcomes as really 
> positive, at least at its current state.
> 
> BTW : I'll attend the WGIG "open meeting" scheduled to-morrow morning at 
> Palais des Nations and hope to see you.
> 
> Friendly
> 
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> 
> CSDPTT.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Message du 19/07/05 16:34
> > De : "Bertrand de La Chapelle" 
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : 
> > Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future 
> > 
> > The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US battle.
>  Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not devote 
> attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the press to 
> define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt they went to 
> the simplistic presentation. 
>  I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the originality 
> of the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a 
> positive outcome.
>  Bertrand
> > 
> > 
> On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> > list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
> > people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> > > _______________________________________
> > > 
> > > Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
> > > since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
> > > Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I 
> > > misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
> > > meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
> > > Jacqueline Morris
> > > 
> > > On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
> > > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
> > list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific 
> > people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> > > > _______________________________________
> > > >
> > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
> > > >
> > > > A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has 
> > failed 
> > > > to reach a decision.
> > > > The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
> > > > that range from no change to complete overhaul.
> > > > The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference 
> > 
> > > > due to take place in November.
> > > >
> > > > The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as 
> > overseer
> > > > of the net's core administrative body.
> > > >
> > > > [snipped]
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
> > > > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Plenary mailing list
> > > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > ______________________
> > > Jacqueline Morris
> > > www.carnivalondenet.com <http://www.carnivalondenet.com/>
> > > T&T Music and videos online 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary 
> > > 
> 
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> > 
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From sfernandez at genderwsis.org  Wed Jul 20 18:27:16 2005
From: sfernandez at genderwsis.org (Susana Fernandez)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS-Gender Caucus e-discussion: Gender issues in the Tunis Phase
Message-ID: <03b601c58d50$4916d3a0$29860e3e@nombrewwjvnsq9>

Dear Colleagues, Partners and Friends,

 

The WSIS Gender Caucus is organizing an email-based discussion forum on identifying and integrating gender perspectives into the WSIS deliberations at PrepCom3 in September and the Tunis Summit in November.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

This discussion, organized and moderated under the Electronic Networking Project component of the WSIS Gender Caucus, will be for a period of three weeks, from July 25th to August 13th 2005.   

 

This online discussion is aimed at furthering the efforts of the Gender Caucus to integrate gender perspectives and concerns into the WSIS deliberations, and to further explore the concrete measures that will enable us to achieve this integration. 

 

As we move towards Tunis 2005, we call for your participation to help create a collective understanding of gender perspectives in four critical areas:

 

  1.. Internet Governance: 
There is a general agreement that we need to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet Governance. The recently released WGIG report also underscores the importance of gender balanced representation in all aspects of Internet Governance, if we are to have a system that is equitable and democratic. In addition, the gendered construction of all technology makes it imperative that we embed gender concerns in the evolution of the Internet. Hence it is vital that we engage in the current debates on a multi-lateral vs. multi-stakeholder approach, and public versus private leadership in Internet Governance. These issues are raised in the WGIG report and will form the backdrop of our discussions as the report raises many questions - How does Internet Governance concern the interests of women? What do gender equality advocates think about these issues? What are the important issues related to Internet Governance with which gender equality advocates and women's rights activists must be engaged? 

 

  2.. Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and WSIS:
Many argue that the WSIS process reflects a strong technologically deterministic approach to development. In this scenario we have to bring development agenda back into WSIS. Some suggest that an MDG focus, for which the WSIS was in fact mandated by the UN General Assembly, is a good peg to achieve this. However, there are others who feel that such a focus on MDGs is limiting and constraining on ICTD opportunities presented by WSIS. Such debates raise interesting questions - Do investments in technology and structural changes implied in ICTD frameworks provide a new way to look at global debates on development priorities and development assistance? Can MDGs be achieved without such investments in enabling technologies and consequent structural changes? Are such opportunities for structural and institutional change the best time to get gender perspectives and concerns considered? 

 

  3.. Funding and Financing Mechanisms for ICTD:
Markets and the private sector have rightly taken much of the credit for the IT revolution. The question however, is - Are market mechanisms adequate to take the benefit of the new ICTs to everyone, especially disadvantaged groups, such as women? Is it enough for the role of public institutions to be restricted to providing a regulatory environment that enables private investment in meeting goals of social equity? What is the role of public and community finance in providing for not just cheap/free connectivity but also appropriate technology (telecom, software, hardware) and capacity? Does the basic technology infrastructure and capabilities represent a global public good, like education, that needs to be provided to all as a public responsibility? Or will such efforts of extensive public investments undercut the innovation-incentive system represented by market-based strategies, and thus be counter productive? How are issues of costs and coverage of rural/far flung areas of special significance for women? How critical are interoperability and interconnection of infrastructure at regional, sub regional and national levels for reducing cost of access?

 

  4.. Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS:
For gender equality advocates it has been easy to adopt a gender sensitive approach at the level of ideals and principles. But it seems that there is a difficulty in pushing for this approach into specific plans of action. In the WSIS documents as one moves on from the preambles and opening statements through plans of actions and to actual implementation, the references to 'lofty ideals' of gender equality rapidly diminish. It is therefore important for us to discuss which organizations should play a pivotal role in the implementation stage, and which other organizations should play necessary supplementing roles? Which ones are poised to take up the responsibility, and what is their record on gender issues? Which ones can be expected to represent the interests of women better/ what should be the role of specialized agencies representing women's interests like the UNIFEM? What principles should be laid down to ensure a gender-equal representation in any multi-stakeholder body, which will have an implementation/ follow up role?

 

WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE

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

Our discussions have a two-fold objective:

  1.. We hope that this discussion will enable us to identify, discuss and integrate gender perspectives into the upcoming WSIS deliberations in Geneva (prepcom 3) and Tunis.
  2.. We would like to create a space for wider participation of women in the WSIS process.
We hope that our discussions will provide us with deep and significant insights that will enable the Gender Caucus to develop well-articulated position papers on crucial issues at stake at WSIS which can be used for advocacy-based activities at WSIS.

 

 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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

Joining this discussion list is very easy! 

 

Just send a blank email to mailadmin@genderwsis.org 

 

You will automatically be subscribed to the 4 discussion lists running concurrently (one for each theme namely, Internet governance; Millennium Development Goals and WSIS; Funding and Financing Mechanisms for ICTD; Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS).

 

CONTACT US

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

The discussion list is being moderated by Anu Mundkur from IT for Change. Email: anu@ITforChange.net 

 

If you face any subscription problem, please contact the WSIS Gender Caucus Electronic Consultant Taran Rampersad at cnd@knowprose.com or the WSIS Gender Caucus Manager Susana Fernandez at sfernandez@genderwsis.org

 

For more information about the forum, visit the WSIS Gender Caucus website www.genderwsis.org 

 

We would be grateful if you could help us disseminate this call for participation to your networks, organizations or to individuals that may be interested to engage in these issues.

 

Thank you, and looking forward to some interesting and useful discussions soon. 

 

Susana Fernandez

WSIS Gender Caucus

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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Wed Jul 20 21:25:57 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <954259bd0507190732614b998a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEJEFEAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi,

As I said at the report presentation Monday, this is an annoying problem, but it is primarily with respect to some "journalists," pundits, bloggers, etc. who are firmly wed to the evil-UN-run-by-dictators-wants-to-control-your-Internet theme; the Srebrenica article I mentioned was simply one of the more appalling examples.  I don't know that the secretariat could have done anything, really, to steer them back to earth, or that it would have been politically smart for it to try.  They were navigating between a lot of government sensibilities throughout this process, and this drove a lot of stuff that might seem weird or ill-considered.

Best,

Bill





-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Bertrand de La Chapelle
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:33 PM
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future



  The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US battle.

  Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not devote attention to the framing of its public presentation but left the press to define its own understanding from the document itself. No doubt they went to the simplistic presentation. 

  I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the originality of the group, the approach it took and how it considers its report as a positive outcome.

  Bertrand

   
  On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
    [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
    _______________________________________

    Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
    since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
    Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I 
    misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
    meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
    Jacqueline Morris

    On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
    > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
    > _______________________________________
    >
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
    >
    > A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has failed 
    > to reach a decision.
    > The group's report suggests four possible futures for net governance
    > that range from no change to complete overhaul.
    > The proposals will go forward to a key UN net and society conference 
    > due to take place in November.
    >
    > The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as overseer
    > of the net's core administrative body.
    >
    > [snipped]
    >
    > --
    > Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
    > Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
    >
    > 
    >
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From jeanette at wz-berlin.de  Wed Jul 20 23:52:28 2005
From: jeanette at wz-berlin.de (Jeanette Hofmann)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEJEFEAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
References: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEJEFEAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <42DED5AC.5010105@wz-berlin.de>

Hi Bill, I disagree. We know how the press works. We are familiar with 
the "attention economy" their headlines reflect. It is up to us to 
suggest snappy conclusions for journalists to adopt. We are silly if we 
don't even try.
jeanette

William Drake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> As I said at the report presentation Monday, this is an annoying
> problem, but it is primarily with respect to some "journalists,"
> pundits, bloggers, etc. who are firmly wed to the
> evil-UN-run-by-dictators-wants-to-control-your-Internet theme; the
> Srebrenica article I mentioned was simply one of the more appalling
> examples.  I don't know that the secretariat could have done
> anything, really, to steer them back to earth, or that it would have
> been politically smart for it to try.  They were navigating between a
> lot of government sensibilities throughout this process, and this
> drove a lot of stuff that might seem weird or ill-considered.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Bertrand de La
> Chapelle Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:33 PM To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
> 
> 
> 
> The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US
> battle.
> 
> Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not
> devote attention to the framing of its public presentation but left
> the press to define its own understanding from the document itself.
> No doubt they went to the simplistic presentation.
> 
> I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the
> originality of the group, the approach it took and how it considers
> its report as a positive outcome.
> 
> Bertrand
> 
> 
> On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote: 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
> _______________________________________
> 
> Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus 
> since February on providing multiple options in the report to the 
> Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I 
> misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only 
> meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available. 
> Jacqueline Morris
> 
> On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
>> for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
>> _______________________________________
>> 
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
>> 
>> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has
>> failed to reach a decision. The group's report suggests four
>> possible futures for net governance that range from no change to
>> complete overhaul. The proposals will go forward to a key UN net
>> and society conference due to take place in November.
>> 
>> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as
>> overseer of the net's core administrative body.
>> 
>> [snipped]
>> 
>> -- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org> Managing Director,
>> Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________ Plenary mailing
>> list Plenary@wsis-cs.org 
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> 
> 
> 
> -- ______________________ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com 
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> 
> 

From basheerhamad.shadrach at oneworld.net  Thu Jul 21 04:56:04 2005
From: basheerhamad.shadrach at oneworld.net (Basheerhamad Shadrach)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS-Grassroot caucus meeting in Delhi
In-Reply-To: <03b601c58d50$4916d3a0$29860e3e@nombrewwjvnsq9>
Message-ID: <036001c58da8$28f404f0$5131e0dc@oneworld.sa>

Dear friends

 

 

The WSIS Grassroots Caucus formed at Prepcom -2 of the Tunis Phase
organized a regional consultation with the grassroot level knowledge
workers from South Asia on 10-12 July 2005 at the National Agricultural
Science Complex, New Delhi.  The consultation that brought more than 200
individuals from the grassroots with adequate experience of using ICTs
focused on the following issues:

 

*	The MDGs and WSIS
*	The role of ICT enabled knowledge centres at the grassroots to
accelerate the MDGs
*	Issues underpinning WSIS plan of action

 

A detailed report is being prepared for wider circulation.  The
participants felt that they have not been included in the WSIS process
although the majority of the WSIS decisions focus on them and their
ability to exploit the power of ICTs.  They are now glad to be a part of
the WSIS process.

 

A similar consultation is being organized in Lusaka starting the 26th of
this month with a small number of grassroots knowledge workers from
Africa.  Those who would like to take part in this consultation may
contact my colleague, Anuradha Rao (t.n.anuradha@oneworld.net) or
Priscilla Jere (Priscilla.jere@oneworld.net).  There will be a Latin
American leg of this consultation taking place in August with support
from Accesso and OneWorld Latin America in San Jose.

 

Warmest regards

 

[B. Shadrach] 

Founder Member, Grassroots Caucus

Director, South Asia

OneWorld International Foundation

 

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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Thu Jul 21 08:54:13 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <954259bd050720034369a92630@mail.gmail.com>
References: <29579443.1121800156339.JavaMail.www@wwinf0202> <954259bd050720034369a92630@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <42DF54A5.4060300@bertola.eu.org>

Bertrand de La Chapelle ha scritto:
> Cher Jean-Louis,  (english below)
>  
> Il y a clairement des choses ? critiquer sur le fonctionnement ou les 
> r?sultats du WGIG.

And, by the way, I think we should separately assess the process and the 
results. For example, we might decide we liked the former but not the 
latter, or vice versa.

> Personnellement, je vois au moins trois aspects :
> - les m?canismes insuffisants de communication durant la phase de 
> travail entre les membres ? l'int?rieur et ceux qui ?taient ? l'ext?rieur

You are right in the sense that there are no established guidelines. I, 
for example, did not know whether to interpret my role as that of an 
advocate (appointed for effectiveness, so my main focus should have been 
on being effective and responsive inside the group) or as that of a 
facilitator (appointed for inclusiveness, so my main focus should have 
been in communicating with the rest of civil society and collecting input).

Some of us sincerely tried to share text and doubts with caucuses, 
mostly the IG one, but others as well when relevant. However, in some 
cases (as usual) you just had to react in zero time. The problem of how 
to balance these needs has just come up over and over in heated 
discussions among CS groups (last one, on the IG Caucus two days ago), 
and I think we should sort it out once for all, so that people that are 
not in the middle of the action don't feel unduly excluded and people 
that are in the middle of the action don't feel obstacled by the request 
for broader discussion.

However, I think that there also is a content-related dimension, not 
just the procedural one. In some cases we had disagreements among 
different CS members on whether the text that one of us was pushing 
actually reflected CS consensus and values or not. In (fortunately, very 
few) cases, I personally felt that some of my CS colleagues were pushing 
text that was clearly *against* our values and our former Declaration, 
and maybe more similar to typical private sector views, but of course I 
did not know whether that was just my interpretation or a fact. Reality 
is, by the way, that even in the small group of civil society people 
that participate in WSIS there are profound differences on values and 
viewpoints.

> - le caract?re pas assez it?ratif des r?dactions

Well... if you stricly talk about text, you are right, but please 
remember that practically no text of the Report was available even to us 
before we entered Bossey. More generally speaking, I think there were 
lots of documents published for comment and open consultation 
opportunities, and comments were taken into account.

> - le manque de pr?cision sur les roles et responsabilit?s des diff?rents acteurs.

See above.

> Il y en a surement d'autres et je ne parle pas de la substance, 
> seulement du process. Mais globalement, je persiste ? penser qu'? ce 
> jour, le WGIG a ?t?, au sein du WSIS, ce qui va le plus dans la 
> direction de ce que l'on peut souhaiter :
> - en temes de participation et de modalit?s de repr?sentation
> - en termes de proc?dures de concertation et de m?thodes de travail
> - en termes de substance m?me

I agree.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Thu Jul 21 09:14:43 2005
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB43@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

As other has proposed we have to prepare very carefully our work with the press during PrepCom3. We need some very short, clear and profiled key slogans. We should start now to prepare an own press conference for Tuesday, September, 20 on "Civil Society and Internet Governance". I expect that Sub-WG II will create a NGIG (Negotiation group on Internet Governance) alrerady on the first or second day. 
 
Does anybody know, when the "official" press conference of the WSIS ExSec with Utsumi takes place? It is important to have one speaker in this press conference as well. 
 
best
 
wolfgang
 
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Jeanette Hofmann
Gesendet: Do 21.07.2005 00:52
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org; William Drake
Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future



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Hi Bill, I disagree. We know how the press works. We are familiar with
the "attention economy" their headlines reflect. It is up to us to
suggest snappy conclusions for journalists to adopt. We are silly if we
don't even try.
jeanette

William Drake wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As I said at the report presentation Monday, this is an annoying
> problem, but it is primarily with respect to some "journalists,"
> pundits, bloggers, etc. who are firmly wed to the
> evil-UN-run-by-dictators-wants-to-control-your-Internet theme; the
> Srebrenica article I mentioned was simply one of the more appalling
> examples.  I don't know that the secretariat could have done
> anything, really, to steer them back to earth, or that it would have
> been politically smart for it to try.  They were navigating between a
> lot of government sensibilities throughout this process, and this
> drove a lot of stuff that might seem weird or ill-considered.
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On Behalf Of Bertrand de La
> Chapelle Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:33 PM To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
>  Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
>
>
>
> The other approach from the press is basically the UN versus US
> battle.
>
> Unfortunately this only reflects the fact that the group did not
> devote attention to the framing of its public presentation but left
> the press to define its own understanding from the document itself.
> No doubt they went to the simplistic presentation.
>
> I'm afraid the opportunity has been missed to emphqsize the
> originality of the group, the approach it took and how it considers
> its report as a positive outcome.
>
> Bertrand
>
>
> On 7/19/05, Jacqueline Morris <jacqueline.morris@gmail.com> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> Interesting - as a member of the WGIG I thought that group consensus
> since February on providing multiple options in the report to the
> Prepcom to negotiate with was reaching an agreement.... obviously I
> misunderstood the meaning of the word "agreement"! Seems the only
> meaning for "agreement" is to have only one option available.
> Jacqueline Morris
>
> On 7/18/05, Robert Guerra < rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
>> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended
>> for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4692743.stm
>>
>> A UN group charged with deciding how the net should be run has
>> failed to reach a decision. The group's report suggests four
>> possible futures for net governance that range from no change to
>> complete overhaul. The proposals will go forward to a key UN net
>> and society conference due to take place in November.
>>
>> The report comes as the US says it plans to keep its role as
>> overseer of the net's core administrative body.
>>
>> [snipped]
>>
>> -- Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org> Managing Director,
>> Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________ Plenary mailing
>> list Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
>
> -- ______________________ Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com
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> _______________________________________________ Plenary mailing list
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>
>
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From nne75 at yahoo.com  Thu Jul 21 12:09:42 2005
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [Africa-CS-WSIS](no subject)
Message-ID: <20050721110942.36173.qmail@web50207.mail.yahoo.com>


Dear All,
The Guardian newspapers in Lagos, on Monday 11th July, published an 
article I wrote anchored on our Abuja meeting and Africa?s preparations for 
WSIS 2. You can access the Guardian on www.ngrguardiannews.com . 
Unfortunately, you may be unable to retrieve opinion pieces in past issues 
unless you are a subscriber. So I reproduce below, word for word, what was 
published. The op-ed editor would welcome letters or other forms of reaction 
to the issues raised.
Adefemi



Africa?s Civil Society And WSIS 2

By Femi Sonaike

Earlier this month, stakeholders in Africa?s civil society met in Abuja 
for three days to discuss inequities in the global information system and 
the proper role of civil society at both international and national levels. 
This meeting was one of several regional forums to prepare the ground for 
Africa?s effective participation in the second World Summit on the 
Information Society, WSIS 2, holding in Tunis in November. The first summit, 
WSIS 1, held in Geneva in December 2003.
The WSIS is an initiative of the International Telecommunications 
Union, an organ of the United Nations. Arising out of the Millennium 
Development Goals initiative, WSIS seeks to reconcile the often conflicting 
positions of different regions on the direction of growth, and the 
consequences, of the global information society.
Africa, perhaps more than any other region, faces the greatest 
challenge in making her voice heard, being arguably at the worst end of the 
information and communication divide. As one participant in WSIS 1 noted, 
?Africa was quite strident in telling the summit what she disliked about the 
global information system but was far less coordinated in expressing what 
she wanted.? Apparently to present a more coordinated front in Tunis, 
African information stakeholders have held several ?preparatory meetings? 
since WSIS 1. These included a meeting at Accra, last February.
The Abuja meeting, sponsored by the Nigerian Communication Commission 
(NCC), had a dual agenda: to prepare Africa?s civil society for WSIS 2, as 
well as for next year?s World Telecommunications Development Conference. The 
meeting was essentially for the organizations that constitute civil society. 
This includes NGOs, women and youth groups, academics, and media experts.
The notion of civil society as active participants in the Information 
Society came out of WSIS 1 which identified three groups as important to the 
employment of information and communication for development: governments 
(public sector), profit-driven organizations (private sector), and civil 
society - those on whose behalf, presumably, the public and private sectors 
operate. Together these three groups form what one participant called ?a 
three-legged stool? described by the acronym PPCS ? public, private, civil 
society tripartite.
While civil society organisations (CSOs) would normally play the role 
of ?partners in progress,? it is recognized that occasions often arise when 
the actions of government and the private sector conflict with the goals of 
civil society or even threaten its existence. In such situations, CS should 
play an advocacy role on behalf of the ?bus stop man?.
An example of such an occasion is the never-ending crisis on fuel 
pricing in Nigeria. It is clear that the consequences of increases in fuel 
prices permeate every sector of the country, and so far, only in a negative 
way. Civil society, if it were well organized in Nigeria, would take up the 
challenge of coordinating and properly presenting to government and the 
private sector the position of the ordinary citizen who is at the down-side 
of incessant increase in fuel prices. If this failed, CSOs would then have a 
duty to mobilize the people for more demonstrative action.
Perhaps the best example of the power of civil society was the massive 
demonstration that ?welcomed? G8 leaders, heads of the world?s eight leading 
nations, to their recent meeting in Scotland. As an important aside, it is 
disheartening that in African countries, for whose welfare European civil 
societies were demonstrating, not a whimper was heard about the need for 
world leaders to develop and nurture a global conscience. This is clearly 
because civil societies in African countries are still rudimentary and 
largely uncoordinated.
Even where there is no clear conflict between PP and CS, civil society 
may find itself as the only organ capable of ensuring sanity in governance. 
For example, now that international lending institutions are granting 
Nigeria partial debt relief, how do we ensure that present and future 
governments do not push the country back into the debt trap? President 
Obasanjo assured the world that the $18 billion saved from debt forgiveness 
would be spent on the health sector, schools, and road rehabilitation, 
especially in the rural areas. Who is to hold him accountable for this lofty 
promise? Civil society has the responsibility to keep track of such promises 
from high places, to monitor public sector spending, and to ensure that 
those who rule do not engage in borrowings for frivolous projects or for 
endeavors of dubious benefit for the citizenry.
It is instructive that the media are included in Civil Society even 
though, most often, they function for profit. This is because of the 
recognition that media, profit-motivated or not, also perform an important 
public service, that of the watchdog of society. In its advocacy role, civil 
society?s strongest weapon- and ally- is often the mass media.
So, is Africa?s civil society ready for WSIS 2? Most participants at 
the civil society forum in Abuja would say definitely yes ? at least far 
more ready than it was for WSIS 1. But more could still be done. Africa?s 
presence must be felt at the Tunis summit, if for no other reason than that 
it is holding on the African continent. And Nigeria should lead the African 
regional team.
In the final analysis, the challenge facing Africa?s civil society is 
to articulate the need for diversity of opinion and control of information 
at the international level, while promoting the formation of active and 
unified civil society organisations in each African country.


Femi Sonaike, a visiting professor of communication technology at Lagos 
State University, was a resource person to the African Civil Society forum 
held in Abuja,
July 1 -3


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From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:06 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Article on Abuja meeting
Message-ID: <20050721110957.70047.qmail@web50203.mail.yahoo.com>


Dear All,
The Guardian newspapers in Lagos, on Monday 11th July, published an 
article I wrote anchored on our Abuja meeting and Africa?s preparations for 
WSIS 2. You can access the Guardian on www.ngrguardiannews.com . 
Unfortunately, you may be unable to retrieve opinion pieces in past issues 
unless you are a subscriber. So I reproduce below, word for word, what was 
published. The op-ed editor would welcome letters or other forms of reaction 
to the issues raised.
Adefemi



Africa?s Civil Society And WSIS 2

By Femi Sonaike

Earlier this month, stakeholders in Africa?s civil society met in Abuja 
for three days to discuss inequities in the global information system and 
the proper role of civil society at both international and national levels. 
This meeting was one of several regional forums to prepare the ground for 
Africa?s effective participation in the second World Summit on the 
Information Society, WSIS 2, holding in Tunis in November. The first summit, 
WSIS 1, held in Geneva in December 2003.
The WSIS is an initiative of the International Telecommunications 
Union, an organ of the United Nations. Arising out of the Millennium 
Development Goals initiative, WSIS seeks to reconcile the often conflicting 
positions of different regions on the direction of growth, and the 
consequences, of the global information society.
Africa, perhaps more than any other region, faces the greatest 
challenge in making her voice heard, being arguably at the worst end of the 
information and communication divide. As one participant in WSIS 1 noted, 
?Africa was quite strident in telling the summit what she disliked about the 
global information system but was far less coordinated in expressing what 
she wanted.? Apparently to present a more coordinated front in Tunis, 
African information stakeholders have held several ?preparatory meetings? 
since WSIS 1. These included a meeting at Accra, last February.
The Abuja meeting, sponsored by the Nigerian Communication Commission 
(NCC), had a dual agenda: to prepare Africa?s civil society for WSIS 2, as 
well as for next year?s World Telecommunications Development Conference. The 
meeting was essentially for the organizations that constitute civil society. 
This includes NGOs, women and youth groups, academics, and media experts.
The notion of civil society as active participants in the Information 
Society came out of WSIS 1 which identified three groups as important to the 
employment of information and communication for development: governments 
(public sector), profit-driven organizations (private sector), and civil 
society - those on whose behalf, presumably, the public and private sectors 
operate. Together these three groups form what one participant called ?a 
three-legged stool? described by the acronym PPCS ? public, private, civil 
society tripartite.
While civil society organisations (CSOs) would normally play the role 
of ?partners in progress,? it is recognized that occasions often arise when 
the actions of government and the private sector conflict with the goals of 
civil society or even threaten its existence. In such situations, CS should 
play an advocacy role on behalf of the ?bus stop man?.
An example of such an occasion is the never-ending crisis on fuel 
pricing in Nigeria. It is clear that the consequences of increases in fuel 
prices permeate every sector of the country, and so far, only in a negative 
way. Civil society, if it were well organized in Nigeria, would take up the 
challenge of coordinating and properly presenting to government and the 
private sector the position of the ordinary citizen who is at the down-side 
of incessant increase in fuel prices. If this failed, CSOs would then have a 
duty to mobilize the people for more demonstrative action.
Perhaps the best example of the power of civil society was the massive 
demonstration that ?welcomed? G8 leaders, heads of the world?s eight leading 
nations, to their recent meeting in Scotland. As an important aside, it is 
disheartening that in African countries, for whose welfare European civil 
societies were demonstrating, not a whimper was heard about the need for 
world leaders to develop and nurture a global conscience. This is clearly 
because civil societies in African countries are still rudimentary and 
largely uncoordinated.
Even where there is no clear conflict between PP and CS, civil society 
may find itself as the only organ capable of ensuring sanity in governance. 
For example, now that international lending institutions are granting 
Nigeria partial debt relief, how do we ensure that present and future 
governments do not push the country back into the debt trap? President 
Obasanjo assured the world that the $18 billion saved from debt forgiveness 
would be spent on the health sector, schools, and road rehabilitation, 
especially in the rural areas. Who is to hold him accountable for this lofty 
promise? Civil society has the responsibility to keep track of such promises 
from high places, to monitor public sector spending, and to ensure that 
those who rule do not engage in borrowings for frivolous projects or for 
endeavors of dubious benefit for the citizenry.
It is instructive that the media are included in Civil Society even 
though, most often, they function for profit. This is because of the 
recognition that media, profit-motivated or not, also perform an important 
public service, that of the watchdog of society. In its advocacy role, civil 
society?s strongest weapon- and ally- is often the mass media.
So, is Africa?s civil society ready for WSIS 2? Most participants at 
the civil society forum in Abuja would say definitely yes ? at least far 
more ready than it was for WSIS 1. But more could still be done. Africa?s 
presence must be felt at the Tunis summit, if for no other reason than that 
it is holding on the African continent. And Nigeria should lead the African 
regional team.
In the final analysis, the challenge facing Africa?s civil society is 
to articulate the need for diversity of opinion and control of information 
at the international level, while promoting the formation of active and 
unified civil society organisations in each African country.


Femi Sonaike, a visiting professor of communication technology at Lagos 
State University, was a resource person to the African Civil Society forum 
held in Abuja,
July 1 -3


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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Thu Jul 21 12:29:20 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [Africa-CS-WSIS](no subject)
In-Reply-To: <20050721110942.36173.qmail@web50207.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20050721110942.36173.qmail@web50207.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050721122054.0337c590@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi nnenna

thanks for posting (and re-writing!) this article..

i find it very useful to approach discussions about the 'multi-stakeholder' 
approach in this way.. looking at the different roles and responsibilities, 
pros/cons, dangers/benefits etc..

glad to see the mention also of the role of CS as watchdog, monitor, and 
keeping governments and PS accountable.. this was one of the elements we 
included in the roles and responsibilies of CS in internet governance, in 
the WGIG report.

and good to see the emphasis on media's role - i heard the GIPI coordinator 
from vietnam tell a similar story in the internet governance meetings in 
geneva earlier this week, how important local media is in awareness raising 
about ICTs and the ict policy process etc.. did you find they were 
genuninely interested in the development perspective? (this op-ed obvisouly 
reflects that) - or are they in the main largely reflecting status quo 
positions/increasing distribution - or a combination of all three ;)

karen

At 12:09 21/07/2005, Nnenna wrote:

>Dear All,
>The Guardian newspapers in Lagos, on Monday 11th July, published an
>article I wrote anchored on our Abuja meeting and Africa's preparations for
>WSIS 2. You can access the Guardian on www.ngrguardiannews.com .
>Unfortunately, you may be unable to retrieve opinion pieces in past issues
>unless you are a subscriber. So I reproduce below, word for word, what was
>published. The op-ed editor would welcome letters or other forms of reaction
>to the issues raised.
>Adefemi



From rkoven at compuserve.com  Thu Jul 21 12:29:10 2005
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
Message-ID: <200507210729_MC3-1-A4F6-9B3E@compuserve.com>

Deare All --

It should be well understood that if you give the press the impression that
you are out to "spin" them, you will get a counterproductive backlash of
resentment.

Best, Rony Koven

From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Thu Jul 21 16:52:02 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <200507210729_MC3-1-A4F6-9B3E@compuserve.com>
References: <200507210729_MC3-1-A4F6-9B3E@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <954259bd050721085224ed1eb8@mail.gmail.com>

DEar Ronald,
 Do you mean that the press only accepts "spin" from politicians and not 
from people who sincerely try to explain them what they don't seem to 
understand ? :-)) Just kidding. Maybe not so much ...
 Bertrand

 On 7/21/05, Ronald Koven <rkoven@compuserve.com> wrote: 
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. 
> Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
> 
> Deare All --
> 
> It should be well understood that if you give the press the impression 
> that
> you are out to "spin" them, you will get a counterproductive backlash of
> resentment.
> 
> Best, Rony Koven
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From rkoven at compuserve.com  Thu Jul 21 17:06:12 2005
From: rkoven at compuserve.com (Ronald Koven)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
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Dear Bertrand --

What makes you think we are pleased to be manipulated by pols ?

The general disillusion with politics starts with the attitudes of the
press, and that stems from the perception that politicians try to
manipulate us journalists. When they actually succeed for a time (as they
inevitably must occasionally do since they control so much information),
that only increases the resentment once we realize we've been had.
Journalists are only (all too) human.

When things go wrong for politicians -- toutes tendances confondues, one of
their first lines of defense is to blame it on the stupidity, venality, or
whatever of the press. Surely, you don't mean to fall into the trap of
accepting that old political trick, do you ?

Best, Rony Koven


From bdelachapelle at gmail.com  Thu Jul 21 17:31:53 2005
From: bdelachapelle at gmail.com (Bertrand de La Chapelle)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
In-Reply-To: <200507211206_MC3-1-A4F3-9210@compuserve.com>
References: <200507211206_MC3-1-A4F3-9210@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <954259bd05072109315115d334@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Ronald,
 Thanks for this reply. I never meant the press is "pleased" to be spinned. 
And I agree with your remarks. 
 Still, in the case of the french press, it turns out that the cozyness of 
the relation between politicians and the press - particularly televisual - 
is becoming so intense that nobody knows anymore who is spinning who. At 
least three major (ex)ministers are married or have regular affairs with 
high-profile (ex)news anchors and the density of lunches, dinners and other 
interactions among the two groups gave birth to the (in)famous expression : 
la communaut? politico-m?diatique. 
 If you put in context the ownership of major TV stations and newspapers by 
groups or individuals that have a clear political orientation, preference or 
personnal links to major politicians, the work of independent journalists is 
becoming somewhat more complex. Not to mention the situation in Italy. 
 But to come back to the WGIG report, I think we could benefit a lot from 
your advice on how to present in the best possible way the major lessons 
that CS wants to put forward after this important experience. Could you help 
us ?
 As a final note, did you watch the EPIC 2014 film on the future of the 
press ? It's available at :
www.robinsloan.com/epic<http://www.robinsloan.com/epic>and I would be
very interested in your analysis of the future it paints.
 Best
 Bertrand
 On 7/21/05, Ronald Koven <rkoven@compuserve.com> wrote:
 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. 
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. 
> Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear Bertrand --
> 
> What makes you think we are pleased to be manipulated by pols ?
> 
> The general disillusion with politics starts with the attitudes of the
> press, and that stems from the perception that politicians try to
> manipulate us journalists. When they actually succeed for a time (as they
> inevitably must occasionally do since they control so much information),
> that only increases the resentment once we realize we've been had.
> Journalists are only (all too) human.
> 
> When things go wrong for politicians -- toutes tendances confondues, one 
> of
> their first lines of defense is to blame it on the stupidity, venality, or
> whatever of the press. Surely, you don't mean to fall into the trap of
> accepting that old political trick, do you ?
> 
> Best, Rony Koven
> 
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From: jimmcdonnell at blueyonder.co.uk (Jim McDonnell)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN at odds over internet's future
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From gabi at bndjapan.org  Thu Jul 21 20:10:10 2005
From: gabi at bndjapan.org (Gabi Hadl)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] demand CIVIL SOCIETY  access to EU "TV without frontiers
 directives" review!
Message-ID: <BF062222.B5B4%gabi@bndjapan.org>

(Please circulate this to relevant groups)
To EU- based civil society groups and organizations :

The "TV without frontiers directives" is being reviewed.
CIVIL SOCIETY  input is essential, so the policy does not end up benefiting
only the media industry and has little social and civic value.

Right now the organizer, the UK, only invites policy makers and 'experts' to
participate. But some groups are demanding they facilitate civil society
participation. Please join them. Endorse the letter below or write the UK
secretary of state directly.

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The conference this refers to is to be held in Liverpool, Sept 20-22
http://www.eu2005.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPag
e&c=Page&cid=1107293391098&a=Karticle&aid=1115136925952
(note it overlaps with WSIS Preperatory Conference 3--
http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html )

The directive under discussion is:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/avpolicy/regul/twf/newint_en.htm

The online consultation:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/avpolicy/revision-tvwf2005/consult_en.htm
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> From: Steve Buckley <sbuckley@gn.apc.org>
> Dear all
> 
> The UK voluntary sector coalition on communications reform, Public Voice,
> has drafted a letter calling for the British government to support NGO
> participation at the forthcoming European Union conference (20-22
> September, Liverpool) on the review of the Television Without Frontiers
> directive. The letter also calls for support for an NGO forum to be held on
> the day preceding the EU conference. If your organisation covers some or
> all of the European Union, supports this initiative and is prepared to be
> included in the list of supporting NGOs, please write to Don Redding,
> Coordinator of Public Voice, confirming your support. To sign on, send an
> email to Don at <dredding@ntlworld.com> with the name, title and
> organisation of the person signing.
> 
> The final detail of the text may still be subject to change, but the main
> messages will not. If you have a burning concern on the text please include
> that in the email so that it can be taken into account.
> 
> If you have time, please also write directly, along similar lines, to:
> 
> Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
> Secretary of State
> Department for Culture, Media and Sport
> 2-4 Cockspur Street
> London SW1Y 5DH
> 
> If you have the possibility to attend the conference, I recommend to also
> request an invitation.
> 
> Steve Buckley

-----------
LETTER TEXT for endorsement:
( To sign on, send an email to Don at <dredding@ntlworld.com> with the name,
title and organisation of the person signing.)
----------
The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Secretary of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
3-5 Cockspur St
London
SW1

 

[Dear Ms Jowell]

 

                                    Civil Society participation in the
Liverpool Broadcasting Conference

 

                             As this is our first communication with you
since the general election may we first of all welcome your return to the
department, and congratulate you on the successful bid for the 2012
Olympics.

 

We are writing now not just as Public Voice but as a wider group of leading
civil society organisations concerned with broadcasting and communications
policy in the UK and Europe, respectfully to urge you to support civil
society participation in and around the Liverpool Broadcasting Conference in
September.

 

Civil society organisations are key stakeholders in communications policy
and regulation, and can play a significant role in raising and representing
citizens? interests with regard to communications, and ensuring these are
kept properly in the balance with the interests of other stakeholders such
as governments, institutions, industry and consumers.

 

We are grateful for the way in which you have listened to and supported
civil society organisations to play these roles during the passage of the
Communications Act 2003, and in subsequent processes such as BBC Charter
review. We ask you now to extend that approach to the UK Presidency of the
EU, its leadership of the culture ministers, and in particular to the
revision of the Television Without Frontiers directive.

 

There are two specific ways in which you could support NGOs around the
Liverpool conference. The first is to ensure that UK and European NGOs are
invited to the conference proper. Only a very few have so far been included.

 

The second would be for your department to sponsor an NGO Forum to take
place in Liverpool on the preceding day, Monday 19th September 2005.
Following precedents such as that at the Council of Europe-organised Kiev
meeting in March 2005 of mass media ministers, the NGO Forum would seek to
produce a joint statement that would formally feed into the official
conference deliberations.

 

These actions would be consistent with the multi-stakeholder approach that
has been used for the World Summit on the Information Society and other
international processes such as the revision of the UNESCO Declaration on
Cultural Diversity. They would reflect the UK?s commitment to wide
consultation and would be a welcome and innovative feature of the
Presidency.

 

We are hoping that by the time this letter reaches you the Public Voice
co-ordinator will have met your adviser Roger Sharp to discuss these issues
in more detail.

 

We look forward to a timely and positive reply to these concerns.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

 

Don Redding, co-ordinator, Public Voice and on behalf of:





+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


G abi H adl
Ritsumeikan Civil Society Media Research Group
http://homepage.mac.com/ellenycx/RitsCSM/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++




From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Jul 22 01:23:09 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] I SEMINARIO DE GENERO y TECNOLOGIA DE LA INFORMACION...18/08 - INGRESO LIBRE!!
Message-ID: <20050722002309.59484.qmail@web26905.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

El cambio permanente que vive el g?nero humano est? directamente relacionado con el desarrollo de una sociedad de la informaci?n. Se dice hasta la sociedad, ?informaci?n es poder?, y se promueven nuevas formas de vida, actividades econ?micas, servicios y negocios ligados a la informaci?n. Todos los sectores de la vida contempor?nea, finanzas, ocio, salud... educaci?n, se relacionan con la informaci?n y ?sta ?por supuesto- usa las comunicaciones para generalizar el bienestar o el control.
 
Mayor informacion en:
 
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Jul 22 02:28:39 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS-Gender Caucus e-discussion: Gender issues in the Tunis Phase
In-Reply-To: <03b601c58d50$4916d3a0$29860e3e@nombrewwjvnsq9>
Message-ID: <20050722012839.64550.qmail@web26904.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 El cambio permanente que vive el g?nero humano est? directamente relacionado con el desarrollo de una sociedad de la informaci?n. Se dice hasta la sociedad, ?informaci?n es poder?, y se promueven nuevas formas de vida, actividades econ?micas, servicios y negocios ligados a la informaci?n. Todos los sectores de la vida contempor?nea, finanzas, ocio, salud... educaci?n, se relacionan con la informaci?n y ?sta ?por supuesto- usa las comunicaciones para generalizar el bienestar o el control.
 
Mayor informacion en:
 
http://www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales/ti/genero/genero_tics.htm
 
Slds


Cordialmente,

Lady Murrugarra

Susana Fernandez <sfernandez@genderwsis.org> escribi?:
Dear Colleagues, Partners and Friends,

 

The WSIS Gender Caucus is organizing an email-based discussion forum on identifying and integrating gender perspectives into the WSIS deliberations at PrepCom3 in September and the Tunis Summit in November.

 

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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

This discussion, organized and moderated under the Electronic Networking Project component of the WSIS Gender Caucus, will be for a period of three weeks, from July 25th to August 13th 2005.   

 

This online discussion is aimed at furthering the efforts of the Gender Caucus to integrate gender perspectives and concerns into the WSIS deliberations, and to further explore the concrete measures that will enable us to achieve this integration. 

 

As we move towards Tunis 2005, we call for your participation to help create a collective understanding of gender perspectives in four critical areas:

 

   Internet Governance: 

There is a general agreement that we need to adopt a multi-stakeholder approach to Internet Governance. The recently released WGIG report also underscores the importance of gender balanced representation in all aspects of Internet Governance, if we are to have a system that is equitable and democratic. In addition, the gendered construction of all technology makes it imperative that we embed gender concerns in the evolution of the Internet. Hence it is vital that we engage in the current debates on a multi-lateral vs. multi-stakeholder approach, and public versus private leadership in Internet Governance. These issues are raised in the WGIG report and will form the backdrop of our discussions as the report raises many questions ? How does Internet Governance concern the interests of women? What do gender equality advocates think about these issues? What are the important issues related to Internet Governance with which gender equality advocates and women?s rights activists must be
 engaged? 

 

   Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and WSIS:

Many argue that the WSIS process reflects a strong technologically deterministic approach to development. In this scenario we have to bring development agenda back into WSIS. Some suggest that an MDG focus, for which the WSIS was in fact mandated by the UN General Assembly, is a good peg to achieve this. However, there are others who feel that such a focus on MDGs is limiting and constraining on ICTD opportunities presented by WSIS. Such debates raise interesting questions - Do investments in technology and structural changes implied in ICTD frameworks provide a new way to look at global debates on development priorities and development assistance? Can MDGs be achieved without such investments in enabling technologies and consequent structural changes? Are such opportunities for structural and institutional change the best time to get gender perspectives and concerns considered? 

 

   Funding and Financing Mechanisms for ICTD:

Markets and the private sector have rightly taken much of the credit for the IT revolution. The question however, is ? Are market mechanisms adequate to take the benefit of the new ICTs to everyone, especially disadvantaged groups, such as women? Is it enough for the role of public institutions to be restricted to providing a regulatory environment that enables private investment in meeting goals of social equity? What is the role of public and community finance in providing for not just cheap/free connectivity but also appropriate technology (telecom, software, hardware) and capacity? Does the basic technology infrastructure and capabilities represent a global public good, like education, that needs to be provided to all as a public responsibility? Or will such efforts of extensive public investments undercut the innovation-incentive system represented by market-based strategies, and thus be counter productive? How are issues of costs and coverage of rural/far flung areas of special
 significance for women? How critical are interoperability and interconnection of infrastructure at regional, sub regional and national levels for reducing cost of access?

 

   Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS:

For gender equality advocates it has been easy to adopt a gender sensitive approach at the level of ideals and principles. But it seems that there is a difficulty in pushing for this approach into specific plans of action. In the WSIS documents as one moves on from the preambles and opening statements through plans of actions and to actual implementation, the references to ?lofty ideals? of gender equality rapidly diminish. It is therefore important for us to discuss which organizations should play a pivotal role in the implementation stage, and which other organizations should play necessary supplementing roles? Which ones are poised to take up the responsibility, and what is their record on gender issues? Which ones can be expected to represent the interests of women better/ what should be the role of specialized agencies representing women?s interests like the UNIFEM? What principles should be laid down to ensure a gender-equal representation in any multi-stakeholder body, which
 will have an implementation/ follow up role?

 

WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACHIEVE

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

Our discussions have a two-fold objective:

   We hope that this discussion will enable us to identify, discuss and integrate gender perspectives into the upcoming WSIS deliberations in Geneva (prepcom 3) and Tunis.
   We would like to create a space for wider participation of women in the WSIS process.

We hope that our discussions will provide us with deep and significant insights that will enable the Gender Caucus to develop well-articulated position papers on crucial issues at stake at WSIS which can be used for advocacy-based activities at WSIS.

 

 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

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

Joining this discussion list is very easy! 

 

Just send a blank email to mailadmin@genderwsis.org 

 

You will automatically be subscribed to the 4 discussion lists running concurrently (one for each theme namely, Internet governance; Millennium Development Goals and WSIS; Funding and Financing Mechanisms for ICTD; Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS).

 

CONTACT US

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

The discussion list is being moderated by Anu Mundkur from IT for Change. Email: anu@ITforChange.net 

 

If you face any subscription problem, please contact the WSIS Gender Caucus Electronic Consultant Taran Rampersad at cnd@knowprose.com or the WSIS Gender Caucus Manager Susana Fernandez at sfernandez@genderwsis.org

 

For more information about the forum, visit the WSIS Gender Caucus website www.genderwsis.org 

 

We would be grateful if you could help us disseminate this call for participation to your networks, organizations or to individuals that may be interested to engage in these issues.

 

Thank you, and looking forward to some interesting and useful discussions soon. 

 

Susana Fernandez

WSIS Gender Caucus






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From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Jul 22 22:47:04 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Planning for PrepCom 3
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Several colleagues have already contacted me in regards to CS  
orientation events that might be planned for the upcoming Prepcom in  
September.

I have answered, that to my knowledge - nothing is yet planned, but  
something will be organized as we get closer.

There is an International Privacy meeting in Montreaux days before  
the Prepcom, and as such it would be good to have efforts coordinated  
to make sure that those interested can attend both events.

regards

robert


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Jul 23 00:20:32 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Prepcom fellowship deadline
Message-ID: <69C526B3-9019-4A66-8593-CA329FA36FEC@lists.privaterra.org>

### Reminder - Prepcom fellowship deadline - 5 August 2005 ###

Further details at:

http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html#fellowships

[snipped]

To facilitate the participation of developing countries at the WSIS  
Third Preparatory Meeting, 19?30 September 2005, ITU is pleased to  
announce that a limited number of fellowships will be available to  
developing country representatives from Government and from NGOs and  
civil society entities, with priority being given to participants  
from Least Developed Countries.


Rules governing the administration of fellowships for the WSIS Third  
Preparatory Meeting, Geneva, from 19-30 September 2005A.1
Application procedure

Submission of a nomination form duly completed (see Form), signed and  
endorsed by the official responsible to nominate candidates in the  
organization must be received no later than

5 August 2005

Profile of candidate:

Government participants: Senior Managers responsible for ICT-related  
issues at decision-making or policy level.
NGOs and civil society entities: Senior members of accredited NGOs  
and civil society entities with active participation in WSIS.

Validated, signed applications may be forwarded to:

WSIS Fellowships
Geneva
Fax:            +41 22 730 5778
Email:            wsis-fellowships@itu.int

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




From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Jul 23 00:24:44 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005
Message-ID: <5FBE71E9-37A5-410D-948F-DBE38BE773CB@lists.privaterra.org>

### Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005 ###

Organizations that wish to participate in PrepCom-3 and/or the Summit  
and who were not accredited in previous PrepComs, must submit an  
accreditation request form to the Executive Secretariat by 8 August 2005

Further details available at:

http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/how-can-i-register-for- 
the-wsis--.html



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Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374




From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Sat Jul 23 07:39:43 2005
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [Africa-CS-WSIS](no subject)
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050721122054.0337c590@pop.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20050723064006.766A21DF89@mail.gn.apc.org>

Nnenna, Karen, would you be so kind a sto recirculate the entire version of
this article mentioned in your messages of July 21st?
Thanks
claudia

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto
di karen banks
Inviato: gioved? 21 luglio 2005 13.29
A: plenary@wsis-cs.org; Henry Nkemadu; Mary Uduma; Thierry Amoussougbo
Cc: WSIS Plenary; Nigeria List
Oggetto: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [Africa-CS-WSIS](no subject)

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hi nnenna

thanks for posting (and re-writing!) this article..

i find it very useful to approach discussions about the 'multi-stakeholder' 
approach in this way.. looking at the different roles and responsibilities, 
pros/cons, dangers/benefits etc..

glad to see the mention also of the role of CS as watchdog, monitor, and 
keeping governments and PS accountable.. this was one of the elements we 
included in the roles and responsibilies of CS in internet governance, in 
the WGIG report.

and good to see the emphasis on media's role - i heard the GIPI coordinator 
from vietnam tell a similar story in the internet governance meetings in 
geneva earlier this week, how important local media is in awareness raising 
about ICTs and the ict policy process etc.. did you find they were 
genuninely interested in the development perspective? (this op-ed obvisouly 
reflects that) - or are they in the main largely reflecting status quo 
positions/increasing distribution - or a combination of all three ;)

karen

At 12:09 21/07/2005, Nnenna wrote:

>Dear All,
>The Guardian newspapers in Lagos, on Monday 11th July, published an
>article I wrote anchored on our Abuja meeting and Africa's preparations for
>WSIS 2. You can access the Guardian on www.ngrguardiannews.com .
>Unfortunately, you may be unable to retrieve opinion pieces in past issues
>unless you are a subscriber. So I reproduce below, word for word, what was
>published. The op-ed editor would welcome letters or other forms of
reaction
>to the issues raised.
>Adefemi


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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sat Jul 23 09:15:42 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
In-Reply-To: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch>
References: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch>
Message-ID: <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>

CONGO - Philippe Dam ha scritto:
> Please find enclosed the advance version of the input to besubmitted to 
> the 7^th meeting of the GFC, based on 11 July discussions. Find also 
> below the message to all stakeholders on behalf of Ambassador Karklins.

Sorry for being overly ignorant in terms of UN-speak... could you please 
explain to me what this sentence would mean in practice:

> 33. Review and policy debate should be organized in the framework of 
 > the follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits
 > in the Economic and Social fields, as provided for in UNGA Resolution
 > 57/270. It should be an integral part of the review process of the
 > implementation of the Millennium Declaration.

Thanks,
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Jul 23 16:08:07 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
In-Reply-To: <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>
References: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch> <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <0BFCF3F8-F64E-41A2-A2EF-DE29ACC8F66D@lists.privaterra.org>

As a suggestion, I would ask in addition to "UN Language",  
information on and about meetings and documents also be summarized.  
It might things easier for those of us not accustomed to UN "geek"  
speak.

My interpretation of  the earlier document sent by Phillipe - seems  
to be a  contribution of the PrepCom president, Ambassador Karklins,  
for consideration at PrepCom3.

I have copied the document from the earlier attachment and pasted it  
below. As well, I have placed it online - as am not sure if the ITU  
has posted the document yet.

regards

Robert




Input to the 7th meeting of the WSIS Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC)
Possible draft text for paras 10, 11 and 29 of the Operational Document

Mirror @ http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/files/pc3.html

Source: President of the PrepCom of the Tunis Phase of WSIS
22 July 2005
Operational part of the final document / Tunis Agenda for Action /  
Tunis Plan of implementation


------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------
Original draft from Group of Friends of Chair (11 January 2005)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------

10.    In order to assure the sustainability of the WSIS process  
after the completion of its Tunis phase, we agree to establish an  
implementation mechanism for the Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action,  
based upon co-operation among governments and all stakeholders, with  
the overarching goal of helping countries and societies to achieve  
the development goals of the Millennium Declaration. To that end, for  
each Action Line in the Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action (as  
identified in the Annex), a team of stakeholders will work together  
to promote implementation. We request the UN Secretary-General to  
nominate, from among existing UN bodies or specialised agencies,  
those that will [moderate/coordinate] the work of each team, based on  
respect for their mandates and leveraging on their expertise, and  
within their existing resources.


------------------------------
Possible revised draft
------------------------------

10.    We acknowledge that multi-stakeholder participation in the  
building of the inclusive and development-oriented information  
society is essential. We underline that the continuous and  
substantial involvement of all stakeholders in implementing WSIS  
decisions on national, regional and international levels with the  
overarching goal of helping countries to achieve internationally  
agreed development goals is a key of success.

RG -> any desire to insert language to make the statement about  
stakeholders, in particular CS any stronger?

11.    In order to assure the sustainability of the WSIS process  
after the completion of its Tunis phase, we agree to establish a  
process of follow-up to the outcomes of the [Geneva and Tunis phases  
of] WSIS, at national, regional and international levels. It may  
include, at each level, the following elements:
a)    implementation of the outcomes of the Geneva and Tunis phases  
of WSIS;
b)    evaluation of information society developments (including  
through a digital opportunity index);
c)    policy debate and review.

RG-> Are "elements" mentioned ok? should any additional ones be added?
RG -> Any suggestions/recommendations on what the process of follow- 
up and evaluation could look like?


12.    At the national level, based on the WSIS outcomes, we  
encourage governments to set up a national implementation framework  
with full and effective participation of  civil society and business  
entities;

RG -> is "full and effective participation of CS" enough?


a)    National e-strategies, where appropriate, should be made an  
integral part of national development plans, including Poverty  
Reduction Strategies, aiming to contribute to the achievement of the  
goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;
b)    ICTs should be fully mainstreamed into strategies for Official  
Development Assistance (ODA) through more effective donor information- 
sharing and co-ordination, and through analysis and sharing of best  
practices and lessons learned from experience with ICT for  
development programmes;
c)    Existing bilateral and multilateral technical assistance  
programmes, including those under the UN Development Assistance  
Framework, should be used whenever appropriate to assist governments  
in their implementation efforts at the national level;
d)    Common Country Assessment reports should contain a component on  
ICT for development.


RG ->  Should there be a reference to the CS WSIS benchmarks from  
Phase I  ?
RG -> Are there any other frameworks that could be considered ?


13.    At the regional level:

a)    Upon request from governments, regional inter-governmental  
organizations could carry out WSIS implementation activities,  
exchanging information and best practices at the regional level, as  
well as organizing policy debate on the use of ICT for development,  
with a focus on attaining internationally agreed development goals,  
including those contained in the Millennium Declaration;
b)    UN regional economic commissions, based on request of member  
states and within approved budgetary resources, may organize regional  
WSIS follow up conferences with appropriate frequency;
c)    We consider a multi-stakeholder approach and the full and  
effective participation in regional activities by civil society and  
business entities to be essential.


RG -> is "essential" participation of CS enough ?

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------
Original draft from Group of Friends of Chair (11 January 2005)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------


11.    The [moderator/coordinator] of each team identified in the  
Annex should periodically prepare a report on the implementation of  
the Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action based upon the information  
provided by, and the outputs from collaboration among, stakeholders,  
focussing particular attention on the progress towards achievement of  
the internationally-agreed development goals of the Millennium  
Declaration, and submit it to [a defined coordination body]. The  
[head of a defined coordination body] will submit regular reports to  
the UN General Assembly, following its existing rules of procedure.

[Options for a defined coordination body (with participation of  
representatives of all stakeholders):
?    ITU/WSIS-ES;
?    ?existing UN division? (within UN DESA) for following-up major  
UN conferences;
?    Newly-created UN Inter-agency task force, HLSOC-type, (supported  
by a 2-3 person secretariat);
?    Newly-created UN ICT Task Force-type forum (supported by 2-3  
person secretariat);


------------------------------
Possible revised draft
------------------------------

14.    At the international level:

a)    Implementation of the outcomes of the Geneva and Tunis phases  
of the Summit in the UN system should take account of the main themes  
and action lines in the Summit documents;
b)    Each UN agency, according to its mandate and competencies, and  
based on decisions of their respective governing bodies, could  
facilitate activities among different stakeholders, including civil  
society and the private sector, to help national governments in their  
implementation efforts. The facilitation could include information  
exchange, sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing  
public/private and multi-stakeholder partnerships. Facilitation  
should be carried out within the approved budgets of the respective  
agencies;

RG -> Does CS care to comment? does it agree, not, or not care?

c)    Coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation activities  
would allow information exchange and avoidance of duplication of  
activities;

RG -> who does the co-ordination ? who would fund it ? I ask, as CS  
co-ordination, if possible should be funded in a much more effective  
way then it is now. There should be - some - thought on this.

d)    The establishment of multi-stakeholder partnerships[, such as  
the ITU-led initiative ?Connect the World?], which are aimed at  
bridging the digital divide, should be supported and encouraged;

RG -> Other multi-stakeholder partnerships are likely to be announced  
at the summit. Is it possible that a CS centric one be created?

RG -> Personally, it would be good if the  "partnerships" that are  
announced/ launched would commit to a certain set of principles that  
are consistent with the core values of rights firmly held by the  
majority of CS groups.


e)    The modalities of coordination of implementation activities  
among the UN agencies should be defined by the UN Secretary General  
on the basis of existing practices within the UN system [and within  
the WSIS]. The experience of, and the activities undertaken by, UN  
agencies in the WSIS process?notably ITU, UNESCO and UNDP?should  
continue to be used to their fullest extent.

RG -> should CS be mentioned?

------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------
Original draft from Group of Friends of Chair (11 January 2005)
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
-------------

Chapter Four: The way ahead

29.    We request the Secretary-General of the United Nations to  
provide?with the collaboration of all stakeholders, and fully  
utilizing the existing coordination mechanisms within or related to  
the United Nations?sustained follow-up within the United Nations  
system to the agreements and commitments reached at WSIS and to  
ensure effective secretariat support. The Secretary-General of the  
United Nations is further requested to submit a periodic report to  
the General Assembly of the United Nations on those follow-up efforts.

------------------------------
Possible revised draft
------------------------------


Chapter Four: The way ahead

29.    Evaluation and policy formulation, at the national level,  
would remain the prerogative of governments. We consider the full and  
effective participation in the policy debate by the national civil  
society and business entities to be essential.

RG -> is essential good enough for CS. any interest in rewording this  
section ?

30. A realistic international performance evaluation and benchmarking  
(both qualitative and quantitative), through comparable statistical  
indicators and research results, including by using a methodology for  
a composite ICT development index (digital opportunity index), should  
be developed to follow up the implementation of the Geneva and Tunis  
outcomes, taking into account different national circumstances.

RG -> this links into the work being done by UNESCO, specifically  
ORBICOM. Are there indicators that CS would like to see included?

31. The stocktaking of activities related to the implementation of  
the Geneva and Tunis outcomes could be a valuable source of  
information in the evaluation process.

32. We request the Secretary General of the United Nations to submit  
an annual report to the ECOSOC and/or UNGA on implementation  
activities of the WSIS decisions within the UN family.

33. Review and policy debate should be organized in the framework of  
the follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits  
in the Economic and Social fields, as provided for in UNGA Resolution  
57/270. It should be an integral part of the review process of the  
implementation of the Millennium Declaration.

RG -> what does this section mean? is it suggesting that follow-up  
and review of the WSIS process be merged with the MDG processes? If  
so, then we really need to make sure that the MDG meetings in sept  
are - very - closely monitored.

If not, then what type of follow-up process is being suggested and/or  
recommended? A follow-up meeting @ 2, 5, or 10 years? or something else?

RG -> would be good to have a position from one or more CS groups on  
this.

34. Continuous involvement of all stakeholders in the policy  
discussion after Tunis Summit is essential and the modalities of such  
participation should be established.

RG -> seems this is a reference to the multi-stakeholder approach.  
Should it be reworded?



From Mueller at syr.edu  Sat Jul 23 22:28:19 2005
From: Mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:07 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Online attenance: Wash. DC Internet Governance event July 28
Message-ID: <s2e27e53.021@gwia201.syr.edu>

The Internet Governance Project will make its symposium "Regime Change
on the  Internet" available to an online audience using Elluminate
software. The  Elluminate session begins at 10:30 AM (US Eastern
Standard Time) on July 28,  2005. To join the session, please click
here, within 60 minutes of the start  time:
http://cotelco-server.syr.edu:8080/meeting_login.html?meeting_id=21970


If this is the first time you will be using Elluminate, you will need
to download client software, which may take anywhere from 2 to 20
minutes depending  upon your Internet connection speed. You can
pre-configure your system with the  required software by going to the
support page:
http://cotelco-server.syr.edu:8080/support.html 

Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to be able
to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate session.

REGIME CHANGE ON THE INTERNET? INTERNET GOVERNANCE AFTER WGIG

Program Moderator: 
Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
and  Internet Governance Project

"What the UN Working Group proposed"
Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, UN Working Group on Internet
Governance

"The US Perspective on Internet Governance and WSIS"
Richard Beaird, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator, US State Department, 
Communication and Information Policy section

Respondents:
* Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive Officer, Nominet UK 
* Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University and Internet
Governance Project
* Christopher Boam, Counsel for Internet and Global ICT in MCI's
Legal  Department, International Affairs Division
* Willie Currie, Association for Progressive Communications

11:30 - 12:30 
Questions and answers from attending and online audience. 

Rapporteur:
Hans Klein, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology and Internet
Governance  Project

Event co-sponsors include: The Internet Governance Project; The Quello
Center for  Telecommunication Management and Law, Michigan State
University; Culture,  Communication and Technology Program, Georgetown
University; Internet and Public  Policy Project, Georgia Institute of
Technology.

Physical meeting coordinates:

July 28, 2005 10:30 - 12:30
Syracuse University's Paul Greenberg House
2301 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC 
(Near the Woodley subway stop)



Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org


From rikp at earthlink.net  Sat Jul 23 23:01:04 2005
From: rikp at earthlink.net (Rik Panganiban)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
Message-ID: <14735683.1122156064288.JavaMail.root@wamui-ovcar.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Vittorio, et al,

My interpretation of this text is that it more fully integrates the WSIS follow-up process into the broader UN follow-up to all the other UN conferences, i.e. the Vienna Conference on Human Rights, the Beijing Women's Conference, Copenhagen Social Development conference, and Durban Conference on Racism.   In addition, this language links the WSIS follow-up to the Millennium Summit and Millennium Development Goals follow-up and implementation.


Rik Panganiban
CONGO

-----Original Message-----
From: Vittorio Bertola <vb@bertola.eu.org>
Sent: Jul 23, 2005 4:15 AM
To: wsis@ngocongo.org
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC

_______________________________________

CONGO - Philippe Dam ha scritto:
> Please find enclosed the advance version of the input to besubmitted to 
> the 7^th meeting of the GFC, based on 11 July discussions. Find also 
> below the message to all stakeholders on behalf of Ambassador Karklins.

Sorry for being overly ignorant in terms of UN-speak... could you please 
explain to me what this sentence would mean in practice:

> 33. Review and policy debate should be organized in the framework of 
 > the follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits
 > in the Economic and Social fields, as provided for in UNGA Resolution
 > 57/270. It should be an integral part of the review process of the
 > implementation of the Millennium Declaration.

Thanks,
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...
_____________________________________

===============================================
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 ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sat Jul 23 23:02:42 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FIRST EVENT GENDER AND ICTs
Message-ID: <20050723220243.63046.qmail@web26904.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Hello all,


FIRST EVENT GENDER AND ICTs 


The permanent change that lives the human sort directly is related 
to the development of a society of the information.  It is said 
until the society, "information is to be able", and new forms of 
life, economic activities, services and businesses related to the 
information are promoted.  All the sectors of the contemporary life, 
finances, leisure, health...  education, the information and this 
one are related to - by assumption it uses the communications to 
generalize the well-being or the control.  Greater information in:

http://www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales/ti/genero/genero_tics.htm

Cordially,

Lady Murrugarra



Cordialmente,

Lady Murrugarra
lmurrugarra@hotmail.com
		
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Correo Yahoo!
Comprueba qu? es nuevo, aqu?
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sat Jul 23 23:03:52 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FIRST EVENT GENDER AND ICTs
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Hello all,


FIRST EVENT GENDER AND ICTs 


The permanent change that lives the human sort directly is related 
to the development of a society of the information.  It is said 
until the society, "information is to be able", and new forms of 
life, economic activities, services and businesses related to the 
information are promoted.  All the sectors of the contemporary life, 
finances, leisure, health...  education, the information and this 
one are related to - by assumption it uses the communications to 
generalize the well-being or the control.  Greater information in:

http://www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales/ti/genero/genero_tics.htm

Cordially,

Lady Murrugarra



Cordialmente,

Lady Murrugarra
lmurrugarra@hotmail.com
		
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Correo Yahoo!
Comprueba qu? es nuevo, aqu?
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Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Grassroots Particpation in Policy Advocacy - Survey Report by WSIS
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Sun Jul 24 12:02:53 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8
 August 2005
In-Reply-To: <5FBE71E9-37A5-410D-948F-DBE38BE773CB@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <5FBE71E9-37A5-410D-948F-DBE38BE773CB@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <p06230902bf0924b2ef95@[192.168.0.2]>

Lisa's having problems posting to the list, so while we sort out I'm 
forwarding this for her.

(and I agree with her note: go ahead and try to get accredited, 
explain your situation and hope the Secretariat can help.)

Adam


>Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:52:31 -0400
>To: Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
>From: mclauglm@po.muohio.edu
>


>###
>Dear all,
>
>With the WSIS deadline looming (August 8), I thought that it might 
>be a good idea to share some information that may facilitate the 
>process for those groups whose organizations do not have all of the 
>required documents. My organization, for example, has a financial 
>report and a governance statement, etc., but we do not produce a 
>formal annual report (in part because our funding comes entirely 
>from membership dues, and our financial reserves amount to nearly 
>nothing). I found that the WSIS secretariat was willing to "forgive" 
>the failure to produce a document that doesn't exist once the 
>situation was explained. I think that it would have been likely, 
>however, that we would have been turned down for accreditation if we 
>hadn't communicated our circumstances directly to the Secretariat 
>prior to applying for accreditation. If your organization does not 
>have some of the documents that are requested, I would encourage you 
>to send an e-mail to wsis.csd@ties.itu.int, noting this and asking 
>for consideration. One thing to add: I don't know if the 
>accreditation process has become more inflexible for the Tunis phase 
>(I suspect that, during the first phase, some organizations 
>experienced more flexibility than others). If this is the case, my 
>advice may not apply, although I certainly hope for all concerned 
>that my organization's experience with the accreditation process is 
>more typical than not.
>
>Best,
>Lisa
>###
>



At 7:24 PM -0400 7/22/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
>list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for 
>specific people. Your cooperation is highly 
>appreciated]_______________________________________
>
>### Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005 ###
>
>Organizations that wish to participate in PrepCom-3 and/or the 
>Summit and who were not accredited in previous PrepComs, must submit 
>an accreditation request form to the Executive Secretariat by 8 
>August 2005
>
>Further details available at:
>
>http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/how-can-i-register-for-the-wsis--.html
>
>
>
>--
>Robert Guerra <rguerra@privaterra.org>
>Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
>Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
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From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Sun Jul 24 12:18:08 2005
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
In-Reply-To: <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>
References: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch>
 <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>
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>CONGO - Philippe Dam ha scritto:
>>Please find enclosed the advance version of the input to 
>>besubmitted to the 7^th meeting of the GFC, based on 11 July 
>>discussions. Find also below the message to all stakeholders on 
>>behalf of Ambassador Karklins.
>
>Sorry for being overly ignorant in terms of UN-speak... could you 
>please explain to me what this sentence would mean in practice:


The resolution is about integration, coordinated implementation and 
follow up to UN conferences and summits.

<http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N03/418/08/PDF/N0341808.pdf?OpenElement>
<http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N02/557/23/PDF/N0255723.pdf?OpenElement>

(these links/UN docs system are not reliable, if you see an error try 
loading the url in the address bar twice...)
So Karklins is say we have a guide to the role of actors in follow-up 
etc and how to integrate in the UN system, role of economic and 
social councils, etc. Or perhaps that's what he saying!

Adam



>>33. Review and policy debate should be organized in the framework of
>  > the follow-up to the outcomes of the major UN conferences and summits
>  > in the Economic and Social fields, as provided for in UNGA Resolution
>>  57/270. It should be an integral part of the review process of the
>>  implementation of the Millennium Declaration.
>
>Thanks,
>--
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From karenb at gn.apc.org  Sun Jul 24 12:26:25 2005
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
In-Reply-To: <p06230905bf0837d21b8b@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch>
 <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org>
 <p06230905bf0837d21b8b@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <6.2.0.14.0.20050724122059.033c10d0@pop.gn.apc.org>

hi

>The resolution is about integration, coordinated implementation and follow 
>up to UN conferences and summits.
>
><http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N03/418/08/PDF/N0341808.pdf?OpenElement>
><http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N02/557/23/PDF/N0255723.pdf?OpenElement>
>
>(these links/UN docs system are not reliable, if you see an error try 
>loading the url in the address bar twice...)
>So Karklins is say we have a guide to the role of actors in follow-up etc 
>and how to integrate in the UN system, role of economic and social 
>councils, etc. Or perhaps that's what he saying!

Amb Karklins made an interesting comment about this in response to an 
intervention from israel during the WSIS Ineternet Governance open 
consultation.

----
Israel: IG followup should be linked to follow up of WSIS process - as per 
proper guideline Res. 57/270B that sets follow up mechanism with UN 
structure - don't create another process requiring unnecessary money and time

Amb Karklins: (some time later)

on followup: I heard the intervention from Israel re resolution 57/270B. We 
have agreed in principle (though agreement is bracketed) that we will try 
to address follow up to IG issues separately to follow up to other WSIS 
related issues as they are very different and require specific knowledge. 
We know that in 2 years we have learned a lot, how internet functions, how 
it is managed etc, and they are not related directly to other issues we 
address in the WSIS process.

In my view, would be productive to look at follow up to IG separately from 
other WSIS related issues, which could be arranged in accordance with res 
57/270B
------

I almost have a full transcript of the open consultation, which is not in 
any shape to be shared publically just yet, but i shall do my best to write 
them up asap and post here.

karen




From mh at wacc.org.uk  Sun Jul 24 15:04:00 2005
From: mh at wacc.org.uk (Myriam Horngren)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP PT FR [July 25th 2005]
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From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Sun Jul 24 16:26:19 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] test
Message-ID: <p06010200bf09635664cc@[192.168.1.101]>

test

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sun Jul 24 17:20:13 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005
In-Reply-To: <p06230902bf0924b2ef95@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <5FBE71E9-37A5-410D-948F-DBE38BE773CB@lists.privaterra.org> <p06230902bf0924b2ef95@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <5F66AF40-4166-49C3-B7CC-DCE0CEB389E8@lists.privaterra.org>

On 24-Jul-05, at 7:02 AM, Adam Peake wrote:

>
> Lisa's having problems posting to the list, so while we sort out  
> I'm forwarding this for her.
>
> (and I agree with her note: go ahead and try to get accredited,  
> explain your situation and hope the Secretariat can help.)
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:52:31 -0400
>> To: Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp>
>> From: mclauglm@po.muohio.edu
>>
>>
>
>
>
>> ###
>> Dear all,
>>
>> With the WSIS deadline looming (August 8), I thought that it might  
>> be a good idea to share some information that may facilitate the  
>> process for those groups whose organizations do not have all of  
>> the required documents.

As i mentioned earlier, i'm blogging about this issue. see
http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/how-can-i-register-for- 
the-wsis--.html


>> My organization, for example, has a financial report and a  
>> governance statement, etc., but we do not produce a formal annual  
>> report (in part because our funding comes entirely from membership  
>> dues, and our financial reserves amount to nearly nothing).

Another document that is needed is one that states from the  
organization requesting accreditation has legal status as an NGO (ie.  
non profit) for at least 2 years. In the USA, this would be a 501c3  
determination letter from the IRS.

As for annual reports - well, i'm not sure if there's been specific  
details on the type of financial report that is needed. No doubt you  
have annual budgets of some kind? send that, with a note mentioning  
it's all you have..


>> I found that the WSIS secretariat was willing to "forgive" the  
>> failure to produce a document that doesn't exist once the  
>> situation was explained. I think that it would have been likely,  
>> however, that we would have been turned down for accreditation if  
>> we hadn't communicated our circumstances directly to the  
>> Secretariat prior to applying for accreditation. If your  
>> organization does not have some of the documents that are  
>> requested, I would encourage you to send an e-mail to  
>> wsis.csd@ties.itu.int, noting this and asking for consideration.

I would suggest not waiting for the Aug 8th deadline as it's the  
"hard deadline", at which point all the submitted documents are  
assembled and distributed to the member states for comment and  
review. If there are any "questions" then the NGO in question will  
likely be contacted so that the issue can be resolved ahead of the  
presentation of accreditation requests the first morning of PrepCom 3.


>> One thing to add: I don't know if the accreditation process has  
>> become more inflexible for the Tunis phase (I suspect that, during  
>> the first phase, some organizations experienced more flexibility  
>> than others).

If I recall the Civill Society orientation meeting @ PrepCom 2 well ,  
it was stated by Charles Geiger that ALL civil society entities that  
requested accreditation we granted status. That is, unless they were  
vetted by one or more member states (as was the case with Human  
Rights in China and a NGO from Spain)

Ref: Audio Archives PC2 (Tunis phase)
http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/wsis-pc2-audio-files- 
online.html

Ref: Human Rights in China denied accreditation for WSIS (again)
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/public/plenary/2005-February/004886.html

regards

Robert



From iangriselda.kenyon at btinternet.com  Sun Jul 24 17:59:15 2005
From: iangriselda.kenyon at btinternet.com (Ian & Griselda Kenyon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Delete me from this list
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From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sun Jul 24 20:53:15 2005
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Draft input to GFC
In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050724122059.033c10d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
References: <200507221742.j6MHgciV006776@homer2.tic.ch> <42E1FCAE.8000900@bertola.eu.org> <p06230905bf0837d21b8b@[192.168.0.2]> <6.2.0.14.0.20050724122059.033c10d0@pop.gn.apc.org>
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karen banks ha scritto:
> Amb Karklins: (some time later)
> 
> on followup: I heard the intervention from Israel re resolution 57/270B. 
> We have agreed in principle (though agreement is bracketed) that we will 
> try to address follow up to IG issues separately to follow up to other 
> WSIS related issues as they are very different and require specific 
> knowledge. We know that in 2 years we have learned a lot, how internet 
> functions, how it is managed etc, and they are not related directly to 
> other issues we address in the WSIS process.
> 
> In my view, would be productive to look at follow up to IG separately 
> from other WSIS related issues, which could be arranged in accordance 
> with res 57/270B
> ------

Given this point, shouldn't we try to get this stated in the draft para 
33? (Or at least raise the issue.)
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sun Jul 24 23:31:00 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:08 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005
In-Reply-To: <p06230902bf0924b2ef95@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <20050724223100.55811.qmail@web26902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

I am equal situation....
 
regards


Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp> escribi?:
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_______________________________________

Lisa's having problems posting to the list, so while we sort out I'm 
forwarding this for her.

(and I agree with her note: go ahead and try to get accredited, 
explain your situation and hope the Secretariat can help.)

Adam


>Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 18:52:31 -0400
>To: Adam Peake 
>From: mclauglm@po.muohio.edu
>


>###
>Dear all,
>
>With the WSIS deadline looming (August 8), I thought that it might 
>be a good idea to share some information that may facilitate the 
>process for those groups whose organizations do not have all of the 
>required documents. My organization, for example, has a financial 
>report and a governance statement, etc., but we do not produce a 
>formal annual report (in part because our funding comes entirely 
>from membership dues, and our financial reserves amount to nearly 
>nothing). I found that the WSIS secretariat was willing to "forgive" 
>the failure to produce a document that doesn't exist once the 
>situation was explained. I think that it would have been likely, 
>however, that we would have been turned down for accreditation if we 
>hadn't communicated our circumstances directly to the Secretariat 
>prior to applying for accreditation. If your organization does not 
>have some of the documents that are requested, I would encourage you 
>to send an e-mail to wsis.csd@ties.itu.int, noting this and asking 
>for consideration. One thing to add: I don't know if the 
>accreditation process has become more inflexible for the Tunis phase 
>(I suspect that, during the first phase, some organizations 
>experienced more flexibility than others). If this is the case, my 
>advice may not apply, although I certainly hope for all concerned 
>that my organization's experience with the accreditation process is 
>more typical than not.
>
>Best,
>Lisa
>###
>



At 7:24 PM -0400 7/22/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire 
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>
>### Reminder - Accreditation deadline - 8 August 2005 ###
>
>Organizations that wish to participate in PrepCom-3 and/or the 
>Summit and who were not accredited in previous PrepComs, must submit 
>an accreditation request form to the Executive Secretariat by 8 
>August 2005
>
>Further details available at:
>
>http://www.privaterra.org/activities/wsis/blog/how-can-i-register-for-the-wsis--.html
>
>
>
>--
>Robert Guerra 
>Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
>WSIS Civil Society Bureau, Focal Point for North America & Europe
>Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
>
>
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From mandjelkovic at iisd.ca  Mon Jul 25 02:41:06 2005
From: mandjelkovic at iisd.ca (Maja Andjelkovic)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] World Summit Youth Award in Phase II
Message-ID: <47AB1D483BC00940AC5DE54F9587ACAD010ABE01@proton.iisd.ca>

Do you have a cool emerging project on the web? Are you a young designer,
web developer, music producer or artist looking for international exposure?
Are you passionate about using technology for social change? Enter the World
Summit Youth Award (WSYA) today and showcase your project to the world! WSYA
is an international competition for youth-led (under 27 years of age)
projects that bridge the content gap in the emerging Information Society. It
is the first global "youth for youth" initiative; promoting best practice in
e-content and technological creativity and demonstrating young people's
potential to create digital opportunities.  WSYA is not only a showcase to
the world for young designers, technologists and e-content creators, it also
contributes on a global scale to reducing poverty, protecting the
environment, sharing knowledge and empowering marginalized young people.
The WSYA Categories are Development, Creativity & Culture and Community
Engagement and the online application process at www.youthaward.org is open
until midnight (GMT) on September 18, 2005.  WSYA is a joint venture of the
World Summit Award (www.wsis-award.org) and the WSIS Youth Caucus
(www.wsisyouth.org).

I know many of you have online projects and I encourage you all to apply to
the WSYA through our online application form, now available at
www.youthaward.org/apply.  Note that only online projects led by youth under
27 years of age are eligible.  We've received many requests for assistance
but we ask that only eligible applicants with an online project or website
apply.  The applications will close on midnight (GMT), September 18, 2005.

News will be updated at http://www.youthaward.org/wsya/news.htm so stay
tuned.  Please contact me or Thomas (biebl@icnm.net) if you have any
questions or want to get involved!

Many thanks,

Alex
(Former WSIS Youth Liaison)

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Marketing Communications Coordinator
World Summit Youth Award
International Center for New Media
fielding@icnm.net
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From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sun Jul 24 23:30:16 2005
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] test
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From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Mon Jul 25 19:12:06 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3
Message-ID: <42DF6DB9000BC7EA@mail17.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)



I sent this out before. Here it is again
Renata


-----Original Message-----
From: Renata Bloem [mailto:rbloem@iprolink.ch] 
Sent: dimanche, 24. juillet 2005 19:29
To: 'bureau wsis'
Cc: 'wsis@ngocongo.org'
Subject: RE: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3

Hi Robert,

Yes, planning is underway for Sunday 18 September, immediately preceding
PrepCom 3. I sent out earlier messages to the Bureau, but have not received
any response.

So far we have booked a room in the ITU, as Palais des Nations is not
possible on Sundays. All relevant actors will participate. More during the
week when I will be back in Geneva.

Renata 

-----Original Message-----
From: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of Robert Guerra
Sent: vendredi, 22. juillet 2005 23:40
To: bureau wsis
Cc: wsis@ngocongo.org
Subject: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3

Renate:

Several colleagues have already contacted me in regards to CS  
orientation events that might be planned for the upcoming Prepcom in  
September.

I have answered, that to my knowledge - nothing is yet planned, but  
something will be organized as we get closer.

There is International  Privacy meeting in Montreaux days before the  
Prepcom, and as such it would be good to liase with you and the CONGO  
WSIS team to make sure events can be co-ordinated.


I look forward to your comments.

regards

robert


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From robin at ipjustice.org  Mon Jul 25 19:46:36 2005
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
Message-ID: <42E5338C.5080705@ipjustice.org>

Over 129 Public-Interest NGO's Call for WIPO Reform:
http://www.ipjustice.org/WIPO/NGO_Statement.shtml

.........


IP Justice Notes and Summary of Day 3 (22 July) at WIPO Development 
Agenda Meeting in Geneva

US & JAPAN UPSET CONSENSUS FOR DEVELOPMENT AGENDA AT WIPO:
No Substantive Recommendations to Reform WIPO Will Go to General Assembly

In the late afternoon of final day of the third Intercessional
Inter-governmental Meeting (IIM) for a Development Agenda at WIPO, the
plenary meeting resumed after informal consultations among Member States
most of the day.  The informal consultations had resulted in an
agreement between all countries ? except the United States and Japan --
to recommend to the General Assembly that the IIM process should be
extended for one additional year to continue to examine a Development
Agenda for WIPO.  The US and Japan refused to allow the IIM Development
Agenda discussions to continue and instead insisted that all development
issues should be dealt with by the ineffective Permanent Committee on
Cooperation for Development Related to Intellectual Property (PCIPD)
Committee.  PCIPD is an existing WIPO technical cooperation body that
meets once every two years and has no oversight role over the
substantive work of WIPO committees, such as the copyright or patent
committees.

In October 2004, the WIPO General Assembly adopted a resolution to
incorporate a Development Agenda into WIPO?s work by reforming its
policies and practices that favor wealthy IP-exporting nations over
developing countries.  At that time, a proposal was submitted by a group
of 14 developing countries, the Group of Friends of Development (FoD).
The proposal included substantive reforms that WIPO should consider to
become more Member-driven, transparent, and inclusive of the needs of
developing countries.

The General Assembly decided to hold a series of IIMs to discuss this
proposal and any others submitted by Member States.  In total there were
3 three-day IIMs: in April, June, and July 2005.  The US and Europe were
successful in tying up the first one and a half IIMs on procedural
issues, so the FoD proposal or any other substantive discussions could
not begin until the middle of day 2 of the June IIM.  This left only 4 ?
remaining days of discussions on how to reform WIPO to incorporate a
Development Agenda to its work.

WIPO proceeds according to ?consensus?, meaning all countries must agree
or no action can be taken.  Without the US and Japan agreeing with the
all of other countries to continue the IIM Development Agenda process,
the body could not make that recommendation to the WIPO General Assembly
in its report due 30 July 2005.  Despite the overwhelming majority view,
the only decision that could be taken was to inform the General Assembly
that a consensus could not be reached, and to simply forward the
summaries and discussion notes from the three IIMs to the General
Assembly for its Fall 2005 meeting.

Below are the IP Justice notes on this final debate to recommend to the
General Assembly that the IIM discussions on a Development Agenda be
allowed to continue.

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

22 July 2005 ~ Geneva
IIM/3 For a Development Agenda at WIPO

CHAIRMAN RIGOBERTO GAUTO VIELMAN OF PARAGUAY:
All countries agree that some form of discussion must continue.

However, consensus could not be reached regarding how to continue the
discussion.  There are two proposals:
1.	Renew the IIM process and continue existing discussions.
2.	Continue all work regarding a Development Agenda in the PCIPD.
The majority of countries prefer to continue work within the IIM
framework, however some delegations refuse to accept that proposal.  So
perhaps a compromise solution is to let General Assembly decide how to
work in future.

There are also proposals to make a factual report on what took place in
the meetings, reflecting the work we would like to do without stating
where that work would take place.

Now, we should allow formal concluding remarks and decide the format for
our report to the General Assembly.  I open the floor to Member States.

ARGENTINA:
On behalf of the Group of Friends of Development (FoD), we are sorry
that although the majority were agreed, there will be no positive
outcome because of a few delegations against the proposal.  Most
delegations agree that the IIM process should be renewed.  The IIM has
not finished examining all proposals submitted and new proposals are to
be submitted.  Forwarding work to PCIP is not acceptable because it is
just one of proposals on the table and there is no agreement on that
proposal.  So this proposal should continue to be looked at with other
proposals in the spirit of maximum flexibility.

The FoD proposal is that the IIM recommends that the WIPO General
Assembly should renew the process of IIM with a view to addressing
effectively the existing and any new proposals to establish a
Development Agenda for WIPO.  We propose 3 new IIMs, ending in July 2006
and a report back to 2006 General Assembly on these proposals.

This is minimum proposal to express to General Assembly.

INDIA:
We are far from concluding our process.  No single proposal has received
much discussion.  The logical thing would be to continue our
discussions.  It is customary in the past to continue our discussions.
We are surprised about the objection.  Since no substantive issue is
involved, there should be no difficulty.  We are surprised that 1 or 2
delegations had reached a point where a substantive outcome could be
reached ? the remittance of development issues to PCIPD, which is one of
the substantive proposals.  This is a substantive decision and we had
not yet reached any substantive proposals.  It is baffling to change
horses mid-stream.  Rather, we are changing from a horse to a mule
mid-stream.  We should roll over the IIM process for 1 year.

SRI LANKA:
Sad to hear even when large majority of views converging to continue IIM
process, full consensus was not achieved.  These are historic meetings ?
the 1st time developing countries stimulate a debate on development at
WIPO.  Development is being negotiated by colleagues in NY.  We thank
the African Group for reminding us the recent Doha Agreement for WIPO to
adopt a Development Agenda.

We fully support the Brazilian proposal.  WERO is in line with recent
trends in many UN and international organizations (IMF).
Public-interest NGOs should participate.  Concern for software patents ?
there are many views on harmonization. WIPO should organize panels on
IPR on development and free and open source software.

PAKISTAN:
We wish to put a few things in perspective: this organization (through a
General Assembly decision) gave a mandate for IIMs to consider FoD
proposal and others that may emerge ? to examine them and then to come
up with recommendations.  First half of IIM process was a procedural
discussion on how to proceed ? it wasted time.  Only mid-way through of
2nd IIM, we embarked on substantive discussion.  List of proposals has
grown, even at this IIM.  Only held a preliminary exchange of views,
which can in no way be viewed as an examination as mandated.  The work
has not been done and now we are asked to dismantle our work.  This
demonstrates a lack of seriousness with regard to issue of development ?
sad.  Conspicuously important is the lack of seriousness.  Even at this
late stage of deliberations ? our delegation still has hope that work is
in progress.  Our work has not been discharged properly ?we must let it
continue.  A recommendation has to be passed on to the General Assembly.
  Only logical recommendation is to continue our work.  We have a
consensus minus a few situation.  This work should be allowed to
continue.  Pakistan is speaking on behalf of southern countries.  We
support continuing the IIM process ? at a minimum, it is only logical.
The African proposal has not even been considered yet.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
There is a positive broad agreement to continue development discussions.
  But these discussions should be structured within PCIPD ? there is no
limit on its mandate and a new mandate could be provided.  IIM process
has been useful for preliminary exchange ? not in depth examination of
all proposals.  IIM was a compromise.  FoD called for working Group to
establish a Development Agenda.  Many agreed that PCIPD should be the
forum.  IIM was a compromise.  Our report should be factual and General
Assembly should decide how to go forward.  IIM discussions could
continue for 20 years ? IIM is not the best way to continue.  The US
proposal was only proposal not to have prejudice on outcome.  We should
keep the good will going.

We propose the report should recall the decision to initiate the IIM,
list all proposals and note that others may come, and note our full
agreement to continue discussions some where.

WIPO is demand driven and not limited to technical assistance.

The key proponents of the Development Agenda have received 456
development cooperation activities in a report by WIPO International
Bureau.  We are trying to show that WIPO has not ignored development
concerns.  The development debate has profound misunderstandings.

MOROCCO:
We represent the African Group position ? support the renew mandate of
IIM.  All proposals should be dealt with in the same way.  Any other
proposal that would not be along those lines is not treating all
proposals with equal footing.

CHILE:
We support the FoD proposal made by Argentina.  It is similar to the
African Group proposal and also to what the European Community proposed
? to go on with this IIM process.  We want our proposal treated in the
same way as others.  We have had a fruitful discussion and it should not
be stopped.  PCIPD is not the right forum.  Some delegations that
originally wanted PCIPD are flexible and want IIM to continue.

JAPAN:
The 3 IIM sessions were useful, fruitful, and significant.  We should
continue our debates.  However IIM is process of compromise of General
Assembly 2004.  IIM?s main function is to make report by end of 30 July.
  Such report should be factual.  It is not appropriate for IIM to
decide to continue its extension ? that should be General Assembly
decision [IPJ note: it is only a recommendation to General Assemble to
continue, not a decision to continue, so Japan?s statement makes no
sense].  Bahrain and African proposals were not discussed.  These
proposals should be treated properly ? we can decide at next General
Assembly.  We are concerned about the extension of IIM is related to
process, not substance.

BRAZIL:
It was not possible to achieve consensus in informal consultations.  We
should build upon the majority view of members.  There is ample
agreement to extend IIM for 1 year to enable all proposals consideration
adequately and on same footing.  FoD presented substantive document on
Development Agenda, it was not fully considered, up until now.  Even
proposals put forth by developed countries were not discussed and there
is no agreement on those proposals.  There has been no negotiation on
anything yet.  Important thing is to work on the basis of an outcome ?
which is not reached yet ? it is essential to continue.  To shift our
forum in mid-course as a few Members have insisted, diminishes
development concerns.  Concerns should be further developed in all of
WIPO?s activities ? and not prejudging the forum in which Development
Agenda should continue to be discussed; the only way for proposals to
have the same footing is in IIM forum.  IIM is not permanent body.
PCIPD is only one of many proposals put forward.  It is not appropriate
to adopt one among many proposals submitted.  There is no agreement on
what PCIPD should or should not do.  We do not want to pick and choose
particular outcomes for early harvest.  The report should go forward
with IIMs and majority favors IIMs in current process for 1 more year.

MEXICO:
It is difficult to reach conclusion, and better to establish factual
report, state various proposals and intention of other proposals to be
submitted.

ARGENTINA:
Not sure we understood what is meant by factual report.  Summary of
three meetings held so far sent to General Assembly?  Talking about new
type of report?  What do you mean?

We need to correct inconsistencies: last year annex presented to General
Assembly including series of decisions to be adopted.  One decision was
for working group to review all remaining issues ? deal with proposals,
but not decide on.  Working group is not supposed to be a permanent
body.  The claim that we said ?20 more years of discussions?, is taken
out of context.  We need to limit the process in time ? that is why we
made that comment ? we need to focus on process and its implementation.
  Developing countries do not want process to continue for many years.

CHINA:
Continuing the IIM format is preferred.
1.  IIMs were decided by general assembly.  This meeting has not
accomplished its mandate yet.
2.  PCIPD is one of the contents of the proposals at this meeting.  IIM
has not discussed substantive matters.  Before this, we cannot make a
decision of this proposal.

SOUTH AFRICA:
Need clarification of working group ? deal with implementation mechanism
of principles and action points as Argentina has just pointed out.  Some
delegation expressed concern that it would go on indefinitely and hence
proposed the Development Agenda work be dealt with in PCIPD.  But an
indefinite continuation is not in the interest of developing countries ?
we need outcomes that benefit developing countries.  Discussions will
continue indefinitely if sent to PCIPD, for example, discussions there
that have no benefit for developing countries deal with genetic and bio
resources.  The African Group proposal needs to be discussed within a
renewed IIM.

BOTSWANA:
We endorse the Moroccan proposal.  We took the floor to register our
disappointment that a crucial element of development seems to have
attracted vagueness as to where the organization is heading.  It is only
logical to take the matter to General Assembly for guidance.  The
factual report should say we are not happy with injustice and treatment
to the African proposal.  The African Group proposal should be discussed
as others should be discussed.  And it should be discussed in same
manner and structure as others.  We do not want to get into PCIPD, for
the same reasons why others do want the PCIPD.  All countries and all
proposals should be treated with equality.  There should be same
privileges for all proposals.  This IIM body should continue to discuss
the issue of development.

ALGERIA:
We support the Moroccan proposal made on behalf of the African Group.
  All proposals should be discussed in an open way.  Our intention is
not to make IIM a standing committee.  Developing countries do not have
an interest in prolonging these discussions.  There is at least one
proposal that has not benefited by the right to be before General
Assembly as other proposals.  Our group is deprived of the right to
discuss our proposal.

COLOMBIA:
Need thorough discussion of each proposal ? this justifies continuing
IIM format, which is the appropriate forum for achieving the progress we
hope for.  A new mandate for a meeting should concentrate on consensus
building on the proposals.  Then in one year we can take to General
Assembly a real agreement that the 2006 Assembly could adopt and
approve.  We support Argentina?s recent proposal on behalf of FoD.  The
USA proposal is one in a package of proposals.  There is no consensus to
give the responsibility of Development Agenda to PCIPD.

SENEGAL:
We support the Moroccan proposal on behalf of the African Group ? it
sums up the discussion.  The mandate of this inter-governmental body is
in favor of its renewal.  On principle, we want all proposals dealt with
on equal footing.  Anything else would mean no equal treatment.  It is
practical to continue our discussion in this forum.   Vast majority is
in favor of renewing IIM?s mandate.  Our duty to advise General Assembly
of what actually happened.  There are proposals which have not been
given appropriate treatment.  Only just and fair for General Assembly to
see them as well in factual report.  The list of all proposals in annex
to Chairman?s Summary of IIM2 ? does not contain African group?s
proposals submitted yesterday.  Our duty to make this known to General
Assembly.

BOLIVIA:
We support Argentina?s proposal on behalf of the FoD.  Clarify issue of
PCIPD ? Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources & Folklore Committee ?
there was discussion for 8 sessions and no outcome ? no concrete
solution.  Developing countries are frustrated at those meetings (to put
it mildly).  We don?t want to run in same situation with PCIPD.  Here,
only 1 or 2 delegations are exception.  Sending to PCIPD would favor
only some of proposals.  WIPO?s credibility would be reduced if
discussions were sent to PCIPD.  Millennium development goals should be
supported.

EGYPT:
[IPJ note: Gives long list of Member States in support of FoD?s proposal
to recommend renewing IIM].  This reflects frustration of inability to
unanimously agree on how to continue process which has not fulfilled its
mandate.  Very few delegations favor not continuing in IIM.  In response
to Japan?s point ? what we are discussing is our recommendation to
General Assembly ? not deciding on behalf of General Assembly.  It would
be up to General Assembly to adopt recommendation or decide otherwise.
IIM has been established as an interim session.  IIM is not and should
not be a permanent body ? that would undermine our objectives to
establish Development Agenda for WIPO.

CANADA:
All proposals need to be explored on equal footing.  We have been
frustrated on important matter of process.  Consensus can be reached at
2005 General Assembly on relationship of development and Intellectual
property.

IRAN:
Compromise of IIM has not finished work. Process is all that has been
discussed.

NIGERIA:
We support the African Group ? and should continue IIM process to
logical end.  Development matters are crucial.  We are very strongly in
favor of continuing IIM process.  In reference to US delegation ? there
is merit in 1 or 2 things they say.  List all proposals and new ones for
full discussion by committee.  Important to have structured discussion.
  No result after 3 meetings because we focus on process and had no
substantive discussions.

INDIA:
Chair, one remark you made alarmed us at prospect of having to be here
until tomorrow.  Before we had to spend 3 days working on a summary.
Optimistic at prospect and not necessary.  We have record of all 3
discussions.  We ask if the 2 delegations opposed to continuing IIM
process would object to having their names mentioned as those opposing
IIM in the report?  [IPJ Note: This is the USA and Japan that are opposed].

ARGENTINA:
We support India?s proposal.  A consensus is based on a majority.  The
majority here is quite obvious among members.  This method has already
been used in the past when delegations experience difficulties.  We need
more precise numbering of proposals ? provide an updated list.

UNITED KINGDOM:
I speak on behalf of the European Community and 25 Member States.  There
is no full consensus on the way forward.  These are historic set of
discussions at WIPO.  It is late.  We are tired.  Our time spent in IIMs
has not been wasted.  Situation is ripe to allow time for further
reflection leading up to General Assembly.  We should return to the
question at the General Assembly.  The best way forward is for you to
provide a factual report along the lines of previous IIMs and leave it
up to General Assembly on how to proceed.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
We thank India for bringing up the report.  The report should be a short
factual summary or the full minutes of IIM/3 to go forward.  Not just
two countries that want to leave it up to General Assembly.

SWITZERLAND:
A recommendation should be after the General Assembly.  It is unclear
where our work will continue.  This forum should leave choice of where
to go forward up to General Assembly.  You should draft a factual report.

SENEGAL:
Include 16 pts.

BRAZIL:
Wanted to include transfer of technologies.  Report must be approved by
members of IIM.

INDIA:
How can UK?s proposal amount to a report of IIM?  How is that linked to
what the delegate of Brazil said?   How could the General Assembly take
a decision on forum that would not amount to a decision of this IIM?
When Switzerland says ?we leave it to the General Assembly?, if that
decision is not the IIM, then let us leave the option of PCIPD to
General Assembly.  When we leave the decision open, we say PCIPD should
continue to be option for General Assembly ? that is not what reflects
the view of the Member States.

JORDAN:
IIM option was supported by Member States.  PCIPD was also supported.
We had mandate for one year only of IIM.

CHAIR:
I am going to have to think about an objective way to present something
to General Assembly.  We need a few minutes to think of something.

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From: webmaster at nilebasin.com (Nabil El-Khodari)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
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It is a shame. What can we do next?

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From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Jul 26 09:27:16 2005
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3
In-Reply-To: <42DF6DB9000BC7EA@mail17.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)
Message-ID: <20050726082716.751.qmail@web60717.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear renata,
In principle, i shall attend the precom III meetings
as long as my registrations difficulties will be
solved.
Wish you all the best.
Have a good home leave.
Djilali 

--- Renate Bloem <rbloem@ngocongo.org> wrote:

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> I sent this out before. Here it is again
> Renata
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: R
enata Bloem [mailto:rbloem@iprolink.ch] 
> Sent: dimanche, 24. juillet 2005 19:29
> To: 'bureau wsis'
> Cc: 'wsis@ngocongo.org'
> Subject: RE: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3
> 
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Yes, planning is underway for Sunday 18 September,
> immediately preceding
> PrepCom 3. I sent out earlier messages to the
> Bureau, but have not received
> any response.
> 
> So far we have booked a room in the ITU, as Palais
> des Nations is not
> possible on Sundays. All relevant actors will
> participate. More during the
> week when I will be back in Geneva.
> 
> Renata 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:bureau-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of Robert Guerra
> Sent: vendredi, 22. juillet 2005 23:40
> To: bureau wsis
> Cc: wsis@ngocongo.org
> Subject: [CS Bureau] Planning for PrepCom 3
> 
> Renate:
> 
> Several colleagues have already contacted me in
> regards to CS  
> orientation events that might be planned for the
> upcoming Prepcom in  
> September.
> 
> I have answered, that to my knowledge - nothing is
> yet planned, but  
> something will be organized as we get closer.
> 
> There is International  Privacy meeting in Montreaux
> days before the  
> Prepcom, and as such it would be good to liase with
> you and the CONGO  
> WSIS team to make sure events can be co-ordinated.
> 
> 
> I look forward to your comments.
> 
> regards
> 
> robert
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From greve at fsfeurope.org  Tue Jul 26 09:32:03 2005
From: greve at fsfeurope.org (Georg C. F. Greve)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
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 || On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:46:03 -0400
 || "Nabil El-Khodari" <webmaster@nilebasin.com> wrote: 

 ne> It is a shame. What can we do next?

We need to keep up the pressure.

One way is to make people aware of the situation and point them to
what is happening: FSFE's last intern, Karsten Gerloff, has been
blogging from all three IIMs, available at

 https://www.fsfe.org/Members/gerloff/blog/

with plenty of analyses and links to other sources of information.

Making more people -- and in particular the press -- take notice of
what is happening here will help the Friends of Development at the
next general assembly: Make yourself heard.

Additionally, you could sign on to the various declarations, like

 http://fsfeurope.org/documents/wiwo.en.html
 http://www.cptech.org/ip/wipo/genevadeclaration.html

Regards,
Georg

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From rms at gnu.org  Tue Jul 26 14:21:24 2005
From: rms at gnu.org (Richard M. Stallman)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda
 at WIPO
In-Reply-To: <42E5338C.5080705@ipjustice.org> (message from Robin Gross on
	Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:46:36 -0700)
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The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.

There are two possible ways to respond to this:

1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
if it does no further harm, that is better.

2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
DMCA.

If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
propaganda.

Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?

From pwilson at apnic.net  Wed Jul 27 03:03:10 2005
From: pwilson at apnic.net (Paul Wilson)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Online attenance: Wash. DC Internet Governance
 event July 28
In-Reply-To: <s2e27e53.007@gwia201.syr.edu>
References: <s2e27e53.007@gwia201.syr.edu>
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Milton,

I take it you are inviting international participation in this meeting?

If so, would you be so kind as to translate the starting time into the 
standard GMT/UTC timezone.

Thanks.

Paul Wilson
APNIC



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> http://cotelco-server.syr.edu:8080/support.html
>
> Please make sure your computer has a microphone and speakers to be able
> to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate session.
>
> REGIME CHANGE ON THE INTERNET? INTERNET GOVERNANCE AFTER WGIG
>
> Program Moderator:
> Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> and  Internet Governance Project
>
> "What the UN Working Group proposed"
> Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, UN Working Group on Internet
> Governance
>
> "The US Perspective on Internet Governance and WSIS"
> Richard Beaird, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator, US State Department,
> Communication and Information Policy section
>
> Respondents:
> * Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive Officer, Nominet UK
> * Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University and Internet
> Governance Project
> * Christopher Boam, Counsel for Internet and Global ICT in MCI's
> Legal  Department, International Affairs Division
> * Willie Currie, Association for Progressive Communications
>
> 11:30 - 12:30
> Questions and answers from attending and online audience.
>
> Rapporteur:
> Hans Klein, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology and Internet
> Governance  Project
>
> Event co-sponsors include: The Internet Governance Project; The Quello
> Center for  Telecommunication Management and Law, Michigan State
> University; Culture,  Communication and Technology Program, Georgetown
> University; Internet and Public  Policy Project, Georgia Institute of
> Technology.
>
> Physical meeting coordinates:
>
> July 28, 2005 10:30 - 12:30
> Syracuse University's Paul Greenberg House
> 2301 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC
> (Near the Woodley subway stop)
>
>
>
> Dr. Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> http://www.digital-convergence.org
> http://www.internetgovernance.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> governance mailing list
> governance@lists.cpsr.org
> https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance



________________________________________________________________________
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http://www.apnic.net                            ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99
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See you at APNIC 20!                        Hanoi, Vietnam, 6-9 Sep 2005
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From rk_iw at gmx.de  Wed Jul 27 09:35:45 2005
From: rk_iw at gmx.de (Rainer Kuhlen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus
 for Development Agenda at WIPO
In-Reply-To: <E1DxPN6-0005Ty-PG@fencepost.gnu.org>
References: <42E5338C.5080705@ipjustice.org> <E1DxPN6-0005Ty-PG@fencepost.gnu.org>
Message-ID: <42E74761.3070909@gmx.de>

good points Richards - it?s not only WIPO where the US try to block any 
attempts to find alternative solutions to the commercialization of  
knowledge and information. As some of you know, the UNESCO attempts to 
pass the convention on cultural diversity on its next general conference 
late in fall 2005. Althought the current text is already a rather 
sterilized version, the US opposes it and tries the usual bi-lateral 
strategy to convince other states not to agree to the convention. I 
doubt whether it feasible to expel the US from international UN 
organization, but the chances are there that they voluntarily will 
retreat (as they have done from the UNESCO in th 80ies as protest 
against the New World Information and Communication Order - by he way, 
among the leading NWIKO supporters were the same nations, Brazil etc., 
which have initiated the WIPO development agenda) What can be learned 
form all these lessons with respect to WSIS?
RK

Richard M. Stallman schrieb:

>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
>_______________________________________
>
>The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
>bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
>prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.
>
>There are two possible ways to respond to this:
>
>1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
>by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
>partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
>if it does no further harm, that is better.
>
>2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
>under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
>takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
>treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
>Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
>then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
>cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
>DMCA.
>
>If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
>assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
>assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
>foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
>propaganda.
>
>Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>  
>


-- 
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kuhlen
UNESCO Chair of Communications
Department of Computer and Information Science - University of Konstanz
Box D 87
email: rainer.kuhlen@uni-konstanz.de
URL: http://www.kuhlen.name
Phone Univ.: *49 (0)7531 - 882879; Fax: *49 (0)7531 882048
Berlin: +49 (0)30 27594241; Fax: ...260




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From hekwuruke at gmail.com  Wed Jul 27 16:55:22 2005
From: hekwuruke at gmail.com (Henry Ekwuruke)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TakingITLocal
In-Reply-To: <42E74761.3070909@gmx.de>
References: <42E5338C.5080705@ipjustice.org>
	 <E1DxPN6-0005Ty-PG@fencepost.gnu.org> <42E74761.3070909@gmx.de>
Message-ID: <3327dfa0507270855671c5278@mail.gmail.com>

Dear friends and Collegues,
I am Henry Ekwuruke -the Project Coordinator of TakingITLocal Project, the 
rural peoples ICT project that enable rural people participate. I am using 
this medium to call on members who will like to join us in the Project 
TakingITLocal or help us to come on board and lets work together for rural 
and grassroot ICT education and development for the people. 

Take care and God bless!
Further information on request: hekwuruke@gmail.com 

Sincerely,
Henry Ekwuruke
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From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus
 for Development Agenda at WIPO
Message-ID: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict between G 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and PrepCom3++ without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for Tunis are: 
a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and 
b. failure without a continuation of the discussion. 
Too pessimistic? 
 
Best
 
w
 

________________________________

Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Rainer Kuhlen
Gesendet: Mi 27.07.2005 10:35
An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO



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_______________________________________

good points Richards - it?s not only WIPO where the US try to block any
attempts to find alternative solutions to the commercialization of 
knowledge and information. As some of you know, the UNESCO attempts to
pass the convention on cultural diversity on its next general conference
late in fall 2005. Althought the current text is already a rather
sterilized version, the US opposes it and tries the usual bi-lateral
strategy to convince other states not to agree to the convention. I
doubt whether it feasible to expel the US from international UN
organization, but the chances are there that they voluntarily will
retreat (as they have done from the UNESCO in th 80ies as protest
against the New World Information and Communication Order - by he way,
among the leading NWIKO supporters were the same nations, Brazil etc.,
which have initiated the WIPO development agenda) What can be learned
form all these lessons with respect to WSIS?
RK

Richard M. Stallman schrieb:

>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
>_______________________________________
>
>The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
>bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
>prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.
>
>There are two possible ways to respond to this:
>
>1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
>by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
>partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
>if it does no further harm, that is better.
>
>2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
>under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
>takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
>treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
>Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
>then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
>cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
>DMCA.
>
>If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
>assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
>assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
>foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
>propaganda.
>
>Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
> 
>


--
Prof. Dr. Rainer Kuhlen
UNESCO Chair of Communications
Department of Computer and Information Science - University of Konstanz
Box D 87
email: rainer.kuhlen@uni-konstanz.de
URL: http://www.kuhlen.name
Phone Univ.: *49 (0)7531 - 882879; Fax: *49 (0)7531 882048
Berlin: +49 (0)30 27594241; Fax: ...260




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From mueller at syr.edu  Wed Jul 27 23:07:23 2005
From: mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [governance] Online attenance: Wash. DC
	Internet Governanceevent July 28
Message-ID: <s2e7cd68.021@gwia201.syr.edu>

>>> pwilson@apnic.net 07/26/05 10:03 PM >>>
>I take it you are inviting international participation in this
meeting?

As always....

>If so, would you be so kind as to translate the starting time 
>into the standard GMT/UTC timezone.

Our start time - 10:30 Eastern US daylight time, July 28 (Thursday) -
would be:

14:30 UTC
23:30 Tokyo
16:30 Berlin

Dr. Milton Mueller
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
http://www.digital-convergence.org
http://www.internetgovernance.org


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Thu Jul 28 01:51:44 2005
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus
 for Development Agenda at WIPO
In-Reply-To: <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
References: <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
Message-ID: <42E82C20.7060108@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Good points, Rainer and Wolfgang. The special position of the US in many
regards (WIPO, UNESCO, IG) is an interesting phenomenon and needs more
discussion.

Wolfgang Kleinw?chter wrote:
> And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict between G
> 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and PrepCom3++
> without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for Tunis are: 
 > a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
> b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.

The difference is: In UNESCO and WIPO, this all is taking place within the
UN context and in order to change the policy of a UN organization (which
indirectly would change policy of member states). ICANN is different, as
there the US can just stand still and do nothing. They do not even need
veto power, as the other governments have no real decision-making power.
Therefore, if we want the US to leave WIPO and/or UNESCO, we are weakening
multilateral structures. We will then not be able to ask for a more
internationalized (W)ICANN. The US will never join it. They never even 
joined the WGIG.

What is still not really clear to me: What is the position of the EU or
Japan to these issues? And does it count?

Ralf

From mclauglm at po.muohio.edu  Thu Jul 28 02:01:10 2005
From: mclauglm at po.muohio.edu (mclauglm@po.muohio.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset
 Consensus  for Development Agenda at WIPO
In-Reply-To: <42E82C20.7060108@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: 
 <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
 <42E82C20.7060108@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <p06010200bf0ddd53b33b@[192.168.1.100]>

Good points, all. Just an additional point: the 
US didn't need to join the WGIG: the US had the 
ICC/CCBI as its representative. I'm not being 
facetious. Pay attention to the US State Dept. 
web site among other things.

Regards,
Lisa



At 2:51 AM +0200 7/28/05, Ralf Bendrath wrote:
>[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your 
>response goes to the entire list. Kindly use 
>individual addresses for responses intended for 
>specific people. Your cooperation is highly 
>appreciated] 
>_______________________________________
>
>Good points, Rainer and Wolfgang. The special position of the US in many
>regards (WIPO, UNESCO, IG) is an interesting phenomenon and needs more
>discussion.
>
>Wolfgang Kleinw?chter wrote:
>>And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict between G
>>20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and PrepCom3++
>>without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for Tunis are:
>  > a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
>>b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
>
>The difference is: In UNESCO and WIPO, this all is taking place within the
>UN context and in order to change the policy of a UN organization (which
>indirectly would change policy of member states). ICANN is different, as
>there the US can just stand still and do nothing. They do not even need
>veto power, as the other governments have no real decision-making power.
>Therefore, if we want the US to leave WIPO and/or UNESCO, we are weakening
>multilateral structures. We will then not be able to ask for a more
>internationalized (W)ICANN. The US will never 
>join it. They never even joined the WGIG.
>
>What is still not really clear to me: What is the position of the EU or
>Japan to these issues? And does it count?
>
>Ralf
>_______________________________________________
>Plenary mailing list
>Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Thu Jul 28 15:05:24 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Message to all stakeholders on behalf of the Chair of the PrepCom
Message-ID: <42D280E4002A14DE@mail18.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

 

 

 

 

FYI

Message to all stakeholders, on behalf of the Chairman of the PrepCom of the
Tunis Phase 
Dear Sir, Madam, 
For your information, please find below the schedule of the planned
activities prior to the Prep-Com3 taking place in the Palais des Nations
from 19 to 30 September 2005:

Monday, 5 September pm:         GFC meeting (GFC members and observers from
governments only)
Tuesday, 6 September am:        GFC meeting (Consultations open to all
stakeholders)
Tuesday, 6 September pm:        Internet governance (Consultations open to
all stakeholders)   
Wednesday, 7 September am:      GFC meeting (GFC members and observers from
governments only) if needed
Wednesday, 7 September pm:      Bureau meeting (Bureau members only) 
Please note that a GFC (Group of Friends of the Chair) meeting (GFC members
and observers from governments only) might take place on 9 September if
necessary.

As usual, an invitation to the meetings will be send to the concerned by
e-mail in due date. 
Yours faithfully, 
Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS 

 

 

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:rbloem@ngocongo.org> rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website:  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

 

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From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Info on behalf of the Chair of PrepCom
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FYI
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Message to all stakeholders, on behalf of the Chairman of the PrepCom of the
Tunis Phase 
Dear Sir, Madam, 
For your information, please find below the schedule of the planned
activities prior to the Prep-Com3 taking place in the Palais des Nations
from 19 to 30 September 2005:
Monday, 5 September pm:         GFC meeting (GFC members and observers from
governments only)
Tuesday, 6 September am:        GFC meeting (Consultations open to all
stakeholders)
Tuesday, 6 September pm:        Internet governance (Consultations open to
all stakeholders)   
Wednesday, 7 September am:      GFC meeting (GFC members and observers from
governments only) if needed
Wednesday, 7 September pm:      Bureau meeting (Bureau members only) 
Please note that a GFC (Group of Friends of the Chair) meeting (GFC members
and observers from governments only) might take place on 9 September if
necessary.
As usual, an invitation to the meetings will be send to the concerned by
e-mail in due date. 
Yours faithfully, 
Charles Geiger
Executive Director WSIS 




Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: rbloem@ngocongo.org
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/> 


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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Thu Jul 28 16:45:46 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU, the USA and IG
Message-ID: <15480818.1122565546378.JavaMail.www@wwinf0303>

Dear all
Please, take a look to this document from Viviane Reding. She also mentions Internet gouvernance within the EU Transatlantic dialogue. Very softly as you can verify it  ... on the last page.
All the best 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT-France
SPEECH/05/446
Viviane Reding
Member of the European Commission responsible for Information
Society and Media
ICTs and Media a priority for the
Commissioner's agenda, a crucial
issue for the transatlantic relations
European Institute
Washington DC, 13 July 2005
2
Introduction
As the first European Commissioner to be responsible for both the Information
Society and Media Policies - that is for infrastructure and content -, I face the
challenge but also have the unique opportunity to help to unleash all the potential of
sectors which have become increasingly interdependent and have the capability to
enrich one another.
I would like to share with you some ideas about how Europe intends to deal with this
new world of digital convergence and put it in the context of our remarkable
transatlantic economic partnership.
The European Commission Information Society and Media agenda
The European Commission has placed economic growth and employment at the
heart of its policy.
On June 1st, the Commission adopted my new initiative known as i2010, European
Information Society 2010. Starting from this policy strategy paper, I intend to launch
some very practical proposals. These will build on the competitive edge provided to
all sectors of the economy through the take up and use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) to help us to achieve our goals. These initiatives
rest on three pillars:
1. The first pillar of i2010 seeks to establish a ?common information space?, built on
a common set of regulations that govern the supply of content and services - and
the operation of networks - irrespective of the underlying technologies used.
The convergence of information society and media services, traditional telecoms
networks, the Internet, computers and other devices is becoming more and more a
reality in Europe. However, regulators, both in the EU and the US, had been
confronted with the constraints imposed by regulations that were originally designed
for a bygone era. Policy convergence therefore needs to match that of the
technologies and markets and provide consumers and industry legal certainty and
confidence to invest and embrace new technologies: Policy convergence needs to
match technology convergence.
Here, the European Commission aims to keep regulation as light and as limited as
possible. As competition among platforms increases, regulatory restrictions can be
relaxed, leaving more to the self-governing, competitive forces of the market.
In the near future, I will focus on a number of issues.
First, with respect to content:
A. The current regulation at Community level of broadcasting services dates back to
1989. Soon, telecommunications providers will be able to deliver broadcasting
services in a quality equal to traditional TV, while at the same time traditional
content providers are entering the communications markets. From a consumer
perspective, it is becoming less and less important on which platform one receives
movies or TV broadcasts. More and more, the consumer will watch or listen to
audiovisual content anytime, anywhere, on all technical platforms (TV set, computer,
mobile phone, personal digital assistant, etc.). It has become clear that to take
account of these developments, the present EU rules on the ?Television Without
Frontiers Directive? need to be replaced by a more modern and flexible set of rules.
3
The European Commission has just made available five Issues Papers with
policy options for the future legislative framework for audiovisual content
services that will be subject to public consultation during the summer and
discussed in a major conference on September 20-22, 2005, co-organized with the
UK Presidency, in Liverpool. This input will help the Commission to adopt a
proposal for a new Directive at the end of 2005.
B. The advent of film online offers immense opportunities to the film industry, both
with regards to access to new audiences and to wider circulation of works, including
on international markets. It also offers great opportunities for Internet Service
Providers and access providers. High quality content is a driver for the broadband
industry. However, the broadband industry?s business model cannot be built on a
free rider system. There is an urgent need for a meaningful dialogue between the
film industry and service providers to ensure that online distribution takes place
through legal supply. Agreements between right holders and access providers will
be beneficial ? indeed essential ? to both sides. I am therefore committed to support
our stakeholders in their efforts to achieve this goal.
Second, with respect to networks:
A. The current regulatory framework for electronic communications networks has
been widely implemented, with very concrete results in the market. Although
implementation is not yet complete, we are determined to maintain the pressure on
Member States to achieve this goal. Its flexibility, grounded in technology-neutrality
and competition law principles, has provided regulators with a solid basis for
handling the challenges as existing services are delivered over new infrastructures
or in new ways.
A review of the framework has started with a consultation on the future of
universal service. We will continue with a broader consultation on the
functioning of the existing framework in mid 2006.
B. New high speed wireless applications are driving demand for radio spectrum. The
European Commission will propose later this year a coherent strategy for
efficient radio spectrum management that we wish to start implementing within
the 2006 review of our e-communications framework. However, this reform will not
be done in one day and it will require a mix of vertical and horizontal actions, some
on a national level and some at EU level. For the time being, I would like to stress
the work done to remove doubts in Europe about the opportunity of introducing
spectrum trading as a way to empower ?Industry? to make the strategic decisions on
how to best use the radio spectrum.
The challenge now is to introduce functioning markets without undermining the
benefits of an integrated European market in electronic communications. The
Commission will launch soon a Communication on a market-based approach
to spectrum. We also see the flexibility of spectrum use as an important issue. A
debate is under way on a common spectrum approach for all wireless
transmission platforms providing electronic communications services as we
need to address the convergence trends we see between broadcasting, mobile
communications and broadband wireless access.
If we succeed in adopting a flexible and coherent approach in Europe covering
spectrum for all wireless access platforms, we will reduce constraints on access to
spectrum, create a level playing field for investments, and make future spectrum
markets more efficient. Here again there is a need to deal with our legacy and
foresee a careful transition period, but the reward deserves such an effort..
4
Finally, the European Commission also expects that by the beginning of 2010, the
transition from analogue to digital broadcasting will be well advanced in the EU and
is therefore proposing switching off analogue terrestrial television by 2012
freeing valuable resources and opening new possibilities.
C. But all these efforts will be useless if we do not provide a secure environment for
our communication networks, increasingly exposed to threats ranging from
technology failures to malicious attacks. The EU has recognized the need for a
coordinated EU initiative, to complement national security initiatives. A major
achievement is this respect was the establishment of the European Network and
Information Security Agency, ENISA, in March 2004. ENISA will advise and assist
the Commission and Member States on network and information security-related
matters. The Commission is working on a Strategy for a Secure Information
Society. Within this context we are considering how to enhance the interoperability
of security solutions and services; the need for further research addressing Internet
stability and network and information security; and the means to raise awareness of
users, to benchmark progress and to encourage the exchange of best practices.
D. Let me also say a few words on an always delicate matter: data retention. The
Commission shares the overall objective of EU Member States to ensure that
competent authorities throughout the EU should be able to access certain
information related to electronic communications when necessary to fight crime and
terrorism. However we need to avoid a patchwork of different data retention
obligations in Europe. Hence the Commission will shortly table a proposal which
will make it possible to have a fully transparent debate, including in Parliament that
will help to find the right balance not only in terms of privacy and consumer
confidence, but also in terms of cost for the industry.
2. The second pillar of i2010 follows the recognition that Europe?s future
competitiveness depends on there being sufficient investment in research,
particularly in ICT research. In terms of annual per capita investment in research,
Europe is only investing 80? per inhabitant whereas the USA is investing 350? and
Japan 400?. Europe should nearly double its annual investment in ICT research to
fill the gap in per capita spending on research compared to the US, but more than
half of this increase should come from private sector investment.
3. Last but not least, the third pillar of i2010 policy aims to provide better services for
citizens and to make our society more inclusive. Deployment of technology will help
to meet growing demand for better health care, education and lifelong leaning, to
provide a better quality of life for elderly people, security and social inclusion.
The Commission plans in particular to issue a Communication on eaccessibility
in the second half of 2005.
While I am persuaded that these initiatives will contribute to create growth,
employment and competitiveness, I also believe that EU-US relations have an
important role to play to achieve these goals.
5
EU-US economic integration: reinforcing the Transatlantic Economic
Partnership
Indeed, a simple look at any recent set of statistics shows the magnitude of the
economic integration achieved between the European Union and the United States.
Even if journalists often prefer to report on trade disputes, these account for only a
fraction of transatlantic commerce. In reality, the overwhelming majority of bilateral
trade between the EU and US is dispute-free. But that is just part of the story,
according to recent studies trade constitutes a relatively small portion of total
transatlantic economic activity (less than 20 percent): investment in each other?s
economies is what really drives innovation, jobs, markets, and business activity. I
will spare you however the statistics which you have heard (and memorized, I am
sure !) from every EU speaker.
However, despite our impressive bilateral economic ties, several obstacles continue
to hinder our bilateral trade and investment, mainly in the regulatory area.
In addition, both the EU and the US are also confronted with serious internal and
external economic challenges. While the US has high budget and trade deficits, the
EU must address its disappointing growth rate and we both must face competitive
pressures from strongly growing economies such as China and India.
To address these issues EU and US leaders adopted a number of initiatives at the
recent EU-US Summit held in Washington on 20 June.
Strengthening EU-US Regulatory Cooperation
Firstly, we have taken a number of steps to reinforce our regulatory cooperation,
building and expanding our already successful joint initiatives. Building on the EUUS
Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency adopted in 2002 we
have agreed that we will:
- establish a senior-level dialogue, tasked with the drafting, in the next six months,
of work programs;
- establish a High Level Regulatory Co-operation Forum to promote regulatory
cooperation between senior regulators;
- an OMB-European Commission dialogue to address, subject to mutual
agreement, topics such as good regulatory practices, transparency provisions
and public consultation, impact assessment methodologies and risk assessment
methodologies;
- implement a concrete ?Roadmap for Regulatory Cooperation? and reinforce other
successful sectoral dialogues;
- encourage the discussion of standards issues;
- identify resources and mechanisms to support exchanges for regulatory experts;
- encourage legislators on both sides of the Atlantic to meet regularly.
In addition, we have also agreed to discuss any significant remaining obstacles to
transatlantic investment and we have recognized the value of stakeholders?
contributions giving EU and US regulators the possibility to organize meetings with
stakeholders as appropriate.
6
Cooperating on innovation and new technologies
Secondly, we are keenly aware of the importance of innovation and new
technologies for the future of our economies. We have identified several areas
for future cooperation: research and development; information and
communications technologies; health and medical technologies; eaccessibility
for the disabled, elderly and other citizens with accessibility issues;
deployment of key innovative technologies such as broadband, and radio
frequency identification devices; collaboration on development and take-up of
Telematics for intelligent vehicles; cyber-security, international redress for
international internet purchases; spam, spyware and other malicious software,
just to mention a few.
Over the next six months, we will work with the US to establish concrete work
programs, which will include objectives and timelines to review and measure
regularly progress.
In this context, I am particularly worried about the lack of effectiveness in the fight
against spam. Spam destroys the confidence of the consumers in the Internet. It is
in that respect a real danger and I believe therefore that all governments must act
more actively against companies that facilitate the dissemination of spam
throughout the world. The World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in
November will be an important venue to discuss this issue.
In addition, we have agreed on a specific Declaration on Intellectual Property
Rights that addresses the need to support their effective protection and
enforcement at home and abroad, in line with the highest international standards.
Piracy is in my view a crucial issue where the potential for cooperation already
exists.
Global partners
Finally, the EU and the US will continue working to bring to the rest of the world
many of the benefits that they try to achieve for their own people.
On the economic side, concluding the WTO Doha Development Agenda is our
overriding priority, but other issues will provide us with the opportunity to address
new challenges.
Both the US and the EU have played an important role within the World Summit on
Information Society which will take place in Tunis in November.
The UN Working Group on Internet Governance has now completed its work and a
final report is due in the coming days. The report will be a significant contribution to
the preparations for the discussions on Internet governance, in Tunis and after
Tunis.
The EU has recently signalled its priorities for Internet governance. These are:
- the need to ensure the continued security and stability of the Internet;
- the need to find ways to deal effectively with SPAM;
- the increased internationalisation of the management of core Internet resources;
- the need to ensure that developing countries can better participate in this
governance.
7
The continued stability and security of the Internet is essential. To date, the Internet
has been provided almost entirely by private sector initiative and investment. We
recognise this and applaud it. At the same time, more and more governments are
asking themselves what they can do to ensure that this critical resource remains
reliable and dependable.
I take note of the recent declaration of the US administration concerning certain
aspects of Internet governance. For Europe, it is crucial that the future approach to
Internet governance is led by the principles of efficiency and openness, and not by
considerations of internal policy. At the same time, I have taken note with interest
that the US Government has reaffirmed its willingness to pursue an ?on-going
dialogue with all stakeholders? on Internet governance.
The EU feels that there is indeed room for better exploiting the potential for publicprivate
partnership. We should build on existing governance structures. However,
there appears to be no appropriate global fora where governments and other
stakeholders can come together to solve common challenges. Importantly, this
includes security and stability, as well as SPAM and cyber-crime. Where we have
effective bodies, such as the OECD, these are not inclusive enough to allow for the
participation of developing countries. It is crucial that all parts of the world become
more active in these fields of security and stability and better enforce existing
legislation.
Considering the economic importance of the Internet for Europe, notably its
increasing weight in our trade relations with our main economic partners, I believe
that it would be in our interest to jointly work on realistic solutions and I am confident
that we are going to succeed.
Of course, it is clear in my view that reflection on an improved, more effective and
inclusive model should not hamper the day-to-day operation of the Internet, and not
undermine the good work carried out by organisations such as ICANN. A key
objective must be to help support private sector initiative and investment and to
promote innovation.
In the coming months we will explore how to implement the different lines for
cooperation identified in June; at the same time that we remain open to further
ideas, since the EU-US Transatlantic Partnership is an on-going reality where a new
chapter is always being opened. I look forward to continuing to work with my US
colleagues on many of our common challenges.
Thank you for your attention.
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From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU, the USA and IG
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Thanks Jean
 
wolfgang

________________________________

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org on behalf of Jean-Louis FULLSACK
Sent: Thu 7/28/2005 5:45 PM
To: wsis-euc@fsreurope.org
Cc: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EU, the USA and IG



Dear all

Please, take a look to this document from Viviane Reding. She also mentions Internet gouvernance within the EU Transatlantic dialogue. Very softly as you can verify it  ... on the last page.

All the best 

Jean-Louis Fullsack

CSDPTT-France

SPEECH/05/446

Viviane Reding

Member of the European Commission responsible for Information

Society and Media

ICTs and Media a priority for the

Commissioner's agenda, a crucial

issue for the transatlantic relations

European Institute

Washington DC, 13 July 2005

2

Introduction

As the first European Commissioner to be responsible for both the Information

Society and Media Policies - that is for infrastructure and content -, I face the

challenge but also have the unique opportunity to help to unleash all the potential of

sectors which have become increasingly interdependent and have the capability to

enrich one another.

I would like to share with you some ideas about how Europe intends to deal with this

new world of digital convergence and put it in the context of our remarkable

transatlantic economic partnership.

The European Commission Information Society and Media agenda

The European Commission has placed economic growth and employment at the

heart of its policy.

On June 1st, the Commission adopted my new initiative known as i2010, European

Information Society 2010. Starting from this policy strategy paper, I intend to launch

some very practical proposals. These will build on the competitive edge provided to

all sectors of the economy through the take up and use of information and

communication technologies (ICTs) to help us to achieve our goals. These initiatives

rest on three pillars:

1. The first pillar of i2010 seeks to establish a "common information space", built on

a common set of regulations that govern the supply of content and services - and

the operation of networks - irrespective of the underlying technologies used.

The convergence of information society and media services, traditional telecoms

networks, the Internet, computers and other devices is becoming more and more a

reality in Europe. However, regulators, both in the EU and the US, had been

confronted with the constraints imposed by regulations that were originally designed

for a bygone era. Policy convergence therefore needs to match that of the

technologies and markets and provide consumers and industry legal certainty and

confidence to invest and embrace new technologies: Policy convergence needs to

match technology convergence.

Here, the European Commission aims to keep regulation as light and as limited as

possible. As competition among platforms increases, regulatory restrictions can be

relaxed, leaving more to the self-governing, competitive forces of the market.

In the near future, I will focus on a number of issues.

First, with respect to content:

A. The current regulation at Community level of broadcasting services dates back to

1989. Soon, telecommunications providers will be able to deliver broadcasting

services in a quality equal to traditional TV, while at the same time traditional

content providers are entering the communications markets. From a consumer

perspective, it is becoming less and less important on which platform one receives

movies or TV broadcasts. More and more, the consumer will watch or listen to

audiovisual content anytime, anywhere, on all technical platforms (TV set, computer,

mobile phone, personal digital assistant, etc.). It has become clear that to take

account of these developments, the present EU rules on the "Television Without

Frontiers Directive" need to be replaced by a more modern and flexible set of rules.

3

The European Commission has just made available five Issues Papers with

policy options for the future legislative framework for audiovisual content

services that will be subject to public consultation during the summer and

discussed in a major conference on September 20-22, 2005, co-organized with the

UK Presidency, in Liverpool. This input will help the Commission to adopt a

proposal for a new Directive at the end of 2005.

B. The advent of film online offers immense opportunities to the film industry, both

with regards to access to new audiences and to wider circulation of works, including

on international markets. It also offers great opportunities for Internet Service

Providers and access providers. High quality content is a driver for the broadband

industry. However, the broadband industry's business model cannot be built on a

free rider system. There is an urgent need for a meaningful dialogue between the

film industry and service providers to ensure that online distribution takes place

through legal supply. Agreements between right holders and access providers will

be beneficial - indeed essential - to both sides. I am therefore committed to support

our stakeholders in their efforts to achieve this goal.

Second, with respect to networks:

A. The current regulatory framework for electronic communications networks has

been widely implemented, with very concrete results in the market. Although

implementation is not yet complete, we are determined to maintain the pressure on

Member States to achieve this goal. Its flexibility, grounded in technology-neutrality

and competition law principles, has provided regulators with a solid basis for

handling the challenges as existing services are delivered over new infrastructures

or in new ways.

A review of the framework has started with a consultation on the future of

universal service. We will continue with a broader consultation on the

functioning of the existing framework in mid 2006.

B. New high speed wireless applications are driving demand for radio spectrum. The

European Commission will propose later this year a coherent strategy for

efficient radio spectrum management that we wish to start implementing within

the 2006 review of our e-communications framework. However, this reform will not

be done in one day and it will require a mix of vertical and horizontal actions, some

on a national level and some at EU level. For the time being, I would like to stress

the work done to remove doubts in Europe about the opportunity of introducing

spectrum trading as a way to empower "Industry" to make the strategic decisions on

how to best use the radio spectrum.

The challenge now is to introduce functioning markets without undermining the

benefits of an integrated European market in electronic communications. The

Commission will launch soon a Communication on a market-based approach

to spectrum. We also see the flexibility of spectrum use as an important issue. A

debate is under way on a common spectrum approach for all wireless

transmission platforms providing electronic communications services as we

need to address the convergence trends we see between broadcasting, mobile

communications and broadband wireless access.

If we succeed in adopting a flexible and coherent approach in Europe covering

spectrum for all wireless access platforms, we will reduce constraints on access to

spectrum, create a level playing field for investments, and make future spectrum

markets more efficient. Here again there is a need to deal with our legacy and

foresee a careful transition period, but the reward deserves such an effort..

4

Finally, the European Commission also expects that by the beginning of 2010, the

transition from analogue to digital broadcasting will be well advanced in the EU and

is therefore proposing switching off analogue terrestrial television by 2012

freeing valuable resources and opening new possibilities.

C. But all these efforts will be useless if we do not provide a secure environment for

our communication networks, increasingly exposed to threats ranging from

technology failures to malicious attacks. The EU has recognized the need for a

coordinated EU initiative, to complement national security initiatives. A major

achievement is this respect was the establishment of the European Network and

Information Security Agency, ENISA, in March 2004. ENISA will advise and assist

the Commission and Member States on network and information security-related

matters. The Commission is working on a Strategy for a Secure Information

Society. Within this context we are considering how to enhance the interoperability

of security solutions and services; the need for further research addressing Internet

stability and network and information security; and the means to raise awareness of

users, to benchmark progress and to encourage the exchange of best practices.

D. Let me also say a few words on an always delicate matter: data retention. The

Commission shares the overall objective of EU Member States to ensure that

competent authorities throughout the EU should be able to access certain

information related to electronic communications when necessary to fight crime and

terrorism. However we need to avoid a patchwork of different data retention

obligations in Europe. Hence the Commission will shortly table a proposal which

will make it possible to have a fully transparent debate, including in Parliament that

will help to find the right balance not only in terms of privacy and consumer

confidence, but also in terms of cost for the industry.

2. The second pillar of i2010 follows the recognition that Europe's future

competitiveness depends on there being sufficient investment in research,

particularly in ICT research. In terms of annual per capita investment in research,

Europe is only investing 80EUR per inhabitant whereas the USA is investing 350EUR and

Japan 400EUR. Europe should nearly double its annual investment in ICT research to

fill the gap in per capita spending on research compared to the US, but more than

half of this increase should come from private sector investment.

3. Last but not least, the third pillar of i2010 policy aims to provide better services for

citizens and to make our society more inclusive. Deployment of technology will help

to meet growing demand for better health care, education and lifelong leaning, to

provide a better quality of life for elderly people, security and social inclusion.

The Commission plans in particular to issue a Communication on eaccessibility

in the second half of 2005.

While I am persuaded that these initiatives will contribute to create growth,

employment and competitiveness, I also believe that EU-US relations have an

important role to play to achieve these goals.

5

EU-US economic integration: reinforcing the Transatlantic Economic

Partnership

Indeed, a simple look at any recent set of statistics shows the magnitude of the

economic integration achieved between the European Union and the United States.

Even if journalists often prefer to report on trade disputes, these account for only a

fraction of transatlantic commerce. In reality, the overwhelming majority of bilateral

trade between the EU and US is dispute-free. But that is just part of the story,

according to recent studies trade constitutes a relatively small portion of total

transatlantic economic activity (less than 20 percent): investment in each other's

economies is what really drives innovation, jobs, markets, and business activity. I

will spare you however the statistics which you have heard (and memorized, I am

sure !) from every EU speaker.

However, despite our impressive bilateral economic ties, several obstacles continue

to hinder our bilateral trade and investment, mainly in the regulatory area.

In addition, both the EU and the US are also confronted with serious internal and

external economic challenges. While the US has high budget and trade deficits, the

EU must address its disappointing growth rate and we both must face competitive

pressures from strongly growing economies such as China and India.

To address these issues EU and US leaders adopted a number of initiatives at the

recent EU-US Summit held in Washington on 20 June.

Strengthening EU-US Regulatory Cooperation

Firstly, we have taken a number of steps to reinforce our regulatory cooperation,

building and expanding our already successful joint initiatives. Building on the EUUS

Guidelines on Regulatory Cooperation and Transparency adopted in 2002 we

have agreed that we will:

- establish a senior-level dialogue, tasked with the drafting, in the next six months,

of work programs;

- establish a High Level Regulatory Co-operation Forum to promote regulatory

cooperation between senior regulators;

- an OMB-European Commission dialogue to address, subject to mutual

agreement, topics such as good regulatory practices, transparency provisions

and public consultation, impact assessment methodologies and risk assessment

methodologies;

- implement a concrete "Roadmap for Regulatory Cooperation" and reinforce other

successful sectoral dialogues;

- encourage the discussion of standards issues;

- identify resources and mechanisms to support exchanges for regulatory experts;

- encourage legislators on both sides of the Atlantic to meet regularly.

In addition, we have also agreed to discuss any significant remaining obstacles to

transatlantic investment and we have recognized the value of stakeholders'

contributions giving EU and US regulators the possibility to organize meetings with

stakeholders as appropriate.

6

Cooperating on innovation and new technologies

Secondly, we are keenly aware of the importance of innovation and new

technologies for the future of our economies. We have identified several areas

for future cooperation: research and development; information and

communications technologies; health and medical technologies; eaccessibility

for the disabled, elderly and other citizens with accessibility issues;

deployment of key innovative technologies such as broadband, and radio

frequency identification devices; collaboration on development and take-up of

Telematics for intelligent vehicles; cyber-security, international redress for

international internet purchases; spam, spyware and other malicious software,

just to mention a few.

Over the next six months, we will work with the US to establish concrete work

programs, which will include objectives and timelines to review and measure

regularly progress.

In this context, I am particularly worried about the lack of effectiveness in the fight

against spam. Spam destroys the confidence of the consumers in the Internet. It is

in that respect a real danger and I believe therefore that all governments must act

more actively against companies that facilitate the dissemination of spam

throughout the world. The World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in

November will be an important venue to discuss this issue.

In addition, we have agreed on a specific Declaration on Intellectual Property

Rights that addresses the need to support their effective protection and

enforcement at home and abroad, in line with the highest international standards.

Piracy is in my view a crucial issue where the potential for cooperation already

exists.

Global partners

Finally, the EU and the US will continue working to bring to the rest of the world

many of the benefits that they try to achieve for their own people.

On the economic side, concluding the WTO Doha Development Agenda is our

overriding priority, but other issues will provide us with the opportunity to address

new challenges.

Both the US and the EU have played an important role within the World Summit on

Information Society which will take place in Tunis in November.

The UN Working Group on Internet Governance has now completed its work and a

final report is due in the coming days. The report will be a significant contribution to

the preparations for the discussions on Internet governance, in Tunis and after

Tunis.

The EU has recently signalled its priorities for Internet governance. These are:

- the need to ensure the continued security and stability of the Internet;

- the need to find ways to deal effectively with SPAM;

- the increased internationalisation of the management of core Internet resources;

- the need to ensure that developing countries can better participate in this

governance.

7

The continued stability and security of the Internet is essential. To date, the Internet

has been provided almost entirely by private sector initiative and investment. We

recognise this and applaud it. At the same time, more and more governments are

asking themselves what they can do to ensure that this critical resource remains

reliable and dependable.

I take note of the recent declaration of the US administration concerning certain

aspects of Internet governance. For Europe, it is crucial that the future approach to

Internet governance is led by the principles of efficiency and openness, and not by

considerations of internal policy. At the same time, I have taken note with interest

that the US Government has reaffirmed its willingness to pursue an "on-going

dialogue with all stakeholders" on Internet governance.

The EU feels that there is indeed room for better exploiting the potential for publicprivate

partnership. We should build on existing governance structures. However,

there appears to be no appropriate global fora where governments and other

stakeholders can come together to solve common challenges. Importantly, this

includes security and stability, as well as SPAM and cyber-crime. Where we have

effective bodies, such as the OECD, these are not inclusive enough to allow for the

participation of developing countries. It is crucial that all parts of the world become

more active in these fields of security and stability and better enforce existing

legislation.

Considering the economic importance of the Internet for Europe, notably its

increasing weight in our trade relations with our main economic partners, I believe

that it would be in our interest to jointly work on realistic solutions and I am confident

that we are going to succeed.

Of course, it is clear in my view that reflection on an improved, more effective and

inclusive model should not hamper the day-to-day operation of the Internet, and not

undermine the good work carried out by organisations such as ICANN. A key

objective must be to help support private sector initiative and investment and to

promote innovation.

In the coming months we will explore how to implement the different lines for

cooperation identified in June; at the same time that we remain open to further

ideas, since the EU-US Transatlantic Partnership is an on-going reality where a new

chapter is always being opened. I look forward to continuing to work with my US

colleagues on many of our common challenges.

Thank you for your attention.


From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Fri Jul 29 11:02:51 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios
In-Reply-To: <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
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Hi Wolfgang,

Whether failure is the most likely scenario with respect to IG (I gather
you're not addressing the other issues here) depends on exactly what you
think would constitute failure or success.  If PC3 manages to close with at
least an agreement for a closer and structured evaluation of the forum
options, it may not be entirely impossible for PC 3+ to agree on the
principle and maybe modalities for a smaller group to develop the details.
There will only be three weeks left before Tunis when 3+ ends, and there
could be a strong desire to get this off the table so they can address the
non-IG items (or maybe that would move in reverse).

On the other big IG issue of oversight, irrespective what the world might
say, it is simply impossible to imagine the Bush people going to this
Congress to try to sell any changes with respect to the zone file or ICANN,
especially when there are a lot of powerful constituencies that don't see
problems that can't be handled within existing framework, and when no
detailed alternative frameworks have been proposed.  And bear in mind that
some Congress critters are still thumping the tub over Oil for Food and
Annan's son, etc; while none of this will go anywhere, the mood simply
precludes an adult conversation about what would be framed as a potentially
destabilizing "UN takeover" of critical infrastructure.  Getting agreement
on the forum would be a major problem as it is, there's no way they add this
into the pot.

So would creation of a forum and agreement to keep talking about oversight
there and elsewhere (and hopefully all the other issues pertaining to
existing arrangements as well) constitute a failure, or a success?

Best,

Bill




> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:18 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset
> Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
>
>
> And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict
> between G 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and
> PrepCom3++ without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for
> Tunis are:
> a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
> b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
> Too pessimistic?
>
> Best
>
> w
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Rainer Kuhlen
> Gesendet: Mi 27.07.2005 10:35
> An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan
> Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
>
>
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> good points Richards - it?s not only WIPO where the US try to block any
> attempts to find alternative solutions to the commercialization of
> knowledge and information. As some of you know, the UNESCO attempts to
> pass the convention on cultural diversity on its next general conference
> late in fall 2005. Althought the current text is already a rather
> sterilized version, the US opposes it and tries the usual bi-lateral
> strategy to convince other states not to agree to the convention. I
> doubt whether it feasible to expel the US from international UN
> organization, but the chances are there that they voluntarily will
> retreat (as they have done from the UNESCO in th 80ies as protest
> against the New World Information and Communication Order - by he way,
> among the leading NWIKO supporters were the same nations, Brazil etc.,
> which have initiated the WIPO development agenda) What can be learned
> form all these lessons with respect to WSIS?
> RK
>
> Richard M. Stallman schrieb:
>
> >[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> >_______________________________________
> >
> >The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
> >bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
> >prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.
> >
> >There are two possible ways to respond to this:
> >
> >1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
> >by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
> >partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
> >if it does no further harm, that is better.
> >
> >2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
> >under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
> >takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
> >treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
> >Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
> >then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
> >cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
> >DMCA.
> >
> >If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
> >assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
> >assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
> >foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
> >propaganda.
> >
> >Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?
> >_______________________________________________
> >Plenary mailing list
> >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Prof. Dr. Rainer Kuhlen
> UNESCO Chair of Communications
> Department of Computer and Information Science - University of Konstanz
> Box D 87
> email: rainer.kuhlen@uni-konstanz.de
> URL: http://www.kuhlen.name
> Phone Univ.: *49 (0)7531 - 882879; Fax: *49 (0)7531 882048
> Berlin: +49 (0)30 27594241; Fax: ...260
>
>
>
>
> -
>
>
>
>
>
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> _______________________________________________
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From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Jul 27 23:18:36 2005
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: disaggregated rural/urban ICT statistics
References: <3a69414d050727031260057bf9@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <07D1F0E6-8903-4491-89BB-F748CD770E57@lists.privaterra.org>

forwarded from another list -

Perhaps those of us involved in WSIS can help ?

Regards

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




Begin forwarded message:

> From: Nate <nathaniel.heller@gmail.com>
> Date: July 27, 2005 6:12:26 AM EDT (CA)
> To: DIGITALDIVIDE@milhouse.edc.org
> Subject: [DDN] disaggregated rural/urban ICT statistics
> Reply-To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group  
> <digitaldivide@milhouse.edc.org>
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea of where to get disaggregated rural-urban
> statistics for ICTs in developing countries?  I am working on a
> proejct for UN FAO, and we can't find any.  The only possible source I
> have found is the ITU indicators database, and they charge  
> exorbitant rates.
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Nate Heller
> nathaniel.heller@fao.org
> +39 334 158 6703


From faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe  Fri Jul 29 15:19:04 2005
From: faia at amauta.rcp.net.pe (Erick Iriarte Ahon)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:09 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] V World Congress of Computer Law - Second Call
Message-ID: <6.0.2.0.0.20050729091638.043a8eb0@amauta.rcp.net.pe>

Note: Please publish this information

V World Congress of Computer Law
Information Society, Electronic Government and Cyberspace Regulation

Santo Domingo, Dominian Republic
Place: Hotel Intecontinental V Centenario
Date: October 3-7, 2005
http://www.funglode.org/v-mundial-di/default2.htm


Presentation:
The World Congress of Computer Law, is a proposition from Latin America, as 
a place of encounter and dialogue of international experts in matters of 
politics and Information Society Regulation, within the perspective of the 
use of the TIC for the Development, understanding that the development 
procedures of the Information Society have to arise from an analysis of 
social changes that affect human processes and among them the legal 
processes, in this context a constant revision and update of the 
referential framework and the frameworks of political action and regulatory 
to seize the maximum capacity of the TICs is required.

Objetives:
In answer to the dynamics and processes that take place inside the so 
called Information Society, arises the Congress of Computer Law, event 
created by Alfa-Redi (http://www.alfa-redi.org) , entity of base in Latin 
America, dedicated amongst other activities, to the formation, research, 
discussion and formulation of proposals in matters of politics and 
Regulatory Framework in the field of the interrelation between Law and the 
New Technologies in the current world context.
The V World Congress of Computer Law is an important place that has 
achieved its consolidation in the region after pursuing success always 
under the orientation of Alfa-Redi, in the following countries:

Quito-Ecuador (2001), Madrid-Spain (2002), La Habana-Cuba (2003), y 
Cusco-Per? (2004).  In this opportunity, the V World Congress Computer Law, 
will have place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, under local 
organization of FUNGLODE, known entity oriented to the strengthening of 
Democracy and the promotion of Sustained Development in its country. The 
Congress in its quality of space of analysis and discussion, will gather a 
significant number of experts in subjects of the Information Society, 
coming from Latin America as well as Europe, Pacific Asia, Africa and North 
America.

The V World Congress of Computer Law raises as a Latin American proposal 
that understands that the development processes of the Information Society 
have to arise from an analysis of social changes that affect human 
processes amongst them legal processes, in which a constant revision and 
update of the referential framework and the frameworks of political action 
and regulatory, always in search of the maximum use of the TICs for the 
development.

Program:

Programa:
Monday 3: Workshop regarding Design Politics of Information Society
Tuesday 4: Internet and Government
Wednesday 5: Intellectual Property in the Digital Era / Electronic Business
Thursday 6: Privacy in the digital sphere
Friday 7: Cybercrime / WSIS

Workshops on SPAM / Interet Protocol Numbers Legal Aspects / Internet 
Gambling /

Contact:

Funglode:
"Maria Waleska Alvarez" <mwalvarez@verizon.net.do>
"Marco Herrera" <Marco.Herrera@steelhector.com>

Alfa-Redi:
"Monica Monroy" <vmundial@alfa-redi.org> 


From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Fri Jul 29 16:38:55 2005
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios
In-Reply-To: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEFCFFAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>
Message-ID: <42DF6EC90016B5A7@mail21.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)

Hi Bill, Wolfgang et al,

According to the latest, there will probably be no 3+ or 3++, at least not
in Geneva (there is also no budget for that) The thinking goes more into
having something back to back in Tunis, if necessary. The pressure to
resolve any open issues will not be enough in an event 3-4 weeks prior to
the Summit, and therefore rather useless, as it was in the Geneva +3s (no
advance in negotiations) Pressure builds up 24-48 hours before heads of
State arrive. So we should take this into our considerations and planning.

(These considerations can naturally be reversed by any decision or total
catastrophe of PrepCom3)

Renata
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CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail: rbloem@ngocongo.org
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The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
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-----Message d'origine-----
De?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de William Drake
Envoy??: vendredi, 29. juillet 2005 11:03
??: plenary@wsis-cs.org; Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios

[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people.
Your cooperation is highly appreciated] 
_______________________________________

Hi Wolfgang,

Whether failure is the most likely scenario with respect to IG (I gather
you're not addressing the other issues here) depends on exactly what you
think would constitute failure or success.  If PC3 manages to close with at
least an agreement for a closer and structured evaluation of the forum
options, it may not be entirely impossible for PC 3+ to agree on the
principle and maybe modalities for a smaller group to develop the details.
There will only be three weeks left before Tunis when 3+ ends, and there
could be a strong desire to get this off the table so they can address the
non-IG items (or maybe that would move in reverse).

On the other big IG issue of oversight, irrespective what the world might
say, it is simply impossible to imagine the Bush people going to this
Congress to try to sell any changes with respect to the zone file or ICANN,
especially when there are a lot of powerful constituencies that don't see
problems that can't be handled within existing framework, and when no
detailed alternative frameworks have been proposed.  And bear in mind that
some Congress critters are still thumping the tub over Oil for Food and
Annan's son, etc; while none of this will go anywhere, the mood simply
precludes an adult conversation about what would be framed as a potentially
destabilizing "UN takeover" of critical infrastructure.  Getting agreement
on the forum would be a major problem as it is, there's no way they add this
into the pot.

So would creation of a forum and agreement to keep talking about oversight
there and elsewhere (and hopefully all the other issues pertaining to
existing arrangements as well) constitute a failure, or a success?

Best,

Bill




> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:18 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset
> Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
>
>
> And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict
> between G 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and
> PrepCom3++ without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for
> Tunis are:
> a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
> b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
> Too pessimistic?
>
> Best
>
> w
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Rainer Kuhlen
> Gesendet: Mi 27.07.2005 10:35
> An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan
> Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
>
>
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> good points Richards - it?s not only WIPO where the US try to block any
> attempts to find alternative solutions to the commercialization of
> knowledge and information. As some of you know, the UNESCO attempts to
> pass the convention on cultural diversity on its next general conference
> late in fall 2005. Althought the current text is already a rather
> sterilized version, the US opposes it and tries the usual bi-lateral
> strategy to convince other states not to agree to the convention. I
> doubt whether it feasible to expel the US from international UN
> organization, but the chances are there that they voluntarily will
> retreat (as they have done from the UNESCO in th 80ies as protest
> against the New World Information and Communication Order - by he way,
> among the leading NWIKO supporters were the same nations, Brazil etc.,
> which have initiated the WIPO development agenda) What can be learned
> form all these lessons with respect to WSIS?
> RK
>
> Richard M. Stallman schrieb:
>
> >[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> >_______________________________________
> >
> >The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
> >bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
> >prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.
> >
> >There are two possible ways to respond to this:
> >
> >1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
> >by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
> >partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
> >if it does no further harm, that is better.
> >
> >2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
> >under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
> >takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
> >treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
> >Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
> >then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
> >cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
> >DMCA.
> >
> >If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
> >assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
> >assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
> >foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
> >propaganda.
> >
> >Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?
> >_______________________________________________
> >Plenary mailing list
> >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Prof. Dr. Rainer Kuhlen
> UNESCO Chair of Communications
> Department of Computer and Information Science - University of Konstanz
> Box D 87
> email: rainer.kuhlen@uni-konstanz.de
> URL: http://www.kuhlen.name
> Phone Univ.: *49 (0)7531 - 882879; Fax: *49 (0)7531 882048
> Berlin: +49 (0)30 27594241; Fax: ...260
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From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Jul 29 16:39:55 2005
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WGIG Report presentation and EU statement
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Jul 29 16:47:44 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Meeting with WSIS ES (27 july 2005)
Message-ID: <200507291547.j6TFldnv010525@homer2.tic.ch>

ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH

 

 

Dear all, 

 

Please find below some information on the CSB Secretariat meeting with the
WSIS ES.

 

Side-events Tunis: 

-          A new revised version of the list of side events requests for
Tunis, dated 25 July 2005, is now posted on the WSIS-ITU web site
(www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1656|0>
&id=1656|0), taking into account some corrections. This is not the final
list of selected side-events yet. They have received very few initiatives to
merge side events.

-          Priority will be given to very large networks and to those
entities which demonstrated interest throughout the WSIS process. 

-          The ES will probably suggest the reduction of requested
time-slots for side events, mainly for requests exceeding 2 hours; this
would help provide more space. 

-          The ES does not know the number of rooms available for side
events yet. The number of available rooms and therefore the number of side
events would be announced around 15 August. 

 

Accreditation 

150 new organizations have asked for accreditation so far. Please let us
remind you that the deadline to send the application for accreditation is 8
August 2005 (www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/index.html). 

 

Side Events PrepCom 3

The WSIS ES asked CONGO to help coordinate the CS room requests for
PrepCom-3 side-events. Further information will be made available soon.

 

In addition, note that Room XXII (Palais des Nations), equipped with WiFi,
will be provided to CS events during all PrepCom-3.            

 

Orientation Session

An orientation session will be organised on Sunday 18 September. We just got
the confirmation that Room B or C at the ITU building will be fixed for that
purpose. You will be provided soon with a draft programme.

 

Fellowships

The WSIS ES does not have any definitive information on available funding
for PrepCom-3 Fellowship. They are still in contact with various potential
donors. At this stage, existing funding could allow 10 fellowships, which is
totally unsatisfactory. In any event, priority would be given to applicants
satisfying existing criteria. Selection conditions could be more flexible if
more funding for fellowships would be made available. Deadline for
fellowships application is 5 August 2005.

Guidelines for fellowships:
www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en?&id=1575|0>
&id=1575|0

Form for fellowships: www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en?&id=1576|0>
&id=1576|0 

 

As concerns Tunisian funding for Tunis fellowship, we are still waiting for
an answer from the Tunisian authorities to the letter Renate sent earlier
this month.

 

Space related issues

The lack of available big conference rooms in the Tunis Kram Exhibition
centre will probably compel organisers to find more flexible solutions.
Therefore, it would be practically impossible to offer a permanent big room
to civil society during the Summit. However, the WSIS ES is considering the
possibility for civil society to use the Room of the Committee of the Whole
(600 seats, interpretation booths), which should not be often used by
governmental meeting during the Summit. More information will be made
available on this question after a meeting between the WSIS ES and the
Tunisian authorities to be held on 4-5 August 2005. 

 

Rooms dedicated to official Roundtables and for the High-Level Panel would
probably also be used for side events or unofficial roundtables. 

 

The CSB requested Office facilities for Civil Society, close to WSIS ES for
better interactions to facilitate constant information flow.

 

Time management for PrepCom-3 (1st week)

Monday 19 September   AM:      opening session

                                   PM:      Sub-Committee A on Internet
Governance

Following days (20-23)   AM:      Sub-Committee A on Internet Governance

                                   PM:      Sub-Committee B on Other issues

 

Best regards,

 

 

 

 

Chers tous, 

 

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les informations relatives ? la r?union que le
Secr?tariat du BSC a tenu avec le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI.

 

Ev?nements parall?les pour Tunis

-    Une nouvelle version corrig?e de la liste des demandes d??v?nements
parall?les pour Tunis, dat?e du 25 juillet 2005, a ?t? plac?e sur le site
web du SMSI-UIT (www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1656|0>
&id=1656|0) en prenant en compte certaines corrections. Ce ne sera pas la
liste finale des demandes accept?es. Tr?s peu d?initiatives pour combiner
les demandes ont ?t? re?ues.

-    Les demandes effectu?es par des r?seaux tr?s larges et par les entit?s
ayant d?montr? un int?r?t tout au long du processus du SMSI seront trait?es
en priorit?.

-    Le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif proposera probablement de r?duire les cr?neaux
horaires demand?s pour les ?v?nements parall?les, en particulier les
demandes exc?dant 2 heures. Ceci aidera ? augmenter le nombre de cr?neaux
disponibles.

-    Le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif ne conna?t pas encore le nombre d?finitif de
salles qui seront disponibles pour les ?v?nements parall?les. Tant le nombre
de salles disponibles et que d??v?nements parall?les seront annonc?s autour
du 15 ao?t. 

 

Accr?ditation

150 nouvelles organisations ont demand? une accr?ditation jusqu?alors. Nous
rappelons que la date limite pour fournir les demandes d?accr?ditation est
fix?e au 8 ao?t
(www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/index-fr.html). 

 

Ev?nements parall?les pour PrepCom-3

Le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI a demand? ? la CONGO d?aider ? la
coordination des demandes de salles pour la Soci?t? Civile pour les
?v?nements parall?les du PrepCom-3. Nous enverrons des informations
suppl?mentaires ? ce sujet prochainement. 

 

Par ailleurs, notez que la Salle XXII (Palais des Nations), ?quip?e du WiFi,
sera confi?e ? la Soci?t? Civile pendant tout le PrepCom-3.

 

Session d?Orientation

Une session d?orientation sera organis?e le Dimanche 18 Septembre. Nous
venons d?obtenir la confirmation que la Salle B ou C de l?UIT sera mise ?
disposition dans ce cadre. Nous vous fournirons prochainement un programme
provisoire.

 

Bourses

Le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI ne dispose pas encore d?information
d?finitive sur les bourses pour le PrepCom-3. Ils restent en contact avec
plusieurs donneurs potentiels. A ce stade, les financements existant
permettront 10 bourses, ce qui reste tr?s insuffisant. Dans ce cas, priorit?
sera donn?e aux candidats satisfaisant les crit?res existants. Les crit?res
pourraient cependant ?tre rendus plus flexibles si les financements pour des
bourses pour la SC sont accrus. La date limite pour une demande de bourse
reste ?tablie au 5 ao?t.

Lignes directrices pour les bourses:
www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=fr?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=fr?&id=1575|0>
&id=1575|0

Formulaire de demande :
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=fr?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=fr?&id=1576|0>
&id=1576|0

 

En ce qui concerne les financements Tunisiens pour les bourses pour Tunis,
nous attendons encore une r?ponse des autorit?s Tunisiennes ? la lettre que
Renate a envoy?e au d?but de ce mois.

 

Espace disponible

Le nombre limit? de grandes salles de conf?rences disponibles au centre
d?exposition du KRAM poussera probablement les organisateurs ? trouver des
solutions plus flexibles. Ainsi, il sera pratiquement impossible d?attribuer
une grande salle de mani?re compl?tement permanente pour la soci?t? civile
pendant le Sommet. Cependant, le Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI est en train
de consid?rer la possibilit? pour la soci?t? civile d?utiliser la Salle du
Comit? Pl?nier (600 places, cabines d?interpr?tation), qui ne sera pas
souvent utilis?e par les r?unions gouvernementales au cours du Sommet. Plus
d?information sera disponible sur ce point apr?s une r?union entre le
Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI et les organisateurs tunisiens qui aura lieu
les 4 et 5 ao?t. 

 

Les salles r?serv?es pour les Tables Rondes officielles et le D?bat de Haut
Niveau pourront en plus ?tre ?galement utilis?es pour des tables rondes non
officielles et des ?v?nements parall?les. 

 

Le Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile a demand? que les Bureaux pour la Soci?t?
Civile soient situ?s ? proximit? de ceux du Secr?tariat Ex?cutif du SMSI
pour plus d?interactions et un meilleur ?change d?informations.

 

Organisation du travail du PrepCom-3 (1?re semaine)

Lundi 19 Septembre      AM :     Session d?ouverture

                                    PM :     Sous Comit? A (Gouvernance
Internet)

Jours suivants (du 20 au 23)

                                   AM :     Sous Comit? A (Gouvernance
Internet)

                                   PM :     Sous Comit? B (autres questions)

 

Bien ? vous,

 

 

 

 

Estimados colegas,

 

Debido a una reuni?n entre la Secretar?a de la MSC y la SE CMSI que tuvo
lugar el 27 de julio, le enviamos la informaci?n concerniente a esta: 

 

Eventos paralelos en T?nez:

-          Una nueva versi?n corregida de la lista de solicitudes de eventos
paralelos ha sido publicada en el sitio oficial de la CMSI-UIT, con fecha 25
de julio (
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1656|0>
www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=en&id=1656|0); esta es la
lista definitiva de eventos aceptados. Han recibido muy pocas iniciativas de
fusi?n entre los eventos.

-          Se dar? prioridad a las grandes networks y a aquellas entidades
que han mostrado un inter?s en el proceso de la CMSI.

-          La SE sugerir? probablemente la reducci?n del espacio de tiempo
pedido para los eventos paralelos, principalmente a aquellos que excedan 2
hrs; esto ayudar? a otorgar un mayor espacio para los eventos.

-          Le SE aun no sabe cuantas salas estar?n disponibles para los
eventos paralelos. El n?mero de salas y el n?mero de eventos ser? anunciado
alrededor del 15 de Agosto.

 

Acreditaci?n

 

Hasta ahora hay 150 organizaciones nuevas que han solicitado su
acreditaci?n. Le recordamos que la fecha l?mite para la acreditaci?n es el 8
de agosto de 2005.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/participation/accreditation/index-es.html

 

 

Eventos Paralelos PrepCom-3

La SE de la CMSI pidi? ayuda a CONGO en la coordinaci?n de la reservaci?n de
salas para la SC durante la PrepCom-3. Mayor informaci?n ser? enviada
pr?ximamente.

 

Adem?s, tome en cuenta que la sala XXII (Palais de Nations) equipada con
WiFi ser? dada a la plenaria de la Sociedad Civil durante PrepCom-3.

 

Sesi?n de Orientaci?n 

Una sesi?n de orientaci?n ser? organizada el domingo 18 de Septiembre.
Acabamos de recibir la confirmaci?n que una sala ser? asignada para este
prop?sito, ya sea la B ? C en el edificio del UIT. Pronto ser? enviado un
borrador de la agenda.

 

Becas

La SE de CMSI aun no tiene informaci?n definitiva sobre el financiamiento de
becas para PrepCom-3. A?n est?n en contacto con varios donadores
potenciales. En este momento, el financiamiento existente permitir? dar solo
10 becas, lo cual es totalmente insatisfactorio. En cualquier caso,
prioridad ser? dada a aquellos participantes que cumplan con el criterio
existente. El proceso de selecci?n podr?a ser m?s flexible si se hubiera
contado con mayor financiamiento. La fecha l?mite para la solicitud de becas
es el 5 de agosto 2005. 

Directrices para becas:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=es?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=es?&id=1575|0>
&id=1575|0

Formulario para becas:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=es?
<http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=es?&id=1576|0>
&id=1576|0

 

Con respecto a las becas para T?nez, a?n estamos esperando una respuesta de
la parte de las autoridades de T?nez a la carta enviada por Renate a
principios de mes.

 

Asuntos relacionados al espacio

La falta de salas grandes en el Centro de Exhibici?n de Kram en T?nez,
seguramente forzaran a los organizadores a buscar soluciones m?s flexibles.
Por lo tanto, ser? casi imposible ofrecer una sala permanente grande para la
sociedad civil durante la Cumbre. Sin embrago, la SE de CMSI esta
considerando la posibilidad de que la sociedad civil utilice la sala del
Comit? of the Whole (600 asientos, con cabinas de interpretaci?n), la cual
no ser? muy utilizada para juntas gubernamentales durante la Cumbre. Mayor
informaci?n ser? disponible en esta cuesti?n despu?s de la junta con las
autoridades de T?nez que se llevar? acabo del4-5 Agosto 2005.

 

Las salas dedicadas a las mesas redondas oficiales y para el Segmento de
Alto Nivel ser?n probablemente usadas para los eventos paralelos y mesas
redondas no oficiales.

 

La Mesa de la Sociedad Civil (MSC) solicit? una oficina para la Sociedad
Civil cercana a la SE de CMSI para as? tener una mejor interacci?n que
facilite la comunicaci?n.

 

Plan de Trabajo de PrepCom-3 (1ra semana)

Lunes 19 de Septiembre AM: Opening session

                                    PM:  Sub-Comit? A sobre Gobierno de
Internet

 

Siguiente d?as (20-23) AM: Sub-Committee A sobre Gobierno de Internet

                                  PM:  Sub-Committee B sobre otros asuntos

 

La pr?xima reuni?n entre MSC ? SE de CMSI 

Ser? 17 Agosto, 16:00

 

Saludos Cordiales,

 

 

 

 

 

Alejandra Mendoza
Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org
Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org> www.ngocongo.org 

 

The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more information see our
website at www.ngocongo.org <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 

 

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From wdrake at ictsd.ch  Fri Jul 29 17:15:16 2005
From: wdrake at ictsd.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios
In-Reply-To: <42DF6EC90016B5A7@mail21.bluewin.ch> (added by postmaster@bluewin.ch)
Message-ID: <MABBIHAAPBEEGMLBDEGOOEFMFFAA.wdrake@ictsd.ch>

Hi Renate,

Thanks for the info.  I was told just last week that they'd reserved rooms
for 3+ October 17-21 in Geneva, but if the preference now is to save a
little money and hence create an 11th hour bargaining crisis on the eve of
the Summit, that should certainly make things interesting.  I hope all the
necessary hotel rooms are not booked up for the days prior or they could
really have a fiasco.  Hope also that not too many people have already paid
for plane tickets that would have them arriving too late.

Best,

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> Behalf Of Renate Bloem
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:39 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; 'Wolfgang Kleinw?chter'
> Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios
>
>
> Hi Bill, Wolfgang et al,
>
> According to the latest, there will probably be no 3+ or 3++, at least not
> in Geneva (there is also no budget for that) The thinking goes more into
> having something back to back in Tunis, if necessary. The pressure to
> resolve any open issues will not be enough in an event 3-4 weeks prior to
> the Summit, and therefore rather useless, as it was in the Geneva +3s (no
> advance in negotiations) Pressure builds up 24-48 hours before heads of
> State arrive. So we should take this into our considerations and planning.
>
> (These considerations can naturally be reversed by any decision or total
> catastrophe of PrepCom3)
>
> Renata
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> -
>
> Renate Bloem
> President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail: rbloem@ngocongo.org
> Website: www.ngocongo.org
>
>
>
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more
> information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De?: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
> De la part
> de William Drake
> Envoy??: vendredi, 29. juillet 2005 11:03
> ??: plenary@wsis-cs.org; Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
> Objet?: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IG success/failure scenarios
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> specific people.
> Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
>
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
> Whether failure is the most likely scenario with respect to IG (I gather
> you're not addressing the other issues here) depends on exactly what you
> think would constitute failure or success.  If PC3 manages to
> close with at
> least an agreement for a closer and structured evaluation of the forum
> options, it may not be entirely impossible for PC 3+ to agree on the
> principle and maybe modalities for a smaller group to develop the details.
> There will only be three weeks left before Tunis when 3+ ends, and there
> could be a strong desire to get this off the table so they can address the
> non-IG items (or maybe that would move in reverse).
>
> On the other big IG issue of oversight, irrespective what the world might
> say, it is simply impossible to imagine the Bush people going to this
> Congress to try to sell any changes with respect to the zone file
> or ICANN,
> especially when there are a lot of powerful constituencies that don't see
> problems that can't be handled within existing framework, and when no
> detailed alternative frameworks have been proposed.  And bear in mind that
> some Congress critters are still thumping the tub over Oil for Food and
> Annan's son, etc; while none of this will go anywhere, the mood simply
> precludes an adult conversation about what would be framed as a
> potentially
> destabilizing "UN takeover" of critical infrastructure.  Getting agreement
> on the forum would be a major problem as it is, there's no way
> they add this
> into the pot.
>
> So would creation of a forum and agreement to keep talking about oversight
> there and elsewhere (and hopefully all the other issues pertaining to
> existing arrangements as well) constitute a failure, or a success?
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]On
> > Behalf Of Wolfgang Kleinw?chter
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:18 PM
> > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset
> > Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
> >
> >
> > And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict
> > between G 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and
> > PrepCom3++ without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for
> > Tunis are:
> > a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
> > b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
> > Too pessimistic?
> >
> > Best
> >
> > w
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > Von: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Rainer Kuhlen
> > Gesendet: Mi 27.07.2005 10:35
> > An: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Betreff: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan
> > Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
> >
> >
> >
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> > intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > good points Richards - it?s not only WIPO where the US try to block any
> > attempts to find alternative solutions to the commercialization of
> > knowledge and information. As some of you know, the UNESCO attempts to
> > pass the convention on cultural diversity on its next general conference
> > late in fall 2005. Althought the current text is already a rather
> > sterilized version, the US opposes it and tries the usual bi-lateral
> > strategy to convince other states not to agree to the convention. I
> > doubt whether it feasible to expel the US from international UN
> > organization, but the chances are there that they voluntarily will
> > retreat (as they have done from the UNESCO in th 80ies as protest
> > against the New World Information and Communication Order - by he way,
> > among the leading NWIKO supporters were the same nations, Brazil etc.,
> > which have initiated the WIPO development agenda) What can be learned
> > form all these lessons with respect to WSIS?
> > RK
> >
> > Richard M. Stallman schrieb:
> >
> > >[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> > intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> > >_______________________________________
> > >
> > >The US attitude is probably that WIPO exists to do the empire's
> > >bidding and otherwise should do nothing at all.  It will probably
> > >prevent any work on the development agenda if it is approved.
> > >
> > >There are two possible ways to respond to this:
> > >
> > >1. The countries that promoted the development agenda should retaliate
> > >by simply blocking everything that the US wants WIPO to do.  That is a
> > >partial victory anyway.  WIPO has done primarily harm in the past, so
> > >if it does no further harm, that is better.
> > >
> > >2. Maybe they can vote to expel the US and Japan from WIPO.  The US
> > >under business-dominated rule will not sign any WIPO treaty unless it
> > >takes away rights from the citizens.  So if WIPO ever proposes a
> > >treaty that goes in the other direction, the US won't sign it anyway.
> > >Therefore, there's nothing to lose by expelling the US now?  It might
> > >then be possible to disavow the WIPO copyright treaty, so that it
> > >cannot be used as an excuse for US pressure to adopt laws like the
> > >DMCA.
> > >
> > >If this results in a decrease in funding for WIPO "technical
> > >assistance", that would be another step forward.  That "technical
> > >assistance" is structured to bribe patent officials lawfully, with
> > >foreign resort junkets, and train them to repeat megacorporate
> > >propaganda.
> > >
> > >Does the WIPO General Assembly also operate by consensus?
> > >_______________________________________________
> > >Plenary mailing list
> > >Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > >http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Prof. Dr. Rainer Kuhlen
> > UNESCO Chair of Communications
> > Department of Computer and Information Science - University of Konstanz
> > Box D 87
> > email: rainer.kuhlen@uni-konstanz.de
> > URL: http://www.kuhlen.name
> > Phone Univ.: *49 (0)7531 - 882879; Fax: *49 (0)7531 882048
> > Berlin: +49 (0)30 27594241; Fax: ...260
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
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> >
> >
>
>
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From wsis at iprolink.ch  Fri Jul 29 18:47:12 2005
From: wsis at iprolink.ch (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Informal Consultation on IG - 20 july 2005
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From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Alejandra Mendoza)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
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From carmen.carvajal at amarc.org  Wed Jul 27 19:24:00 2005
From: carmen.carvajal at amarc.org (Carmen Carvajal)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Amarc-info2] AMARC NEWS - NOUVELLES DE L'AMARC - NOTICIAS DE AMARC
Message-ID: <42E7D140.4080906@amarc.org>

*AMARC's sets up WSIS page on-line*

*Montreal, July 27, 2005*. Starting today, all AMARC members and the 
general public are able to access updated information on the processes 
leading to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) by 
visiting <http://www.amarc.org>http://wsis.amarc.org/EN.php.

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a *two-phase* 
United Nations intergovernmental conference that aims at the creation of 
a framework for an all-inclusive and equitable Information Society. In 
order to achieve this goal, WSIS incorporates a global vision and a 
global dialogue, bringing together a variety of world stakeholders.

The WSIS Summit in Geneva, December 2003, was the outcome of the first 
phase of WSIS, which started in 2000. The Summit established the 
foundations of the Information Society, leading to a Declaration of 
Principles and a Plan of Action. Participating governments, however, did 
not fulfill all the expectations from the civil society organisations 
present, those this organisations issued a separate statement calling 
for an Information Society clearly based on Human Rights. The second 
phase deals with the issues of Internet governance, of financing "to 
bridge the digital divide", as well as on defining the implementation 
and follow-up process. This phase will end with a Summit in Tunis from 
16 to 18 November 2005. Furthermore, civil society organisations have 
expressed deep concerns regarding the situation of freedom of expression 
in Tunis. Please see the Tunis monitoring Group report in 
http://ifex.org <http://ifex.org/> .

Community media recognition is an important factor in the development of 
a truly inclusive Information Society. AMARC is closely following WSIS 
and taking an active part in advocating for recognition of community 
media as new tiers of communication. Furthermore, AMARC is working with 
civil society partners, as well as those organized in the CRIS Campaign 
- Communications Rights in the Information Society -- for inclusion of 
the civil society agenda in the WSIS process. This agenda calls for a 
human rights approach to the Information Society and urges recognition 
of the existence of communication rights as the founding base of a truly 
democratic Information Society. Through participation in this global 
process, AMARC has been representing the interests of more than 3,000 
community radio stations in over 110 countries.

For more information on AMARC, visit http://amarc.org 
<http://amarc.org/> . <p://wsis.amarc.org/EN.php>

Find the news about the worlwide community radio movement in the 
ObsMedia Web site at http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org 
<http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org/>


**********

*Nouvelle page de WSIS sur le site Web international de l'AMARC*

*Montreal, le 27 juillet 2005.* D?s aujourd'hui tous les membres de 
l'AMARC et le public en g?n?ral peuvent lire en ligne et sur le site ( 
http://wsis.amarc.org/FR.php <http://www.wsis.amarc.org/FR.php>) 
<http://www.amarc.org> les nouvelles concernant le Sommet mondial sur la 
soci?t? de l'information (SMSI).

Le sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI) est une 
conf?rence intergouvernementale des Nations Unies qui se d?roule en deux 
phases. La conf?rence vise ? cr?er une soci?t? de l'information 
inclusive et ?quitable. Afin de r?aliser ce but, le SMSI a opt? pour une 
vision et un dialogue global, rassemblant ainsi une vari?t? de parties 
prenantes des quatre coins du monde.

La premi?re ?tape du SMSI qui a commenc? en 2000 s'est termin? avec un 
Sommet mondial ? Gen?ve, en 2003. Les participants au Sommet ont ?tabli 
les bases de la soci?t? de l'information dans une D?claration de 
principes et dans un Plan d'action. Lors de cette premi?re ?tape, les 
gouvernements n'ont pas r?pondu aux attentes des organismes de la 
soci?t? civile, et c'est pour cela que ceux-ci ont produit leur propre 
d?claration dans laquelle ils appellent ? une soci?t? de l'information 
fond?e sur les droits humains. La deuxi?me phase vise la probl?matique 
de la goubernabilit? de l'Internet, du financement en vue "d'?liminer la 
fracture num?rique", et une r?vision du processus d'implantation et de 
suivi ? l'apr?s le Sommet. Cette deuxi?me phase conclura en Tunisie 
entre le 16 et le 18 novembre 2005. Par ailleurs, les organismes de la 
soci?t? civile ont manifest? leur inqui?tude concernant l'?tat actuel de 
libert? d'expression en Tunisie. Allez sur http://ifex.org 
<http://ifex.org/> pour lire le rapport du groupe charg? de 
l'observation de la Tunisie.

La reconnaissance des m?dias communautaires est un facteur important 
dans le d?veloppement d'une soci?t? de l'information v?ritablement 
inclusive. Depuis les d?buts, AMARC prend une part active dans le 
processus du SMSI pr?conisant la reconnaissance des m?dias 
communautaires en tant que tiers secteur de la communication. En outre, 
AMARC travaille avec des partenaires de la soci?t? civile, ainsi qu'avec 
la campagne CRIS - la Campagne pour les droits ? la communication dans 
la soci?t? de l'information , afin d'inclure ? l'ordre du jour du SMSI 
la d?claration de la soci?t? civile. Celle-ci r?clame une approche bas?e 
sur les droits dans le cadre de la soci?t? de l'information et encourage 
la reconnaissance de l'existence des droits ? la communication comme 
fondement d'une soci?t? v?ritablement d?mocratique de l'information. En 
participant ? ce processus, AMARC a repr?sent? les int?r?ts de plus de 
3.000 radios communautaires localis?s dans plus de 110 pays.

Pour plus de renseignements sur l'AMARC visitez son site 
http://www.amarc.org <http://www.amarc.org/>

Visitez aussi le site Web ObsMedia http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org 
<http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org/> pour les informations sur la radio 
communautaire dans le monde.

******

*Nueva p?gina de WSIS en el sitio Web de AMARC Internacional*

*Montreal, 27 de Julio de 2005*. A partir de hoy todos los miembros de 
AMARC as? como el p?blico en general pueden leer en l?nea las noticias 
sobre la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) en la 
p?gina http://wsis.amarc.org/ES.php <http://www.wsis.amarc.org/ES.php>.

La Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Informaci?n (CMSI) es una 
conferencia intergubernamental de la Organizaci?n de las Naciones Unidas 
que se lleva a cabo en dos fases. La Conferencia busca crear un marco de 
referencia para una Sociedad de la Informaci?n justa. Para alcanzar tal 
objetivo, la CMSI facilita una visi?n y un di?logo globales, que re?nen 
representantes de todos los sectores de la sociedad en el ?mbito 
mundial, incluyendo las ONGs y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil.

La primera fase de la conferencia concluy? en 2003 con una Cumbre 
mundial en Ginebra, Suiza. En ella se establecieron las bases de la 
Sociedad de la Informaci?n con la elaboraci?n de una Declaraci?n de 
Principios y de un Plan de Acci?n. Sin embargo, los gobiernos 
participantes en la Cumbre no respondieron a las expectativas de las 
organizaciones de la sociedad civil, por lo que estas organizaciones 
emitieron su propia declaraci?n en la que hacen un llamado por una 
Sociedad de la Informaci?n basada en los derechos humanos. La segunda 
fase se centrar? especialmente sobre los asuntos relativos a la 
gobernanza del Internet, el financiamiento para "eliminar la brecha 
digital", y sobre la definici?n de la ejecuci?n y el proceso de 
seguimiento posterior a la cumbre. Esta fase concluir? con una Cumbre en 
T?nez entre el 16 y el 18 de Noviembre de 2005. Las organizaciones de la 
sociedad civil han expresado su preocupaci?n por la situaci?n de 
libertad de expresion en T?nez. Lea el informe del Grupo de Monitoreo de 
T?nez en http://www.ifex.org

El reconocimiento de los medios comunitarios es un factor importante en 
el desarrollo de una Sociedad de la Informaci?n verdaderamente 
inclusive. AMARC sigue de cerca el proceso de la CMSI y aboga por el 
reconocimiento de los medios comunitarios como un tercer sector de la 
comunicaci?n. Asimismo, AMARC trabaja con otras organizaciones de la 
sociedad civil y con aquellas que hacen parte de la Campa?a CRIS por la 
inclusi?n de la sociedad civil en la agenda de la CMSI. Esta agenda hace 
un llamado para que se asuma la Sociedad de la Informaci?n desde una 
perspectiva de derechos humanos y para que se reconozcan los derechos a 
la comunicaci?n como la base fundamental para una Sociedad de la 
Informaci?n verdaderamente democr?tica. AMARC representa los intereses 
de m?s de

3 000 radios comunitarias en m?s de 110 pa?ses con su participaci?n en 
este proceso mundial.

Para mayor informaci?n sobre AMARC vaya a http://www.amarc.org 
<http://www.amarc.org/>

Lea tambi?n las noticias sobre la radio comunitaria en el mundo en el 
sitio Web Obsmedia http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org . 
<http://www.obsmedia.amarc.org/>



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From jacqueline.morris at gmail.com  Thu Jul 28 12:38:00 2005
From: jacqueline.morris at gmail.com (Jacqueline Morris)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [Wsis-pct] IPJ: US & Japan Upset Consensus for Development Agenda at WIPO
In-Reply-To: <42E82C20.7060108@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <ACADB74FBBEFD94795A03FDBBDE62D3727CB65@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
	 <42E82C20.7060108@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <131293a2050728043815b7c5c5@mail.gmail.com>

The US participated in the WGIG - US Reps were at all WGIG open
sessions, and even though no US govt rep was on the WGIG (neither were
many countries, and India esp was very upset at not having a Govt
member on the WGIG) the US POV was very well represented in the
discussions.
Jacqueline

On 7/27/05, Ralf Bendrath <bendrath@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people. Your cooperation is highly appreciated]
> _______________________________________
> 
> Good points, Rainer and Wolfgang. The special position of the US in many
> regards (WIPO, UNESCO, IG) is an interesting phenomenon and needs more
> discussion.
> 
> Wolfgang Kleinw?chter wrote:
> > And more will come. Looking forward, I see a great conflict between G
> > 20 + China and US on IG during PrepCom3, PrepCom3+ and PrepCom3++
> > without any agreement in Tunis. My two scenarios for Tunis are:
>  > a. failure with a continuation of the discussion and
> > b. failure without a continuation of the discussion.
> 
> The difference is: In UNESCO and WIPO, this all is taking place within the
> UN context and in order to change the policy of a UN organization (which
> indirectly would change policy of member states). ICANN is different, as
> there the US can just stand still and do nothing. They do not even need
> veto power, as the other governments have no real decision-making power.
> Therefore, if we want the US to leave WIPO and/or UNESCO, we are weakening
> multilateral structures. We will then not be able to ask for a more
> internationalized (W)ICANN. The US will never join it. They never even
> joined the WGIG.
> 
> What is still not really clear to me: What is the position of the EU or
> Japan to these issues? And does it count?
> 
> Ralf
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From carmen.carvajal at amarc.org  Thu Jul 28 21:14:08 2005
From: carmen.carvajal at amarc.org (Carmen Carvajal)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
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From carmen.carvajal at amarc.org  Fri Jul 29 15:19:34 2005
From: carmen.carvajal at amarc.org (Carmen Carvajal)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:20:10 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Amarc-info2] AMARC supports petition for Supinya Klangnarong
Message-ID: <42EA3AF6.2040800@amarc.org>

*AMARC supports petition for Supinya Klangnarong*

The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) supports a 
global petition calling Shin Corp, Thailand, to drop criminal 
proceedings against Ms. Supinya Klangnarong, Secretary General of the 
Campaign for Popular Media Reform (CPMR) in Thailand. /(Please see news 
release below for more information)./

AMARC invites you to sign the petition for Ms. Klangnarong by going to 
_http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya_.

*******

*Worldwide Petition Urges Shin Corp to Drop Charges Against Supinya 
Klangnarong in Thailand*

Distinguished figures and free speech organisations add their names to 
the campaign.

July 27, 2005 (WACC). Hundreds of signatories including distinguished 
public figures are putting their names to a petition calling on Shin 
Corp, Thailand, to drop criminal proceedings against Supinya 
Klangnarong. Supinya had noted in an interview she gave to the Thai Post 
that Shin Corporation profits had risen sharply since the Thai Prime 
Minister came to power. Shin Corporation was founded by the Prime 
Minister and is now owned by his family.

Noam Chomsky, Ariel Dorfman, Robert McChesney, Bernard Cassen and 
Armando Mattelart were among the first signatories to the petition.

Those who have recently joined the petition include: Antonio Pasquali; 
Steve Buckley, President of the World Association for Community Radios; 
Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists in 
the UK; Tim Gopsill, Editor of The Journalist, UK; Ursula Owen, Editor 
in Chief of Index on Censorship; Luitgard Hammerer of Article 19; Joan 
Jara, Human Rights activist; Robert Shaw, Human Rights Officer of the 
International Federation of Journalists as well as academic leaders and 
practitioners of journalism and communication worldwide.

Supinya's trial for asking an honest question is being seen as a 
landmark freedom of speech case. If found guilty she may face a prison 
sentence and a civil suit for US$10 million. The hearings started on 19 
July.

The World Association for Christian Communication, WACC, set up a weblog 
covering the case, including the petition, at 
_<http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya>http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya_ which 
went live the day before the trial.

The petition will be presented to Shin Corp to show the level of 
opposition there is to the charges being pressed against Supinya and 
against free speech.

Supinya studied Media Policy in the UK on a scholarship under the WACC 
Communication Leadership Programme.

For further information visit: 
_<http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya>http://www.wacc.org.uk/supinya_

or contact:

********************************************************

Contact: Myriam Horngren, Advocacy and Network Coordinator,

_mh@wacc.org.uk <mailto:mh@wacc.org.uk>_

Office +44 (0) 207 582 9139 Mobile +44 7962 06 26 98

Hi-res photographs are available from Sean Hawkey, Communication Officer,

_sh@wacc.org.uk <mailto:sh@wacc.org.uk>_ Office 44 (0) 207 582 9139

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