[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: Note CS Bureau - 5 February]

Sun Feb 8 15:43:52 GMT 2004

Please read below this message in French
Beatriz
Congratulations.
Thanks to Fondation du devenir and unfortunately not
to our so called CS representatives in Tunis, we are
better informed on discussions with Tunisian
Government on the Summit preparation.
I agree with the 3 first and general conditions :
 - global scope and independence
 - transparency in information flows
 - efficiency in practical organisation
Concerning the fourth proposal,i thnik that Tunisia
who is not a rich country has not to support alone the
cost of CS participation. Wwe must plead and act for a
budget and mobilize resources from Un Organizations
and rich Governments and countries.
We must open the list and add conditions when we will
agree, especially with contributions from Tunisian SC
on other suitable conditions.
I would like to add some item requiring the solidarity
of international CS before begging Governments and UN
Agencies :
- support from International CS solidarity for opening
one or more free access to Internet and list and group
discussions and support for organization in each poor
country a national precom for Tunis Summit.
- mobilization and sensitizing rurale population, even
by rurale radios on the Tunis Summit challenges, 
- Free and independant CS participation to meetings,
events  and to the Summit and for that availability of
independant resources.
- use of non English languages (as French, Arabic,
Spanish, Portuguese, and so) so long as the Summit is
not the Summit of the only English speaking
populations.
The Tunis Government should be required to make
available Free visa to participants to the Summit
Events and the University permises to receive Sc
Participant coming from poor countries.
All the best
Djilali
Chère Beatriz
Décidement, mille félicitation pour cette information
précieuse venant de la Fondation du devenir et non de
nos soi disant représentants à Tunis, ils jouissent
d'une rente de situation et de pratiques peu
transparentes héritées de la phase préparatoire de
Genève)
Je suis d'accord avec les 3 premiers point des
conditions vagues et générale retenues : 
- approche globale et independance ;
- transparence dans le flux d'informations ;
- efficience dans les pratiques d'organisation ;
le 4ème point me semble discutable pour imputer au
seul Gouvernement tunisien (pays pauvre) la charge de
la participation de la société civile.
Nous devrions ouvrir une liste sur les conditions
supplémentaires que nous pourrions convenir de
préférence avec la société civile tunisienne.
Je voudrai ajouter aussi quelques points qui relève
davantage d'un impératif de solidarité dans la société
civile mondiale SCMavant d'aller quémander aux
gouvernements, aux agences onusiennes et au secteur
privé.
- soutien de la SCM pour l'ouverture d'un accès ou
plus, gratuit dans les pays pauvres pour que les
jeunes, les femmes et les populations rurales puisse
être informées et impliquées des enjeux du Sommet et
appui à l'organisation dans chaque pays pauvre d'un
PRECOM national.
- sensibilisation et mobilisation même par les réseaux
de radios rurales communautaires des populations
rurales pour recuillir leurs préoccupations.
- participations libres et indépendante des sociétés
civiles aux réunions, manifestations et au Sommet de
Tunis.
- l'utilisation d'autres langues que l'Englais tant il
est vrai que le sommet n'est pas celui des seules
populations Anglophones.
Le Gouvernement tunisien devrait être à même de donner
gratuitement des visa d'entrée en Tunisie pour les
participants aux réunions et au Sommet ; il devrait
aussi rendre disponibles les installations des
étudiants pour loger les représentants de la société
civile provenant des pays pauvres.
Amitiés
Djilali

--- Beatriz Busaniche <beatriz at maxmedia.com.ar> wrote:
> Hello
> for those interested in civil society bureau
> activities, i forwar this
> information from the Foundation Du Devenir.
> (sorry, just english and french)
> 
> Para aquellos interesados en las actividades de la
> oficina de sociedad
> civil, les reenvio esta inforamción de Fundación del
> Devenir.
> (disculpen, solo en inglés y francés)
> saludos!
> Beatriz
> 
> 
> 
> -----Mensaje reenviado-----
> 
> From: Liliane Ursache <liliane.ursache at fdd.org>
> To: bureau at geneva2003.org
> Subject: Note CS Bureau - 5 February
> Date: 05 Feb 2004 18:00:27 +0100
> 
> ENGLISH // FRENCH
> 
> 
> Dear Members of the Bureau,
> 
> Following our latest note to the CS Bureau, we are
> now in a position to
> share some elements of information hereafter:
> 
> 1. Strategy for WSIS Phase II
> 
> During the month of January, a number of discussions
> were held between
> Mr. Utsumi and the Tunisian Minister of
> Communications on the expected
> outputs for Phase II and the process through which
> to achieve them. The
> ITU sees the Phase II as an implementation phase of
> the Geneva Plan of
> Action and would like the Tunis Summit to review
> implementation, as well
> as report on the two Working Groups to be
> established by Kofi Annan on
> 1) Internet governance and 2) Financial mechanisms.
> Kofi Annan has not
> yet established the two Working Groups and we have
> no indication that
> this will be done in the near future.
> 
> On 26-27 February, the ITU will organise an ITU
> meeting for its own
> members on Internet governance. This will take place
> outside the WSIS
> process. Invitations to non ITU members are at the
> discretion of the ITU.
> 
> The Tunisians for their part, envisage the output of
> the Summit as being
> of a more political nature, in order to give good
> reasons to the Heads
> of States to attend the Summit. They would like the
> process to focus on
> Thematic Conferences and Regional Action Plans.
> 
> The overall strategy for Phase II, the steps to be
> taken, the
> compatibility of ITU and Tunisian visions, all this
> is still very vague.
> 
> 2. Inter-governmental Bureau
> 
> The ambassadors in Geneva are consulting to form the
> Inter-governmental
> Bureau for Phase II. Some countries would like to
> remain in the Bureau,
> others want to join. The overall number should not
> be modified. The
> final composition and selection of a new chairperson
> could take place in
> February/March.
> 
> 3. Work plan: future meetings
> 
> Tunisia will organise a brainstorming session on 4-5
> March in Hammamet
> (Tunisia). They are considering inviting members of
> the two Bureaus and
> representatives of business groups. The invitation,
> however, does not
> include the travel costs of CS Bureau members.
> 
> The 1st Prepcom of Phase II will take place either
> at end of April
> (Tunisia proposal) or beginning of July (ITU
> proposal). In both cases
> the Prepcom would take place in Tunisia.
> 
> 4. Involvement of civil society in Phase II
> 
> Our Civil Society Division team has had several
> meetings with the
> Tunisian Ambassador in Geneva and, last week, with
> the Minister of
> Communications and his team. We put forward that if
> the civil society is
> to be adequately prepared for Phase II, some basic
> conditions should be
> fulfilled. This includes:
> 
> - global scope and independence
> - transparency in information flows
> - efficiency in practical organisation
> - human and financial means, including sufficient
> means to organise
> meetings, participate in thematic conferences,
> Prepcoms and CS Bureau
> meetings
> 
> The reaction of the Tunisian authorities was
> positive in theory.
> However, they have taken no tangible steps, and have
> made no formal
> commitment to fulfilling these conditions. Based on
> this, we feel that
> it is in the interest of civil society that the
> basic requirements above
> be met formally before concrete steps are taken to
> involve civil society
> in Phase II.
> 
> Various very interesting initiatives have been
> planned by a number of
> civil society groups. We would like to make sure
> that time and energy
> dedicated to this process can bear concrete result
> within the WSIS Phase
> II and in the interest of civil society at large.
> 
> We would be grateful if you could share your
> reactions and perspectives
> on these issues. In the meantime, we will continue
> the dialogue with the
> ITU and with the Tunisian authorities, and will keep
> you informed of any
> significant developments that may arise.
> 
> For the moment, our team has moved at the following
> address:
> 
> Fondation du Devenir
> 5 chemin Edouard Tavan
> CH 1206 Geneva
> Tel : 41 22 789 53 80
> Fax : 41 22 789 53 82
> 
> E-mails:
> 
> Alain Clerc : alain.clerc at fdd.org
> Louise Lassonde: louise.lassonde at fdd.org
> Liliane Ursache : liliane.ursache at fdd.org
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> Very best wishes,
> 
> Alain, Louise, Liliane
> 
> 
> **************************************************
> Chers membres du Bureau,
> 
> Suite à notre dernière note au Bureau SC, nous
> sommes actuellement plus
> à même de vous fournir quelques éléments
> dinformation ci-après:
> 
> 5. Stratégie pour la Phase II du SMSI
> 
> Au mois de janvier, quelques discussions ont eu lien
> entre Utsumi et le
> Ministre tunisien des communications, sur les
> résultats attendus de la
> Phase II et sur les processus à travers lesquels y
> parvenir. LUIT
> considère la Phase II comme la phase de mise en
> Suvre du Plan daction
> de Genève, et souhaite que le Sommet de Tunis puisse
> passer en revue
> cette mise en Suvre, ainsi que le travail des deux
> groupes de travail
> établis par Kofi Annan sur 1) la gouvernance de
> lInternet et 2) les
> mécanismes financiers. Pour linstant ces deux
> groupes nont pas encore
> été mis en place et nous navons pas dindications
> sur les prochains
> développements .
> 
> 
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