From lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu  Mon Oct  2 10:37:51 2006
From: lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu (Lluis Miret)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 20 and 21 november at ILO: Participate at the International Conference for the Reform of International Institutions
Message-ID: <002601c6e606$6dc7f110$5ccb5393@ubuntu4>

Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: geneva_2006_eng.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 349436 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061002/b6c9ee1a/geneva_2006_eng.pdf
From lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu  Mon Oct  2 10:38:30 2006
From: lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu (Lluis Miret)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 20 y 21 de noviembre en la OIT: Participa en la Conferencia Internacional para la Reforma de las Instituciones Internacionales
Message-ID: <003101c6e606$852f7530$5ccb5393@ubuntu4>

Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: geneva_2006_esp.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 372681 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061002/6ca52d0b/geneva_2006_esp.pdf
From hekwuruke at gmail.com  Mon Oct  2 13:51:00 2006
From: hekwuruke at gmail.com (Henry Ekwuruke)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 20 y 21 de noviembre en la OIT: Participa en la Conferencia Internacional para la Reforma de las Instituciones Internacionales
In-Reply-To: <003101c6e606$852f7530$5ccb5393@ubuntu4>
References: <003101c6e606$852f7530$5ccb5393@ubuntu4>
Message-ID: <3327dfa0610020551r5cc29a01l5365fe91c852091e@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/2/06, Lluis Miret <lluis.miret@ubuntu.upc.edu> wrote:
>
>
>
> Queridos amigos,
>
>
>
> Desde el Secretariado del Foro Mundial de Redes de la Sociedad Civil -
> UBUNTU (www.ubuntu.upc.edu <http://www.ubuntu.upc.edu/?lg=esp>) y de la
> "Campa?a Mundial para una Profunda Reforma del Sistema de Instituciones
> Internacionales" (www.reformcampaign.net<http://www.reformcampaign.net/?lg=esp>)
> y en nombre del Comit? de la Conferencia (al final del email) nos place
> invitarle muy especialmente a participar activamente en la:
>
> *"CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL PARA LA REFORMA DE LAS INSTITUCIONES
> INTERNACIONALES"* que, a modo de *"DIALOGOS ENTRE DISTINTOS NIVELES DE
> GOBERNABILIDAD Y ACTORES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL"*, tendr? lugar los pr?ximos
> *20 y 21 de Noviembre de 2006 en la sede de la OIT* (Organizaci?n
> Internacional del Trabajo) *en Ginebra*. Ver documento PDF adjunto.
>
> Las Cumbres de las Naciones Unidas (como por ejemplo las ?ltimas de
> Monterrey para la Financiaci?n del Desarrollo y de Johannesburgo para el
> Desarrollo Sostenible) han dado como resultado Declaraciones y Planes de
> acci?n interesantes pero sin medios para alcanzarlos, y con una considerable
> transferencia de responsabilidades al "mercado global". En estas
> circunstancias es preciso analizar en profundidad c?mo debe reorientarse el
> Sistema de Instituciones Internacionales. En un mundo en el que la tensi?n,
> la violencia, los fundamentalismos, etc., parecen ganar la batalla a la paz,
> a los derechos humanos individuales y colectivos, ?sta acci?n, con
> propuestas de hondo calado, es m?s acuciante que nunca.
>
> En consecuencia creemos necesario, como continuaci?n y sobre la base de
> relevantes trabajos y conferencias ya realizados en este sentido, un
> encuentro de an?lisis y formulaci?n de propuestas para la nueva orientaci?n
> del Sistema de Instituciones Internacionales Multilaterales.
> Representaciones de Estados y de organizaciones regionales de los mismos, de
> gobiernos aut?nomos, locales, organizaciones parlamentarias y, por supuesto,
> organizaciones de la sociedad civil internacional se reunir?n en una
> "Conferencia Internacional para la Reforma de las Instituciones
> Internacionales".
>
> Esperando que esta convocatoria sea de su inter?s y que su agenda le
> permita participar activamente en ella le saluda en nombre del Comit? de la
> Conferencia,
> [image: Josep Xercavins]
> Josep Xercavins i Valls
> Coordinador del Comit? de la Conferencia (y del Secretariado del Foro
> UBUNTU y de la Campa?a Mundial).
>
> *PD: Para participar en la Conferencia Internacional debe cumplimentar la Ficha
> de Inscripci?n<http://www.reformcampaign.net/?lg=esp&pg=ginebra_2006&que=fitxa>
> .*
>
> josep.xercavins@ubuntu.upc.edu
>
> Tel. +34 934137773
> Fax. +34 934137777
>
> Foro UBUNTU
> C/ Jordi Girona 29
> Edificio Nexus II
> 08034 Barcelona
> ESPA?A
>
> * Comit? de la Conferencia:
>
> *- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (**FORUM-ASIA**)
> - Centro Internacional para una Cultura Democr?tica (**CICD**)
> - Conference of NGOs in consultative relationship with the UN (**CONGO**)
> - Coop?ration Internationale pour le D?veloppement et la Solidarit? (**
> CIDSE**)
> - Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (**DAWN**)
> - Foro Mundial de Redes de la Sociedad Civil (**UBUNTU**)
> - Fundaci?n Cultura de Paz (**FCP**)
> - Global Movement for Children (**GMC**)
> - International Catholic Movement for Intellectual & Cultural Affairs (**Pax
> Romana**)
> - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (**ICFTU**)
> - Inter Press Service (**IPS**)
> - The African Women's Development and Communication Network (**FEMNET**)
> - The North-South Institute (**NSI**)
> - Women's Environment and Development Organisation (**WEDO**)
> - World Alliance for Citizen Participation (**CIVICUS**)
> - World Confederation of Labour (**WCL**)
> - World Federalist Movement (**WFM**) *
>
>


-- 
Henry Ekwuruke
Founder | Nnado Foundation Nigeria |
Volunteer | TakingITGlobal.org| Nigeria
Correspondent  - Africa News Network
Home page: http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/ekwuruke
Phone: +234-80-25249923
God bless Africa! God bless Nigeria!
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061002/f280a56e/attachment.htm
From lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu  Mon Oct  2 10:27:51 2006
From: lluis.miret at ubuntu.upc.edu (Lluis Miret)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] 20 and 21 november at ILO: Participate at the International Conference for the Reform of International Institutions
Message-ID: <001001c6e605$08903010$5ccb5393@ubuntu4>

Skipped content of type multipart/related-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: geneva_2006_eng.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 349436 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061002/745f1294/geneva_2006_eng.pdf
From rbloem at ngocongo.org  Mon Oct  2 20:21:08 2006
From: rbloem at ngocongo.org (Renate Bloem)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Highlights of GAID Steering Committee
Message-ID: <200610021923.k92JMwDH015765@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: SteeC 2nd mtg highlights 29Sep2006 (2).doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 46080 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061002/4482bc2f/SteeC2ndmtghighlights29Sep20062.doc
From robin at ipjustice.org  Mon Oct  2 22:09:15 2006
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IPJ: WIPO Decision on Broadcast Treaty: 2007 DipCon IF Agreement
 Achieved
Message-ID: <45217FFB.5020701@ipjustice.org>

2 October 2006 ~ IP Justice Media Release

Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
robin@ipjustice.org +1-415-553-6261

WIPO General Assembly Decision on Broadcast Treaty:
?Diplomatic Conference will be convened IF agreement is achieved?

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) General Assembly 
rejected the decision by the Chairman of the Standing Committee on 
Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) to convene a Diplomatic Conference 
next summer to finalize a treaty that would create new rights for 
broadcast companies.

The 42nd WIPO General Assembly instead called for 2 additional meetings 
in 2007 to work out the many contentious provisions remaining in the 
proposed Broadcast Treaty. WIPO is the United Nations Specialized Agency 
charged with making intellectual property law treaties.

After several days of both formal and informal discussions, on 2 October 
2006, the General Assembly decided that ?the Diplomatic Conference will 
be convened if such agreement is achieved.?

At an early September SCCR meeting, the Chairman asked for ?silent 
approval? of his decision to convene the Diplomatic Conference ? even 
after a number of Member States including India, Brazil and the U.S 
objected to the premature decision. The lack of consensus among Member 
States on the decision to move forward with the Broadcast Treaty was one 
of the most contentious issues at this year?s General Assembly and 
clouded WIPO?s legitimacy as a democratic institution.

?While proponents of the Broadcast Treaty hail this as a victory, since 
a Diplomatic Conference may still be convened next year, the General 
Assembly?s refusal to rubber-stamp the decision of the SCCR Chairman is 
the real victory at WIPO,? said IP Justice Executive Director Robin 
Gross. The inclusion of the two-letter word ?if? in the decision to 
convene a Diplomatic Conference makes an enormous difference in the 
outcome. ?A Diplomatic Conference is now contingent upon Member States 
reaching consensus where there are currently great differences,? Gross 
added, ?such as the inclusion of anti-circumvention measures in the 
treaty and outlawing Internet retransmissions of programs.?

Another important achievement is the General Assembly?s decision to 
narrow the scope of the treaty to a ?signal? based approach, something 
that a majority of Member States and NGOs had called for in the SCCR 
meetings. The SCCR Chairman?s Draft Proposal instead would create 8 new 
intellectual property rights for broadcast companies. Although some 
proponents of the Chairman?s draft argue that his draft also takes a 
?signal based approach?, Member States will now have to define key 
terms, including the term ?signal? in the next draft.

Negotiations will continue on the Broadcast Treaty at a January 2007 
meeting at WIPO. There will also be another opportunity to negotiate 
differences in June 2007 at a meeting to be held in conjunction with a 
preparatory meeting for a Diplomatic Conference. If Member States reach 
sufficient agreement by the June 2007 Broadcast Treaty meeting, the 
Diplomatic Conference will be held from 19 November ? 7 December 2007 in 
Geneva to finalize treaty drafting.

More Information:
IP Justice Broadcasting Treaty Page:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/wipo/wipo-broadcasting-treaty

Decision of 42nd WIPO General Assembly on Broadcast Treaty:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/2006/10/02/wipo-general-assembly-decision-on-broadcast-treaty

IP Justice Statement at 42nd General Assembly:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/2006/09/27/ip-justice-statement-at-wipo-42nd-general-assembly

IP Justice Report from 15th SCCR Meeting:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/2006/09/13/328/


From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct  2 23:44:00 2006
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Effective participation  of Civil Society Organizations  in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
In-Reply-To: <1202.196.207.195.139.1159737954.squirrel@webmail.rekcah.fr>
Message-ID: <20061002224400.45863.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: LETTRE SECRETARIAT IGF II.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 348672 bytes
Desc: 2864542692-LETTRE SECRETARIAT IGF II.doc
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061003/22d17397/LETTRESECRETARIATIGFII.doc
From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Tue Oct  3 16:05:39 2006
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Proyecto E-Miage
Message-ID: <20061003150539.16359.qmail@web26914.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

  Estimados amigos:

El proyecto E-miage http://www.e-miage.org/ consiste en una plataforma trabajada en software libre para educacion a distancia: alumnos de pre-grado, profesores... estableciendo convenio entre ambas Instituciones.  Este proyecto viene ejecutandose en Latin America. 
   
  La ultima visita (14-23 de octubre) que hizo la delegacion francesa (EDU FRANCE) con la presencia del Dr. Gilles Desrocques, Director de Relaciones Internacionales y Coordinador del Proyecto EMIAGE dejo esta informacion para todas las instituciones interesadas.
     
  Pueden tener mayor informacion por favor ir :
  
informacion: www.univ-orleans.fr/international/

email:  international@univ-orleans.fr
   
  pd.para los que deseen la presentacion solicitarlo por esta via ya que el groups no soporta mas de 1 mb.

Saludos
Lady Murrugarra




 		
---------------------------------
 All New Yahoo! Mail  ? Tired of Vi@gr@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061003/a7eed763/attachment.htm
From Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it  Tue Oct  3 21:02:05 2006
From: Francesca.Martinese at comune.bologna.it (Francesca Martinese)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Francesca Martinese/Comune di Bologna/IT
 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=E8_assente_dall'ufficio=2E?=
Message-ID: <OF756E0947.23AAE5CA-ONC12571FC.006E0E1E-C12571FC.006E0E1E@comune.bologna.it
 >

Sar? assente dall'ufficio a partire dal  02/10/2006 e non torner? fino al
11/10/2006.

Risponder? al messaggio al mio ritorno. Per questioni urgenti potete
contattare Sveva Ruggiero, sveva.ruggiero@comune.bologna.it , tel.
051203488 oppure Lucia Fresa, lucia.fresa@comune.bologna.it , tel 051
204355 Grazie

I will be out of office from 4th Agust until 28th August.
I'll answer the message as soon as I'm back.
For urgent matters, please contact me on my mobile: +39 3287509613.



From gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU  Wed Oct  4 07:14:09 2006
From: gurstein at ADM.NJIT.EDU (Gurstein, Michael)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Canadian Community Access Program back from premature death?
Message-ID: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1C594C44@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>

There seems to be a bit of confusion, but it looks now that the Canadian
Government has, as a result of popular pressure (thanks all who sent the
Minister emails! and to those local Members of Parliament who recognized
the value of the program and insisted on its retention) reversed the
decision to end funding of the Canadian Community Access Program.  

(As a side note, the cuts were part of a general "political
housecleaning" by the new Conservative government of a range of
community focussed programs developed under the previous Liberal
governments.  They were not budgetary as the Canadian government at the
same time it was announcing the cuts also announced a budget for last
year of $13 Billion which they were intending to apply to pay down the
Canadian national debt.)

The article pointed to below mentions the possibility of a longer-term
program. This is an excellent development as CAP has been operating on
short term extensions for several years and it also opens the
possibility of revision to the program (hopefully with some involvement
from those with direct knowledge and experience of the CAP on the
ground). 

Among the areas to be hoped for in a revised program would be
integration with the currently parallel Federal initiatives in the
extension of broadband connectivity to rural and remote areas, much
closer linkages with programs providing support for effective use of
CAP's by local residents as for example the CAP Youth Intern program,
and the overall integration of the variety of community based technology
and local development programs.  

One of the conclusions that seems to be emerging out of the 3 year
Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
(www.cracin.ca) research project in Community Informatics
implementations in Canada is the need for some type of institutional
integration within government to include the variety of agencies and
programs involved in community ICT initiatives as for example through a
Department of the Information Society or Department for ICTs as several
other countries have instituted.

Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
CRACIN Co-Principal Investigator
Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training
Vancouver, BC
http://www.communityinformatics.net

http://www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3?number=news&lang=E&newsnumber=4828

> NEWS RELEASE
> -----------------------------
>
> October  3, 2006
>
> PREMIER PRAISES NEW CAP DEAL
>
> CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Premier Pat Binns today announced that
> negotiations between the Government of PEI, and the Government of 
> Canada, as represented by the Ministers of ACOA and Industry have 
> resulted in an extension in federal funding for the popular Community 
> Access Program (CAP).
>     Federal CAP funding was scheduled to end on September 30th and 
> would have resulted in the closure of 41 Island CAP sites. The CAP 
> program ensures that Islanders have access to the Internet and new 
> technologies, as well as broadband access, in their own community. 
> More than 120,000 Islanders used Island CAP sites last year.
>     "I am very pleased that a productive dialogue with our federal 
> colleagues has  averted the closure of this very popular and important

> program for Islanders," said Premier Binns. "I want to thank the CAP 
> administrative staff in the Department of Development and Technology, 
> as well as Minister Peter MacKay for recognizing the benefits of this 
> program and working the political corners in Ottawa to get a deal
done."
>     Industry Canada will extend funding for the CAP program until the 
> end of March 2007. In addition, negotiations will begin immediately 
> toward a long term agreement.
>     The Premier said funding for the CAP program has been on shaky 
> ground for the past couple of years, as the previous Federal 
> Government continuously cut the program funding and refused to enter 
> into negotiations for a long term agreement.
>     Since last year, two six month contract extensions had been in 
> place. He said he is pleased with the current extension, and is also 
> encouraged that the Government of Canada wants to secure a long term 
> agreement for CAP on PEI.
>
>
>

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Randy Stoecker

Associate Professor 

e-mail:  rstoecker@wisc.edu

Center for Community and Economic Development
610 Langdon Street
3rd Floor
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 265 - 8256
Fax: (608) 263 - 4999

Department of Rural Sociology
350 Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, Wisconsin
53706

Tel: (608) 890-0764
Fax: (608) 262-6022 

From lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca  Wed Oct  4 19:30:43 2006
From: lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: [CPI-UA] take 2 Canadian Community Access Program back from premature death?
In-Reply-To: <A0E19BF31237DE4A9B1FF1E122FAC13A1C594C44@ADMCLUSTER.njitdm.campus.njit.edu>
Message-ID: <BAY118-F203E2B29775A499035B00ED51D0@phx.gbl>

[ sorry for cross posts, this is a new message, replaces previous]

Hey all:
Any good news is welcome of course, especially on CAP, but
I for one would not jump for joy just yet.

Thanks for this update Mike, Eric ( and Peter). I trust that this CPI-UA 
list will
continue to share insights and observations from the regions and locales so
we may fashion understanding of a bigger picture here.
As it stands now the rural - suburban - urban divide is a help to the new
government, but only in the most narrow sense benefits actual communities.
This 'reprieve' of CAP is not about good policy, it is about divisive 
politics.
Toronto did not elect any Tories, remember, so with a huge share of Canada's
population, we are being left out and are effectively unrepresented in this
government.
That's not news, that's democracy, but it is not good governance. The
vindictive recent acts of this federal government are about politics, not
good policy.
I hope that Cap advocates will not  ignore  the wider politics of this
situation (and am sure they will not).
Local need not mean ignoring the big picture.
Resentment of Toronto ( or Ontario for that matter) will not help anyone in
the end -- remember that line about first they came for others, and finally
for you? Well, think about that.

As for Cracin, of course it might help with bridging the local and larger
policy and practice picture, with all the funds spent on quasi-academic
meetings, I hope that something solid and helpful might emerge, relevant to
this issue, when we need it, in terms of evidence-based research, results we
can use to think and act with, and  develop coherent policy inputs.
Now is the time to demonstrate results.
I'm sceptical -- I have not seen anything solid yet despite the initial
promise -- let's see some application on this CAP and access policy now when
it is required.
We do not need more opinions, we all have those! We need evidence based pan
Canadian insights, from the ground up. Was that not part of the mission?

BTW it might be worthwhile ( and directly relevant) for someone to look into
where the 'social economy' initiative has gone, what has happened to the VSI
( Voluntary Sector initiative), which was also cut in the recent
Conservative funding announcement ( which was about far more than
'housekeeping', and debt reduction, please!)

Is it true that this recent budget move cut some SSHRC research funding ( on
social economy ) directly, with no oversight, and very little attention? Is
this an attack on freedom of an arm's length agency -- SSHRC?

That's also the pattern of what happened with Law ( Reform ) Commission, as
Marc Raboy noted.
John Ibbitson in the Globe and Mail  nailed the impropriety  of  using
budget cuts to demolish a body mandated by Parliament. Well, how about CBC,
CRTC, and who knows what else -- if that's not your preference, what about
when the budget hacks come for something you do care about, mandated by
Parliament ?

Someone out there may know about social economy VSI and SSHRC.
Understanding this move would be part of grasping the big picture, the
pattern that connects policy and politics.

As for the idea of an info society department, please let's keep
in mind the dangers ahead, as the Tories are trial ballooning on many fronts 
now: getting rid
of the CRTC; getting rid of the domestic ownership requirements on telcos
and maybe later on the broadcasters; cutting the CBC; and so forth.

Sure: great that CAP may not be cut,  in some areas like PEI, and that CAP
is now to be part of the happy pork barrelling of regional economic
development - devolved from the federal level to the provinces, wherever
there is enought clout to mount a counter attack.
Those who know me know that I am usually an optimist, but I do not think
that narrow localism and provincialism is the answer.  I have consistently (
and unpopularly..:) argued  for a pan-Canadian approach, hard as it may be
to develop such an approach that reflects local, regional, national and
global needs and preferences. I welcome a federal role in policy making on
the 'knowledge society.' As a communications historian, I ( and many others) 
have for some time
advocated rexamining the renewed need for a Communications Department
( like the one we had previously, obviously updated FOR THE CONTEMPORARY 
MEDIA ENVIRONMENT AND the changing uses by citizens, and much more... ).

hey while we are at it, how about Urban Affairs? :(
Neither one is likely, albeit both are needed. Instead maybe we will see a
junior minstry of Information Society within Maxime Bernier's super Industry
Dept. ( on steroids) to handle post-CRTC, CAP as a welfare dirt road dept 
for market failures,
subsidies to the telcos for rural broadband as a concession to get support
for dropping the ownership restrictions, and generally, handing off most of
everything to the provinces that back the new federal government ..... well
the possibilities are breath-taking..( speculaton only for now)

What I see here is a case of the dangers of divide and conquer. CAP is only
one part of the puzzle. This is nowhere near over yet, and we need urgently
IMO to share much more  evidence-based insight into what's going on.

Thanks to all who are trying honestly to do that. Mike, Eric, Peter,
everyone...
There are no easy answers ( not from me, not from anyone).
We need to share what we know in search of that big picture. Then we can 
argue about what to do next.
Back to work.......

Liss Jeffrey, PhD





On 10/4/06, Eric Lilius <elilius@halhinet.on.ca> wrote:
>
>Hi Michael,
>
>I am still trying to sort out the mixed messages. I got the following from
>Peter Frampton in Ontario,
>indicating that the government will deal with CAP on a piecemeal basis and
>not as a country wide program.
>
>"NO.
>What they seem to be doing is putting the CAP program off onto the
>regional
>development agencies.  Some will go long term, others will not, and
>southern
>Ontario and North of 60 will be left out again!
>Peter Frampton"
>
>There is indication in the PEI announcement that this is a "made in PEI"
>agreement and that the same thing is happening in Nova Scotia.
>I don't know if this is a "squeaky wheel" approach or something else.
>I see no outcry from Queen's Park about CAP cuts but the provincial
>government did not embrace the program as was done in Nova Scotia,
>Newfoundland and PEI, although there was strong support from the  provinc=
ial
>regional specialists in the Agricultural Ministry about 4-5 years ago.
>Is there anyone who has access to what the government/Industry Canada is
>really thinking?
>
>As it stands now, the contract end in Ontario was stretched from Sept 30
>to the end of Dec 2006 with the accompanying Youth Initiatives Program go=
ing
>to the end of February 2007.
>http://cap.ic.gc.ca/pub/capyi/index.html
>
>
>Eric
>
>
>
>
>
>Gurstein, Michael wrote:
> > There seems to be a bit of confusion, but it looks now that the Canadian
>
> > Government has, as a result of popular pressure (thanks all who sent the
> > Minister emails! and to those local Members of Parliament who recognized
> > the value of the program and insisted on its retention) reversed the
> > decision to end funding of the Canadian Community Access Program.
> >
> > (As a side note, the cuts were part of a general "political
> > housecleaning" by the new Conservative government of a range of
> > community focussed programs developed under the previous Liberal
> > governments.  They were not budgetary as the Canadian government at the
> > same time it was announcing the cuts also announced a budget for last
> > year of $13 Billion which they were intending to apply to pay down the
> > Canadian national debt.)
> >
> > The article pointed to below mentions the possibility of a longer-term
> > program. This is an excellent development as CAP has been operating on
> > short term extensions for several years and it also opens the
> > possibility of revision to the program (hopefully with some involvement
> > from those with direct knowledge and experience of the CAP on the
> > ground).
> >
> > Among the areas to be hoped for in a revised program would be
> > integration with the currently parallel Federal initiatives in the
> > extension of broadband connectivity to rural and remote areas, much
> > closer linkages with programs providing support for effective use of
> > CAP's by local residents as for example the CAP Youth Intern program,
> > and the overall integration of the variety of community based technology
>
> > and local development programs.
> >
> > One of the conclusions that seems to be emerging out of the 3 year
> > Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
> > ( www.cracin.ca) research project in Community Informatics
> > implementations in Canada is the need for some type of institutional
> > integration within government to include the variety of agencies and
> > programs involved in community ICT initiatives as for example through a
> > Department of the Information Society or Department for ICTs as several
> > other countries have instituted.
> >
> > Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
> > CRACIN Co-Principal Investigator
> > Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training
> > Vancouver, BC
> > http://www.communityinformatics.net
> >
> > http://www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3?number=3Dnews&lang=3DE&newsnumber=3D4828
> >
> >
> >> NEWS RELEASE
> >> -----------------------------
> >>
> >> October  3, 2006
> >>
> >> PREMIER PRAISES NEW CAP DEAL
> >>
> >> CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Premier Pat Binns today announced that
> >> negotiations between the Government of PEI, and the Government of
> >> Canada, as represented by the Ministers of ACOA and Industry have
> >> resulted in an extension in federal funding for the popular Community
> >> Access Program (CAP).
> >>     Federal CAP funding was scheduled to end on September 30th and
> >> would have resulted in the closure of 41 Island CAP sites. The CAP
> >> program ensures that Islanders have access to the Internet and new
> >> technologies, as well as broadband access, in their own community.
> >> More than 120,000 Islanders used Island CAP sites last year.
> >>     "I am very pleased that a productive dialogue with our federal
> >> colleagues has  averted the closure of this very popular and important
> >>
> >
> >
> >> program for Islanders," said Premier Binns. "I want to thank the CAP
> >> administrative staff in the Department of Development and Technology,
> >> as well as Minister Peter MacKay for recognizing the benefits of this
> >> program and working the political corners in Ottawa to get a deal
> >>
> > done."
> >
> >>     Industry Canada will extend funding for the CAP program until the
> >> end of March 2007. In addition, negotiations will begin immediately
> >> toward a long term agreement.
> >>     The Premier said funding for the CAP program has been on shaky
> >> ground for the past couple of years, as the previous Federal
> >> Government continuously cut the program funding and refused to enter
> >> into negotiations for a long term agreement.
> >>     Since last year, two six month contract extensions had been in
> >> place. He said he is pleased with the current extension, and is also
> >> encouraged that the Government of Canada wants to secure a long term
> >> agreement for CAP on PEI.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>--
>http://www.haliburtonfolk.com
>http://savethefrostcentre.ca
>http://www.environmenthaliburton.ca
>----------------------------------------------
>`=B7.=B8 ><((((=BA> .=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8.=B7<=BA))))><=B8.=B7=B4=AF=B7.=B8
>`=B7.=B8.=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8 ><((((=BA> =B8.=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8><((((=BA>
><=BA))))><=B7.=B8.=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8><((((=BA>=B7.=B8=B8.=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8
>=B7..=B7=B4=AF`=B7. <=BA))))><.=B8.=B7=B4=AF`=B7.=B8.=B7<=BA))))><
>
>Eric Lilius
>Box 27
>(1563 Eagle Lake Road)
>Eagle Lake, ON  K0M 1M0
>CANADA W78.34.12/N45.07.09
>705-754-9859
>705-754-9860 (fax)
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>When you eventually see through the veils to how things really are,
>you will keep saying again and again,"This is certainly not like
>we thought it was!"
>                                         Rumi
>
>

>From: "Gurstein, Michael" <gurstein@ADM.NJIT.EDU>
>Reply-To: cpi-ua@vancouvercommunity.net
>To: <ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net>,   
><cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net>, <plenary@wsis-cs.org>,   
><cpi-ua@vancouvercommunity.net>
>CC: "Eric Lilius" <elilius@halhinet.on.ca>,   "Randy Stoecker" 
><rstoecker@wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CPI-UA] Canadian Community Access Program back from premature 
>death?
>Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 02:14:09 -0400
>
>There seems to be a bit of confusion, but it looks now that the Canadian
>Government has, as a result of popular pressure (thanks all who sent the
>Minister emails! and to those local Members of Parliament who recognized
>the value of the program and insisted on its retention) reversed the
>decision to end funding of the Canadian Community Access Program.
>
>(As a side note, the cuts were part of a general "political
>housecleaning" by the new Conservative government of a range of
>community focussed programs developed under the previous Liberal
>governments.  They were not budgetary as the Canadian government at the
>same time it was announcing the cuts also announced a budget for last
>year of $13 Billion which they were intending to apply to pay down the
>Canadian national debt.)
>
>The article pointed to below mentions the possibility of a longer-term
>program. This is an excellent development as CAP has been operating on
>short term extensions for several years and it also opens the
>possibility of revision to the program (hopefully with some involvement
>from those with direct knowledge and experience of the CAP on the
>ground).
>
>Among the areas to be hoped for in a revised program would be
>integration with the currently parallel Federal initiatives in the
>extension of broadband connectivity to rural and remote areas, much
>closer linkages with programs providing support for effective use of
>CAP's by local residents as for example the CAP Youth Intern program,
>and the overall integration of the variety of community based technology
>and local development programs.
>
>One of the conclusions that seems to be emerging out of the 3 year
>Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
>(www.cracin.ca) research project in Community Informatics
>implementations in Canada is the need for some type of institutional
>integration within government to include the variety of agencies and
>programs involved in community ICT initiatives as for example through a
>Department of the Information Society or Department for ICTs as several
>other countries have instituted.
>
>Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.
>CRACIN Co-Principal Investigator
>Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training
>Vancouver, BC
>http://www.communityinformatics.net
>
>http://www.gov.pe.ca/index.php3?number=news&lang=E&newsnumber=4828
>
> > NEWS RELEASE
> > -----------------------------
> >
> > October  3, 2006
> >
> > PREMIER PRAISES NEW CAP DEAL
> >
> > CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI -- Premier Pat Binns today announced that
> > negotiations between the Government of PEI, and the Government of
> > Canada, as represented by the Ministers of ACOA and Industry have
> > resulted in an extension in federal funding for the popular Community
> > Access Program (CAP).
> >     Federal CAP funding was scheduled to end on September 30th and
> > would have resulted in the closure of 41 Island CAP sites. The CAP
> > program ensures that Islanders have access to the Internet and new
> > technologies, as well as broadband access, in their own community.
> > More than 120,000 Islanders used Island CAP sites last year.
> >     "I am very pleased that a productive dialogue with our federal
> > colleagues has  averted the closure of this very popular and important
>
> > program for Islanders," said Premier Binns. "I want to thank the CAP
> > administrative staff in the Department of Development and Technology,
> > as well as Minister Peter MacKay for recognizing the benefits of this
> > program and working the political corners in Ottawa to get a deal
>done."
> >     Industry Canada will extend funding for the CAP program until the
> > end of March 2007. In addition, negotiations will begin immediately
> > toward a long term agreement.
> >     The Premier said funding for the CAP program has been on shaky
> > ground for the past couple of years, as the previous Federal
> > Government continuously cut the program funding and refused to enter
> > into negotiations for a long term agreement.
> >     Since last year, two six month contract extensions had been in
> > place. He said he is pleased with the current extension, and is also
> > encouraged that the Government of Canada wants to secure a long term
> > agreement for CAP on PEI.
> >
> >
> >
>
>--
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Randy Stoecker
>
>Associate Professor
>
>e-mail:  rstoecker@wisc.edu
>
>Center for Community and Economic Development
>610 Langdon Street
>3rd Floor
>Madison, WI 53703
>Phone: (608) 265 - 8256
>Fax: (608) 263 - 4999
>
>Department of Rural Sociology
>350 Agricultural Hall
>1450 Linden Drive
>Madison, Wisconsin
>53706
>
>Tel: (608) 890-0764
>Fax: (608) 262-6022



From parminder at itforchange.net  Thu Oct  5 08:56:12 2006
From: parminder at itforchange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Highlights of GAID Steering Committee
In-Reply-To: <200610021923.k92JMwDH015765@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>
Message-ID: <20061005081809.0CCFF7A092@mail.gn.apc.org>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: SteeC 2nd mtg highlights 29Sep2006 (2).doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 45568 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061005/ea61b844/SteeC2ndmtghighlights29Sep20062.doc
From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sun Oct  8 05:01:06 2006
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] EDUFRANCE - DISTANCE EDUCATION!!
In-Reply-To: <1eb6ef0f0610071454s19d167bdvb23f53581e87239d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20061008040106.36022.qmail@web26906.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

  Dear all:
  
I send you this event in your country the next year!! 

EDUFRANCE
http://www.edufair.org/india07/etablissements/content/view/4/16/

between the 15 - 23 on february 2007

More information :
www.univ-orleans.fr/international/

email: international@univ-orleans.fr

Have a nice weekend!!

All the best
-- 
Lady Murrugarra
****************
Instituto de Medicina Tropical
Alexander Von Humboldt - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Oficina : 511-4823910, 4823903 anx 15
Celular : 511-9654-9748
www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales



 		
---------------------------------
 All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061008/73a2a074/attachment.html
From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Sun Oct  8 05:50:20 2006
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Documentos Finales de la CMSI
Message-ID: <20061008045020.86776.qmail@web26912.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Documentos Finales de la CMSI
Contiene los cuatro documentos finales de las dos fases de la Cumbre
   
  http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_multi.asp?lang=es&id=2316|0
   
  saludos


    Lady Murrugarra
*****************************************************************
  Instituto de Medicina Tropical 
  Alexander Von Humboldt - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Oficina : 511-4823910, 4823903 anx 15
Celular : 511-9654-9748
www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales

  
   



 		
---------------------------------
To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061008/8c4dc406/attachment.htm
From mediahub at ssrc.org  Thu Oct  5 20:21:58 2006
From: mediahub at ssrc.org (mediahub)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:14 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] SSRC COLLABORATIVE GRANTS IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS: CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Message-ID: <6AE7EEC3D4BE2E44B6907916A5841E1F0571F589@mail.ssrc.org>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/bmp
Size: 135638 bytes
Desc: Microsoft Visio Drawing
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061005/a6d87ec5/attachment.bin
From emailsignet at mailcan.com  Thu Oct  5 18:15:16 2006
From: emailsignet at mailcan.com (waudo siganga)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [GAID Champions] Effective participation of Civil Society
 Organizations in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
In-Reply-To: <20061002224400.45863.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20061002224400.45863.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1160068516.29612.272641512@webmail.messagingengine.com>

Dear Delphine,

You have much support from me and the ICT Community in Kenya for your
letter to Mr. Kummer. I am confident that he will bring this urgent
matter to the attention of the relevant decision makers to ensure Africa
is effectively represented in the IGF process and specifically the
upcoming proceedings in Greece.

Kind Regards,
Waudo Siganga
Chairman
The Computer Society of Kenya



On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 00:44:00 +0200 (CEST), "NANA Delphine"
<delynana2002@yahoo.fr> said:
> 
>   Dear All,
>    
>     Please see below and attached an open letter of the African Civil
>     Society for the Information Society (ACSIS)  Network on ICT4D,
>     regarding Civil Society participation in the Internet Governance
>     Forum Process
>    
>   Chers Tous,
>    
>   Nous vous prions de trouver ci-dessous et en attach?, une lettre
>   ouverte
> du R?seau de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine sur la Soci?t? de l'Information
> (ACSIS). relative ? la participation de la soci?t? civile au processus du
> Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet
> 
>    
>                           OPEN LETTER
>    
>    
>                                                                                                     To 
>                                                                                                    M.
>                                                                                                    Markus
>                                                                                                    KUMMER
>                                                                                                   Coordinator
>                                                                                                   Secretariat
>                                                                                                   of
>                                                                                                   the
>                                                                                                   Internet
>                                                                                                   Governance
>                                                                                                   Forum
>                                                                                                   Geneva-Switzerland
>                 
>                                                                                                                                                                               
>    Dear Sir 
>              
>    We wish to reiterate our support to the Internet Governance Forum and
>    your continued effort for its success.
>    
>   Civil Society has proven through all the WSIS process its commitment to
>   contribute to the emergence of a sustainable information society,
>   conducive to an improved life and a sustainable economy for all
>   citizens and communities. Developing countries civil society and
>   particularly African Civil Society, despite the difficulties they
>   usually face, managed to contribute to the outcomes of the Summit.
>   Hereby, we are reaffirming our commitment to contribute to the
>   subsequent Internet Governance Forum processes.
>    
>   We would like also to recall our belief in the following fundamental
>   principles, that the various consultations related to the Internet
>   Governance Forum confirmed that:
>    
>   ?        IGF activities should have an overall development orientation.
>   ?        Capacity building to enable meaningful participation in global
>   Internet policy development should be an overarching priority.
>   ?        Meaningful participation including both assistance to attend
>   meetings and training in the subject matter of Internet governance has
>   to be effective.
>    
>   We would like to call your attention to the difficulties encountered by
>   the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from the Least Developed and
>   Developing countries and Africa in particular, in sourcing needed
>   financial support to be physically present at meetings, (from the
>   Advisory Committee meetings to the Athens and other related meetings). 
>    
>   It should be recalled that, even though remote participation, when
>   adequate facilities are provided for it, can have some effectiveness,
>   it is limited and does not replace physical presence. The need for a
>   viable support mechanism is especially crucial for CSOs and developing
>   countries at this very beginning of the Forum process. The failure to
>   find adequate solutions to this problem might seriously prevent, to an
>   important extent meaningful participation from those stakeholders and
>   will be contrarily to the WSIS and IGF stated principles. We also wish
>   that practical procedures are also put in place for stakeholders to 
>   ensure their participation.
> 
> We thank you in advance for the consideration you will give to this
> concern of ours towards an effective CSO and developing countries
> participation in the Internet Governance Forum.
>    
>   We are confident that IGF will find a relevant answer to those
>   concerns, which may be through consultations with appropriate
>   institutions such as African governments, development partners and UN
>   institutions or any other suitable strategy.
>             
>                      FOR THE ACSIS NETWORK
>    
>                                         The President
>    
>    
>    
>                                     Delphine NANA MEKOUNTE
> 
>  
>   
>  
>   
>                                                                                                                              
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>    
>                                                
>    
>    
>    
>   
> 
> 
>    
>    
> 
>  		
> ---------------------------------
>  D?couvrez un nouveau moyen de poser toutes vos questions quel que soit
>  le sujet ! Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses pour partager vos connaissances,
>  vos opinions et vos exp?riences. Cliquez ici. 
-- 
  waudo siganga
  emailsignet@mailcan.com

-- 
http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail...


From nne75 at yahoo.com  Mon Oct  9 08:36:10 2006
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Call for Papers: “Trust for Virtual Organisations and Virtual Teams”
Message-ID: <20061009073610.15438.qmail@web50211.mail.yahoo.com>

 
  http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=456
   
   
  Networking via virtual organisations and virtual teams has been considered as an ideal strategy for inter-organisational as well as intra-organisational work flow. Four major developments in global markets have brought the emerging virtual organisation and virtual team concepts to the forefront of management?s attention: globalisation, the ICT revolution, customer demands in areas of product, service costs and quality, and product cycle time. Partnerships, alliances, collaboration, joint venture, licensing are examples of such industry networking.
   
  A successful virtual network requires a real-time exploitation of information and knowledge among the entire network entities. The key enabler/driver for successful virtual networks is trust among the network entities. Trustful linkages can promote different industrial control styles, roles, behaviours and working environments. But how do we detect, determine or measure the best style, role, behaviour and working environment in different settings? How can we classify trust in virtual organisation and how can we measure each classification? What are factors affecting trust? What types of policies, techniques and methods should be used to promote trust? How do the interactions between virtual network entities change with the changes of trust? And where do traditional linkages fall short? This special issue of IJNVO aims to provide a forum for answering these questions.
  Three types of papers are solicited:
    
   Theoretical papers that provide original work on the theory of trust in networking   
   Applications and case studies that deal with trust in virtual organisation or virtual teams   
   Review papers exploring the historical development and research in the field. 
  
     Subject Coverage
  Recommended general topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
    
   Conceptual analysis of trust in virtual organisations/virtual teams   
   Trust for networking: strategy and policy   
   Measuring trust in virtual organisations/virtual teams   
   Trust for networking: tools and techniques   
   Managing information flow in trustful linkages   
   The role of ICT on trust evolution   
   The changing environment of trustful virtual organisations/virtual teams   
   Critical success factors   
   Trust, knowledge and culture in the virtual linkage context   
   The effect of ICT on trust concepts   
   The effect of globalisation on trust in virtual organisations   
   Empirical and case studies   
   Future trends
   

 			
---------------------------------
Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061009/bd554314/attachment.html
From wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de  Mon Oct  9 12:29:12 2006
From: wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Wolfgang_Kleinw=E4chter?=)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI
References: <20061009073610.15438.qmail@web50211.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: 
 <3AEE633F500281489D5F3303731CE9F3043837@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de>

Dear List
 
for our privacy experts I found this recently on the US Department of Homeland Security. It is noyt brand new but useful.
 
Best regards
 
wolfgang
 
 
http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/privacy_wkshop_09-2005_transcript_panel4.pdf

From drake at hei.unige.ch  Mon Oct  9 13:22:33 2006
From: drake at hei.unige.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
Message-ID: <C1500BA9.74C4%drake@hei.unige.ch>

Please distribute as appropriate
 
Final Program
 
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
First Annual Symposium
www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php
 
Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
Athens, Greece
Room: TBA
 
29 October 2006 
 
The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging
scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal objectives
are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars
specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of
Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study;
advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly
defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related
matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments,
international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In this
context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior to
the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is
the first in that series.
 

9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview
 
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 

9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art
 
Chair:    
 
Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research Center;
Singapore
 
Panelists:
 
?The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding?
Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet
and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society at
Stanford University; USA
 
?Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success
Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies?
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations,
American University; Washington DC, USA
 
?The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements?
Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany
 
?An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation?
Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and Economics,
Tilburg University; The Netherlands
 
?Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: 
Insights from
Internet Privacy Regulation?
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of
Bremen; Germany
 
Focus:
 
In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues
using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.  While
issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also has
been significant work done on the international governance of digital
international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech,
and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and
geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which
limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and
Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study
that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant
theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects of
Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly
analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the
social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which
theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and
dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research
agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there
barriers?intellectual, institutional, and other?that might have to be
overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into an
interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and
also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum and
other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if any,
from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables
rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g.,
?communication studies,? ?information studies,? and ?women's studies?? Are
there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these
matters, and if so how might these be reconciled?
 
 
11:15-11:30 Coffee break
 
 
11:30-13:00 ?Enhanced Cooperation? and Interaction among Stakeholders in
Internet Governance
 
Chair:   
 
Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project
 
Panelists:
 
?A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation?
Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National
Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
 
??The Sovereign Right of States:? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development
is Possible
and Necessary?
Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
 
?Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy??
Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and
Computer Science
Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
 
?The Future of Enhanced Cooperation?
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 
Focus:
 
In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda
calls for ?enhanced cooperation? among governments. This language originated
with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of
ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ?a worldwide
political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet
governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end? and
that, ?Such cooperation should include the development of globally
applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the
coordination and management of critical Internet resources.?
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the
causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form
might such a ?new cooperation model? for deliberations among governments
take? How viable is the distinction between ?day-to-day management of the
Internet and ?public policy?? What, more generally, is the role of national
governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder groups?
What implications might ?enhanced cooperation? have for civil society and
multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to changes
in the structure or processes of ICANN?
 
 
13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)
 
 
14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance
 
Chair:    
 
William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global
Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva, Switzerland
 
Panelists:
 
?The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in Distributed
Internet Governance?
Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning
and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa,
Canada
 
?Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet
Governance?
David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University
of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
?Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet
Governance? 
Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of the
Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
 
?Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance??
Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society
Project; New Haven, USA
 
Focus:
 
 As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more
than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet
governance also includes the development and application of internationally
shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs in
a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime
and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce,
e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital
intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights, speech
and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and consumer
protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety
of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including
governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder
organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes and
related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional
attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions
performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision making
procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions, compliance
mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while there
is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is
highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or
policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications.
 
The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering
ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are
relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet?s evolution and
use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps
between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from
analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons to
be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different
issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does
the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the
effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global
community?s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?  Looking
beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any,
may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute
forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance
mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role
become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next
generation networks?
 
 
16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium
 
 
16:15-16:30 Coffee break
 
 
16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective
GigaNet members)
 

*******************************************************
William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
*******************************************************


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061009/ac485fb2/attachment.htm
From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Tue Oct 10 10:51:53 2006
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
In-Reply-To: <C1500BA9.74C4%drake@hei.unige.ch>
Message-ID: <018201c6ec51$b7424ec0$50bca293@dssp.unipd.it>

Ciao to all of you. And thanks Bill for circulating this.

To all those of you attending the Forum in Athen: good luck for a productive meeting. Giganet seems to be one of the most stimulating spaces in that context? and I am very sorry this time I won?t make it. I have been following from a distance, quite silent, yet intrigued by some developments. And very curious about the outcomes. I have also been doing small pieces of research (mapping issue networks?no final results yet but willing to contribute in forthcoming Giganet meetings) and invited a few students of mine to focus on this process as well as on the broader environment which is taking shape also with your contribution.

We shall certainly read your reports and comments, counting on your contribution to get the sense of the process.

Best wishes

Claudia padovani

 

  _____  

Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto di William Drake
Inviato: luned? 9 ottobre 2006 14.23
A: Plenary
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

 

Please distribute as appropriate

Final Program

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
First Annual Symposium
www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php

Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
Athens, Greece
Room: TBA
 
29 October 2006 


The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal objectives are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study; advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In this context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior to the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is the first in that series.
 

9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview

Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 

9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art

Chair:    

Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research Center; Singapore
 
Panelists:

?The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding?
Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University; USA
 
?Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies?
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University; Washington DC, USA
 
?The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements?
Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany 
 
?An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation?
Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and Economics, Tilburg University; The Netherlands
 
?Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: 
Insights from Internet Privacy Regulation?
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of Bremen; Germany
 
Focus:

In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.  While issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also has been significant work done on the international governance of digital international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech, and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects of Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there barriers?intellectual, institutional, and other?that might have to be overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into an interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum and other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if any, from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g., ?communication studies,? ?information studies,? and ?women's studies?? Are there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these matters, and if so how might these be reconciled? 
 
 
11:15-11:30 Coffee break

 
11:30-13:00 ?Enhanced Cooperation? and Interaction among Stakeholders in Internet Governance

Chair:   

Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and Partner, the Internet Governance Project
 
Panelists:

?A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation?
Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
 
??The Sovereign Right of States:? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development is Possible
and Necessary?
Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
 
?Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy??
Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and Computer Science
Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
 
?The Future of Enhanced Cooperation?
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 
Focus:

In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda calls for ?enhanced cooperation? among governments. This language originated with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ?a worldwide political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end? and that, ?Such cooperation should include the development of globally applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the coordination and management of critical Internet resources.?
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form might such a ?new cooperation model? for deliberations among governments take? How viable is the distinction between ?day-to-day management of the Internet and ?public policy?? What, more generally, is the role of national governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder groups? What implications might ?enhanced cooperation? have for civil society and multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to changes in the structure or processes of ICANN? 
 
 
13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)

 
14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance

Chair:    

William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva, Switzerland
 
Panelists:

?The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in Distributed Internet Governance?
Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa, Canada
 
?Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet Governance?
David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
?Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet Governance? 
Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of the Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
 
?Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance??
Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project; New Haven, USA
 
Focus:

 As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet governance also includes the development and application of internationally shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs in a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce, e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights, speech and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and consumer protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes and related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision making procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions, compliance mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while there is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications. 
 
The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet?s evolution and use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons to be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global community?s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?  Looking beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any, may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next generation networks?
 
 
16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium 

 
16:15-16:30 Coffee break

 
16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective GigaNet members)


*******************************************************
William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
*******************************************************

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061010/835a44bb/attachment.html
From parminder at itforchange.net  Wed Oct 11 05:48:16 2006
From: parminder at itforchange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: Fw: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Highlights of GAID Steering Committee - contributions
In-Reply-To: <OF48410DEA.7E9E4B6D-ON85257202.005A56E9-85257202.005CEB84@un.org>
Message-ID: <20061011044937.1FF01129DB0@mail.gn.apc.org>

Dear Sergie,

 

Thanks for your reassurance. As I said the noted comments came to me as
quite a surprise, because with the UN background/anchorage of GAID, one is
assured that the basic canons of 'public spaces' and 'policy spaces' with
not be compromised, as innovations, both of process and substance, are
sought.

 

In fact, even after reading the meeting records, I would have been inclined
to give a benign interpretation to it, but what troubled me most was the
phrase 'according to an indicative scale' in the line "annual contributions
(in cash or in  kind), according to an indicative scale. ". The mention of
this term looked prescriptive to me, and hence my email.

 

However, I am now happy with your clarification.

 

My best wishes to GAID, and I hope you attract a lot of funding for an area
which is such a 'basic enabler' for development. 

 

regards

 

Parminder 

 

 

________________________________________________

Parminder Jeet Singh

IT for Change, Bangalore

Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities 

Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890

Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055

www.ITforChange.net 

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: sergei kambalov [mailto:kambalov@un.org]

> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:25 PM

> To: parminder@itforchange.net

> Cc: Cheryl Stafford; Enrica Murmura; ilkka.rasanen@intel.com;

> Maria Carreno; Robert De Jesus; Rosalinda O. Sanchez;

> Sarbuland Khan; rbloem@ngocongo.org;

> governance@lists.cpsr.org

> Subject: Re: Fw: [governance] [WSIS CS-Plenary] Highlights of

> GAID Steering Committee - contributions

> 

> Dear Mr. Singh,

> Thank you very much for your thoughtful message and the

> expression of your

> legitimate concerns.

> I am happy to state that we are all on the same page. Making

> financial

> contributions a pre-condition for or even a factor in

> formation of the

> governing bodies of the Global Alliance would be fatal for

> the whole

> concept of the Alliance as an open and inclusive forum and

> platform.

> This is why members of the Steering Committee at their

> meeting on 27

> September here in New York made very strong and explicit

> statements that

> their call to members of the Committee, as well as the

> members of the

> Strategy Council, to support the Alliance through

> contributions must not

> become or be seen as a "ticket" to membership in governing

> bodies of the

> Alliance.

> Such support - financial or in kind - is seen as an

> embodiment of

> committment and of participation. To provide an analogy, a

> contribution is

> not a ticket to a VIP lounge, but another brick in the

> foundation of the

> building that the Alliance is helping to build: a truly

> global and

> inclusive information society.

> The Steering Committee also explicitly recognized that

> different members of

> the Steering Committee and the Strategy Council have VERY

> different

> capacities to make a contribution. It is also clear that  our

> fundraising

> efforts must continue to be targeted on a broad array of

> potential partners

> and participants, certainly not just members of the Committee

> and the

> Council.

> Again, thank you very much for your attention and interest,

> and please let

> us know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions.

> Best regards,

> 

> Sergei Kambalov,

> Deputy Executive Coordinator,

> Secretariat of GAID

> 

> Chief, ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation Branch

> Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination/DESA

> United Nations, New York

> Tel:  (212) 963-4751

> Fax:  (212) 963-7454

> Email:  kambalov@un.org

> 

> 

> 

>              Serge

>              Kapto/NY/UNO

> 

> To

>              05/10/2006 10:29          sergei

> kambalov/NY/UNO@UNHQ,

>              AM                        Sarbuland

> Khan/NY/UNO@UNHQ

> 

> cc

>                                        Maria

> Carreno/NY/UNO@UNHQ,

>                                        Rosalinda O.

> Sanchez/NY/UNO@UNHQ,

>                                        Cheryl

> Stafford/NY/UNO@UNHQ, Enrica

>                                        Murmura/NY/UNO@UNHQ,

> Robert De

>                                        Jesus/NY/UNO@UNHQ,

> 

> ilkka.rasanen@intel.com

> 

> Subject

>                                        Fw: [governance] [WSIS

> CS-Plenary]

>                                        Highlights of GAID

> Steering

>                                        Committee

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> FYI

> ----- Forwarded by Serge Kapto/NY/UNO on 10/05/2006 10:41 AM

> -----

> 

>              "Parminder"

>              <parminder@itforc

>              hange.net>

> To

> 

> <governance@lists.cpsr.org>

>              10/05/2006 04:17

> cc

>              AM

> 

> Subject

>                                        [governance] [WSIS CS-

> Plenary]

>              Please respond to         Highlights of GAID

> Steering

>              governance@lists.         Committee

>              cpsr.org; Please

>                 respond to

>                 "Parminder"

>              <parminder@itforc

>                 hange.net>

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> Dear All

> 

> Going through the discussions summary, the following comes as

> a surprise,

> and alarms me a lot..

> 

>    At the Chairman's proposal, it was agreed that members of

> the Strategy

>    Council and Steering Committee be requested to support the

> Global

>    Alliance through annual contributions (in cash or in

> kind), according to

>    an indicative scale, taking into account the financial

> constraints of

>    some members, in particular civil society organizations

> and developing

>    countries. (quote ends)

> 

> 

> This will then, sooner or later, make the reverse logic

> operational as well

> - the steering committee and strategic committee membership

> will begin to

> include an implicit or explicit criterion of 'capacity to

> contribute

> funds'. And this logic is dangerous in public policy spaces..

> There already

> is a growing tendency of public policy meetings and

> conferences sponsored

> heavily by interested parties which of course casts a shadow

> on the

> deliberations and outcomes, but to have a UN anchored public

> policy body

> have its governance positions linked to the criterion of

> 'capacity to pay'

> is going quite a few steps beyond. I find any such move very

> dangerous to

> the very fiber and structure of our public life.

> 

> GAID needs to decide for itself whether it is a global public

> policy body,

> with important policy influence on ICTD policies globally,

> nationally and

> locally, or it is a non-profit which wants to challenge

> energies, goodwill

> and funds into ICTD activity. And if it is both, what is it

> primarily.

> Because in the latter mandate, it is fine to look around for

> funds in this

> manner, even offering governance positions for the purpose

> (though still,

> discretion is required to see that social responsibility

> funds are not used

> for narrow interests - commercial or otherwise, which in the

> long run harms

> the interests of the targeted group more than they benefit

> them

> immediately).

> 

> And if its mandate is the former - that is mainly policy

> advice and

> influence related - GAID needs to be extra careful that its

> governance as

> well as other structures are free from narrow commercial (or

> other)

> interests. And the positions in its governance structure etc

> go strictly by

> the criterions like  capacity to contribute and

> representative-ness of

> different stakeholders - more of those who could with some

> legitimacy be

> seen as representing the poor and marginalized sections (as

> the UN

> Secretary General advised during the deliberation, and I

> quote form the

> enclosed document - "the Alliance must keep the interest of

> the poor and

> marginalized foremost in mind".

> 

> Going by the statement of GAID's mission given out by the

> press statement

> from the UN Secretary General's office that announced the

> launch of GAID,

> it seems to be oriented more as a platform for ICTD policy

> dialogue and

> advocacy. To quote the press statement - "The mission of the

> Global

> Alliance for ICT and Development will be to facilitate and

> promote such

> integration by providing a platform for an open, inclusive,

> multi-stakeholder cross-sectoral policy dialogue on the role

> of information

> and communication technology in development".

> 

> Of course funds are needed, and contributions are welcome.

> But these can

> not be tied to positions in the governance structures. We all

> need to take

> a clear position on this issue. There is a great danger in

> requesting the

> members of governance bodies to contribute - this links the

> membership to

> contributions, even if implicitly, and in the long term. The

> call for

> contributions should instead be open - to all those who agree

> with the

> stated purpose and polices of GAID to contribute.

> 

> I will request CS members in these deliberations to report in

> more detail

> on such issues, and their implications, though I understand

> the

> insider-outsider dilemma of participation in such high level

> bodies.

> 

> And we also need to have a general CS view on these issues,

> and keep up a

> broader engagement with post-WSIS bodies through these

> elists, and other

> associations. This is specifically so because this group was

> asked to, and

> it did, contribute to the process of selection of the

> governance

> structures.

> 

> regards

> 

> Parminder

> 

> 

> ________________________________________________

> Parminder Jeet Singh

> IT for Change, Bangalore

> Bridging Development Realities and Technological

> Possibilities

> Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890

> Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055

> www.ITforChange.net

> 

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

> cs.org] On

> Behalf Of Renate Bloem

> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:51 AM

> To: CS Plenary

> Cc: bureau wsis; governance-bounces@lists.cpsr.org

> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Highlights of GAID Steering

> Committee

> 

> Dear all,

> 

> Please see attached a brief outline from the Secretariat of

> the GAID

> Steering Committee discussion held 27-28 September in New

> York. You will

> see that the essence for GAID is to provide a distinguished

> but broad

> platform to promote, scale up and accelerate action on

> initiatives provided

> by communities of expertise and some Flagship Partnership

> Initiatives.

> 

> A summary of the meeting is being drafted by the Secretariat

> and will be

> published shortly.

> 

> The statements by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President

> of ECOSOC Amb

> Ali Hachani are available at

> http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/annan_27sept06.html and

> http://www.un-gaid.org/steering/hachani_27sept06.html

> respectively.

> 

> Best,

> 

> 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

> 

>  (See attached file: SteeC 2nd mtg highlights 29Sep2006

> (2).doc)

> ____________________________________________________________

> You received this message as a subscriber on the list:

>      governance@lists.cpsr.org

> To be removed from the list, send any message to:

>      governance-unsubscribe@lists.cpsr.org

> 

> For all list information and functions, see:

>      http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061011/2ec3a194/attachment.htm
From drake at hei.unige.ch  Wed Oct 11 11:53:49 2006
From: drake at hei.unige.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
In-Reply-To: <018201c6ec51$b7424ec0$50bca293@dssp.unipd.it>
Message-ID: <C15299DD.7563%drake@hei.unige.ch>

Hi Claudia,

Thanks.  Given the nature of the meeting there won?t be any outcomes or news
per se, but I imagine we?ll try to generate some sort of brief synthesis
report on what happened.  Hope to see you at the next symposium in Rio, if
not before.

Bill



From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:51:53 +0200
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

Ciao to all of you. And thanks Bill for circulating this.
To all those of you attending the Forum in Athen: good luck for a productive
meeting. Giganet seems to be one of the most stimulating spaces in that
context? and I am very sorry this time I won?t make it. I have been
following from a distance, quite silent, yet intrigued by some developments.
And very curious about the outcomes. I have also been doing small pieces of
research (mapping issue networks?no final results yet but willing to
contribute in forthcoming Giganet meetings) and invited a few students of
mine to focus on this process as well as on the broader environment which is
taking shape also with your contribution.
We shall certainly read your reports and comments, counting on your
contribution to get the sense of the process.
Best wishes
Claudia padovani
 


Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto
di William Drake
Inviato: luned? 9 ottobre 2006 14.23
A: Plenary
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
 
Please distribute as appropriate

Final Program

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
First Annual Symposium
www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php

Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
Athens, Greece
Room: TBA
 
29 October 2006 


The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging
scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal objectives
are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars
specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of
Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study;
advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly
defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related
matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments,
international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In this
context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior to
the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is
the first in that series.
 

9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview

Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 

9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art

Chair:    

Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research Center;
Singapore
 
Panelists:

?The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding?
Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet
and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society at
Stanford University; USA
 
?Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success
Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies?
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations,
American University; Washington DC, USA
 
?The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements?
Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany
 
?An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation?
Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and Economics,
Tilburg University; The Netherlands
 
?Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: 
Insights from
Internet Privacy Regulation?
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of
Bremen; Germany
 
Focus:

In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues
using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.  While
issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also has
been significant work done on the international governance of digital
international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech,
and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and
geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which
limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and
Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study
that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant
theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects of
Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly
analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the
social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which
theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and
dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research
agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there
barriers?intellectual, institutional, and other?that might have to be
overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into an
interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and
also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum and
other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if any,
from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables
rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g.,
?communication studies,? ?information studies,? and ?women's studies?? Are
there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these
matters, and if so how might these be reconciled?
 
 
11:15-11:30 Coffee break

 
11:30-13:00 ?Enhanced Cooperation? and Interaction among Stakeholders in
Internet Governance

Chair:   

Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project
 
Panelists:

?A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation?
Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National
Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
 
??The Sovereign Right of States:? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development
is Possible
and Necessary?
Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
 
?Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy??
Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and
Computer Science
Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
 
?The Future of Enhanced Cooperation?
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 
Focus:

In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda
calls for ?enhanced cooperation? among governments. This language originated
with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of
ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ?a worldwide
political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet
governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end? and
that, ?Such cooperation should include the development of globally
applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the
coordination and management of critical Internet resources.?
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the
causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form
might such a ?new cooperation model? for deliberations among governments
take? How viable is the distinction between ?day-to-day management of the
Internet and ?public policy?? What, more generally, is the role of national
governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder groups?
What implications might ?enhanced cooperation? have for civil society and
multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to changes
in the structure or processes of ICANN?
 
 
13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)

 
14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance

Chair:    

William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global
Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva, Switzerland
 
Panelists:

?The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in Distributed
Internet Governance?
Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning
and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa,
Canada
 
?Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet
Governance?
David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University
of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
?Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet
Governance? 
Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of the
Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
 
?Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance??
Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society
Project; New Haven, USA
 
Focus:

 As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more
than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet
governance also includes the development and application of internationally
shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs in
a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime
and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce,
e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital
intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights, speech
and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and consumer
protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety
of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including
governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder
organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes and
related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional
attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions
performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision making
procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions, compliance
mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while there
is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is
highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or
policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications.
 
The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering
ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are
relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet?s evolution and
use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps
between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from
analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons to
be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different
issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does
the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the
effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global
community?s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?  Looking
beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any,
may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute
forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance
mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role
become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next
generation networks?
 
 
16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium

 
16:15-16:30 Coffee break

 
16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective
GigaNet members)


*******************************************************
William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
*******************************************************


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061011/19990fed/attachment.html
From claudia.padovani at unipd.it  Wed Oct 11 14:16:28 2006
From: claudia.padovani at unipd.it (Claudia Padovani)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: R: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
In-Reply-To: <C15299DD.7563%drake@hei.unige.ch>
Message-ID: <20061011131630.87BD4A8C9E@smtp2.libero.it>

In wishing you again a successful meeting, I also wonder if the papers presented at the Giganet will be posted anywhere, for those of us who are curious to follow from a distance?

claudia

 

  _____  

Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto di William Drake
Inviato: mercoled? 11 ottobre 2006 12.54
A: Plenary
Oggetto: Re: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

 

Hi Claudia,

Thanks.  Given the nature of the meeting there won?t be any outcomes or news per se, but I imagine we?ll try to generate some sort of brief synthesis report on what happened.  Hope to see you at the next symposium in Rio, if not before.

Bill



  _____  

From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:51:53 +0200
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

Ciao to all of you. And thanks Bill for circulating this.
To all those of you attending the Forum in Athen: good luck for a productive meeting. Giganet seems to be one of the most stimulating spaces in that context? and I am very sorry this time I won?t make it. I have been following from a distance, quite silent, yet intrigued by some developments. And very curious about the outcomes. I have also been doing small pieces of research (mapping issue networks?no final results yet but willing to contribute in forthcoming Giganet meetings) and invited a few students of mine to focus on this process as well as on the broader environment which is taking shape also with your contribution.
We shall certainly read your reports and comments, counting on your contribution to get the sense of the process.
Best wishes
Claudia padovani
 

  _____  

Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org%5d>  Per conto di William Drake
Inviato: luned? 9 ottobre 2006 14.23
A: Plenary
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

Please distribute as appropriate

Final Program

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
First Annual Symposium
www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php

Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
Athens, Greece
Room: TBA
 
29 October 2006 



The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal objectives are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study; advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In this context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior to the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is the first in that series.
 

9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview

Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 

9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art

Chair:    

Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research Center; Singapore
 
Panelists:

?The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding?
Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University; USA
 
?Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies?
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University; Washington DC, USA
 
?The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements?
Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany 
 
?An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation?
Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and Economics, Tilburg University; The Netherlands
 
?Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: 
Insights from Internet Privacy Regulation?
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of Bremen; Germany
 
Focus:

In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.  While issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also has been significant work done on the international governance of digital international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech, and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects of Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there barriers?intellectual, institutional, and other?that might have to be overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into an interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum and other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if any, from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g., ?communication studies,? ?information studies,? and ?women's studies?? Are there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these matters, and if so how might these be reconciled? 
 
 
11:15-11:30 Coffee break

 
11:30-13:00 ?Enhanced Cooperation? and Interaction among Stakeholders in Internet Governance

Chair:   

Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and Partner, the Internet Governance Project
 
Panelists:

?A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation?
Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
 
??The Sovereign Right of States:? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development is Possible
and Necessary?
Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
 
?Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy??
Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and Computer Science
Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
 
?The Future of Enhanced Cooperation?
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 
Focus:

In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda calls for ?enhanced cooperation? among governments. This language originated with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ?a worldwide political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end? and that, ?Such cooperation should include the development of globally applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the coordination and management of critical Internet resources.?
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form might such a ?new cooperation model? for deliberations among governments take? How viable is the distinction between ?day-to-day management of the Internet and ?public policy?? What, more generally, is the role of national governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder groups? What implications might ?enhanced cooperation? have for civil society and multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to changes in the structure or processes of ICANN? 
 
 
13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)

 
14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance

Chair:    

William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva, Switzerland
 
Panelists:

?The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in Distributed Internet Governance?
Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa, Canada
 
?Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet Governance?
David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
?Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet Governance? 
Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of the Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
 
?Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance??
Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society Project; New Haven, USA
 
Focus:

 As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet governance also includes the development and application of internationally shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs in a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce, e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights, speech and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and consumer protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes and related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision making procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions, compliance mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while there is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications. 
 
The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet?s evolution and use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons to be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global community?s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?  Looking beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any, may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next generation networks?
 
 
16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium 

 
16:15-16:30 Coffee break

 
16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective GigaNet members)


*******************************************************
William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
*******************************************************

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061011/cb707d9d/attachment.htm
From drake at hei.unige.ch  Wed Oct 11 16:35:47 2006
From: drake at hei.unige.ch (William Drake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: R: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
In-Reply-To: <20061011131630.87BD4A8C9E@smtp2.libero.it>
Message-ID: <C152DBF3.7572%drake@hei.unige.ch>

Hi again,

Sorry, this year we didn?t ask people to write papers, but rather just to
give presentations.  This all had to be organized fairly quickly and close
to the date, so it didn?t seem reasonable to require speakers to write on
short notice.  I suspect that efforts will be made to have papers for next
year and beyond, subject of course to having enough volunteers to organize
the process etc.

Best,

Bill


From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:16:28 +0200
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject: R: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

In wishing you again a successful meeting, I also wonder if the papers
presented at the Giganet will be posted anywhere, for those of us who are
curious to follow from a distance?
claudia
 


Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto
di William Drake
Inviato: mercoled? 11 ottobre 2006 12.54
A: Plenary
Oggetto: Re: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
 
Hi Claudia,

Thanks.  Given the nature of the meeting there won?t be any outcomes or news
per se, but I imagine we?ll try to generate some sort of brief synthesis
report on what happened.  Hope to see you at the next symposium in Rio, if
not before.

Bill


From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:51:53 +0200
To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

Ciao to all of you. And thanks Bill for circulating this.
To all those of you attending the Forum in Athen: good luck for a productive
meeting. Giganet seems to be one of the most stimulating spaces in that
context? and I am very sorry this time I won?t make it. I have been
following from a distance, quite silent, yet intrigued by some developments.
And very curious about the outcomes. I have also been doing small pieces of
research (mapping issue networks?no final results yet but willing to
contribute in forthcoming Giganet meetings) and invited a few students of
mine to focus on this process as well as on the broader environment which is
taking shape also with your contribution.
We shall certainly read your reports and comments, counting on your
contribution to get the sense of the process.
Best wishes
Claudia padovani
 


Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
<mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org%5d> Per conto di William Drake
Inviato: luned? 9 ottobre 2006 14.23
A: Plenary
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens

Please distribute as appropriate

Final Program

Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
First Annual Symposium
www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php

Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
Athens, Greece
Room: TBA
 
29 October 2006 



The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging
scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal objectives
are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars
specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of
Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study;
advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly
defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related
matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments,
international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In this
context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior to
the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is
the first in that series.
 

9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview

Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 

9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art

Chair:    

Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research Center;
Singapore
 
Panelists:

?The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding?
Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet
and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society at
Stanford University; USA
 
?Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success
Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies?
Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations,
American University; Washington DC, USA
 
?The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements?
Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany
 
?An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation?
Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and Economics,
Tilburg University; The Netherlands
 
?Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: 
Insights from
Internet Privacy Regulation?
Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow, University of
Bremen; Germany
 
Focus:

In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues
using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.  While
issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also has
been significant work done on the international governance of digital
international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech,
and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and
geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which
limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and
Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study
that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant
theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects of
Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly
analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the
social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which
theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and
dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research
agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there
barriers?intellectual, institutional, and other?that might have to be
overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into an
interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and
also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum and
other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if any,
from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables
rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g.,
?communication studies,? ?information studies,? and ?women's studies?? Are
there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these
matters, and if so how might these be reconciled?
 
 
11:15-11:30 Coffee break

 
11:30-13:00 ?Enhanced Cooperation? and Interaction among Stakeholders in
Internet Governance

Chair:   

Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and
Partner, the Internet Governance Project
 
Panelists:

?A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation?
Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National
Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
 
??The Sovereign Right of States:? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy Development
is Possible
and Necessary?
Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
 
?Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy??
Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and
Computer Science
Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
 
?The Future of Enhanced Cooperation?
Wolfgang Kleinw?chter, Professor of International Communication Policy and
Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
 
Focus:

In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda
calls for ?enhanced cooperation? among governments. This language originated
with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of
ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ?a worldwide
political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet
governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end? and
that, ?Such cooperation should include the development of globally
applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the
coordination and management of critical Internet resources.?
 
The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the
causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form
might such a ?new cooperation model? for deliberations among governments
take? How viable is the distinction between ?day-to-day management of the
Internet and ?public policy?? What, more generally, is the role of national
governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder groups?
What implications might ?enhanced cooperation? have for civil society and
multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to changes
in the structure or processes of ICANN?
 
 
13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)

 
14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance

Chair:    

William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and Global
Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva, Switzerland
 
Panelists:

?The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in Distributed
Internet Governance?
Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning
and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa,
Canada
 
?Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet
Governance?
David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University
of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
 
?Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet
Governance? 
Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of the
Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
 
?Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance??
Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society
Project; New Haven, USA
 
Focus:

 As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more
than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet
governance also includes the development and application of internationally
shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs in
a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime
and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce,
e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital
intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights, speech
and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and consumer
protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety
of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including
governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder
organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes and
related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional
attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions
performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision making
procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions, compliance
mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while there
is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is
highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or
policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications.
 
The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering
ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are
relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet?s evolution and
use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps
between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from
analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons to
be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different
issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does
the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the
effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global
community?s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?  Looking
beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any,
may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute
forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance
mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role
become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next
generation networks?
 
 
16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium

 
16:15-16:30 Coffee break

 
16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective
GigaNet members)


*******************************************************
William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
Director, Project on the Information
  Revolution and Global Governance
  Graduate Institute for International Studies
  Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
*******************************************************


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061011/6da7216a/attachment.html
From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Wed Oct 11 16:41:35 2006
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: R: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
In-Reply-To: <C152DBF3.7572%drake@hei.unige.ch>
References: <20061011131630.87BD4A8C9E@smtp2.libero.it>
    <C152DBF3.7572%drake@hei.unige.ch>
Message-ID: <3830.163.167.73.93.1160581295.squirrel@webmail1.londonmet.ac.uk>

I am happy to speak at the event
Kindly let me know if thats fine

Ezendu

> Hi again,
>
> Sorry, this year we didn???t ask people to write papers, but rather just
> to
> give presentations.  This all had to be organized fairly quickly and close
> to the date, so it didn???t seem reasonable to require speakers to write
> on
> short notice.  I suspect that efforts will be made to have papers for next
> year and beyond, subject of course to having enough volunteers to organize
> the process etc.
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
>
> From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
> Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:16:28 +0200
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: R: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
>
> In wishing you again a successful meeting, I also wonder if the papers
> presented at the Giganet will be posted anywhere, for those of us who are
> curious to follow from a distance???
> claudia
>
>
>
> Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] Per conto
> di William Drake
> Inviato: mercoled?? 11 ottobre 2006 12.54
> A: Plenary
> Oggetto: Re: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
>
> Hi Claudia,
>
> Thanks.  Given the nature of the meeting there won???t be any outcomes or
> news
> per se, but I imagine we???ll try to generate some sort of brief synthesis
> report on what happened.  Hope to see you at the next symposium in Rio, if
> not before.
>
> Bill
>
>
> From: Claudia Padovani <claudia.padovani@unipd.it>
> Reply-To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:51:53 +0200
> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> Subject: R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
>
> Ciao to all of you. And thanks Bill for circulating this.
> To all those of you attending the Forum in Athen: good luck for a
> productive
> meeting. Giganet seems to be one of the most stimulating spaces in that
> context??? and I am very sorry this time I won???t make it. I have been
> following from a distance, quite silent, yet intrigued by some
> developments.
> And very curious about the outcomes. I have also been doing small pieces
> of
> research (mapping issue networks???no final results yet but willing to
> contribute in forthcoming Giganet meetings) and invited a few students of
> mine to focus on this process as well as on the broader environment which
> is
> taking shape also with your contribution.
> We shall certainly read your reports and comments, counting on your
> contribution to get the sense of the process.
> Best wishes
> Claudia padovani
>
>
>
> Da: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org]
> <mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org%5d> Per conto di William Drake
> Inviato: luned?? 9 ottobre 2006 14.23
> A: Plenary
> Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] GigaNet Symposium in Athens
>
> Please distribute as appropriate
>
> Final Program
>
> Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet)
> First Annual Symposium
> www.intgovforum.org/IGF_Platform.php
>
> Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel
> Athens, Greece
> Room: TBA
>
> 29 October 2006
>
>
>
> The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is an emerging
> scholarly community initiated in Spring 2006.  Its four principal
> objectives
> are to: support the establishment of a global cohort of scholars
> specializing on Internet governance issues; promote the development of
> Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study;
> advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly
> defined; and facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related
> matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders
> (governments,
> international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). In
> this
> context, the GigaNet plans to organize symposia to be held on site prior
> to
> the annual meetings of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). This event is
> the first in that series.
>
>
> 9:30-9:45    Welcome and Overview
>
> Wolfgang Kleinw??chter, Professor of International Communication Policy
> and
> Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
>
>
> 9:45-11:15 Theorizing Internet Governance: The State of the Art
>
> Chair:
>
> Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang
> Technological University, and Director, Singapore Internet Research
> Center;
> Singapore
>
> Panelists:
>
> ???The Need For Interdisciplinary Understanding???
> Mary Rundle, Director, Net Dialogue, and Fellow, Berkman Center for
> Internet
> and Society at Harvard University and the Center for Internet and Society
> at
> Stanford University; USA
>
> ???Cross-national Collaboration on Internet Governance: Critical Success
> Factors for Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies???
> Nanette S. Levinson, Associate Professor of International Relations,
> American University; Washington DC, USA
>
> ???The Role of the State in Heterogeneous Governance Arrangements???
> Jeanette Hoffman, Research Fellow, Social Science Research Center, and
> Partner, the Internet Governance Project; Berlin, Germany
>
> ???An Economic Rationale for Internet Regulation???
> Filomena Chirico, Post-doc Researcher, Tilburg Center for Law and
> Economics,
> Tilburg University; The Netherlands
>
> ???Hybrid Regimes, Power, and Legitimacy in Global Governance: ???Insights
> from
> Internet Privacy Regulation??????Ralf Bendrath, Research Fellow,
> University of
> Bremen; Germany
>
> Focus:
>
> In recent years, scholars have begun to analyze Internet governance issues
> using the theoretical tools of their respective academic disciplines.
> While
> issues surrounding ICANN have attracted particular attention, there also
> has
> been significant work done on the international governance of digital
> international trade and intellectual property, privacy, security, speech,
> and other topics.  Such research often has been rather specialized and
> geared toward the distinct audiences interested in each issue-area, which
> limited intellectual cross-fertilization. These topics are related, and
> Internet governance should be seen as a broad but coherent field of study
> that merits elaboration and support.  Mapping the landscape of relevant
> theoretical perspectives is an important first step toward this end.
>
> The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What aspects
> of
> Internet governance are uniquely interesting and worthy of scholarly
> analysis?  How has Internet governance been addressed by scholars in the
> social sciences, humanities, law, and other disciplines, and which
> theoretical approaches seem to be the most promising for which issues and
> dynamics?  Do these efforts point to the emergence of a coherent research
> agenda and the cumulative development of new knowledge? Are there
> barriers???intellectual, institutional, and other???that might have to be
> overcome to advance that agenda? How can Internet governance develop into
> an
> interdisciplinary scholarly field that is taken seriously by academics and
> also capable of providing useful inputs to the Internet Governance Forum
> and
> other policy development institutions?  What lessons can be learned, if
> any,
> from other fields defined by the object of inquiry/dependent variables
> rather than by shared theories and independent variables, e.g.,
> ???communication studies,??? ???information studies,??? and ???women's
> studies???? Are
> there national or cultural differences in the ways scholars approach these
> matters, and if so how might these be reconciled?
>
>
> 11:15-11:30 Coffee break
>
>
> 11:30-13:00 ???Enhanced Cooperation??? and Interaction among Stakeholders
> in
> Internet Governance
>
> Chair:
>
> Milton Mueller, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and
> Partner, the Internet Governance Project
>
> Panelists:
>
> ???A European Perspective on Enhanced Cooperation???
> Bernard Benhamou, Senior Lecturer for the Information Society, National
> Foundation of Political Science; Paris, France
>
> ??????The Sovereign Right of States:??? Why Multi-Stakeholder Policy
> Development
> is Possible
> and Necessary???
> Jeremy Malcolm, Doctoral candidate, Murdoch University; Perth, Australia
>
> ???Distributed Internet Governance: A Chance or a Threat to Democracy????
> Meryem Marzouki, Researcher, National Center for Scientific Research, and
> Computer Science
> Laboratory of the University Paris 6; France
>
> ???The Future of Enhanced Cooperation???
> Wolfgang Kleinw??chter, Professor of International Communication Policy
> and
> Regulation, University of Aarhus; Denmark
>
> Focus:
>
> In addition to creating the Internet Governance Forum, the Tunis Agenda
> calls for ???enhanced cooperation??? among governments. This language
> originated
> with the European Union's June 2005 criticism of US unilateral control of
> ICANN. The EU claimed that the WSIS statement constituted, ???a worldwide
> political agreement providing for further internationalization of Internet
> governance, and enhanced intergovernmental cooperation to this end??? and
> that, ???Such cooperation should include the development of globally
> applicable principles on public policy issues associated with the
> coordination and management of critical Internet resources.???
>
> The purpose of this panel is to consider questions such as: What are the
> causes of US-EU tensions over Internet governance? What institutional form
> might such a ???new cooperation model??? for deliberations among
> governments
> take? How viable is the distinction between ???day-to-day management of
> the
> Internet and ???public policy???? What, more generally, is the role of
> national
> governments in Internet governance in relation to other stakeholder
> groups?
> What implications might ???enhanced cooperation??? have for civil society
> and
> multistakeholder participation? How might such a philosophy lead to
> changes
> in the structure or processes of ICANN?
>
>
> 13:00-14:30  Lunch break (on your own)
>
>
> 14:30-16:00 The Distributed Architecture of Internet Governance
>
> Chair:
>
> William J. Drake, Director, Project on the Information Revolution and
> Global
> Governance, Graduate Institute of International Studies; Geneva,
> Switzerland
>
> Panelists:
>
> ???The Role of International Telecommunications Arrangements in
> Distributed
> Internet Governance???
> Don MacLean, Independent consultant (formerly Chief of Strategic Planning
> and External Affairs, the International Telecommunication Union); Ottawa,
> Canada
>
> ???Institutional Factors Impacting Participation in Distributed Internet
> Governance???
> David Souter, Visiting Professor in Communications Management (formerly
> Chief Executive, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization); University
> of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
>
> ???Striking a Balance in Guiding Principles for Distributed Internet
> Governance???
> Qiheng Hu, President of the Internet Society of China and Chairperson of
> the
> Steering Committee for the China Network and Information Center (formerly
> Vice President, Chinese Academy of Sciences); Beijing, China
>
> ???Best Practices for Internet Standards Governance????
> Laura DeNardis, Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School Information Society
> Project; New Haven, USA
>
> Focus:
>
>  As the WSIS agreements recognized, Internet governance involves much more
> than ICANN or the collective management of naming and numbering. Internet
> governance also includes the development and application of
> internationally
> shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs
> in
> a variety of other issue-areas, e.g. technical standardization, cybercrime
> and network security, international interconnection, e-commerce,
> e-contracting, networked trade in digital goods and services, digital
> intellectual property, jurisdiction and choice of law, human rights,
> speech
> and social conduct, cultural and linguistic diversity, privacy and
> consumer
> protection, dispute resolution, and so on. These activities take a variety
> of forms and are pursued in a heterogeneous array of settings, including
> governmental, intergovernmental, private sector, and multistakeholder
> organizations and collaborations. In parallel, the international regimes
> and
> related frameworks they establish vary widely in their institutional
> attributes, e.g. the collective action problems addressed, functions
> performed, participants involved, organizational setting and decision
> making
> procedures, agreement type, strength and scope of prescriptions,
> compliance
> mechanisms, power dynamics and distributional biases, etc.  But while
> there
> is now broad recognition that the architecture of Internet governance is
> highly distributed, there has been little systematic scholarly analysis or
> policy dialogue about its precise nature and implications.
>
> The purpose of this panel is to explore and clarify some of the lingering
> ambiguities, including questions such as: Which governance mechanisms are
> relatively more or less important in shaping the Internet??s evolution and
> use?  How well do these mechanisms cohere, and are there tensions and gaps
> between them? Are there crosscutting issues that merit consideration from
> analytical and programmatic standpoints?  Are there generalizable lessons
> to
> be learned by the distinct communities of expertise involved in different
> issue-areas with regard to best practices and institutional design?  Does
> the distributed architecture pose any challenges with respect to the
> effective participation of less powerful stakeholders and the global
> community??s ability to govern in an effective and equitable manner?
> Looking
> beyond formalized collective frameworks, under what circumstances, if any,
> may private market power or spontaneously harmonized practices constitute
> forms of Internet governance? What is the current role of governance
> mechanisms for international telecommunications, and what might that role
> become in a future marked by convergence and potentially non-neutral next
> generation networks?
>
>
> 16:00-16:15 Closing of the Symposium
>
>
> 16:15-16:30 Coffee break
>
>
> 16:30-18:00 GigaNet Business Meeting  (Open to current and prospective
> GigaNet members)
>
>
> *******************************************************
> William J. Drake  drake@hei.unige.ch
> Director, Project on the Information
>   Revolution and Global Governance
>   Graduate Institute for International Studies
>   Geneva, Switzerland
> http://www.cpsr.org/Members/wdrake
> *******************************************************
>
>
>



From wsis at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 11 19:31:47 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up meetings - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD
Message-ID: <200610111831.k9BIVQha012361@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Dear all, 

 

After a pretty busy 2nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, please find
below some information regarding up-coming events related to WSIS follow up
and implementation:

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

-          CSTD Expert Panel - 6-8 November 2006;

-          Cluster of WSIS related meetings - 15-25 May 2007;

 

 

Action Line Facilitation meetings convened by UNESCO - 16-22 October 2006,
Paris and Beijing

 

16 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-3 "Access to Information and
Knowledge" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
 
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22546&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> More information - Invitation letter (
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153631Invitation_letter-Par
is.pdf/Invitation%2Bletter-Paris.pdf> English -
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153633Lettre_d'invitation-P
aris.pdf/Lettre%2Bd'invitation-Paris.pdf> French)

17 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-10 "Ethical Dimension of the
Information Society" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
 
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22547&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> More information - Invitation letter (
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153631Invitation_letter-Par
is.pdf/Invitation%2Bletter-Paris.pdf> English -
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153633Lettre_d'invitation-P
aris.pdf/Lettre%2Bd'invitation-Paris.pdf> French)

18 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-7e "E-Learning" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ,
Paris, France)
 
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22548&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> More information - Invitation letter (
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153631Invitation_letter-Par
is.pdf/Invitation%2Bletter-Paris.pdf> English -
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153633Lettre_d'invitation-P
aris.pdf/Lettre%2Bd'invitation-Paris.pdf> French)

19 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-9 "Media" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris,
France)
 
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22549&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> More information - Invitation letter (
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153631Invitation_letter-Par
is.pdf/Invitation%2Bletter-Paris.pdf> English -
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/22558/11527153633Lettre_d'invitation-P
aris.pdf/Lettre%2Bd'invitation-Paris.pdf> French)

22 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-7 "E-science" (Huarun Hotel, Beijing,
China)
 
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22550&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> More information -
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=22673&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
ION=201.html> Invitation letter 

Further information, including documentation of the meetings, agendas and on
line registrations are available on the UNESCO website.

In addition, note that a regularly up-dated calendar of WSIS related event
is available at: http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm 

 

CSTD Expert Panel - 6-8 November 2006, Paris (UNESCO Headquarters)

 

 

The annual inter-session panel convened by the CSTD Secretariat will be held
in Paris on the theme "Promoting the building of a people-centred,
development-oriented and inclusive information society, with a view to
enhancing digital opportunities for all people". 

 

More information is available on the UNCTAD
<http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=12233&y
ear=2006&month=11>  website. 

 

Participation is open to NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC. To
register, representatives of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC have to
send an e-mail indicating their interest to mongi.hamdi@unctad.org or
stdev@unctad.org. 

 

Findings and recommendations to emerge from this Panel will be considered by
the Commission at its tenth session in May 2007.

 

 

Cluster of WSIS related events - 15-25 May 2007

 

 

As initiated this year around the 9th CSTD session, international
organisations, in charge of facilitating implementation at the international
level, are exploring ways to organise a cluster of WSIS Action Line
Facilitation meetings in conjunction with the up coming celebration of the
World Information Society Day (17 May 2007) and of the 10th session of the
CSTD (21-25 May 2006). 

 

A provisional timetable of this cluster of meetings between 15 and 25 May
2007 is available here
<http://www.csbureau.org/Time%20table%20IS%20week%202007.doc>  and will be
regularly up-dated.

More information will come later.

 

 

 

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe Dam

 

 

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/> 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061011/66f20222/attachment.htm
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 12 18:07:22 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
Message-ID: <20061012170722.51766.qmail@web60722.mail.yahoo.com>

Les ?v?nements qui auront lieu la semaine prochaine ?
l'UNESCO Paris offrent une excellente opportunit? pour
nous retrouver, faire une ?valuation de la situation
depuis Tunis et convenir de strat?gies et de tactiques
? plus ou moins long terme.
Je soutiens les propositions de rencontres.
J'esp?re que Jean Louis pourra nous rejoindre ne
serait-ce qu'un jour pour faire le lien avec le bureau
de la soci?t? civile Europe.
Amiti?s
Djilali
Events schuddled by UNESCO in Paris are a good
opportunity to meet and to assess the situation and
the civle society dynamism from the Tunis Summit.
I support all Francis' proposals to organize at the
French level, the international level and why not at
the European level meetings. If Jean Louis is
available, his presence in Paris will be very
helpfull.
Friendly 
Djilali   

Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 12 20:50:45 2006
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
In-Reply-To: <20061012170722.51766.qmail@web60722.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Click http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/ to acess automatic translation of this message  
   
   
   Djilali et Tous
   
  Etant donn? que le bureau  de la Soci?t? Civile de Gen?ve a d?j? une antenne en Europe,   Les membres de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, membre du Bureau de Gen?ve devraient ?galement s'organiser pour assurer le relais en afrique.
  Je pense ? :
  -Joseph Sarr ( Autorit?s Locales)
  - Tidjani Ben Jemaa ( Ingenieur )
  - Titi ( Jeunesse)
  - Ben Mazouk ( Caucus Arabe)
  -  Moi m?me,  Delphine  NANA ( Famille Afrique)
  - et les autres qui se sont ajout?s lors de la deuxi?me phase du SMSI.............................etc 
   
  Je compte sur vous tous, j'ai nomm? Jean Louis qui n'a jamais cess? de soutenir l'Afrique, Francis Muguet  et toi m?me ,de penser ? l'existence de la soci?t? civile africaine pendant les rencontres que vous allez organiser ? Paris la semaine prochaine. 
  Tout le plaisir aurait ?t? pour moi, d'?tre parmi vous ? Paris, mais h?las, vous connaissez l'?pineux probl?me des africains. J'esp?re tout de m?me vous rencontrer ? Ath?ne pour faire le point.
   
  Delphine NANA
  Pr?sidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the Information Society) Network on ICT4D
  Champions Network Member for Global Alliance on ICT4D ( GAID)
   
  

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
  [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

!
_______________________________________

Les ?v?nements qui auront lieu la semaine prochaine ?
l'UNESCO Paris offrent une excellente opportunit? pour
nous retrouver, faire une ?valuation de la situation
depuis Tunis et convenir de strat?gies et de tactiques
? plus ou moins long terme.
Je soutiens les propositions de rencontres.
J'esp?re que Jean Louis pourra nous rejoindre ne
serait-ce qu'un jour pour faire le lien avec le bureau
de la soci?t? civile Europe.
Amiti?s
Djilali
Events schuddled by UNESCO in Paris are a good
opportunity to meet and to assess the situation and
the civle society dynamism from the Tunis Summit.
I support all Francis' proposals to organize at the
French level, the international level and why not at
the European level meetings. If Jean Louis is
available, his presence in Paris will be very
helpfull.
Friendly 
Djilali 

Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization






___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


 		
---------------------------------
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061012/acee891f/attachment.html
From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 13 02:46:56 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up meetings
 - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD
In-Reply-To: <200610111831.k9BIVQha012361@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>
References: <200610111831.k9BIVQha012361@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>
Message-ID: <452EF010.1060101@mdpi.org>

Dear Philippe and everybody

English / Fran?ais

Thanks for alerting people again concerning this
series of next action lines meetings at UNESCO,
that are going to be very important for bridging
the digital divide, as well as other aspects of the
information society.

Contrary to the previous action lines meetings where only informal
exchange were held, these meetings have a far more
procedural and political nature.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Keeping in line with the Geneva spirit, and considering
the important nature of those meetings,
it is suggested to that Civil Society should be able to meet
after each action line meeting :

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

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

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

Thursday 19, after the Action Line C9 ''Media''
16H45 - 19H30

There could be several kind of CS meetings ;
plenary meetings,
as well as national or regional or thematic CS meetings
that could be he held in parallel.

Therefore, after consulting with the CSB that handles
procedural matters according to recognized
WSIS practices, a request has been sent to UNESCO
so that Civil Society be granted a conference
room at UNESCO to handle CS meetings each evening.

If there are requests for rooms by specific CS
groupings to handle meetings, please let me know,
and I would be glad to collect and transfer you
requests to UNESCO, check things out on site since
I live at a walking distance from UNESCO.

A cybercaf? and Wifi has been also requested.

See you soon.

Francis


----------------------------------------------
FRANCAIS ( partiel )

Bonjour

Les prochaines r?unions de l'UNESCO seront tr?s importantes
pour combler le foss? num?rique et traiter d'autres aspects
non moins importants de la Soci?t? de l'Information.

Contrairement aux r?unions pr?c?dentes des lignes d'action
? Gen?ve, o? n'a eu que des discussions, dans
les prochaines r?unions de l'UNESCO, il y avoir des choix politiques
et des selections de personnes, comme on peut le
retrouver dans tous les agendas :

5.Pr?sentation des actions et des priorit?s des multi-partie prenantes 
en vue de la mise en ?uvre de la grande orientation C3

6. Modalit?s de mise en ?uvre de la grande orientation C3
a) Termes de r?f?rence de l??quipe multipartenaire
b) Termes de r?f?rence du coordinateur/mod?rateur
c) D?signation d?un coordinateur/mod?rateur de l??quipe multipartenaire
d) Activit?s de l??quipe multipartenaire et r?sultats attendus
e) Divers

Dans la ligne C3, il y a une annexe dispo uniquement dans
la version anglaise qui donne des indications suppl?mentaires
o? il est pr?vu, entre autres,
des votes ? main lev?e ? la majorit? simple.

Autres probl?mes proc?duraux :
L'agenda de C9 media et l'annexe du C3
ne sont disponibles qu'en anglais

tous les documents sont sous format propri?taire secret word.

Pour renouer avec l'esprit de Gen?ve, et considerant
la nature tr?s politique de ces r?unions
( ce ne seront pas des forums sans aucune d?cision ? la clef )
il est propos? de tenir des reunions de la SC,
juste apr?s la fin des r?unions de l'UNESCO

Le lundi 16, une r?union de la SC de 16H45 ? 19H30
juste apr?s la r?union sur la ligne d'action
C3 "Acc?s ? la Connaissance" de 10H - 17H30

le Mardi 17, une r?union de la SCde 16H45 ? 19H30
juste apr?s la r?union sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C10 ''Ethical dimension of the Information Society''
e 10h ? 17h30
en // d'autres r?unions regionales et th?matiques seraient possibles.

le Mercredi 18, une r?union de la SC de 16H45 ? 19H30
juste apr?s la r?union sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C7 ''E-learning''
(10h ? 17h30)

le Jeudi 19, juste apr?s la r?union sur la ligne d'action
Action Line C9 ''Media'.

Le type des r?unions peut ^etre soit une pl?ni?re globale,
soit des r?unions r?unions regionales, nationales ou th?matiques
qui pourreint ^etre tenues en parall?le.

C'est pourqoui, apr?s consultation du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile,
qui traite des questions de proc?dure, une demande vient
d'^etre adress?e ? l'UNSECO pour qu'une salle soit mise ?
la diposition de la soci?t? civile, chaque soir.

Les groupements regionaux ou th?matiques de la soci?t?
civile peuvent ?galement songer de faire leurs propres r?unions.
Je suis ? leur disposition pour centraliser les demandes de salles
et les transmettre, et verifier in situ,
comme j'habite ? dix minutes ? pieds de l'UNESCO.

Une demande ?galement a ?t? envoy? pour
un Cybercaf? et le Wifi.

Bien cordialement

Francis


-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director 
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------ 


From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 13 03:35:59 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
In-Reply-To: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <452EFB8F.3090109@mdpi.org>

Ch?re Delphine
Chers amis

> Click http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/ to 
> <http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/%20to> acess automatic translation 
> of this message 
>  
>  
>  Djilali et Tous
>  
> Etant donn? que le bureau  de la Soci?t? Civile de Gen?ve a d?j? une 
> antenne en Europe,

C'est une antenne sur le monde car en prise directe avec les Nations 
Unies, mais
elle est situ?e en europe, ce qui induit bien entendu, induit des 
distortions quant ? la facilit?
de s'y rendre, ? la fois par la distance et le co^ut.

>   Les membres de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, membre du Bureau de 
> Gen?ve devraient ?galement s'organiser pour assurer le relais en afrique.
> Je pense ? :
> -Joseph Sarr ( Autorit?s Locales)
> - Tidjani Ben Jemaa ( Ingenieur )
> - Titi ( Jeunesse)
> - Ben Mazouk ( Caucus Arabe)
> -  Moi m?me,  Delphine  NANA ( Famille Afrique)
> - et les autres qui se sont ajout?s lors de la deuxi?me phase du 
> SMSI.............................etc
>  

effectivement, on pourrait y voir une antenne en Afrique du Bureau 
international de Gen?ve,
cette ?quipe pourrait ^etre aussi le noyau fondateur d'un Bureau de la 
Soci?t? Civile Africaine, qui tirerait une
partie de sa legitimit? juridique et diplomatique vis ? vis des Etats, 
de sa relation avec le bureau international
de Gen?ve.
Cela parait judicieux et pratique.
Cel? rendrait certainement l'action plus efficace pour obtenir une 
participation plus inclusive,
pour que notamment, tous les organisteurs des ?venements prochains (  
Lignes d'action ? l'UNESCO,  iGF )
mettent en place des panels de discussion o? seront invit?s un minimum 
des r?pr?sentants de la soci?t?
civile du monde entier.  Cel? doit ^etre budget? dans chaque conf?rence, 
au lieu  de  s'occuper
de ce que les piscines soient bien chauff?es dans le Divani palace. Il 
faut faire des ?conomies sur
le cadre pour am?liorer la substance et l'inclusion.
Je soutiens totalement la lettre ouverte de nos amis africains de 
l'ACSIS,  on peut penser que
si cette lettre avait ?t? address?e au nom du Bureau de la Soci?t? 
Civile Africaine, cel? aurait ?t? plus efficace.
Un autre aspect que ce Bureau Africain pourrait interagir aussi 
directement avec d'autres institutions:
OUA, Banque Mondiale, etc...

Au niveau contenus et th?mes, on pourrait aussi imaginer des antennes 
regionales ou nationales
des gropues th?matiques internationaux.

D'autres regions on pays pourraient cr?er aussi des structures similaires ;
Bureau pour les proc?dures, en synergie avec une coaltion de groupes 
th?matiques

> Je compte sur vous tous, j'ai nomm? Jean Louis qui n'a jamais cess? de 
> soutenir l'Afrique, Francis Muguet  et toi m?me ,de penser ? 
> l'existence de la soci?t? civile africaine pendant les rencontres que 
> vous allez organiser ? Paris la semaine prochaine.

Il faudrait une lettre ouverte au directeur de l'UNESCO, ce pourrait 
^etre le premier acte militant
du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, qui pourrait ^etre lue pendant 
les r?unions officielles ? Paris par
Djialali ou d'autres africains.
L'UNESCO a compl?tement ignor? une dynamique inclusive :-( , 
 ( contraiment ? l'UIT, qui a bien des d?fauts cependant... , qui  a quand
me^eme fourni des  bourses non  seulements pour les sommets, mais aussi 
pendant les PrepComs ).
De plus, l'influence de la soci?t? civile est plus difficile ? l'UNESCO,
 car les lobbies y sont beaucoup plus puissants qu'? Gen?ve, parcequ'il 
ne s'agit pas uniquement
de d?l?gation d'?tats, mais surtout de bureaucrates.

> Tout le plaisir aurait ?t? pour moi, d'?tre parmi vous ? Paris,

dommage, cel? peut ^etre important pour l'acc?s ? la connaissance, une 
des bases
du d?vellopement durable

>  mais h?las, vous connaissez l'?pineux probl?me des africains. 
> J'esp?re tout de m?me vous rencontrer ? Ath?ne pour faire le point.

C'est d?j? une bonne chose, on verra si Ath?nes d?bouche sur des 
recommendations pratiques,
au del? de discours creux, et des luttes de pouvoirs entre grandes 
puissances.

A bient^ot

Francis

>  
> Delphine NANA
> Pr?sidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the Information Society) 
> Network on ICT4D
> Champions Network Member for Global Alliance on ICT4D ( GAID)
>  
>
>
> */djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>/* a ?crit :
>
>     [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
>     entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
>     intended for specific people]
>
>     !
>     _______________________________________
>
>     Les ?v?nements qui auront lieu la semaine prochaine ?
>     l'UNESCO Paris offrent une excellente opportunit? pour
>     nous retrouver, faire une ?valuation de la situation
>     depuis Tunis et convenir de strat?gies et de tactiques
>     ? plus ou moins long terme.
>     Je soutiens les propositions de rencontres.
>     J'esp?re que Jean Louis pourra nous rejoindre ne
>     serait-ce qu'un jour pour faire le lien avec le bureau
>     de la soci?t? civile Europe.
>     Amiti?s
>     Djilali
>     Events schuddled by UNESCO in Paris are a good
>     opportunity to meet and to assess the situation and
>     the civle society dynamism from the Tunis Summit.
>     I support all Francis' proposals to organize at the
>     French level, the international level and why not at
>     the European level meetings. If Jean Louis is
>     available, his presence in Paris will be very
>     helpfull.
>     Friendly
>     Djilali
>
>     Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>     Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
>     T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
>     Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information
>     (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et
>     groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
>     Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
>     http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
>     Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     ___________________________________________________________________________
>
>     D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos
>     questions !
>     Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
>     http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
>     _______________________________________________
>     Plenary mailing list
>     Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>     http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos 
> questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
> <http://fr.rd.yahoo.com/evt=42054/*http://fr.answers.yahoo.com>. 



-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director 
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------ 


From delynana2002 at yahoo.fr  Fri Oct 13 07:31:30 2006
From: delynana2002 at yahoo.fr (NANA Delphine)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
In-Reply-To: <452EFB8F.3090109@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20061013063130.8866.qmail@web26004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

click http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/  to access automatic translation of this message !
   
  Francis et Tous,
   
  Je pense que nous avons d?j? suffisamment ?chang? sur la question du Bureau International. Je voudrais tout simplement signaler que ACSIS ne souffre d'aucune l?gimit? aupr?s de ces Etats, moins encore aupr?s de ces Organisations comme l'OUA et la CEA, pour ne citer que ?a.
   
  Bien que ACSIS soit cr?e en 2003 ? Gen?ve lors de la 1?re phase du SMSI, cette id?e est confirm? avec l'appui de la CEA ( Commission Economique pour l'Afrique), qui est une Agence Regionale des Nations Unies et  le Gouvernement Tunisien, lors d'une r?union organis? en Avril 2004 en Tunisie. 
  ACSIS participe entre autre ? la Conf?rence des Ministres Africains en charge des TIC, implication directe avec l'Union Africaine.
   
  Par cons?quent, je continue dont ? penser que,  quand bien m?me il existerait un Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile en Afrique, Bureau qui s'occupe essentiellement de probl?mes de proc?dure, il ne primera jamais sur ACSIS qui se veut une plate forme R?gionale par laquelle la Soci?t? Civile africaine peut influencer les politiques et s?assurer que les strat?gies et les programmes qui permettent la promotion de d?veloppement des TIC,  la r?duction de la pauvret?, l?appropriation des TIC pour le d?veloppement durable et ?quitable, la participation des communaut?s dans les politiques et  le d?veloppement de strat?gies et  la mise en oeuvre  r?pondent aux attentes et aux besoins du peuple africain.
   
  Pour le reste, nous allons nous concerter sur l'?ventualit? d'une lettre ouverte ? l'UNESCO, malgr? les d?lais impartis.
   
  Best regards
   
  Delphine NANA
 Pr?sidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the Information Society) 
 Network on ICT4D
Champions Network Member for Global Alliance on ICT4D ( GAID)


   
   
  
"Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :
  [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

Ch?re Delphine
Chers amis

> Click http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/ to 
> acess automatic translation 
> of this message 
> 
> 
> Djilali et Tous
> 
> Etant donn? que le bureau de la Soci?t? Civile de Gen?ve a d?j? une 
> antenne en Europe,

C'est une antenne sur le monde car en prise directe avec les Nations 
Unies, mais
elle est situ?e en europe, ce qui induit bien entendu, induit des 
distortions quant ? la facilit?
de s'y rendre, ? la fois par la distance et le co^ut.

> Les membres de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, membre du Bureau de 
> Gen?ve devraient ?galement s'organiser pour assurer le relais en afrique.
> Je pense ? :
> -Joseph Sarr ( Autorit?s Locales)
> - Tidjani Ben Jemaa ( Ingenieur )
> - Titi ( Jeunesse)
> - Ben Mazouk ( Caucus Arabe)
> - Moi m?me, Delphine NANA ( Famille Afrique)
> - et les autres qui se sont ajout?s lors de la deuxi?me phase du 
> SMSI.............................etc
> 

effectivement, on pourrait y voir une antenne en Afrique du Bureau 
international de Gen?ve,
cette ?quipe pourrait ^etre aussi le noyau fondateur d'un Bureau de la 
Soci?t? Civile Africaine, qui tirerait une
partie de sa legitimit? juridique et diplomatique vis ? vis des Etats, 
de sa relation avec le bureau international
de Gen?ve.
Cela parait judicieux et pratique.
Cel? rendrait certainement l'action plus efficace pour obtenir une 
participation plus inclusive,
pour que notamment, tous les organisteurs des ?venements prochains ( 
Lignes d'action ? l'UNESCO, iGF )
mettent en place des panels de discussion o? seront invit?s un minimum 
des r?pr?sentants de la soci?t?
civile du monde entier. Cel? doit ^etre budget? dans chaque conf?rence, 
au lieu de s'occuper
de ce que les piscines soient bien chauff?es dans le Divani palace. Il 
faut faire des ?conomies sur
le cadre pour am?liorer la substance et l'inclusion.
Je soutiens totalement la lettre ouverte de nos amis africains de 
l'ACSIS, on peut penser que
si cette lettre avait ?t? address?e au nom du Bureau de la Soci?t? 
Civile Africaine, cel? aurait ?t? plus efficace.
Un autre aspect que ce Bureau Africain pourrait interagir aussi 
directement avec d'autres institutions:
OUA, Banque Mondiale, etc...

Au niveau contenus et th?mes, on pourrait aussi imaginer des antennes 
regionales ou nationales
des gropues th?matiques internationaux.

D'autres regions on pays pourraient cr?er aussi des structures similaires ;
Bureau pour les proc?dures, en synergie avec une coaltion de groupes 
th?matiques

> Je compte sur vous tous, j'ai nomm? Jean Louis qui n'a jamais cess? de 
> soutenir l'Afrique, Francis Muguet et toi m?me ,de penser ? 
> l'existence de la soci?t? civile africaine pendant les rencontres que 
> vous allez organiser ? Paris la semaine prochaine.

Il faudrait une lettre ouverte au directeur de l'UNESCO, ce pourrait 
^etre le premier acte militant
du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, qui pourrait ^etre lue pendant 
les r?unions officielles ? Paris par
Djialali ou d'autres africains.
L'UNESCO a compl?tement ignor? une dynamique inclusive :-( , 
( contraiment ? l'UIT, qui a bien des d?fauts cependant... , qui a quand
me^eme fourni des bourses non seulements pour les sommets, mais aussi 
pendant les PrepComs ).
De plus, l'influence de la soci?t? civile est plus difficile ? l'UNESCO,
car les lobbies y sont beaucoup plus puissants qu'? Gen?ve, parcequ'il 
ne s'agit pas uniquement
de d?l?gation d'?tats, mais surtout de bureaucrates.

> Tout le plaisir aurait ?t? pour moi, d'?tre parmi vous ? Paris,

dommage, cel? peut ^etre important pour l'acc?s ? la connaissance, une 
des bases
du d?vellopement durable

> mais h?las, vous connaissez l'?pineux probl?me des africains. 
> J'esp?re tout de m?me vous rencontrer ? Ath?ne pour faire le point.

C'est d?j? une bonne chose, on verra si Ath?nes d?bouche sur des 
recommendations pratiques,
au del? de discours creux, et des luttes de pouvoirs entre grandes 
puissances.

A bient^ot

Francis

> 
> Delphine NANA
> Pr?sidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the Information Society) 
> Network on ICT4D
> Champions Network Member for Global Alliance on ICT4D ( GAID)
> 
>
>
> */djilali benamrane /* a ?crit :
>
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people]
>
> !
> _______________________________________
>
> Les ?v?nements qui auront lieu la semaine prochaine ?
> l'UNESCO Paris offrent une excellente opportunit? pour
> nous retrouver, faire une ?valuation de la situation
> depuis Tunis et convenir de strat?gies et de tactiques
> ? plus ou moins long terme.
> Je soutiens les propositions de rencontres.
> J'esp?re que Jean Louis pourra nous rejoindre ne
> serait-ce qu'un jour pour faire le lien avec le bureau
> de la soci?t? civile Europe.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> Events schuddled by UNESCO in Paris are a good
> opportunity to meet and to assess the situation and
> the civle society dynamism from the Tunis Summit.
> I support all Francis' proposals to organize at the
> French level, the international level and why not at
> the European level meetings. If Jean Louis is
> available, his presence in Paris will be very
> helpfull.
> Friendly
> Djilali
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information
> (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et
> groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
>
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos
> questions !
> Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos 
> questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
> . 



-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA Paris, France
KNIS lab. Director 
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------ 

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


 		
---------------------------------
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061013/43573152/attachment.htm
From info at INTERNETGOVERNANCE.ORG  Wed Oct 11 16:37:05 2006
From: info at INTERNETGOVERNANCE.ORG (IGP Info)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [IGP-ANNOUNCE] IGP Newsletter, Vol 1.04
Message-ID: <auto-000248788008@fr4.webmaillogin.com>

======================================
Internet Governance Project Newsletter
======================================
...current events in Internet Governance and the activities of the Internet Governance Project.
http://www.internetgovernance.org

Volume 1.04
October 11, 2006

========
Contents
========
[1] FIRST INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM IN ATHENS NEARS [2] GIGANET PROGRAM [3] CARIBBEAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM [4] NEW ICANN-DOC AGREEMENT [5] DOES SHE KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T? [6] CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON ICANN

===================================================
[1] FIRST INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM IN ATHENS NEARS ===================================================

In only two weeks, the UN's experiment in multistakeholder dialogue on Internet governance will be held in Athens. We extend our thanks to the hard-working Forum Secretariat and its Advisory Group, which has pulled together this unique event in a short period of time with minimal resources. Ideally, the forum will provide a space where civil society, business and governments can critically assess the global institutions that affect the Internet (mainly the WTO, WIPO, ICANN and policies of the US and EU with extraterritorial effects), identify new and emerging issues, and develop new horizontal alliances and mobilizations. 

As noted in our previous newsletter, a lot of the most useful dialogue will take place in the Workshops proposed and run by participants. Both of the Workshops proposed by IGP were accepted, and we recommend an additional two as especially worthy of note (all times listed are Athens, Greece):

* Freedom of Expression and Internet blocking and filtering *
* October 31, 17:30 - 19:00 *

Sponsored by IGP and UNESCO, the workshop theme is governmental Internet content regulation by means of legally mandated or directly implemented filtering and content blocking. It will explore current legal efforts, such as the Global Online Freedom Act proposed in the USA or Code of Conduct proposals emanating from the EU, to regulate the interactions of private Internet service providers, equipment manufacturers and hosting companies with the governments that regulate and censor content. Participants include US State Department Ambassador David Gross, Microsoft's Fred Tipson, ONI's Ron Deibert, Reporters Sans Frontiers Julien Pain, Jeanette Hofmann of IGP and Mogens Schmidt of UNESCO. In the previous time slot (15:30-17:00), a Workshop on content regulation and Internet pornography from feminist perspectives, organized by APC, will be held.

* New Technical & Policy Challenges in DNS Root Zone Management *
* November 1, 17:30 - 19:00 *

Sponsored by IGP, Brazil, and the Third World Network, this panel will explore how current developments pose a number of new problems for root zone management that need to be discussed. The workshop will focus on three of these issues: 1) the attempt to build security into DNS through the DNSSEC protocol, which raises major policy issues surrounding the "signing" the root zone; 2) new applications such as IDNs, IPv6 and ENUM; 3) proposals to multi-lateralize root zone oversight. 

* Exploring a Framework Convention on the Internet *
* October 31, 13:30 - 15:00 *

Sponsored by IT for Change, Bangalore; Hivos, Netherlands; Panos institute, West Africa; Third World Institute, Uruguay; and Foundation for Media Alternatives, Philippines. This workshop picks up on an idea of a ?Framework Convention? < http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/igp-fc.pdf > promoted by IGP's John Mathiason during the WSIS, namely that of negotiating global policy principles for the Internet by means of a framework convention. 

* Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Provide Access to Knowledge and Encourage the Free Flow of Information *
* November 1, 11:30 - 13:00 *

Sponsored by a large group of NGOs including CPTech, EFF, IPJustice, APC and FSFE, and by Google and Sun, this workshop explores the ability of the Internet to promote access to knowledge. 

===================
[2] GIGANET PROGRAM
===================

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network will be holding a symposium October 29, the day before the Athens Forum meeting, at the Divani Apollon Palace & Spa Hotel. This conference will feature some of the world's top academic researchers on internet governance and provide a space for unconstrained dialogue about some of the deeper issues around global Internet policy. For the full program, link here: < http://internetgovernance.org/pdf/GigaNetProgram.pdf > Attendance is free and open to all IGF attendees. 

=======================================
[3] CARIBBEAN INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
=======================================

The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), in partnership with IGP's Lee McKnight and Derrick Cogburn, are holding an on-line Internet Governance Forum (IGF) November 1-3, 2006. The regional event will overlap with the global Athens Forum and be linked to Athens via online collaboration tools. For the program link here: < http://www.c-t-u.org/Internet_governance_forum2006/CIGF%20-%20CIF%202006%20Overview%20and%20Agenda.doc >. For registration, link here: < http://mrp.uwi.tt/internet_governance/ >

===========================
[4] NEW ICANN-DOC AGREEMENT
===========================

The day before the old ICANN MoU expired, the U.S. Commerce Department released a new 3-year "Joint Project Agreement" < http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/agreements/jpa/ICANNJPA_09292006.htm >. ICANN's news release claimed that it was a dramatic change in the relationship, and many media outlets blindly reproduced this line. IGP doesn't think so. Granted, we see some welcome verbal concessions to the overwhelming number of public comments urging the U.S. government to stop meddling in the Internet's administration. But we also see the U.S. government exploiting its control over ICANN by telling it what policy to enforce on the privacy of domain name registrants. Although ICANN CEO Paul Twomey was forced by stakeholder pressure to insist that ICANN's "bottom up" process is not bound by these US instructions, we still want to know what that paragraph is doing in an allegedly "non-prescriptive" charter. You can read our complete analysis of the new ICANN-Commerce Department Joint Project Agreement here < http://internetgovernance.org/news.html#ICANNoldwine_093006 >.

=========================================================================
[5] DOES SHE KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T? EU COMMISSIONER RESPONDS TO NEW JPA =========================================================================

EU Commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Redding welcomed the "US government's declared intention to grant more autonomy to ICANN and to end its governmental oversight." We must have missed that part of the agreement: as far as we can tell the new JPA does not introduce any guarantee that the relationship will end in 2009. 
< http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1297&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en > 

===================================
[6] CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS ON ICANN
===================================

You can't do a much better job of reporting on the House and Senate hearings on ICANN than Kieren McCarthy did ? so we point you to his blog here < http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/09/21/are-the-icann-senate-hearings-just-a-waste-of-time > Also, see the blog of Media Access Project?s Harold Feld, which sheds light on inside the beltway Internet governance politics < http://www.wetmachine.com/totsf/item/600 >. We note that IGP's critique of the U.S. government's oversight of ICANN was picked up by Harold Feld and Tim Ruiz of GoDaddy registrar in their testimony.

=========================
Subscription Information
=========================

Subscribe/unsubscribe from the IGP-Announce mailing list via web interface:
http://internetgovernance.org/subscribe.html

===============
Privacy Policy
===============

The IGP-Announce mailing list is used only to mail IGP news announcements.
We do not sell, rent or share our mailing list.  We do not enhance (link to other databases) our mailing list or require your actual name.

In the event you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe your e-mail address from this list, please follow the above instructions under "subscription information."

Internet Governance Project
http://internetgovernance.org

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 13 20:14:11 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
Message-ID: <13912476.195991160766851586.JavaMail.www@wwinf1623>


Merci Delphine pour ta confiance. Je e peux malheureusement pas ?tre ? Paris la semaine prochaine du fait d'engagements ? Strasbourg, mais je te promets de suivre avec le m?me souci de solidarit? les "lignes d'action" et tout particumi?rement la n?2 : Infrastructure et acc?s. 
Bonne chance pour la constitution d'un Bureau qui serait repr?sentatif de la SC africaine et o? les organisations locales ont leur place.
Bien amicalement
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT




> Message du 12/10/06 21:52
> De : "NANA Delphine" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org, bureau@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : RE : [WSIS CS-Plenary] rencontre a l'UNESCO Paris
> 
> 
Click http://wsis.funderes.org/plenary/ to acess automatic translation of this message  


 Djilali et Tous

Etant donn? que le bureau  de la Soci?t? Civile de Gen?ve a d?j? une antenne en Europe,   Les membres de la Soci?t? Civile Africaine, membre du Bureau de Gen?ve devraient ?galement s'organiser pour assurer le relais en afrique.
Je pense ? :
-Joseph Sarr ( Autorit?s Locales)
- Tidjani Ben Jemaa ( Ingenieur )
- Titi ( Jeunesse)
- Ben Mazouk ( Caucus Arabe)
-  Moi m?me,  Delphine  NANA ( Famille Afrique)
- et les autres qui se sont ajout?s lors de la deuxi?me phase du SMSI.............................etc 

Je compte sur vous tous, j'ai nomm? Jean Louis qui n'a jamais cess? de soutenir l'Afrique, Francis Muguet  et toi m?me ,de penser ? l'existence de la soci?t? civile africaine pendant les rencontres que vous allez organiser ? Paris la semaine prochaine. 
Tout le plaisir aurait ?t? pour moi, d'?tre parmi vous ? Paris, mais h?las, vous connaissez l'?pineux probl?me des africains. J'esp?re tout de m?me vous rencontrer ? Ath?ne pour faire le point.

Delphine NANA
Pr?sidente ACSIS ( African Civil Society for the Information Society) Network on ICT4D
Champions Network Member for Global Alliance on ICT4D ( GAID)


> 
> djilali benamrane a ?crit :
[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> !
> _______________________________________
> 
> Les ?v?nements qui auront lieu la semaine prochaine ?
> l'UNESCO Paris offrent une excellente opportunit? pour
> nous retrouver, faire une ?valuation de la situation
> depuis Tunis et convenir de strat?gies et de tactiques
> ? plus ou moins long terme.
> Je soutiens les propositions de rencontres.
> J'esp?re que Jean Louis pourra nous rejoindre ne
> serait-ce qu'un jour pour faire le lien avec le bureau
> de la soci?t? civile Europe.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> Events schuddled by UNESCO in Paris are a good
> opportunity to meet and to assess the situation and
> the civle society dynamism from the Tunis Summit.
> I support all Francis' proposals to organize at the
> French level, the international level and why not at
> the European level meetings. If Jean Louis is
> available, his presence in Paris will be very
> helpfull.
> Friendly 
> Djilali 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________ 
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
> Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 

> 
> 


D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061013/f4280528/attachment.html
From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 13 22:24:26 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up
 meetings - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD
Message-ID: <16257810.144631160774666116.JavaMail.www@wwinf1626>

Dear Philippe and all

I do hope there will be "something" on Action Line # 2 before May next year ! Of course, ITU, the AL-2 primary coordnator, is busy with the preparation of its Plenipotentiary conference. But this isn't an excuse for such a long inactivity..
Second, the CSTD Experts Panel meeting is only "open" for NGO with ECOSOC status. This is in opposition with former promises (including those of CNGO) that allowed any WSIS accredited NGOs to participate in the WSIS-Follow-up meetings on an equal basis with ONGs with ECOSOC Status.
Once again, the CS community is divided and "CS inclusion in WSIS" is just a dream ...  
Finally, we would appreciate that these important news be in all three official languages of the UN. Many thanks.for your efforts.
All the best
Jean-Louis Fullsack 



> Message du 11/10/06 20:32
> De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org, bureau@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : "'Renate Bloem'" , wsis@ngocongo.org
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up meetings - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD
> 
> 
Dear all, 
 
After a pretty busy 2nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, please find below some information regarding up-coming events related to WSIS follow up and implementation:
-          Action Line Facilitation meetings organised by UNESCO in October 2006;
-          CSTD Expert Panel ? 6-8 November 2006;
-          Cluster of WSIS related meetings ? 15-25 May 2007;
 
 
Action Line Facilitation meetings convened by UNESCO ? 16-22 October 2006, Paris and Beijing
 
> 16 October 2006
> Consultation meeting on action line C-3 "Access to Information and Knowledge" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
> More information - Invitation letter (English - French)
> 17 October 2006
> Consultation meeting on action line C-10 "Ethical Dimension of the Information Society" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
> More information - Invitation letter (English - French)
> 18 October 2006
> Consultation meeting on action line C-7e "E-Learning" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
> More information - Invitation letter (English - French)
> 19 October 2006
> Consultation meeting on action line C-9 "Media" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
> More information - Invitation letter (English - French)
> 22 October 2006
> Consultation meeting on action line C-7 "E-science" (Huarun Hotel, Beijing, China)
> More information - Invitation letter 
> Further information, including documentation of the meetings, agendas and on line registrations are available on the UNESCO website.
> In addition, note that a regularly up-dated calendar of WSIS related event is available at: http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm 
 
CSTD Expert Panel ? 6-8 November 2006, Paris (UNESCO Headquarters)
 
 
The annual inter-session panel convened by the CSTD Secretariat will be held in Paris on the theme ?Promoting the building of a people-centred, development-oriented and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital opportunities for all people?. 
 
More information is available on the UNCTAD website. 
 
Participation is open to NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC. To register, representatives of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC have to send an e-mail indicating their interest to mongi.hamdi@unctad.org or stdev@unctad.org. 
 
Findings and recommendations to emerge from this Panel will be considered by the Commission at its tenth session in May 2007.
 
 
Cluster of WSIS related events ? 15-25 May 2007
 
 
As initiated this year around the 9th CSTD session, international organisations, in charge of facilitating implementation at the international level, are exploring ways to organise a cluster of WSIS Action Line Facilitation meetings in conjunction with the up coming celebration of the World Information Society Day (17 May 2007) and of the 10th session of the CSTD (21-25 May 2006). 
 
A provisional timetable of this cluster of meetings between 15 and 25 May 2007 is available here and will be regularly up-dated.
More information will come later.
 
 
 
 
Best regards, 
 
Philippe Dam
 
 
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
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061013/3c7cfe58/attachment.htm
From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 13 23:20:46 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Conference rooms for Civil Society at UNESCO
Message-ID: <4530113E.30406@mdpi.org>

Hello

English / Fran?ais

Following CSB request,  UNESCO has granted Civil Society the use
of the very same conference rooms (no need to move ! ).

---------------------
Room IV is at the disposal of civil society representatives after the
conclusion of
each of the four consultation meetings, at 17h30, up to 19h30.

UNESCO0's meeting rooms are equipped with WIFI (user ID: hq-air,
password: uneswifi).
However, as power supply plugs are scarce, laptop owners are requested
to charge the
batteries of their machines before the meeting.

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

However, as you can see , power supply plugs are scarce.
UNESCO has ordered extra electric extensions as well as adaptors,
but nothing would warrant there would be there on time.
Bring your own extension and multiple adaptors.

However, there will be no cybercaf?.  :-(  !,
No printers...

Have a good weekend

Francis

PS: People that cannot unfortunately attend the
UNESCO meetings in Paris may still post
comments on the UNESCO web site
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/wsis/consultation/

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

Bonsoir

A la suite de la r?quete du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile,
l'UNESCO a accord? ? la soci?t? civile
l'usage de la m?me pi?ce que pour la conf?rence  Pi?ce IV, de 17H30 ?
19H30.
La pi?ce est ?quip?e d'un acc?s internet par Wif
(user ID: hq-air, password: uneswifi)

Cependant, il y a tr?s peu de prises ?lecriques, donc l'UNESCO
recommande de venir avec batteri?s charg?es.
Des rallonges et des prises multiples ont ?t? command?es, mais
rien ne garantit qu'elles soient  l?.
Donc venez avec le max de rallonges et de prises multiples.

Malheureusement, il n'y aura pas de cybercaf? :-(  !
pas d'imprimante...

Bonne fin de semaine

Francis

PS:

Notons aussi la possibilit? (sous-utilis?e)
pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas venir de poster
sur les consultations :
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/wsis/consultation/


-- 

------------------------------------------------------
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 14 09:43:11 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Conference rooms for Civil Society at UNESCO
In-Reply-To: <4530113E.30406@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20061014084311.37737.qmail@web60711.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Francis for your relevant effort to make the
Civile Society for Information and Communication a
little bite present in UNESCO Paris.
We must do our best to be effectively present and
involved in the dabate.
Perhaps it will be a good momentum to promote the
French CS for Info and Com
Friendly
Djilali
Grand merci ? francis pour ses efforts pour rendre la
soci?t? civile pour l'info et la com un tant soi peu
pr?sente ? l'UNESCO.... C'est peut-?tre aussi un
moment opportum pour promouvoir le r?seau France de
cette Soct?t? Civile.
Soyons nombreux et actifs ? ces rencontres de Paris
Amicalement et ne r?tons pas l'occasion
Djilali
--- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hello
> 
> English / Fran?ais
> 
> Following CSB request,  UNESCO has granted Civil
> Society the use
> of the very same conference rooms (no need to move !
> ).
> 
> ---------------------
> Room IV is at the disposal of civil society
> representatives after the
> conclusion of
> each of the four consultation meetings, at 17h30, up
> to 19h30.
> 
> UNESCO0's meeting rooms are equipped with WIFI (user
> ID: hq-air,
> password: uneswifi).
> However, as power supply plugs are scarce, laptop
> owners are requested
> to charge the
> batteries of their machines before the meeting.
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> However, as you can see , power supply plugs are
> scarce.
> UNESCO has ordered extra electric extensions as well
> as adaptors,
> but nothing would warrant there would be there on
> time.
> Bring your own extension and multiple adaptors.
> 
> However, there will be no cybercaf?.  :-(  !,
> No printers...
> 
> Have a good weekend
> 
> Francis
> 
> PS: People that cannot unfortunately attend the
> UNESCO meetings in Paris may still post
> comments on the UNESCO web site
> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/wsis/consultation/
> 
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Bonsoir
> 
> A la suite de la r?quete du Bureau de la Soci?t?
> Civile,
> l'UNESCO a accord? ? la soci?t? civile
> l'usage de la m?me pi?ce que pour la conf?rence 
> Pi?ce IV, de 17H30 ?
> 19H30.
> La pi?ce est ?quip?e d'un acc?s internet par Wif
> (user ID: hq-air, password: uneswifi)
> 
> Cependant, il y a tr?s peu de prises ?lecriques,
> donc l'UNESCO
> recommande de venir avec batteri?s charg?es.
> Des rallonges et des prises multiples ont ?t?
> command?es, mais
> rien ne garantit qu'elles soient  l?.
> Donc venez avec le max de rallonges et de prises
> multiples.
> 
> Malheureusement, il n'y aura pas de cybercaf? :-(  !
> pas d'imprimante...
> 
> Bonne fin de semaine
> 
> Francis
> 
> PS:
> 
> Notons aussi la possibilit? (sous-utilis?e)
> pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas venir de poster
> sur les consultations :
> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/wsis/consultation/
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
>
------------------------------------------------------
> Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
> 
> MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> Associate Publisher
> http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
> 
> ENSTA   Paris, France
> KNIS lab.  Director
> "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
> 
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> Civil Society Working Groups
> Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org 
> chair
> Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org
> co-chair
> Financing Mechanismns  : 
> http://www.wsis-finance.org web
> 
> UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
>
------------------------------------------------------
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 13 17:07:08 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Conference rooms for Civil Society at UNESCO
Message-ID: <452FB9AC.2020603@mdpi.org>

Hello

English / Fran?ais

Following CSB request,  UNESCO has granted Civil Society the use
of the very same conference rooms (no need to move ! ).

---------------------
Room IV is at the disposal of civil society representatives after the conclusion of 
each of the four consultation meetings, at 17h30, up to 19h30.

UNESCO0's meeting rooms are equipped with WIFI (user ID: hq-air, password: uneswifi).  
However, as power supply plugs are scarce, laptop owners are requested to charge the 
batteries of their machines before the meeting.

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

However, as you can see , power supply plugs are scarce.
UNESCO has ordered extra electric extensions as well as adaptors,
but nothing would warrant there would be there on time.
Bring your own extension and multiple adaptors.

However, there will be no cybercaf?.  :-(  !,
No printers...

Have a good weekend

Francis

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

Bonsoir

A la suite de la r?quete du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile,
 l'UNESCO a accord? ? la soci?t? civile
l'usage de la m?me pi?ce que pour la conf?rence  Pi?ce IV, de 17H30 ?
19H30.
La pi?ce est ?quip?e d'un acc?s internet par Wif
(user ID: hq-air, password: uneswifi)

Cependant, il y a tr?s peu de prises ?lecriques, donc l'UNESCO
recommande de venir avec batteri?s charg?es.
Des rallonges et des prises multiples ont ?t? command?es, mais
rien ne garantit qu'elles soient  l?.
Donc venez avec le max de rallonges et de prises multiples.

Malheureusement, il n'y aura pas de cybercaf? :-(  !
pas d'imprimante...

Bonne fin de semaine

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


From maseger at t-online.de  Thu Oct 12 08:41:00 2006
From: maseger at t-online.de (Marianne Seger)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Next WSIS implementation and follow-up meetings - Action Line Facilitation and CSTD
Message-ID: <1GXuzS-21X6H20@fwd28.sul.t-online.de>

Hallo, dear all!
This note is just to let you know: I am still on the road.

I am taking part in the UNESCO-Action Line Facilitation meetings (16-19 October 2006), PARIS.

Greetings from desk to desk
MARIANNE
(Gender Caucus & European Caucus)

Marianne Seger
permanent NGO Representative of EURAG
at the U.N. New York & Geneva
Kohlenkamp 45
D-45468 Muelheim (Ruhr)
GERMANY
e-mail: maseger@t-online.de

-------------------------------------------------
 
"CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam" <wsis@ngocongo.org> schrieb: 
Dear all,
After a pretty busy 2nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, please find below some information regarding up-coming events related to WSIS follow up and implementation:
Action Line Facilitation meetings organised by UNESCO in October 2006;
CSTD Expert Panel ? 6-8 November 2006;
Cluster of WSIS related meetings ? 15-25 May 2007;

Action Line Facilitation meetings convened by UNESCO ? 16-22 October 2006, Paris (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)

Further information, including documentation of the meetings, agendas and on line registrations are available on the UNESCO website.
In addition, note that a regularly up-dated calendar of WSIS related event is available at: http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm
CSTD Expert Panel ? 6-8 November 2006, Paris (UNESCO Headquarters)
The annual inter-session panel convened by the CSTD Secretariat will be held in Paris on the theme ?Promoting the building of a people-centred, development-oriented and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital opportunities for all people?.
More information is available on the UNCTAD website.

Participation is open to NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC.
To register, representatives of NGOs in Consultative Status with ECOSOC have to send an e-mail indicating their interest to mongi.hamdi@unctad.org or stdev@unctad.org.
Findings and recommendations to emerge from this Panel will be considered by the Commission at its tenth session in May 2007.  Cluster of WSIS related events ? 15-25 May 2007
As initiated this year around the 9th CSTD session, international organisations, in charge of facilitating implementation at the international level, are exploring ways to organise a cluster of WSIS Action Line Facilitation meetings in conjunction with the up coming celebration of the World Information Society Day (17 May 2007) and of the 10th session of the CSTD (21-25 May 2006).

A provisional timetable of this cluster of meetings between 15 and 25 May 2007 is available here and will be regularly up-dated.
More information will come later.

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


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 16 14:47:48 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much needed
In-Reply-To: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>

Dear colleagues:

Several months ago I asked a simple question, one that for some reason
has generated little discussion and comment - that being the future of
the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) as a structure and those elected (or
appointed) to serve on the body.


Much like the governance caucus has, I think the CSB must clearly
pronounce itself on how it sees its role, and how  its representatives
are selected .

Personally I believe the CSB has, in all extents and purposes served its
role - and is not longer providing any type of useful role. Perhaps I am
wrong..but i just can't agree with a structure that sees its represented
at entrenched in their positions. If the body is to represent in some
way CS, then it needs to periodically open itself for renewal and/or
elections.

I thus call for the members of the CSB to start an open
nomination/election process. The call needs to be preceded with a clear
statement on how the election will be run - specifically how transparent
it will be, and what specific "seats" are available.

Three key issues that need to be resolved :

1. What to do with the  "host country liaison" seat ? Is there a need to
 have such a position when there is no summit host country to dialogue
with ?

2. How many regional "seats" are to be allocated. Do we use the existing
structure ? If not, then a consensus must be reached on the # of regions
to be allocated. Possible bodies to use an example - UN, FIFA, ICANN,
Olympics, etc..

3. How can the election be overseen and run in a fashion that is
consistent with the core values of Civil Society @ WSIS ?

An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed, well,
something that needs to be discussed..

regards

Robert










From motamar at gmail.com  Mon Oct 16 15:29:22 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much needed
In-Reply-To: <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
	 <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610160729l74cb4681m8d55cd9ebe71f1dc@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Robert

Greetings

I admire your courage. I agree with you the election and appointee were hand
picked. These decision were  made by some one else. They were not fair .That
is the reason why things don't work. We stay quiet .The pattern is same
every where the foot ball is in the two side of the same . It is a good
drama. There is no activity people will make money.

Dr Malik Khan
On 10/16/06, 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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear colleagues:
>
> Several months ago I asked a simple question, one that for some reason
> has generated little discussion and comment - that being the future of
> the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) as a structure and those elected (or
> appointed) to serve on the body.
>
>
> Much like the governance caucus has, I think the CSB must clearly
> pronounce itself on how it sees its role, and how  its representatives
> are selected .
>
> Personally I believe the CSB has, in all extents and purposes served its
> role - and is not longer providing any type of useful role. Perhaps I am
> wrong..but i just can't agree with a structure that sees its represented
> at entrenched in their positions. If the body is to represent in some
> way CS, then it needs to periodically open itself for renewal and/or
> elections.
>
> I thus call for the members of the CSB to start an open
> nomination/election process. The call needs to be preceded with a clear
> statement on how the election will be run - specifically how transparent
> it will be, and what specific "seats" are available.
>
> Three key issues that need to be resolved :
>
> 1. What to do with the  "host country liaison" seat ? Is there a need to
> have such a position when there is no summit host country to dialogue
> with ?
>
> 2. How many regional "seats" are to be allocated. Do we use the existing
> structure ? If not, then a consensus must be reached on the # of regions
> to be allocated. Possible bodies to use an example - UN, FIFA, ICANN,
> Olympics, etc..
>
> 3. How can the election be overseen and run in a fashion that is
> consistent with the core values of Civil Society @ WSIS ?
>
> An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
> something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed, well,
> something that needs to be discussed..
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061016/7f3d92ef/attachment.html
From vb at bertola.eu.org  Mon Oct 16 15:44:52 2006
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much
 needed
In-Reply-To: <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <45339AE4.50604@bertola.eu.org>

Robert Guerra ha scritto:
> An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
> something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed, well,
> something that needs to be discussed..

Before discussing of elections, composition, etc... could anyone please 
explain what is the intended role and mission of the WSIS CS Bureau 
since the WSIS is no more? There are many possible ones, but there needs 
to be broad support and consensus on a mission (as it happened for the 
IG Caucus) for such an entity to continue working. Otherwise, it's just 
a waste of time.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From muguet at mdpi.org  Tue Oct 17 00:02:16 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much needed
In-Reply-To: <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <45340F78.9040008@mdpi.org>

Dear Robert

> Dear colleagues:
> 
> Several months ago I asked a simple question, one that for some reason
> has generated little discussion and comment - that being the future of
> the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) as a structure and those elected (or
> appointed) to serve on the body.
> 
> 
> Much like the governance caucus has, I think the CSB must clearly
> pronounce itself on how it sees its role, and how  its representatives
> are selected .
> 
> Personally I believe the CSB has, in all extents and purposes served its
> role - and is not longer providing any type of useful role. Perhaps I am
> wrong.
It is not perhaps...
it is an obvious certainty.
the CSB is a very usefull interface for procedural issues,
and it is going to be even more usefull as new
procedural issues concerning implementation and follow-up
with many different UN agencies and international organisation.
are now arising.

For exemple to get rooms of CS, during current
action lines meetings at UNESCO, without the CSB, it is not sure
we would have been granted a room.

My question : What the CS would stand to gain from the
destruction of the CSB ?

The WSIS was not social event, but is continuing process,
and it would be foolish not to follow closely the
implementation of recommendations that were so hard
to get.  The party is over, lets go back home...
this would betray our mission to bridge
the digital divide, the main goal of the Summit.

CS should be to able to strongly defend the multistakehdolder
process in many areas and with a variety of stakeholders.
The CSB is an invaluable asset.
The CSB does not need to live all its life,
in the underskirts of governements, to have a legitimacy
of its own in regards to governements and internal organization.

Adama Samess?kou made a great speech today, as a guest of the
Civil Society meeting, supporting the continuation of
current efforts; and urging Civil Society to organize itself now at
regional and national  levels to help implement the WSIS.

>.but i just can't agree with a structure that sees its represented
> at entrenched in their positions.

This is another issue.

It is true that the CSB membership must be reviewed to
adapt to the current situation, that new representatives
must be chosen concerning inactive families.
It is not acceptable that a current CSB member
  could declare that a certain regional
family does not wish to follow the WSIS anymore.
Simply somebody else must be chosen instead.

The CSB has been revised in CapeTown at the end of the
first phase, removing inactive families,
it is quite logical it should be
revised at the end of the second phase.

As for me, I prefer to keep focused on the negotiations
of the following days at UNESCO, instead of starting
a discussion concerning the procedure that could be followed
to renew the CSB.
The discussiom could be started after the IGF, and
revision could be finalized in 2007 during the cluster
of WSIS events during the internet week.

Best regards

Francis



  If the body is to represent in some
> way CS, then it needs to periodically open itself for renewal and/or
> elections.
> 
> I thus call for the members of the CSB to start an open
> nomination/election process. The call needs to be preceded with a clear
> statement on how the election will be run - specifically how transparent
> it will be, and what specific "seats" are available.
> 
> Three key issues that need to be resolved :
> 
> 1. What to do with the  "host country liaison" seat ? Is there a need to
>  have such a position when there is no summit host country to dialogue
> with ?
> 
> 2. How many regional "seats" are to be allocated. Do we use the existing
> structure ? If not, then a consensus must be reached on the # of regions
> to be allocated. Possible bodies to use an example - UN, FIFA, ICANN,
> Olympics, etc..
> 
> 3. How can the election be overseen and run in a fashion that is
> consistent with the core values of Civil Society @ WSIS ?
> 
> An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
> something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed, well,
> something that needs to be discussed..
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Bureau mailing list
> Bureau@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau
> 


-- 

------------------------------------------------------
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------

From muguet at mdpi.org  Tue Oct 17 00:30:24 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:15 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much
 needed
In-Reply-To: <f22ffaa00610160729l74cb4681m8d55cd9ebe71f1dc@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>	 <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org> <f22ffaa00610160729l74cb4681m8d55cd9ebe71f1dc@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <45341610.9070807@mdpi.org>

Dear Malik

> Dear Robert
>
> Greetings
>
> I admire your courage. I agree with you the election and appointee 
> were hand picked.
>
I guess you have misinformed.  
The CSB has not been hand picked by govermements or international 
organizations as
it was  the case wtih
the  Task Force on Financing Mechanims, the WGIG,
the MAG of the Internet Forum, or the advisory board of the Global Alliance,

 From where did you get all this disinformation ?

>  These decision were  made by some one else.
>
this is not how things did occur. It was an ad hoc
self organization process.

> They were not fair .That is the reason why things don't work.
>
Things are not working as bad as you think, but they could be better.
I was expecting the worse after the ECOSOC session last July in
Geneva, but today I was pleasantly surprised/
At UNESCO, things are evolving into the right direction.
CS representatives have the possibilty to intervene, and their suggestion
are noted, in the same way as governments and private sector.
The representative from Egypt tried to bring some procedural issues
to slow down the multistakeholder approach, but he was outnumbered
and finally gave up.
All stakeholders present in the room were called to approve
the selection of UNESCO as the lead agency for the C3 action line.
Plathe  mentionnend that the recognition of one NGO : APC as
a co-facilator of the C2 action line was an exemple of the multi-stakeholder
approach.

I am really too tired to make a report tonight.

> We stay quiet .
>
speak for yourself...

> The pattern is same every where the foot ball is in the two side of 
> the same . It is a good drama.
>
We are not watching TV, here at UNESCO, believe me !!!

> There is no activity people will make money.
>
I do not understand what you meant ?

My best advice if you do not want to stay quiet is to start
to form a CSB at your own national level or regional level,
to defend the procedural rights of your own civil society,
both at an international level and national level.
Your national CSB being as an antenna ( working both
ways ) of the international CSB in Geneva.
Think a little about it, but
in countries where  CS is facing difficulties,
national CSBs would be quite helpfull.

In my view, formation of national and regional CSBs are necessary steps
 in the  review of the international CSB, 
as a natural evolution because
we are reaching the most exciting phase of the WSIS : implementation.
The formation of national and regional CSB would increase
1/ the efficiency of the implementation,
2/ the inclusive participation of people that have not the
capablitity to travel to Geneva, Paris, New York,
Kuala lumpur, Beijing or Athens.

As we say in French:
La critique est facile, l'art is difficile
Criticism is easy, but art is difficult.

Do we really want to bridge the digital divide ?

Best regards

Francis

> Dr Malik Khan
>
> On 10/16/06, *Robert Guerra* <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org 
> <mailto: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]
>
>     Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
>     translation of this message!
>     _______________________________________
>
>     Dear colleagues:
>
>     Several months ago I asked a simple question, one that for some
>     reason
>     has generated little discussion and comment - that being the future of
>     the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) as a structure and those elected (or
>     appointed) to serve on the body.
>
>
>     Much like the governance caucus has, I think the CSB must clearly
>     pronounce itself on how it sees its role, and how  its representatives
>     are selected .
>
>     Personally I believe the CSB has, in all extents and purposes
>     served its
>     role - and is not longer providing any type of useful role.
>     Perhaps I am
>     wrong..but i just can't agree with a structure that sees its
>     represented
>     at entrenched in their positions. If the body is to represent in some
>     way CS, then it needs to periodically open itself for renewal and/or
>     elections.
>
>     I thus call for the members of the CSB to start an open
>     nomination/election process. The call needs to be preceded with a
>     clear
>     statement on how the election will be run - specifically how
>     transparent
>     it will be, and what specific "seats" are available.
>
>     Three key issues that need to be resolved :
>
>     1. What to do with the  "host country liaison" seat ? Is there a
>     need to
>     have such a position when there is no summit host country to dialogue
>     with ?
>
>     2. How many regional "seats" are to be allocated. Do we use the
>     existing
>     structure ? If not, then a consensus must be reached on the # of
>     regions
>     to be allocated. Possible bodies to use an example - UN, FIFA, ICANN,
>     Olympics, etc..
>
>     3. How can the election be overseen and run in a fashion that is
>     consistent with the core values of Civil Society @ WSIS ?
>
>     An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
>     something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed, well,
>     something that needs to be discussed..
>
>     regards
>
>     Robert
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     _______________________________________________
>     Plenary mailing list
>     Plenary@wsis-cs.org <mailto:Plenary@wsis-cs.org>
>     http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>


-- 

------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director 
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------ 


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 17 08:58:31 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] RE : [wsis-finance] WSIS follow up at UNESCO
In-Reply-To: <20061016191902.54009.qmail@web26405.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061017075831.12242.qmail@web60711.mail.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Hassane et bonjour ? tous.
Il s'agit d'une r?union dite informelle ouverte ? tous
repr?sentants des gouvernement, hier ceux du Salvador,
d'Egypte, de Mauritanie, du Togo, de France, du Canada
et d'autres sont intervenus dans les d?bats. Il y a
aussi les repr?sentants des organisations
intergouvernementales en tr?s petit nombre  avec
l'absence remarqu?e de l'UIT et du PNUD, ? part
l'UNESCO qui recevait dans ses locaux et qui a ?t?
accept?e comme facilitateur mod?rateur du processus,
peu d'autres intervenants de ce c?t? (exception faite
de la Francophonie et Union des Universit? de langue
fran?aise). Le secteur priv? ?tait repr?sent? en un
petit nombre mais comme toujours tr?s percutant, des
interventions pointues et un leader en la paersonne
qui a repr?sent? la Chambre internationale du Commerce
(organisation intergouvernementale ou repr?sentant des
int?r?ts des op?rateurs priv?s ?). Enfin, il y avait
des repr?sentants de la soci?t? civile et des
universit?s, essentiellement implant?es en France. Le
crit?re principal retenu par les organisateurs c'est
celui des associations qui ont particip? aux Sommets
de Geneve et ou de Tunis plus des cas particuliers
laiss?s ? la discr?tion des organisateurs. Je regrette
sinc?rement qu'une organisation africaine comme ACSIS
ne puisse disposer de ressources pour financer un
repr?sentant es qualit? et ne doivent se contenter
d'?tre absente ou repr?sent?e par la Diaspora avec
tout le respect d? ? cette Diaspora qui reste
confront? ? d'autres pr?occupation et qui est souvent
d?j? bien loin des probl?mes de survie des populations
africaine des apuvres, sans ressources sans voix sans
droit.  
La traduction est assur?e en deux langues seulement
Anglais dominant comme toujours et fran?ais (Paris
si?ge de l'UNESCO oblige !)
Parmi les th?mes ayant donn? lieu ? interrogation le
foss? num?rique, le statut de la soci?t? civile dans
un multipartenariat fonci?rement in?quitable la
soci?t? civile ne disposant pas de ressources pour
prendre par aux d?bats (ce qui n'est pas le cas des
Etats, des organisations internationales et les
op?rateurs priv?s).
Les d?bats se poursuivent toute la semaine, je rendrai
compte pour les s?ances auxquelles je vais pouvoir
participer.
Y a-t-il d'autres membres de notre liste qui
participent ? part Francis (tr?s actif comme toujours
et votre serviteur).
Amiti?s
Djilali    
--- hassane iska <iskah11@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :

> bonsoir Monsieur 
>   je suis au niger et je cherche ? savoir qui
> represente le niger et comment  participer si on se
> trouve au niger. je suis le pr?sident de r?seau des
> jeunes pour les nouvelles technologies de l
> information et de la communication RJNTI-BEREY BASEE
> A NIAMEY CAPITALE DU NIGER.
>   CORDIALEMENT
>   ISKA
>   
> 
> "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@wtis.org> a ?crit :
>   Hello
> 
> English / Fran?ais
> 
> Following CSB request,  UNESCO has granted Civil
> Society the use
> of the very same conference rooms (no need to move !
> ).
> 
> ---------------------
> Room IV is at the disposal of civil society
> representatives after the
> conclusion of
> each of the four consultation meetings, at 17h30, up
> to 19h30.
> 
> UNESCO0's meeting rooms are equipped with WIFI (user
> ID: hq-air,
> password: uneswifi).
> However, as power supply plugs are scarce, laptop
> owners are requested
> to charge the
> batteries of their machines before the meeting.
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> However, as you can see , power supply plugs are
> scarce.
> UNESCO has ordered extra electric extensions as well
> as adaptors,
> but nothing would warrant there would be there on
> time.
> Bring your own extension and multiple adaptors.
> 
> However, there will be no cybercaf?.  :-(  !,
> No printers...
> 
> Have a good weekend
> 
> Francis
> 
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Bonsoir
> 
> A la suite de la r?quete du Bureau de la Soci?t?
> Civile,
> l'UNESCO a accord? ? la soci?t? civile
> l'usage de la m?me pi?ce que pour la conf?rence 
> Pi?ce IV, de 17H30 ?
> 19H30.
> La pi?ce est ?quip?e d'un acc?s internet par Wif
> (user ID: hq-air, password: uneswifi)
> 
> Cependant, il y a tr?s peu de prises ?lecriques,
> donc l'UNESCO
> recommande de venir avec batteri?s charg?es.
> Des rallonges et des prises multiples ont ?t?
> command?es, mais
> rien ne garantit qu'elles soient  l?.
> Donc venez avec le max de rallonges et de prises
> multiples.
> 
> Malheureusement, il n'y aura pas de cybercaf? :-(  !
> pas d'imprimante...
> 
> Bonne fin de semaine
> 
> Francis
> 
> -- 
>
------------------------------------------------------
> Francis F. MUGUET  Ph.D
> World Tour of the Information Society (WTIS)
> muguet@wtis.org
> 
> UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> 
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> Civil Society Working Groups
> Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org 
> chair
> Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org
> co-chair
> Financing Mechanismns  : 
> http://www.wsis-finance.org web
> 
> Director
> Scientific Information Developement Laboratory :
> Knowledge Networks and Information Society
> ENSTA
> 32 Blvd Victor 75739 PARIS cedex FRANCE
> Phone: (33)1 45 52 60 19  Fax: (33)1 45 52 52 82
> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
> 
> MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> Associate Publisher
> http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
>
------------------------------------------------------
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Alhassane Iska
> PROMOTEUR DES NTIC 
> President ONG-RJNTIC-BEREY
> VICE-COORDONNATEUR "GROUPE INTERNET NIGER"
> VICE PRESIDENT Association des Exploitants de Cyber
> cafe du Niger
> responsable cyber caf? CNJJ route Filingu?
> Maintenancier en Informatique
> BP:10988 NIAMEY/NIGER
> TEL (00227)20 74 34 06
> CEL:(00227)96 49 35 73
> site web: http://www.rjntic-berey.tk
>  		
> ---------------------------------
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses
> ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent
> sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From wsis at ngocongo.org  Tue Oct 17 17:41:46 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (WSIS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CSB bureau
Message-ID: <1161103306-fd5f1db8b7e2c3a2bb6e3273f5f6309d@ngocongo.org>

Dear all, 

 

Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still committed and active in the process should continue to deal with immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the existing needs and emerging expectations expressed by CS entities, Governments and intergovernmental partners.

 

The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the future composition, and even most importantly on the role of this structure, should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.

 

We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day. 

 

Best regards,

 

Philippe Dam 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061017/9c90b87e/attachment.htm
From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Tue Oct 17 18:08:02 2006
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <1161103306-fd5f1db8b7e2c3a2bb6e3273f5f6309d@ngocongo.org>
Message-ID: <20061017170802.49528.qmail@web34311.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Well done Phillipe, for your reportage, sorry I had no
time to meet and discuss with you on one one before
leaving Paris, we shall meet in Athens if I can afford
it,
You have our support;
Pastor Peters

--- WSIS <wsis@ngocongo.org> wrote:

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the
> World Summit on the Information Society have
> informally discussed during lunchtime today, on the
> occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation
> meetings taking place in Paris. Since the question
> of civil society self-organising mechanisms in the
> up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up
> processes has been raised on this list, the general
> agreement among those participating in the
> discussion was that CSB members who are still
> committed and active in the process should continue
> to deal with immediate support to CS inclusion in
> the up coming events, to fill the existing needs and
> emerging expectations expressed by CS entities,
> Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
>  
> 
> The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any
> CSB-like structure in the following steps should be
> agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of the expectedly
> wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of
> WSIS implementation and follow-up events. The
> discussion on the future composition, and even most
> importantly on the role of this structure, should be
> carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until
> May 2007, in an inclusive manner with other CS
> entities involved in the process.
> 
>  
> 
> We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue
> was also discussed among a wider group of CS
> representatives at the end of the day. 
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe Dam 
> 
> 



   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649, +234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Tue Oct 17 18:18:43 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <1161103306-fd5f1db8b7e2c3a2bb6e3273f5f6309d@ngocongo.org>
References: <1161103306-fd5f1db8b7e2c3a2bb6e3273f5f6309d@ngocongo.org>
Message-ID: <45351073.50009@lists.privaterra.org>

Philippe:

please do specify which members of the CSB were in fact consulted. I am
on the CSB, and have received no communications on the matter.

Again, the issue of transparency is an important one - please do provide
details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB and what they are
negotiating.

regards

Robert

WSIS wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
>  
> 
> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the
> Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on
> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking
> place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising
> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes
> has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those
> participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still
> committed and active in the process should continue to deal with
> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the
> existing needs and emerging expectations express! ed by CS entities,
> Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
>  
> 
> The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure
> in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of
> the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS
> implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the *future
> composition*, and even most importantly on the *role* of this structure,
> should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in
> an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.
> 
>  
> 
> We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed
> among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day.
> 
>  
> 
> Best regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe Dam 
> 


From robin at ipjustice.org  Tue Oct 17 21:11:00 2006
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Let the Music Play in Brazil - Sign the Petition for Balanced Copyright
 Law in Brazil
Message-ID: <453538D4.8030603@ipjustice.org>

Sign the Petition for Balanced Copyright Law in Brazil!

FGV Law School - Center for Technology & Society (Brazil), IP Justice, 
Derechos Digitales (Chile), CPSR-Peru and others have launched an online 
petition for balanced copyright law in Brazil to permit personal use 
copying of music. Thanks to music-industry lobbying, it is illegal to 
copy your own music CDs onto your own iPod for your own personal use in 
Brazil. Sign the petition to stand-up for individual rights to use 
digital media!

Petition available for signature in English, Castellano, and Portuguese at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/netlivre/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Excerpt of petition:

[...]

Copyright law should not make criminals out of the millions of 
Brazilians online ? the Brazilian copyright law must change to prevent 
actions like these.

*Sign the Petition Online for Amending the Brazilian Law*

It?s time to face the fact that in today?s world, copyright law is not 
adequate to the current technological reality. Our current copyright 
regime makes any internet user a potential criminal and copyright infringer.

The Brazilian Copyright law enacted in 1998 suppressed all the rights of 
private copy. For instance, if you copy a CD that you legally bought in 
a store to your iPod in Brazil, you are violating the copyright law. The 
former copyright law that was in force during more than 25 years, from 
1973 to 1998, expressly protected the right of private of copy. In other 
words, the old law is better than the new one, and the old provisions 
must be reinstated. Additionally, it is important to build a 
constructive solution for offering internet users a legal way to use P2P 
programs while ensuring that artists get paid. And this solution will 
not come from lawsuits against music fans, but from the discussion of 
more sophisticated and rational business models.

Numerous institutions like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, IP 
Justice, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law 
School are working with models that allow artists to be compensated at 
the same time that users have their rights to use technology respected.

If the millions of intenet users in Brazil start to organize themselves 
to protect their rights of acess and to use technology, the Brazilian 
law can be modified as a result of this action. Sign the online petition 
to modify the Brazilian copyright law, requesting Congress to approved 
the proposed bill written by the Brazilian Intellectual Property 
Association (ABPI), transcribed below, and that tries to reach a balance 
between copyright and access to knowledge and the overall interest of 
society.

* PROPOSAL FOR CHANGING ARTICLE 46 OF LAW NO. 9610/98 *

Article 46 would have the following reading:

Art. 46. It does not constitute an offense to copyright the partial or 
total reproduction, the distribution, and any form o utilization of 
intellectual works that, according to their nature, fulfill two or more 
of the following principles, respected the moral rights set forth by 
article 24:

I - have as the objective criticism, commentary, news, education, 
teaching, research, production of legal or administrative proofs, 
exclusive use on the part of visually impaired people, and any other 
procedure in any support to them, preservation or study of the work, or 
yet, to the demonstration to consumers in commercial establishments, 
provided that these establishments also commercialize the support and 
the equipment which allow for the use of the works, in the extension 
justified to reach these ends;

II - its finality is not essentially commercial to the recipient of the 
reproduction and to those who are benefited by the distribution and 
utilization of the intellectual works;

III - the effect in the potential market of the work is individually 
immaterial, not producing harm to the normal exploitation of the work;

Sole Paragraph - The application of the item II of this article is not 
justified only by the fact that the recipient of the reproduction or 
those who are benefited by the distribution and utilization of the 
intellectual works be a governmental company or a governmental body, 
foundation, association or any other non-profit organization.

*Petition available for signature in English, Castelano, Spanish at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/netlivre/ *

*The following institutions support this document:*

Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade / Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro 
da Funda??o Getulio Vargas (Brasil) - www.direitorio.fgv.br/cts / 
www.culturalivre.org.br / www.direitodeacesso.org

IP Justice (EUA) - www.ipjustice.org

Free Culture (EUA) - www.freeculture.org

Association des Audionautes (Franca) - http://www.audionautes.net/

Derechos Digitales (Chile) - http://www.derechosdigitales.org/

iRights - http://irights.info/

CPSR-Peru (Peru) - http://www.cpsr-peru.org

Alternative Law Forum (India) - http://www.altlawforum.org



From motamar at gmail.com  Tue Oct 17 21:27:03 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Review of CS Bureau - long overdue and much needed
In-Reply-To: <45341610.9070807@mdpi.org>
References: <20061012195046.33917.qmail@web26002.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
	 <45338D84.2020404@lists.privaterra.org>
	 <f22ffaa00610160729l74cb4681m8d55cd9ebe71f1dc@mail.gmail.com>
	 <45341610.9070807@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610171327o7ec63dfese004b6788da1ec1f@mail.gmail.com>

This your opinion.You are using all out of context.You have accomplished
nothing  no zig zag answers please Keep  it to your self people are not
fools.
 malik


On 10/16/06, Dr. Francis MUGUET <muguet@mdpi.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear Malik
>
> > Dear Robert
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > I admire your courage. I agree with you the election and appointee
> > were hand picked.
> >
> I guess you have misinformed.
> The CSB has not been hand picked by govermements or international
> organizations as
> it was  the case wtih
> the  Task Force on Financing Mechanims, the WGIG,
> the MAG of the Internet Forum, or the advisory board of the Global
> Alliance,
>
> From where did you get all this disinformation ?
>
> >  These decision were  made by some one else.
> >
> this is not how things did occur. It was an ad hoc
> self organization process.
>
> > They were not fair .That is the reason why things don't work.
> >
> Things are not working as bad as you think, but they could be better.
> I was expecting the worse after the ECOSOC session last July in
> Geneva, but today I was pleasantly surprised/
> At UNESCO, things are evolving into the right direction.
> CS representatives have the possibilty to intervene, and their suggestion
> are noted, in the same way as governments and private sector.
> The representative from Egypt tried to bring some procedural issues
> to slow down the multistakeholder approach, but he was outnumbered
> and finally gave up.
> All stakeholders present in the room were called to approve
> the selection of UNESCO as the lead agency for the C3 action line.
> Plathe  mentionnend that the recognition of one NGO : APC as
> a co-facilator of the C2 action line was an exemple of the
> multi-stakeholder
> approach.
>
> I am really too tired to make a report tonight.
>
> > We stay quiet .
> >
> speak for yourself...
>
> > The pattern is same every where the foot ball is in the two side of
> > the same . It is a good drama.
> >
> We are not watching TV, here at UNESCO, believe me !!!
>
> > There is no activity people will make money.
> >
> I do not understand what you meant ?
>
> My best advice if you do not want to stay quiet is to start
> to form a CSB at your own national level or regional level,
> to defend the procedural rights of your own civil society,
> both at an international level and national level.
> Your national CSB being as an antenna ( working both
> ways ) of the international CSB in Geneva.
> Think a little about it, but
> in countries where  CS is facing difficulties,
> national CSBs would be quite helpfull.
>
> In my view, formation of national and regional CSBs are necessary steps
> in the  review of the international CSB,
> as a natural evolution because
> we are reaching the most exciting phase of the WSIS : implementation.
> The formation of national and regional CSB would increase
> 1/ the efficiency of the implementation,
> 2/ the inclusive participation of people that have not the
> capablitity to travel to Geneva, Paris, New York,
> Kuala lumpur, Beijing or Athens.
>
> As we say in French:
> La critique est facile, l'art is difficile
> Criticism is easy, but art is difficult.
>
> Do we really want to bridge the digital divide ?
>
> Best regards
>
> Francis
>
> > Dr Malik Khan
> >
> > On 10/16/06, *Robert Guerra* <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org
> > <mailto: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]
> >
> >     Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> >     translation of this message!
> >     _______________________________________
> >
> >     Dear colleagues:
> >
> >     Several months ago I asked a simple question, one that for some
> >     reason
> >     has generated little discussion and comment - that being the future
> of
> >     the Civil Society Bureau (CSB) as a structure and those elected (or
> >     appointed) to serve on the body.
> >
> >
> >     Much like the governance caucus has, I think the CSB must clearly
> >     pronounce itself on how it sees its role, and how  its
> representatives
> >     are selected .
> >
> >     Personally I believe the CSB has, in all extents and purposes
> >     served its
> >     role - and is not longer providing any type of useful role.
> >     Perhaps I am
> >     wrong..but i just can't agree with a structure that sees its
> >     represented
> >     at entrenched in their positions. If the body is to represent in
> some
> >     way CS, then it needs to periodically open itself for renewal and/or
> >     elections.
> >
> >     I thus call for the members of the CSB to start an open
> >     nomination/election process. The call needs to be preceded with a
> >     clear
> >     statement on how the election will be run - specifically how
> >     transparent
> >     it will be, and what specific "seats" are available.
> >
> >     Three key issues that need to be resolved :
> >
> >     1. What to do with the  "host country liaison" seat ? Is there a
> >     need to
> >     have such a position when there is no summit host country to
> dialogue
> >     with ?
> >
> >     2. How many regional "seats" are to be allocated. Do we use the
> >     existing
> >     structure ? If not, then a consensus must be reached on the # of
> >     regions
> >     to be allocated. Possible bodies to use an example - UN, FIFA,
> ICANN,
> >     Olympics, etc..
> >
> >     3. How can the election be overseen and run in a fashion that is
> >     consistent with the core values of Civil Society @ WSIS ?
> >
> >     An election for the CSB seats is NO small task, but nonetheless -
> >     something that is long overdue and much needed. How to proceed,
> well,
> >     something that needs to be discussed..
> >
> >     regards
> >
> >     Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     _______________________________________________
> >     Plenary mailing list
> >     Plenary@wsis-cs.org <mailto:Plenary@wsis-cs.org>
> >     http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
>
> MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> Associate Publisher
> http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
>
> ENSTA   Paris, France
> KNIS lab.  Director
> "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
>
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> Civil Society Working Groups
> Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair
> Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
> Financing Mechanismns  :  http://www.wsis-finance.org web
>
> UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061017/882a35f1/attachment.html
From wsis at ngocongo.org  Tue Oct 17 23:28:15 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <45351073.50009@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20061017222816.D93FD16424E@relay.meteornetworks.com>

Robert, 

 

The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the views expressed by members
of the WSIS CSB during a lunchtime discussion ? rather than during a
consultation. Those discussing this issue have not asserted they were
speaking _on behalf of_ the CSB. By memory, I think that Francis Muguet,
Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali Benamrane were present
during this lunchtime discussion. I was also there but I am not a CSB member
as you know. 

 

And there is not at this time any negotiation process. The discussion we had
today was actually encouraged by the recent significant comments brought on
this list, considering it was relevant to use this space for dialogue among
those present in Paris. 

 

To clarify in particular the second paragraph, sent earlier this evening, it
goes without saying, in my understanding of the discussion, that final
decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure
in the following steps, expectedly in May 2007, should be taken by a CS
Plenary. In such a reflection process, members of the WSIS CSB will
therefore have a particular role in stimulating a discussion on this issue
and to involve all other CS actors interested. 

 

Best, 

 

Philippe

 

 

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Robert Guerra
Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org; philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau

 

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

 

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!

_______________________________________

 

Philippe:

 

please do specify which members of the CSB were in fact consulted. I am

on the CSB, and have received no communications on the matter.

 

Again, the issue of transparency is an important one - please do provide

details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB and what they are

negotiating.

 

regards

 

Robert

 

WSIS wrote:

> Dear all,

> 

>  

> 

> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the

> Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on

> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking

> place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising

> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes

> has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those

> participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still

> committed and active in the process should continue to deal with

> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the

> existing needs and emerging expectations express! ed by CS entities,

> Governments and intergovernmental partners.

> 

>  

> 

> The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure

> in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of

> the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS

> implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the *future

> composition*, and even most importantly on the *role* of this structure,

> should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in

> an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.

> 

>  

> 

> We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed

> among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day.

> 

>  

> 

> Best regards,

> 

>  

> 

> Philippe Dam 

> 

 

_______________________________________________

Plenary mailing list

Plenary@wsis-cs.org

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

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061018/e4729fe3/attachment.htm
From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Wed Oct 18 01:13:54 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <20061017222816.D93FD16424E@relay.meteornetworks.com>
References: <20061017222816.D93FD16424E@relay.meteornetworks.com>
Message-ID: <453571C2.7020103@lists.privaterra.org>

Philippe:

These comments aren't directed to you, but to those who seem to be using
the label "member of the CSB" in some way..

The CSB agreeded on the principle that minutes of all meetings would be
published, together with a list of all those in attendance. That doesn't
seem to be happening.

So one can talk of individuals getting together, but not the CSB. Are
those acting on behalf of the CSB pursuing their own personal agenda  or
a position that comes as a result of open, clear and transparent
consultation of CS and key constituencies. I think it is the former,
which - is completely inconsistent with the key values put forward by CS
over the whole summit process.

If the governance caucus can open a transparent process of review in
less than a year, then the CSB should not wait until May 2007. I my
personal opinion, the CSB  should disband and let the CS  plenary decide
what to do next.

regards

Robert

CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
> Robert,
> 
>  
> 
> The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the views expressed by
> members of the WSIS CSB during a lunchtime discussion ? rather than
> during a consultation. Those discussing this issue have not asserted
> they were speaking _/on behalf of/_ the CSB. By memory, I think that
> Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali
> Benamrane were present during this lunchtime discussion. I was also
> there but I am not a CSB member as you know.
> 
>  
> 
> And there is not at this time any negotiation process. The discussion we
> had today was actually encouraged by the recent significant comments
> brought on this list, considering it was relevant to use this space for
> dialogue among those present in Paris.
> 
>  
> 
> To clarify in particular the second paragraph, sent earlier this
> evening, it goes without saying, in my understanding of the discussion,
> that final decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of any
> CSB-like structure in the following steps, expectedly in May 2007,
> should be taken by a CS Plenary. In such a reflection process, members
> of the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular role in stimulating a
> discussion on this issue and to involve all other CS actors interested.
> 
>  
> 
> Best,
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
> part de Robert Guerra
> Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
> ? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
> Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org; philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
> 
>  
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire
> list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for
> specific people]
> 
>  
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
> of this message!
> 
> _______________________________________
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe:
> 
>  
> 
> please do specify which members of the CSB were in fact consulted. I am
> 
> on the CSB, and have received no communications on the matter.
> 
>  
> 
> Again, the issue of transparency is an important one - please do provide
> 
> details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB and what they are
> 
> negotiating.
> 
>  
> 
> regards
> 
>  
> 
> Robert
> 
>  
> 
> WSIS wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
> 
>>
> 
>> 
> 
>>
> 
>> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the
> 
>> Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on
> 
>> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking
> 
>> place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising
> 
>> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes
> 
>> has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those
> 
>> participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still
> 
>> committed and active in the process should continue to deal with
> 
>> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the
> 
>> existing needs and emerging expectations express! ed by CS entities,
> 
>> Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
>>
> 
>> 
> 
>>
> 
>> The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure
> 
>> in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of
> 
>> the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS
> 
>> implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the *future
> 
>> composition*, and even most importantly on the *role* of this structure,
> 
>> should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in
> 
>> an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.
> 
>>
> 
>> 
> 
>>
> 
>> We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed
> 
>> among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day.
> 
>>
> 
>> 
> 
>>
> 
>> Best regards,
> 
>>
> 
>> 
> 
>>
> 
>> Philippe Dam
> 
>>
> 
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> 
> Plenary mailing list
> 
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> 
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 



From dogwallah at gmail.com  Wed Oct 18 04:48:28 2006
From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <453571C2.7020103@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <20061017222816.D93FD16424E@relay.meteornetworks.com>
	 <453571C2.7020103@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <f65fb55e0610172048w57b03aebs86fcb6f1e9e9bc9e@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/18/06, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:
*snip*
>
> If the governance caucus can open a transparent process of review in
> less than a year, then the CSB should not wait until May 2007. I my
> personal opinion, the CSB  should disband and let the CS  plenary decide
> what to do next.

agree

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 18 09:26:11 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <453571C2.7020103@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20061018082611.98642.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow
hi,
I am very happy to read all these reactions to our
initiative during the UNESCO Meeting in Paris.
1... We all know the relevant role played by the
colleagues who lead the process giving to the CS a
credible status. It was so aisy and we thank them.
2... We also had the chance to participate to the
Paris Meeting and with the help of UNESCO, many
important friends who lead the Geneva and Tunis WSIS
Process that it was an important opportunity to
enhance the Civile Society stautus as lon as every
pody seems to accept the role of this CS in the
Multipartenariat.
3... Thanks to Francis Muguet we get premessis in
Paris to meet every evening as Civile Society to show
to our portners that we are here and we have things to
say and to propose.
4... After discussion yesterday we are proposing, in
transparancy, to reactivate the Civile Society Bureau
as it was functionning during the Geneva and the Tunis
phase from now to May 2007 to be present in all
comming events and to prepare something for May 2007
to continue or to set up a new mechanism for the
future.
5... It was and it remain a proposal made in
transparency to all CSB members and Regional and
Thematic Caucus leaders.
In Conclusion, there is no Coup d'Etat against the
current CSB and not any will to set immediately an
alternate mechanism.
We also are democrats and our only aim is to promote
and to reinforce the Civile Society Representativity.
We are not payed  for that and we are not
instrumentaled by any partener.
I would like that those who agree with this approach
and those who desaggree inform the Civile Society in
our Discussion lists as by the past.
many thanks
Djilali 
Chers amis,
Ce-ci n'est pas une traduction int?grale du texte
ci-dessus mais un r?sum?.
Quelques membres de la Soci?t? civile ont l'occasion
cette semaine de participer ? une rencontre sur le
suivi du SMSI organis?e ? Paris par l'UNESCO.
Dans nos rencontres que nous avons d?cid? de tenir en
fin de travaux chaque jour nous avons ?t? amen? ?
relev? que la soci?t? civile devenait plus "acceptabe"
par nos partenaires pris au jeu subtil du
multipartenariat m?me si tout le monde n'est pas dupe
sur le poids extr?mement faible de cette CS.
Nous avons d?cid? de proposer dans la transparence un
appel pour la relance du Bureau de la soci?t? civile
tel qu'ilfonctionnait durant les phases de gen?ve et
de Tunis. Personne ne peut nous faire de proc?s de
coup d'?tat ou de main mise sur la SC puisque nous en
faisant partie sans ?tre leader. On demande seulement
? nos leaders de reprendre et d'acc?lrer leur travail
d'ici Mai 2007 (grand rendez vous ? Gen?ve) pour
consolider la cr?dibilit? de la SC et pour pr?parer
une r?flexion sur la suite apr?s mai 2007.
Certains pensent que c'est un crime de l?se majest?
que d'avoir oser prendre telle initiative pas de
d?cision mais de simple proposition !
A chacun de prendre ses responsabilit? et de se
d?terminer. La soci?t? civile n'est la propri?t? de
personne. Nous sommes toutes et tous adultes,
b?n?voles et volontaires et seule notre conscience de
plaider pour la bonne cause et d'?tre au service de
toutes et de tous nous guide. Et surtout ne r?tons pas
le rendez vous de mai 2007
Amiti?s
Djilali 
--- Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> a
?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Philippe:
> 
> These comments aren't directed to you, but to those
> who seem to be using
> the label "member of the CSB" in some way..
> 
> The CSB agreeded on the principle that minutes of
> all meetings would be
> published, together with a list of all those in
> attendance. That doesn't
> seem to be happening.
> 
> So one can talk of individuals getting together, but
> not the CSB. Are
> those acting on behalf of the CSB pursuing their own
> personal agenda  or
> a position that comes as a result of open, clear and
> transparent
> consultation of CS and key constituencies. I think
> it is the former,
> which - is completely inconsistent with the key
> values put forward by CS
> over the whole summit process.
> 
> If the governance caucus can open a transparent
> process of review in
> less than a year, then the CSB should not wait until
> May 2007. I my
> personal opinion, the CSB  should disband and let
> the CS  plenary decide
> what to do next.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
> > Robert,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the
> views expressed by
> > members of the WSIS CSB during a lunchtime
> discussion ??? rather than
> > during a consultation. Those discussing this issue
> have not asserted
> > they were speaking _/on behalf of/_ the CSB. By
> memory, I think that
> > Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Tijani Ben
> Jemaa and Djilali
> > Benamrane were present during this lunchtime
> discussion. I was also
> > there but I am not a CSB member as you know.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > And there is not at this time any negotiation
> process. The discussion we
> > had today was actually encouraged by the recent
> significant comments
> > brought on this list, considering it was relevant
> to use this space for
> > dialogue among those present in Paris.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > To clarify in particular the second paragraph,
> sent earlier this
> > evening, it goes without saying, in my
> understanding of the discussion,
> > that final decision supporting the adaptation of
> the CSB or of any
> > CSB-like structure in the following steps,
> expectedly in May 2007,
> > should be taken by a CS Plenary. In such a
> reflection process, members
> > of the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular
> role in stimulating a
> > discussion on this issue and to involve all other
> CS actors interested.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Philippe
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
> > part de Robert Guerra
> > Envoy?? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
> > ?? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
> > Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org;
> philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review
> of CSB bureau
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire
> > list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses intended for
> > specific people]
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation
> > of this message!
> > 
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Philippe:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > please do specify which members of the CSB were in
> fact consulted. I am
> > 
> > on the CSB, and have received no communications on
> the matter.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Again, the issue of transparency is an important
> one - please do provide
> > 
> > details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB
> and what they are
> > 
> > negotiating.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > WSIS wrote:
> > 
> >> Dear all,
> > 
> >>
> > 
> >> 
> > 
> >>
> > 
> >> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the
> World Summit on the
> > 
> >> Information Society have informally discussed
> during lunchtime today, on
> > 
> >> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line
> Facilitation meetings taking
> > 
> >> place in Paris. Since the question of civil
> society self-organising
> > 
> >> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation
> and follow-up processes
> > 
> >> has been raised on this list, the general
> agreement among those
> > 
> >> participating in the discussion was that CSB
> members who are still
> > 
> >> committed and active in the process should
> continue to deal with
> > 
> >> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up
> coming events, to fill the
> > 
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Wed Oct 18 09:27:00 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <453571C2.7020103@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <20061018082701.44170.qmail@web60024.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow
hi,
I am very happy to read all these reactions to our
initiative during the UNESCO Meeting in Paris.
1... We all know the relevant role played by the
colleagues who lead the process giving to the CS a
credible status. It was so aisy and we thank them.
2... We also had the chance to participate to the
Paris Meeting and with the help of UNESCO, many
important friends who lead the Geneva and Tunis WSIS
Process that it was an important opportunity to
enhance the Civile Society stautus as lon as every
pody seems to accept the role of this CS in the
Multipartenariat.
3... Thanks to Francis Muguet we get premessis in
Paris to meet every evening as Civile Society to show
to our portners that we are here and we have things to
say and to propose.
4... After discussion yesterday we are proposing, in
transparancy, to reactivate the Civile Society Bureau
as it was functionning during the Geneva and the Tunis
phase from now to May 2007 to be present in all
comming events and to prepare something for May 2007
to continue or to set up a new mechanism for the
future.
5... It was and it remain a proposal made in
transparency to all CSB members and Regional and
Thematic Caucus leaders.
In Conclusion, there is no Coup d'Etat against the
current CSB and not any will to set immediately an
alternate mechanism.
We also are democrats and our only aim is to promote
and to reinforce the Civile Society Representativity.
We are not payed  for that and we are not
instrumentaled by any partener.
I would like that those who agree with this approach
and those who desaggree inform the Civile Society in
our Discussion lists as by the past.
many thanks
Djilali 
Chers amis,
Ce-ci n'est pas une traduction int?grale du texte
ci-dessus mais un r?sum?.
Quelques membres de la Soci?t? civile ont l'occasion
cette semaine de participer ? une rencontre sur le
suivi du SMSI organis?e ? Paris par l'UNESCO.
Dans nos rencontres que nous avons d?cid? de tenir en
fin de travaux chaque jour nous avons ?t? amen? ?
relev? que la soci?t? civile devenait plus "acceptabe"
par nos partenaires pris au jeu subtil du
multipartenariat m?me si tout le monde n'est pas dupe
sur le poids extr?mement faible de cette CS.
Nous avons d?cid? de proposer dans la transparence un
appel pour la relance du Bureau de la soci?t? civile
tel qu'ilfonctionnait durant les phases de gen?ve et
de Tunis. Personne ne peut nous faire de proc?s de
coup d'?tat ou de main mise sur la SC puisque nous en
faisant partie sans ?tre leader. On demande seulement
? nos leaders de reprendre et d'acc?lrer leur travail
d'ici Mai 2007 (grand rendez vous ? Gen?ve) pour
consolider la cr?dibilit? de la SC et pour pr?parer
une r?flexion sur la suite apr?s mai 2007.
Certains pensent que c'est un crime de l?se majest?
que d'avoir oser prendre telle initiative pas de
d?cision mais de simple proposition !
A chacun de prendre ses responsabilit? et de se
d?terminer. La soci?t? civile n'est la propri?t? de
personne. Nous sommes toutes et tous adultes,
b?n?voles et volontaires et seule notre conscience de
plaider pour la bonne cause et d'?tre au service de
toutes et de tous nous guide. Et surtout ne r?tons pas
le rendez vous de mai 2007
Amiti?s
Djilali 
--- Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> a
?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Philippe:
> 
> These comments aren't directed to you, but to those
> who seem to be using
> the label "member of the CSB" in some way..
> 
> The CSB agreeded on the principle that minutes of
> all meetings would be
> published, together with a list of all those in
> attendance. That doesn't
> seem to be happening.
> 
> So one can talk of individuals getting together, but
> not the CSB. Are
> those acting on behalf of the CSB pursuing their own
> personal agenda  or
> a position that comes as a result of open, clear and
> transparent
> consultation of CS and key constituencies. I think
> it is the former,
> which - is completely inconsistent with the key
> values put forward by CS
> over the whole summit process.
> 
> If the governance caucus can open a transparent
> process of review in
> less than a year, then the CSB should not wait until
> May 2007. I my
> personal opinion, the CSB  should disband and let
> the CS  plenary decide
> what to do next.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
> > Robert,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the
> views expressed by
> > members of the WSIS CSB during a lunchtime
> discussion ??? rather than
> > during a consultation. Those discussing this issue
> have not asserted
> > they were speaking _/on behalf of/_ the CSB. By
> memory, I think that
> > Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Tijani Ben
> Jemaa and Djilali
> > Benamrane were present during this lunchtime
> discussion. I was also
> > there but I am not a CSB member as you know.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > And there is not at this time any negotiation
> process. The discussion we
> > had today was actually encouraged by the recent
> significant comments
> > brought on this list, considering it was relevant
> to use this space for
> > dialogue among those present in Paris.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > To clarify in particular the second paragraph,
> sent earlier this
> > evening, it goes without saying, in my
> understanding of the discussion,
> > that final decision supporting the adaptation of
> the CSB or of any
> > CSB-like structure in the following steps,
> expectedly in May 2007,
> > should be taken by a CS Plenary. In such a
> reflection process, members
> > of the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular
> role in stimulating a
> > discussion on this issue and to involve all other
> CS actors interested.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Philippe
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la
> > part de Robert Guerra
> > Envoy?? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
> > ?? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
> > Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org;
> philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review
> of CSB bureau
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire
> > list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses intended for
> > specific people]
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation
> > of this message!
> > 
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Philippe:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > please do specify which members of the CSB were in
> fact consulted. I am
> > 
> > on the CSB, and have received no communications on
> the matter.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Again, the issue of transparency is an important
> one - please do provide
> > 
> > details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB
> and what they are
> > 
> > negotiating.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > WSIS wrote:
> > 
> >> Dear all,
> > 
> >>
> > 
> >> 
> > 
> >>
> > 
> >> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the
> World Summit on the
> > 
> >> Information Society have informally discussed
> during lunchtime today, on
> > 
> >> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line
> Facilitation meetings taking
> > 
> >> place in Paris. Since the question of civil
> society self-organising
> > 
> >> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation
> and follow-up processes
> > 
> >> has been raised on this list, the general
> agreement among those
> > 
> >> participating in the discussion was that CSB
> members who are still
> > 
> >> committed and active in the process should
> continue to deal with
> > 
> >> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up
> coming events, to fill the
> > 
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From westasiaregion at hotmail.com  Thu Oct 19 08:20:06 2006
From: westasiaregion at hotmail.com (west)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
References: <20061017222816.D93FD16424E@relay.meteornetworks.com>
Message-ID: <BAY19-DAV5D32BA6DA2AEA77D574D9D80C0@phx.gbl>

Dear All,

Sorry for not being very active on list, but still reading all messages. I wish to share my sympathy and support to what has been discussed in UNESCO, among some CSB members there and also very much support Robert's idea of a new election process. CSB has proved to be a useful tool and setup and I think it should continue to do so. Maybe some newcomers are not that much aware of the background history and many many discussions we had, but the rest of us agree in a way or another that our successful presence in the WSIS process was partly due to having structures such as committees, CSB and  content and theme group plenary in place, don't forget it.

Best

Amir

Tehran
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: CONGO - Philippe Dam 
  To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
  Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:58 AM
  Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau


  Robert, 

   

  The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the views expressed by members of the WSIS CSB during a lunchtime discussion - rather than during a consultation. Those discussing this issue have not asserted they were speaking _on behalf of_ the CSB. By memory, I think that Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali Benamrane were present during this lunchtime discussion. I was also there but I am not a CSB member as you know. 

   

  And there is not at this time any negotiation process. The discussion we had today was actually encouraged by the recent significant comments brought on this list, considering it was relevant to use this space for dialogue among those present in Paris. 

   

  To clarify in particular the second paragraph, sent earlier this evening, it goes without saying, in my understanding of the discussion, that final decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure in the following steps, expectedly in May 2007, should be taken by a CS Plenary. In such a reflection process, members of the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular role in stimulating a discussion on this issue and to involve all other CS actors interested. 

   

  Best, 

   

  Philippe

   

   

   

  -----Message d'origine-----
  De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de Robert Guerra
  Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
  ? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
  Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org; philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
  Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau

   

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

   

  Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!

  _______________________________________

   

  Philippe:

   

  please do specify which members of the CSB were in fact consulted. I am

  on the CSB, and have received no communications on the matter.

   

  Again, the issue of transparency is an important one - please do provide

  details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB and what they are

  negotiating.

   

  regards

   

  Robert

   

  WSIS wrote:

  > Dear all,

  > 

  >  

  > 

  > Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the

  > Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on

  > the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking

  > place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising

  > mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes

  > has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those

  > participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still

  > committed and active in the process should continue to deal with

  > immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the

  > existing needs and emerging expectations express! ed by CS entities,

  > Governments and intergovernmental partners.

  > 

  >  

  > 

  > The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure

  > in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of

  > the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS

  > implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the *future

  > composition*, and even most importantly on the *role* of this structure,

  > should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in

  > an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.

  > 

  >  

  > 

  > We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed

  > among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day.

  > 

  >  

  > 

  > Best regards,

  > 

  >  

  > 

  > Philippe Dam 

  > 

   

  _______________________________________________

  Plenary mailing list

  Plenary@wsis-cs.org

  http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/2546b1a8/attachment.html
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 19 08:59:28 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-DAV5D32BA6DA2AEA77D574D9D80C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20061019075928.46896.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow
Amir,
Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it stop
the discussion.
In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make, if
possible, more visible the Civile Society, colleagues
present at this meeting call for the reactivation of
the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva and
Tunis process, even if certain members decided to stop
their participation. The idea is also that the CBS try
to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we should
be able to renew democratly and in transparency the
CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional and
Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort of
all  is gaining a certain visibility and credibility
we are not going to show our limits to meet the
challenge.
Friendly
Djilali 
Je remercie Amir pour son analyse et esp?re qu'elle
clarifie et clot le d?bat.
Quelques membres du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile (CSB)
pr?sent ? l'UNESCo Paris, en plus des efforts pour
donner plus de visibilit? ? la soci?t? civile dans les
d?bats, ont oser faire un appel pour relancer et
r?activer le CSB tel qu'il a fonctionn? durant la
phase Gen?ve et Tunis du SMSI. La mission de cette
phase de relance serait aussi la pr?paration d'ici le
rendez vous de mai 2007 les modalit?s de renforcement 
du CSB ou de son remplacement d?mocratiquement et dans
la transparence avec la participation active des
caucus existant ou qui viendront ? ce cr?er d'ici l?.
Maintenant que la soci?t? civile commence ? jouir d'un
commencement de statut de partenaire nous allons pas
afficher nos limites et notre renoncement ? relever le
d?fi.
Amiti?s
Djilali  
--- west <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> a ?crit :

> Dear All,
> 
> Sorry for not being very active on list, but still
> reading all messages. I wish to share my sympathy
> and support to what has been discussed in UNESCO,
> among some CSB members there and also very much
> support Robert's idea of a new election process. CSB
> has proved to be a useful tool and setup and I think
> it should continue to do so. Maybe some newcomers
> are not that much aware of the background history
> and many many discussions we had, but the rest of us
> agree in a way or another that our successful
> presence in the WSIS process was partly due to
> having structures such as committees, CSB and 
> content and theme group plenary in place, don't
> forget it.
> 
> Best
> 
> Amir
> 
> Tehran
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: CONGO - Philippe Dam 
>   To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
>   Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:58 AM
>   Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau]
> Review of CSB bureau
> 
> 
>   Robert, 
> 
>    
> 
>   The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the
> views expressed by members of the WSIS CSB during a
> lunchtime discussion - rather than during a
> consultation. Those discussing this issue have not
> asserted they were speaking _on behalf of_ the CSB.
> By memory, I think that Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin
> Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali Benamrane
> were present during this lunchtime discussion. I was
> also there but I am not a CSB member as you know. 
> 
>    
> 
>   And there is not at this time any negotiation
> process. The discussion we had today was actually
> encouraged by the recent significant comments
> brought on this list, considering it was relevant to
> use this space for dialogue among those present in
> Paris. 
> 
>    
> 
>   To clarify in particular the second paragraph,
> sent earlier this evening, it goes without saying,
> in my understanding of the discussion, that final
> decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of
> any CSB-like structure in the following steps,
> expectedly in May 2007, should be taken by a CS
> Plenary. In such a reflection process, members of
> the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular role
> in stimulating a discussion on this issue and to
> involve all other CS actors interested. 
> 
>    
> 
>   Best, 
> 
>    
> 
>   Philippe
> 
>    
> 
>    
> 
>    
> 
>   -----Message d'origine-----
>   De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de
> Robert Guerra
>   Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
>   ? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
>   Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org;
> philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
>   Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review
> of CSB bureau
> 
>    
> 
>   [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
>    
> 
>   Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> 
>   _______________________________________
> 
>    
> 
>   Philippe:
> 
>    
> 
>   please do specify which members of the CSB were in
> fact consulted. I am
> 
>   on the CSB, and have received no communications on
> the matter.
> 
>    
> 
>   Again, the issue of transparency is an important
> one - please do provide
> 
>   details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB
> and what they are
> 
>   negotiating.
> 
>    
> 
>   regards
> 
>    
> 
>   Robert
> 
>    
> 
>   WSIS wrote:
> 
>   > Dear all,
> 
>   > 
> 
>   >  
> 
>   > 
> 
>   > Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the
> World Summit on the
> 
>   > Information Society have informally discussed
> during lunchtime today, on
> 
>   > the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line
> Facilitation meetings taking
> 
>   > place in Paris. Since the question of civil
> society self-organising
> 
>   > mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation
> and follow-up processes
> 
>   > has been raised on this list, the general
> agreement among those
> 
>   > participating in the discussion was that CSB
> members who are still
> 
>   > committed and active in the process should
> continue to deal with
> 
>   > immediate support to CS inclusion in the up
> coming events, to fill the
> 
>   > existing needs and emerging expectations
> express! ed by CS entities,
> 
>   > Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
>   > 
> 
>   >  
> 
>   > 
> 
>   > The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of
> any CSB-like structure
> 
>   > in the following steps should be agreed by May
> 2007 at the occasion of
> 
>   > the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up
> coming cluster of WSIS
> 
>   > implementation and follow-up events. The
> discussion on the *future
> 
>   > composition*, and even most importantly on the
> *role* of this structure,
> 
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 19 08:59:28 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <BAY19-DAV5D32BA6DA2AEA77D574D9D80C0@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20061019075928.46896.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow
Amir,
Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it stop
the discussion.
In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make, if
possible, more visible the Civile Society, colleagues
present at this meeting call for the reactivation of
the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva and
Tunis process, even if certain members decided to stop
their participation. The idea is also that the CBS try
to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we should
be able to renew democratly and in transparency the
CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional and
Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort of
all  is gaining a certain visibility and credibility
we are not going to show our limits to meet the
challenge.
Friendly
Djilali 
Je remercie Amir pour son analyse et esp?re qu'elle
clarifie et clot le d?bat.
Quelques membres du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile (CSB)
pr?sent ? l'UNESCo Paris, en plus des efforts pour
donner plus de visibilit? ? la soci?t? civile dans les
d?bats, ont oser faire un appel pour relancer et
r?activer le CSB tel qu'il a fonctionn? durant la
phase Gen?ve et Tunis du SMSI. La mission de cette
phase de relance serait aussi la pr?paration d'ici le
rendez vous de mai 2007 les modalit?s de renforcement 
du CSB ou de son remplacement d?mocratiquement et dans
la transparence avec la participation active des
caucus existant ou qui viendront ? ce cr?er d'ici l?.
Maintenant que la soci?t? civile commence ? jouir d'un
commencement de statut de partenaire nous allons pas
afficher nos limites et notre renoncement ? relever le
d?fi.
Amiti?s
Djilali  
--- west <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> a ?crit :

> Dear All,
> 
> Sorry for not being very active on list, but still
> reading all messages. I wish to share my sympathy
> and support to what has been discussed in UNESCO,
> among some CSB members there and also very much
> support Robert's idea of a new election process. CSB
> has proved to be a useful tool and setup and I think
> it should continue to do so. Maybe some newcomers
> are not that much aware of the background history
> and many many discussions we had, but the rest of us
> agree in a way or another that our successful
> presence in the WSIS process was partly due to
> having structures such as committees, CSB and 
> content and theme group plenary in place, don't
> forget it.
> 
> Best
> 
> Amir
> 
> Tehran
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: CONGO - Philippe Dam 
>   To: plenary@wsis-cs.org 
>   Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org 
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:58 AM
>   Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau]
> Review of CSB bureau
> 
> 
>   Robert, 
> 
>    
> 
>   The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the
> views expressed by members of the WSIS CSB during a
> lunchtime discussion - rather than during a
> consultation. Those discussing this issue have not
> asserted they were speaking _on behalf of_ the CSB.
> By memory, I think that Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin
> Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali Benamrane
> were present during this lunchtime discussion. I was
> also there but I am not a CSB member as you know. 
> 
>    
> 
>   And there is not at this time any negotiation
> process. The discussion we had today was actually
> encouraged by the recent significant comments
> brought on this list, considering it was relevant to
> use this space for dialogue among those present in
> Paris. 
> 
>    
> 
>   To clarify in particular the second paragraph,
> sent earlier this evening, it goes without saying,
> in my understanding of the discussion, that final
> decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of
> any CSB-like structure in the following steps,
> expectedly in May 2007, should be taken by a CS
> Plenary. In such a reflection process, members of
> the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular role
> in stimulating a discussion on this issue and to
> involve all other CS actors interested. 
> 
>    
> 
>   Best, 
> 
>    
> 
>   Philippe
> 
>    
> 
>    
> 
>    
> 
>   -----Message d'origine-----
>   De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de
> Robert Guerra
>   Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19
>   ? : bureau@wsis-cs.org
>   Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org;
> philippe.dam@ngocongo.org
>   Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review
> of CSB bureau
> 
>    
> 
>   [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
>    
> 
>   Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> 
>   _______________________________________
> 
>    
> 
>   Philippe:
> 
>    
> 
>   please do specify which members of the CSB were in
> fact consulted. I am
> 
>   on the CSB, and have received no communications on
> the matter.
> 
>    
> 
>   Again, the issue of transparency is an important
> one - please do provide
> 
>   details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB
> and what they are
> 
>   negotiating.
> 
>    
> 
>   regards
> 
>    
> 
>   Robert
> 
>    
> 
>   WSIS wrote:
> 
>   > Dear all,
> 
>   > 
> 
>   >  
> 
>   > 
> 
>   > Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the
> World Summit on the
> 
>   > Information Society have informally discussed
> during lunchtime today, on
> 
>   > the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line
> Facilitation meetings taking
> 
>   > place in Paris. Since the question of civil
> society self-organising
> 
>   > mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation
> and follow-up processes
> 
>   > has been raised on this list, the general
> agreement among those
> 
>   > participating in the discussion was that CSB
> members who are still
> 
>   > committed and active in the process should
> continue to deal with
> 
>   > immediate support to CS inclusion in the up
> coming events, to fill the
> 
>   > existing needs and emerging expectations
> express! ed by CS entities,
> 
>   > Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
>   > 
> 
>   >  
> 
>   > 
> 
>   > The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of
> any CSB-like structure
> 
>   > in the following steps should be agreed by May
> 2007 at the occasion of
> 
>   > the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up
> coming cluster of WSIS
> 
>   > implementation and follow-up events. The
> discussion on the *future
> 
>   > composition*, and even most importantly on the
> *role* of this structure,
> 
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From parminder at itforchange.net  Thu Oct 19 09:35:54 2006
From: parminder at itforchange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <20061019075928.46896.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061019083609.E01ED16DC3A@mail.gn.apc.org>

 

 

Dear All

 

I think it is necessary to keep all kinds of CS engagements on at all
levels, even if at times it is not like what we wish for, in matter of
process and substance.... Because the issue is to create spaces, precedents,
etc for CS involvement in global policy making. 

 

Having said this, there continues to be important issues of accountabilities
that those actors who chose to associate with and sometimes use (for all
good purposes, no doubt) the limited legitimacy that association with WSIS
CS, and CS plenary list, like groups afford, must exercise


 

For example, those who are recommended by this list and its associated
groups to global policy bodies (especially having specifically sought such
nominations) need to keep a good interaction with the list, represent the
causes which are seen to be backed by the CS, collaborate internally among
the CS nominees on each body (like IGF and GAID)on strategies, and reporting
back to the CS from these spaces

 This doesn?t often happen, and this
compromises the limited possibilities and avenues of viability of this group
(CS plenary).

 

Another important issue for the group?s viability is to go beyond process
issues, and deal with substantive issues. Then alone can this group become
relevant. It often happens that this group comes alive when a process issues
? like nominations to GAID, or associating with the UNESCO process ? comes
up. However, many strong substantive issues which require the attention of
anyone who considers oneself in any way associated with the WSIS or IS civil
society come and go, and there is not a murmur on this list
.. We need to
gather ourselves around substantive issues for us to remain relevant, and
that is important to remain viable.

 

This imperative may also require reaching out to other CS constituencies and
developing issues based alliances, and working on them



 

Thanks, for all those who did all the work at Paris. 

 

Regards

 

 

Parminder 

 

 

 

________________________________________________

Parminder Jeet Singh

IT for Change, Bangalore

Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities 

Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890

Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055

www.ITforChange.net 

 

> -----Original Message-----

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

> cs.org] On Behalf Of djilali benamrane

> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM

> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org

> Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org; Causus africa; smsi geneve; wsis-

> finance@yahoogroupes.fr

> Subject: RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of

> CSB bureau

> 

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the

> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses

> intended for specific people]

> 

> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic

> translation of this message!

> _______________________________________

> 

> In French bellow

> Amir,

> Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it stop

> the discussion.

> In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make, if

> possible, more visible the Civile Society, colleagues

> present at this meeting call for the reactivation of

> the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva and

> Tunis process, even if certain members decided to stop

> their participation. The idea is also that the CBS try

> to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we should

> be able to renew democratly and in transparency the

> CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional and

> Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.

> Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort of

> all  is gaining a certain visibility and credibility

> we are not going to show our limits to meet the

> challenge.

> Friendly

> Djilali

> Je remercie Amir pour son analyse et esp?re qu'elle

> clarifie et clot le d?bat.

> Quelques membres du Bureau de la Soci?t? Civile (CSB)

> pr?sent ? l'UNESCo Paris, en plus des efforts pour

> donner plus de visibilit? ? la soci?t? civile dans les

> d?bats, ont oser faire un appel pour relancer et

> r?activer le CSB tel qu'il a fonctionn? durant la

> phase Gen?ve et Tunis du SMSI. La mission de cette

> phase de relance serait aussi la pr?paration d'ici le

> rendez vous de mai 2007 les modalit?s de renforcement

> du CSB ou de son remplacement d?mocratiquement et dans

> la transparence avec la participation active des

> caucus existant ou qui viendront ? ce cr?er d'ici l?.

> Maintenant que la soci?t? civile commence ? jouir d'un

> commencement de statut de partenaire nous allons pas

> afficher nos limites et notre renoncement ? relever le

> d?fi.

> Amiti?s

> Djilali

> --- west <westasiaregion@hotmail.com> a ?crit :

> 

> > Dear All,

> >

> > Sorry for not being very active on list, but still

> > reading all messages. I wish to share my sympathy

> > and support to what has been discussed in UNESCO,

> > among some CSB members there and also very much

> > support Robert's idea of a new election process. CSB

> > has proved to be a useful tool and setup and I think

> > it should continue to do so. Maybe some newcomers

> > are not that much aware of the background history

> > and many many discussions we had, but the rest of us

> > agree in a way or another that our successful

> > presence in the WSIS process was partly due to

> > having structures such as committees, CSB and

> > content and theme group plenary in place, don't

> > forget it.

> >

> > Best

> >

> > Amir

> >

> > Tehran

> >   ----- Original Message -----

> >   From: CONGO - Philippe Dam

> >   To: plenary@wsis-cs.org

> >   Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org

> >   Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:58 AM

> >   Subject: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau]

> > Review of CSB bureau

> >

> >

> >   Robert,

> >

> >

> >

> >   The two paragraphs I sent earlier today were the

> > views expressed by members of the WSIS CSB during a

> > lunchtime discussion - rather than during a

> > consultation. Those discussing this issue have not

> > asserted they were speaking _on behalf of_ the CSB.

> > By memory, I think that Francis Muguet, Ann-Kristin

> > Hakansson, Tijani Ben Jemaa and Djilali Benamrane

> > were present during this lunchtime discussion. I was

> > also there but I am not a CSB member as you know.

> >

> >

> >

> >   And there is not at this time any negotiation

> > process. The discussion we had today was actually

> > encouraged by the recent significant comments

> > brought on this list, considering it was relevant to

> > use this space for dialogue among those present in

> > Paris.

> >

> >

> >

> >   To clarify in particular the second paragraph,

> > sent earlier this evening, it goes without saying,

> > in my understanding of the discussion, that final

> > decision supporting the adaptation of the CSB or of

> > any CSB-like structure in the following steps,

> > expectedly in May 2007, should be taken by a CS

> > Plenary. In such a reflection process, members of

> > the WSIS CSB will therefore have a particular role

> > in stimulating a discussion on this issue and to

> > involve all other CS actors interested.

> >

> >

> >

> >   Best,

> >

> >

> >

> >   Philippe

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >   -----Message d'origine-----

> >   De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org

> > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de

> > Robert Guerra

> >   Envoy? : mardi 17 octobre 2006 19:19

> >   ? : bureau@wsis-cs.org

> >   Cc : plenary@wsis-cs.org;

> > philippe.dam@ngocongo.org

> >   Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review

> > of CSB bureau

> >

> >

> >

> >   [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response

> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual

> > addresses for responses intended for specific

> > people]

> >

> >

> >

> >   Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access

> > automatic translation of this message!

> >

> >   _______________________________________

> >

> >

> >

> >   Philippe:

> >

> >

> >

> >   please do specify which members of the CSB were in

> > fact consulted. I am

> >

> >   on the CSB, and have received no communications on

> > the matter.

> >

> >

> >

> >   Again, the issue of transparency is an important

> > one - please do provide

> >

> >   details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB

> > and what they are

> >

> >   negotiating.

> >

> >

> >

> >   regards

> >

> >

> >

> >   Robert

> >

> >

> >

> >   WSIS wrote:

> >

> >   > Dear all,

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   > Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the

> > World Summit on the

> >

> >   > Information Society have informally discussed

> > during lunchtime today, on

> >

> >   > the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line

> > Facilitation meetings taking

> >

> >   > place in Paris. Since the question of civil

> > society self-organising

> >

> >   > mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation

> > and follow-up processes

> >

> >   > has been raised on this list, the general

> > agreement among those

> >

> >   > participating in the discussion was that CSB

> > members who are still

> >

> >   > committed and active in the process should

> > continue to deal with

> >

> >   > immediate support to CS inclusion in the up

> > coming events, to fill the

> >

> >   > existing needs and emerging expectations

> > express! ed by CS entities,

> >

> >   > Governments and intergovernmental partners.

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   >

> >

> >   > The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of

> > any CSB-like structure

> >

> >   > in the following steps should be agreed by May

> > 2007 at the occasion of

> >

> >   > the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up

> > coming cluster of WSIS

> >

> >   > implementation and follow-up events. The

> > discussion on the *future

> >

> >   > composition*, and even most importantly on the

> > *role* of this structure,

> >

> >

> === message truncated ===

> 

> 

> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com

> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger

> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France

> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de

> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)

> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion :

> http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/

> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :

> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/

> Groupe de discussion:

> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

> _____________________________________________________________

> ______________

> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes

> vos questions !

> Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses

> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

> _______________________________________________

> Plenary mailing list

> Plenary@wsis-cs.org

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

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/791c8958/attachment.htm
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 19 10:17:00 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <20061019083609.E01ED16DC3A@mail.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <20061019091700.41970.qmail@web60025.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow,
Dear Parminder,
I totally aggree with your comments. It is supposed to
be the aim of each of us....
Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning for those
among us who have ressources and support and the
others.
I know that many African associations would like to be
more pro-active but they have not ressources for that
and we do think how to deal with such a problem.
Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
participants refuse to take into account financial
aspects and integrate this problem in multipartnariat
issues; Governments representatives as well as secteur
private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this financial
issues to the good will of donnors, donnors give more
easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known and
things are turning arrond without end !
Friendly Yours
Mon cher Parminder,
Je partage compl?tement vos commentaires et analyses.
Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient et sont
celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres dans ce
processus je sais que beaucoup d'association pauvres
font de leur mieux pour participer sans ressources aux
processus et lorsqu'on soul?ve ce probl?me dans des
rencontres comme celles de l'Unesco Paris on est
imm?diatement renvoy?s  ? trouver des solutions dans
le cadre du multipartenariat et r?gler les probl?mes
selon des rapports de force, au cas par cas et selon
le bon vouloir des donnateurs qui ne donnent en
priorit? qu'aux associations ayant des r?f?rences et
des accointances.... c'est le cercle vicieux et nous
devons lutter pour faire avancer les choses.
Amicalement
Djilali 
--- Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net> a ?crit :

>  
> 
>  
> 
> Dear All
> 
>  
> 
> I think it is necessary to keep all kinds of CS
> engagements on at all
> levels, even if at times it is not like what we wish
> for, in matter of
> process and substance.... Because the issue is to
> create spaces, precedents,
> etc for CS involvement in global policy making. 
> 
>  
> 
> Having said this, there continues to be important
> issues of accountabilities
> that those actors who chose to associate with and
> sometimes use (for all
> good purposes, no doubt) the limited legitimacy that
> association with WSIS
> CS, and CS plenary list, like groups afford, must
> exercise

> 
>  
> 
> For example, those who are recommended by this list
> and its associated
> groups to global policy bodies (especially having
> specifically sought such
> nominations) need to keep a good interaction with
> the list, represent the
> causes which are seen to be backed by the CS,
> collaborate internally among
> the CS nominees on each body (like IGF and GAID)on
> strategies, and reporting
> back to the CS from these spaces

 This doesn?t
> often happen, and this
> compromises the limited possibilities and avenues of
> viability of this group
> (CS plenary).
> 
>  
> 
> Another important issue for the group?s viability is
> to go beyond process
> issues, and deal with substantive issues. Then alone
> can this group become
> relevant. It often happens that this group comes
> alive when a process issues
> ? like nominations to GAID, or associating with the
> UNESCO process ? comes
> up. However, many strong substantive issues which
> require the attention of
> anyone who considers oneself in any way associated
> with the WSIS or IS civil
> society come and go, and there is not a murmur on
> this list
.. We need to
> gather ourselves around substantive issues for us to
> remain relevant, and
> that is important to remain viable.
> 
>  
> 
> This imperative may also require reaching out to
> other CS constituencies and
> developing issues based alliances, and working on
> them


> 
>  
> 
> Thanks, for all those who did all the work at Paris.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Parminder 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________________________
> 
> Parminder Jeet Singh
> 
> IT for Change, Bangalore
> 
> Bridging Development Realities and Technological
> Possibilities 
> 
> Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
> 
> Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
> 
> www.ITforChange.net 
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> 
> > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-
> 
> > cs.org] On Behalf Of djilali benamrane
> 
> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM
> 
> > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
> 
> > Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org; Causus africa; smsi
> geneve; wsis-
> 
> > finance@yahoogroupes.fr
> 
> > Subject: RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS
> Bureau] Review of
> 
> > CSB bureau
> 
> > 
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the
> 
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses
> 
> > intended for specific people]
> 
> > 
> 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic
> 
> > translation of this message!
> 
> > _______________________________________
> 
> > 
> 
> > In French bellow
> 
> > Amir,
> 
> > Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it
> stop
> 
> > the discussion.
> 
> > In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make,
> if
> 
> > possible, more visible the Civile Society,
> colleagues
> 
> > present at this meeting call for the reactivation
> of
> 
> > the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva
> and
> 
> > Tunis process, even if certain members decided to
> stop
> 
> > their participation. The idea is also that the CBS
> try
> 
> > to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we
> should
> 
> > be able to renew democratly and in transparency
> the
> 
> > CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional
> and
> 
> > Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
> 
> > Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort
> of
> 
> > all  is gaining a certain visibility and
> credibility
> 
> > we are not going to show our limits to meet the
> 
> > challenge.
> 
> > Friendly
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From muguet at mdpi.org  Thu Oct 19 13:43:35 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil  Society Meeting - 18 October 2006
Message-ID: <453772F7.9040901@mdpi.org>

Hello / Bonjour

Sorry to post this report in the afternoon.
Yesterday evening I was exhausted, and
this morning, I had work to do elsewhere.

Of course, it would better to post also
a report of what has been going on in the
session itself to better understand.
I will try to write a report, but I cannot
give a date, since I will be abroad until the IGF.

Sorry also, mes amis, je n'ai pas eu le temps
de faire une version en Fran?ais, ce
sera la priorit?.

------------------------------------------------
Civil Society Meeting
18 October 2006
Concise report


While Civil Society was allocated a meeting place,
1/ there is not translation ( English / French ),
2/ no cybercaf? at UNESCO, just WiFi access
3/ Only web browsing and ssh are allowed.
The port 25 ( with a smtp server )
and the port 110 ( pop) and port 995 ( pop3s ) should be opened.
It was approved that a request shall be sent to UNESCO computing 
services through the channel of the CSB.

It was the general opinion that the procedure followed today, for the 
e-learning action line, in the afternoon, was not satisfactory, because 
the chair ( Cyril ) wanted too much to impose to all stakeholders, CS 
and governments alike his selection of themes.

There were some suggestions during the session that some Civil Society 
entities shall be co-moderators alongside UNESCO, the designated lead 
moderator, but an obstacle is that in the Draft Terms of Reference for 
functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team A 6 , it is mentioned that :
The Facilitator should be able to provide sufficient resources to cover 
the costs of its own activities, and/or to contribute to overall 
coordination of Action Line
Therefore, it was the feeling that, except for well financed 
organization like APC or CONGO, it would be difficult to be accepted as 
a action line co- moderator. CONGO is already burdened with the task of 
the executive secretariat.
While the possibility should be considered that several NGOs could form 
together alliance with enough means and credibility to be accepted as a 
civil society moderator, yet another procedural strategy has been 
suggested so that the process becomes more inclusive.
Since the actions lines has been broken into basic themes, along with 
cross-cutting themes, it has been suggested that moderators could also 
be designated at the level of each interest group related to each theme.
This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme levels.
At the theme level, the condition enunciated in the item A6 of the Draft 
Terms of Reference for functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team should 
not apply, and the Draft Terms of Reference should be modified to 
acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme level with a 
team of moderators. Fi
request at action lines.
During the WSIS process, the important role of Civil Society groupings, 
such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has been acknowledged, 
while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a certain WSIS Civil 
Society grouping.
Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is suggested 
that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society should be allowed as such 
to act as co-moderator of a theme, despite having no formal legal structure.
This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by all the 
attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed tomorrow ( ie 
Thursday ).

Another interesting proposal was text of the Geneva and Tunis Civil 
Society declarations relevant to each specific action line, should be 
included in the annex of the document entitled ?Working methods of the 
multi-stakeholder team?.
This proposal was also approved by consensus.

A participant stressed the difficulty of the communication between the 
governance-minded and advocacy-minded civil society and the technical 
communities. In that respect UNESCO and all moderators should make a 
serious effort.

As UNESCO has just proposed today ( 18 October) to enlarge the use of 
their collaborative tool Sharepoint, concerns have been raised that 
Sharepoint, a Microsoft product, might not be interoperable enough, and 
might put people using a different operating systems, and/or different 
word processor at a disadvantage. The statement by Axel Plathe that 
Civil Society could propose yet another collaborative tool has been 
noted and appreciated.
Furthermore, it could useful that theme co-moderators could also set up 
collaborative tool servers, and therefore, the choice of the 
collaborative tool should also take into account this need.


All the best

Francis


------------------------------------------------------ 
Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D 

MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
Associate Publisher
http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net

ENSTA   Paris, France
KNIS lab.  Director 
"Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet

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

UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
------------------------------------------------------ 


From parminder at itforchange.net  Thu Oct 19 13:53:07 2006
From: parminder at itforchange.net (Parminder)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil  Society Meeting - 18 October 2006
In-Reply-To: <453772F7.9040901@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20061019125316.58D8B16CD60@mail.gn.apc.org>


Thanks Francis,

>>>WSIS civil society should be allowed as such to act as co-moderator of a
theme, despite having no formal legal structure.
>>>This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by all the
attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed tomorrow ( ie Thursday
).

I completely agree. That a good way to keep a foot in the door. I hope it is
adopted tomorrow. In fact such an 'acknowledgement and inclusion from above'
can stimulate a better and more purposeful structuring of WSIS CS (or the IS
CS).

The decision on annexing the CS declarations is also a good development.

Regards 

Parminder 

________________________________________________
Parminder Jeet Singh
IT for Change, Bangalore
Bridging Development Realities and Technological Possibilities 
Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
www.ITforChange.net 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-
> cs.org] On Behalf Of Dr. Francis MUGUET
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:14 PM
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Civil Society Meeting - 18 October
> 2006
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> 
> Hello / Bonjour
> 
> Sorry to post this report in the afternoon.
> Yesterday evening I was exhausted, and
> this morning, I had work to do elsewhere.
> 
> Of course, it would better to post also
> a report of what has been going on in the
> session itself to better understand.
> I will try to write a report, but I cannot
> give a date, since I will be abroad until the IGF.
> 
> Sorry also, mes amis, je n'ai pas eu le temps
> de faire une version en Fran?ais, ce
> sera la priorit?.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Civil Society Meeting
> 18 October 2006
> Concise report
> 
> 
> While Civil Society was allocated a meeting place,
> 1/ there is not translation ( English / French ),
> 2/ no cybercaf? at UNESCO, just WiFi access
> 3/ Only web browsing and ssh are allowed.
> The port 25 ( with a smtp server )
> and the port 110 ( pop) and port 995 ( pop3s ) should be
> opened.
> It was approved that a request shall be sent to UNESCO
> computing
> services through the channel of the CSB.
> 
> It was the general opinion that the procedure followed today,
> for the
> e-learning action line, in the afternoon, was not
> satisfactory, because
> the chair ( Cyril ) wanted too much to impose to all
> stakeholders, CS
> and governments alike his selection of themes.
> 
> There were some suggestions during the session that some
> Civil Society
> entities shall be co-moderators alongside UNESCO, the
> designated lead
> moderator, but an obstacle is that in the Draft Terms of
> Reference for
> functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team A 6 , it is
> mentioned that :
> The Facilitator should be able to provide sufficient
> resources to cover
> the costs of its own activities, and/or to contribute to
> overall
> coordination of Action Line
> Therefore, it was the feeling that, except for well financed
> organization like APC or CONGO, it would be difficult to be
> accepted as
> a action line co- moderator. CONGO is already burdened with
> the task of
> the executive secretariat.
> While the possibility should be considered that several NGOs
> could form
> together alliance with enough means and credibility to be
> accepted as a
> civil society moderator, yet another procedural strategy has
> been
> suggested so that the process becomes more inclusive.
> Since the actions lines has been broken into basic themes,
> along with
> cross-cutting themes, it has been suggested that moderators
> could also
> be designated at the level of each interest group related to
> each theme.
> This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme
> levels.
> At the theme level, the condition enunciated in the item A6
> of the Draft
> Terms of Reference for functioning of the Multi-stakeholders
> Team should
> not apply, and the Draft Terms of Reference should be
> modified to
> acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme
> level with a
> team of moderators. Fi
> request at action lines.
> During the WSIS process, the important role of Civil Society
> groupings,
> such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has been
> acknowledged,
> while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a certain WSIS
> Civil
> Society grouping.
> Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is
> suggested
> that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society should be
> allowed as such
> to act as co-moderator of a theme, despite having no formal
> legal structure.
> This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by
> all the
> attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed
> tomorrow ( ie
> Thursday ).
> 
> Another interesting proposal was text of the Geneva and Tunis
> Civil
> Society declarations relevant to each specific action line,
> should be
> included in the annex of the document entitled ?Working
> methods of the
> multi-stakeholder team?.
> This proposal was also approved by consensus.
> 
> A participant stressed the difficulty of the communication
> between the
> governance-minded and advocacy-minded civil society and the
> technical
> communities. In that respect UNESCO and all moderators should
> make a
> serious effort.
> 
> As UNESCO has just proposed today ( 18 October) to enlarge
> the use of
> their collaborative tool Sharepoint, concerns have been
> raised that
> Sharepoint, a Microsoft product, might not be interoperable
> enough, and
> might put people using a different operating systems, and/or
> different
> word processor at a disadvantage. The statement by Axel
> Plathe that
> Civil Society could propose yet another collaborative tool
> has been
> noted and appreciated.
> Furthermore, it could useful that theme co-moderators could
> also set up
> collaborative tool servers, and therefore, the choice of the
> collaborative tool should also take into account this need.
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
> 
> MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> Associate Publisher
> http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
> 
> ENSTA   Paris, France
> KNIS lab.  Director
> "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
> 
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> Civil Society Working Groups
> Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair
> Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
> Financing Mechanismns  :  http://www.wsis-finance.org web
> 
> UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Thu Oct 19 13:58:39 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Civil  Society Meeting - 18 October 2006
In-Reply-To: <4537732C.2070906@wtis.org>
References: <4537732C.2070906@wtis.org>
Message-ID: <4537767F.2020101@lists.privaterra.org>

Francis:

As I mentioned earlier, it was agreeded to by both the CSB and Plenary
during the WSIS process that not only a report of a meeting, but also a
list of those participating as CS and/or CSB had to be listed in any
reports.

>From you comments it does seem that you were there - and that's fine,
>From my view,  it seems like you are acting in your own personal capacity.

You mention that there was a discussion where "some suggestions" where
raised for groups to be "considered" . That is quite vague, in fact
quite opaque.  I personally, and i think others as well want to know
what the specific suggestions where, who were making them, and what
processes of consultation, engagement and decision making were used.

I look forward to further details.

regards

Robert


Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:
> 
> Hello / Bonjour
> 
> Sorry to post this report in the afternoon.
> Yesterday evening I was exhausted, and
> this morning, I had work to do elsewhere.
> 
> Of course, it would better to post also
> a report of what has been going on in the
> session itself to better understand.
> I will try to write a report, but I cannot
> give a date, since I will be abroad until the IGF.
> 
> Sorry also, mes amis, je n'ai pas eu le temps
> de faire une version en Fran?ais, ce
> sera la priorit?.
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Civil Society Meeting
> 18 October 2006
> Concise report
> 
> 
> While Civil Society was allocated a meeting place,
> 1/ there is not translation ( English / French ),
> 2/ no cybercaf? at UNESCO, just WiFi access
> 3/ Only web browsing and ssh are allowed.
> The port 25 ( with a smtp server )
> and the port 110 ( pop) and port 995 ( pop3s ) should be opened.
> It was approved that a request shall be sent to UNESCO computing
> services through the channel of the CSB.
> 
> It was the general opinion that the procedure followed today, for the
> e-learning action line, in the afternoon, was not satisfactory, because
> the chair ( Cyril ) wanted too much to impose to all stakeholders, CS
> and governments alike his selection of themes.
> 
> There were some suggestions during the session that some Civil Society
> entities shall be co-moderators alongside UNESCO, the designated lead
> moderator, but an obstacle is that in the Draft Terms of Reference for
> functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team A 6 , it is mentioned that :
> The Facilitator should be able to provide sufficient resources to cover
> the costs of its own activities, and/or to contribute to overall
> coordination of Action Line
> Therefore, it was the feeling that, except for well financed
> organization like APC or CONGO, it would be difficult to be accepted as
> a action line co- moderator. CONGO is already burdened with the task of
> the executive secretariat.
> While the possibility should be considered that several NGOs could form
> together alliance with enough means and credibility to be accepted as a
> civil society moderator, yet another procedural strategy has been
> suggested so that the process becomes more inclusive.
> Since the actions lines has been broken into basic themes, along with
> cross-cutting themes, it has been suggested that moderators could also
> be designated at the level of each interest group related to each theme.
> This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme levels.
> At the theme level, the condition enunciated in the item A6 of the Draft
> Terms of Reference for functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team should
> not apply, and the Draft Terms of Reference should be modified to
> acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme level with a
> team of moderators. Fi
> request at action lines.
> During the WSIS process, the important role of Civil Society groupings,
> such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has been acknowledged,
> while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a certain WSIS Civil
> Society grouping.
> Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is suggested
> that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society should be allowed as such
> to act as co-moderator of a theme, despite having no formal legal
> structure.
> This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by all the
> attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed tomorrow ( ie
> Thursday ).
> 
> Another interesting proposal was text of the Geneva and Tunis Civil
> Society declarations relevant to each specific action line, should be
> included in the annex of the document entitled ?Working methods of the
> multi-stakeholder team?.
> This proposal was also approved by consensus.
> 
> A participant stressed the difficulty of the communication between the
> governance-minded and advocacy-minded civil society and the technical
> communities. In that respect UNESCO and all moderators should make a
> serious effort.
> 
> As UNESCO has just proposed today ( 18 October) to enlarge the use of
> their collaborative tool Sharepoint, concerns have been raised that
> Sharepoint, a Microsoft product, might not be interoperable enough, and
> might put people using a different operating systems, and/or different
> word processor at a disadvantage. The statement by Axel Plathe that
> Civil Society could propose yet another collaborative tool has been
> noted and appreciated.
> Furthermore, it could useful that theme co-moderators could also set up
> collaborative tool servers, and therefore, the choice of the
> collaborative tool should also take into account this need.
> 
> 
> All the best
> 
> Francis
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
> 
> MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> Associate Publisher
> http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
> 
> ENSTA   Paris, France
> KNIS lab.  Director
> "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
> muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
> 
> World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> Civil Society Working Groups
> Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair
> Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
> Financing Mechanismns  :  http://www.wsis-finance.org web
> 
> UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 


From wsis at ngocongo.org  Thu Oct 19 17:57:27 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
Message-ID: <200610191657.k9JGv6ub025386@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(E).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 103936 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/af14b974/854E.obj
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(F).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 104448 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/af14b974/854F.obj
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(S).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 103424 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/af14b974/854S.obj
From motamar at gmail.com  Thu Oct 19 21:51:05 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Civil Society Meeting - 18 October 2006
In-Reply-To: <4537767F.2020101@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <4537732C.2070906@wtis.org> <4537767F.2020101@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610191351t121d1335h81959c86d6fcc123@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All
We shell  see how this time the setup.We know all the old records.We will
keep the records.
Good luck.   Dr malik Khan


On 10/19/06, 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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Francis:
>
> As I mentioned earlier, it was agreeded to by both the CSB and Plenary
> during the WSIS process that not only a report of a meeting, but also a
> list of those participating as CS and/or CSB had to be listed in any
> reports.
>
> From you comments it does seem that you were there - and that's fine,
> From my view,  it seems like you are acting in your own personal capacity.
>
> You mention that there was a discussion where "some suggestions" where
> raised for groups to be "considered" . That is quite vague, in fact
> quite opaque.  I personally, and i think others as well want to know
> what the specific suggestions where, who were making them, and what
> processes of consultation, engagement and decision making were used.
>
> I look forward to further details.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
> Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:
> >
> > Hello / Bonjour
> >
> > Sorry to post this report in the afternoon.
> > Yesterday evening I was exhausted, and
> > this morning, I had work to do elsewhere.
> >
> > Of course, it would better to post also
> > a report of what has been going on in the
> > session itself to better understand.
> > I will try to write a report, but I cannot
> > give a date, since I will be abroad until the IGF.
> >
> > Sorry also, mes amis, je n'ai pas eu le temps
> > de faire une version en Fran?ais, ce
> > sera la priorit?.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------
> > Civil Society Meeting
> > 18 October 2006
> > Concise report
> >
> >
> > While Civil Society was allocated a meeting place,
> > 1/ there is not translation ( English / French ),
> > 2/ no cybercaf? at UNESCO, just WiFi access
> > 3/ Only web browsing and ssh are allowed.
> > The port 25 ( with a smtp server )
> > and the port 110 ( pop) and port 995 ( pop3s ) should be opened.
> > It was approved that a request shall be sent to UNESCO computing
> > services through the channel of the CSB.
> >
> > It was the general opinion that the procedure followed today, for the
> > e-learning action line, in the afternoon, was not satisfactory, because
> > the chair ( Cyril ) wanted too much to impose to all stakeholders, CS
> > and governments alike his selection of themes.
> >
> > There were some suggestions during the session that some Civil Society
> > entities shall be co-moderators alongside UNESCO, the designated lead
> > moderator, but an obstacle is that in the Draft Terms of Reference for
> > functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team A 6 , it is mentioned that :
> > The Facilitator should be able to provide sufficient resources to cover
> > the costs of its own activities, and/or to contribute to overall
> > coordination of Action Line
> > Therefore, it was the feeling that, except for well financed
> > organization like APC or CONGO, it would be difficult to be accepted as
> > a action line co- moderator. CONGO is already burdened with the task of
> > the executive secretariat.
> > While the possibility should be considered that several NGOs could form
> > together alliance with enough means and credibility to be accepted as a
> > civil society moderator, yet another procedural strategy has been
> > suggested so that the process becomes more inclusive.
> > Since the actions lines has been broken into basic themes, along with
> > cross-cutting themes, it has been suggested that moderators could also
> > be designated at the level of each interest group related to each theme.
> > This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme levels.
> > At the theme level, the condition enunciated in the item A6 of the Draft
> > Terms of Reference for functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team should
> > not apply, and the Draft Terms of Reference should be modified to
> > acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme level with a
> > team of moderators. Fi
> > request at action lines.
> > During the WSIS process, the important role of Civil Society groupings,
> > such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has been acknowledged,
> > while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a certain WSIS Civil
> > Society grouping.
> > Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is suggested
> > that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society should be allowed as such
> > to act as co-moderator of a theme, despite having no formal legal
> > structure.
> > This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by all the
> > attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed tomorrow ( ie
> > Thursday ).
> >
> > Another interesting proposal was text of the Geneva and Tunis Civil
> > Society declarations relevant to each specific action line, should be
> > included in the annex of the document entitled "Working methods of the
> > multi-stakeholder team".
> > This proposal was also approved by consensus.
> >
> > A participant stressed the difficulty of the communication between the
> > governance-minded and advocacy-minded civil society and the technical
> > communities. In that respect UNESCO and all moderators should make a
> > serious effort.
> >
> > As UNESCO has just proposed today ( 18 October) to enlarge the use of
> > their collaborative tool Sharepoint, concerns have been raised that
> > Sharepoint, a Microsoft product, might not be interoperable enough, and
> > might put people using a different operating systems, and/or different
> > word processor at a disadvantage. The statement by Axel Plathe that
> > Civil Society could propose yet another collaborative tool has been
> > noted and appreciated.
> > Furthermore, it could useful that theme co-moderators could also set up
> > collaborative tool servers, and therefore, the choice of the
> > collaborative tool should also take into account this need.
> >
> >
> > All the best
> >
> > Francis
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Francis F. MUGUET Ph.D
> >
> > MDPI Foundation Open Access Journals
> > Associate Publisher
> > http://www.mdpi.org   http://www.mdpi.net
> > muguet@mdpi.org       muguet@mdpi.net
> >
> > ENSTA   Paris, France
> > KNIS lab.  Director
> > "Knowledge Networks & Information Society" (KNIS)
> > muguet@ensta.fr   http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
> >
> > World Summit On the Information Society (WSIS)
> > Civil Society Working Groups
> > Scientific Information :  http://www.wsis-si.org  chair
> > Patents & Copyrights   :  http://www.wsis-pct.org co-chair
> > Financing Mechanismns  :  http://www.wsis-finance.org web
> >
> > UNMSP project : http://www.unmsp.org
> > WTIS initiative: http://www.wtis.org
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/97f5f764/attachment.html
From motamar at gmail.com  Thu Oct 19 22:02:14 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:16 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <20061019091700.41970.qmail@web60025.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061019083609.E01ED16DC3A@mail.gn.apc.org>
	 <20061019091700.41970.qmail@web60025.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610191402x11903b43p68f664ae54b4e5b@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All

There was no election just hand picked .Real election will bring devoted and
dynamic qualified people with support .Money is important but other variable
are also needed .Real election will be good I have seen many people left due
to lack of  justice, We don't need same 45 faces every where. We need new
young generation with ideas and workable and pragmatic solutions. Pro ratio
the selection and see who has the majority  representation. Give equal
opportunity with out distinctions . I am not asking to select me . But look
at the history.

 Thanks

  Dr Malik Khan


On 10/19/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> In French bellow,
> Dear Parminder,
> I totally aggree with your comments. It is supposed to
> be the aim of each of us....
> Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning for those
> among us who have ressources and support and the
> others.
> I know that many African associations would like to be
> more pro-active but they have not ressources for that
> and we do think how to deal with such a problem.
> Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
> participants refuse to take into account financial
> aspects and integrate this problem in multipartnariat
> issues; Governments representatives as well as secteur
> private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this financial
> issues to the good will of donnors, donnors give more
> easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known and
> things are turning arrond without end !
> Friendly Yours
> Mon cher Parminder,
> Je partage compl?tement vos commentaires et analyses.
> Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient et sont
> celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
> Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres dans ce
> processus je sais que beaucoup d'association pauvres
> font de leur mieux pour participer sans ressources aux
> processus et lorsqu'on soul?ve ce probl?me dans des
> rencontres comme celles de l'Unesco Paris on est
> imm?diatement renvoy?s  ? trouver des solutions dans
> le cadre du multipartenariat et r?gler les probl?mes
> selon des rapports de force, au cas par cas et selon
> le bon vouloir des donnateurs qui ne donnent en
> priorit? qu'aux associations ayant des r?f?rences et
> des accointances.... c'est le cercle vicieux et nous
> devons lutter pour faire avancer les choses.
> Amicalement
> Djilali
> --- Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net> a ?crit :
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> >
> >
> > I think it is necessary to keep all kinds of CS
> > engagements on at all
> > levels, even if at times it is not like what we wish
> > for, in matter of
> > process and substance.... Because the issue is to
> > create spaces, precedents,
> > etc for CS involvement in global policy making.
> >
> >
> >
> > Having said this, there continues to be important
> > issues of accountabilities
> > that those actors who chose to associate with and
> > sometimes use (for all
> > good purposes, no doubt) the limited legitimacy that
> > association with WSIS
> > CS, and CS plenary list, like groups afford, must
> > exercise?
> >
> >
> >
> > For example, those who are recommended by this list
> > and its associated
> > groups to global policy bodies (especially having
> > specifically sought such
> > nominations) need to keep a good interaction with
> > the list, represent the
> > causes which are seen to be backed by the CS,
> > collaborate internally among
> > the CS nominees on each body (like IGF and GAID)on
> > strategies, and reporting
> > back to the CS from these spaces?? This doesn't
> > often happen, and this
> > compromises the limited possibilities and avenues of
> > viability of this group
> > (CS plenary).
> >
> >
> >
> > Another important issue for the group's viability is
> > to go beyond process
> > issues, and deal with substantive issues. Then alone
> > can this group become
> > relevant. It often happens that this group comes
> > alive when a process issues
> > ? like nominations to GAID, or associating with the
> > UNESCO process ? comes
> > up. However, many strong substantive issues which
> > require the attention of
> > anyone who considers oneself in any way associated
> > with the WSIS or IS civil
> > society come and go, and there is not a murmur on
> > this list?.. We need to
> > gather ourselves around substantive issues for us to
> > remain relevant, and
> > that is important to remain viable.
> >
> >
> >
> > This imperative may also require reaching out to
> > other CS constituencies and
> > developing issues based alliances, and working on
> > them??
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, for all those who did all the work at Paris.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Parminder
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________
> >
> > Parminder Jeet Singh
> >
> > IT for Change, Bangalore
> >
> > Bridging Development Realities and Technological
> > Possibilities
> >
> > Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
> >
> > Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
> >
> > www.ITforChange.net
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-
> >
> > > cs.org] On Behalf Of djilali benamrane
> >
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM
> >
> > > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
> >
> > > Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org; Causus africa; smsi
> > geneve; wsis-
> >
> > > finance@yahoogroupes.fr
> >
> > > Subject: RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS
> > Bureau] Review of
> >
> > > CSB bureau
> >
> > >
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the
> >
> > > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> > responses
> >
> > > intended for specific people]
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic
> >
> > > translation of this message!
> >
> > > _______________________________________
> >
> > >
> >
> > > In French bellow
> >
> > > Amir,
> >
> > > Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it
> > stop
> >
> > > the discussion.
> >
> > > In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make,
> > if
> >
> > > possible, more visible the Civile Society,
> > colleagues
> >
> > > present at this meeting call for the reactivation
> > of
> >
> > > the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva
> > and
> >
> > > Tunis process, even if certain members decided to
> > stop
> >
> > > their participation. The idea is also that the CBS
> > try
> >
> > > to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we
> > should
> >
> > > be able to renew democratly and in transparency
> > the
> >
> > > CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional
> > and
> >
> > > Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
> >
> > > Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort
> > of
> >
> > > all  is gaining a certain visibility and
> > credibility
> >
> > > we are not going to show our limits to meet the
> >
> > > challenge.
> >
> > > Friendly
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions
> !
> Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061019/bf359671/attachment.htm
From wsis at ngocongo.org  Fri Oct 20 09:21:25 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
Message-ID: <200610200821.k9K8L4Br008363@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(E).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 103936 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/0469e21a/854E.obj
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(F).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 104448 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/0469e21a/854F.obj
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 854(S).doc
Type: application/octet-stream
Size: 103424 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/0469e21a/854S.obj
From nne75 at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 20 17:52:14 2006
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
Message-ID: <20061020165215.93196.qmail@web50202.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all,

The Digital Solidarity has established a regional bureau for Africa in Abuja, Nigeria.  http://www.dsf-fsn.org/newsletter/en/index.php?itemid=45 HE, Ayuba Kadafa is interested in getting to know all Civil Society Organisations working on the Digital divide, inclusion, solidarity issues...  

I will appreciate contacts for the above:

Name of organisation
Address
E-mail contact
Website

Best regards

Nnenna Nwakanma

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/39ce1f72/attachment.html
From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct 20 18:53:28 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?UTF-8?B?VGhlIFJvbGUgb2YgRW5naW5lZXJzIGFuZCBXRkVPIGluIERlbGl2ZXI=?=
 =?UTF-8?B?aW5nIHRoZSBNaWxsZW5udWltIERldmVsb3BtZW50IEdvYWxz77yJ?=
Message-ID: <45390D18.202@lists.privaterra.org>

here's a note about Kamel Ayadi, and his recent presentation at a event
in China - where details on his background is mentioned, as well as his
membership in the CSB.

If membership in the body is going to be mentioned at international
events, then  - i believe - we need to define a mutual understanding of
what that means (or not) and if appointments are elected, nominations,
or life appointments.

regards

Robert


http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/new/xxygshow.php?id=957

The Role of Engineers and WFEO in Delivering the Millennuim Development
Goals?

Kamel Ayadi


  Mr. Kamel Ayadi served as a Secretary of State in the Tunisian
government from 2004 to 2006. After having served in leadership
positions in numerous engineering societies, he was elected in October
2003 as the president of the World Federation of Engineering
Organisations and became President in October 2005. He served as
President of the Tunisian National Authority of Regulation of
Telecommunications from 2001 to 2004. Since 1999, he has also been Vice
President of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
and President of WFEO's Committee on Information and Communication. He
is an expert in information and communication technologies (ICT) and in
particular, the regulatory issues of ICT. He is a member of the Strategy
Council of the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT Development. He is
also a member of the United Nations Task Force for Science and
Innovation. He has been closely involved several UN global events such
as the World Summit on the Information Society. He is a honorary member
of the World Innovation Forum and corresponding member of the Pan
American Academy of Engineering. He has organised more than 10
international events within the frame work of the WSIS and was elected
in 2002 as a member of the WSIS Civil Society Bureau representing the
Science and technology family. He carried out several international
studies on telecommunication pricing .As the president of the regulatory
authority he settled several disputes between telecommunications operators.

  Kamel Ayadi was formerly Head of the International Cooperation
Department at the Waste Water Department (ONAS) and Director of
Technical Cooperation at ONAS. He served as President of the Tunisian
Order of Engineers from 1998-2002 and as Secretary-General from
1990-1998. He wrote and authored more than 50 papers in several issues,
particularly ICT, science and technology, education, capacity building
etc. He has organized, and lectured in, more than 60 congresses and
conferences on ICT and environment issues. He holds a civil engineering
degree from the Tunisian High Institute of Engineers and a post graduate
degree in law from the Tunisian University of Law. He was born in 1960.

From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 20 19:50:13 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB
 bureau
Message-ID: <15989268.412951161370213165.JavaMail.www@wwinf1529>



Dear Doctor Khan
Would you just precise what -in your opinion- is the age limit for "having ideas" and hence for still being "tolerated" in CS organizations and bodies within the WSIS follow-up process ?
As far as active participation in the very course of WSIS is concerned, I cannot remember having met you. Maybe we never attended the same meetings nor were we in a same room during these four years of intense working ...
Therefore, I'd be graceful for you to be more comprehensive (and motre tolerant) for all these people who did and still do their best, and spend their precious time (like Francis i.a.) for assuming a true and actual CS presence at the different WSIS Follow-up meeetings elsewhere. And thank him for reporting so quickly all these events we coudn't attend for any reasons. 
Jean-Louis Fullsack
President CSDPTT (age not indicated) 



 
> Message du 19/10/06 23:03
> De : "malik khan" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : Re: RE : RE: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
> 
> 
Dear All
There was no election just hand picked .Real election will bring devoted and dynamic qualified people with support .Money is important but other variable are also needed .Real election will be good I have seen many people left due to lack of   justice, We don't need same 45 faces every where. We need new young generation with ideas and workable and pragmatic solutions. Pro ratio the selection and see who has the majority   representation. Give equal opportunity with out distinctions . I am not asking to select me . But look at the history.
 Thanks  
  Dr Malik Khan

>  
On 10/19/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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] 
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> In French bellow,
> Dear Parminder, 
> I totally aggree with your comments. It is supposed to
> be the aim of each of us....
> Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning for those
> among us who have ressources and support and the
> others.
> I know that many African associations would like to be
> more pro-active but they have not ressources for that
> and we do think how to deal with such a problem.
> Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
> participants refuse to take into account financial 
> aspects and integrate this problem in multipartnariat
> issues; Governments representatives as well as secteur
> private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this financial
> issues to the good will of donnors, donnors give more 
> easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known and
> things are turning arrond without end !
> Friendly Yours
> Mon cher Parminder,
> Je partage compl?tement vos commentaires et analyses.
> Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient et sont 
> celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
> Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres dans ce
> processus je sais que beaucoup d'association pauvres
> font de leur mieux pour participer sans ressources aux
> processus et lorsqu'on soul?ve ce probl?me dans des
> rencontres comme celles de l'Unesco Paris on est
> imm?diatement renvoy?s  ? trouver des solutions dans
> le cadre du multipartenariat et r?gler les probl?mes
> selon des rapports de force, au cas par cas et selon 
> le bon vouloir des donnateurs qui ne donnent en
> priorit? qu'aux associations ayant des r?f?rences et
> des accointances.... c'est le cercle vicieux et nous
> devons lutter pour faire avancer les choses.
> Amicalement 
> Djilali
> --- Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net> a ?crit :
> 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> >
> >
> > I think it is necessary to keep all kinds of CS 
> > engagements on at all
> > levels, even if at times it is not like what we wish
> > for, in matter of
> > process and substance.... Because the issue is to
> > create spaces, precedents,
> > etc for CS involvement in global policy making. 
> >
> >
> >
> > Having said this, there continues to be important
> > issues of accountabilities
> > that those actors who chose to associate with and
> > sometimes use (for all
> > good purposes, no doubt) the limited legitimacy that 
> > association with WSIS
> > CS, and CS plenary list, like groups afford, must
> > exercise?????
> >
> >
> >
> > For example, those who are recommended by this list
> > and its associated
> > groups to global policy bodies (especially having
> > specifically sought such
> > nominations) need to keep a good interaction with
> > the list, represent the
> > causes which are seen to be backed by the CS, 
> > collaborate internally among
> > the CS nominees on each body (like IGF and GAID)on
> > strategies, and reporting
> > back to the CS from these spaces?? This doesn't
> > often happen, and this
> > compromises the limited possibilities and avenues of
> > viability of this group
> > (CS plenary).
> >
> >
> >
> > Another important issue for the group's viability is
> > to go beyond process 
> > issues, and deal with substantive issues. Then alone
> > can this group become
> > relevant. It often happens that this group comes
> > alive when a process issues
> > ? like nominations to GAID, or associating with the 
> > UNESCO process ? comes
> > up. However, many strong substantive issues which
> > require the attention of
> > anyone who considers oneself in any way associated
> > with the WSIS or IS civil
> > society come and go, and there is not a murmur on 
> > this list?.. We need to
> > gather ourselves around substantive issues for us to
> > remain relevant, and
> > that is important to remain viable.
> >
> >
> >
> > This imperative may also require reaching out to 
> > other CS constituencies and
> > developing issues based alliances, and working on
> > them??
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, for all those who did all the work at Paris.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Parminder
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________________________
> >
> > Parminder Jeet Singh 
> >
> > IT for Change, Bangalore
> >
> > Bridging Development Realities and Technological
> > Possibilities
> >
> > Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
> >
> > Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
> >
> > www.ITforChange.net
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org 
> > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-
> >
> > > cs.org] On Behalf Of djilali benamrane
> >
> > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM 
> >
> > > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
> >
> > > Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org ; Causus africa; smsi
> > geneve; wsis-
> >
> > > finance@yahoogroupes.fr
> >
> > > Subject: RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS
> > Bureau] Review of 
> >
> > > CSB bureau
> >
> > >
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the
> >
> > > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> > responses 
> >
> > > intended for specific people]
> >
> > >
> >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic
> >
> > > translation of this message!
> >
> > > _______________________________________
> >
> > >
> >
> > > In French bellow
> >
> > > Amir,
> >
> > > Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it
> > stop
> >
> > > the discussion.
> >
> > > In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make,
> > if
> >
> > > possible, more visible the Civile Society, 
> > colleagues
> >
> > > present at this meeting call for the reactivation
> > of
> >
> > > the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva
> > and
> >
> > > Tunis process, even if certain members decided to 
> > stop
> >
> > > their participation. The idea is also that the CBS
> > try
> >
> > > to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we
> > should
> >
> > > be able to renew democratly and in transparency 
> > the
> >
> > > CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional
> > and
> >
> > > Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
> >
> > > Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort 
> > of
> >
> > > all  is gaining a certain visibility and
> > credibility
> >
> > > we are not going to show our limits to meet the
> >
> > > challenge.
> >
> > > Friendly 
> >
> === message truncated ===
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France 
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa??on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
> Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 

>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/81a1cd0d/attachment.htm
From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Fri Oct 20 20:29:29 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to
 achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
Message-ID: <21268246.370501161372568951.JavaMail.www@wwinf1608>

Dear Philippe
Many thanks for your efforts to keep us informed about all these events held in the framework of WSIS and its follow-up.
Once more I deeply regret that a meeting organized in the framework of WSIS follow-up is only "half open" as is the UNCTAD meeting in Geneva next month. Indeed, it invites only those organizations with UNCTAD status (general or special) to participate in these meetings, whereas the Tunis Summit declared that the follow-up process will be inclusive and multistakeholder based. 
Will CS organisations involved in WSIS follow-up be future "multicard organizations", each of the WSIS Action Line Coordinator/facilitator having its own rules for its relationship to CS, and hence demanding its own specific accreditation procedures (time + paper) be applied on them. 

At the moment being I intend to participate to these meetings but I'm still reluctant for asking for a UNCTAD status that will take too much time in my agenda.
BTW : could we get a french/spanish version of these official documents ? 
Friendly yours
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT - France 


> Message du 20/10/06 10:27
> De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org, bureau@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : "'CONGO - Philippe Dam'" , "'Renate Bloem'" 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
> 
> 
Just for clarification regarding the meeting announcement I circulated yesterday:
The Expert Meeting on ?Using ICTs to achieve growth and development? is not a WSIS Action Line Facilitation meeting, but is being held further to a decision taken by the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development at its tenth session. The Meeting is organized jointly by UNCTAD, ILO and OECD, in the framework of UNCTAD?s contribution to the WSIS follow-up through its e-commerce work. 
More details in the documents available online on the UNCTAD website: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=11908&year=2006&month=12.
Best, 
 
Philippe
 
 



De : CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org] 
> Envoy? : jeudi, 19. octobre 2006 17:57
> ? : 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'; 'bureau@wsis-cs.org'
> Cc : 'CONGO - Philippe Dam'; 'Renate Bloem'
> Objet : TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
 
Dear all, 
 
Please find below the notification of an expert meeting jointly organised by ILO, UNCTAD and OECD on WSIS implementation and follow-up. As you can see on line and on the information note, ?non-governmental organizations in the general category and those in the special category wishing to participate as observers, are requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat of the names of their representatives by 17 November 2006?. The general and special categories referred to in this information note are the UNCTAD observer status (for more information, click here).
 
For NGOs which have no observer status with UNCTAD, I was explained by the UNCTAD Secretariat that interested participants are advised to send a participation request addressed to the Chair of the Expert Meeting at the e-mail address wsiseco@unctad.org, before 17 November 2006, clearly indicating:
Name of NGO
Representative to the meeting
Contact information
Status of NGO accreditation (ECOSOC Status, WSIS Accreditation?)
 
An answer might be provided by the Chair of the Expert Meeting around 17 November 2006, depending on the motivation of a given NGO to participate and its areas of interest.
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 



De : wsiseco@unctad.org [mailto:wsiseco@unctad.org] 
> Objet : UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
 

>         We have the pleasure to invite you to participate to the 

> Expert Meeting in Support of the Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS: 
> Using ICTs to Achieve Growth and Development 
> Geneva, 4 - 5 December 2006

> 
> The main objective of this event is to provide a discussion forum for Government representatives, experts, business people and academia on the potential of harnessing ICTs for economic and social development. During this two-day event experts will examine the latest empirical evidence on the way ICTs impact on the productivity and growth of firms, industries and countries with a view to identify how developing countries can best benefit from the information economy. Additionally, the analysis of recent trends in trade in ICT-enabled goods and services, labour markets and employment in the ICT sector, including outsourcing and offshoring to developing countries will help experts in formulating their future ICT strategies. 
> 
> Attached is the official notification. More information is available on http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=3876&lang=1 and www.unctad.org/ecommerce. 

> 
> Please confirm your participation to this event before 17 November 2006. 
> 
> We look forward to welcoming you in Geneva. 
> 
> The WSIS ECO team 
> 
>                                 
>
> [ 854(E).doc (138.9 Ko) ]
> [ 854(F).doc (139.6 Ko) ]
> [ 854(S).doc (138.2 Ko) ]
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061020/0660f01c/attachment.html
From motamar at gmail.com  Sat Oct 21 12:48:46 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <15989268.412951161370213165.JavaMail.www@wwinf1529>
References: <15989268.412951161370213165.JavaMail.www@wwinf1529>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610210448v29f188a5x3f4a6a480e7f30fa@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All

 greetings i repect you all  this  letter is for every body

Please  no malice to any body .Take my  advise as contribution. Don't twist
the facts Founding father of this beautiful institution has made this secret
, unrespectable and auguest body . This  dynamic institution   is for every
body, and don't let it be abused. There is no age limit I am my self 63
years of age. You see every now and then I receive this comments. Please
don't avoid the real issue. We will admire good work , We talk about equal
opportunity. Real election is the issue , We have to reform  every place  where
there is no justice, check all the correspondence and then accuse  people
for comments .Please no personal attacks. We have constructive   suggestions
don't take it negative. Please direct  the ship   to   correct course, * don't
have any  misunderstanding  with any body. Please don't let the master voice
misguide any one of you. Please no intest group.Only guilty will
panic.Thereis always room for improvement.
*

 Yes there is good work We admire where is due good remarks. Even being
thrown out side of the ring there are people and my self brought to the
attention of H.E that participation access to be granted. I am  active with
UN from 35 years .Most  of you are new.

 It is not material my meeting  to be seen or mark me present or absent.
More power  to the people  for their intense good work We support all the
WISS  has done . By the same token it is not the monopoly of any individual.
I attend where ever there is access and opportunity. I am the world most
active Muslim NGO . We are the oldest Muslim Organization in the world. We
don't worship human , We admire good worthy cause worker, That's  all NGO is
known for.

 People are doing their best. Yes who accomplishes the goals. My success is
yours and yours is mine. We all work in team. We should not discriminate.
Let every body get a chance to contribute. Please make an environment to
provide equal opportunity with out ,

 I hope every bodies questions are answered.national origin, race ,religion,
ethnic background, gender difference. Before we reform any thing else we
must get NGO house in order.

 Please drop all this back and forth non sence attacks.I respect personally
all the four who wrote about me .

Thanking you in anticipation  to all including thoes who are used.

Dr Malik Khan





On 10/20/06, Jean-Louis FULLSACK <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

>
>





> Therefore, I'd be graceful for you to be more comprehensive (and motre
> tolerant) for all these people who did and still do their best, and spend
> their precious time (like Francis i.a.) for assuming a true and actual CS
> presence at the different WSIS Follow-up meeetings elsewhere. And thank him
> for reporting so quickly all these events we coudn't attend for any
> reasons.
>
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
>
> President CSDPTT (age not indicated)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Message du 19/10/06 23:03
> > De : "malik khan"
> > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? :
> > Objet : Re: RE : RE: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB
> bureau
> >
> >
>
> Dear All
>
> There was no election just hand picked .Real election will bring devoted
> and dynamic qualified people with support .Money is important but other
> variable are also needed .Real election will be good I have seen many people
> left due to lack of   justice, We don't need same 45 faces every where. We
> need new young generation with ideas and workable and pragmatic solutions.
> Pro ratio the selection and see who has the majority   representation.
> Give equal opportunity with out distinctions . I am not asking to select me
> . But look at the history.
>
>  Thanks
>
>   Dr Malik Khan
>
> >
>  On 10/19/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> > translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > In French bellow,
> > > Dear Parminder,
> > > I totally aggree with your comments. It is supposed to
> > > be the aim of each of us....
> > > Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning for those
> > > among us who have ressources and support and the
> > > others.
> > > I know that many African associations would like to be
> > > more pro-active but they have not ressources for that
> > > and we do think how to deal with such a problem.
> > > Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
> > > participants refuse to take into account financial
> > > aspects and integrate this problem in multipartnariat
> > > issues; Governments representatives as well as secteur
> > > private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this financial
> > > issues to the good will of donnors, donnors give more
> > > easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known and
> > > things are turning arrond without end !
> > > Friendly Yours
> > > Mon cher Parminder,
> > > Je partage compl?tement vos commentaires et analyses.
> > > Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient et sont
> > > celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
> > > Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres dans ce
> > > processus je sais que beaucoup d'association pauvres
> > > font de leur mieux pour participer sans ressources aux
> > > processus et lorsqu'on soul?ve ce probl?me dans des
> > > rencontres comme celles de l'Unesco Paris on est
> > > imm?diatement renvoy?s  ? trouver des solutions dans
> > > le cadre du multipartenariat et r?gler les probl?mes
> > > selon des rapports de force, au cas par cas et selon
> > > le bon vouloir des donnateurs qui ne donnent en
> > > priorit? qu'aux associations ayant des r?f?rences et
> > > des accointances.... c'est le cercle vicieux et nous
> > > devons lutter pour faire avancer les choses.
> > > Amicalement
> > > Djilali
> > > --- Parminder <parminder@itforchange.net> a ?crit :
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dear All
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I think it is necessary to keep all kinds of CS
> > > > engagements on at all
> > > > levels, even if at times it is not like what we wish
> > > > for, in matter of
> > > > process and substance.... Because the issue is to
> > > > create spaces, precedents,
> > > > etc for CS involvement in global policy making.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Having said this, there continues to be important
> > > > issues of accountabilities
> > > > that those actors who chose to associate with and
> > > > sometimes use (for all
> > > > good purposes, no doubt) the limited legitimacy that
> > > > association with WSIS
> > > > CS, and CS plenary list, like groups afford, must
> > > > exercise?????
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > For example, those who are recommended by this list
> > > > and its associated
> > > > groups to global policy bodies (especially having
> > > > specifically sought such
> > > > nominations) need to keep a good interaction with
> > > > the list, represent the
> > > > causes which are seen to be backed by the CS,
> > > > collaborate internally among
> > > > the CS nominees on each body (like IGF and GAID)on
> > > > strategies, and reporting
> > > > back to the CS from these spaces?? This doesn't
> > > > often happen, and this
> > > > compromises the limited possibilities and avenues of
> > > > viability of this group
> > > > (CS plenary).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Another important issue for the group's viability is
> > > > to go beyond process
> > > > issues, and deal with substantive issues. Then alone
> > > > can this group become
> > > > relevant. It often happens that this group comes
> > > > alive when a process issues
> > > > ? like nominations to GAID, or associating with the
> > > > UNESCO process ? comes
> > > > up. However, many strong substantive issues which
> > > > require the attention of
> > > > anyone who considers oneself in any way associated
> > > > with the WSIS or IS civil
> > > > society come and go, and there is not a murmur on
> > > > this list?.. We need to
> > > > gather ourselves around substantive issues for us to
> > > > remain relevant, and
> > > > that is important to remain viable.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This imperative may also require reaching out to
> > > > other CS constituencies and
> > > > developing issues based alliances, and working on
> > > > them??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks, for all those who did all the work at Paris.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Parminder
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________________________
> > > >
> > > > Parminder Jeet Singh
> > > >
> > > > IT for Change, Bangalore
> > > >
> > > > Bridging Development Realities and Technological
> > > > Possibilities
> > > >
> > > > Tel: (+91-80) 2665 4134, 2653 6890
> > > >
> > > > Fax: (+91-80) 4146 1055
> > > >
> > > > www.ITforChange.net <http://www.itforchange.net/>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > >
> > > > > From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> > > > [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-
> > > >
> > > > > cs.org] On Behalf Of djilali benamrane
> > > >
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 1:29 PM
> > > >
> > > > > To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org
> > > >
> > > > > Cc: bureau@wsis-cs.org ; Causus africa; smsi
> > > > geneve; wsis-
> > > >
> > > > > finance@yahoogroupes.fr
> > > >
> > > > > Subject: RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS
> > > > Bureau] Review of
> > > >
> > > > > CSB bureau
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > > > goes to the
> > > >
> > > > > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> > > > responses
> > > >
> > > > > intended for specific people]
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > > > automatic
> > > >
> > > > > translation of this message!
> > > >
> > > > > _______________________________________
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > > In French bellow
> > > >
> > > > > Amir,
> > > >
> > > > > Thank you for your understanding.I really hope it
> > > > stop
> > > >
> > > > > the discussion.
> > > >
> > > > > In Paris, and additionnaly to our effort to make,
> > > > if
> > > >
> > > > > possible, more visible the Civile Society,
> > > > colleagues
> > > >
> > > > > present at this meeting call for the reactivation
> > > > of
> > > >
> > > > > the CSB as it was functionning during the Geneva
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > > Tunis process, even if certain members decided to
> > > > stop
> > > >
> > > > > their participation. The idea is also that the CBS
> > > > try
> > > >
> > > > > to make it sure that in May 2007, in Geneva we
> > > > should
> > > >
> > > > > be able to renew democratly and in transparency
> > > > the
> > > >
> > > > > CBS for the future, in cooperation with Regional
> > > > and
> > > >
> > > > > Themathic Caucus existing or to be created.
> > > >
> > > > > Now that the Civile society thanks to the effort
> > > > of
> > > >
> > > > > all  is gaining a certain visibility and
> > > > credibility
> > > >
> > > > > we are not going to show our limits to meet the
> > > >
> > > > > challenge.
> > > >
> > > > > Friendly
> > > >
> > > === message truncated ===
> > >
> > >
> > > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> > (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > > Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > ___________________________________________________________________________
> > > D?couvrez une nouvelle fa??on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos
> > questions !
> > > Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> > > http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
>
>
> >
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061021/c38e1857/attachment.htm
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 21 13:32:12 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <f22ffaa00610210448v29f188a5x3f4a6a480e7f30fa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20061021123212.97886.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Jean Louis, Dear Malik,
I soppose that there is only a misunderstandingand you
both are working hard to meet challenges to make the
civile society more effetive, more visible, more
credible.
Let's mobilize all our effort to go ahead and be
present in all Actions lines et be prepared to enhance
the CS and be ready if we need to promote from here to
May 2007 initiaves, proposals, events and actions.
Friendly
Djilali
--- malik khan <motamar@gmail.com> a ?crit :

> Dear All
> 
>  greetings i repect you all  this  letter is for
> every body
> 
> Please  no malice to any body .Take my  advise as
> contribution. Don't twist
> the facts Founding father of this beautiful
> institution has made this secret
> , unrespectable and auguest body . This  dynamic
> institution   is for every
> body, and don't let it be abused. There is no age
> limit I am my self 63
> years of age. You see every now and then I receive
> this comments. Please
> don't avoid the real issue. We will admire good work
> , We talk about equal
> opportunity. Real election is the issue , We have to
> reform  every place  where
> there is no justice, check all the correspondence
> and then accuse  people
> for comments .Please no personal attacks. We have
> constructive   suggestions
> don't take it negative. Please direct  the ship   to
>   correct course, * don't
> have any  misunderstanding  with any body. Please
> don't let the master voice
> misguide any one of you. Please no intest group.Only
> guilty will
> panic.Thereis always room for improvement.
> *
> 
>  Yes there is good work We admire where is due good
> remarks. Even being
> thrown out side of the ring there are people and my
> self brought to the
> attention of H.E that participation access to be
> granted. I am  active with
> UN from 35 years .Most  of you are new.
> 
>  It is not material my meeting  to be seen or mark
> me present or absent.
> More power  to the people  for their intense good
> work We support all the
> WISS  has done . By the same token it is not the
> monopoly of any individual.
> I attend where ever there is access and opportunity.
> I am the world most
> active Muslim NGO . We are the oldest Muslim
> Organization in the world. We
> don't worship human , We admire good worthy cause
> worker, That's  all NGO is
> known for.
> 
>  People are doing their best. Yes who accomplishes
> the goals. My success is
> yours and yours is mine. We all work in team. We
> should not discriminate.
> Let every body get a chance to contribute. Please
> make an environment to
> provide equal opportunity with out ,
> 
>  I hope every bodies questions are answered.national
> origin, race ,religion,
> ethnic background, gender difference. Before we
> reform any thing else we
> must get NGO house in order.
> 
>  Please drop all this back and forth non sence
> attacks.I respect personally
> all the four who wrote about me .
> 
> Thanking you in anticipation  to all including thoes
> who are used.
> 
> Dr Malik Khan
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/20/06, Jean-Louis FULLSACK
> <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Therefore, I'd be graceful for you to be more
> comprehensive (and motre
> > tolerant) for all these people who did and still
> do their best, and spend
> > their precious time (like Francis i.a.) for
> assuming a true and actual CS
> > presence at the different WSIS Follow-up meeetings
> elsewhere. And thank him
> > for reporting so quickly all these events we
> coudn't attend for any
> > reasons.
> >
> > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> >
> > President CSDPTT (age not indicated)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Message du 19/10/06 23:03
> > > De : "malik khan"
> > > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > Copie ?  :
> > > Objet : Re: RE : RE: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:
> [CS Bureau] Review of CSB
> > bureau
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> > There was no election just hand picked .Real
> election will bring devoted
> > and dynamic qualified people with support .Money
> is important but other
> > variable are also needed .Real election will be
> good I have seen many people
> > left due to lack of   justice, We don't need same
> 45 faces every where. We
> > need new young generation with ideas and workable
> and pragmatic solutions.
> > Pro ratio the selection and see who has the
> majority   representation.
> > Give equal opportunity with out distinctions . I
> am not asking to select me
> > . But look at the history.
> >
> >  Thanks
> >
> >   Dr Malik Khan
> >
> > >
> >  On 10/19/06, djilali benamrane
> <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
> > > >
> > > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access automatic
> > > translation of this message!
> > > > _______________________________________
> > > >
> > > > In French bellow,
> > > > Dear Parminder,
> > > > I totally aggree with your comments. It is
> supposed to
> > > > be the aim of each of us....
> > > > Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning
> for those
> > > > among us who have ressources and support and
> the
> > > > others.
> > > > I know that many African associations would
> like to be
> > > > more pro-active but they have not ressources
> for that
> > > > and we do think how to deal with such a
> problem.
> > > > Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
> > > > participants refuse to take into account
> financial
> > > > aspects and integrate this problem in
> multipartnariat
> > > > issues; Governments representatives as well as
> secteur
> > > > private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this
> financial
> > > > issues to the good will of donnors, donnors
> give more
> > > > easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known
> and
> > > > things are turning arrond without end !
> > > > Friendly Yours
> > > > Mon cher Parminder,
> > > > Je partage compl??tement vos commentaires et
> analyses.
> > > > Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient
> et sont
> > > > celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
> > > > Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres
> dans ce
> > > > processus je sais que beaucoup d'association
> pauvres
> > > > font de leur mieux pour participer sans
> ressources 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From motamar at gmail.com  Sat Oct 21 14:22:32 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau
In-Reply-To: <20061021123212.97886.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <f22ffaa00610210448v29f188a5x3f4a6a480e7f30fa@mail.gmail.com>
	 <20061021123212.97886.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610210622x2aafe41djf0d87d8deab7bb1f@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Dr. Djilali Benamrane:
ASSALAM U ALAIKUM
Thanks for your kind letter.  It is  a pleasure to hear from you.  My letter
is self-explanatory. The UN is a world institution, and we all have equal
rights as human beings. We must all work together in a team to accomplish
peace and tranquility and eradicate poverty by providing equal opportunity.
There is always room for improvement.  Some places justice is provided, and
some places justice is demanded.  I have all the records, which will speak
for themselves someday.  The Secretary-General and the President of the
General Assembly will be delivered hard copies of the record.  This is what
NGO organizations are all about.
I respect Jean Louis and I have no personal problem with anybody.  My letter
is a response to a few of the individuals who have suffered.  Nobody has the
right to crush any good suggestion.  Just 45 faces is not what the UN is all
about.  There is room for thousands on the network to work.  My suggestion
is for pro ratio opportunities to be provided as the rights of all humans.
I myself was discriminated against, and my suggestion is not for putting
anybody down but to ask them to correct the situation and provide equal
opportunity to all.
I admire whosoever is doing the good work, whether he is sitting in the key
position or outside.  They all are representing us, and we all must observe
and see that the goals are accomplished.  I accept your kind letter.  I have
put all our differences aside, and I look forward to working in the team and
request everyone around the globe to work and accomplish the necessary task
to do what we all are supposed to do.  We are nobody's master's voice, and
nobody is going to use us for their own interest.  This world has enough
space for every one of us to live and let live, because we all belong to the
Creator of the Universe.  We will try our best to accommodate everybody, and
they should take our suggestions and answer in a manner to help and provide,
rather than dictate.  I am sure all our letters are read by many who are
involved.  This august body is very sacred for all humanity, and we must do
our utmost best to accomplish what we have failed to do in the 20th Century.
Thanking you in anticipation for your kind and beautiful letter.
May the Almighty give you rewards here and in the Hereafter.
I will send you another additional letter of invitation to our converence of
the World Dialogue.
Ma salam,
Dr. Malik Khan

On 10/21/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear Jean Louis, Dear Malik,
> I soppose that there is only a misunderstandingand you
> both are working hard to meet challenges to make the
> civile society more effetive, more visible, more
> credible.
> Let's mobilize all our effort to go ahead and be
> present in all Actions lines et be prepared to enhance
> the CS and be ready if we need to promote from here to
> May 2007 initiaves, proposals, events and actions.
> Friendly
> Djilali
> --- malik khan <motamar@gmail.com> a ?crit :
>
> > Dear All
> >
> >  greetings i repect you all  this  letter is for
> > every body
> >
> > Please  no malice to any body .Take my  advise as
> > contribution. Don't twist
> > the facts Founding father of this beautiful
> > institution has made this secret
> > , unrespectable and auguest body . This  dynamic
> > institution   is for every
> > body, and don't let it be abused. There is no age
> > limit I am my self 63
> > years of age. You see every now and then I receive
> > this comments. Please
> > don't avoid the real issue. We will admire good work
> > , We talk about equal
> > opportunity. Real election is the issue , We have to
> > reform  every place  where
> > there is no justice, check all the correspondence
> > and then accuse  people
> > for comments .Please no personal attacks. We have
> > constructive   suggestions
> > don't take it negative. Please direct  the ship   to
> >   correct course, * don't
> > have any  misunderstanding  with any body. Please
> > don't let the master voice
> > misguide any one of you. Please no intest group.Only
> > guilty will
> > panic.Thereis always room for improvement.
> > *
> >
> >  Yes there is good work We admire where is due good
> > remarks. Even being
> > thrown out side of the ring there are people and my
> > self brought to the
> > attention of H.E that participation access to be
> > granted. I am  active with
> > UN from 35 years .Most  of you are new.
> >
> >  It is not material my meeting  to be seen or mark
> > me present or absent.
> > More power  to the people  for their intense good
> > work We support all the
> > WISS  has done . By the same token it is not the
> > monopoly of any individual.
> > I attend where ever there is access and opportunity.
> > I am the world most
> > active Muslim NGO . We are the oldest Muslim
> > Organization in the world. We
> > don't worship human , We admire good worthy cause
> > worker, That's  all NGO is
> > known for.
> >
> >  People are doing their best. Yes who accomplishes
> > the goals. My success is
> > yours and yours is mine. We all work in team. We
> > should not discriminate.
> > Let every body get a chance to contribute. Please
> > make an environment to
> > provide equal opportunity with out ,
> >
> >  I hope every bodies questions are answered.national
> > origin, race ,religion,
> > ethnic background, gender difference. Before we
> > reform any thing else we
> > must get NGO house in order.
> >
> >  Please drop all this back and forth non sence
> > attacks.I respect personally
> > all the four who wrote about me .
> >
> > Thanking you in anticipation  to all including thoes
> > who are used.
> >
> > Dr Malik Khan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/20/06, Jean-Louis FULLSACK
> > <jlfullsack@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Therefore, I'd be graceful for you to be more
> > comprehensive (and motre
> > > tolerant) for all these people who did and still
> > do their best, and spend
> > > their precious time (like Francis i.a.) for
> > assuming a true and actual CS
> > > presence at the different WSIS Follow-up meeetings
> > elsewhere. And thank him
> > > for reporting so quickly all these events we
> > coudn't attend for any
> > > reasons.
> > >
> > > Jean-Louis Fullsack
> > >
> > > President CSDPTT (age not indicated)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Message du 19/10/06 23:03
> > > > De : "malik khan"
> > > > A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > > Copie ?  :
> > > > Objet : Re: RE : RE: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re:
> > [CS Bureau] Review of CSB
> > > bureau
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Dear All
> > >
> > > There was no election just hand picked .Real
> > election will bring devoted
> > > and dynamic qualified people with support .Money
> > is important but other
> > > variable are also needed .Real election will be
> > good I have seen many people
> > > left due to lack of   justice, We don't need same
> > 45 faces every where. We
> > > need new young generation with ideas and workable
> > and pragmatic solutions.
> > > Pro ratio the selection and see who has the
> > majority   representation.
> > > Give equal opportunity with out distinctions . I
> > am not asking to select me
> > > . But look at the history.
> > >
> > >  Thanks
> > >
> > >   Dr Malik Khan
> > >
> > > >
> > >  On 10/19/06, djilali benamrane
> > <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
> > > > >
> > > > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> > access automatic
> > > > translation of this message!
> > > > > _______________________________________
> > > > >
> > > > > In French bellow,
> > > > > Dear Parminder,
> > > > > I totally aggree with your comments. It is
> > supposed to
> > > > > be the aim of each of us....
> > > > > Unfortunately "US" has not the same meaning
> > for those
> > > > > among us who have ressources and support and
> > the
> > > > > others.
> > > > > I know that many African associations would
> > like to be
> > > > > more pro-active but they have not ressources
> > for that
> > > > > and we do think how to deal with such a
> > problem.
> > > > > Here in paris discussion each Action Lines the
> > > > > participants refuse to take into account
> > financial
> > > > > aspects and integrate this problem in
> > multipartnariat
> > > > > issues; Governments representatives as well as
> > secteur
> > > > > private or UN Agencies prefere to leave this
> > financial
> > > > > issues to the good will of donnors, donnors
> > give more
> > > > > easly to bif NGOs ans Associations well known
> > and
> > > > > things are turning arrond without end !
> > > > > Friendly Yours
> > > > > Mon cher Parminder,
> > > > > Je partage compl??tement vos commentaires et
> > analyses.
> > > > > Votre vision et vos preoccupations devraient
> > et sont
> > > > > celles de chacune et de chacun d'entre nous.
> > > > > Par rapport aux statuts des uns et des autres
> > dans ce
> > > > > processus je sais que beaucoup d'association
> > pauvres
> > > > > font de leur mieux pour participer sans
> > ressources
> === message truncated ===
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son
> interface r?volutionnaire.
> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061021/c0fa75de/attachment.html
From motamar at gmail.com  Sat Oct 21 14:31:28 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
In-Reply-To: <20061020165215.93196.qmail@web50202.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061020165215.93196.qmail@web50202.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610210631h33b5d940r4c196234a3b3bbee@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Nnenna Nwakanma
We are coplying your request please provide HE, Ayuba Kadafa  e mail
address.
Thanking you in anticipation
Dr Malik Khan



On 10/20/06, Nnenna <nne75@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear all,
>
> The Digital Solidarity has established a regional bureau for Africa in
> Abuja, Nigeria.  http://www.dsf-fsn.org/newsletter/en/index.php?itemid=45 HE,
> Ayuba Kadafa is interested in getting to know all Civil Society
> Organisations working on the Digital divide, inclusion, solidarity
> issues...
>
> I will appreciate contacts for the above:
>
> Name of organisation
> Address
> E-mail contact
> Website
>
> Best regards
>
> Nnenna Nwakanma
>
>
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061021/ccfe85d0/attachment.htm
From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Sat Oct 21 15:29:24 2006
From: cafec3m at yahoo.fr (CAFEC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
Message-ID: <20061021142924.19447.qmail@web26602.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Dear Nenna and all,

We joined all of us to thank you and this opportunity for africa to have a African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
So, these our contact adress

Name of organisation: CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL
Address: Boulevard du 30 Juin, Immeuble le Royal, Entr?e A 7e Niveau, Commune de la Gombe,R?publique D?mocratique du Congo, Kinshasa
E-mail contact : cafec3m@yahoo.fr 
Website: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic

SCHOMBE Baudouin

 
COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 
CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)
COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC
R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr
site web: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
 
 
 



----- Message d'origine ----
De : malik khan <motamar@gmail.com>
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Envoy? le : Samedi, 21 Octobre 2006, 15h31mn 28s
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund


Dear Nnenna Nwakanma
We are coplying your request please provide HE, Ayuba Kadafa  e mail address.
Thanking you in anticipation
Dr Malik Khan
 



On 10/20/06, Nnenna <nne75@yahoo.com> wrote: 
Dear all,
 
The Digital Solidarity has established a regional bureau for Africa in Abuja, Nigeria.  http://www.dsf-fsn.org/newsletter/en/index.php?itemid=45 HE, Ayuba Kadafa is interested in getting to know all Civil Society Organisations working on the Digital divide, inclusion, solidarity issues...  
 
I will appreciate contacts for the above:
 
Name of organisation
Address
E-mail contact
Website
 
Best regards
 
Nnenna Nwakanma


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061021/56acbb55/attachment.html
From mpazello at oi.com.br  Sun Oct 22 00:46:13 2006
From: mpazello at oi.com.br (mpazello@oi.com.br)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI: UN Secretary-General Acceptance Speech
References: <20061021182053.F2EBEC614@mail.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <3F8C52B6-05B9-478A-ACCD-9947F5DBF504@oi.com.br>

Hi,

I believe the file in attachment is of interesting. I would like to  
highlight the SG's comments below on Civil Society.  The comments can  
be found on the page marked 009 in the acceptance speech enclosed.

"I will be accessible and proactive in reaching out to all  
stakeholders.  In particular, to bring the UN closer to the people, I  
will widely engage civil society in dialogue.  I will actively seek  
the support and input of advocacy groups, businesses, and other  
constituents of the global citizenry for the good of the Organization."

best,

Magaly


-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: SG Acceptance Speech.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 368925 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061021/b6a50fd1/SGAcceptanceSpeech.pdf
-------------- next part --------------

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 22 10:05:41 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI: UN Secretary-General Acceptance Speech
In-Reply-To: <3F8C52B6-05B9-478A-ACCD-9947F5DBF504@oi.com.br>
Message-ID: <20061022090541.56807.qmail@web60020.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks to Magaly for this message and for copying us
the speech of our new UN SG.
There is few words showing an intrest for the Civile
Society. Let's gather our efforts to improve an
efficient lobby for our legitimacy in this approach to
built a new world by a multi-patnenariat process.
Here in Paris, in the UNESCO HQ we just finish an
interesting meeting on the implementation of Action
lines as requested by WSIS Tunisia Agenda, and for the
first time i feel that the Civile Society can really
be taken into condideration if we have something to
propose.
Friendly
Djilali   
--- mpazello@oi.com.br a ?crit :

> Hi,
> 
> I believe the file in attachment is of interesting.
> I would like to  
> highlight the SG's comments below on Civil Society. 
> The comments can  
> be found on the page marked 009 in the acceptance
> speech enclosed.
> 
> "I will be accessible and proactive in reaching out
> to all  
> stakeholders.  In particular, to bring the UN closer
> to the people, I  
> will widely engage civil society in dialogue.  I
> will actively seek  
> the support and input of advocacy groups,
> businesses, and other  
> constituents of the global citizenry for the good of
> the Organization."
> 
> best,
> 
> Magaly
> 
> 
> > 
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From kohmichel at yahoo.fr  Sun Oct 22 10:21:48 2006
From: kohmichel at yahoo.fr (Michel Towa koh)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
In-Reply-To: <20061021142924.19447.qmail@web26602.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061022092148.52463.qmail@web27004.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

        Bonjour Nenna, 
   
  F?licitations et merci pour pour l'ouverture d'un bureau r?gional afrique du Fonds de Solidarit? Num?rique. J'ose penser qu'il s'agit l? d'un acte concret qui honore la soci?t? civile africaine. 
   
  Cependant, j'aimerai savoir si les pays qui n'ont pas contribu? financi?rement pour le FSN peuvent b?n?ficier ( les ?tats ou les associations) de ses concours. 
  Si tu peux ?galement nous communiquer la liste des pays africains qui ne l'ont pas fait nous permettra peut ?tre d'encourager nos gouvernements ? le faire. 
   
  Amicalement
   
  Towa Koh Michel 
  Coordonnateur National ACSIS CAMEROUN
  Directeur Fondateur du C.F.T.I.( Centre de Formation aux Techniques Informatiques ).
  Pr?sident ACEFIC( Association des Centres de formation professionnelle en Informatique du Cameroun)
  B.P. 30769 Yaound? Cameroun
  tel +237 200 76 35 
  GSM +237 997 68 87
      
  

CAFEC <cafec3m@yahoo.fr> a ?crit :           
   
  Dear Nenna and all,
   
  We joined all of us to thank you and this opportunity for africa to have a African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
  So, these our contact adress
   
  Name of organisation: CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL
  Address: Boulevard du 30 Juin, Immeuble le Royal, Entr?e A 7e Niveau, Commune de la Gombe,R?publique D?mocratique du Congo, Kinshasa
  E-mail contact : cafec3m@yahoo.fr 
  Website: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
   
  SCHOMBE Baudouin
  
 
                            COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 

  CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)
  COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC
  R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
  t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr
  site web: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
   
   
   












  

  ----- Message d'origine ----
De : malik khan <motamar@gmail.com>
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Envoy? le : Samedi, 21 Octobre 2006, 15h31mn 28s
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund

  Dear Nnenna Nwakanma
  We are coplying your request please provide HE, Ayuba Kadafa  e mail address.
  Thanking you in anticipation
  Dr Malik Khan
   


  On 10/20/06, Nnenna <nne75@yahoo.com> wrote:         Dear all,
   
  The Digital Solidarity has established a regional bureau for Africa in Abuja, Nigeria.  http://www.dsf-fsn.org/newsletter/en/index.php?itemid=45 HE, Ayuba Kadafa is interested in getting to know all Civil Society Organisations working on the Digital divide, inclusion, solidarity issues...  
   
  I will appreciate contacts for the above:
   
  Name of organisation
  Address
  E-mail contact
  Website
   
  Best regards
   
  Nnenna Nwakanma
   


 







  
---------------------------------
  D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.

 		
---------------------------------
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061022/5e16ca03/attachment.html
From nne75 at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 22 17:28:28 2006
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund - financement des projets
Message-ID: <20061022162828.25979.qmail@web50203.mail.yahoo.com>

Bonjour Michel, tous

Je suis convaicue que le Bureau africain vient a propos.  Ce ne sont pas les pays qui beneficieront du Fonds de FSN mais les organisations de la Soci?te civile.
Le Fonds mondial de Solidarit? Num?rique (FSN) assure le financement d'?quipements, de formations et de services dans le domaine des technologies de l'information (radio, t?l?phone, t?l?vision, informatique, Internet, etc.). 
L'objectif est de r?aliser les programmes nationaux de d?veloppement en r?pondant aux besoins de d?veloppement des collectivit?s locales dans le domaine des TIC. 
Le FSN soutient les projets communautaires s'inscrivant dans une politique nationale. La coop?ration Sud-Sud est privil?gi?e.
Les ressources du FSN sont attribu?es selon la r?partition suivante : 
60 % dans les pays les moins avanc?s 
30% dans les autres pays en d?veloppement 
10 % dans les pays en transition et d?velopp?s 
Sur la base de crit?res d?finis, le FSN appuie trois domaines d'actions prioritaires :
l'?ducation, la formation professionnelle et la sant? 
la fourniture de services aux administrations locales 
la cr?ation de nouvelles activit?s, de nouveaux emplois, de nouveaux revenus et de nouveaux march?s 
Examen des demandes et tra?abilit? des contributions 
Les demandes de financement sont trait?es par le Conseil ex?cutif du FSN sur proposition du Comit? scientifique et de l'Agence internationale pour la solidarit? num?rique ? Lyon. 
L'Agence  aide les collectivit?s ? formuler et ? mettre en ?uvre leur politique locale en mati?re de TIC. Elle appuie le montage de partenariats publics-priv?s, ?value les projets et conseille les partenaires engag?s dans la solidarit? num?rique. 
La tra?abilit? des contributions au FSN est assur?e en amont et en aval par un audit externe.


Voir toute autre information sur les pays et les villes fondateurs sur le site www.dsf-fsn.org 

Bien des choses

Nnenna


----- Original Message ----
From: Michel Towa koh <kohmichel@yahoo.fr>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Cc: africa@wsis-cs.org; acsis_cameroun@yahoogroupes.fr; rescatic@yahoogroupes.fr
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:21:48 AM
Subject: [Africa-CS-WSIS]Re : [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund

Bonjour Nenna, 
 
F?licitations et merci pour pour l'ouverture d'un bureau r?gional afrique du Fonds de Solidarit? Num?rique. J'ose penser qu'il s'agit l? d'un acte concret qui honore la soci?t? civile africaine. 
 
Cependant, j'aimerai savoir si les pays qui n'ont pas contribu? financi?rement pour le FSN peuvent b?n?ficier ( les ?tats ou les associations) de ses concours. 
Si tu peux ?galement nous communiquer la liste des pays africains qui ne l'ont pas fait nous permettra peut ?tre d'encourager nos gouvernements ? le faire. 
 
Amicalement
 
Towa Koh Michel 
Coordonnateur National ACSIS CAMEROUN
Directeur Fondateur du C.F.T.I.( Centre de Formation aux Techniques Informatiques ).
Pr?sident ACEFIC( Association des Centres de formation professionnelle en Informatique du Cameroun)
B.P. 30769 Yaound? Cameroun
tel +237 200 76 35 
GSM +237 997 68 87




CAFEC <cafec3m@yahoo.fr> a ?crit : 
 
Dear Nenna and all,
 
We joined all of us to thank you and this opportunity for africa to have a African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund
So, these our contact adress
 
Name of organisation: CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL
Address: Boulevard du 30 Juin, Immeuble le Royal, Entr?e A 7e Niveau, Commune de la Gombe,R?publique D?mocratique du Congo, Kinshasa
E-mail contact : cafec3m@yahoo.fr 
Website: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
 
SCHOMBE Baudouin

 
COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 
CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)
COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC
R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr
site web: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
 
 
 



----- Message d'origine ----
De : malik khan <motamar@gmail.com>
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Envoy? le : Samedi, 21 Octobre 2006, 15h31mn 28s
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] African Regional Bureau of the Digital Solidarity Fund


Dear Nnenna Nwakanma
We are coplying your request please provide HE, Ayuba Kadafa  e mail address.
Thanking you in anticipation
Dr Malik Khan
 



On 10/20/06, Nnenna <nne75@yahoo.com> wrote: 
Dear all,
 
The Digital Solidarity has established a regional bureau for Africa in Abuja, Nigeria.  http://www.dsf-fsn.org/newsletter/en/index.php?itemid=45 HE, Ayuba Kadafa is interested in getting to know all Civil Society Organisations working on the Digital divide, inclusion, solidarity issues...  
 
I will appreciate contacts for the above:
 
Name of organisation
Address
E-mail contact
Website
 
Best regards
 
Nnenna Nwakanma
 

 







D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.




D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061022/d339ba05/attachment.htm
From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sun Oct 22 22:32:27 2006
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Athens IGF Privacy Workshops
Message-ID: <453BE36B.1000608@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Dear all,

attached find the combined programmes for the two privacy workshops at the
Internet Governance Forum. They will take place on Tuesday, 31st October,
and we hope to see many of you there. We are looking forward to fruitful
workshops with a diverse range of perspectives.
Please feel free to circulate this invitation further.

Best, Ralf

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

*United Nations*
*Internet Governance Forum*
*Athens*

*Privacy Workshops*

*31st October 2006*



*Workshop 1*
*"Privacy and Identity Matters"*

11:30-13:00

This workshop will show that privacy and security are not exclusive
policy issues. We will look at the emerging digital identity
infrastructures that to date have received little public scrutiny and
attention. We will highlight the increasing importance of identity  and
authentication systems, and discuss the challenges and legal  implications.

Chair

Gus Hosein
Information Systems Group, The London School of Economics and  Political
Science, London
- introduction and overview

Speakers

Jerry Fishenden
Microsoft, UK National Technology Officer, London
- privacy, security and identity

Simon Davies
Information Systems Group, The London School of Economics and  Political
Science, London
- a view from the real policy world

Christian M?ller
Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Office of the
Representative on Freedom of the Media, Vienna
- identity, anonymity and free expression

Jan Schallab?ck
Independent Centre for Privacy Protection, Kiel
- the European landscape and the work of the Privacy and  Identity
Management in Europe (PRIME) project

Stephanie Perrin
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Ottawa
- global issues and international standards



*Workshop 2*
*"Privacy, Development, and Globalisation"*

13:30-15:00

This workshop will address the issues surrounding cross-border data flows
in a global information society. We will address the links between
privacy, economic development, and good governance, and map out the likely
landscape of future policy issues.

Chair
Ralf Bendrath
University of Bremen; WSIS Privacy & Security Working Group
- introduction and overview

Speakers

Cristos Velasco
North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce, Mexico City
- developing national privacy legislation under external constraints

Michael Silber
Internet Service Providers' Assiciation of South Africa, Johannesburg
- privacy from the internet industry's perspective in the South

David W. Maher
Public Interest Registry, Chicago
- ICANN, privacy issues, and global particpation

Zoi Talidou
Hellenic Data Protection Authority, Athens
- international data flows and transnational privacy enforcement

Anriette Esterhuysen
The Association for Progressive Communication, Johannesburg
- the challenge of linking privacy and development


*Venue, Registration and Logistics*

The venue of the Internet Governance Forum is
DIVANI APOLLON PALACE & SPA
10 Agiou Nikolaou & Iliou, 166 71 Vouliagmeni
tel. No + 30 210 8911100, fax : + 30 210 9658010
www.divanis.gr

Register your participation at
<http://www.intgovforum.org/register/index.php>.
This will also provide you with a code for getting the hotel discount rate.

A list of hotels as well as more useful information can be found at
<http://www.igfgreece2006.gr/?tid=56&aid=0>.
The Greece government is generously providing free transport from and to
the airport for IGF participants.


*Information about the Speakers*

Ralf Bendrath is a political scientist and a researcher at the
Collaborative Research Center "Transformations of the State" at the
University of Bremen, Germany. He is currently working on the governance
of privacy in the project ?Regulation and Legitimacy on the Internet?.
Before specializing in privacy issues, he has researched and published
extensively on cyber-security, information warfare, international security
policy, and peace research. From 2003 to 2005, Ralf Bendrath was chief
editor of worldsummit2005.org, the leading civil society website on the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). He is co-coordinator of
the international "Privacy and Security" Working Group of WSIS Civil
Society, and was a civil society member in the German government
delegation to the WSIS summits in 2003 and 2005. He is a founding member
of the German advocacy group 'Netzwerk Neue Medien' and also active in
European Digital Rights (EDRi). Ralf Bendrath is a founding member of the
Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet).

Simon Davies is one of the world's leading figures in privacy and data
protection and has worked in more than 30 countries on issues ranging from
identity cards to military surveillance. His work in privacy, data
protection, consumer rights, policy analysis and technology assessment has
spanned more than twenty years. His role as founder and director of the
watchdog group Privacy International has put him at the cutting edge of
privacy across the full spectrum of issues. His expertise in identity and
identity systems, in particular, has been called upon by many of the
world's intergovernmental organisations and parliaments. The UK based
Privacy International, now with members in more than 40 countries, was
founded in 1990 and is a strong voice for privacy reform across the world.
Simon Davies is also the founder of the Big Brother Awards, a prize now
given internationally to organizations and individuals who commit
particularly flagrant violations of the right to privacy. Since 1997 Simon
Davies has been a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Information Systems
of the London School of Economics. He has also been a consultant adviser
to numerous government, professional and corporate bodies in Europe and
North America.

Anriette Esterhuysen is the Executive Director of the Association for
Progressive Communications, an international nongovernmental organization
that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by
civil society for social justice and development. She was Executive
Director of SANGONET, an electronic information and communications service
provider for the development sector in South Africa from 1993 to 2000.
Mrs. Esterhuysen has a background in information and communications in the
social justice and development sectors. She is also a founder of WomenNet
in South Africa and served on the African Technical Advisory Committee of
the Economic Commission for Africa's African Information Society
Initiative. She was a member of the Social Science Research Council's
Information Technology and International Cooperation Steering Committee
and is a member of the High-level Advisory Board for the UN Global
Alliance for ICT and Development. She serves on the governing boards of
Isis Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange, Ungana-Afrika in
Pretoria, and the Society for International Development.

Jerry Fishenden is Microsoft UK's National Technology Officer and
spokesman on the value and implications of present and future
technological developments - and their impact on public policy. As NTO,
Jerry is responsible for helping to develop Microsoft's vision around the
use of IT for transforming the way we learn, live and work. Prior to
joining Microsoft Jerry worked in a variety of senior positions in the
public sector, including as head of business systems for the UK?s chief
financial services regulator in the City of London; as an Officer of the
House of Commons, establishing the Parliamentary Data and Video Network at
the Houses of Parliament; and as a Director of IT in the National Health
Service (NHS).

Gus Hosein is a Senior Fellow at Privacy International where he directs
the 'Terrorism and the Open Society' programme. At Privacy International
he also co-ordinates the Policy Laundering Project in association with the
American Civil Liberties Union and Statewatch. He is a Visiting Fellow at
the London School of Economics where he lectures on courses on data
protection and the Information Society. He holds a PhD from the LSE and a
B.Math from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

David W. Maher is Senior Vice President - Law and Policy of Public
Interest Registry, a nonprofit corporation responsible for management of
the registry of the .ORG top level domain. From 1999 until 2002, he was
Vice President - Public Policy of the Internet Society. Mr. Maher is a
registered patent attorney with extensive experience in intellectual
property and entertainment law.  Mr. Maher was General Counsel to the
Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois, Inc. for over 20
years and was the recipient of the Bureau?s Torch of Integrity Award in
1999. In 1996, as a well-regarded authority on Internet domain names, Mr.
Maher was asked by the Internet Society to serve on the 11 member
International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC). The IAHC developed proposals for
dispute-resolution with "cyber-squatters", which were later adopted by
WIPO and now form the nucleus of the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution
Policy, a global arbitration and mediation system for trademark-domain
name disputes. Mr. Maher is a member of the WIPO Arbitration & Mediation
Center Panel of Neutrals. Mr. Maher currently serves as a member of the
Visiting Committee to the Divinity School at the University of Chicago.
He is a member of the American Law Institute and has lectured and written
articles on the Internet, intellectual property and communications law.

Christian M?ller is programme officer at the office of the OSCE
Representative on Freedom of the Media in Vienna. He holds a Master's
degree in Media and Literature Studies, German Language and Public Law
from Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany, and is also researching
on the influence of technical development on freedom of the media on the
Internet. Before his employment at the OSCE, he worked for more than three
years for the Unabh?ngige Landesanstalt f?r das Rundfunkwesen (ULR), one
of Germany's federal media authorities.

Stephanie Perrin is the Director of Strategic Policy and Research at the
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. She is the former Chief
Privacy Officer for Zero Knowledge Systems, a privacy-enhancing technology
company that was active in pushing the boundaries of anonymity on the
Internet during 2000-2002.  During that time she was the Team Leader of an
expert group reporting to CEN/ISSS on the benefits of standards in
implementing the European Directive 95/46/EC on the protection of
individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.

Jan Schallab?ck was a legal trainee at the German Federal Foreign Office
before joining the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection in Kiel,
Germany, to be working on the PRIME-project. His interests concern
different matters of information society, focusing on privacy enhancement
and questions of copyright regulation. He has worked with
Heinrich-B?ll-Foundation as an observer at the UN World Summit of the
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis and Geneva 2003 and 2005 and was a
project coordinator at  Technical University Berlin in project developing
scenarios for,  and researching social consequences of the use of Trusted
Computing technologies. He majored in European and International Law.

Michael Silber, BProc LLB (University of the Witwatersrand), is a
practicing South African attorney and ICT specialist. He currently serves
as regulatory advisor for the Internet Service Providers? Association of
South Africa, and as the senior adjudicator for the Wireless Applications
Service Providers? Association. He is a consultant with Michalsons
Attorneys. Mr. Silber is a director of the .za domain name authority, and
a founding member of ISOC-ZA, the South African chapter of the Internet
Society. He was a voting member of ICANN?s Nominating Committee in both
2005 and 2006 (representative of the country code Names Supporting
Organisation). Mr. Silber is a member of the executive committee of the
Communications Users Association of South Africa. Previously, he was the
general manager of the Trust Centre division of the South African Post
Office Limited, responsible for its public key infrastructure and
electronic signature project.

Zoi Talidou is a lawyer, currently working as a legal auditor at the
Hellenic Data Protection Authority. She holds specialization in the field
data protection and new Technologies. She has an LL.M. in European Data
Protection Law and a PhD with the topic Selfregulation in the Field of
Data Protection, both from the University of Freiburg in Germany. She
published a book in Germany with the Title "Regulated Selfregulation in
the field of Data Protection". She gathered experience by working at the
German Data Protection Authority and at the European Data Protection
Supervisor. Mrs. Talidou has spoken and written on RFID and data
protection legal issues as well as on the EU Data-Retention-Directive. She
also worked on a research Project for the LEGAL-IST group.

Cristos Velasco is a Mexican attorney with experience in international
trade, telecommunications and Internet  &  e-commerce law. He holds
specializations in Business Law from Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de
Mexico (ITAM), and International Trade Law from Universidad Panamericana
(UP). He has an LL.M in International Trade Law from the University of
Arizona in Tucson. Since 2002, he has been a researcher and lecturer on
Internet and e-commerce law at Mexico City?s Instituto Tecnologico
Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He is the founder and general director of the
North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce (NACPEC)
http://www.nacpec.org  a website in charge of disseminating information on
the regulation of the Internet and e-commerce consumer protection with the
aim of facilitating research guidance and fostering education and
awareness among policy makers, academia, consumer groups and civil society
organizations.



-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Privacy-Workshops-combined.rtf
Type: application/msword
Size: 36967 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061022/32f81f6f/Privacy-Workshops-combined.dot
From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Mon Oct 23 15:13:48 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Ottawa Alternative Telecom policy forum
Message-ID: <453CCE1C.1060301@lists.privaterra.org>

Copy of the text from my recent blog posting on the topic. Please visit
the URL below for details on the websites and/or blogs mentioned.

http://wsis.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/10/23/2439269.html


I had the pleasure of chairing all of the sessions of the alt.telecom
policy forum held in Ottawa this past weekend.

It was a great meeting, and a multi-stakeholder meeting at that - having
key people from Academia, civil society, Government, as well as the
internet business sector. The conference proceedings were webcast and
archived using KNET's Breeze application.

Michael Lenczner , Alison Powell, Stephane Couture, Sascha Meinrath and
Ross Rader blogged from the event. I do recommend reading their comments.

The timing of the event couldn't have been better, coming days before
the IGF. I will look for ways to bring ideas from the Ottawa event to
Athens, and see what collaborations can be developed with key players.

So all in all a great event, one that I hope people reading this list
will want to know more about.

From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 23 15:43:32 2006
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: REPONSE RELATIVE A  NOTRE  OPEN LETTER
In-Reply-To: <20061022234154.56920.qmail@web26001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061023144332.79979.qmail@web34309.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Dear NANA,
My organization and very good self may not be too
enthused with the response of the IGF Secretariat to
the OPEN LETTER as stated above for very obvious
reason.
While it is absolutely necessary for Financial Support
for the participation of members from the Third World
Countries, this should not be at the expense of a more
fundamental issue- which is equality of access.
The continous dependence of the so called THIRD WORLD
On funding from international donors have made us
subservient to other countries so called DEVELOPED.
HOW for instance can you justify the conditions for
participants to make down payments for hotel
reservations via credit cards and charges started
running from SEPTEMBER 20TH for any failure to attend.
Participants from EUROPE, USA, ASIA AND PROBABLY THE
MIDDLE EAST MAY NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH VISA
PROCESSES-save AFRICAN PARTICIPANTS.
So, where an African delegate fails to get an entry
visa to Greece he or she forfeits the hotel deposits.
WHEN SOUTH AFRICA hosted the WSSD in 2002, and TUNIS
WSIS in 2005, there was no restriction to participants
from our so called developed world.
ANOTHER worry was the discovery that the IGF
SECRETARIAT was bereft of the autonmy and independence
to ACCREDIT PARTICIPANTS WIHOUT RECOURSE TO THE GREEK
AUTHORITY. This is qite contrary to the spirit of the
UNITED NATIONS. Mr. Kummer and his team will attest to
the collosal amount of money we spent in calling
Geneva over this issue from Nigeria.
But because of the deliberate attempt to DENY some
participants from attending the IGF in greece,my
organization has withdrawn our involvement and
participation in the IGF EVENT IN ATHENS, even though
I HAVE MY VISA TO BE IN GREECE, as WE HAVE JUST LEFT
PARIS after attending the WSIS ACTIONS LINE IN UNESCO
Office in paris.
TO Sister NANA and the EXCO of ACSIS, till we learn to
respect opposing views and opinions, the ACSIS will
continue to be regarded by some of us as a CULT.
When NNENA SENT OUT the draft of the OPEN LETTER in as
much as I endorsed the spirit of the letter I drew
attention to this salient point and all I got was a
reprimand that IF I NEEDED HELP FOR MY VISA I SHOULD
ASK.
My organization believes in collaboration and unity of
purpose but it should be based on mutual respect.
On the level of my NGO and as bonafide members of NGO
ON SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC, and other
bodies within the UN, we shall direct our protest
appropriately to the SG.
AND for the NIGERIAN CHAPTER of the WSIS/ACSIS, that I
coordinate we shall make a formal position known on
this.
In the interim for those travelling to ATHENS BON
VOYAGE.
Yours in Protest,
Pastor Peters OMORAGBON
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT/CEO
COORDINATOR-WSIS/ACSIS-Nigerian Chapter

--- NANA Delphine <delynana2002@yahoo.fr> wrote:

> 
> 
> Click http://wsis.funderes.org/acsis/  to access
> automatic translation of this message
>    
>   Chers Tous,
>    
>   Suite ? notre Lettre Ouverte adress?e  ? Monsieur
> Markus KUMMER, Coordonnateur Ex?cutif du Secr?tariat
> du Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet,  relative
>  ? la participation des organisations de la Soci?t?
> Civile africaine, au processus du IGF, 
>   Je vous prie de trouver ci-dessous, la reponse
> qu'il a bien voulu nous donner.
>    
>   Delphine NANA MEKOUNTE
>   Pr?sidente de ACSIS
> 
>   
>  
>   Dear Ms Nana Mekounte,
> 
> I would like to thank you for your letter of support
> and for drawing my
> attention to the difficulties encountered by Civil
> Society Organizations (CSO???s)from developing
> countries, and in particular the Least Developed
> Countries(LDCs), to participate actively in the
> preparatory process for the IGF and the inaugural
> meeting of the IGF itself. By and large. I share
> your concerns and it is one of the stated aims of
> the IGF Secretariat to facilitate attendance of
> stakeholders from developing countries.
> 
> As you may be aware of, the IGF is not part of the
> regular United Nations
> activities. It therefore depends on voluntary
> funding.  As time was short for preparing the first
> IGF meeting we have not been able to generate
> sufficient resources to fund developing country
> participation.
> 
> It is our hope that a successful first meeting of
> the IGF will also generate
> interest among potential donors. As you rightly
> point out, the overall theme of the Athens meeting
> is 'Internet Governance for Development'. Funding to
> assist participants from developing countries is
> part of this theme.
> 
> I agree with you in so far that virtual
> participation can never replace the
> physical presence at a meeting. Nevertheless, we
> will try to maximize our resources and make best
> possible use of virtual participation technologies
> to be as inclusive as possible. While virtual
> participation is not a solution, it is aviable 'next
> best'.
> 
> With your agreement, we would like to post your
> letter on our Web site. The concerns you express in
> your letter are important and deserve being brought
> to the attention of the visitors of our Web site.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Markus Kummer
> Executive Coordinator
> Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
> 
> 
>                                                     
>                            
>          
> 
> 
>    
>     
> 
>  
>    
> 
> 
>  		
> ---------------------------------
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses
> ? toutes vos questions ! Demandez ? ceux qui savent
> sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.



   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649, +234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

From jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be  Mon Oct 23 18:41:21 2006
From: jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be (Jacques Berleur)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award Nominations
Message-ID: <a06230906c162ad0234ac@[138.48.32.129]>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
Skipped content of type multipart/appledouble
From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 23 21:34:24 2006
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] FYI: UN Secretary-General Acceptance Speech
In-Reply-To: <3F8C52B6-05B9-478A-ACCD-9947F5DBF504@oi.com.br>
Message-ID: <20061023203424.95666.qmail@web34315.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Magally,
THANKS FOR THE PIECE OF INFORMATION, THE SPEECH IS A
COLLECTOR,S ITEM.
PASTOR PETERS

--- mpazello@oi.com.br wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I believe the file in attachment is of interesting.
> I would like to  
> highlight the SG's comments below on Civil Society. 
> The comments can  
> be found on the page marked 009 in the acceptance
> speech enclosed.
> 
> "I will be accessible and proactive in reaching out
> to all  
> stakeholders.  In particular, to bring the UN closer
> to the people, I  
> will widely engage civil society in dialogue.  I
> will actively seek  
> the support and input of advocacy groups,
> businesses, and other  
> constituents of the global citizenry for the good of
> the Organization."
> 
> best,
> 
> Magaly
> 
> 
> > 
> 



   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649, +234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Oct 25 12:15:06 2006
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
Message-ID: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA40171760C@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

Hi all

Please find below the speech of the UN special Rapporteur on freedom of
expression, addressing the Human Rights Council on 22 Sept. 2006. The SR
addresses media freedom, the Danish cartoon crisis, WSIS and internet
governance.

Best
Rikke
-----------------

Statement by Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and
Protection of the Right to  Freedom of Opinion and Expression

At the second regular session of the Human Rights Council
(18 September - 6 October 2006)

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Bureau, distinguished delegates, ladies and
gentlemen 

Freedom of opinion and expression is one of the pillars of a fair and
democratic society.   Indeed, the interpretation of principles related
to its essence and implementation may extensively vary, particularly
when it comes to the definition of opinion-related offences.  Anyhow,
the free flow of news, information and ideas, within and across national
borders, contributes to the better understanding of societies that are
culturally, and often physically, distant from each other.  The
increasing access to global information through modern technologies is
also an essential component of a successful development strategy. 

Regrettably, violations of the right of freedom of opinion and
expression, at various extents and forms, continue to take place in many
countries.  Reinforcing the Rule of Law will contribute a great deal to
decrease cases of impunity.  Parliaments should also examine, in a
speedily manner, new laws and regulations which could allow the full
enjoyment and exploitation of new technologies available today.

Comprehensive and pluralist information can only be guaranteed if media
professionals are allowed to work with sufficient protection and
security, within freedom prerogatives.  States have the primary
responsibility to take all suitable measures to ensure that journalists
receive support and protection while working on dangerous subjects and
in unsafe areas.  States are also responsible for ensuring that those
committing crimes against media professionals are brought to justice. 

I have received allegations concerning military operations that would
principally have targeted media professionals and their work facilities.
Many other journalists were killed while investigating corruption cases
and alleged mismanagement by States' officials, or by criminal
organizations acting with or without the support of States' apparatus.
According to reliable sources, from 1 January to 17 August 2006, 84
media professionals were killed while on duty: while in Africa and in
the European continent figures are on the average, the situation is
extremely serious in Asia and Latin American and absolutely appalling in
the Middle East.  

I have been following with great interest the debate on the
reinforcement of the security of media professionals on the proposed
creation of a press emblem.  Alternatively, some other media
organizations have proposed that the Security Council adopt a ad hoc
resolution.  A third option, which in my opinion could be the most
pragmatic and a step forward in enhancing security of media
professionals, is the drafting of international guidelines and rules on
this matter.  This honorable Council may wish to consider the
opportunity of convening a group of experts to prepare a wide-ranging
study on the causes and consequences of violence against journalists and
legal remedies available.

In recent years, several countries replaced, partially or totally,
criminal defamation laws with civil defamation laws, a measure that also
allows reducing the workload and costs of overburdened judiciary
systems. Unfortunately, some of these judicial reforms did not abolish
offences such as those that "insult national institutions and or
national symbols" which can easily be used in relation to allegedly
defamatory statements.

The issue of the decriminalization of defamation, slander and libel
remains at the heart of a generalized progress in the field of freedom
of expression: breaches of defamation laws are still sanctioned with
prison sentences, suspended prison sentences, excessive fines,
suspension of the right to express oneself through any particular form
of media, or to practice journalism.  In many countries defamation laws
are too frequently used to stifle public debate about matters of general
concern, and to limit criticism of officials.

I, therefore, wish to reiterate my support for the decriminalization of
defamation and related offences.  Public officials and authorities
should not take part in the initiation or prosecution of criminal
defamation cases and should not be granted greater protection than the
ordinary citizen; they should instead tolerate more criticism because of
the nature of their public mandates and responsibilities.

Distinguished delegates

At the invitation of the Danish Human Rights Institute, I visited
Denmark in April 2006 to participate in a number of meetings, including
meetings with Government's officials, in which I gathered significant
information regarding the so-called "Danish Cartoons Affaire". 

In Denmark, Press and Media enjoy an extended editorial freedom and play
a pivotal role in providing an arena for debate thus promoting the free
exchange of opinions and ideas.  However, the use of stereotypes,
libeling and insulting ethnic, social and religious groups do not help
in support of the relentless efforts to consolidate an open and
multicultural society.   Polarization of opinions, often based on
distorted arguments and narrow-mindedness, can endanger constructive and
peaceful dialogue among different communities thus causing disharmony
and friction in delicate social and cultural balances. 

Freedom of religion and freedom of expression must walk together.  There
will be no freedom of expression without freedom of religion, because
creeds and beliefs are an essential, deep-rooted component of the life
of billions people.  The spiritual urgency to express, both publicly and
privately, one's own faith cannot be repressed.  All believers,
regardless of their faith or creed, have the right to practice their own
religion without any restriction, the only limit being the respect of
others' rights and freedoms.
    
The final phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, held in
Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005, was marked by strenuous debates
around issues like the global access and exploitation of Internet
resources, and enhanced dissemination and availability of information.
The Internet revolution has definitely opened a new era for freedom of
opinion and expression, especially for the numerous opportunities for
the dissemination of education and knowledge.  Internet availability may
have a terrific impact on the quantity and quality of information at the
disposal of the most disadvantaged classes, especially the rural poor.
The international community at large, including private enterprises,
should take this opportunity to provide a chance for substantial human
and economic development in the less developed countries through the
exploitation of Internet resources.

The establishment of an intergovernmental organization on Internet
governance must be solidly anchored to the principles of freedom of
opinion and expression as enshrined in international human rights
instruments.  Private corporations, which have been playing a crucial
role in the promotion of modern technologies, the United Nations, States
and civil society, will need to cooperate closely in order to make sure
that human rights will be a fundamental and unavoidable component of the
future of Internet governance.  

However, much has still to be done to reach a collective concept of
Internet Governance.  Regrettably, I have received numerous reports of
harassment, arrest, trial and detention of Internet writers in several
countries. Law-enforcement agencies closed several websites and arrested
ordinary customers and bloggers, who have subsequently been charged of
opinion-related offences, such as defamation or slander, and
terrorist-like activities such as "acts against State security". 

Mr. Chairman,
Since my presentation before the 61th session of the Commission, I
participated in the celebration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May
2005, organized by UNESCO in Dakar. The theme of the Dakar meeting was
the role played by the media in promoting democracy and good governance
by ensuring transparency and accountability, promoting participation and
the rule of law, and contributing to the fight against poverty. 

I was also invited to the International Press Institute World Congress
and 54th General Assembly, held in Nairobi, from 21 to 24 May 2005,
where I participated in a panel entitled "Pluralism and democracy, the
African experience". In my speech, I pointed out that the quest for
freedom of opinion and expression by all African peoples was higher than
ever and the access to modern communication technologies may open new
opportunities for human and economic development.

On 3 May 2006, I was invited to the celebrations of the World Press
Freedom Day, organized by the Department of Public Information of the
United Nations Office in Geneva, where the participants discussed the
role of the Press and the Media in general for enhancement of democracy
and the advancement of human rights.

On 24 June 2006, I participated in the 8th Annual NGO Forum on Human
Rights, organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Ireland.  The theme of the Forum, chosen to coincide with the
inaugural session of this honorable Council, was "Global Human Rights
Protection-the way forward".

In June 2005 and 2006, I attended the twelfth and thirteen meeting of
the special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and
chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures and advisory
services programme held in Geneva.

Mr. Chairman,
I would now like to update this honorable Council on my activities with
regard to urgent appeals and allegations letters, sent to Governments
for their comments, observations and eventual remedial action.  
In 2005, I signed or co-signed with my fellow special rapporteurs and
experts 490 communications on allegations of human rights violations, to
96 different countries, regarding 1328 individuals.  Replies were
numerous, 42%, but I wish to encourage again Governments to include in
their responses exhaustive information on human rights violations, thus
avoiding political statements.  I also wish to thank all those
components of the civil society for providing my mandate with credible
information. 
Distinguished Delegates, I would now like to update the Commission on my
country visits programme

I also wish to express my appreciation to the Governments of Algeria,
Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Honduras, Libya Jahamairia, Macedonia, Maldives,
Sri Lanka, Sudan and Ukraine for inviting me to visit their countries, a
task that I intend to accomplish within the time-framework of my
mandate.   


I thank you Mr. Chairman

END 


From nyangkweagien at gmail.com  Wed Oct 25 12:27:03 2006
From: nyangkweagien at gmail.com (Nyangkwe Agien Aaron)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
In-Reply-To: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA40171760C@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
References: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA40171760C@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <a6bc8cb30610250427k74000fddv32362f16e99cd3a5@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Rikke
Thanks for the wonderful information contained in that text.

On 10/25/06, Rikke Frank Joergensen <rfj@humanrights.dk> wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hi all
>
> Please find below the speech of the UN special Rapporteur on freedom of
> expression, addressing the Human Rights Council on 22 Sept. 2006. The SR
> addresses media freedom, the Danish cartoon crisis, WSIS and internet
> governance.
>
> Best
> Rikke
> -----------------
>
> Statement by Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and
> Protection of the Right to  Freedom of Opinion and Expression
>
> At the second regular session of the Human Rights Council
> (18 September - 6 October 2006)
>
> Mr. Chairman, Members of the Bureau, distinguished delegates, ladies and
> gentlemen
>
> Freedom of opinion and expression is one of the pillars of a fair and
> democratic society.   Indeed, the interpretation of principles related
> to its essence and implementation may extensively vary, particularly
> when it comes to the definition of opinion-related offences.  Anyhow,
> the free flow of news, information and ideas, within and across national
> borders, contributes to the better understanding of societies that are
> culturally, and often physically, distant from each other.  The
> increasing access to global information through modern technologies is
> also an essential component of a successful development strategy.
>
> Regrettably, violations of the right of freedom of opinion and
> expression, at various extents and forms, continue to take place in many
> countries.  Reinforcing the Rule of Law will contribute a great deal to
> decrease cases of impunity.  Parliaments should also examine, in a
> speedily manner, new laws and regulations which could allow the full
> enjoyment and exploitation of new technologies available today.
>
> Comprehensive and pluralist information can only be guaranteed if media
> professionals are allowed to work with sufficient protection and
> security, within freedom prerogatives.  States have the primary
> responsibility to take all suitable measures to ensure that journalists
> receive support and protection while working on dangerous subjects and
> in unsafe areas.  States are also responsible for ensuring that those
> committing crimes against media professionals are brought to justice.
>
> I have received allegations concerning military operations that would
> principally have targeted media professionals and their work facilities.
> Many other journalists were killed while investigating corruption cases
> and alleged mismanagement by States' officials, or by criminal
> organizations acting with or without the support of States' apparatus.
> According to reliable sources, from 1 January to 17 August 2006, 84
> media professionals were killed while on duty: while in Africa and in
> the European continent figures are on the average, the situation is
> extremely serious in Asia and Latin American and absolutely appalling in
> the Middle East.
>
> I have been following with great interest the debate on the
> reinforcement of the security of media professionals on the proposed
> creation of a press emblem.  Alternatively, some other media
> organizations have proposed that the Security Council adopt a ad hoc
> resolution.  A third option, which in my opinion could be the most
> pragmatic and a step forward in enhancing security of media
> professionals, is the drafting of international guidelines and rules on
> this matter.  This honorable Council may wish to consider the
> opportunity of convening a group of experts to prepare a wide-ranging
> study on the causes and consequences of violence against journalists and
> legal remedies available.
>
> In recent years, several countries replaced, partially or totally,
> criminal defamation laws with civil defamation laws, a measure that also
> allows reducing the workload and costs of overburdened judiciary
> systems. Unfortunately, some of these judicial reforms did not abolish
> offences such as those that "insult national institutions and or
> national symbols" which can easily be used in relation to allegedly
> defamatory statements.
>
> The issue of the decriminalization of defamation, slander and libel
> remains at the heart of a generalized progress in the field of freedom
> of expression: breaches of defamation laws are still sanctioned with
> prison sentences, suspended prison sentences, excessive fines,
> suspension of the right to express oneself through any particular form
> of media, or to practice journalism.  In many countries defamation laws
> are too frequently used to stifle public debate about matters of general
> concern, and to limit criticism of officials.
>
> I, therefore, wish to reiterate my support for the decriminalization of
> defamation and related offences.  Public officials and authorities
> should not take part in the initiation or prosecution of criminal
> defamation cases and should not be granted greater protection than the
> ordinary citizen; they should instead tolerate more criticism because of
> the nature of their public mandates and responsibilities.
>
> Distinguished delegates
>
> At the invitation of the Danish Human Rights Institute, I visited
> Denmark in April 2006 to participate in a number of meetings, including
> meetings with Government's officials, in which I gathered significant
> information regarding the so-called "Danish Cartoons Affaire".
>
> In Denmark, Press and Media enjoy an extended editorial freedom and play
> a pivotal role in providing an arena for debate thus promoting the free
> exchange of opinions and ideas.  However, the use of stereotypes,
> libeling and insulting ethnic, social and religious groups do not help
> in support of the relentless efforts to consolidate an open and
> multicultural society.   Polarization of opinions, often based on
> distorted arguments and narrow-mindedness, can endanger constructive and
> peaceful dialogue among different communities thus causing disharmony
> and friction in delicate social and cultural balances.
>
> Freedom of religion and freedom of expression must walk together.  There
> will be no freedom of expression without freedom of religion, because
> creeds and beliefs are an essential, deep-rooted component of the life
> of billions people.  The spiritual urgency to express, both publicly and
> privately, one's own faith cannot be repressed.  All believers,
> regardless of their faith or creed, have the right to practice their own
> religion without any restriction, the only limit being the respect of
> others' rights and freedoms.
>
> The final phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, held in
> Tunis from 16 to 18 November 2005, was marked by strenuous debates
> around issues like the global access and exploitation of Internet
> resources, and enhanced dissemination and availability of information.
> The Internet revolution has definitely opened a new era for freedom of
> opinion and expression, especially for the numerous opportunities for
> the dissemination of education and knowledge.  Internet availability may
> have a terrific impact on the quantity and quality of information at the
> disposal of the most disadvantaged classes, especially the rural poor.
> The international community at large, including private enterprises,
> should take this opportunity to provide a chance for substantial human
> and economic development in the less developed countries through the
> exploitation of Internet resources.
>
> The establishment of an intergovernmental organization on Internet
> governance must be solidly anchored to the principles of freedom of
> opinion and expression as enshrined in international human rights
> instruments.  Private corporations, which have been playing a crucial
> role in the promotion of modern technologies, the United Nations, States
> and civil society, will need to cooperate closely in order to make sure
> that human rights will be a fundamental and unavoidable component of the
> future of Internet governance.
>
> However, much has still to be done to reach a collective concept of
> Internet Governance.  Regrettably, I have received numerous reports of
> harassment, arrest, trial and detention of Internet writers in several
> countries. Law-enforcement agencies closed several websites and arrested
> ordinary customers and bloggers, who have subsequently been charged of
> opinion-related offences, such as defamation or slander, and
> terrorist-like activities such as "acts against State security".
>
> Mr. Chairman,
> Since my presentation before the 61th session of the Commission, I
> participated in the celebration of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May
> 2005, organized by UNESCO in Dakar. The theme of the Dakar meeting was
> the role played by the media in promoting democracy and good governance
> by ensuring transparency and accountability, promoting participation and
> the rule of law, and contributing to the fight against poverty.
>
> I was also invited to the International Press Institute World Congress
> and 54th General Assembly, held in Nairobi, from 21 to 24 May 2005,
> where I participated in a panel entitled "Pluralism and democracy, the
> African experience". In my speech, I pointed out that the quest for
> freedom of opinion and expression by all African peoples was higher than
> ever and the access to modern communication technologies may open new
> opportunities for human and economic development.
>
> On 3 May 2006, I was invited to the celebrations of the World Press
> Freedom Day, organized by the Department of Public Information of the
> United Nations Office in Geneva, where the participants discussed the
> role of the Press and the Media in general for enhancement of democracy
> and the advancement of human rights.
>
> On 24 June 2006, I participated in the 8th Annual NGO Forum on Human
> Rights, organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
> of Ireland.  The theme of the Forum, chosen to coincide with the
> inaugural session of this honorable Council, was "Global Human Rights
> Protection-the way forward".
>
> In June 2005 and 2006, I attended the twelfth and thirteen meeting of
> the special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and
> chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures and advisory
> services programme held in Geneva.
>
> Mr. Chairman,
> I would now like to update this honorable Council on my activities with
> regard to urgent appeals and allegations letters, sent to Governments
> for their comments, observations and eventual remedial action.
> In 2005, I signed or co-signed with my fellow special rapporteurs and
> experts 490 communications on allegations of human rights violations, to
> 96 different countries, regarding 1328 individuals.  Replies were
> numerous, 42%, but I wish to encourage again Governments to include in
> their responses exhaustive information on human rights violations, thus
> avoiding political statements.  I also wish to thank all those
> components of the civil society for providing my mandate with credible
> information.
> Distinguished Delegates, I would now like to update the Commission on my
> country visits programme
>
> I also wish to express my appreciation to the Governments of Algeria,
> Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Honduras, Libya Jahamairia, Macedonia, Maldives,
> Sri Lanka, Sudan and Ukraine for inviting me to visit their countries, a
> task that I intend to accomplish within the time-framework of my
> mandate.
>
>
> I thank you Mr. Chairman
>
> END
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


-- 
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
ASAFE
Tel. 237 337 50 22
Fax. 237 342 29 70

From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Wed Oct 25 13:50:21 2006
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
In-Reply-To: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA40171760C@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
References: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA40171760C@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>
Message-ID: <453F5D8D.5040908@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

Rikke Frank Joergensen wrote:
> Please find below the speech of the UN special Rapporteur on freedom of
> expression, addressing the Human Rights Council on 22 Sept. 2006. 

(...)
> The establishment of an intergovernmental organization on Internet
> governance must be solidly anchored to the principles of freedom of
> opinion and expression 

"Intergovernmental" - wow, he really got it wrong here...
Is that the general view in the parts of the UN system that not directly 
deal with WSIS?


From Mueller at syr.edu  Wed Oct 25 14:59:48 2006
From: Mueller at syr.edu (Milton Mueller)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
Message-ID: <s53f35a3.032@gwia203.syr.edu>

Rikke:
Thanks for sending this. Most of the message was quite good. Here,
however, I see a very mixed message:

>>> rfj@humanrights.dk 10/25/2006 7:15 AM >>>
>In Denmark, Press and Media enjoy an extended editorial freedom 
>and play a pivotal role in providing an arena for debate thus 
>promoting the free exchange of opinions and ideas.  However, the 
>use of stereotypes, libeling and insulting ethnic, social and
religious
> groups do not help in support of the relentless efforts to
consolidate 
>an open and multicultural society.   Polarization of opinions, often 
>based on distorted arguments and narrow-mindedness, can 
>endanger constructive and peaceful dialogue among different 
>communities thus causing disharmony and friction in delicate social 
>and cultural balances. 

Truly free expression inevitably means that someone, somewhere will use
what others consider to be stereotypes or derogatory statements about
various ethnic, social and religious groups. Efforts to promote greater
sensitivity and awareness via persuasion are to be applauded. However,
we have learned the hard way that efforts to control speech or regulate
content in order to prevent "polarization of opinion" or
"narrow-mindedness" act to suppress dialogue, chill free expression and
often have the unintended effect of hardening the boundaries between the
affected groups. 

To me, it seems impossible to claim to be in favor of free expression
while at the same time attempting to regulate the way various groups in
society talk about each other. Ligabo's speech, while admirable in most
respects, seems to offer a decidedly mixed message on that point. The
problem is, as society becomes increasingly multicultural and connected,
these issues become more important, more central. So far from offering a
small and narrow "exception" to or moderation of free expression, he may
be striking at its core. 

This is a highly sensitive issue in the U.S. particularly on college
campuses where a great deal of political speech is suppressed on such
grounds. Particularly with respect to political humor. 


From wsis at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 25 18:18:20 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] E-agriculture survey (WSIS Action Line 7: Applications - E-Agriculture, FAO)
Message-ID: <200610251718.k9PHHvMP024048@smtp1.infomaniak.ch>

Dear all, 

 

Note that FAO, as provisional focal point for multi stakeholder
implementation of action line C7 - E-Agriculture, set up an online survey on
e-agriculture as the first major activity, with the view to help identify
further steps in the development of e-agriculture.

 

The survey is available on the FAO Website:
http://www.fao.org/rdd/eagsurvey/index_eag.asp

As well as with a link from the WSIS website:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/c7/e-agriculture/index.html 

 

Best regards, 

 

Philippe

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/> 

  _____  

De : charles.geiger@itu.int [mailto:charles.geiger@itu.int] 
Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 10:03
? : philippe.dam@ngocongo.org; wsis@ngocongo.org
Cc : rbloem@ngocongo.org
Objet : E-agriculture survey

 

Cher Philippe

 

J'ai oubli? de mentionner ? Paris que la FAO a  d?cide, dans le cadre de la
grande orientation C7 e-agriculture, d'organiser un "survey" mondial sur
e-agriculture. 

 

Pour participer, il faut aller ? la page
http://www.itu.int/wsis/c7/e-agriculture/index.html  du site officiel du
SMSI (je pense qu'il y a aussi d'autres acc?s via le web de la FAO). Cette
page a ?t? cr?e mercredi de la semaine pass?e, et je crois qu'on peut
r?pondre jusqu'au 31 octobre.

 

Ce serait peut-?tre une bonne id?e de publier ce lien sur la liste de
discussion de la soci?t? civile.

 

Merci et ? bient?t

 

Charles

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061025/ccb3f314/attachment.html
From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Oct 25 19:39:25 2006
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
References: <s53f35a3.032@gwia203.syr.edu>
Message-ID: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA427262D@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

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

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________


Rikke:
Thanks for sending this. Most of the message was quite good. Here,
however, I see a very mixed message:

>>> rfj@humanrights.dk 10/25/2006 7:15 AM >>>
>In Denmark, Press and Media enjoy an extended editorial freedom 
>and play a pivotal role in providing an arena for debate thus 
>promoting the free exchange of opinions and ideas.  However, the 
>use of stereotypes, libeling and insulting ethnic, social and
religious
> groups do not help in support of the relentless efforts to
consolidate 
>an open and multicultural society.   Polarization of opinions, often 
>based on distorted arguments and narrow-mindedness, can 
>endanger constructive and peaceful dialogue among different 
>communities thus causing disharmony and friction in delicate social 
>and cultural balances. 

Truly free expression inevitably means that someone, somewhere will use
what others consider to be stereotypes or derogatory statements about
various ethnic, social and religious groups. Efforts to promote greater
sensitivity and awareness via persuasion are to be applauded. However,
we have learned the hard way that efforts to control speech or regulate
content in order to prevent "polarization of opinion" or
"narrow-mindedness" act to suppress dialogue, chill free expression and
often have the unintended effect of hardening the boundaries between the
affected groups. 

To me, it seems impossible to claim to be in favor of free expression
while at the same time attempting to regulate the way various groups in
society talk about each other. Ligabo's speech, while admirable in most
respects, seems to offer a decidedly mixed message on that point. The
problem is, as society becomes increasingly multicultural and connected,
these issues become more important, more central. So far from offering a
small and narrow "exception" to or moderation of free expression, he may
be striking at its core. 

This is a highly sensitive issue in the U.S. particularly on college
campuses where a great deal of political speech is suppressed on such
grounds. Particularly with respect to political humor. 

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


From rfj at humanrights.dk  Wed Oct 25 19:50:06 2006
From: rfj at humanrights.dk (Rikke Frank Joergensen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:17 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
References: <s53f35a3.032@gwia203.syr.edu>
Message-ID: <432D5217762BB14D866359BFCB972BA427262E@SRVEXC00.dupa.dk>

hi Milton and all

The message of the SR, when visiting dk, was not to narrow FoE in any way. It was rather a reminder that though FoE is bottomline, and you have a legal right to say whatever you want (within the limits of national law) we can still be sensitised towards the way our public debate target and affect various groups in society. 

The cartoon crisis must be seen in light of the political climate and public debate in denmark, which has been rather harsh and one-sided over the recent years. No one here is talking about limiting FoE, but some groups are using the "FoE issue" to avoid talking about how we develop denmark into a multicultural society rather than the tribal culture, which is still dominant here.

best
rikke


-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org on behalf of Milton Mueller
Sent: Wed 25-10-2006 15:59
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] spec rapp on freedom of expression
 
[Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________


Rikke:
Thanks for sending this. Most of the message was quite good. Here,
however, I see a very mixed message:

>>> rfj@humanrights.dk 10/25/2006 7:15 AM >>>
>In Denmark, Press and Media enjoy an extended editorial freedom 
>and play a pivotal role in providing an arena for debate thus 
>promoting the free exchange of opinions and ideas.  However, the 
>use of stereotypes, libeling and insulting ethnic, social and
religious
> groups do not help in support of the relentless efforts to
consolidate 
>an open and multicultural society.   Polarization of opinions, often 
>based on distorted arguments and narrow-mindedness, can 
>endanger constructive and peaceful dialogue among different 
>communities thus causing disharmony and friction in delicate social 
>and cultural balances. 

Truly free expression inevitably means that someone, somewhere will use
what others consider to be stereotypes or derogatory statements about
various ethnic, social and religious groups. Efforts to promote greater
sensitivity and awareness via persuasion are to be applauded. However,
we have learned the hard way that efforts to control speech or regulate
content in order to prevent "polarization of opinion" or
"narrow-mindedness" act to suppress dialogue, chill free expression and
often have the unintended effect of hardening the boundaries between the
affected groups. 

To me, it seems impossible to claim to be in favor of free expression
while at the same time attempting to regulate the way various groups in
society talk about each other. Ligabo's speech, while admirable in most
respects, seems to offer a decidedly mixed message on that point. The
problem is, as society becomes increasingly multicultural and connected,
these issues become more important, more central. So far from offering a
small and narrow "exception" to or moderation of free expression, he may
be striking at its core. 

This is a highly sensitive issue in the U.S. particularly on college
campuses where a great deal of political speech is suppressed on such
grounds. Particularly with respect to political humor. 

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

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/ms-tnef
Size: 4533 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061025/e2bec9b8/attachment.bin
From wsis at ngocongo.org  Wed Oct 25 21:01:18 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
Message-ID: <200610252000.k9PK0snd028071@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Following last week action line facilitation meetings organised at UNESCO?s
headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the process of launching an online
platform. 

I encourage you to answer this survey to help establish this platform.

Message and survey in English and French.

Best,

Philippe Dam
CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org> wsis@ngocongo.org


  _____  

De : UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector] 
Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
? : wsis@ngocongo.org
Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation Participate in survey on online
collaboration platform

 

Version fran?aise ci-dessous

Sir, Madam, 

 

After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action Lines in Geneva (12 May
2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing (22 October 2006), UNESCO
will launch its role as facilitator for six of the eleven Action Lines. 

 

A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role action will be the
establishment of an online platform for the implementation process. The
platform will play a crucial role to establish networks between the
different stakeholders and help them to coordinate their WSIS Action Lines
implantation. 

 

In order to create the most suitable and comfortable platform for future
collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online survey to gather information on
the needs of the multistakeholder community. We would appreciate it if you
could take some minutes to answer the questionnaire which is online at: 

 

http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12> 

 

With your answer you will help us to establish the most adequate platform
for your implementation work. Thank you for your cooperation. 

 

UNESCO Facilitation Team for WSIS Action Lines 

  _____  


Mise en ?uvre des Grandes orientations du SMSI ? Invitation ? participer ?
un sondage sur une plateforme de collaboration en ligne 


 Madame, Monsieur,

 

Suite aux rencontres de consultations concernant les Grandes orientations du
SMSI tenues r?cemment ? Gen?ve (12 mai 2006), ? Paris (du 16 au 19 octobre
2006) et ? Beijing (22 octobre 2006), l?UNESCO d?butera son mandat de
facilitateur pour six de ces onze Grandes orientations.

 

Une des modalit?s principales du r?le de facilitateur sera l?implantation
d?une plateforme en ligne servant au processus de mise en ?uvre. Cette
plateforme aura un r?le essentiel dans l??tablissement de r?seaux mettant en
contact les parties prenantes afin de les aider ? coordonner la mise en
?uvre de leurs Grandes orientations.

 

Dans le but de concevoir un outil collaboratif r?pondant aux besoins de
fonctionnalit? et d?efficacit? de ses utilisateurs, l?UNESCO a lanc? un
sondage, disponible en ligne, qui permettra de mieux d?finir ces besoins,
nous vous serions gr?s de prendre quelques minutes afin de r?pondre au
questionnaire disponible ? cette adresse : 

 

http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12> 

 

Vos r?ponses nous aideront ? ?tablir la plateforme la plus ad?quate afin de
contribuer ? votre travail de mise en ?uvre. 

 

L??quipe de facilitation de l?UNESCO pour les Grandes orientations


  <http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=open> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061025/9c27730f/attachment.html
From nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 26 11:14:37 2006
From: nursesacrosstheborders at yahoo.com (NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
In-Reply-To: <200610252000.k9PK0snd028071@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>
Message-ID: <20061026101437.31669.qmail@web34302.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Thanks.
I have just concluded mine.
Best regards. I am in London now for a short holiday.
Pastor Peters

--- CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org>
wrote:

> Following last week action line facilitation
> meetings organised at UNESCO?s
> headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the
> process of launching an online
> platform. 
> 
> I encourage you to answer this survey to help
> establish this platform.
> 
> Message and survey in English and French.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> wsis@ngocongo.org
> 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> De : UNESCO's Communication and Information Sector] 
> Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
> ? : wsis@ngocongo.org
> Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation Participate
> in survey on online
> collaboration platform
> 
>  
> 
> Version fran?aise ci-dessous
> 
> Sir, Madam, 
> 
>  
> 
> After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action Lines
> in Geneva (12 May
> 2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing (22
> October 2006), UNESCO
> will launch its role as facilitator for six of the
> eleven Action Lines. 
> 
>  
> 
> A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role action
> will be the
> establishment of an online platform for the
> implementation process. The
> platform will play a crucial role to establish
> networks between the
> different stakeholders and help them to coordinate
> their WSIS Action Lines
> implantation. 
> 
>  
> 
> In order to create the most suitable and comfortable
> platform for future
> collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online survey
> to gather information on
> the needs of the multistakeholder community. We
> would appreciate it if you
> could take some minutes to answer the questionnaire
> which is online at: 
> 
>  
> 
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> 
> 
>  
> 
> With your answer you will help us to establish the
> most adequate platform
> for your implementation work. Thank you for your
> cooperation. 
> 
>  
> 
> UNESCO Facilitation Team for WSIS Action Lines 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> 
> Mise en ?uvre des Grandes orientations du SMSI ?
> Invitation ? participer ?
> un sondage sur une plateforme de collaboration en
> ligne 
> 
> 
>  Madame, Monsieur,
> 
>  
> 
> Suite aux rencontres de consultations concernant les
> Grandes orientations du
> SMSI tenues r?cemment ? Gen?ve (12 mai 2006), ?
> Paris (du 16 au 19 octobre
> 2006) et ? Beijing (22 octobre 2006), l?UNESCO
> d?butera son mandat de
> facilitateur pour six de ces onze Grandes
> orientations.
> 
>  
> 
> Une des modalit?s principales du r?le de
> facilitateur sera l?implantation
> d?une plateforme en ligne servant au processus de
> mise en ?uvre. Cette
> plateforme aura un r?le essentiel dans
> l??tablissement de r?seaux mettant en
> contact les parties prenantes afin de les aider ?
> coordonner la mise en
> ?uvre de leurs Grandes orientations.
> 
>  
> 
> Dans le but de concevoir un outil collaboratif
> r?pondant aux besoins de
> fonctionnalit? et d?efficacit? de ses utilisateurs,
> l?UNESCO a lanc? un
> sondage, disponible en ligne, qui permettra de mieux
> d?finir ces besoins,
> nous vous serions gr?s de prendre quelques minutes
> afin de r?pondre au
> questionnaire disponible ? cette adresse : 
> 
>  
> 
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Vos r?ponses nous aideront ? ?tablir la plateforme
> la plus ad?quate afin de
> contribuer ? votre travail de mise en ?uvre. 
> 
>  
> 
> L??quipe de facilitation de l?UNESCO pour les
> Grandes orientations
> 
> 
>  
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=open>
> 
> 
> 



   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations-(ECOSOC) 
Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
295, IKORODU ROAD, IDIROKO BUS STOP MARYLAND IKEJA LAGOS NIGERIA 
350, MAIN STREET, EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY 07018 U.S.A 
Tel:+234-1-812-8649, +234-1-818-6494,+234-802-308-5408(Mobile) 
FAX:+234-1-493-7203 
Email:nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com 
URL: www.nursesacrosstheborders.4t.com



__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 26 13:44:47 2006
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] (no subject)
Message-ID: <20061026124447.45732.qmail@web26902.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour
   
  L'Association Tunisienne des Droits de l'Enfant sera pr?sente ? Ath?nes. Nous ferons le m?me effort que le sommet pour concr?tiser les projets concernant les droits de l'enfant.
  Merci

 		
---------------------------------
 D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061026/51476e3d/attachment.htm
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Thu Oct 26 14:24:24 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
In-Reply-To: <20061026101437.31669.qmail@web34302.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061026132424.17194.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>

J'ai rempli moi aussi le questionnaore et j'encourage
tout le monde pour le faire, ne serait-ce que pour
banaliser l'usage des plates formes de communication,
et relever les difficult?s pour ceux qui vivent dans
des pays avec un acc?s plus difficile.
Amiti?s
Djilali
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS
<nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Thanks.
> I have just concluded mine.
> Best regards. I am in London now for a short
> holiday.
> Pastor Peters
> 
> --- CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Following last week action line facilitation
> > meetings organised at UNESCO?s
> > headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the
> > process of launching an online
> > platform. 
> > 
> > I encourage you to answer this survey to help
> > establish this platform.
> > 
> > Message and survey in English and French.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Philippe Dam
> > CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> > E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> > wsis@ngocongo.org
> > 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > De : UNESCO's Communication and Information
> Sector] 
> > Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
> > ? : wsis@ngocongo.org
> > Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation
> Participate
> > in survey on online
> > collaboration platform
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Version fran?aise ci-dessous
> > 
> > Sir, Madam, 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action
> Lines
> > in Geneva (12 May
> > 2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing
> (22
> > October 2006), UNESCO
> > will launch its role as facilitator for six of the
> > eleven Action Lines. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role
> action
> > will be the
> > establishment of an online platform for the
> > implementation process. The
> > platform will play a crucial role to establish
> > networks between the
> > different stakeholders and help them to coordinate
> > their WSIS Action Lines
> > implantation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > In order to create the most suitable and
> comfortable
> > platform for future
> > collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online
> survey
> > to gather information on
> > the needs of the multistakeholder community. We
> > would appreciate it if you
> > could take some minutes to answer the
> questionnaire
> > which is online at: 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > With your answer you will help us to establish the
> > most adequate platform
> > for your implementation work. Thank you for your
> > cooperation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > UNESCO Facilitation Team for WSIS Action Lines 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > 
> > Mise en ?uvre des Grandes orientations du SMSI ?
> > Invitation ? participer ?
> > un sondage sur une plateforme de collaboration en
> > ligne 
> > 
> > 
> >  Madame, Monsieur,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Suite aux rencontres de consultations concernant
> les
> > Grandes orientations du
> > SMSI tenues r?cemment ? Gen?ve (12 mai 2006), ?
> > Paris (du 16 au 19 octobre
> > 2006) et ? Beijing (22 octobre 2006), l?UNESCO
> > d?butera son mandat de
> > facilitateur pour six de ces onze Grandes
> > orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Une des modalit?s principales du r?le de
> > facilitateur sera l?implantation
> > d?une plateforme en ligne servant au processus de
> > mise en ?uvre. Cette
> > plateforme aura un r?le essentiel dans
> > l??tablissement de r?seaux mettant en
> > contact les parties prenantes afin de les aider ?
> > coordonner la mise en
> > ?uvre de leurs Grandes orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Dans le but de concevoir un outil collaboratif
> > r?pondant aux besoins de
> > fonctionnalit? et d?efficacit? de ses
> utilisateurs,
> > l?UNESCO a lanc? un
> > sondage, disponible en ligne, qui permettra de
> mieux
> > d?finir ces besoins,
> > nous vous serions gr?s de prendre quelques minutes
> > afin de r?pondre au
> > questionnaire disponible ? cette adresse : 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Vos r?ponses nous aideront ? ?tablir la plateforme
> > la plus ad?quate afin de
> > contribuer ? votre travail de mise en ?uvre. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > L??quipe de facilitation de l?UNESCO pour les
> > Grandes orientations
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=open>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>    Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
> Executive President/CEO 
> Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian
> Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
> An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The
> Economic and Social Council of the United
> Nations-(ECOSOC) 
> Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention
> on 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From cafec3m at yahoo.fr  Thu Oct 26 15:43:16 2006
From: cafec3m at yahoo.fr (CAFEC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
Message-ID: <20061026144316.74114.qmail@web26608.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

bonsoir chers tous, 

j'ai rempli le formulaire

SCHOMBE Baudouin
 
                          COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 

  CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)
  COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC
  R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
  t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr
  site web: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
   
   
   














----- Message d'origine ----
De : djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Envoy? le : Jeudi, 26 Octobre 2006, 13h24mn 24s
Objet : RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]

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

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

J'ai rempli moi aussi le questionnaore et j'encourage
tout le monde pour le faire, ne serait-ce que pour
banaliser l'usage des plates formes de communication,
et relever les difficult?s pour ceux qui vivent dans
des pays avec un acc?s plus difficile.
Amiti?s
Djilali
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS
<nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Thanks.
> I have just concluded mine.
> Best regards. I am in London now for a short
> holiday.
> Pastor Peters
> 
> --- CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Following last week action line facilitation
> > meetings organised at UNESCO?s
> > headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the
> > process of launching an online
> > platform. 
> > 
> > I encourage you to answer this survey to help
> > establish this platform.
> > 
> > Message and survey in English and French.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Philippe Dam
> > CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> > E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> > wsis@ngocongo.org
> > 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > De : UNESCO's Communication and Information
> Sector] 
> > Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
> > ? : wsis@ngocongo.org
> > Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation
> Participate
> > in survey on online
> > collaboration platform
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Version fran?aise ci-dessous
> > 
> > Sir, Madam, 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action
> Lines
> > in Geneva (12 May
> > 2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing
> (22
> > October 2006), UNESCO
> > will launch its role as facilitator for six of the
> > eleven Action Lines. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role
> action
> > will be the
> > establishment of an online platform for the
> > implementation process. The
> > platform will play a crucial role to establish
> > networks between the
> > different stakeholders and help them to coordinate
> > their WSIS Action Lines
> > implantation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > In order to create the most suitable and
> comfortable
> > platform for future
> > collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online
> survey
> > to gather information on
> > the needs of the multistakeholder community. We
> > would appreciate it if you
> > could take some minutes to answer the
> questionnaire
> > which is online at: 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > With your answer you will help us to establish the
> > most adequate platform
> > for your implementation work. Thank you for your
> > cooperation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > UNESCO Facilitation Team for WSIS Action Lines 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > 
> > Mise en ?uvre des Grandes orientations du SMSI ?
> > Invitation ? participer ?
> > un sondage sur une plateforme de collaboration en
> > ligne 
> > 
> > 
> >  Madame, Monsieur,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Suite aux rencontres de consultations concernant
> les
> > Grandes orientations du
> > SMSI tenues r?cemment ? Gen?ve (12 mai 2006), ?
> > Paris (du 16 au 19 octobre
> > 2006) et ? Beijing (22 octobre 2006), l?UNESCO
> > d?butera son mandat de
> > facilitateur pour six de ces onze Grandes
> > orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Une des modalit?s principales du r?le de
> > facilitateur sera l?implantation
> > d?une plateforme en ligne servant au processus de
> > mise en ?uvre. Cette
> > plateforme aura un r?le essentiel dans
> > l??tablissement de r?seaux mettant en
> > contact les parties prenantes afin de les aider ?
> > coordonner la mise en
> > ?uvre de leurs Grandes orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Dans le but de concevoir un outil collaboratif
> > r?pondant aux besoins de
> > fonctionnalit? et d?efficacit? de ses
> utilisateurs,
> > l?UNESCO a lanc? un
> > sondage, disponible en ligne, qui permettra de
> mieux
> > d?finir ces besoins,
> > nous vous serions gr?s de prendre quelques minutes
> > afin de r?pondre au
> > questionnaire disponible ? cette adresse : 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Vos r?ponses nous aideront ? ?tablir la plateforme
> > la plus ad?quate afin de
> > contribuer ? votre travail de mise en ?uvre. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > L??quipe de facilitation de l?UNESCO pour les
> > Grandes orientations
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=open>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>    Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
> Executive President/CEO 
> Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian
> Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
> An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The
> Economic and Social Council of the United
> Nations-(ECOSOC) 
> Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention
> on 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


    

    
        
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary







	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061026/a2971c9a/attachment.html
From jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be  Thu Oct 26 16:55:31 2006
From: jberleur at info.fundp.ac.be (Jacques Berleur)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statistics for a democratic control !!!
Message-ID: <a0623090cc1668637a4a0@[138.48.32.129]>

Dear friends,
In view of our CS Athens meeting, I have gathered 
some statistics on the two lists: 
governance@lists.cpsr.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org.
From 27/04/06 to 26/10/06, i.e. 6 months, we got 1582 messages.
There are around 60 persons having more than 10 messages each.
But there are only 13 with above 30, as follows:
- Avri Doria 141
- Milton Mueller: 92
- Parminder 75
- Veni Markowski 70
- Vittorio Bertola 66
- William Drake 63
- Adam Peake: 62
- Ralf Bendrath 42
- Mc Tim: 40
- Mawaki Chango : 33
- Robert Guerra 33
- Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 37
- CONGO: 30
The score of Avri is understandable since s/he 
was conducting the survey on the IGC Charter. The 
score of CONGO is very low as compared to its 
Secretarial Task.

The followers are:
- Francis Muguet 27
- Jeanette Hoffman 26
- Jeremy Malcolm 26
- Nenna 24
- Norbert Bollow 21
- Renata Bloem 14

You must understand that many people are absent 
from the list since it is not-moderated.... and 
have not the capacity to follow the discussion 
without spending a long time that they don't have.
To see you in Athens.

A retired Professor who has bee fighting more 
than 30 years  for a human centred information 
society,
Jacques Berleur
-- 

************************************************
  Prof. Jacques BERLEUR
  Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
  Rue Grandgagnage, 21         Phone:  +32 81 72-4976
		           Mobile: +32 (0)475 548372
  5000 NAMUR                      Fax:    +32 81 72 4967
  BELGIUM                             mailto:jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
  URL: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/
************************************************

From vivek at itforchange.net  Fri Oct 27 08:00:25 2006
From: vivek at itforchange.net (Vivek)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] IGF Workshop invite - Exploring a framework convention on the Internet
Message-ID: <20061027072324.B191C1714AD@mail.gn.apc.org>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Framework Convention Workshop.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 35840 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061027/6fa68496/FrameworkConventionWorkshop.doc
From duhamic at rwanda1.com  Fri Oct 27 09:47:07 2006
From: duhamic at rwanda1.com (DUHAMIC)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
In-Reply-To: <20061026144316.74114.qmail@web26608.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <auto-000013416162@rwandatel.rw>

Bonjour a tous 

 

J?ai d?j? rempli le formulaire 

 

Franche collaboration

Benineza Innocent

DUHAMIC ADRI

Kigali Rwanda

 

  _____  

From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
Of CAFEC
Sent: jeudi 26 octobre 2006 16:43
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
Subject: Re : RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation
- Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]

 

bonsoir chers tous, 

j'ai rempli le formulaire

SCHOMBE Baudouin

 

COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 

CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)

COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC

R?publique D?mocratique du Congo

t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr

site web: http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic

 

 

 

 

----- Message d'origine ----
De : djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Envoy? le : Jeudi, 26 Octobre 2006, 13h24mn 24s
Objet : RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation -
Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]

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

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
this message!
_______________________________________

J'ai rempli moi aussi le questionnaore et j'encourage
tout le monde pour le faire, ne serait-ce que pour
banaliser l'usage des plates formes de communication,
et relever les difficult?s pour ceux qui vivent dans
des pays avec un acc?s plus difficile.
Amiti?s
Djilali
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS
<nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Thanks.
> I have just concluded mine.
> Best regards. I am in London now for a short
> holiday.
> Pastor Peters
> 
> --- CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Following last week action line facilitation
> > meetings organised at UNESCO?s
> > headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the
> > process of launching an online
> > platform. 
> > 
> > I encourage you to answer this survey to help
> > establish this platform.
> > 
> > Message and survey in English and French.
> > 
> > Best,
> > 
> > Philippe Dam
> > CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> > E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> > wsis@ngocongo.org
> > 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > De : UNESCO's Communication and Information
> Sector] 
> > Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
> > ? : wsis@ngocongo.org
> > Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation
> Participate
> > in survey on online
> > collaboration platform
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Version fran?aise ci-dessous
> > 
> > Sir, Madam, 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action
> Lines
> > in Geneva (12 May
> > 2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing
> (22
> > October 2006), UNESCO
> > will launch its role as facilitator for six of the
> > eleven Action Lines. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role
> action
> > will be the
> > establishment of an online platform for the
> > implementation process. The
> > platform will play a crucial role to establish
> > networks between the
> > different stakeholders and help them to coordinate
> > their WSIS Action Lines
> > implantation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > In order to create the most suitable and
> comfortable
> > platform for future
> > collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online
> survey
> > to gather information on
> > the needs of the multistakeholder community. We
> > would appreciate it if you
> > could take some minutes to answer the
> questionnaire
> > which is online at: 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> &e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > With your answer you will help us to establish the
> > most adequate platform
> > for your implementation work. Thank you for your
> > cooperation. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > UNESCO Facilitation Team for WSIS Action Lines 
> > 
> >   _____  
> > 
> > 
> > Mise en ?uvre des Grandes orientations du SMSI ?
> > Invitation ? participer ?
> > un sondage sur une plateforme de collaboration en
> > ligne 
> > 
> > 
> >  Madame, Monsieur,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Suite aux rencontres de consultations concernant
> les
> > Grandes orientations du
> > SMSI tenues r?cemment ? Gen?ve (12 mai 2006), ?
> > Paris (du 16 au 19 octobre
> > 2006) et ? Beijing (22 octobre 2006), l?UNESCO
> > d?butera son mandat de
> > facilitateur pour six de ces onze Grandes
> > orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Une des modalit?s principales du r?le de
> > facilitateur sera l?implantation
> > d?une plateforme en ligne servant au processus de
> > mise en ?uvre. Cette
> > plateforme aura un r?le essentiel dans
> > l??tablissement de r?seaux mettant en
> > contact les parties prenantes afin de les aider ?
> > coordonner la mise en
> > ?uvre de leurs Grandes orientations.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Dans le but de concevoir un outil collaboratif
> > r?pondant aux besoins de
> > fonctionnalit? et d?efficacit? de ses
> utilisateurs,
> > l?UNESCO a lanc? un
> > sondage, disponible en ligne, qui permettra de
> mieux
> > d?finir ces besoins,
> > nous vous serions gr?s de prendre quelques minutes
> > afin de r?pondre au
> > questionnaire disponible ? cette adresse : 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> &e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Vos r?ponses nous aideront ? ?tablir la plateforme
> > la plus ad?quate afin de
> > contribuer ? votre travail de mise en ?uvre. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > L??quipe de facilitation de l?UNESCO pour les
> > Grandes orientations
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=open>
&e=NTgxODk=&l=open>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
>    Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
> Executive President/CEO 
> Nurses Across the Borders Humanitarian
> Initiative-Inc.-(Nigeria & U.S.A) 
> An NGO On Special Consultative Status with The
> Economic and Social Council of the United
> Nations-(ECOSOC) 
> Member(OBSERVER),United Nations Framework Convention
> on 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
(mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


    

    
        
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions !

Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes
sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

 

 

  _____  

Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau
<http://fr.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40577/*http:/fr.promotions.yahoo.com/mail/nouvea
umail.html%20%0a>  Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire. 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061027/12227bdc/attachment.htm
From karenb at gn.apc.org  Fri Oct 27 11:59:28 2006
From: karenb at gn.apc.org (karen banks)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New APC Policy Issue Papers in English and French
Message-ID: <20061027105939.E17F4171389@mail.gn.apc.org>

Dear all

Please find below an announcement about a series 
of papers APC has produced in readiness for the IGF.

I look forward to seeing some of you there ..

karen
====

*New APC Policy Issue Papers in English and French*
(Version fran?aise plus bas)

In the occasion of the Internet Governance Forum, 
the Association for Progressive Communications is 
launching three new papers on key ICT policy and internet rights issues.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
By Kate Wild

This paper looks at the meaning and importance of 
convergence and considers some of the challenges 
to implementing it, along with strategies for 
overcoming them. It also provides a global 
perspective on regulating convergence and 
broadband from ITU and then it looks at 
experiences in North America and Europe as well 
as regional and country approaches in Africa.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (English)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (French)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
OPEN ACESS: Lowering the costs of international bandwidth in Africa
By Mike Jensen

This paper was commissioned by the APC as part of 
the Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa 
initiative and to contribute to APC's efforts to 
promote open access to ICT infrastructure in 
Africa. According to the author, a variety of 
factors are responsible for the lack of acess to 
bandwith in Africa, but the biggest cause is the 
high cost of international connections to the 
global telecommunication backbones.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (English)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (French)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
WSIS: Whose information society? Developing 
country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society
By David Souter

This paper summarises a study of developing 
country and civil society participation and 
influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the 
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). 
As well as analysing participation, the study 
looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT 
decision-making in general and makes 
recommendations to all main actors about how 
future decision-making might become more 
inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)

--------
FRAN?AIS
--------

Les nouveaux th?mes ?mergents d'APC en anglais en fran?ais

A l?occasion du Forum sur la gouvernance de 
l?internet (FGI), l?Association pour le progr?s 
des communications lance trois nouveaux articles 
sur les th?mes fondamentaux des politiques de TIC et des droits d?internet.

---------------------------------------------------------------------
CONVERGENCE : L?importance de la convergence dans 
le contexte des politiques des TIC
Kate Wild

La premi?re partie de ce document porte sur le 
sens et l?importance de la convergence et sur 
certains des probl?mes associ?s ? sa mise en 
oeuvre, ainsi que sur les strat?gies qui 
permettent de les surmonter. La deuxi?me partie 
pr?sente un survol de la r?gulation de la 
convergence et de la bande passante par l?Union 
Internationale des T?l?communications (UIT) et 
s?int?resse aux exp?riences en Am?rique du Nord 
et en Europe ainsi qu?? certaines approches r?gionales et de pays d?Afrique.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (Anglais)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (Fran?ais)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
ACC?S OUVERT : Abaisser les co?ts de la bande 
passante internationale en Afrique
Mike Jensen

Cette analyse a ?t? command?e par APC dans le 
cadre de Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa et 
pour contribuer aux efforts d?APC pour promouvoir 
l?acc?s ouvert ? l?infrastructure de TIC en 
Afrique. Selon l?auteur, la situation actuelle de 
la bande passante en Afrique est attribuable ? un 
certain nombre de facteurs, mais elle est due 
essentiellement au co?t ?lev? des connexions 
internationales vers les dorsales de t?l?communication internationales.

http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (Anglais)
http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (Fran?ais)

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Uniquement en anglais:
WSIS: Whose information society? Developing 
country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information Society
By David Souter

This paper summarises a study of developing 
country and civil society participation and 
influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the 
Association for Progressive Communications (APC). 
As well as analysing participation, the study 
looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT 
decision-making in general and makes 
recommendations to all main actors about how 
future decision-making might become more 
inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their concerns.
http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)



From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 27 13:18:15 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action Line Implementation - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
In-Reply-To: <auto-000013416162@rwandatel.rw>
Message-ID: <20061027121815.57587.qmail@web60015.mail.yahoo.com>

J'ai rempli le formulaire....
Je fais appel aux militants de la soci?t? civile de
remplir le formulaire et de faire ressortir les
difficult?s d'acc?s et ou de prise en compte de leurs
propositions si tel se r?v?lait le cas.

Amiti?s
Djilali
--- DUHAMIC <duhamic@rwanda1.com> a ?crit :

> Bonjour a tous 
> 
>  
> 
> J?ai d?j? rempli le formulaire 
> 
>  
> 
> Franche collaboration
> 
> Benineza Innocent
> 
> DUHAMIC ADRI
> 
> Kigali Rwanda
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of CAFEC
> Sent: jeudi 26 octobre 2006 16:43
> To: plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re : RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS
> Action Line Implementation
> - Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
> 
>  
> 
> bonsoir chers tous, 
> 
> j'ai rempli le formulaire
> 
> SCHOMBE Baudouin
> 
>  
> 
> COORDINATION  SOUS REGIONALE ACSIS AFRIQUE CENTRALE 
> 
> CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL (CAFEC)
> 
> COORDINATION NATIONALE DU REPRONTIC
> 
> R?publique D?mocratique du Congo
> 
> t?l?phone: 00 243998983491
> e-mail: cafec3m@yahoo.fr
> 
> site web:
> http://www.cedesurk.refer.org/php/group08/reprontic
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> ----- Message d'origine ----
> De : djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com>
> ? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Envoy? le : Jeudi, 26 Octobre 2006, 13h24mn 24s
> Objet : RE : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: WSIS Action
> Line Implementation -
> Survey on online collaboration platform [UNESCO]
> 
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses
> intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> J'ai rempli moi aussi le questionnaore et
> j'encourage
> tout le monde pour le faire, ne serait-ce que pour
> banaliser l'usage des plates formes de
> communication,
> et relever les difficult?s pour ceux qui vivent dans
> des pays avec un acc?s plus difficile.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- NURSES ACROSS THE BORDERS
> <nursesacrosstheborders@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> > 
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > I have just concluded mine.
> > Best regards. I am in London now for a short
> > holiday.
> > Pastor Peters
> > 
> > --- CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam <wsis@ngocongo.org>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Following last week action line facilitation
> > > meetings organised at UNESCO?s
> > > headquarters and in Beijing, UNESCO is in the
> > > process of launching an online
> > > platform. 
> > > 
> > > I encourage you to answer this survey to help
> > > establish this platform.
> > > 
> > > Message and survey in English and French.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > 
> > > Philippe Dam
> > > CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> > > E-mail:  <mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org>
> > > wsis@ngocongo.org
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   _____  
> > > 
> > > De : UNESCO's Communication and Information
> > Sector] 
> > > Envoy? : mercredi, 25. octobre 2006 15:49
> > > ? : wsis@ngocongo.org
> > > Objet : WSIS Action Line Implementation
> > Participate
> > > in survey on online
> > > collaboration platform
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Version fran?aise ci-dessous
> > > 
> > > Sir, Madam, 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > After the Consultation Meetings on WSIS Action
> > Lines
> > > in Geneva (12 May
> > > 2006), Paris (16 ? 19 October 2006) and Beijing
> > (22
> > > October 2006), UNESCO
> > > will launch its role as facilitator for six of
> the
> > > eleven Action Lines. 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > A main modality of UNESCO?s facilitation role
> > action
> > > will be the
> > > establishment of an online platform for the
> > > implementation process. The
> > > platform will play a crucial role to establish
> > > networks between the
> > > different stakeholders and help them to
> coordinate
> > > their WSIS Action Lines
> > > implantation. 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > In order to create the most suitable and
> > comfortable
> > > platform for future
> > > collaboration, UNESCO has launched an online
> > survey
> > > to gather information on
> > > the needs of the multistakeholder community. We
> > > would appreciate it if you
> > > could take some minutes to answer the
> > questionnaire
> > > which is online at: 
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > >
> >
>
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php?sid=12
> > >
> >
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146
>
<http://www.unesco-ci.org/newsletter/lt/t_go.php?i=146&e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> > &e=NTgxODk=&l=http://w
> > >
> >
>
ww.unesco.org/webworld/survey/advanced/fillsurvey.php--Q-sid--E-12>
> > > 
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Fri Oct 27 13:39:05 2006
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] New APC Policy Issue Papers in English and 
     French
In-Reply-To: <20061027105939.E17F4171389@mail.gn.apc.org>
References: <20061027105939.E17F4171389@mail.gn.apc.org>
Message-ID: <2187.163.167.73.93.1161952745.squirrel@webmail1.londonmet.ac.uk>

Thanks

I am happy to make contribution to the papers in the future from academic
point of view if so wish to consider my research points for future
developmental work

We can meet at IGF in Athens to discuss this further

Ezendu

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear all
>
> Please find below an announcement about a series
> of papers APC has produced in readiness for the IGF.
>
> I look forward to seeing some of you there ..
>
> karen
> ==*New APC Policy Issue Papers in English and French*
> (Version fran?aise plus bas)
>
> In the occasion of the Internet Governance Forum,
> the Association for Progressive Communications is
> launching three new papers on key ICT policy and internet rights issues.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> CONVERGENCE: The importance of convergence in the ICT policy environment
> By Kate Wild
>
> This paper looks at the meaning and importance of
> convergence and considers some of the challenges
> to implementing it, along with strategies for
> overcoming them. It also provides a global
> perspective on regulating convergence and
> broadband from ITU and then it looks at
> experiences in North America and Europe as well
> as regional and country approaches in Africa.
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (English)
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (French)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> OPEN ACESS: Lowering the costs of international bandwidth in Africa
> By Mike Jensen
>
> This paper was commissioned by the APC as part of
> the Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa
> initiative and to contribute to APC's efforts to
> promote open access to ICT infrastructure in
> Africa. According to the author, a variety of
> factors are responsible for the lack of acess to
> bandwith in Africa, but the biggest cause is the
> high cost of international connections to the
> global telecommunication backbones.
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (English)
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (French)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> WSIS: Whose information society? Developing
> country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information
> Society
> By David Souter
>
> This paper summarises a study of developing
> country and civil society participation and
> influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
> As well as analysing participation, the study
> looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT
> decision-making in general and makes
> recommendations to all main actors about how
> future decision-making might become more
> inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their
> concerns.
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)
>
> --------
> FRAN?AIS
> --------
>
> Les nouveaux th?mes ?mergents d'APC en anglais en fran?ais
>
> A l?occasion du Forum sur la gouvernance de
> l?internet (FGI), l?Association pour le progr?s
> des communications lance trois nouveaux articles
> sur les th?mes fondamentaux des politiques de TIC et des droits
> d?internet.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> CONVERGENCE : L?importance de la convergence dans
> le contexte des politiques des TIC
> Kate Wild
>
> La premi?re partie de ce document porte sur le
> sens et l?importance de la convergence et sur
> certains des probl?mes associ?s ? sa mise en
> oeuvre, ainsi que sur les strat?gies qui
> permettent de les surmonter. La deuxi?me partie
> pr?sente un survol de la r?gulation de la
> convergence et de la bande passante par l?Union
> Internationale des T?l?communications (UIT) et
> s?int?resse aux exp?riences en Am?rique du Nord
> et en Europe ainsi qu?? certaines approches r?gionales et de pays
> d?Afrique.
>
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_EN.pdf (Anglais)
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/convergence_FR.pdf (Fran?ais)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ACC?S OUVERT : Abaisser les co?ts de la bande
> passante internationale en Afrique
> Mike Jensen
>
> Cette analyse a ?t? command?e par APC dans le
> cadre de Catalysing Access to ICTs in Africa et
> pour contribuer aux efforts d?APC pour promouvoir
> l?acc?s ouvert ? l?infrastructure de TIC en
> Afrique. Selon l?auteur, la situation actuelle de
> la bande passante en Afrique est attribuable ? un
> certain nombre de facteurs, mais elle est due
> essentiellement au co?t ?lev? des connexions
> internationales vers les dorsales de t?l?communication internationales.
>
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_EN.pdf (Anglais)
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/open_access_FR.pdf (Fran?ais)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Uniquement en anglais:
> WSIS: Whose information society? Developing
> country and civil society voices in the World Summit on the Information
> Society
> By David Souter
>
> This paper summarises a study of developing
> country and civil society participation and
> influence in WSIS that was commissioned by the
> Association for Progressive Communications (APC).
> As well as analysing participation, the study
> looked at the impact of WSIS on international ICT
> decision-making in general and makes
> recommendations to all main actors about how
> future decision-making might become more
> inclusive of developing countries, nongovernmental actors and their
> concerns.
> http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf (English)
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>



From David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu  Fri Oct 27 14:36:05 2006
From: David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu (David Allen)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] workshop - Intellectuals in IGF
Message-ID: <a06240814c16733ae0dec@[192.168.0.101]>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Intellectuals_in_IGF-presentation.pdf
Type: application/pdf
Size: 76558 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061027/7aaade65/Intellectuals_in_IGF-presentation.pdf
From ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es  Fri Oct 27 15:13:21 2006
From: ladymurrugarra at yahoo.es (Lady Murrugarra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?videoconferencias=20:=20Segundo=20Encuentro=20en=20L=EDnea?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?=20de=20Educaci=F3n=20y=20Software=20Libre=20-EDUSOL=202006?=
Message-ID: <20061027141321.87521.qmail@web26907.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

 
  2006/10/26, Comit? Organizador EDUSOL 2006 <edusol2006@gmail.com>:
  
> Saludos cordiales.
> 
> El Comit? Organizador del Segundo Encuentro en L?nea de Educaci?n y Software Libre -EDUSOL 2006- te informa que en el marco del encuentro que se celebrar? del  13 al 24 de noviembre,  tendremos un ciclo de videoconferencias.
> 
> La primera de ellas ser? precongreso, por iniciativa de la Escuela Superior Polit?cnica de Chimborazo
> 
> -------------------------
> Mi?rcoles 8 de noviembre
> -------------------------
> 10:00 a 12:00 am, hora de la Ciudad de M?xico.
> Tema:  Encuentro EDUSOL 2005. Caracter?sticas de una comunidad en l?nea.
> Ponente: Alejandro Miranda.
> Coordinador del Encuentro EDUSOL.
> Acad?mico Facultad de estudios Superiores Iztacala.
> Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico
> 
> 
> El resto de las ponencias ser?n del  14 al 17 de Noviembre, en el marco del encuentro.
> 
> -------------------------
> Martes  14 de noviembre
> -------------------------
> 10:00 a 12:00 am, hora de la Ciudad de M?xico.
> Tema: Objetos de Aprendizaje.
> Ponente: V?ctor Germ?n S?nchez Arias
> Director Centro del Alta Tecnolog?a para la Educaci?n a Distancia -Tlaxcala, CUAED.Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico.
> 
> -------------------------
> Mi?rcoles 15 de noviembre
> -------------------------
> 10:00 a 12:00 am, hora de la Ciudad de M?xico.
> Por confirmar.
> 
> -------------------------
> Jueves 16 de noviembre
> -------------------------
> Ponente: Alejandro M?ndez Rodr?guez
> Investigador titular del Instituto de investigaciones Economic?s
> Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico
> 
> -------------------------
> Viernes 17 de noviembre
> -------------------------
> Tema: Reutilizar los contenidos educativos. ?Y las diferencias en las pr?cticas de uso?
> Ponente: Alfonso Bustos S?nchez
> Doctarando, Universidad de Barcelona. Espa?a
> 
> 
> Si tu trabajas o estudias en una escuela, universidad o instituci?n que tiene una sala de videoconferencias y  les interesa participar del ciclo de videoconferencias,  puedes enviarnos un correo a: edusol2006@gmail.com, con copia para mapl@servidor.unam.mx
> 
> Indicando: Nombre del contacto t?cnico, Correo electr?nico, Msn, Ip de equipo de videoconfrencia
> 
> No se aceptan conecciones por ISDN, debido a que nosotros no podemos costear el costo del enlace.
> 
> Recibiremos los datos especificados hasta el viernes 3 de noviembre.
> 
> Por otro lado, es muy probable que exista transmisi?n v?a web de las conferencias, pero m?s adelante lo confirmaremos. M?s informaci?n sobre las VC en http://bine.org.mx/edusol/e2006/convocatoria_vc.php
> 
> Saludos cordiales
> Comit? organizador
> 



    Lady Murrugarra
*****************************************************************
  Instituto de Medicina Tropical 
  Alexander Von Humboldt - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Oficina : 511-4823910, 4823903 anx 15
Celular : 511-9654-9748
  RPM: #  9 3 9 1 7 8
www.upch.edu.pe/tropicales

  
   



 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061027/20a4a5ec/attachment.html
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 27 17:01:17 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statistics for a democratic control !!!
In-Reply-To: <a0623090cc1668637a4a0@[138.48.32.129]>
Message-ID: <20061027160117.54741.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear jacques,
Perhaps there is an simple explanation : as long as
messages are exchanged maily in English many people
are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
ither UN langues.
friendly
Djilali
--- Jacques Berleur <jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be> a
?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear friends,
> In view of our CS Athens meeting, I have gathered 
> some statistics on the two lists: 
> governance@lists.cpsr.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org.
> From 27/04/06 to 26/10/06, i.e. 6 months, we got
> 1582 messages.
> There are around 60 persons having more than 10
> messages each.
> But there are only 13 with above 30, as follows:
> - Avri Doria 141
> - Milton Mueller: 92
> - Parminder 75
> - Veni Markowski 70
> - Vittorio Bertola 66
> - William Drake 63
> - Adam Peake: 62
> - Ralf Bendrath 42
> - Mc Tim: 40
> - Mawaki Chango : 33
> - Robert Guerra 33
> - Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 37
> - CONGO: 30
> The score of Avri is understandable since s/he 
> was conducting the survey on the IGC Charter. The 
> score of CONGO is very low as compared to its 
> Secretarial Task.
> 
> The followers are:
> - Francis Muguet 27
> - Jeanette Hoffman 26
> - Jeremy Malcolm 26
> - Nenna 24
> - Norbert Bollow 21
> - Renata Bloem 14
> 
> You must understand that many people are absent 
> from the list since it is not-moderated.... and 
> have not the capacity to follow the discussion 
> without spending a long time that they don't have.
> To see you in Athens.
> 
> A retired Professor who has bee fighting more 
> than 30 years  for a human centred information 
> society,
> Jacques Berleur
> --
> 
> ************************************************
>   Prof. Jacques BERLEUR
>   Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
>   Rue Grandgagnage, 21         Phone:  +32 81
> 72-4976
> 		           Mobile: +32 (0)475 548372
>   5000 NAMUR                      Fax:    +32 81 72
> 4967
>   BELGIUM                            
> mailto:jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
>   URL: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/
> ************************************************
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Fri Oct 27 17:07:43 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] No nos ovlidemos que tambien hay otros idiomas...
In-Reply-To: <20061027160117.54741.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <20061027160117.54741.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <45422ECF.60504@lists.privaterra.org>

No nos ovlidemos que tambien hay otros idiomas...

Aparte del frances, no nos olvidemos de los hispanoparlantes. El espanol
tambien es un idioma oficial de las naciones unidas . Seria genial si en
 la reunion de Atenas se de enfasis en el punto de la importancia de la
diversidad linguistica.

Seria una lastima , realmente un mal ejemplo si la sociedad civil
presente solo hable en ingles.

saludos cordiales

Roberto



djilali benamrane wrote:
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Dear jacques,
> Perhaps there is an simple explanation : as long as
> messages are exchanged maily in English many people
> are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
> ither UN langues.
> friendly
> Djilali
> --- Jacques Berleur <jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be> a
> ?crit :
> 
>> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
>> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
>> addresses for responses intended for specific
>> people]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
>> automatic translation of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> Dear friends,
>> In view of our CS Athens meeting, I have gathered 
>> some statistics on the two lists: 
>> governance@lists.cpsr.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org.
>> From 27/04/06 to 26/10/06, i.e. 6 months, we got
>> 1582 messages.
>> There are around 60 persons having more than 10
>> messages each.
>> But there are only 13 with above 30, as follows:
>> - Avri Doria 141
>> - Milton Mueller: 92
>> - Parminder 75
>> - Veni Markowski 70
>> - Vittorio Bertola 66
>> - William Drake 63
>> - Adam Peake: 62
>> - Ralf Bendrath 42
>> - Mc Tim: 40
>> - Mawaki Chango : 33
>> - Robert Guerra 33
>> - Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 37
>> - CONGO: 30
>> The score of Avri is understandable since s/he 
>> was conducting the survey on the IGC Charter. The 
>> score of CONGO is very low as compared to its 
>> Secretarial Task.
>>
>> The followers are:
>> - Francis Muguet 27
>> - Jeanette Hoffman 26
>> - Jeremy Malcolm 26
>> - Nenna 24
>> - Norbert Bollow 21
>> - Renata Bloem 14
>>
>> You must understand that many people are absent 
>> from the list since it is not-moderated.... and 
>> have not the capacity to follow the discussion 
>> without spending a long time that they don't have.
>> To see you in Athens.
>>
>> A retired Professor who has bee fighting more 
>> than 30 years  for a human centred information 
>> society,
>> Jacques Berleur
>> --
>>
>> ************************************************
>>   Prof. Jacques BERLEUR
>>   Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
>>   Rue Grandgagnage, 21         Phone:  +32 81
>> 72-4976
>> 		           Mobile: +32 (0)475 548372
>>   5000 NAMUR                      Fax:    +32 81 72
>> 4967
>>   BELGIUM                            
>> mailto:jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
>>   URL: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/
>> ************************************************
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>>
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 
> 
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> 
> 
> 	
> 
> 	
> 		
> ___________________________________________________________________________ 
> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

From nyangkweagien at gmail.com  Fri Oct 27 17:34:33 2006
From: nyangkweagien at gmail.com (Nyangkwe Agien Aaron)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statistics for a democratic control !!!
In-Reply-To: <20061027160117.54741.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <a0623090cc1668637a4a0@138.48.32.129>
	 <20061027160117.54741.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <a6bc8cb30610270934r5a58ab93w2f1bec2dd1dbe77d@mail.gmail.com>

Hi all

Many thanks to Jacques for that unexpected but very enligntening
synopsis, which is an incitement for more participation.
However, I disagree with Djilali's arguement that "messages are
exchanged maily in English, many people
are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
ither UN langu(ag)es".
As for as I know, this forum is multi-lingual as most often, we find
messages posted in French, Spanish and so on. The argument of messages
being mainly in English is a very cheap one.
A more gallant way would have been to say that one was very busy and
could not squeeze some minutes for the discussions.
BTW, there is no descipline master with a cane to flog "less participants"
LONG LIVE THE DEBATE
On 10/27/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Dear jacques,
> Perhaps there is an simple explanation : as long as
> messages are exchanged maily in English many people
> are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
> ither UN langues.
> friendly
> Djilali
> --- Jacques Berleur <jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be> a
> ?crit :
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Dear friends,
> > In view of our CS Athens meeting, I have gathered
> > some statistics on the two lists:
> > governance@lists.cpsr.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org.
> > From 27/04/06 to 26/10/06, i.e. 6 months, we got
> > 1582 messages.
> > There are around 60 persons having more than 10
> > messages each.
> > But there are only 13 with above 30, as follows:
> > - Avri Doria 141
> > - Milton Mueller: 92
> > - Parminder 75
> > - Veni Markowski 70
> > - Vittorio Bertola 66
> > - William Drake 63
> > - Adam Peake: 62
> > - Ralf Bendrath 42
> > - Mc Tim: 40
> > - Mawaki Chango : 33
> > - Robert Guerra 33
> > - Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 37
> > - CONGO: 30
> > The score of Avri is understandable since s/he
> > was conducting the survey on the IGC Charter. The
> > score of CONGO is very low as compared to its
> > Secretarial Task.
> >
> > The followers are:
> > - Francis Muguet 27
> > - Jeanette Hoffman 26
> > - Jeremy Malcolm 26
> > - Nenna 24
> > - Norbert Bollow 21
> > - Renata Bloem 14
> >
> > You must understand that many people are absent
> > from the list since it is not-moderated.... and
> > have not the capacity to follow the discussion
> > without spending a long time that they don't have.
> > To see you in Athens.
> >
> > A retired Professor who has bee fighting more
> > than 30 years  for a human centred information
> > society,
> > Jacques Berleur
> > --
> >
> > ************************************************
> >   Prof. Jacques BERLEUR
> >   Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
> >   Rue Grandgagnage, 21         Phone:  +32 81
> > 72-4976
> >                          Mobile: +32 (0)475 548372
> >   5000 NAMUR                      Fax:    +32 81 72
> > 4967
> >   BELGIUM
> > mailto:jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
> >   URL: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/
> > ************************************************
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


-- 
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
ASAFE
Tel. 237 337 50 22
Fax. 237 342 29 70

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Fri Oct 27 19:49:04 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Statistics for a democratic control !!!
In-Reply-To: <a6bc8cb30610270934r5a58ab93w2f1bec2dd1dbe77d@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20061027184904.62022.qmail@web60023.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Aaron,
Vous avez sans doute raison...
J'appr?cie votre message et vous en remercie...
Si nous continuons ? ?changer on risque de devenir les
champions des statistiques...
Don't worry
Friendly yours
Djilali
--- Nyangkwe Agien Aaron <nyangkweagien@gmail.com> a
?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Many thanks to Jacques for that unexpected but very
> enligntening
> synopsis, which is an incitement for more
> participation.
> However, I disagree with Djilali's arguement that
> "messages are
> exchanged maily in English, many people
> are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
> ither UN langu(ag)es".
> As for as I know, this forum is multi-lingual as
> most often, we find
> messages posted in French, Spanish and so on. The
> argument of messages
> being mainly in English is a very cheap one.
> A more gallant way would have been to say that one
> was very busy and
> could not squeeze some minutes for the discussions.
> BTW, there is no descipline master with a cane to
> flog "less participants"
> LONG LIVE THE DEBATE
> On 10/27/06, djilali benamrane
> <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Dear jacques,
> > Perhaps there is an simple explanation : as long
> as
> > messages are exchanged maily in English many
> people
> > are not so happy and prefere to use other lists in
> > ither UN langues.
> > friendly
> > Djilali
> > --- Jacques Berleur <jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be> a
> > ?crit :
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> response
> > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access
> > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > Dear friends,
> > > In view of our CS Athens meeting, I have
> gathered
> > > some statistics on the two lists:
> > > governance@lists.cpsr.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org.
> > > From 27/04/06 to 26/10/06, i.e. 6 months, we got
> > > 1582 messages.
> > > There are around 60 persons having more than 10
> > > messages each.
> > > But there are only 13 with above 30, as follows:
> > > - Avri Doria 141
> > > - Milton Mueller: 92
> > > - Parminder 75
> > > - Veni Markowski 70
> > > - Vittorio Bertola 66
> > > - William Drake 63
> > > - Adam Peake: 62
> > > - Ralf Bendrath 42
> > > - Mc Tim: 40
> > > - Mawaki Chango : 33
> > > - Robert Guerra 33
> > > - Wolfgang Kleinw?chter 37
> > > - CONGO: 30
> > > The score of Avri is understandable since s/he
> > > was conducting the survey on the IGC Charter.
> The
> > > score of CONGO is very low as compared to its
> > > Secretarial Task.
> > >
> > > The followers are:
> > > - Francis Muguet 27
> > > - Jeanette Hoffman 26
> > > - Jeremy Malcolm 26
> > > - Nenna 24
> > > - Norbert Bollow 21
> > > - Renata Bloem 14
> > >
> > > You must understand that many people are absent
> > > from the list since it is not-moderated.... and
> > > have not the capacity to follow the discussion
> > > without spending a long time that they don't
> have.
> > > To see you in Athens.
> > >
> > > A retired Professor who has bee fighting more
> > > than 30 years  for a human centred information
> > > society,
> > > Jacques Berleur
> > > --
> > >
> > > ************************************************
> > >   Prof. Jacques BERLEUR
> > >   Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
> > >   Rue Grandgagnage, 21         Phone:  +32 81
> > > 72-4976
> > >                          Mobile: +32 (0)475
> 548372
> > >   5000 NAMUR                      Fax:    +32 81
> 72
> > > 4967
> > >   BELGIUM
> > > mailto:jberleur@info.fundp.ac.be
> > >   URL: http://www.info.fundp.ac.be/~jbl/
> > > ************************************************
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > >
> >
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> >
> >
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion
> : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
___________________________________________________________________________
> > Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le
> nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface
> r?volutionnaire.
> > http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
> Journalist/Outcome Mapper
> Special Assistant To The President
> ASAFE
> Tel. 237 337 50 22
> Fax. 237 342 29 70
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From muguet at mdpi.org  Fri Oct 27 17:23:17 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
Message-ID: <45423275.3000302@mdpi.org>

Dear Robert, Coordinator of the North American family,
and representative of this family at the CSB.

You started a personnal confronation with me,
It is regreetable,
The tone of your remarks and your explicit personal suspicion
are quite regreetable.
It is divise, and it is quite reluctantly that I am feeling
compelled to discuss your past behavior, so that further mistrust
shall not be spread among newcomers.
Old timers know you well, but newcomers must be warned.

I was planning to make a more detailed report after the IGF.
and writing this answer now is eating precious time that
could have been better devoted to lobbying.
It is rather stressfull to fight on two fronts.
as I am superbusy.
For information to explain that I could not answer you sooner :
  after the series of UNESCO meeting in Paris,
I flew to Beijing via Moscow ( to save expenses ) on Friday 20,
arriving in Beijing on Saturday 21.
I attended the UNESCO meeting on Sunday.
It was a very successfull meeting ( pls wait for my report
when I will have some time to breathe ).
Civil Society was fully recognized as a stakeholder and my
suggestions concerning themes, as well as procedural issues
already sent for the Paris meetings adopted ( see below )
Then I left Beijing early on Weds 25, to Paris by Moscow
where my luggage get stuck. :-( with my notes of
previous UNESCO meetings.
On Wed. 25 evening the same day, I flew to Barcelona
( with other luggage )
to an OECD expert meeting on Open Educational Ressources,
where I am now.
To add to this, I got a fractured vertebra (sacrum ) in late
august, and it is still painfull to me to be seated for
a long time, so these long trips are a pain to me,
in both senses.
So please understand that I am somewhat
exhausted, and I am running out of patience with your
kind of games.

Concerning the CSB meetings, indeed the report of any CSB meeting
should include the names of CSB members being present.
By the way, all reports never included the list of observers being present.
For the sake of history, it must be recollected that I proposed also
that observers be allowed to speak during the CSB meetings, and this
was accepted under the condition that it should be only during a limited
duration.
Now, continuing for the sake of history, for those who are not familiar
to the WSIS and could hail you as an "hero", it must be reminded that
you tried several times to gain control of the CSB list without the CSB
consent,
that you tried, without the approval of the CSB, to create a CSB web site
at http://wsis-csb.org of which you bougth the domaine name now expired.
This domain was pointing to your wiki at privaterra, you tried also
to organize "secret CSB meetings",( rather ironic, istn't, when you are
trying to call for transparency...  ;-) ! )
All these attempts were not taken too seriously because
they were so ridicule.
During the Prepcom3 and Tunis, you were an active member of
the Canadian delegation, and therefore ( and quite correctly,you must
be commended on this point )
you did not wish to stay as a member of the CSB, and it is unclear
if you quit at this stage. At any rate, no alternate ever existed
( good example of an entranched non inclusive behaviour... )
for the North American family,
This family was therefore no longer represented during
a significant part of the part of the process phase.
Is there was any debate in your family concerning this
topic ?

It would help if you could clarify your current situation :
Are you still a member of a gouvernmental delegation or paid
by a gouvernment as an adviser or
<joke> or by a secret agency </joke> ?

Concerning the plenaries, I do not remember that making
a list of participants has been made on a regular and
compulsory basis, and even less published.

>>From you comments it does seem that you were there - and that's fine,
>>From my view,  it seems like you are acting in your own personal capacity.
>  
>
Then it is your view that must be reviewed.
The suggestions that were adopted during this meeting simply
do not originate from me !.
The first suggestion concerning the finer grain moderation came from
Bertrand.
I added to it that thematic groups and family could also be moderators
at the theme level.
The second suggestion came from Mariame.
It must be underlined that the question de moderators of action lines
was raised during the afternoon session firstly Divina and then Djilali.
Divina could not stay during the evening.

All your paranoia and suspicion is like backstabbing
combatants,  while the Civil Society people
participating to UNESCO meetings, are struggling.

By the way, I am returning the question :
Are you asking all these questions as representative of
the North American family or in your personnal capacity ?
Since you the CSB seems an important issue for you,
no doubt that there was an active and transparent
discussion within the North American civil society that is approving
unanimously your methods.
What were , according to your own words, the processes of consultation,
engagement
and decision making within the North American Civil Society ?

>You mention that there was a discussion where "some suggestions" where
>raised for groups to be "considered" . That is quite vague, in fact
>quite opaque.  I personally, and i think others as well want to know
>what the specific suggestions where, who were making them, and what
>processes of consultation, engagement and decision making were used.
>  
>

The suggestions were approved by unanimous consensus by this
plenary civil society meeting on Oct 18, and that those suggestions
should be sent under the behalf of the CSB to UNESCO in order
to improve their chances of being considered.
It was agreed that theses suggestions might
be supported by oral interventions on the next
day.

These suggestions were later put into diplomatic words the next day
  and sent on October 19
to Axel Plathe with c/c to the CSB executive secretariat
and their elected two liaison officers.

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


On behalf of the Civil Society Bureau
(CSB, http://www.csbureau.org/ )
which is handling procedural issues
according to the established WSIS practices
( http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/observers.html ),
we are contacting the UNESCO focal points
for the current series of WSIS action lines
meetings, in regards to procedural issues related to those meetings and
their follow-up.

Since the actions lines has been broken into specific themes, along with
cross-cutting themes, it is suggested that moderators could also
be designated at the level of each interest group related to each theme.
This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme levels.
At the theme level, the financial ressource condition enunciated
in the item A6 of the Draft Terms of Reference for functioning of the
Multi-stakeholders Team should not apply, and the Draft Terms of
Reference should be modified to
acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme level with a
team of moderators.
During the WSIS prepcom and summit process, the important role of Civil
Society groupings, such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has
been acknowledged, while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a
certain WSIS Civil Society grouping.
Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is suggested
that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society groupings should be allowed
as such to act as co-moderators of a theme.

It is also kindly suggested, that parts of the
text of the Geneva and Tunis Civil
Society declarations,
relevant to each specific action lines, should be
added to the annex of the document
entitled ?Working methods of the
multi-stakeholder team?.
The CSB may send you the text of the relevant parts
if needed.

UNESCO has just proposed on the 18 October to enlarge the use of
the collaborative tool Sharepoint.
The use of modern ITCs tools is most welcome.
However, concerns have been raised that
Sharepoint, a proprietary product,
might not be interoperable enough, and
might put people using different operating systems, and/or different
word processor at a disadvantage.
The statement by Axel Plathe that Civil Society could propose yet
another collaborative tool has been noted and appreciated.
Furthermore, it could useful that theme level
co-moderators could also set up collaborative tool servers,
using the same software for the sake of efficiency,
and therefore, the choice of the
collaborative tool should also take
into account this inclusive and enabling need.
---------------------------

The answer by UNESCO was very positive
-----------------------------

Many thanks Francis,

We will take this into account in our report writing and in modifying
the terms of reference.

Axel

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

The manager of the networking
services  was also contacted and I got a positive answer for next WSIS
civil society meeting at UNESCO.

Therefore the action of the Civil Society present in Paris
was quite effective through the channel of the CSB.
It is fair to say the same results would have
not been obtained without the channel of the CSB.

It helped a lot that Charles Geiger underlined each morning,
(geting better and better each time) the multistakeholder approach and
the role of the CSB as the Civil Society interface for procedural issue.
Adama Samass?kou was there on Monday, and it helped also.

Furthermore, we had informal discussions with the ambassador
of a western entity that might tentatively consider financing
travel expenses of about twenty people from less
developed countries.

>I look forward to further details.
>
you got them at the expense of my sleep, and
my work.

>To be honest,

  Your effort in that direction is appreciated

> i don't really know what - if anything - the CSB is doing
>these days.

this is an either an incredible example of blindness or bias.
In fact, it is the reverse, it is because the CSB is now acting
positively, and its executive secretariat doing a marvelous job
of information that it appears as an obstacle to a small set of
well financed people with appetite for power, while this
small set also might be manipulated unwilling by dark and powerfull
interests that wish to get
rid of the Civil Society.
The skewed statistics presented recently by a previously unknown person
are not going to fool anybody.
Is there such a contempt of
Civil Society as to think we are all idiots !
It is not necessary to be a rocket scientist to understand
the gross trap.

> Personally, i think it's a defunct body that needs to be
>killed 

Then, this is the plan...
OK, this is very informative of you
thanks a lot :
  the CSB is killed when we need it most !

>and reconstituted 

and that the most beautifull part of your plan, isn't ?
this is going to be soooooo complicated,
raising soooooooo many philosophical
questions about legitimacies,
raising countless procedural
issues that it would never get ressurected
from the dead !
Resquiescat in Pace !

>with a new mandate given the new reality of the
>post-wsis environment we find ourselves currently in.

Instead, I called for a progressive review process that would
not impair with the efficiency of
  the interface so needed by Civil Society.

>I've called for that process to start - but, entrenched CSB members seem
>to be content in keeping a platform to use for their own personal agendas.

I do not feel to fall in the category of an entrenched person
in a defensive position.
Speaking of agenda : my advocacy has been
always be very clear : Open Access & Free Software
It would help to clarify what is your agenda.

I called a first review process eliminating unactive
families ( as we did at the end of Phase I ) and making a call for new
representatives
for familes that are believed to be important.
To ensure reliabiltiy each family must be represented by team of two persons
( if there both present, then they have just one vote all together ).
May be new regional group might created, since we are no longer obliged
to follow the cold war world division that it is still prevailing in the
UN system.
Furthermore, I called for the creation of national and regional civil
society bureaux, always for procedural issues only,
as the implementation of the
WSIS is now starting at national and regional levels.
I believe we must work in a pragmatic and progressive fashion.

This sounds more reasonnable and safe than your
melodramatic death and resucitation
( pardom me resurrection ) scheme.



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


From bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de  Sat Oct 28 02:14:52 2006
From: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de (Ralf Bendrath)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <45423275.3000302@mdpi.org>
References: <45423275.3000302@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <4542AF0C.3090308@zedat.fu-berlin.de>

> Are you still a member of a gouvernmental delegation or paid
> by a gouvernment as an adviser or
> <joke> or by a secret agency </joke> ?

Hey kids, can we play a bit more seriously?

The question of the future role of the Civil Society Bureau is still open. 
Can we focus on this?

Thanks, Ralf

From rguerra at lists.privaterra.org  Sat Oct 28 08:59:22 2006
From: rguerra at lists.privaterra.org (Robert Guerra)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <4542AF0C.3090308@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
References: <45423275.3000302@mdpi.org> <4542AF0C.3090308@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <45430DDA.3000904@lists.privaterra.org>

Ralf:

thanks for re-focusing the discussion.

Let me be clear - with the conclusion of the Tunis summit this past Nov
(05), I saw my role as Civil Society Bureau representative for Europe,
North America & CIS as concluded. After all, the mandate of the CSB was
- to my knowledge - just a coordinating body for the preparatory process
and the summit. Those have been completed.

With messages still being sent to the CSB list, as well as people still
mentioning they are somehow on the body - well, i did what anyone should
do, that is ask the question - what in fact is the role, structure and
mandate of the CSB in the post Tunis summit period.

To my surprise, just asking the question has lead so to respond not in
kind - but in a very reactive, in fact defensive manner. This is
unfortunate - and quite unprofessional. I refuse to engage in personal
attacks - let's get real. Let's stay focused on the topic.

again, let me be clear - I don't see myself as being on the CSB anymore.
In fact, no one else should either. It's mandate is up - and subject to
review and reassessment by the larger plenary groups.

regards

Robert







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]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
> of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> 
>> Are you still a member of a gouvernmental delegation or paid
>> by a gouvernment as an adviser or
>> <joke> or by a secret agency </joke> ?
> 
> Hey kids, can we play a bit more seriously?
> 
> The question of the future role of the Civil Society Bureau is still
> open. Can we focus on this?
> 
> Thanks, Ralf
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary

From dogwallah at gmail.com  Sat Oct 28 09:15:50 2006
From: dogwallah at gmail.com (McTim)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <45430DDA.3000904@lists.privaterra.org>
References: <45423275.3000302@mdpi.org> <4542AF0C.3090308@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
	 <45430DDA.3000904@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <f65fb55e0610280115r191590aageff0b41f08491cff@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/28/06, Robert Guerra <rguerra@lists.privaterra.org> wrote:

>
> again, let me be clear - I don't see myself as being on the CSB anymore.
> In fact, no one else should either. It's mandate is up - and subject to
> review and reassessment by the larger plenary groups.

D'accord

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim

From lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca  Sat Oct 28 13:28:30 2006
From: lissjeffrey at sympatico.ca (Liss Jeffrey)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <45430DDA.3000904@lists.privaterra.org>
Message-ID: <BAY118-F2246AD0E247EDB05554990D5050@phx.gbl>

Hey all:

These are transitional times.
Francis I am not alone in thanking you for taking action during this 
transition, when some of us are not so active,
and I look forward to further discussion of the substance of CS positions.
Of course we need to reveiew the legitimacy of the CS decision making. This 
is not new.

But the tone of RG's email is suspect and troubling.
quote:
again, let me be clear - I don't see myself as being on the CSB anymore.
>In fact, no one else should either. It's mandate is up - and subject to
>review and reassessment by the larger plenary groups.
end quote

It would seem once again that this is a position of convenience.

On your question, Francis:

[quote]
no doubt that there was an active and transparent
discussion within the North American civil society that is approving
unanimously your methods.
What were , according to your own words, the processes of consultation,
engagement
and decision making within the North American Civil Society ?
[ end quote]

No, this was not the case. It has never been the case, despite suggestions 
that it should be the case!
That is what the eCommons has called for consistently, consultation more 
broadly as a way towards CS education and mobilization at home, and also 
legitimacy in the larger arenas , but this has not been done.

CS people in Canada have been excluded from the Canadian process, and that 
is easy to establish because objections to this exclusion are on the public 
online and offline record.
RG has been quite central to this exclusion. That is why it is  ironic and 
troubling that he now should attack Francis  ( and the original post did 
read like an attack, however well intentioned its author and others believe 
it to have been.)
Two of our members ( including me) were deliberately dropped from an email 
list supposedly started for consultation and information on North American 
and Cdn CS Wsis activities.
There have been many other strange and divisive acts undertaken. No answer 
has ever been given when questions have been raised.
It has never been clear, despite questions raised, how we ended up with a 
rep for North America, Europe ( and?) the ICS, one who also advised the 
Canadian government formally and informally, and claimed to speak for people 
who were not consulted.

The only time a transparent and independent procedure was conducted in 
Canada ( for Wsis 1, Geneva), 3 civil society reps were selected based on 
applications solicited and received,  and RG was *not* one of them. he was 
not an official member of the Cdn delegation at the prepCom 3, nor at the 
final Wsis 1 meeting, nor did he withdraw from the CSB when he was not on 
the delegation, as far as what I understood at the time.
After that, the procedure was not so transparent, and complaints about the 
procedure addressed to Canadian Commission on Unesco went ananswered
( including taking issue with allowing a celebrity johnny come lately to 
speak for Canadians when there were so many good alternatives available 
notably on human rights where Canada has credibility, and Tunisia does not).

Again, that was then and this is now, and of course it is timely to 
reconsider CS legitimacy as I have now argued for years in many venues. ( I 
argued this in Halifax in June, 2003, and in Berlin after Wsis 1, with CS 
members at a meeting in 2004, arguing that it would hurt our longer term 
cred to have such limited transparency ourselves, and had argued this before 
and after becoming a member of the Cdn delegation!) I never could get an 
answer as to how we ended up with a non accountable rep for such a large 
territory -- North America, Europe, and ICS: can one be serious!
However the way to do that renewal of legitimacy IMO is not to attack people 
like Francis who are trying to keep things going during the transition.
This is particularly problematic when the source  of the critique  cannot 
withstand scrutinty ( except  rhetorically) on this same issue.

Liss Jeffrey, PhD
Member Canadian delegation, Wsis 1, Geneva.
Director McLuhan global research network,
Founding director, eCommons/agora electronique



From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sat Oct 28 14:31:06 2006
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Building foundations for legitimate common work
In-Reply-To: <BAY118-F2246AD0E247EDB05554990D5050@phx.gbl>
References: <BAY118-F2246AD0E247EDB05554990D5050@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <45435B9A.10009@bertola.eu.org>

Liss Jeffrey ha scritto:
> These are transitional times.
> Francis I am not alone in thanking you for taking action during this 
> transition, when some of us are not so active,
> and I look forward to further discussion of the substance of CS positions.
> Of course we need to reveiew the legitimacy of the CS decision making. 
> This is not new.
> 
> But the tone of RG's email is suspect and troubling.

I do not want to enter into this somewhat disturbing exchange of 
personal "compliments", though it is the reason for this message.

Instead, I would like to bring back the discussion to the issue of 
defining what kind of organization civil society needs for the WSIS 
follow up.

In the Internet Governance Caucus there was general agreement that, if 
we were to continue after the WSIS, we needed an agreed formal 
structure: a Charter that could define a mission for the Caucus, rights 
and duties of the members, and basic operational principles.

We asked one well respected person, Avri Doria, to lead the process of 
collecting all views, drafting a charter, and getting it ratified. 
People opted in as members in the new "formalized" caucus, and they 
approved the Charter with an overwhelming majority. You can now find it 
at http://www.igcaucus.org/IGC-charter_final-061014.html .

While we are in the middle of the process (we still have to conclude it 
by electing the new internal roles), not having yet agreed on our basic 
rules, we refrained from making substantive contributions as a caucus, 
and resorted to releasing "sign-on" statements instead, with individual 
signatories. We might do the same at the IGF.

When you turn to the Plenary, this exchange of emails proves that there 
is ample disagreement on the most basic points that must be shared to 
enable collective action, such as, who we are, how do we act, what do we 
want to do, who can speak for us. There is the need to agree and write 
down once for all who qualifies as a member of this plenary, which 
representative organs - such as the CSB - should exist, how they should 
be composed, and what should they do.

So my personal view is that, while I welcome the efforts of Francis and 
others, they don't represent anyone but themselves and their 
organizations unless a similar process is completed. If they are to 
continue in their work as civil society delegates, we first need to 
engage in a much necessary work of laying small but solid foundations 
that can allow us to work together for many more years. Some work was 
already done in the now-defunct Working Methods WG. We from the IGC 
would be happy to contribute the experience of our own effort, too. This 
can be done in a few months, if we stop attacking each other and start 
working together in good faith.

Otherwise, we'll just go round and round challenging each other's 
legitimacy and motives, up to the point where all the other stakeholders 
will consider us ridiculous.
-- 
vb.             [Vittorio Bertola - v.bertola [a] bertola.eu.org]<-----
http://bertola.eu.org/  <- Prima o poi...

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 28 14:50:59 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <BAY118-F2246AD0E247EDB05554990D5050@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20061028135059.75904.qmail@web60011.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello Liss,
I hope you can read and understand my message !
Merci Liss pour ce long et interessant message.
Il faut plusieurs minutes pour des non anglophones
pour d?chiffrer les cotations et les non cotations.
Je j'aimerais ajouter pour ce qui s'est pass? ?
l'UNESCO Paris c'est que nous avons voulu profiter
d'une opportunit? o? les conditions ?taient favorables
? la soci?t? civile pour prendre acte et reserrer les
liens, avec des rencontres tous les soirs.
Il n'a jamais ?t? dans nos intentions de nous
substituer aux structures existant ou qui ont exist?,
eencore op?rationnelles ou non.
C'est quand m?me incroyable que d?s qu'une initiatives
est prises hors de celles et de ceux qui se prennent
pour les ayant droits de droit divin, cela suscite les
foudres.
Nous ne sommes pas dans une logique axe du bien contre
axe du mal. De gr?ce remobilisons nos efforts parce
que la bataille est loin d'?tre gagn?e.
Firndly yours
Djilali  
--- Liss Jeffrey <lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> 
> Hey all:
> 
> These are transitional times.
> Francis I am not alone in thanking you for taking
> action during this 
> transition, when some of us are not so active,
> and I look forward to further discussion of the
> substance of CS positions.
> Of course we need to reveiew the legitimacy of the
> CS decision making. This 
> is not new.
> 
> But the tone of RG's email is suspect and troubling.
> quote:
> again, let me be clear - I don't see myself as being
> on the CSB anymore.
> >In fact, no one else should either. It's mandate is
> up - and subject to
> >review and reassessment by the larger plenary
> groups.
> end quote
> 
> It would seem once again that this is a position of
> convenience.
> 
> On your question, Francis:
> 
> [quote]
> no doubt that there was an active and transparent
> discussion within the North American civil society
> that is approving
> unanimously your methods.
> What were , according to your own words, the
> processes of consultation,
> engagement
> and decision making within the North American Civil
> Society ?
> [ end quote]
> 
> No, this was not the case. It has never been the
> case, despite suggestions 
> that it should be the case!
> That is what the eCommons has called for
> consistently, consultation more 
> broadly as a way towards CS education and
> mobilization at home, and also 
> legitimacy in the larger arenas , but this has not
> been done.
> 
> CS people in Canada have been excluded from the
> Canadian process, and that 
> is easy to establish because objections to this
> exclusion are on the public 
> online and offline record.
> RG has been quite central to this exclusion. That is
> why it is  ironic and 
> troubling that he now should attack Francis  ( and
> the original post did 
> read like an attack, however well intentioned its
> author and others believe 
> it to have been.)
> Two of our members ( including me) were deliberately
> dropped from an email 
> list supposedly started for consultation and
> information on North American 
> and Cdn CS Wsis activities.
> There have been many other strange and divisive acts
> undertaken. No answer 
> has ever been given when questions have been raised.
> It has never been clear, despite questions raised,
> how we ended up with a 
> rep for North America, Europe ( and?) the ICS, one
> who also advised the 
> Canadian government formally and informally, and
> claimed to speak for people 
> who were not consulted.
> 
> The only time a transparent and independent
> procedure was conducted in 
> Canada ( for Wsis 1, Geneva), 3 civil society reps
> were selected based on 
> applications solicited and received,  and RG was
> *not* one of them. he was 
> not an official member of the Cdn delegation at the
> prepCom 3, nor at the 
> final Wsis 1 meeting, nor did he withdraw from the
> CSB when he was not on 
> the delegation, as far as what I understood at the
> time.
> After that, the procedure was not so transparent,
> and complaints about the 
> procedure addressed to Canadian Commission on Unesco
> went ananswered
> ( including taking issue with allowing a celebrity
> johnny come lately to 
> speak for Canadians when there were so many good
> alternatives available 
> notably on human rights where Canada has
> credibility, and Tunisia does not).
> 
> Again, that was then and this is now, and of course
> it is timely to 
> reconsider CS legitimacy as I have now argued for
> years in many venues. ( I 
> argued this in Halifax in June, 2003, and in Berlin
> after Wsis 1, with CS 
> members at a meeting in 2004, arguing that it would
> hurt our longer term 
> cred to have such limited transparency ourselves,
> and had argued this before 
> and after becoming a member of the Cdn delegation!)
> I never could get an 
> answer as to how we ended up with a non accountable
> rep for such a large 
> territory -- North America, Europe, and ICS: can one
> be serious!
> However the way to do that renewal of legitimacy IMO
> is not to attack people 
> like Francis who are trying to keep things going
> during the transition.
> This is particularly problematic when the source  of
> the critique  cannot 
> withstand scrutinty ( except  rhetorically) on this
> same issue.
> 
> Liss Jeffrey, PhD
> Member Canadian delegation, Wsis 1, Geneva.
> Director McLuhan global research network,
> Founding director, eCommons/agora electronique
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From motamar at gmail.com  Sat Oct 28 16:07:09 2006
From: motamar at gmail.com (malik khan)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Answer to the North Amercan CS representative
In-Reply-To: <20061028135059.75904.qmail@web60011.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <BAY118-F2246AD0E247EDB05554990D5050@phx.gbl>
	 <20061028135059.75904.qmail@web60011.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <f22ffaa00610280807y2c72c426obc19b3e8ccd99de3@mail.gmail.com>

Dear All
Greetings
I pointed to all of you there was no election and people  use authoeritrian
way to address wyhile at the same levwl.  .We all are  NGO no boss  here
please.
Dr. Malik Khan


On 10/28/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
>
> Hello Liss,
> I hope you can read and understand my message !
> Merci Liss pour ce long et interessant message.
> Il faut plusieurs minutes pour des non anglophones
> pour d?chiffrer les cotations et les non cotations.
> Je j'aimerais ajouter pour ce qui s'est pass? ?
> l'UNESCO Paris c'est que nous avons voulu profiter
> d'une opportunit? o? les conditions ?taient favorables
> ? la soci?t? civile pour prendre acte et reserrer les
> liens, avec des rencontres tous les soirs.
> Il n'a jamais ?t? dans nos intentions de nous
> substituer aux structures existant ou qui ont exist?,
> eencore op?rationnelles ou non.
> C'est quand m?me incroyable que d?s qu'une initiatives
> est prises hors de celles et de ceux qui se prennent
> pour les ayant droits de droit divin, cela suscite les
> foudres.
> Nous ne sommes pas dans une logique axe du bien contre
> axe du mal. De gr?ce remobilisons nos efforts parce
> que la bataille est loin d'?tre gagn?e.
> Firndly yours
> Djilali
> --- Liss Jeffrey <lissjeffrey@sympatico.ca> a ?crit :
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> >
> > Hey all:
> >
> > These are transitional times.
> > Francis I am not alone in thanking you for taking
> > action during this
> > transition, when some of us are not so active,
> > and I look forward to further discussion of the
> > substance of CS positions.
> > Of course we need to reveiew the legitimacy of the
> > CS decision making. This
> > is not new.
> >
> > But the tone of RG's email is suspect and troubling.
> > quote:
> > again, let me be clear - I don't see myself as being
> > on the CSB anymore.
> > >In fact, no one else should either. It's mandate is
> > up - and subject to
> > >review and reassessment by the larger plenary
> > groups.
> > end quote
> >
> > It would seem once again that this is a position of
> > convenience.
> >
> > On your question, Francis:
> >
> > [quote]
> > no doubt that there was an active and transparent
> > discussion within the North American civil society
> > that is approving
> > unanimously your methods.
> > What were , according to your own words, the
> > processes of consultation,
> > engagement
> > and decision making within the North American Civil
> > Society ?
> > [ end quote]
> >
> > No, this was not the case. It has never been the
> > case, despite suggestions
> > that it should be the case!
> > That is what the eCommons has called for
> > consistently, consultation more
> > broadly as a way towards CS education and
> > mobilization at home, and also
> > legitimacy in the larger arenas , but this has not
> > been done.
> >
> > CS people in Canada have been excluded from the
> > Canadian process, and that
> > is easy to establish because objections to this
> > exclusion are on the public
> > online and offline record.
> > RG has been quite central to this exclusion. That is
> > why it is  ironic and
> > troubling that he now should attack Francis  ( and
> > the original post did
> > read like an attack, however well intentioned its
> > author and others believe
> > it to have been.)
> > Two of our members ( including me) were deliberately
> > dropped from an email
> > list supposedly started for consultation and
> > information on North American
> > and Cdn CS Wsis activities.
> > There have been many other strange and divisive acts
> > undertaken. No answer
> > has ever been given when questions have been raised.
> > It has never been clear, despite questions raised,
> > how we ended up with a
> > rep for North America, Europe ( and?) the ICS, one
> > who also advised the
> > Canadian government formally and informally, and
> > claimed to speak for people
> > who were not consulted.
> >
> > The only time a transparent and independent
> > procedure was conducted in
> > Canada ( for Wsis 1, Geneva), 3 civil society reps
> > were selected based on
> > applications solicited and received,  and RG was
> > *not* one of them. he was
> > not an official member of the Cdn delegation at the
> > prepCom 3, nor at the
> > final Wsis 1 meeting, nor did he withdraw from the
> > CSB when he was not on
> > the delegation, as far as what I understood at the
> > time.
> > After that, the procedure was not so transparent,
> > and complaints about the
> > procedure addressed to Canadian Commission on Unesco
> > went ananswered
> > ( including taking issue with allowing a celebrity
> > johnny come lately to
> > speak for Canadians when there were so many good
> > alternatives available
> > notably on human rights where Canada has
> > credibility, and Tunisia does not).
> >
> > Again, that was then and this is now, and of course
> > it is timely to
> > reconsider CS legitimacy as I have now argued for
> > years in many venues. ( I
> > argued this in Halifax in June, 2003, and in Berlin
> > after Wsis 1, with CS
> > members at a meeting in 2004, arguing that it would
> > hurt our longer term
> > cred to have such limited transparency ourselves,
> > and had argued this before
> > and after becoming a member of the Cdn delegation!)
> > I never could get an
> > answer as to how we ended up with a non accountable
> > rep for such a large
> > territory -- North America, Europe, and ICS: can one
> > be serious!
> > However the way to do that renewal of legitimacy IMO
> > is not to attack people
> > like Francis who are trying to keep things going
> > during the transition.
> > This is particularly problematic when the source  of
> > the critique  cannot
> > withstand scrutinty ( except  rhetorically) on this
> > same issue.
> >
> > Liss Jeffrey, PhD
> > Member Canadian delegation, Wsis 1, Geneva.
> > Director McLuhan global research network,
> > Founding director, eCommons/agora electronique
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions
> !
> Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des
> internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061028/86e695a8/attachment.htm
From wsis at ngocongo.org  Sat Oct 28 16:25:49 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
Message-ID: <200610281525.k9SFPQe6030620@smtp1.infomaniak.ch>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Final WG-WSIS report with annexes (no rev marks) (2) (2).doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 270848 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061028/21cfc72d/FinalWG-WSISreportwithannexesnorevmarks22.doc
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: WG WSIS ANNEX 2 draft res civil society.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 34816 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061028/21cfc72d/WGWSISANNEX2draftrescivilsociety.doc
From vb at bertola.eu.org  Sat Oct 28 18:45:42 2006
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Blogger arrested in Greece
Message-ID: <45439746.1010309@bertola.eu.org>

Hello,

as not everyone might have had this piece of news yet, apparently two 
days ago the Greek authorities have arrested for one night the owner of 
the blog aggregator blogme.gr, since one of the feeds he was showing was 
linking to a mockery website against a controversial Greek TV 
evangelist. As this person couldn't sue the mockery website (hosted in 
the US), he sued the aggregator instead.

See Kieren McCarthy's take about this here:
http://kierenmccarthy.co.uk/2006/10/28/greek-blog-aggregator-arrested/
Also some random blog's translation of the facts into English:
http://naftilos.blogspot.com/2006/10/blogmegr-like-suing-google.html
and the Technorati dump, if anyone knows Greek:
http://www.technorati.com/search/blogme.gr

Please beware that this is all n-th hand information, it needs to be 
confirmed (if anyone knows, please post additional sources), but at the 
same time there might be protesters from the local civil society, and it 
might be the case for civil society speakers in the opening sessions to 
raise the issue.

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

From joeayo at yahoo.com  Sat Oct 28 21:15:19 2006
From: joeayo at yahoo.com (Olutuase)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [SFI] Winners of SFD '06 competition
Message-ID: <20061028201519.64649.qmail@web36209.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
An embedded message was scrubbed...
From: Robert Schumann <robert@softwarefreedomday.org>
Subject: [SFI] Winners of SFD '06 competition
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:29:26 +0100
Size: 4025
Url: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061028/b0e4c69e/attachment.mht
From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Sun Oct 29 10:51:37 2006
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] overpasses for IGF opening ceremony
Message-ID: <f31ae3560610290251w196b6fd4m50246dfcaea37130@mail.gmail.com>

The main room for the IGF sessions holds 800.  1500 are registered to
attend. So we are back into a situation of allocating overpasses for
the opening session and perhaps other sessions in the main room.

There will be overflow rooms.  And pressure will be off when the
workshops begin on the 2nd day.

I have 100 overpasses for civil society. They are in my care.  I got
them by being the MAG meeting at the room at the wrong time!

Business have a batch, the Internet community has a batch. govt have 2
(or 3?) per delegation.  International orgs have a batch.  The rest
will be first come first serve.

Anyone speaking on a panel session
<http://www.intgovforum.org/list%20of%20panellists.php>

I would like advice on how to distribute the passes we have been given.

My suggestion is to give a few passes to any CS group that has taken
the lead in organizing a workshop should be given a few passes to
distribute among their group. And return any left over to the general
first come first served batch.

We do not have the organization we once had in WSIS.  And we have no
idea who is coming and who is/considers themselves to be civil
society.

I would appreciate advice on what best to do.

Thank you.

Adam

From robin at ipjustice.org  Sun Oct 29 18:08:29 2006
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance Forum Opens in Athens: IPJ Sponsors 3 Workshops
Message-ID: <4544EE1D.6040505@ipjustice.org>

IP Justice Media Release
29 October 2006

Media Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
Email: robin@ipjustice.org
Phone: (+30) 697 9851074

*UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Opens in Athens
IP Justice Sponsors 3 Workshops on Internet Policy Issues
*
(Athens) The inaugural meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance 
Forum (IGF) takes place in Athens, Greece from 30 October ? 2 November 
2006. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has convened the forum to build 
multi-stakeholder dialogue on Internet policy issues. Over 1500 
participants from around the world are expected to attend the forum to 
identify emerging issues and make recommendations intended to foster the 
sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the 
Internet.

In May 2006, Annan appointed IP Justice Executive Director Robin Gross 
to the IGF Advisory Group to help shape the policy dialogue. ?The IGF 
was created out of recognition that the Internet has connected the 
world?s people together like never before, and we must work together to 
build an Internet that fosters a free flow of information, innovation 
and development for all,? said Robin Gross.

Together with a number of other NGOs, industry and governments, IP 
Justice is co-sponsoring three workshops at IGF on the topics of ?An 
Internet Bill of Rights?, ?Access to Knowledge and Freedom of 
Expression? and ?Open Standards?. Details on the 3 workshops are below.

*?An Internet Bill of Rights? Workshop
*
Wednesday, 1 November 2006 from 13:30-15:00 at Divani Apollon Palace & 
Spa (Plato Hall) in Athens

The workshop will deal with creating an ?Internet Bill of Rights? to 
articulate the global rights and duties of Internet users from the 
viewpoint of the individual. The workshop will focus on the process of 
creating such an instrument and address the following questions:
* What rights are fundamental to freedom in a digital world?
* What obligations are necessary to create a digital society based on 
rule of law and civil liberty?
* Who are the appropriate stake-holders in making policy determinations 
for the Internet and what is the role of government?
* How to negotiate between conflicting values in setting policy for the 
online environment?
* What special challenges and opportunities does the Internet provide to 
the quest for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Workshop Speakers:
* Ms. Daniele Auffray, Alderwoman for ICT, Paris
* Mr. Fiorello Cortiana, Italian Green Party and Milano Provincia
* Prof. Stefano Rodot?, Former Head of the Council of European Data 
Protection Agencies
* Ms. Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director and Attorney
* Mr.Jose Murilo Junior from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture
* Mr. Vittorio Bertola of ICANN?s At-Large Advisory Committee will 
moderate the discussion.

Workshop Sponsors:
* Centre for Technology and Society of Getulio Vargas Foundation School 
of Law, Rio de Janeiro
* Italian Ministry of Reform and Innovation in the Public Administration
* Italia Societa Internet
* IP Justice

Website for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/389/

=======

*?Access to Knowledge (A2K) and Free Expression? Workshop*

Thursday 2 November from 11:30 - 13:00 at the Divani Apollon Palace & 
Spa (Plato Hall) in Athens.

?Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Provide Access to Knowledge & 
Free Flow of Information?: A workshop to explore significant 
opportunities and barriers to harnessing the power of the Internet to 
provide access to knowledge and encourage freedom of expression and the 
free flow of information. In particular, the workshop will focus on the 
appropriate balance for intellectual property rights on the Internet.

Speakers:
* Susan Struble from IT Standardization and Strategy at Sun Microsystems 
will address challenges to technical interoperability and the free flow 
of information on the Internet from software patents.
* Dr. Magdy Nagi from Egypt's Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca 
Alexandrina) will discuss the challenges online libraries face in 
providing access to information and encourage development.
* Mary Wong, a Professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center and the IP 
Academy of Singapore will address special online challenges to freedom 
of expression and access to knowledge from ?digital locks?.
* Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Global Public Policy and Senior Counsel 
at Google will address the barriers Google faces in providing access to 
knowledge from unbalanced copyright law.
* Robin Gross, Executive Director of IP Justice will Chair the session.

Webpage for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/382/

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

*?Open Standards? Workshop*

Thursday 2 November from 9:30 - 11:30 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Spa 
(Aphrodite Hall) in Athens.

This workshop will present the relationship between the ?openness? of 
ICT standards, economic and social development, and government policy 
making, with a focus on procurement policies. The discussion will help 
governments to better understand the inherent tension between 
intellectual property rights (IPR) holders in ICT standards and the public.

The workshop will use the example of the OpenDocument Format standard to 
highlight the positive impact open ICT standards can have on information 
access.

The workshop will share the thoughts and experiences of the 
participants, who represent a broad range of multi-stakeholders:

Government:
* Republic of South Africa: Natalie Sunker, Deputy Director, 
Intellectual Property, Policy & Legislation, Department of Trade and 
Industry
* Brazil: Rogerio Santanna, Secretary of Information Technology, 
Ministry of Planning and Budget
* Egypt?s Library of Alexandria: Prof. Magdy Nagi, Head of ICT Sector, 
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Civil Society Organizations:
* Consumer Project on Technology: Jamie Love
* Yale Information Society Project: Eddan Katz
* IP Justice: Robin Gross

Intergovernmental Organization:
* South Centre, Innovation, Access to Knowledge and Intellectual 
Property Programme (IAIPP)

Standards Organization
* W3C: Daniel Dardieller, Associate Chair for Europe

Industry:
* Sun Microsystems: Susy Struble, Government Policy

IPJ website for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/open-standards-workshop/

See CPTech's webpage for this workshop for more detailed information and 
background on the Open Standards Workshop:
http://www.cptech.org/a2k/igf/athens110206/

==========

More Information:

IPJ's IGF webpage:
http://ipjustice.org/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/

Official Internet Governance Forum (IGF) webpage:
http:/www.intgovforum.org

IGF Athens 2006 webpage:
http://www.igfgreece2006.gr/





From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Sun Oct 29 18:10:39 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:18 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the
 next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
Message-ID: <13005415.38301162145438829.JavaMail.www@wwinf1515>

Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: R-forme de l-UIT_Proposition de CSDPTT.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 39424 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061029/203d92d3/R-formedel-UIT_PropositiondeCSDPTT.doc
From nne75 at yahoo.com  Sun Oct 29 18:15:10 2006
From: nne75 at yahoo.com (Nnenna)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] What is wrong with CS - Plenary, caucuses, Bureau et al?
Message-ID: <20061029181510.48718.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear all

Speaking on a personal basis, I find some of the last mails on this list appalling.  Maybe they were borne of frustration, but I believe there is a better way to express disagrement without insulting.

That said, it is obvious that an evaluation needs to be done.  Here are my thoughts:

The Civil Society WSIS plenary (that is receiving this message) should be continued.  What can be done is to review its raison d'etre, structure, and working methods
One thing that was not clear from the beginning was whether members in the CSP are there on personal basis or on organizational basis.  Since we were accredited under organisations and registered as individuals...it was not clear.  Some people could speak on behalf of their organizations, but others could not.
Related to 2 is that some individuals (due to CS mobility) have moved from the organizations under which they were accredited. Others have been assigned other roles.
The CSB that we knew was made up of Caucus  and family reps.  But with Tunis come and gone, honestly, some dead caucuses need to be buried.   CSP needs to test and see if the living ones are really alive.  The questions that may be asked will include: does CS need a bureau for Tunis + engagement?  What will be the role of this bureau?  Who should be part of this bureau and why?  
The Working methods working group did begin to draft on a lot of these issues but, I guess, was swallowe in the Tunis fever..  One of the drafts was to bring out guidelines on caucuses..  I believe this is needed more than ever,
Whichever way, I believe that a kind of ''front'' is needed if CS is to maintain an MSP in the after-Tunis.
Best regards

Nnenna

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061029/5b7d79af/attachment.htm
From muguet at mdpi.org  Sun Oct 29 20:01:30 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Hotel libre in Athens / Hotel Libre
Message-ID: <4545089A.9010108@mdpi.org>

English / Fran?ais

Hello

For those who are still strugling to find an hotel,
I discovered by chance an hotel, where I am staying
now. I moved there from my previous hotel.

The Hotel  ELECTRA
http://www.electrahotel.gr
  is located in Vouliagmeni, and is
almost empty.
Tel.: +30 210 8961380, +30 210 8960537, +30 210 8960688

There are no rooms but only appartements that
include a bedroom ( two small beds ),
  a living room ( sofa convertible into 2 beds )
  , a bathroom, a kitchen,
an a balcony.
The price that I obtained is 60 euros,
and therefore lower than the price indicated
on the website.

Hope this helps.

Francis

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

Bonsoir

Pour ceux qui n'auraient pas trouv? d'Hotel
ou bien des Hotels trop loins ou trop chers

  Hotel  ELECTRA
http://www.electrahotel.gr
  est localis? ?  Vouliagmeni m?me, et est
presque vide.
tel :Tel.: +30 210 8961380, +30 210 8960537, +30 210 8960688

Il y a uniquement des appartements qui comprenne
une chambre ? coucher ( 2 petits lits ),
un salon/salle ? manger ( sofa convertible 2 lits )
salle de bain, cuisine, et un balcon.
Le prix que j'ai n?goci? est 60 euros

J'esp?re que cel? vous aidera.

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


From wsis at ngocongo.org  Sun Oct 29 20:22:13 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
In-Reply-To: <13005415.38301162145438829.JavaMail.www@wwinf1515>
Message-ID: <200610292022.k9TKM9v5001225@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Jean Louis, 

 

Je pense que les documents et les trois propositions que CSDPTT avait
pr?sent?s en vue de la r?union du 1er f?vrier 2006 sont toujours disponibles
en ligne et sont pr?sent?s au sein d?une note du Chairman en tant que
document de substance ? document officiel de cette session :

http://www.itu.int/reform/contributions/8.doc (p. 14 ? 17).

 

Pouvez vous confirmer qu?il s?agit bien de ceux-ci ? 

Serez vous a Antalya ? 

 

Ph

 

 

  _____  

De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part
de Jean-Louis FULLSACK
Envoy? : dimanche 29 octobre 2006 19:11
? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the
next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference

 

 

Dear Philippe

Many thanks for your information about the ITU reform dealing with the
participation of CS organisations in its constituencies, and the related
documents. This very crucial issue will be discussed and answered by the
coming Plenipotentiary Conference (PP'06). 

You may remember that all along the WSIS process, CSDPTT was the only CS
organisation who presented these ideas such as CS organisations to be
considered as members with analogue status to businesss members, ITU
internal structural reform, cooperative action with other UN agencies, etc .


CSDPTT was probably the only CS organisation who submitted these proposals
(there are three ones, each one for a specific topic) to the ITU Council who
was to examine the ITU reform issues on the basis of contributions sent by
different partners in January 06. This document was displayed on the ITU
(reform) page, alongside with other proposals sent by member states,
international/regional organisations and business entities. Last but not
least, these proposals were in french language only.

Once more, I'm profoundly disappointed for two reasons. Our document is no
longer displayed at the ITU WSIS site (unless you use TIES, the expensive
ITU access to its documents !) ; in other words : CS members and visitors
are precluded from reading these proposals. In addition, all these documents
concerning this paramount issue for building a stronger and more efficient
ITU -including those which you mention in your mail- are exclusively in
English. This is probably one of the reasons why the CSDPTT proposals are
simply ignored by the ITU bosses and therefore withdrawn from the documents
list 

For your information as well as for informing our CS members the CSDPTT
document is attached to this e-mail. I'm sorry for our no french speaking
members and I will try to tanslate them as soon as possible for the list.

In addition I'd ask CONGO to do its best in respect of CS contributions to
be displayed with other members' ones on the official ITU/WSIS sites for the
sake of actual multistakeholdership and taken into account accordingly.by
the UN agencies and more specifically the ITU.

Best regards

Jean-Louis Fukllsack

CSDPTT - France.     





> Message du 28/10/06 17:28
> De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam" 
> A : bureau@wsis-cs.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : "'CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam'" , "'Renate Bloem'" 
> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
> 
> 

Dear all, 

 

Further to the previous messages sent to this list in September 2006, I
would like to inform you that the question of civil society and NGO
participation will be addressed at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
between 6 and 24 November 2006
(http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/index.html). 

 

The discussions among the ITU Council Working Group
<http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/wsis_WG.html>  on WSIS (meeting on 12-13
Sept. 2006) conduced to proposing the ITU Plenipot to engage the ITU Council
to conduct a study on civil society and the activities of ITU, and to
authorise the Council to take a decision regarding the provisional
application of the provisions that will be established for the entry of CS
entities into ITU activities before the next Plenipotentiary Conference.

 

This situation represents a compromise between the proposals circulated by
Switzerland and Argentina during the meeting of the WG. For information, you
find these documents at the links below:

Swiss proposal
<http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/20060831%20
CH%20proposal%20for%20enhanced%20CSO%20participation.doc> : 
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/20060831%20C
H%20proposal%20for%20enhanced%20CSO%20participation.doc  
Argentinean proposal
<http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/035e_argent
ina.doc> :
 
<http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/035e_argent
ina.doc>
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/035e_argenti
na.doc 
 
For your information, I attached the full report of the meeting of the ITU
Council WG on WSIS to the Plenipotentiary Conference, which addressed, in
addition to CS inclusion in ITU, a certain number of issues related to
implications for the ITU of the WSIS outcomes (action taken and to be taken
after Tunis, and evolving role of the World Telecommunication
Standardization Assembly), as well as the ITU Plenipot draft Resolution on
?Enhanced participation of civil society entities and organisations in ITU
activities?.
 

Is there anybody in this list who is planning to take part in the ITU
Plenipot next month?

It would also be interesting to take the opportunity of the IGF gathering to
talk about this issue.

 

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/> 

 

>
> [ Final WG-WSIS report with annexes (no rev marks) (2) (2).doc (361.9 Ko)
]
> [ WG WSIS ANNEX 2 draft res civil society.doc (46.5 Ko) ]

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061029/3c425be3/attachment.html
From muguet at mdpi.org  Sun Oct 29 22:29:36 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
Message-ID: <45452B50.2090300@mdpi.org>

Hello again.

First, the good news.
Following negotiations started in Paris, at UNESCO, the
ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon that
the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
to the European Union in order to provide
financial assistance to Civil Society representative
  from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS meetings.
( around twenty  persons. ).

Best

Francis
-----------------------------------
Re-Bonsoir


Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ? L'UNESCO
L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une mani?re
officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
r?union du SMSI.

Bien cordialement

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


From jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr  Sun Oct 29 21:56:18 2006
From: jlfullsack at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Louis FULLSACK)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the
 next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
Message-ID: <14659510.636361162158978878.JavaMail.www@wwinf1530>

Bonsoir Philippe
Merci pour cette r?ponse rapide.
Oui, le document affich? pr?sente bien les trois propositions de CSDPTT quant ? la r?forme de l'UIT.
Non, je ne pourrai pas ?tre ? Antalya pour d'?videntes raisons de financement. Par ailleurs l'UIT n'a jamais fait le moindre commentaire quant ? nos propositions ce qui enl?ve tout int?r?t ? un tel d?placement.
Merci pour vos efforts
et bien cordialement
Jean-Louis





> Message du 29/10/06 21:23
> De : "CONGO - Philippe Dam" 
> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Copie ? : 
> Objet : RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
> 
> 
Jean Louis, 
 
Je pense que les documents et les trois propositions que CSDPTT avait pr?sent?s en vue de la r?union du 1er f?vrier 2006 sont toujours disponibles en ligne et sont pr?sent?s au sein d?une note du Chairman en tant que document de substance ? document officiel de cette session :
http://www.itu.int/reform/contributions/8.doc (p. 14 ? 17).
 
Pouvez vous confirmer qu?il s?agit bien de ceux-ci ? 
Serez vous a Antalya ? 
 
Ph
 
 



De : plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] De la part de Jean-Louis FULLSACK
> Envoy? : dimanche 29 octobre 2006 19:11
> ? : plenary@wsis-cs.org
> Objet : Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
 
 
> Dear Philippe
> Many thanks for your information about the ITU reform dealing with the participation of CS organisations in its constituencies, and the related documents. This very crucial issue will be discussed and answered by the coming Plenipotentiary Conference (PP'06). 
> You may remember that all along the WSIS process, CSDPTT was the only CS organisation who presented these ideas such as CS organisations to be considered as members with analogue status to businesss members, ITU internal structural reform, cooperative action with other UN agencies, etc . 
> CSDPTT was probably the only CS organisation who submitted these proposals (there are three ones, each one for a specific topic) to the ITU Council who was to examine the ITU reform issues on the basis of contributions sent by different partners in January 06. This document was displayed on the ITU (reform) page, alongside with other proposals sent by member states, international/regional organisations and business entities. Last but not least, these proposals were in french language only.
> Once more, I'm profoundly disappointed for two reasons. Our document is no longer displayed at the ITU WSIS site (unless you use TIES, the expensive ITU access to its documents !) ; in other words : CS members and visitors are precluded from reading these proposals. In addition, all these documents concerning this paramount issue for building a stronger and more efficient ITU -including those which you mention in your mail- are exclusively in English. This is probably one of the reasons why the CSDPTT proposals are simply ignored by the ITU bosses and therefore withdrawn from the documents list 
> For your information as well as for informing our CS members the CSDPTT document is attached to this e-mail. I'm sorry for our no french speaking members and I will try to tanslate them as soon as possible for the list.
> In addition I'd ask CONGO to do its best in respect of CS contributions to be displayed with other members' ones on the official ITU/WSIS sites for the sake of actual multistakeholdership and taken into account accordingly.by the UN agencies and more specifically the ITU.
> Best regards
> Jean-Louis Fukllsack
CSDPTT - France.     
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Message du 28/10/06 17:28
> > De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam" 
> > A : bureau@wsis-cs.org, plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > Copie ? : "'CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam'" , "'Renate Bloem'" 
> > Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Up-date on ITU and CS: issue raised at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference
> > 
> > 
Dear all, 
 
Further to the previous messages sent to this list in September 2006, I would like to inform you that the question of civil society and NGO participation will be addressed at the next ITU Plenipotentiary Conference between 6 and 24 November 2006 (http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary/2006/index.html). 
 
The discussions among the ITU Council Working Group on WSIS (meeting on 12-13 Sept. 2006) conduced to proposing the ITU Plenipot to engage the ITU Council to conduct a study on civil society and the activities of ITU, and to authorise the Council to take a decision regarding the provisional application of the provisions that will be established for the entry of CS entities into ITU activities before the next Plenipotentiary Conference.
 
This situation represents a compromise between the proposals circulated by Switzerland and Argentina during the meeting of the WG. For information, you find these documents at the links below:
Swiss proposal: 
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/20060831%20CH%20proposal%20for%20enhanced%20CSO%20participation.doc  
Argentinean proposal:
http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Working_Group_on_WSIS/Sept-2006/035e_argentina.doc 
 
For your information, I attached the full report of the meeting of the ITU Council WG on WSIS to the Plenipotentiary Conference, which addressed, in addition to CS inclusion in ITU, a certain number of issues related to implications for the ITU of the WSIS outcomes (action taken and to be taken after Tunis, and evolving role of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly), as well as the ITU Plenipot draft Resolution on ?Enhanced participation of civil society entities and organisations in ITU activities?.
 
Is there anybody in this list who is planning to take part in the ITU Plenipot next month?
It would also be interesting to take the opportunity of the IGF gathering to talk about this issue.
 
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
 
>
> > [ Final WG-WSIS report with annexes (no rev marks) (2) (2).doc (361.9 Ko) ]
> > [ WG WSIS ANNEX 2 draft res civil society.doc (46.5 Ko) ]
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061029/d33c9eb2/attachment.htm
From mpazello at oi.com.br  Sun Oct 29 22:20:34 2006
From: mpazello at oi.com.br (mpazello@oi.com.br)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <45452B50.2090300@mdpi.org>
References: <45452B50.2090300@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <6D70626E-7883-40DC-A743-C0452DB20B68@oi.com.br>

Hello,
It seems to be a great and bad news in the same time. Great news  
becasue it shows that still there is money to support the civil  
society from LDCs, unfortunatelly not for people from developing  
countries. Bad news because IMO CSB doesn't reflect the current CS  
mobilization around the WSIS implementation and monitoring.

Nnena, in a previous message, has raised relevant points to think  
about the CSB existence, role, etc. in special because one year after  
Tunis there was no substantive activity in the CSB list. I agree with  
Nnena that "some dead caucuses need to be buried". In the same way  
pobrably new caucuses/groups were born.

Anyway, in relation to grants and funds  a good accountability is  
needed in order to prevent misunderstandings on this matter.

Could be good to recover the reports of the debate and decisions made  
in the last CSB as well the CS plenary meeting when the role of CSB  
was discussed too.

Magaly

On 29/10/2006, at 20:29, Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the  
> entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended  
> for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic  
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Hello again.
>
> First, the good news.
> Following negotiations started in Paris, at UNESCO, the
> ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon that
> the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> to the European Union in order to provide
> financial assistance to Civil Society representative
>  from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS meetings.
> ( around twenty  persons. ).
>
> Best
>
> Francis
> -----------------------------------
> Re-Bonsoir
>
>
> Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ? L'UNESCO
> L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une mani?re
> officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> r?union du SMSI.
>
> Bien cordialement
>
> Francis
>


From muguet at mdpi.org  Mon Oct 30 00:30:48 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF.
Message-ID: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org>

Hello again,

this time with bad news.

The IGF meeting organizatiion is raising
many problems that are denounced, to
various, by many attendants.

1/ the date, coinciding with a vacation
period is incovenient. Planes and Hotels are full.
Ticket prices are much higher.

2/ the location, somewhat isolated
within a chic suburd, where the sight of
a ferrari and luxury cars is not unusual.

3/ the venue is simply exclusive
in both senses.
The obscene luxury of the venue does not fit.
Yesterday night, stumbling on a diner in one
of the room, I have got the impresion that
I have got the wrong TV channel and I was
watching an episode of "Rich & Famous".

The negotatiated room price at the venue
is 172 euros.
It is so expensive that a diplomat from a western
european country told me he had to ask for
special authorization
as this price exceeded allowed limits !.

When I tried to buy a sandwich to eat while
at the cybercaf?, I went to the bar, where
I learned that the price of a "club sandwich" is 14 euros.
I haven't look at the price of the restaurant... :-(
This contrasts with the UN and UNESCO cafeterias that
are affordable.

If you rented a car ( I did so for 20 euros/daily ),
be prepared for a surprise tomorrow.
The UN police is clearing all nearby parkings,
and the only way to park ( unless going rather far )
in the underground parking of the Hotel
which you must 10 euros /daily.
In Geneva,for Prepcoms, a parking permit
was given free to attendants with a car.

Rooms include simply of lines of chairs without
any tables to put a  computer, and without outllets
to power them.

4/ Network
The Wifi broke 3 times tbis afernoon.
The cybercaf? is undersized, with only
14 computers ( Dell sponsorship ),
all running Windows XP, in contempt
of WSIS recommendations.
Upon my request a table for laptops and
a printer  was added.
I asked the computer manager ( who is using
GNU/LINUX ) to implement at least half of them
with GNU/linux.  I asked Kummer and
he agreed.
Be prepared for network crashes tomorrow. :-( !

5/ Overpasses.
The main Hotel meeting room may hold
800, when 1500 are registered to
attend.
Just 100 overpasses were alloted to
Civil Society.
Seemingly, per chance, the responsibility
for the overpasses, was given to Adam Peake.
The very few same that are in favour of
killing the CSB, were the first to complain
about the way the overpasses were distributed.
They just having a taste of their own medecine,

6/ Web site
The Synthesis Paper is only available
in doc format.

In constrat with other WSIS meetings, they were
no discussions with CSB, and no
  preliminary meetings between the organizers
and the CSB executive secretariat to handle
all those practical and procedural issues.
This tedious and time-consuming work was not much heralded,
but it was very important.
Learning from this experience, for next WSIS meetings
the CSB should prepare well in advance all
those procedural issues.

That's will be all for tonight

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


From robin at ipjustice.org  Mon Oct 30 00:53:10 2006
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: FW: Blog de/ Jeremy Shtern's Blog from/de Athens IGF/FGI]
Message-ID: <45454CF6.8050601@ipjustice.org>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	FW: Blog de/ Jeremy Shtern's Blog from/de Athens IGF/FGI
Date: 	Sun, 29 Oct 2006 17:38:46 -0500
From: 	Alain Ambrosi, Mr <alain.ambrosi@mcgill.ca>
To: 	Robin Gross <robin@ipjustice.org>



Hi Robin,
 Could you please forward this message to the wsis-plenary list. I changed my email address and am not authorized anymore. 
Thanks in advance

Alain Ambrosi
MediaMcgill

-----Original Message-----
From: Alain Ambrosi, Mr 
Sent: 29 octobre 2006 16:03
To: 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'; IGF; a2k discuss list; PCT-WG; governance@lists.cpsr.org
Subject: Blog de/ Jeremy Shtern's Blog from/de Athens IGF/FGI

Hello, 
A year after the World Summit on the Information Society concluded that there should be a permanent global meeting-place for discussion of Internet policy issue, the UN's Internet Governance Forum is holding its first meeting in Athens this week. Media@McGill's Jeremy Shtern is there and will be blogging from the event on http://media.mcgill.ca/en/node/173


 You can also read Marc Raboy,s introduction at http://media.mcgill.ca/en/node/373

 best
Alain Ambrosi
http://media.mcgill.ca


Bonjour, 
Il y a maintenant presque un an, le Sommet mondial sur la soci?t? de l'information (SMSI) sugg?rait qu'un forum permanent soit cr?? pour traiter des politiques et de la r?glementation de l'internet. Le premier Forum sur la gouvernance d'internet de l'ONU s'ouvre cette semaine ? Ath?nes.

Jeremy Shtern de Media@McGill y sera pr?sent et fera un blog ? compter de lundi 30 octobre. Consultez notre site ? http://media.mcgill.ca/en/node/173
 Vous pouvez aussi lire l'article de Marc Raboy ? http://media.mcgill.ca/en/node/373 (en anglais)

 Bonne lecture

Alain Ambrosi
http://media.mcgill.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Robin Gross
Sent: 29 octobre 2006 13:08
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org; IGF; a2k discuss list; PCT-WG; governance@lists.cpsr.org
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Internet Governance Forum Opens in Athens: IPJ Sponsors 3 Workshops

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

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

IP Justice Media Release
29 October 2006

Media Contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director
Email: robin@ipjustice.org
Phone: (+30) 697 9851074

*UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Opens in Athens
IP Justice Sponsors 3 Workshops on Internet Policy Issues
*
(Athens) The inaugural meeting of the United Nations Internet Governance 
Forum (IGF) takes place in Athens, Greece from 30 October - 2 November 
2006. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has convened the forum to build 
multi-stakeholder dialogue on Internet policy issues. Over 1500 
participants from around the world are expected to attend the forum to 
identify emerging issues and make recommendations intended to foster the 
sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development of the 
Internet.

In May 2006, Annan appointed IP Justice Executive Director Robin Gross 
to the IGF Advisory Group to help shape the policy dialogue. "The IGF 
was created out of recognition that the Internet has connected the 
world's people together like never before, and we must work together to 
build an Internet that fosters a free flow of information, innovation 
and development for all," said Robin Gross.

Together with a number of other NGOs, industry and governments, IP 
Justice is co-sponsoring three workshops at IGF on the topics of "An 
Internet Bill of Rights", "Access to Knowledge and Freedom of 
Expression" and "Open Standards". Details on the 3 workshops are below.

*"An Internet Bill of Rights" Workshop
*
Wednesday, 1 November 2006 from 13:30-15:00 at Divani Apollon Palace & 
Spa (Plato Hall) in Athens

The workshop will deal with creating an "Internet Bill of Rights" to 
articulate the global rights and duties of Internet users from the 
viewpoint of the individual. The workshop will focus on the process of 
creating such an instrument and address the following questions:
* What rights are fundamental to freedom in a digital world?
* What obligations are necessary to create a digital society based on 
rule of law and civil liberty?
* Who are the appropriate stake-holders in making policy determinations 
for the Internet and what is the role of government?
* How to negotiate between conflicting values in setting policy for the 
online environment?
* What special challenges and opportunities does the Internet provide to 
the quest for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

Workshop Speakers:
* Ms. Daniele Auffray, Alderwoman for ICT, Paris
* Mr. Fiorello Cortiana, Italian Green Party and Milano Provincia
* Prof. Stefano Rodot?, Former Head of the Council of European Data 
Protection Agencies
* Ms. Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director and Attorney
* Mr.Jose Murilo Junior from the Brazilian Ministry of Culture
* Mr. Vittorio Bertola of ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee will 
moderate the discussion.

Workshop Sponsors:
* Centre for Technology and Society of Getulio Vargas Foundation School 
of Law, Rio de Janeiro
* Italian Ministry of Reform and Innovation in the Public Administration
* Italia Societa Internet
* IP Justice

Website for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/389/

=======

*"Access to Knowledge (A2K) and Free Expression" Workshop*

Thursday 2 November from 11:30 - 13:00 at the Divani Apollon Palace & 
Spa (Plato Hall) in Athens.

"Harnessing the Power of the Internet to Provide Access to Knowledge & 
Free Flow of Information": A workshop to explore significant 
opportunities and barriers to harnessing the power of the Internet to 
provide access to knowledge and encourage freedom of expression and the 
free flow of information. In particular, the workshop will focus on the 
appropriate balance for intellectual property rights on the Internet.

Speakers:
* Susan Struble from IT Standardization and Strategy at Sun Microsystems 
will address challenges to technical interoperability and the free flow 
of information on the Internet from software patents.
* Dr. Magdy Nagi from Egypt's Library of Alexandria (Bibliotheca 
Alexandrina) will discuss the challenges online libraries face in 
providing access to information and encourage development.
* Mary Wong, a Professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center and the IP 
Academy of Singapore will address special online challenges to freedom 
of expression and access to knowledge from "digital locks".
* Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Global Public Policy and Senior Counsel 
at Google will address the barriers Google faces in providing access to 
knowledge from unbalanced copyright law.
* Robin Gross, Executive Director of IP Justice will Chair the session.

Webpage for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/382/

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

*"Open Standards" Workshop*

Thursday 2 November from 9:30 - 11:30 at the Divani Apollon Palace & Spa 
(Aphrodite Hall) in Athens.

This workshop will present the relationship between the "openness" of 
ICT standards, economic and social development, and government policy 
making, with a focus on procurement policies. The discussion will help 
governments to better understand the inherent tension between 
intellectual property rights (IPR) holders in ICT standards and the public.

The workshop will use the example of the OpenDocument Format standard to 
highlight the positive impact open ICT standards can have on information 
access.

The workshop will share the thoughts and experiences of the 
participants, who represent a broad range of multi-stakeholders:

Government:
* Republic of South Africa: Natalie Sunker, Deputy Director, 
Intellectual Property, Policy & Legislation, Department of Trade and 
Industry
* Brazil: Rogerio Santanna, Secretary of Information Technology, 
Ministry of Planning and Budget
* Egypt's Library of Alexandria: Prof. Magdy Nagi, Head of ICT Sector, 
Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Civil Society Organizations:
* Consumer Project on Technology: Jamie Love
* Yale Information Society Project: Eddan Katz
* IP Justice: Robin Gross

Intergovernmental Organization:
* South Centre, Innovation, Access to Knowledge and Intellectual 
Property Programme (IAIPP)

Standards Organization
* W3C: Daniel Dardieller, Associate Chair for Europe

Industry:
* Sun Microsystems: Susy Struble, Government Policy

IPJ website for workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/open-standards-workshop/

See CPTech's webpage for this workshop for more detailed information and 
background on the Open Standards Workshop:
http://www.cptech.org/a2k/igf/athens110206/

==========

More Information:

IPJ's IGF webpage:
http://ipjustice.org/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/

Official Internet Governance Forum (IGF) webpage:
http:/www.intgovforum.org

IGF Athens 2006 webpage:
http://www.igfgreece2006.gr/




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


From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 08:22:30 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] What is wrong with CS - Plenary, caucuses, Bureau et al?
In-Reply-To: <20061029181510.48718.qmail@web50209.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061030082230.8437.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>

In French bellow,
Good alanysis Nnenna and good proposals.
Unfortunately rebuilding a new Civile society on the
old onr means also that wr aggree to accept the
inequity of the past
Domination of the CS representative coming from the
North and English speaking.
If as CS we agrre with such a status OK but wr must
recognize it and after that we must accept that
support from States and Intergouvenmental body (UN
System will benefit maily to North CS representative
as by the past.
This responsability i cannot share. Another approach
is possible, we have to be imaginative and able to
propose and to fight for another system. Let's try to
do diffently.
C'est une bonne analyse et de bonne suggestion.
Mais cela suppose que nous acceptons de reconstruire
la soci?t? civile sur les bases du pass? marqu? par
une domination de la SC du Nord et des anglophones.
Je ne peux partager cette d?marche. Il faut saisir
cette opportunit? pour repartir sur des bases plus
saines sinon nous reproduisons le m?me syst?me aen
d?faveir de la SC du Sud, des pays pauvre et des
analphab?tes en anglais.
Soyons ambitieux et courageux pour faire des
propositions audacieuses et courageuses.
Amiti?s
Djolali  
--- Nnenna <nne75@yahoo.com> a ?crit :

> Dear all
> 
> Speaking on a personal basis, I find some of the
> last mails on this list appalling.  Maybe they were
> borne of frustration, but I believe there is a
> better way to express disagrement without insulting.
> 
> That said, it is obvious that an evaluation needs to
> be done.  Here are my thoughts:
> 
> The Civil Society WSIS plenary (that is receiving
> this message) should be continued.  What can be done
> is to review its raison d'etre, structure, and
> working methods
> One thing that was not clear from the beginning was
> whether members in the CSP are there on personal
> basis or on organizational basis.  Since we were
> accredited under organisations and registered as
> individuals...it was not clear.  Some people could
> speak on behalf of their organizations, but others
> could not.
> Related to 2 is that some individuals (due to CS
> mobility) have moved from the organizations under
> which they were accredited. Others have been
> assigned other roles.
> The CSB that we knew was made up of Caucus  and
> family reps.  But with Tunis come and gone,
> honestly, some dead caucuses need to be buried.  
> CSP needs to test and see if the living ones are
> really alive.  The questions that may be asked will
> include: does CS need a bureau for Tunis +
> engagement?  What will be the role of this bureau? 
> Who should be part of this bureau and why?  
> The Working methods working group did begin to draft
> on a lot of these issues but, I guess, was swallowe
> in the Tunis fever..  One of the drafts was to bring
> out guidelines on caucuses..  I believe this is
> needed more than ever,
> Whichever way, I believe that a kind of ''front'' is
> needed if CS is to maintain an MSP in the
> after-Tunis.
> Best regards
> 
> Nnenna
> 
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 08:29:17 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <6D70626E-7883-40DC-A743-C0452DB20B68@oi.com.br>
Message-ID: <20061030082917.74586.qmail@web60025.mail.yahoo.com>

Thanks Magaly and Francis.
Francis is doing his best in tring to "negiciate" all
the time and everywhere pomoting Civile society and
mobilizing resources. He need our thanks.
Of course, obtaining from a representative of a rich
European country, who is the representative of
European Union a promess to obtain something to help
the CS is a good thing. But we are fare from our aims.
We do need for the CS a status to negociate in transp 

--- mpazello@oi.com.br a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hello,
> It seems to be a great and bad news in the same
> time. Great news  
> becasue it shows that still there is money to
> support the civil  
> society from LDCs, unfortunatelly not for people
> from developing  
> countries. Bad news because IMO CSB doesn't reflect
> the current CS  
> mobilization around the WSIS implementation and
> monitoring.
> 
> Nnena, in a previous message, has raised relevant
> points to think  
> about the CSB existence, role, etc. in special
> because one year after  
> Tunis there was no substantive activity in the CSB
> list. I agree with  
> Nnena that "some dead caucuses need to be buried".
> In the same way  
> pobrably new caucuses/groups were born.
> 
> Anyway, in relation to grants and funds  a good
> accountability is  
> needed in order to prevent misunderstandings on this
> matter.
> 
> Could be good to recover the reports of the debate
> and decisions made  
> in the last CSB as well the CS plenary meeting when
> the role of CSB  
> was discussed too.
> 
> Magaly
> 
> On 29/10/2006, at 20:29, Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the  
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses intended  
> > for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic  
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Hello again.
> >
> > First, the good news.
> > Following negotiations started in Paris, at
> UNESCO, the
> > ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon that
> > the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> > to the European Union in order to provide
> > financial assistance to Civil Society
> representative
> >  from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS
> meetings.
> > ( around twenty  persons. ).
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Francis
> > -----------------------------------
> > Re-Bonsoir
> >
> >
> > Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ?
> L'UNESCO
> > L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> > l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une
> mani?re
> > officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> > une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> > de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> > r?union du SMSI.
> >
> > Bien cordialement
> >
> > Francis
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 08:33:41 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <6D70626E-7883-40DC-A743-C0452DB20B68@oi.com.br>
Message-ID: <20061030083341.68501.qmail@web60011.mail.yahoo.com>

Je ne traduis pas en Fran?ais le message suivant mais
je me r?volte contre cette attitude r?active et
inefficace de traiter les probl?mes de la soci?t?
civile avec un manque de respect ? l'?gard de ceux qui
ne pratique pas la langue de sheakspeare et qui se
trouvent exclus du d?bat.

Thanks Magaly and Francis.
Francis is doing his best in tring to "negiciate" all
the time and everywhere pomoting Civile society and
mobilizing resources. He need our thanks.
Of course, obtaining from a representative of a rich
European country, who is the representative of
European Union a promess to obtain something to help
the CS is a good thing. But we are fare from our aims.
We do need for the CS a status to negociate in
transparency and equity what we have to mobilize, for
what and how to allocate such resources.....
I do continue to think that today the Civile society
play a roel of alibi to give to the private sector
more power and more legitimacy to deal with global
negociation.
Friendly  
--- mpazello@oi.com.br a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hello,
> It seems to be a great and bad news in the same
> time. Great news  
> becasue it shows that still there is money to
> support the civil  
> society from LDCs, unfortunatelly not for people
> from developing  
> countries. Bad news because IMO CSB doesn't reflect
> the current CS  
> mobilization around the WSIS implementation and
> monitoring.
> 
> Nnena, in a previous message, has raised relevant
> points to think  
> about the CSB existence, role, etc. in special
> because one year after  
> Tunis there was no substantive activity in the CSB
> list. I agree with  
> Nnena that "some dead caucuses need to be buried".
> In the same way  
> pobrably new caucuses/groups were born.
> 
> Anyway, in relation to grants and funds  a good
> accountability is  
> needed in order to prevent misunderstandings on this
> matter.
> 
> Could be good to recover the reports of the debate
> and decisions made  
> in the last CSB as well the CS plenary meeting when
> the role of CSB  
> was discussed too.
> 
> Magaly
> 
> On 29/10/2006, at 20:29, Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:
> 
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the  
> > entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for
> responses intended  
> > for specific people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic  
> > translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Hello again.
> >
> > First, the good news.
> > Following negotiations started in Paris, at
> UNESCO, the
> > ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon that
> > the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> > to the European Union in order to provide
> > financial assistance to Civil Society
> representative
> >  from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS
> meetings.
> > ( around twenty  persons. ).
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Francis
> > -----------------------------------
> > Re-Bonsoir
> >
> >
> > Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ?
> L'UNESCO
> > L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> > l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une
> mani?re
> > officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> > une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> > de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> > r?union du SMSI.
> >
> > Bien cordialement
> >
> > Francis
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 08:44:38 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <45452B50.2090300@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20061030084438.12084.qmail@web60021.mail.yahoo.com>

Sorry no English translation... I know how it is
difficult for no French speaking ! 
Bonjour Francis et f?licitations...
C'est un acquis important, Malheureusement, je ne peux
partager ton enthousiasme 20 bourses c'est un os qu'on
donne ? la soci?t? civile pour s'entred?chirer ... je
ne partage pas du tout cette approche.
Si tu veux une proposition honn?te il faut que l'UE
accepte de financer par l'interm?diaire de ses
repr?sentation sur le terrain 1 participant de la
soci?t? civile en provenance de chacun des 51 PMA
(pays les moins avanc?s) ? charge pour les
repr?sentations de l'UE de v?rifier que les
b?n?ficiares sont cr?dibles et effectivement concern?s
par les d?bats sur la soci?t? de l'information (bien
s?r que les repsentants d'ACSIS pour ce qui concerne
l'Afrique peuvent ?tre impliqu?s.
Le combat est de pouvoir n?gocier en m?me temps et si
possible au m?me lieu et dans la transparence avec le
PNUD, l'UNESCO, l'UIT de la chose.
Les initiatives individuelles sont ? saluer mais elles
ont des limites
--- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hello again.
> 
> First, the good news.
> Following negotiations started in Paris, at UNESCO,
> the
> ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon that
> the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> to the European Union in order to provide
> financial assistance to Civil Society representative
>   from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS
> meetings.
> ( around twenty  persons. ).
> 
> Best
> 
> Francis
> -----------------------------------
> Re-Bonsoir
> 
> 
> Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ?
> L'UNESCO
> L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une mani?re
> officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> r?union du SMSI.
> 
> Bien cordialement
> 
> 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
>
-----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 08:55:42 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF.
In-Reply-To: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <20061030085542.81194.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com>

A wonderfull prouve that everything is done for the
exclusion of Civile society. The multipartnariat is
nothing but only a manner to give legitamacy for the
private sector to deal with states and UN system....
Franicis cela constitue une nouvelle preuve que la
soci?t? civile ne peut pas jouer dans la cour des
grands. C'est un alibi pour l?gitimer le role
d'interlocuteur du secteur priv? dans les n?giciations
avec les ?tats et l'ONU et une fois encore cela prouve
le peu de chance de succ?s d'un multipartenariat
?quilibr?.
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
> 
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
> 
> Hello again,
> 
> this time with bad news.
> 
> The IGF meeting organizatiion is raising
> many problems that are denounced, to
> various, by many attendants.
> 
> 1/ the date, coinciding with a vacation
> period is incovenient. Planes and Hotels are full.
> Ticket prices are much higher.
> 
> 2/ the location, somewhat isolated
> within a chic suburd, where the sight of
> a ferrari and luxury cars is not unusual.
> 
> 3/ the venue is simply exclusive
> in both senses.
> The obscene luxury of the venue does not fit.
> Yesterday night, stumbling on a diner in one
> of the room, I have got the impresion that
> I have got the wrong TV channel and I was
> watching an episode of "Rich & Famous".
> 
> The negotatiated room price at the venue
> is 172 euros.
> It is so expensive that a diplomat from a western
> european country told me he had to ask for
> special authorization
> as this price exceeded allowed limits !.
> 
> When I tried to buy a sandwich to eat while
> at the cybercaf?, I went to the bar, where
> I learned that the price of a "club sandwich" is 14
> euros.
> I haven't look at the price of the restaurant... :-(
> This contrasts with the UN and UNESCO cafeterias
> that
> are affordable.
> 
> If you rented a car ( I did so for 20 euros/daily ),
> be prepared for a surprise tomorrow.
> The UN police is clearing all nearby parkings,
> and the only way to park ( unless going rather far )
> in the underground parking of the Hotel
> which you must 10 euros /daily.
> In Geneva,for Prepcoms, a parking permit
> was given free to attendants with a car.
> 
> Rooms include simply of lines of chairs without
> any tables to put a  computer, and without outllets
> to power them.
> 
> 4/ Network
> The Wifi broke 3 times tbis afernoon.
> The cybercaf? is undersized, with only
> 14 computers ( Dell sponsorship ),
> all running Windows XP, in contempt
> of WSIS recommendations.
> Upon my request a table for laptops and
> a printer  was added.
> I asked the computer manager ( who is using
> GNU/LINUX ) to implement at least half of them
> with GNU/linux.  I asked Kummer and
> he agreed.
> Be prepared for network crashes tomorrow. :-( !
> 
> 5/ Overpasses.
> The main Hotel meeting room may hold
> 800, when 1500 are registered to
> attend.
> Just 100 overpasses were alloted to
> Civil Society.
> Seemingly, per chance, the responsibility
> for the overpasses, was given to Adam Peake.
> The very few same that are in favour of
> killing the CSB, were the first to complain
> about the way the overpasses were distributed.
> They just having a taste of their own medecine,
> 
> 6/ Web site
> The Synthesis Paper is only available
> in doc format.
> 
> In constrat with other WSIS meetings, they were
> no discussions with CSB, and no
>   preliminary meetings between the organizers
> and the CSB executive secretariat to handle
> all those practical and procedural issues.
> This tedious and time-consuming work was not much
> heralded,
> but it was very important.
> Learning from this experience, for next WSIS
> meetings
> the CSB should prepare well in advance all
> those procedural issues.
> 
> That's will be all for tonight
> 
> 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
>
-----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From vb at bertola.eu.org  Mon Oct 30 08:59:53 2006
From: vb at bertola.eu.org (Vittorio Bertola)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF.
In-Reply-To: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org>
References: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org>
Message-ID: <4545BF09.7060605@bertola.eu.org>

Dr. Francis MUGUET ha scritto:
> In constrat with other WSIS meetings, they were
> no discussions with CSB, and no
>  preliminary meetings between the organizers
> and the CSB executive secretariat to handle
> all those practical and procedural issues.

Francis,

I totally and wholeheartedly agree with your complaints, and anyone 
reading the governance list knows that I've been very hard to the way 
this IGF is organized, up to the point of drafting a protest statement.

However, I am surprised by your conclusion as quoted above.

There have been civil society people working on IGF since just after 
Tunis - some (not I) were involved in the practical IGF organization and 
may tell you the reason of all those shortcomings. Others, like me, have 
been spending one year pushing issues, sending documents, organizing 
workshops, and coordinating with everyone else on the Internet 
Governance Caucus list. We volunteered weeks of work, and never saw the 
CSB active once in this process.

To be very frank, I think that the CSB, while being precious and active 
in other places, at this present point in time has no role or authority 
in the IGF process. You can't show up at the last minute and cry, I knew 
it all, why didn't people ask me for orders. I am sure that the Internet 
Governance Caucus is ready to participate in a reconstituted civil 
society plenary and bureau, but on the basis of a well defined bottom-up 
delegation of roles and responsibilities, not on a self-righteous, 
top-down claim of authority like yours. There are no kings among 
ourselves, we are all peers and we attribute roles based on mutual 
trust, respect, and activity.

Please start to come to IGC meetings, that's the only way you can gain a 
role for yourself in this process and feel included.

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

From wsis at ngocongo.org  Mon Oct 30 12:34:14 2006
From: wsis at ngocongo.org (CONGO - Philippe Dam)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Workshop on IG as a tool for participation - 31 Oct. 2006, 13:30-15:00
In-Reply-To: <453BE34F.1010404@zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Message-ID: <200610301234.k9UCY9MU019116@smtp2.infomaniak.ch>

Dear all, 

 

Find below the announcement a workshop organised on Tuesday 31 October
13:30-15:00 at the Internet Governance Forum in Athens.

 

Best.

 

 

 

 

 

Inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum

Athens - Greece

 

The Conference of NGOs in consultative Relationship with the United Nations
(CONGO)

Invites you to a workshop on 

 

 

 

 

Internet Governance as a tool 

for participation

(Democratization and empowerment)

 

 

 

Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 

13:30-15:00

Room I (Aphrodite C)

Divani Apollon Palace, Vouliagmeni (Athens)

 

 

Interveners:

 

. Ambassador Janis Karklins (Permanent Representative of the Republic of
Latvia to the UN in Geneva)

. Ms. Titilayo Akinsanmi (WSIS YC / Global Teenager Project, Member of the
IGF Advisory Group)

. Ms. Chat Garcia Ramilo (Association for Progressive Communications) 

. Mr. Rik Panganiban (Social Science Research Council, New York)

. Mr. Axel Plathe (UNESCO)

. Ms. Miriam Sapiro (Summit Strategies International, LLC) 

. Mr. Teanau Tuiono (Indigenous Caucus)

 

 

 

Moderator:

 

. Renate Bloem, President of CONGO

 

 

Internet Governance policies and practices can play a major role in
promoting and shaping participatory and inclusive mechanisms for democratic
practices. It also can deeply contribute to the empowerment of various
groups and communities, at the local, national, regional and international
level. This workshop will further explore ways to improve how Internet
Governance policies and practices could promote the use of the Internet by
all users to increase their ability to participate in public debates and
policy processes and to benefit from empowerment.

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061030/f78ed06c/attachment.html
From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 14:57:29 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?RE=20:=20[AFRICA=5FNET]=20Compte=20rendu=20-=20contribuer?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?=20au=20d=E9bat?=
In-Reply-To: <1381.62.103.107.209.1162217486.squirrel@webmail.rekcah.fr>
Message-ID: <20061030145729.18664.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>

Merci Ken pour ce compte rendu utile er r?v?lateur
quant au sort r?serv? ? la soci?t? civile dans
pareilles foires.
On suit de loin et vous souhaitons beaucoup de
courage.
Avec le coup de guelle de Francis sur les conditions
difficiles pour la soci?t? civile il serait peut-?tre
temps de se r?veiller et de se rendre compte enfin que
la soci?t? civile se fait instrumentalis?e....
Il faut que la soci?t? civile organise des rencontres
en marge des r?unions officielles pour renforcer les
efforts de conscientisation.
Amiti?s
Djilali 
--- klohento@panos-ao.org a ?crit :

> English : Please see here
> http://wsis.funredes.org/acsis/  or use
> translation tools.
> ---
> 
> Bonjour
> 
> Compte rendu informel sur ce que j?ai vu ici.
> 
> La r?union inaugurale du Forum sur la Gouvernance de
> l?Internet a commenc?
> ce matin. La c?r?monie d?ouverture a ?t? marqu?e par
> l?intervention du
> premier ministre Grec, par le message du Secr?taire
> G?n?ral des Nations
> Unies lu par son repr?sentant Nittin Desai, ainsi
> que l?intervention du
> Secr?taire G?n?ral de l?Union Internationale des
> T?l?communications.  Le
> Secr?taire G?n?ral de l?UIT a notamment affirm? que
> la gouvernance de
> l?internet n?int?resse pas que les pays en
> d?veloppement, contrairement ?
> ce que certains aimeraient laisser croire ; que
> beaucoup d?plorent par la
> gestion centralis?e de l?internet en cours
> actuellement; qu?on a besoin de
> plus de diversit? ; qu?on ne peut r?soudre la
> question de la gouvernance
> de l?internet uniquement par le renforcement de
> capacit?s
.Une pierre dans
> le jardin des USA et de l?ICANN

> 
> La c?r?monie a ?t? aussi marqu?e par l?intervention
> de Tarek Kamel,
> Ministre Egyptien des TIC (l?Egypte pr?side le forum
> des ministres
> africains des TIC et a organis? la r?union
> officielle africaine de
> pr?paration au FGI, m?me si cette derni?re
> paraissait plut?t symbolique).
> Il a soulign? les probl?mes de d?veloppement
> auxquels les pays du Sud font
> face et qui les emp?chent de participer ? la
> gouvernance de l?internet, y
> compris l?aspect des langues; il a indiqu? qu?il est
> urgent de faire face
> ? ces probl?mes ; il a soulign? le succ?s de
> l?AfriNIC, en tant que mod?le
> de coop?ration r?gionale, mod?le de coop?ration
> entre les diff?rents
> acteurs de l?internet africain (secteur priv?,
> soci?t? civile,
> gouvernements de tous les pays africains) ; il a
> soulign? le r?le de la
> convergence des m?dias et des t?l?coms dans le
> d?veloppements des nouveaux
> services et de la convergence des acteurs ; sans
> insister il a notifi?
> qu?il ?tait important de faire la r?forme des
> structures de gouvernance
> existants ;
> 
> Autre intervenant : Viviane Reding, Commissaire
> Europ?enne pour
> l?information et les m?dias. Elle a indiqu? que le
> FGI traduit le nouveau
> mod?le de gouvernance entre les diff?rents acteurs,
> mais notifi? qu?il ne
> rempla?ait pas les n?gociations
> intergouvernementales sur la coop?ration
> accrue (enhanced coop?ration) ; elle a mentionn? la
> question du DNS ;
> indiqu? qu?il est n?cessaire de prot?ger les droits
> de l?homme sur
> l?internet ; la fracture num?rique devrait ?tre
> combl?e ; les
> probl?matiques discut?es ? Tunis sont tout aussi
> valables ; le
> multilinguisme et l?introduction de l?IDN sont une
> probl?matique dont on
> doit tenir compte et on doit r?fl?chir sur ces
> probl?matiques au FGI; les
> questions comme celles du SPAM, qui touchent aussi
> les pays en
> d?veloppement, devront ?tre aussi discut?es (la
> pertinence de la question
> du SPAM en Afrique m?rite toutefois de mon point de
> vue d??tre bien
> ?lucid?e, car elle ne se pr?sente pas comme on
> l?affirme souvent).
> 
> Un repr?sentant de la soci?t? civile (Natasha Primo
> de Women?s Net) et un
> autre du secteur priv? (Guy Steban, Chambre de
> Commerce et d?Industrie)
> ont ?galement fait des interventions. Natasha a
> notamment insist? sur la
> question des droits de l?homme sur le net et les
> acquis du Sommet de
> Tunis.
> 
> Vint Cerf, consid?r? comme l?un des p?re de
> l?internet est aussi intervenu
> ; il a notamment insist? sur la n?cessit? de
> maintenir la stabilit? et
> l?interop?rabilit? sur le r?seau, tout en l?ouvrrant
> davantage, notamment
> aux autres langues ; il a beaucoup parl? de l?IDN.
> Son coll?gue Robert
> Kahn est aussi intervenu.
> 
> Voir la transcription des activit?s de ce matin sur
> le site officiel ici
>
http://www.intgovforum.org/IGF-OpeningSession-301006.txt
> 
> DIVERS
> 
> 
> -	j?ai remarqu? une cinquantaine d?africains
> sub-sahariens pr?sents (? vue
> d??il, secteur priv? soci?t? civile et
> gouvernements) et aussi  un certain
> nombre d?africains du Nord (Egypte, Tunisie
> notamment) ; je n?ai pas vu de
> B?ninois ni de Togolais, ni de Nig?riens, ? part
> ceux venus du S?n?gal
> (mais bon, peut-?tre qu?il en a) pour ne parler que
> de ceux l?; au total
> il y avait un millier de participants ce matin, y
> compris les Grecs (?
> l?ouverture, la salle de 800 personnes ?tait pleine
> et il y avait du monde
> ? l?ext?rieur dans deux ou trois d?autres pi?ces ou
> dans le hall ; demain
> il y aura probablement moins de monde ;
> -	ACSIS, l?Institut Panos Afrique de l?Ouest et APC
> ont un stand (une
> table) dans l?espace Plazza d?exposition
> -	Il y a eu des probl?mes d?organisation ; mais ce
> matin ?a s?est mieux
> pass? que pr?vu/qu?on craignait
> -	On pr?voit une r?union africaine demain soir sur
> le lieu de la
> conf?rence (tous acteurs) vers 19h ? reste ?
> confirmer la salle ? ceux qui
> sont sur place peuvent surveiller les inscriptions
> -	Les co?ts des services sont chers (restauration,
> h?tel, etc.) et ceux
> qui n?ont pas trouv? de chambres dans les structures
> officielles pr?vues,
> ont des probl?mes de d?placement

> -	On peut contribuer aux th?mes en discussion ici
> http://intgovforum.org/forum/  - normalement les
> pr?occupations des
> participants ? distance devraient ?tre achemin?es
> vers les mod?rateurs des
> discussions ? donc essayez toujours d?envoyer des
> contributions si vous le
> pouvez ; on peut faire sa contribution en fran?ais
> ou en anglais
> -	Vous pouvez aussi envoyer des contributions sur ce
> que vous pensez du
> Forum sur la Gouvernance de l?Internet et l?Afrique
> sur le site mis en
> place par le projet CIPACO www.cipaco.org/igforum
> (cliquez sur le lien de
> la rubrique ? D?bat ?
> -	Une l?g?re pluie ?tait au rendez-vous ce matin
> jusqu?? tout ? l?heure au
> moins, certains sont all?s d?jeuner dans en courant
> sous les gouttes qui
> tombaient..
> 
> La session de l?apr?s midi a commenc? ? voir
> programme ici
> http://www.intgovforum.org/wksshop_program3.htm
> 
> Voir aussi www.cipaco.org pour lire ce compte rendu.
> 
> Ken Lohento
> 
> 
>
------------------------------------------------------
> - Archives :
>
http://lists.reseauafricanet.org/index.html/arc/africa_net
> - Pour s'abonner : ?crire ?
> sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> message, ?crire : SUBscribe africa_net
> - Pour se d?sabonner : ?crire ?
> sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> message, ?crire : SIGnoff africa_net  
> 
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com

From dbenamrane at yahoo.com  Mon Oct 30 17:11:13 2006
From: dbenamrane at yahoo.com (djilali benamrane)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [wsis-finance] RE : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <45460AE1.3040504@wtis.org>
Message-ID: <20061030171113.87118.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>

Sorry no translation !
Francis, 
Personne ne peut te pl?mer, tu es de toutes batailles
avec des succ?s remarquables.
Si l'on peut simplement attirer l'attention mobiliser
20 bourses de la part de la finlande qui va plaider
au-pr?s de l'UE dont elle assure la pr?sidence est
d'une insuffisance criarde. Tu proposes que la part
des 20 revenant ? l'Afrique sera remise ? ACSIS c'est
du miracle ! donnons leur 5 ou 6 et laissons les
s'entretuer pour les affecter, je ne ferai pas injure
? la pr?sidente Nnenna qui pourrait l?gitimement
commencer par servir le bureau d'ACSIS, ce serait de
bonne guerre.
Je serai d'avis que l'UE su elle mobilise les
ressources qu'elle les fasse transiter par ses bureaux
sur le terrain. Il faut lui c?der le probl?me du
d?risoire qui tue et ne pas le transf?rer sur ACSIS.
Le PNUD pour Tunis a donn? quelques dizaines voire des
centaines de bourses par les bureaux du PNUD et par
son programme r?gional, mais il l'a fait par ses
bureaux, il faut trouver des formules qui laissent la
responsabilit? au donnateur sous contr?le d'ACSIS et
non le contraire.
Il faut avoir une d?marche coh?rente et exhaustive et
non r?pondre au coup par coup et toujours sur le
d?fensve.
Nous devrions aussi anticiper les pratiques
insuultantes comme celles que tu d?nonce ? Ath?ne,
cela sembmle etre pire que lors du sommet de Tunis !
pourtant c'est un pays d?velopp? membre de l'Europe !
Tenez nous inform? sur comment cela se passe,
r?unissez vous en tant que soci?t? civile mondiale et
r?gionale et exprimez vous pour faire ?tat de nos
frustrations.
Amiti?s
Djilali
--- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@wtis.org> a ?crit :

> Bonjour Djilali
> 
> Je suis d'accord,  mais je ne veux pas tout
> simplement
> faire tout capoter en paraissant trop exigeant.
> J'ai fait r?peter devant Adama, l'offre de
> l'Ambassadeur
> de Finlande, pour vraiment ?tre sur.
> Enfin, ce n'est pas compl?tement sur, la seule
> chose certaine est qu'il consid?rera la demande.
> Quant ? la repartion et attribution des bourses,
> je propose que les bourses concernant la r?gion
> afrique,
> soit attribu?es par le bureau de l'ACSIS,
> si?gant en tant que Bureau Afrique de la Soci?t?
> Civile,
> antenne du CSB international de Gen?ve.
> Comme cel?, il y aura une d?centralisation  d'une
> partie
> des d?cision du CSB.
> 
> Tu as tout ? fait raison  concernant l'UNCTAD,
> etc...,
> il faut que  le m?canisme  mis en place  UE/CSB
> soit exemplaire de transparence et d"?quit?, pour
> qu'un mecanisme similaire puisse ?tre mis en place
> avec les autres agences.
> 
> C'est pourquoi on ne pas demander la lune, tout de
> suite,
> il faut se mettre ? la place des donateurs,
> il faut que l'on fasse nos preuves, et que les
> personnes
> financ?es fassent pleinement leurs travails et
> soient
> appr?ci?es.
> 
> Bien ? toi
> 
> Francis
> 
> > Sorry no English translation... I know how it is
> > difficult for no French speaking !
> > Bonjour Francis et f?licitations...
> > C'est un acquis important, Malheureusement, je ne
> peux
> > partager ton enthousiasme 20 bourses c'est un os
> qu'on
> > donne ? la soci?t? civile pour s'entred?chirer ...
> je
> > ne partage pas du tout cette approche.
> > Si tu veux une proposition honn?te il faut que
> l'UE
> > accepte de financer par l'interm?diaire de ses
> > repr?sentation sur le terrain 1 participant de la
> > soci?t? civile en provenance de chacun des 51 PMA
> > (pays les moins avanc?s) ? charge pour les
> > repr?sentations de l'UE de v?rifier que les
> > b?n?ficiares sont cr?dibles et effectivement
> concern?s
> > par les d?bats sur la soci?t? de l'information
> (bien
> > s?r que les repsentants d'ACSIS pour ce qui
> concerne
> > l'Afrique peuvent ?tre impliqu?s.
> > Le combat est de pouvoir n?gocier en m?me temps et
> si
> > possible au m?me lieu et dans la transparence avec
> le
> > PNUD, l'UNESCO, l'UIT de la chose.
> > Les initiatives individuelles sont ? saluer mais
> elles
> > ont des limites
> > --- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit
> :
> >
> > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> response
> > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > people]
> > >
> > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> access
> > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > _______________________________________
> > >
> > > Hello again.
> > >
> > > First, the good news.
> > > Following negotiations started in Paris, at
> UNESCO,
> > > the
> > > ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon
> that
> > > the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> > > to the European Union in order to provide
> > > financial assistance to Civil Society
> representative
> > >   from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS
> > > meetings.
> > > ( around twenty  persons. ).
> > >
> > > Best
> > >
> > > Francis
> > > -----------------------------------
> > > Re-Bonsoir
> > >
> > >
> > > Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ?
> > > L'UNESCO
> > > L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> > > l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une
> mani?re
> > > officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> > > une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> > > de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> > > r?union du SMSI.
> > >
> > > Bien cordialement
> > >
> > > 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 
> > <http://www.ensta.fr/%7Emuguet>
> > >   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
> > >
> >
>
-----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Plenary mailing list
> > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > >
> >
>
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > >
> >
> >
> > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> l'Information (SMSI) 
> > (mecanismes de financement)
> http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de 
> > discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : 
> > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> >
> >
> >      
> >
> >      
> >            
> >
>
___________________________________________________________________________
> 
> >
> > D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des
> r?ponses ? toutes vos 
> > questions !
> > Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des
> exp?riences des 
> > internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> > http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> >  
> 
=== message truncated ===


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization


	

	
		
___________________________________________________________________________ 
D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! 
Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses 
http://fr.answers.yahoo.com

From muguet at mdpi.org  Mon Oct 30 17:18:26 2006
From: muguet at mdpi.org (Dr. Francis MUGUET)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF.
In-Reply-To: <4545BF09.7060605@bertola.eu.org>
References: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org> <4545BF09.7060605@bertola.eu.org>
Message-ID: <454633E2.7080106@mdpi.org>

Dear Vittorio

 >
 > I totally and wholeheartedly agree with your complaints, and anyone
 > reading the governance list knows that I've been very hard to the way
 > this IGF is organized, up to the point of drafting a protest statement.
 >

It is good to see that we are not exactly at convergence,
but only a few iterations are required.


 > We volunteered weeks of work, and never saw the
 > CSB active once in this process.

Complaining that the CSB has been unactive until very recently
concerning the IGF is a true paradox !
The IGC caucus has a representative at the CSB.
( currently Bertrand, but I guess that the IGC has to replace
him now, since he is now a diplomat )
Therefore, in line with a bottom-up process
( an approach that you are advocating )  the IGC should have
reached the CSB through its contact,
and requested assistance concerning procedural and practical issues.
If no family requests CSB for assistance concerning a specific event,
then the CSB which is not a sovereign nor a king,  is not going
to spend limited ressources on something some people seem to be
handling, with the MAG as an official interface.
It appears now  that the CSB should be involved in the
procedural aspects of the preparation of the next IGF in Rio.
Of course, the IGC representative at the CSB should play
a major role.
The contact with the host country is going to be much easier
than with Greece, and already the Brazilian representative
( strong supporter of free software as you are :-) ) told me that
if he would welcome a list of the things that went wrong in Athens,
not to commit the same mistakes.

> Please start to come to IGC meetings, that's the only way you can gain a 
> role for yourself in this process and feel included.

The root of the problem originates from the WGIG nomination process
when several thematic working groups felt excluded from the process
with the "connector" thing. I was not among the connectors,
so this is not a personnal question.

Now time has passed, but we can feel today, that the non participation
of enough free software activists ( you are one of them, but we need
to be many more of us ) to internet gouvernance discussions has resulted
in that "Free Software", the very software that powers most of the 
internet infrastrucure was never been mentionned. even once,
in the Openning ceremony by a single speaker... :-(
Idem for Open Access.

Now, learning from this fact, and
although I do not see it as the
sole channel of expression, nor do I seek a role, it appears
that it could have been fruitfull to participate in
some of the IGC list discussions,  so that free software should
not be omitted,  however just as an active observer,
( not as a silent observer as now ).

Best regards

Francis

> 
> Thanks,


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


From jamelatude at yahoo.fr  Mon Oct 30 17:44:14 2006
From: jamelatude at yahoo.fr (khemakhem jamel)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?iso-8859-1?q?RE=20:=20[WSIS=20CS-Plenary]=20RE=20:=20[AFRICA=5FNET]=20C?=
 =?iso-8859-1?q?ompte=20rendu=20-=20contribuer=20au=20d=E9bat?=
In-Reply-To: <20061030145729.18664.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <20061030174414.38766.qmail@web26914.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

Bonjour
  Un grand merci ? Ken pour le compte rendu qui nous fait vivre le forum ? distance ?tant donn? un emp?chement de derni?re minute.

djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
  [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]

Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
_______________________________________

Merci Ken pour ce compte rendu utile er r?v?lateur
quant au sort r?serv? ? la soci?t? civile dans
pareilles foires.
On suit de loin et vous souhaitons beaucoup de
courage.
Avec le coup de guelle de Francis sur les conditions
difficiles pour la soci?t? civile il serait peut-?tre
temps de se r?veiller et de se rendre compte enfin que
la soci?t? civile se fait instrumentalis?e....
Il faut que la soci?t? civile organise des rencontres
en marge des r?unions officielles pour renforcer les
efforts de conscientisation.
Amiti?s
Djilali 
--- klohento@panos-ao.org a ?crit :

> English : Please see here
> http://wsis.funredes.org/acsis/ or use
> translation tools.
> ---
> 
> Bonjour
> 
> Compte rendu informel sur ce que j?ai vu ici.
> 
> La r?union inaugurale du Forum sur la Gouvernance de
> l?Internet a commenc?
> ce matin. La c?r?monie d?ouverture a ?t? marqu?e par
> l?intervention du
> premier ministre Grec, par le message du Secr?taire
> G?n?ral des Nations
> Unies lu par son repr?sentant Nittin Desai, ainsi
> que l?intervention du
> Secr?taire G?n?ral de l?Union Internationale des
> T?l?communications. Le
> Secr?taire G?n?ral de l?UIT a notamment affirm? que
> la gouvernance de
> l?internet n?int?resse pas que les pays en
> d?veloppement, contrairement ?
> ce que certains aimeraient laisser croire ; que
> beaucoup d?plorent par la
> gestion centralis?e de l?internet en cours
> actuellement; qu?on a besoin de
> plus de diversit? ; qu?on ne peut r?soudre la
> question de la gouvernance
> de l?internet uniquement par le renforcement de
> capacit?s
.Une pierre dans
> le jardin des USA et de l?ICANN

> 
> La c?r?monie a ?t? aussi marqu?e par l?intervention
> de Tarek Kamel,
> Ministre Egyptien des TIC (l?Egypte pr?side le forum
> des ministres
> africains des TIC et a organis? la r?union
> officielle africaine de
> pr?paration au FGI, m?me si cette derni?re
> paraissait plut?t symbolique).
> Il a soulign? les probl?mes de d?veloppement
> auxquels les pays du Sud font
> face et qui les emp?chent de participer ? la
> gouvernance de l?internet, y
> compris l?aspect des langues; il a indiqu? qu?il est
> urgent de faire face
> ? ces probl?mes ; il a soulign? le succ?s de
> l?AfriNIC, en tant que mod?le
> de coop?ration r?gionale, mod?le de coop?ration
> entre les diff?rents
> acteurs de l?internet africain (secteur priv?,
> soci?t? civile,
> gouvernements de tous les pays africains) ; il a
> soulign? le r?le de la
> convergence des m?dias et des t?l?coms dans le
> d?veloppements des nouveaux
> services et de la convergence des acteurs ; sans
> insister il a notifi?
> qu?il ?tait important de faire la r?forme des
> structures de gouvernance
> existants ;
> 
> Autre intervenant : Viviane Reding, Commissaire
> Europ?enne pour
> l?information et les m?dias. Elle a indiqu? que le
> FGI traduit le nouveau
> mod?le de gouvernance entre les diff?rents acteurs,
> mais notifi? qu?il ne
> rempla?ait pas les n?gociations
> intergouvernementales sur la coop?ration
> accrue (enhanced coop?ration) ; elle a mentionn? la
> question du DNS ;
> indiqu? qu?il est n?cessaire de prot?ger les droits
> de l?homme sur
> l?internet ; la fracture num?rique devrait ?tre
> combl?e ; les
> probl?matiques discut?es ? Tunis sont tout aussi
> valables ; le
> multilinguisme et l?introduction de l?IDN sont une
> probl?matique dont on
> doit tenir compte et on doit r?fl?chir sur ces
> probl?matiques au FGI; les
> questions comme celles du SPAM, qui touchent aussi
> les pays en
> d?veloppement, devront ?tre aussi discut?es (la
> pertinence de la question
> du SPAM en Afrique m?rite toutefois de mon point de
> vue d??tre bien
> ?lucid?e, car elle ne se pr?sente pas comme on
> l?affirme souvent).
> 
> Un repr?sentant de la soci?t? civile (Natasha Primo
> de Women?s Net) et un
> autre du secteur priv? (Guy Steban, Chambre de
> Commerce et d?Industrie)
> ont ?galement fait des interventions. Natasha a
> notamment insist? sur la
> question des droits de l?homme sur le net et les
> acquis du Sommet de
> Tunis.
> 
> Vint Cerf, consid?r? comme l?un des p?re de
> l?internet est aussi intervenu
> ; il a notamment insist? sur la n?cessit? de
> maintenir la stabilit? et
> l?interop?rabilit? sur le r?seau, tout en l?ouvrrant
> davantage, notamment
> aux autres langues ; il a beaucoup parl? de l?IDN.
> Son coll?gue Robert
> Kahn est aussi intervenu.
> 
> Voir la transcription des activit?s de ce matin sur
> le site officiel ici
>
http://www.intgovforum.org/IGF-OpeningSession-301006.txt
> 
> DIVERS
> 
> 
> - j?ai remarqu? une cinquantaine d?africains
> sub-sahariens pr?sents (? vue
> d??il, secteur priv? soci?t? civile et
> gouvernements) et aussi un certain
> nombre d?africains du Nord (Egypte, Tunisie
> notamment) ; je n?ai pas vu de
> B?ninois ni de Togolais, ni de Nig?riens, ? part
> ceux venus du S?n?gal
> (mais bon, peut-?tre qu?il en a) pour ne parler que
> de ceux l?; au total
> il y avait un millier de participants ce matin, y
> compris les Grecs (?
> l?ouverture, la salle de 800 personnes ?tait pleine
> et il y avait du monde
> ? l?ext?rieur dans deux ou trois d?autres pi?ces ou
> dans le hall ; demain
> il y aura probablement moins de monde ;
> - ACSIS, l?Institut Panos Afrique de l?Ouest et APC
> ont un stand (une
> table) dans l?espace Plazza d?exposition
> - Il y a eu des probl?mes d?organisation ; mais ce
> matin ?a s?est mieux
> pass? que pr?vu/qu?on craignait
> - On pr?voit une r?union africaine demain soir sur
> le lieu de la
> conf?rence (tous acteurs) vers 19h ? reste ?
> confirmer la salle ? ceux qui
> sont sur place peuvent surveiller les inscriptions
> - Les co?ts des services sont chers (restauration,
> h?tel, etc.) et ceux
> qui n?ont pas trouv? de chambres dans les structures
> officielles pr?vues,
> ont des probl?mes de d?placement

> - On peut contribuer aux th?mes en discussion ici
> http://intgovforum.org/forum/ - normalement les
> pr?occupations des
> participants ? distance devraient ?tre achemin?es
> vers les mod?rateurs des
> discussions ? donc essayez toujours d?envoyer des
> contributions si vous le
> pouvez ; on peut faire sa contribution en fran?ais
> ou en anglais
> - Vous pouvez aussi envoyer des contributions sur ce
> que vous pensez du
> Forum sur la Gouvernance de l?Internet et l?Afrique
> sur le site mis en
> place par le projet CIPACO www.cipaco.org/igforum
> (cliquez sur le lien de
> la rubrique ? D?bat ?
> - Une l?g?re pluie ?tait au rendez-vous ce matin
> jusqu?? tout ? l?heure au
> moins, certains sont all?s d?jeuner dans en courant
> sous les gouttes qui
> tombaient..
> 
> La session de l?apr?s midi a commenc? ? voir
> programme ici
> http://www.intgovforum.org/wksshop_program3.htm
> 
> Voir aussi www.cipaco.org pour lire ce compte rendu.
> 
> Ken Lohento
> 
> 
>
------------------------------------------------------
> - Archives :
>
http://lists.reseauafricanet.org/index.html/arc/africa_net
> - Pour s'abonner : ?crire ?
> sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> message, ?crire : SUBscribe africa_net
> - Pour se d?sabonner : ?crire ?
> sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> message, ?crire : SIGnoff africa_net 
> 
> 


Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/ 
Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization






___________________________________________________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
_______________________________________________
Plenary mailing list
Plenary@wsis-cs.org
http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary


 		
---------------------------------
 D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20061030/191eacab/attachment.htm
From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Mon Oct 30 20:39:38 2006
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to 
     achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
In-Reply-To: <21268246.370501161372568951.JavaMail.www@wwinf1608>
References: <21268246.370501161372568951.JavaMail.www@wwinf1608>
Message-ID: <2734.163.167.73.93.1162240778.squirrel@webmail1.londonmet.ac.uk>

Thanks

I am interested to attend the meeting

Kindly send me an invite


Ezendu

> Dear Philippe
> Many thanks for your efforts to keep us informed about all these events
> held in the framework of WSIS and its follow-up.
> Once more I deeply regret that a meeting organized in the framework of
> WSIS follow-up is only "half open" as is the UNCTAD meeting in Geneva next
> month. Indeed, it invites only those organizations with UNCTAD status
> (general or special) to participate in these meetings, whereas the Tunis
> Summit declared that the follow-up process will be inclusive and
> multistakeholder based.
> Will CS organisations involved in WSIS follow-up be future "multicard
> organizations", each of the WSIS Action Line Coordinator/facilitator
> having its own rules for its relationship to CS, and hence demanding its
> own specific accreditation procedures (time + paper) be applied on them.
>
> At the moment being I intend to participate to these meetings but I'm
> still reluctant for asking for a UNCTAD status that will take too much
> time in my agenda.
> BTW : could we get a french/spanish version of these official documents ?
> Friendly yours
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT - France
>
>
>> Message du 20/10/06 10:27
>> De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam"
>> A : plenary@wsis-cs.org, bureau@wsis-cs.org
>> Copie ?? : "'CONGO - Philippe Dam'" , "'Renate Bloem'"
>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to
>> achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
>>
>>
> Just for clarification regarding the meeting announcement I circulated
> yesterday:
> The Expert Meeting on ???Using ICTs to achieve growth and development???
> is not a WSIS Action Line Facilitation meeting, but is being held further
> to a decision taken by the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business
> Facilitation and Development at its tenth session. The Meeting is
> organized jointly by UNCTAD, ILO and OECD, in the framework of UNCTAD???s
> contribution to the WSIS follow-up through its e-commerce work.
> More details in the documents available online on the UNCTAD website:
> http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=11908&year=2006&month=12.
> Best,
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
>
> De : CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis@ngocongo.org]
>> Envoy?? : jeudi, 19. octobre 2006 17:57
>> ?? : 'plenary@wsis-cs.org'; 'bureau@wsis-cs.org'
>> Cc : 'CONGO - Philippe Dam'; 'Renate Bloem'
>> Objet : TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and
>> development", Geneva 4-5 December
>
> Dear all,
>
> Please find below the notification of an expert meeting jointly organised
> by ILO, UNCTAD and OECD on WSIS implementation and follow-up. As you can
> see on line and on the information note, ???non-governmental organizations
> in the general category and those in the special category wishing to
> participate as observers, are requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat
> of the names of their representatives by 17 November 2006???. The general
> and special categories referred to in this information note are the UNCTAD
> observer status (for more information, click here).
>
> For NGOs which have no observer status with UNCTAD, I was explained by the
> UNCTAD Secretariat that interested participants are advised to send a
> participation request addressed to the Chair of the Expert Meeting at the
> e-mail address wsiseco@unctad.org, before 17 November 2006, clearly
> indicating:
> Name of NGO
> Representative to the meeting
> Contact information
> Status of NGO accreditation (ECOSOC Status, WSIS Accreditation???)
>
> An answer might be provided by the Chair of the Expert Meeting around 17
> November 2006, depending on the motivation of a given NGO to participate
> and its areas of interest.
> 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
>
>
>
> De : wsiseco@unctad.org [mailto:wsiseco@unctad.org]
>> Objet : UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and
>> development", Geneva 4-5 December
>
>
>>         We have the pleasure to invite you to participate to the
>
>> Expert Meeting in Support of the Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS:
>> Using ICTs to Achieve Growth and Development
>> Geneva, 4 - 5 December 2006
>
>>
>> The main objective of this event is to provide a discussion forum for
>> Government representatives, experts, business people and academia on the
>> potential of harnessing ICTs for economic and social development. During
>> this two-day event experts will examine the latest empirical evidence on
>> the way ICTs impact on the productivity and growth of firms, industries
>> and countries with a view to identify how developing countries can best
>> benefit from the information economy. Additionally, the analysis of
>> recent trends in trade in ICT-enabled goods and services, labour markets
>> and employment in the ICT sector, including outsourcing and offshoring
>> to developing countries will help experts in formulating their future
>> ICT strategies.
>>
>> Attached is the official notification. More information is available on
>> http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=3876&lang=1 and
>> www.unctad.org/ecommerce.
>
>>
>> Please confirm your participation to this event before 17 November 2006.
>>
>> We look forward to welcoming you in Geneva.
>>
>> The WSIS ECO team
>>
>>
>>
>> [ 854(E).doc (138.9 Ko) ]
>> [ 854(F).doc (139.6 Ko) ]
>> [ 854(S).doc (138.2 Ko) ]



From robin at ipjustice.org  Mon Oct 30 23:40:28 2006
From: robin at ipjustice.org (Robin Gross)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Press Conference on IGF Open Standards Dynamic Coaliton: 31 Nov.
 2:15pm
Message-ID: <45468D6C.70401@ipjustice.org>

Media Release
31 November 2006

Press Contacts:
Susan Stuble, Sun Microsystems (+1) 210-353-0540
Email: susy@sun.com

Jamie Love, CPTech (+30) 697 9605013
Email: James.love@cptech.org


Press Conference on Creation of First IGF Dynamic Coalition
Open Standards Workshop Organizers Form Coalition

(Athens) On Tuesday 31 November at 2:15pm in the Media Room at the 
Internet Governance Forum (IGF), organizers of the IGF Open Standards 
Workshop will hold a press conference on the creation of an IGF Dynamic 
Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS).

One of main outcomes of the IGF is the creation of ?dynamic coalitions? 
or multi-stakeholder groups working together on a common goal over a 
multi-year process. The IGF DCOS is the first dynamic coalition coming 
out of the inaugural IGF meeting in Athens this week.

The IGF Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards will work to promote open 
technical standards in information technologies, including both hardware 
and software.

The Open Standards Workshop will be held on 2 November at 9:30am at the 
IGF in Athens. The workshop will explore the relationship between the 
?openness? of ICT standards, economic and social development, and 
government policy making, with a focus on procurement policies. The 
discussion will help governments to better understand the inherent 
tension between intellectual property rights (IPR) holders in ICT 
standards and the public.

The ?Open Standards? workshop will use the example of the OpenDocument 
Format standard to highlight the positive impact open ICT standards can 
have on information access.

Tuesday?s IGF DCOS press conference on Open Standards will include the 
following speakers:
* Brazil: Rogerio Santanna, Secretary of Information Technology,
Ministry of Planning and Budget
* Egypt?s Library of Alexandria: Prof. Magdy Nagi, Head of ICT Sector, 
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
* Consumer Project on Technology: Jamie Love
* Yale Information Society Project: Eddan Katz
* IP Justice: Robin Gross
* W3C: Daniel Dardieller, Associate Chair for Europe
* Sun Microsystems: Susy Struble, Government Policy
* Free Software Foundation Europe: Georg Greve, President


For more information:

CPTech Webpage on IGF Open Standards Workshop
http://www.cptech.org/a2k/igf/athens110206/

Internet Governance Forum Website
http://www.intgovforum.org

IPJ Webpage on IGF Open Standards Workshop:
http://ipjustice.org/wp/campaigns/internet-governance/igf/open-standards-workshop/


From nyangkweagien at gmail.com  Tue Oct 31 09:25:12 2006
From: nyangkweagien at gmail.com (Nyangkwe Agien Aaron)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [wsis-finance] RE : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing CS from LDCs.
In-Reply-To: <20061030171113.87118.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <45460AE1.3040504@wtis.org>
	 <20061030171113.87118.qmail@web60016.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <a6bc8cb30610310125m6de0c5aamed927450cfb996cc@mail.gmail.com>

Je suis de l'avis de Djilali pour faire transiter l'aide de la
Finlande par les bureaux locaux de l'UE en Afrique.
Cela permettra d'?viter les copinages qui pourront surgir si cela est
confi? ? d'autres, surtout le PNUD et autres.

Les Bureaux locaux recueilleront les demandes motiv?es et feront un
tri sur la bases des termes de r?f?rences ?tablis.

Il est ? noter que les Bureaux locaux de l'UE ont une connaissance
tr?s appr?ciable des activit?s des ONG.

Aaron

On 30/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Sorry no translation !
> Francis,
> Personne ne peut te pl?mer, tu es de toutes batailles
> avec des succ?s remarquables.
> Si l'on peut simplement attirer l'attention mobiliser
> 20 bourses de la part de la finlande qui va plaider
> au-pr?s de l'UE dont elle assure la pr?sidence est
> d'une insuffisance criarde. Tu proposes que la part
> des 20 revenant ? l'Afrique sera remise ? ACSIS c'est
> du miracle ! donnons leur 5 ou 6 et laissons les
> s'entretuer pour les affecter, je ne ferai pas injure
> ? la pr?sidente Nnenna qui pourrait l?gitimement
> commencer par servir le bureau d'ACSIS, ce serait de
> bonne guerre.
> Je serai d'avis que l'UE su elle mobilise les
> ressources qu'elle les fasse transiter par ses bureaux
> sur le terrain. Il faut lui c?der le probl?me du
> d?risoire qui tue et ne pas le transf?rer sur ACSIS.
> Le PNUD pour Tunis a donn? quelques dizaines voire des
> centaines de bourses par les bureaux du PNUD et par
> son programme r?gional, mais il l'a fait par ses
> bureaux, il faut trouver des formules qui laissent la
> responsabilit? au donnateur sous contr?le d'ACSIS et
> non le contraire.
> Il faut avoir une d?marche coh?rente et exhaustive et
> non r?pondre au coup par coup et toujours sur le
> d?fensve.
> Nous devrions aussi anticiper les pratiques
> insuultantes comme celles que tu d?nonce ? Ath?ne,
> cela sembmle etre pire que lors du sommet de Tunis !
> pourtant c'est un pays d?velopp? membre de l'Europe !
> Tenez nous inform? sur comment cela se passe,
> r?unissez vous en tant que soci?t? civile mondiale et
> r?gionale et exprimez vous pour faire ?tat de nos
> frustrations.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@wtis.org> a ?crit :
>
> > Bonjour Djilali
> >
> > Je suis d'accord,  mais je ne veux pas tout
> > simplement
> > faire tout capoter en paraissant trop exigeant.
> > J'ai fait r?peter devant Adama, l'offre de
> > l'Ambassadeur
> > de Finlande, pour vraiment ?tre sur.
> > Enfin, ce n'est pas compl?tement sur, la seule
> > chose certaine est qu'il consid?rera la demande.
> > Quant ? la repartion et attribution des bourses,
> > je propose que les bourses concernant la r?gion
> > afrique,
> > soit attribu?es par le bureau de l'ACSIS,
> > si?gant en tant que Bureau Afrique de la Soci?t?
> > Civile,
> > antenne du CSB international de Gen?ve.
> > Comme cel?, il y aura une d?centralisation  d'une
> > partie
> > des d?cision du CSB.
> >
> > Tu as tout ? fait raison  concernant l'UNCTAD,
> > etc...,
> > il faut que  le m?canisme  mis en place  UE/CSB
> > soit exemplaire de transparence et d"?quit?, pour
> > qu'un mecanisme similaire puisse ?tre mis en place
> > avec les autres agences.
> >
> > C'est pourquoi on ne pas demander la lune, tout de
> > suite,
> > il faut se mettre ? la place des donateurs,
> > il faut que l'on fasse nos preuves, et que les
> > personnes
> > financ?es fassent pleinement leurs travails et
> > soient
> > appr?ci?es.
> >
> > Bien ? toi
> >
> > Francis
> >
> > > Sorry no English translation... I know how it is
> > > difficult for no French speaking !
> > > Bonjour Francis et f?licitations...
> > > C'est un acquis important, Malheureusement, je ne
> > peux
> > > partager ton enthousiasme 20 bourses c'est un os
> > qu'on
> > > donne ? la soci?t? civile pour s'entred?chirer ...
> > je
> > > ne partage pas du tout cette approche.
> > > Si tu veux une proposition honn?te il faut que
> > l'UE
> > > accepte de financer par l'interm?diaire de ses
> > > repr?sentation sur le terrain 1 participant de la
> > > soci?t? civile en provenance de chacun des 51 PMA
> > > (pays les moins avanc?s) ? charge pour les
> > > repr?sentations de l'UE de v?rifier que les
> > > b?n?ficiares sont cr?dibles et effectivement
> > concern?s
> > > par les d?bats sur la soci?t? de l'information
> > (bien
> > > s?r que les repsentants d'ACSIS pour ce qui
> > concerne
> > > l'Afrique peuvent ?tre impliqu?s.
> > > Le combat est de pouvoir n?gocier en m?me temps et
> > si
> > > possible au m?me lieu et dans la transparence avec
> > le
> > > PNUD, l'UNESCO, l'UIT de la chose.
> > > Les initiatives individuelles sont ? saluer mais
> > elles
> > > ont des limites
> > > --- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit
> > :
> > >
> > > > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your
> > response
> > > > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > > > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > > > people]
> > > >
> > > > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to
> > access
> > > > automatic translation of this message!
> > > > _______________________________________
> > > >
> > > > Hello again.
> > > >
> > > > First, the good news.
> > > > Following negotiations started in Paris, at
> > UNESCO,
> > > > the
> > > > ambassador of Finland, told me this afternoon
> > that
> > > > the CSB is welcome to make officially a resquest
> > > > to the European Union in order to provide
> > > > financial assistance to Civil Society
> > representative
> > > >   from LDCs, in order to attend the next WSIS
> > > > meetings.
> > > > ( around twenty  persons. ).
> > > >
> > > > Best
> > > >
> > > > Francis
> > > > -----------------------------------
> > > > Re-Bonsoir
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Suite ? des n?gotiations entam?es ? Paris, ?
> > > > L'UNESCO
> > > > L'ambassadeur de Finlande m'auoris? me dire, que
> > > > l'Union Europe est dispos?e ? recevoir d'une
> > mani?re
> > > > officielle, une requ?te du Bureau pour assurer
> > > > une aide financi?re aux repr?sentants (max<20 )
> > > > de la SC des PVD, pour participer aux prochaines
> > > > r?union du SMSI.
> > > >
> > > > Bien cordialement
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > > <http://www.ensta.fr/%7Emuguet>
> > > >   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
> > > >
> > >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Plenary mailing list
> > > > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> > > Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> > > T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> > > Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de
> > l'Information (SMSI)
> > > (mecanismes de financement)
> > http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> > > discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> > > Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> > > http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> > > Groupe de discussion:
> > http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > >
> > > D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des
> > r?ponses ? toutes vos
> > > questions !
> > > Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des
> > exp?riences des
> > > internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> > > http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> > >
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions !
> Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses
> http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


-- 
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
ASAFE
Tel. 237 337 50 22
Fax. 237 342 29 70

From nyangkweagien at gmail.com  Tue Oct 31 09:51:06 2006
From: nyangkweagien at gmail.com (Nyangkwe Agien Aaron)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?Re:_[WSIS_CS-Plenary]_RE_:_[WSIS_CS-Plenary]_RE_?= =?WINDOWS-1252?Q?:_[AFRICA=5FNET]_Compte_rendu_-_contribuer_au_d=E9bat?=
In-Reply-To: <20061030174414.38766.qmail@web26914.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References: <20061030145729.18664.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>
	 <20061030174414.38766.qmail@web26914.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <a6bc8cb30610310151q3d041512g115ee35c9cb0d4ff@mail.gmail.com>

Good Morning Ken

I am following Athens live from Cameroon, due to your tremendous commitment.
That is a wonderful job. Keep the flame burning.

Aaron

Ot n 10/30/06, khemakhem jamel <jamelatude@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Bonjour
> Un grand merci ? Ken pour le compte rendu qui nous fait vivre le forum ?
> distance ?tant donn? un emp?chement de derni?re minute.
>
> djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.com> a ?crit :
> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic
> translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Merci Ken pour ce compte rendu utile er r?v?lateur
> quant au sort r?serv? ? la soci?t? civile dans
> pareilles foires.
> On suit de loin et vous souhaitons beaucoup de
> courage.
> Avec le coup de guelle de Francis sur les conditions
> difficiles pour la soci?t? civile il serait peut-?tre
> temps de se r?veiller et de se rendre compte enfin que
> la soci?t? civile se fait instrumentalis?e....
> Il faut que la soci?t? civile organise des rencontres
> en marge des r?unions officielles pour renforcer les
> efforts de conscientisation.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- klohento@panos-ao.org a ?crit :
>
> > English : Please see here
> > http://wsis.funredes.org/acsis/ or use
> > translation tools.
> > ---
> >
> > Bonjour
> >
> > Compte rendu informel sur ce que j'ai vu ici.
> >
> > La r?union inaugurale du Forum sur la Gouvernance de
> > l'Internet a commenc?
> > ce matin. La c?r?monie d'ouverture a ?t? marqu?e par
> > l'intervention du
> > premier ministre Grec, par le message du Secr?taire
> > G?n?ral des Nations
> > Unies lu par son repr?sentant Nittin Desai, ainsi
> > que l'intervention du
> > Secr?taire G?n?ral de l'Union Internationale des
> > T?l?communications. Le
> > Secr?taire G?n?ral de l'UIT a notamment affirm? que
> > la gouvernance de
> > l'internet n'int?resse pas que les pays en
> > d?veloppement, contrairement ?
> > ce que certains aimeraient laisser croire ; que
> > beaucoup d?plorent par la
> > gestion centralis?e de l'internet en cours
> > actuellement; qu'on a besoin de
> > plus de diversit? ; qu'on ne peut r?soudre la
> > question de la gouvernance
> > de l'internet uniquement par le renforcement de
> > capacit?s?.Une pierre dans
> > le jardin des USA et de l'ICANN?
> >
> > La c?r?monie a ?t? aussi marqu?e par l'intervention
> > de Tarek Kamel,
> > Ministre Egyptien des TIC (l'Egypte pr?side le forum
> > des ministres
> > africains des TIC et a organis? la r?union
> > officielle africaine de
> > pr?paration au FGI, m?me si cette derni?re
> > paraissait plut?t symbolique).
> > Il a soulign? les probl?mes de d?veloppement
> > auxquels les pays du Sud font
> > face et qui les emp?chent de participer ? la
> > gouvernance de l'internet, y
> > compris l'aspect des langues; il a indiqu? qu'il est
> > urgent de faire face
> > ? ces probl?mes ; il a soulign? le succ?s de
> > l'AfriNIC, en tant que mod?le
> > de coop?ration r?gionale, mod?le de coop?ration
> > entre les diff?rents
> > acteurs de l'internet africain (secteur priv?,
> > soci?t? civile,
> > gouvernements de tous les pays africains) ; il a
> > soulign? le r?le de la
> > convergence des m?dias et des t?l?coms dans le
> > d?veloppements des nouveaux
> > services et de la convergence des acteurs ; sans
> > insister il a notifi?
> > qu'il ?tait important de faire la r?forme des
> > structures de gouvernance
> > existants ;
> >
> > Autre intervenant : Viviane Reding, Commissaire
> > Europ?enne pour
> > l'information et les m?dias. Elle a indiqu? que le
> > FGI traduit le nouveau
> > mod?le de gouvernance entre les diff?rents acteurs,
> > mais notifi? qu'il ne
> > rempla?ait pas les n?gociations
> > intergouvernementales sur la coop?ration
> > accrue (enhanced coop?ration) ; elle a mentionn? la
> > question du DNS ;
> > indiqu? qu'il est n?cessaire de prot?ger les droits
> > de l'homme sur
> > l'internet ; la fracture num?rique devrait ?tre
> > combl?e ; les
> > probl?matiques discut?es ? Tunis sont tout aussi
> > valables ; le
> > multilinguisme et l'introduction de l'IDN sont une
> > probl?matique dont on
> > doit tenir compte et on doit r?fl?chir sur ces
> > probl?matiques au FGI; les
> > questions comme celles du SPAM, qui touchent aussi
> > les pays en
> > d?veloppement, devront ?tre aussi discut?es (la
> > pertinence de la question
> > du SPAM en Afrique m?rite toutefois de mon point de
> > vue d'?tre bien
> > ?lucid?e, car elle ne se pr?sente pas comme on
> > l'affirme souvent).
> >
> > Un repr?sentant de la soci?t? civile (Natasha Primo
> > de Women's Net) et un
> > autre du secteur priv? (Guy Steban, Chambre de
> > Commerce et d'Industrie)
> > ont ?galement fait des interventions. Natasha a
> > notamment insist? sur la
> > question des droits de l'homme sur le net et les
> > acquis du Sommet de
> > Tunis.
> >
> > Vint Cerf, consid?r? comme l'un des p?re de
> > l'internet est aussi intervenu
> > ; il a notamment insist? sur la n?cessit? de
> > maintenir la stabilit? et
> > l'interop?rabilit? sur le r?seau, tout en l'ouvrrant
> > davantage, notamment
> > aux autres langues ; il a beaucoup parl? de l'IDN.
> > Son coll?gue Robert
> > Kahn est aussi intervenu.
> >
> > Voir la transcription des activit?s de ce matin sur
> > le site officiel ici
> >
> http://www.intgovforum.org/IGF-OpeningSession-301006.txt
> >
> > DIVERS
> >
> >
> > - j'ai remarqu? une cinquantaine d'africains
> > sub-sahariens pr?sents (? vue
> > d'?il, secteur priv? soci?t? civile et
> > gouvernements) et aussi un certain
> > nombre d'africains du Nord (Egypte, Tunisie
> > notamment) ; je n'ai pas vu de
> > B?ninois ni de Togolais, ni de Nig?riens, ? part
> > ceux venus du S?n?gal
> > (mais bon, peut-?tre qu'il en a) pour ne parler que
> > de ceux l?; au total
> > il y avait un millier de participants ce matin, y
> > compris les Grecs (?
> > l'ouverture, la salle de 800 personnes ?tait pleine
> > et il y avait du monde
> > ? l'ext?rieur dans deux ou trois d'autres pi?ces ou
> > dans le hall ; demain
> > il y aura probablement moins de monde ;
> > - ACSIS, l'Institut Panos Afrique de l'Ouest et APC
> > ont un stand (une
> > table) dans l'espace Plazza d'exposition
> > - Il y a eu des probl?mes d'organisation ; mais ce
> > matin ?a s'est mieux
> > pass? que pr?vu/qu'on craignait
> > - On pr?voit une r?union africaine demain soir sur
> > le lieu de la
> > conf?rence (tous acteurs) vers 19h ? reste ?
> > confirmer la salle ? ceux qui
> > sont sur place peuvent surveiller les inscriptions
> > - Les co?ts des services sont chers (restauration,
> > h?tel, etc.) et ceux
> > qui n'ont pas trouv? de chambres dans les structures
> > officielles pr?vues,
> > ont des probl?mes de d?placement?
> > - On peut contribuer aux th?mes en discussion ici
> > http://intgovforum.org/forum/ - normalement les
> > pr?occupations des
> > participants ? distance devraient ?tre achemin?es
> > vers les mod?rateurs des
> > discussions ? donc essayez toujours d'envoyer des
> > contributions si vous le
> > pouvez ; on peut faire sa contribution en fran?ais
> > ou en anglais
> > - Vous pouvez aussi envoyer des contributions sur ce
> > que vous pensez du
> > Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet et l'Afrique
> > sur le site mis en
> > place par le projet CIPACO www.cipaco.org/igforum
> > (cliquez sur le lien de
> > la rubrique ? D?bat ?
> > - Une l?g?re pluie ?tait au rendez-vous ce matin
> > jusqu'? tout ? l'heure au
> > moins, certains sont all?s d?jeuner dans en courant
> > sous les gouttes qui
> > tombaient..
> >
> > La session de l'apr?s midi a commenc? ? voir
> > programme ici
> > http://www.intgovforum.org/wksshop_program3.htm
> >
> > Voir aussi www.cipaco.org pour lire ce compte rendu.
> >
> > Ken Lohento
> >
> >
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------
> > - Archives :
> >
> http://lists.reseauafricanet.org/index.html/arc/africa_net
> > - Pour s'abonner : ?crire ?
> > sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> > message, ?crire : SUBscribe africa_net
> > - Pour se d?sabonner : ?crire ?
> > sympa@reseauafricanet.org et dans le corps du
> > message, ?crire : SIGnoff africa_net
> >
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion:
> http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son
> interface r?volutionnaire.
> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> D?couvrez une nouvelle fa?on d'obtenir des r?ponses ? toutes vos questions !
> Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des exp?riences des internautes
> sur Yahoo! Questions/R?ponses.
>
>


-- 
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
ASAFE
Tel. 237 337 50 22
Fax. 237 342 29 70

From nyangkweagien at gmail.com  Tue Oct 31 11:40:07 2006
From: nyangkweagien at gmail.com (Nyangkwe Agien Aaron)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF
In-Reply-To: <20061030085542.81194.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com>
References: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org>
	 <20061030085542.81194.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <a6bc8cb30610310340r437aa656p26bb24f447a2c93f@mail.gmail.com>

Francis

Thank you for going through all that horrendous ordeal and finding
time to put online some of the problems faced at Athens.
It provides sufficient food for thought for all

Courage
Aaron

lOn 10/30/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> A wonderfull prouve that everything is done for the
> exclusion of Civile society. The multipartnariat is
> nothing but only a manner to give legitamacy for the
> private sector to deal with states and UN system....
> Franicis cela constitue une nouvelle preuve que la
> soci?t? civile ne peut pas jouer dans la cour des
> grands. C'est un alibi pour l?gitimer le role
> d'interlocuteur du secteur priv? dans les n?giciations
> avec les ?tats et l'ONU et une fois encore cela prouve
> le peu de chance de succ?s d'un multipartenariat
> ?quilibr?.
> Amiti?s
> Djilali
> --- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :
>
> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
> > addresses for responses intended for specific
> > people]
> >
> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
> > automatic translation of this message!
> > _______________________________________
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > this time with bad news.
> >
> > The IGF meeting organizatiion is raising
> > many problems that are denounced, to
> > various, by many attendants.
> >
> > 1/ the date, coinciding with a vacation
> > period is incovenient. Planes and Hotels are full.
> > Ticket prices are much higher.
> >
> > 2/ the location, somewhat isolated
> > within a chic suburd, where the sight of
> > a ferrari and luxury cars is not unusual.
> >
> > 3/ the venue is simply exclusive
> > in both senses.
> > The obscene luxury of the venue does not fit.
> > Yesterday night, stumbling on a diner in one
> > of the room, I have got the impresion that
> > I have got the wrong TV channel and I was
> > watching an episode of "Rich & Famous".
> >
> > The negotatiated room price at the venue
> > is 172 euros.
> > It is so expensive that a diplomat from a western
> > european country told me he had to ask for
> > special authorization
> > as this price exceeded allowed limits !.
> >
> > When I tried to buy a sandwich to eat while
> > at the cybercaf?, I went to the bar, where
> > I learned that the price of a "club sandwich" is 14
> > euros.
> > I haven't look at the price of the restaurant... :-(
> > This contrasts with the UN and UNESCO cafeterias
> > that
> > are affordable.
> >
> > If you rented a car ( I did so for 20 euros/daily ),
> > be prepared for a surprise tomorrow.
> > The UN police is clearing all nearby parkings,
> > and the only way to park ( unless going rather far )
> > in the underground parking of the Hotel
> > which you must 10 euros /daily.
> > In Geneva,for Prepcoms, a parking permit
> > was given free to attendants with a car.
> >
> > Rooms include simply of lines of chairs without
> > any tables to put a  computer, and without outllets
> > to power them.
> >
> > 4/ Network
> > The Wifi broke 3 times tbis afernoon.
> > The cybercaf? is undersized, with only
> > 14 computers ( Dell sponsorship ),
> > all running Windows XP, in contempt
> > of WSIS recommendations.
> > Upon my request a table for laptops and
> > a printer  was added.
> > I asked the computer manager ( who is using
> > GNU/LINUX ) to implement at least half of them
> > with GNU/linux.  I asked Kummer and
> > he agreed.
> > Be prepared for network crashes tomorrow. :-( !
> >
> > 5/ Overpasses.
> > The main Hotel meeting room may hold
> > 800, when 1500 are registered to
> > attend.
> > Just 100 overpasses were alloted to
> > Civil Society.
> > Seemingly, per chance, the responsibility
> > for the overpasses, was given to Adam Peake.
> > The very few same that are in favour of
> > killing the CSB, were the first to complain
> > about the way the overpasses were distributed.
> > They just having a taste of their own medecine,
> >
> > 6/ Web site
> > The Synthesis Paper is only available
> > in doc format.
> >
> > In constrat with other WSIS meetings, they were
> > no discussions with CSB, and no
> >   preliminary meetings between the organizers
> > and the CSB executive secretariat to handle
> > all those practical and procedural issues.
> > This tedious and time-consuming work was not much
> > heralded,
> > but it was very important.
> > Learning from this experience, for next WSIS
> > meetings
> > the CSB should prepare well in advance all
> > those procedural issues.
> >
> > That's will be all for tonight
> >
> > 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
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Plenary mailing list
> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> >
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
> >
>
>
> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI) (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation : http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son interface r?volutionnaire.
> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>


-- 
Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
ASAFE
Tel. 237 337 50 22
Fax. 237 342 29 70

From ajp at glocom.ac.jp  Tue Oct 31 14:16:02 2006
From: ajp at glocom.ac.jp (Adam Peake)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Remote Participation - questions
Message-ID: <f31ae3560610310616v14073778pc96d067aed315c52@mail.gmail.com>

there are email addresses to facilitate remote participation.
Please send your questions in English, French or Spanish.

English : questions_e@igf2006.info
French : questions_f@igf2006.info
Espa?ol : preguntas@igf2006.info

apologies for not sending this to you sooner.

Adam

From e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk  Tue Oct 31 18:09:38 2006
From: e.ariwa at londonmet.ac.uk (Ezendu Ariwa)
Date: Thu Jul 26 18:22:19 2007
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Practical & Procedural Problems at IGF
In-Reply-To: <a6bc8cb30610310340r437aa656p26bb24f447a2c93f@mail.gmail.com>
References: <454547B8.7050504@mdpi.org> 
    <20061030085542.81194.qmail@web60022.mail.yahoo.com>
    <a6bc8cb30610310340r437aa656p26bb24f447a2c93f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1322.163.167.73.93.1162318178.squirrel@webmail2.londonmet.ac.uk>

Thanks for the information

ezendu

> [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response goes to the entire list.
> Kindly use individual addresses for responses intended for specific
> people]
>
> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation of
> this message!
> _______________________________________
>
> Francis
>
> Thank you for going through all that horrendous ordeal and finding
> time to put online some of the problems faced at Athens.
> It provides sufficient food for thought for all
>
> Courage
> Aaron
>
> lOn 10/30/06, djilali benamrane <dbenamrane@yahoo.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]
>>
>> Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access automatic translation
>> of this message!
>> _______________________________________
>>
>> A wonderfull prouve that everything is done for the
>> exclusion of Civile society. The multipartnariat is
>> nothing but only a manner to give legitamacy for the
>> private sector to deal with states and UN system....
>> Franicis cela constitue une nouvelle preuve que la
>> soci?t? civile ne peut pas jouer dans la cour des
>> grands. C'est un alibi pour l?gitimer le role
>> d'interlocuteur du secteur priv? dans les n?giciations
>> avec les ?tats et l'ONU et une fois encore cela prouve
>> le peu de chance de succ?s d'un multipartenariat
>> ?quilibr?.
>> Amiti?s
>> Djilali
>> --- "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet@mdpi.org> a ?crit :
>>
>> > [Please note that by using 'REPLY', your response
>> > goes to the entire list. Kindly use individual
>> > addresses for responses intended for specific
>> > people]
>> >
>> > Click http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/ to access
>> > automatic translation of this message!
>> > _______________________________________
>> >
>> > Hello again,
>> >
>> > this time with bad news.
>> >
>> > The IGF meeting organizatiion is raising
>> > many problems that are denounced, to
>> > various, by many attendants.
>> >
>> > 1/ the date, coinciding with a vacation
>> > period is incovenient. Planes and Hotels are full.
>> > Ticket prices are much higher.
>> >
>> > 2/ the location, somewhat isolated
>> > within a chic suburd, where the sight of
>> > a ferrari and luxury cars is not unusual.
>> >
>> > 3/ the venue is simply exclusive
>> > in both senses.
>> > The obscene luxury of the venue does not fit.
>> > Yesterday night, stumbling on a diner in one
>> > of the room, I have got the impresion that
>> > I have got the wrong TV channel and I was
>> > watching an episode of "Rich & Famous".
>> >
>> > The negotatiated room price at the venue
>> > is 172 euros.
>> > It is so expensive that a diplomat from a western
>> > european country told me he had to ask for
>> > special authorization
>> > as this price exceeded allowed limits !.
>> >
>> > When I tried to buy a sandwich to eat while
>> > at the cybercaf?, I went to the bar, where
>> > I learned that the price of a "club sandwich" is 14
>> > euros.
>> > I haven't look at the price of the restaurant... :-(
>> > This contrasts with the UN and UNESCO cafeterias
>> > that
>> > are affordable.
>> >
>> > If you rented a car ( I did so for 20 euros/daily ),
>> > be prepared for a surprise tomorrow.
>> > The UN police is clearing all nearby parkings,
>> > and the only way to park ( unless going rather far )
>> > in the underground parking of the Hotel
>> > which you must 10 euros /daily.
>> > In Geneva,for Prepcoms, a parking permit
>> > was given free to attendants with a car.
>> >
>> > Rooms include simply of lines of chairs without
>> > any tables to put a  computer, and without outllets
>> > to power them.
>> >
>> > 4/ Network
>> > The Wifi broke 3 times tbis afernoon.
>> > The cybercaf? is undersized, with only
>> > 14 computers ( Dell sponsorship ),
>> > all running Windows XP, in contempt
>> > of WSIS recommendations.
>> > Upon my request a table for laptops and
>> > a printer  was added.
>> > I asked the computer manager ( who is using
>> > GNU/LINUX ) to implement at least half of them
>> > with GNU/linux.  I asked Kummer and
>> > he agreed.
>> > Be prepared for network crashes tomorrow. :-( !
>> >
>> > 5/ Overpasses.
>> > The main Hotel meeting room may hold
>> > 800, when 1500 are registered to
>> > attend.
>> > Just 100 overpasses were alloted to
>> > Civil Society.
>> > Seemingly, per chance, the responsibility
>> > for the overpasses, was given to Adam Peake.
>> > The very few same that are in favour of
>> > killing the CSB, were the first to complain
>> > about the way the overpasses were distributed.
>> > They just having a taste of their own medecine,
>> >
>> > 6/ Web site
>> > The Synthesis Paper is only available
>> > in doc format.
>> >
>> > In constrat with other WSIS meetings, they were
>> > no discussions with CSB, and no
>> >   preliminary meetings between the organizers
>> > and the CSB executive secretariat to handle
>> > all those practical and procedural issues.
>> > This tedious and time-consuming work was not much
>> > heralded,
>> > but it was very important.
>> > Learning from this experience, for next WSIS
>> > meetings
>> > the CSB should prepare well in advance all
>> > those procedural issues.
>> >
>> > That's will be all for tonight
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Plenary mailing list
>> > Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> >
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>> >
>>
>>
>> Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane@yahoo.com
>> Tel/fax : (227) 75 35 09 BP 11207 - Niamey - Niger
>> T?l/Fax : (331) 01 45 39 77 02 Paris - France
>> Page web sur le Sommet Mondial sur la Societe de l'Information (SMSI)
>> (mecanismes de financement) http://www.wsis-finance.org et groupe de
>> discussion : http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/
>> Page web sur l'Afrique et la globalisation :
>> http://www.multimania.com/djilalibenamrane/
>> Groupe de discussion: http://www.egroups.com/list/afriqueglobalization
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ___________________________________________________________________________
>> Yahoo! Mail r?invente le mail ! D?couvrez le nouveau Yahoo! Mail et son
>> interface r?volutionnaire.
>> http://fr.mail.yahoo.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> Plenary mailing list
>> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
>> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
> Journalist/Outcome Mapper
> Special Assistant To The President
> ASAFE
> Tel. 237 337 50 22
> Fax. 237 342 29 70
> _______________________________________________
> Plenary mailing list
> Plenary@wsis-cs.org
> http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/plenary
>
>



