[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [WSIS THETHA] THETHA - "ICT Policy Organisations and Processes"

[djilali benamrane]

Dear Sean,
Thanks for you message and invitation.
Many of those who participated to the last SWIS Phase
Geneva in December 2003 have a lot to say on the lake
of reprentativity and visibility of civile society in
Geneva.
The domination of English has been underlined and
denounced by the official delegations at the end of
the Summit (Chineese, Spanish, Arabic and French).
As the second round of the Summit (Tunis 2005) will
take place in a French and arabic speaking country I
would like to know if your discussion will give place
to French speaking members, if not we will have to try
to promote our own discussion groups.
Best regards
Djilali
--- Sean Moroney <sean at aitecafrica.com> wrote:
> We would welcome input from this event into the
> Commonwealth
> Telecommunications Organisation conference on
> Implementing the WSIS Action
> Plan, to be held in Nairobi over 25-26 March. Full
> details are available at
> http://www.aitecafrica.com/Kenya/cto.htm
> 
> Sean Moroney
> sean at aitecafrica.com
> AITEC Exhibitions & Conferences
> 20 Wellington St, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 5AZ,
> UK
> Tel: +44-1480-495595 Fax: +44-1480-495596
> www.aitecafrica.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Barnard" <dbarnard at sangonet.org.za>
> To: "wsis" <wsis at lists.sn.apc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:00 AM
> Subject: [WSIS THETHA] THETHA - "ICT Policy
> Organisations and Processes"
> 
> 
> > THETHA - THE SANGONeT ICT DISCUSSION FORUM
> >
> > Organised by SANGONeT and the Open Knowledge
> Network
> >
> > "ICT Policy Organisations and Processes"
> >
> > 11 February 2004
> >
> > There are many official organisations and
> processes around policy on
> > Information & Communications Technology (ICT) -
> and it all can be quite
> > confusing for anyone who would like to become
> involved in these
> initiatives.
> >
> > Do you know your acronyms - PNC-ISAD, GCIS MPCC,
> USA,DoC, Convergence,
> > ICASA, WSIS, etc.?
> >
> > This meeting will seek to explain the range of
> national ICT organisations
> > and processes, and work towards a network for
> > sharing information between civil society
> organisations to become more
> > engaged in this regard. The aim is to exchange
> information, and if
> possible,
> > coordinate fuller involvement of civil society
> organisations in ICT
> > processes.
> >
> > The focus of the meeting will be based on the
> findings of a research
> project
> > which was funded by the Netherlands institute for
> Southern Africa (NiZA),
> > and coordinated by the Freedom of Expression
> Institute (FXI) and National
> > Community Radio Forum (NCRF).
> >
> > The meeting will also include feedback from the
> World Summit on the
> > Information Society (WSIS) which was held from
> 10-12
> > December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland.
> >
> > DATE: Wednesday, 11 February 2004
> > TIME: 09h00 - 13h00
> > VENUE: Classroom F, LINK Centre, Campus of Wits
> > Business School, cnr St Andrews & St Davids Road,
> Parktown,
> > Johannesburg.
> >
> > Background documentation will be circulated to
> interested organisations.
> >
> > This meeting forms part of Thetha - The SANGONeT
> ICT  Discussion Forum,
> and
> > is organised in conjunction with the Open
> > Knowledge Network (OKN).
> >
> > If you are interested in participating in this
> Thetha, please contact
> Malefu
> > Thibedi at SANGONeT before 9 February 2004 on:
> >
> > Tel: (011) 403-4935 / E-mail:
> malefut at sangonet.org.za or
> > thetha at sangonet.org.za
> >
> > Participation in the Thetha is free of charge.
> >
> > For more information on Thetha - The SANGONeT ICT
> Discussion Forum, please
> > visit the SANGONeT website at -
> > http://www.sangonet.org.za
> >
> > For more information on the Open Knowledge Network
> (OKN), please visit -
> > http://www.openknowledge.net
> >
> > "Come Thetha with us"
> >
> >
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Djilali Benamrane : dbenamrane at yahoo.com
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