[WSIS CS-Plenary] RE: Info for WSIS Phase 2
Adam Peake
ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Wed Feb 4 08:43:13 GMT 2004
Dear Djilali,
The list of invited experts is online at
<http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/forum/intgov04/experts.html> Note,
invited as individual experts, not as civil society.
We do not know how selections were made, the ITU is presenting the
workshop as an internal event, they give justification for this in
the workshop announcement,
<http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/forum/intgov04/index.html>. But, if you
look back through email to the plenary list, you will see some
discussion of this (there was much more on the Internet governance
caucus list), see email around the last week of January and notes by
Wolfgang Kleinwächter, William (Bill) Drake, YJ Park, Richard Jordan
and myself.
Bill even asked if anyone from the Plenary would like to attend the
workshop, if so the caucus was considering how to submit names. No
takers at the time. And seeing the latest ITU announcement (above),
it looks hard to add a person now. It is an expert meeting, so there
is no point in someone just attending to be civil society, and there
is no money to support travel, etc.
Active members of the civil society caucus invited to the workshop
are Wolfgang, Izumi Aizu (note Wolfgang and Izumi not yet listed on
the site, but have received their invitations), Bill Drake, Bertrand
de La Chapelle, Vittorio Bertola and Milton Mueller. I think most on
the plenary list will be familiar with these names, except perhaps
Milton who joined for the Summit. All the others have been active
participants from the earliest prepcoms. (for info, I believe both
RIPE and W3C are accredited as civil society in WSIS, perhaps also
the Berkman Center.)
Hope this helps.
And I hope anyone interested will please join the Internet governance
caucus list:
<https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance>,
<mailto:governance-request at lists.cpsr.org?subject=subscribe>
Many thanks,
Adam
>Dear Adam
>Thanks for the information... it was time to be
>informed on who is invited to ITU February meeting and
>how the selection has been made.
>I trust you when you said that we (civil society i
>expect) are well covered.
>Can you explain why we are obliged to accept such
>things when we did not agree with the selection of CS
>speakers in Geneva ?
>When are we going to take our responsability...
>If you continue to accept such a practice you are
>taking the responsability to enhance the preparation
>of a counter Summit. Is it what we are aiming ?
>Cher Adam
>Merci pour l'information .... il Ètait temps qu'on
>soit informÈ sur qui a ÈtÈ invitÈ ý la prochaine
>rÈunion de l'UIT et comment la sÈlection a ÈtÈ faite.
>Je vous crois quand vous dite que nous (sociÈtÈ civile
>?) sommes bien couverts.
>Pouvez vous nous indiquer pourquoi on accepterait
>pareilles choses lorsque nous avons marquÈ notre
>opposition ý la nommination des spaeakers de la Sc au
>Sommet de GenËve ?
>Quand prendrions nous nos responsabilitÈ car si nons
>continuons sur la mÍme voie nous prenons la
>responsabilitÈ de crÈer les conditions pour le
>dÈmarrage de la prÈparation d'un contre sommet ý
>Tunis.
>Estce que c'est cela que nous visons ,
>Djilali
>--- Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:
>> John, see
>>
><http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/forum/intgov04/index.html>
>>
>> Experts have been selected. Quite a number from the
>> Internet
>> Governance caucus: Wolfgang, Bill, Izumi, Bertrand,
>> Vittorio
>> Bertola, Milton Mueller. ITU made the selections,
>> not civil society.
>> But we are well covered. I don't want to re-hash a
>> long email
>> discussion, check the governance caucus lists for
>> all the detail.
>> Please check with the caucus before asking ITU to
>> attend
>> <https://ssl.cpsr.org/mailman/listinfo/governance>.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:06 AM -0500 2/3/04, John R. Gagain Jr. wrote:
>> >Renata,
>> >
>> >Does either you, Wolfgang, Bill Blake, YJ, or
>> anyone have any information on
>> >the 26-27 February ITU meeting? I will be in
> > Geneva.
> > >
> > >Sincerely,
> > >
> > >John R. Gagain Jr.
> > >Think Tank Focal Point
> > >WSIS Civil Society Bureau
> > >World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
> > >Representative to International Organizations
>> >FundaciÛn Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE)
>> >
>> >Calle Capit·n Eugenio de Marchena, No. 26
>> >Ensanche La Esperilla
>> >Santo Domingo, Rep™blica Dominicana
>> >
>> >Tel.: 809.685.9966 Ext. 2201
>> >Fax: 212-898-1115
>> >
>> >Email: j.gagain at funglode.org
>> >Web: http://www.funglode.org
>> >
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: bureau-request at geneva2003.org
>> >[mailto:bureau-request at geneva2003.org]On Behalf Of
>> Renata BLOEM
>> >Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 11:20 AM
>> >To: CS Bureau; CS Plenary
>> >Cc: Sheila Bordier; Isolda Agazzi; Rik Panganiban
>> >Subject: Info for WSIS Phase 2
>> >
>> >
>> >voir Francais en-bas
>> >
>> >
>> >Dear all,
>> >
>> >For your information, I received a call on Friday
>> (30 February) to meet with
>> >the Tunesian Minister of Communication Technologies
>> and Transport, Mr. Sadok
>> >Rabah, who was here in Geneva to meet with his
>> Swiss Government
>> >Counterparts, with Mr Uzumi, also with members of
>> the Secretariat to give a
>> >boost to relance the process towards Tunesia 2005.
>> (In this context the ITU
>> >meeting, 26-27 February is, as many of you pointed
> > already out, an internal
>> >technical ITU w-shop to feed into the UN ICT Task
>> Force Open Forum in New
>> >York, 25-27 March, on Internet Governance and not
> > directly part of the WSIS
>> >2 preparatory process. However, it will determine
>> by its outcome the
>> >appointment of the IG WG by the Secretay General)
>> >
>> >The Tunesian Minister wanted to inform us about
>> some of the preparatory
>> >steps envisioned and at the same time to ensure us
>> that his government wants
>> >the full participation of Civil Society in the
>> whole process.
>> >
>> >The first step will be an informal meeting with all
>> stakeholders, scheduled
>> >for 4-5 March, to be held in Tunesia to brainstorm
>> on the process and added
>> >value of WSIS phase 2. Following this meeting would
>> come a more formal
>> >meeting to prepare for the first PrepCom. Dates
>> for this more formal
>> >meeting are not yet set. Mentioned were end
>> April,end May or beginning of
>> >July. For the first meeting he wanted at least the
>> CS Bureau to attend.
>> >
>> >But now comes the crux: Tunesia has the capacity to
>> help with all
>> >infrastructure inside of Tunesia, would also help
>> e.g. to set up logistics
>> >for CS if they wanted to hold a preparatory meeting
>> on 3 March to develop
>> >strategies. But they do not have funds for travel,
>> nor the ability to
>> >transfer anything out of the country, to let any
>> stakeholder, including CS
>> >come to Tunesia.
>> >
>> >On another point he told me that that his
>> Government would appoint two
>> >Tunesian delegates to be part of the Secretariat
>> for CS. When I asked if
>> >they could not continue to work with Alain and
>> Louise, he said they would
>> >if somebody else would finance them, meaning if
>> this would happen they would
>> >then have 4 CSDs. (The financing of the CSD has
>> just come to an end here as
>> >of 31 January)
>> >
>> >In short: CS is welcomed (and to my question also
>> with critical voices) but
>> >has to look for its own means.
>> >
>> >CONGO will organize a Briefing on WSIS 1 and Phase
>> 2 shortly. I will keep
>> >you informed.
>> >
>> >With best regards,
>> >
>> >Renate Bloem
>> >President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Chers collËgues et amis,
>> >
>> >Pour votre information, j'ai reÁu un coup de
>> tÈlÈphone vendredi (30
>> >fÈvrier)me demandant de rencontrer le Ministre
>> tunisien des technologies de
>> >l'information et des transports, M. Sadok Rabah,
>> qui Ètait ý GenËve pour
>> >une rencontre avec ses homologues du gouvernement
>> suisse, avec M. Uzumi et
>> >d'autres membres du SecrÈtariat pour relancer le
>> processus portant ý
>> >Tunisie 2005. (Dans ce contexte, la rencontre de
>> l'UIT du 26 - 27 fÈvrier
>> >est, comme nombre d'entre vous l'ont dÈjý fait
>> remarquer, un sÈminaire
>> >technique interne de l'UIT censÈ donner un input ý
>> l'ICT Task Force Open
>> >Forum de l'ONU, qui se tiendra ý New York du 25 au
> > 27 mars, sur la
>> >gouvenance d'internet et il ne fait pas directement
> > partie du processus
>> >prÈparatoire du SMSI phase 2. Cependant, son issue
>> sera la nomination du
>> >groupe de travail intergouvernemental par le
>> SecrÈtaire gÈnÈral).
>> >
>> >Le ministre tunisien voulait nous donner quelques
>> informations sur quelques
>> >ÈlÈments prÈparatoire et en mÍme temps nous
>> rassurer sur le fait que son
>> >gouvernement veut bien la participation de la
>> sociÈtÈ civile dans tout le
>> >processus.
>> >
>> >Le premier pas sera une rÈunion informelle de tous
>> les concernÈs, prÈvue
>> >pour le 4 - 5 mars ý Tunis pour discuter des issues
>> possibles du SMSI phase
>> >2. AprËs cette rÈunion il y en aura une autre, plus
>> formelle, de
>> >prÈparation pour la premiËre Prepcom. Les dates de
>> cette rÈunion plus
>> >formelle ne sont pas encore fixÈes, mais on a
>> mentionnÈ fin avril, fin mai
>> >ou dÈbut juin. Pour la premiËre rÈunion il aimerait
>> qu'au moins le Bureau
>> >SC participe.
>> >
>> >Mais maintenant vient le point important: la
>> Tunisie peut aider avec toute
>> >l'infrastructure nÈcessaire ý l'intÈrieur de la
>> Tunisie, et ils aideraient
>> >par exemple aussi ý mettre sur pied
>> l'infrastructure nÈcessaire pour la
> > >sociÈtÈ civile si celle-ci souhaitait tenir une
>> rÈunion
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>
>
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