Information Society of Ukraine Foundation

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Information Society of Ukraine Foundation

• Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region looks
  ahead to the II stage of the World Summit on
  Information Society Development in Tunis (2005)
• Andriy Kolodyuk
• President of the Information Society of Ukraine
• Foundation
• www.isu.org.ua
• A.Kolodyuk_at_isu.org.ua

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Information Society of Ukraine Foundation

• Status
• Non-government organization (2001)
• Priority
• To assist in the implementation of Information
  Society
• development policy in Ukraine
• Mission
• To foster social and economic development of the
  country, to
• create a favorable environment for the
  information society
• technologies use in the fields of business,
  education, government,
• civil society and mass-media.
• Implementation
• Consolidation of government authorities, business
  entities, civil
• society, scientific and educational community,
  donors and
• investors for the Information Society development
  in Ukraine
• through participating in joint projects

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Projects and programs

• Project Center Internet-Education for
  Teachers, later on Internet-Education-
  educating representatives of the government,
  school teachers to work and use present
  opportunities and Internet technologies (the
  Center started its work in August, 2001)
• Program Journalist of Information
  Society-program for the best material in the
  Ukrainian media in 2001, 2002.

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Projects and programs

• International Conference Problems and
  Perspectives of Information Society Development
  (February 25, 2003) ( Foundation Information
  Society of Ukraine Foundation, Institute of
  Information Society with support of the World
  Bank, financial help of Soros Foundation
• Forum of Non-Government Organizations (
  initiative of the Information Society of
  Ukraine Foundation and Institute of Information
  Society) (signing of the following documents
  Memorandum on Cooperation and Charter of
  Information Society Development) (2002)

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Projects and programs

• The Public Working Group Electronic Ukraine-
  development and implementation of the Project
  National Strategy for Information Society
  Development of Ukraine (beginning - June, 2003)
  (with support of Soros Foundation)
• Council of Experts - products analytical report
  E-Ukraine, Development of Electronic
  Government, report The World before the World
  Summit on the Information Society, taking part
  in making National Strategy for Information
  Society Development of Ukraine
• International Center of Expert Certification in
  the field of Information Society (beginning
  12th of September, 2003)

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Current projects

• Ukrainian stand Information Society of Ukraine
  (Geneva, Switzerland, 2003)-presentation of
  Ukraine by the stand on the Panel ICT for
  development during World Summit on the
  Information Society
• Information Society Library - edition and
  presentation of the first book Information
  Society. Way of Ukraine (with the financial
  support of Soros Foundation and UNDP)

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Foundation is a GKP coordinator in Eastern Europe
and Central Asia countries

• International conference
• Information Society Development from Strategy
  to Action (conference of GKP for Eastern Europe
• and Central Asia countries)
• (with the financial support of Soros Foundation
  and UNDP)
• Ukraine, Kyiv, April 15-16, 2004
• Final document of the conference is Memorandum
  www.isu.org.ua
• Panels of the Conference
• Roles Responsibilities Role of Business,
  Responsibilities of Government in Information
  Society Development.
• Public Policy through Public Awareness Civil
  Society Mass Media in Information Society
  Development.
• National Information Society Development from
  Strategy to Action.
• Regional panel discussion Towards WSIS Tunis,
  2005, Regional Coordination Cooperation

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International conference Information Society
Development from Strategy to Action

• Decisions made
• Regional and international cooperation
  development, participation in activities on the
  Information Society development of the Regional
  target group in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  countries
• Consolidated presentation of Eastern Europe and
  Central Asia Region interests during the second
  stage of the World Summit on Information Society
  development (Tunis, 2005)

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Project Task Force "2N?S"

• REGIONAL INITIATIVE OF
• INFORMATION SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT
• Mission
• To create Task Force 2NIS
• To consolidate all resources of interested
  countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  towards the development of the Information
  Society in any of these countries
• Project participants will be able to define and
  use the best models and projects in the field of
  Information Society development. This will enable
  participants to avoid problems in the
  implementation of initiatives on the Information
  Society, by coordinating their own initiatives
  with the regional initiatives.

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Preconditions of the Task Force 2NIS Project

• Absence of Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  countries regional partnership (experience of the
  I stage of WSIS)
• Declaration of the Bishkek-Moscow conference on
  Information Society ( October, 2002)
• WSIS documents Declaration of Principles and
  Action Plan
• International conference Memorandum Information
  Society Development from Strategy to Action

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Objectives of the Task Force 2NIS Project

• To foster cooperation among expert groups at a
  regional level.
• To assist in effective participation of Eastern
  Europe and Central Asia in international forums
  on ICT and create opportunities for the exchange
  of experience.
• Development of tools necessary for providing
  statistical information on Information Society,
  including basic parameters and analyses of its
  key parameters dynamics.

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Task Force 2NIS Project
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Coordination of Task Force 2NIS

• Project coordination
• At a regional level
• Secretariat does general coordination of the
  Project
• At a national level
• Organization a representative of a country,
  which coordinates
• Project participants inside of the country at a
  national level
• (national coordinator)
• Bureau of the Project (BP) 2NIS
• Coordination Council -organizations,
  representatives of Eastern Europe and Central
  Asia countries.
• It analyzes existing projects and promotes
  implementations of the projects at a national and
  regional levels.

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Project Task Force "2N?S"

• Preliminary action plan (a preparation step)
• 1. To appoint national coordinators (till June
  30, 2004)
• 2. To sign a document on cooperation (till July
  20, 2004)
• 3. To build a team of Bureau of the Project (BP)
  2NIS (till July 20, 2004) participants
• 4. Bureau of the Project 2NIS Coordination
  Council Elections
• 5. To prepare and agree on the Bureau of the
  Project (BP) 2NIS action plan (till September,
  15, 2004)
• 6. To agree on Task Force 2NIS action plan
  (till August 1, 2004).
• 7. To conduct a meeting with national
  coordinators and Bureau of the Project 2NIS
  Coordination Council 2NIS (till August 20, 2004
  Crimea).

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Information Society of Ukraine Foundation

• Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region looks
  ahead to the II stage of the World Summit on
  Information Society Development in Tunis (2005)
• Andriy Kolodyuk
• President of the Information Society of Ukraine
  
• Foundation
• www.isu.org.ua
• A.Kolodyuk_at_isu.org.ua