[WSIS CS-Plenary] "Club of Rome" publishes Position on WSIS

[Raoul Weiler]

Dear colleague,

Many thanks for your citations and comments.

I will be at the next PrepCom in Geneva, the first week only.

Cordially,

Raoul Weiler



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> "Club of Rome" publishes Position on WSIS
>
> Strengthening of public domain, stronger role for civil society demanded
>
> 14 August 2003. The "Club of Rome" (CoR), one of the most prestigous
> think tanks world-wide, now has also taken a position on the WSIS. In
> the statement that was published today, the CoR is adopting a number of
> core priorities of the civil society groups involved in the WSIS
> process. The CoR is e.g. asking for a stronger commitment to publicly
> available knowledge (global commons or public domain), is demanding that
> privacy will be secured inthe information society and is suggesting an
> environment-friendly use of information technologies. On top of that,
> the CoR states that "the greater involvement of Civil Society with its
> many NGOs and other organisations, which have considerable expertise in
> specific fields, is increasingly essential in implementation processes."
> The statement ends with the sentence: "NGOs and civil-society
> organisations should be empowered to play an increased role."
>
> Statement of the Club of Rome to the World Summit on the Information
> Society, Geneva, 2003: "Towards a New Age of Information and Knowledge
> for All" (pdf)
>
>
http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/CoR-WSIS-Statement-Final-14-8-03.pdf
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