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<font face="SimSun" size=6>APC launches new book on WSIS, developing
countries and civil society: Time for lessons
learned</font><font face="SimSun" size=4><br><br>
<a href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202187" eudora="autourl">http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202187</a><br><br>
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has been roundly
criticised in the past and this new study from APC concludes that the
summit “is not the best starting point for new action.” So, what is the
point of looking at how developing country delegations and civil society
fared at the summit? Because, says the author “it is always important to
learn from experience particularly where it did not deliver up to
expectations.”<br>
The book “Whose Summit? Whose Information Society? Developing countries
and civil society at the World Summit on the Information Society”,
commissioned by APC and written by David Souter draws on participants’
observations, detailed interviews with forty key actors and case studies
of experiences rooted in five developing countries.<br><br>
WSIS holds many lessons for developing countries and civil society
organisations aiming to exert greater influence in international ICT
decision-making fora. Some lessons demonstrate what worked well such as
the highly successful, multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
The majority illustrate what did not work so well not least, holding a
four-year long meeting on such a fast-changing topic.<br>
Read a one-page introduction:<br>
<a href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202193" eudora="autourl">http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202193</a><br><br>
Interview with “Whose Summit? Whose Information Society?” author David
Souter to discuss the study’s findings, as well as what lessons can be
gathered from the WSIS experience for developing countries, civil
society, and in general by APCNews:<br>
<a href="http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202194" eudora="autourl">http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202194</a><br><br>
Download the full book here [in English; pdf format]:<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_EN.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_EN.pdf</a><br><br>
Download the abridged versions (part of APC's Issue Papers series) in
English, Spanish and French:<br><br>
In English<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf</a><br>
In Spanish<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_ES.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_ES.pdf</a><br>
In French<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_FR.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_FR.pdf</a><br><br>
Five case studies of experience in five developing countries were
commissioned for the main report:<br><br>
Bangladesh case study<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_bangladesh.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_bangladesh.pdf</a><br>
Ecuador case study<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ecuador.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ecuador.pdf</a><br>
Ethiopia case study<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ethiopia.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ethiopia.pdf</a><br>
India case study<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_india.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_india.pdf</a><br>
Kenya case study<br>
<a href="http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_kenya.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_kenya.pdf</a></font></blockquote></body>
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