[WSIS CS-Plenary] Agenda of UN ICT Task Force meeting in Berlin online now

[Ralf Bendrath]

I've had encouraging feedback on some mails regarding civil society
events around this. We'll discuss this here in Berlin on Friday. Stay
tuned.

Best, Ralf

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http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting/

Seventh Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force
19-20 November 2004, Berlin, Germany

"Enabling Environment for Digital Development" will be the overall theme
of the Seventh Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force, to be held in Germany
this november.

Following the format adopted during its Sixth Meeting, the first
one-and-a-half day of the event will consist of a Global Forum where
participants will be expected to address issues on Enabling Environment.

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http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting/agenda.html

UN ICT Task Force Global Forum on
Promoting Enabling Environment For Digital Development
19-20 November 2004, Berlin, Germany

Provisional Agenda (as of 12 August 2004)

		
Friday, 19 November
08.00 - 09.00 	Registration/Breakfast
09.00 - 09.15 	Opening Session

Opening statement by the Deputy Secretary-General

The Chairman introduces the structure/format/time management rules of
the Global Forum
09.15 - 10.45 	Session I: Setting the Stage: Role of Stakeholders in
Fostering Enabling Environment

Panel discussion

Moderator: Deputy Secretary-General - tbc

Interactive discussion with Forum participants
10.45 - 11.15 	Networking Break (coffee)
11.15 - 13.00 	Session II: Policy and Regulatory Issues

Moderated panel discussion on policy and regulatory issues framing
enabling environment, including:
# existing barriers to infrastructure building and to providing low cost
(affordable) access
# Promoting competition and market development
# Institution and capacity building

Interactive discussion with Forum participants
13.15 - 14.30 	Working Lunch

Brief outline of the WSIS process
Brief outline of ICT Task Force activities by the Chairman of the Task
Force
14.45 - 16.00 	Session III: Finacing ICT for Development

# Moderated panel discussion on issues related to financing ICT for
development (ICTD), including: How to assess "adequacy" of financing?
# Conventional financing mechanisms: scope and effectiveness
# Changing roles of public, private and not-for-profit sectors
# Enhancing development impact of financing ICTD

Chair: UNDP
16.00 - 16.30 	Networking Break (coffee)

16.30 - 18.00 	Break-out Sessions

The break-out groups will focus on specific proposals that can advance
the enabling environment and promote investment in ICTs.

Areas of focus:

    Group 1: Policy and regulatory issues
    Group 2: New models for financing ICT for development
    Group 3: Promoting private sector investment and entrepreneurship
 
Saturday, 20 November
09.00 - 09.45 	Session IV: Reports on the Outcomes of the Breask-out
Sessions

Reports by moderators of the break-out groups
09.45 - 10.45 	Session V: The Way Ahead - Engaging Stakeholders

# Presentation of the experience of innovative partnerships Defining
areas of action and collaboration
# Engaging the stakeholders
10.45 - 11.15 	Networking Break (coffee)
11.15 - 12.15 	Session V: The Way Ahead - Engaging Stakeholders

Continued ...
12.15 - 12.30 	Closing Session

Chairperson's Summary