World Summit on the Information Society WSIS

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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

• Proposed by delegates to the ITU Plenipotentiary
  Meeting in 1998
• Endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly
  as a multi-sectoral approach
• UN global summit under the high patronage of the
  Secretary General
• Two-Phase
• Geneva in December 2003 will adopt a Declaration
  of Principles and Action Plan
• Tunis in 2005 will assess progress and refine the
  Action Plan with a focus on development

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World Summit on Information Societywww.itu.int/ws
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• Preparatory Committees
• PrepCom 1 Geneva 1-5 July 2002
• PrepCom 2 Geneva, 17-28 February 2003
• PrepCom 3 Geneva, September 2003 (tentative)
• 2002-2003, Regional Preparations
• African Bamako (Mali) 28-30 May 2002
• Pan European Bucharest (Romania) 7-9 November
  2002
• Asia Pacific Tokyo (Japan) 13-15 January 2003
• LA C Bávaro (Dominican Republic) 29-31
  January 2003
• 2003 December 10-12, WSIS (1) Geneva
• 2004-2005 PrepComs
• 2005 WSIS (2) Tunis

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Asia Regional Conference Jan 11-15, Tokyo

• Asian input to WSIS
• Topics ICT and Development, Language and
  cultural diversity, e-Economy, Inclusive
  information society
• Register TODAY! Dec 13, the deadline
• Fellowship can be provided
• www.wsis-japan.jp
• Jan 11-12 Pre-meeting Side Events
• Jan 13 Opening and panel discussions
• Jan 14 Statements and reporting comment
  session
• Jan 15 Reports and adoption of output (half-day)

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A joint statement drafted

• Asian diversity
• Rights, value and vision
• Requests to Governments and Private sector
• To international community
• To NGO, ourselves
• Concern for Tokyo

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Actions

• Form Coordination Committee
• WSIS Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee
  (WANCOC)?
• Participate Tokyo Conference
• Side Events
• Plenary Panel
• Declaration
• Report to PrepCom2
• PrepCom2, 3 and to Summit (Dec)

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Actions

• WSIS Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee
  (WANCOC) ?
• Build on
• Asia Caucus, PrepCom1
• Bangkok Workshop by NGO/Civil Society
• CONGO Bangkok Conference
• Organizers of Side events
• Open to others committed to WSIS from NGO/CSO
• Bring key persons from each group to act as
  coordination body 

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After Tokyo Conference

• Continue NGO/Civil Society coordination to the
  preparatory process of WSIS, including PrepCom2,
  3 and the Summit itself
• Liaise with other activities
• Hyderabad meeting
• Porto Alegre, etc

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Actions

•  1)Complete the NGO Response Documents
• WSIS NGO Input, with Jamess summary, fed
• 2)  In Tokyo, to organize
• Open Meeting at Side Event
• a plenary to share information and coordinate
  actions, Jan 11, 12 - 5 to 7 pm
• Wrap up meeting
• after the conclusion of Tokyo conference, Jan 15
  afternoon

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In Plenary,

• Organize a Panel by NGO
• inclusive information society
• Participate Declaration drafting
• Participate Report writing

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More Actions

• PrepCom 2 and PrepCom3
• Mailing List
• Website
• Any other action item