<div>Dear All</div>
<div>We shell see how this time the setup.We know all the old records.We will keep the records.</div>
<div>Good luck. Dr malik Khan<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/19/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Guerra</b> <<a href="mailto:rguerra@lists.privaterra.org">rguerra@lists.privaterra.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<br><br>Click <a href="http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/">http://wsis.funredes.org/plenary/</a> to access automatic translation of this message!<br>_______________________________________<br><br>Francis:<br><br>As I mentioned earlier, it was agreeded to by both the CSB and Plenary
<br>during the WSIS process that not only a report of a meeting, but also a<br>list of those participating as CS and/or CSB had to be listed in any<br>reports.<br><br>From you comments it does seem that you were there - and that's fine,
<br>From my view, it seems like you are acting in your own personal capacity.<br><br>You mention that there was a discussion where "some suggestions" where<br>raised for groups to be "considered" . That is quite vague, in fact
<br>quite opaque. I personally, and i think others as well want to know<br>what the specific suggestions where, who were making them, and what<br>processes of consultation, engagement and decision making were used.<br><br>
I look forward to further details.<br><br>regards<br><br>Robert<br><br><br>Dr. Francis MUGUET wrote:<br>><br>> Hello / Bonjour<br>><br>> Sorry to post this report in the afternoon.<br>> Yesterday evening I was exhausted, and
<br>> this morning, I had work to do elsewhere.<br>><br>> Of course, it would better to post also<br>> a report of what has been going on in the<br>> session itself to better understand.<br>> I will try to write a report, but I cannot
<br>> give a date, since I will be abroad until the IGF.<br>><br>> Sorry also, mes amis, je n'ai pas eu le temps<br>> de faire une version en Français, ce<br>> sera la priorité.<br>><br>> ------------------------------------------------
<br>> Civil Society Meeting<br>> 18 October 2006<br>> Concise report<br>><br>><br>> While Civil Society was allocated a meeting place,<br>> 1/ there is not translation ( English / French ),<br>> 2/ no cybercafé at UNESCO, just WiFi access
<br>> 3/ Only web browsing and ssh are allowed.<br>> The port 25 ( with a smtp server )<br>> and the port 110 ( pop) and port 995 ( pop3s ) should be opened.<br>> It was approved that a request shall be sent to UNESCO computing
<br>> services through the channel of the CSB.<br>><br>> It was the general opinion that the procedure followed today, for the<br>> e-learning action line, in the afternoon, was not satisfactory, because<br>> the chair ( Cyril ) wanted too much to impose to all stakeholders, CS
<br>> and governments alike his selection of themes.<br>><br>> There were some suggestions during the session that some Civil Society<br>> entities shall be co-moderators alongside UNESCO, the designated lead<br>
> moderator, but an obstacle is that in the Draft Terms of Reference for<br>> functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team A 6 , it is mentioned that :<br>> The Facilitator should be able to provide sufficient resources to cover
<br>> the costs of its own activities, and/or to contribute to overall<br>> coordination of Action Line<br>> Therefore, it was the feeling that, except for well financed<br>> organization like APC or CONGO, it would be difficult to be accepted as
<br>> a action line co- moderator. CONGO is already burdened with the task of<br>> the executive secretariat.<br>> While the possibility should be considered that several NGOs could form<br>> together alliance with enough means and credibility to be accepted as a
<br>> civil society moderator, yet another procedural strategy has been<br>> suggested so that the process becomes more inclusive.<br>> Since the actions lines has been broken into basic themes, along with<br>> cross-cutting themes, it has been suggested that moderators could also
<br>> be designated at the level of each interest group related to each theme.<br>> This would amount a fine-grained organization at theme levels.<br>> At the theme level, the condition enunciated in the item A6 of the Draft
<br>> Terms of Reference for functioning of the Multi-stakeholders Team should<br>> not apply, and the Draft Terms of Reference should be modified to<br>> acknowledge the existence of interest groups at the theme level with a
<br>> team of moderators. Fi<br>> request at action lines.<br>> During the WSIS process, the important role of Civil Society groupings,<br>> such as families, caucuses and thematic groups, has been acknowledged,
<br>> while a NGO made a contribution on behalf of a certain WSIS Civil<br>> Society grouping.<br>> Therefore, building on the spirit of the WSIS practice, it is suggested<br>> that, at the theme level, WSIS civil society should be allowed as such
<br>> to act as co-moderator of a theme, despite having no formal legal<br>> structure.<br>> This positive proposal has been approved, by consensus, by all the<br>> attendees of the CS meeting, and is going to proposed tomorrow ( ie
<br>> Thursday ).<br>><br>> Another interesting proposal was text of the Geneva and Tunis Civil<br>> Society declarations relevant to each specific action line, should be<br>> included in the annex of the document entitled "Working methods of the
<br>> multi-stakeholder team".<br>> This proposal was also approved by consensus.<br>><br>> A participant stressed the difficulty of the communication between the<br>> governance-minded and advocacy-minded civil society and the technical
<br>> communities. In that respect UNESCO and all moderators should make a<br>> serious effort.<br>><br>> As UNESCO has just proposed today ( 18 October) to enlarge the use of<br>> their collaborative tool Sharepoint, concerns have been raised that
<br>> Sharepoint, a Microsoft product, might not be interoperable enough, and<br>> might put people using a different operating systems, and/or different<br>> word processor at a disadvantage. The statement by Axel Plathe that
<br>> Civil Society could propose yet another collaborative tool has been<br>> noted and appreciated.<br>> Furthermore, it could useful that theme co-moderators could also set up<br>> collaborative tool servers, and therefore, the choice of the
<br>> collaborative tool should also take into account this need.<br>><br>><br>> All the best<br>><br>> Francis<br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------------------------------<br>> Francis F. MUGUET
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