[WSIS THETHA] Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] asking for little help

Thu Jan 8 15:28:19 GMT 2004

Claudia:

Here's links i could find on the  Indigenous IS Forum held in geneva...

WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY  The Global Forum of Indigenous 
Peoples and the Information Society  8 ? 11 December  Geneva

Final report available at:
<http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/pfii/PFII3/documents/FinalReportUNSPFII200
3.pdf>

regards

Robert

--On Thursday, January 8, 2004 1:16 PM +0100 Claudia Padovani 
<claudia.padovani at unipd.it> wrote:

> Ciao to all and best wishes for the new year.
> As I keep going with my content analysis work on WSIS documents, I am
> trying to find the different Declarations that were mentioned in the
> Closing sesssion in Geneva (on the 12th afternoon). As only the Civil
> Society Declaration of Dec 8th is available from the official website,
> what about Lyon, the indigenous people, and disabled people? I would
> be grateful if somebody could forward to me those texts: interesting
> to see how many voices (and faces) civil society has brought into the
> process... and maybe get some insights on how to be effective towards
> Tunis.
> thanks
> claudia padovani
> Department of Historical and Political Studies
> University of Padova
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Oleg Petrov, Nadia Afrin, John Daly and Rafael Hernandez"
> <opetrov at worldbank.org>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:45 AM
> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] [WSIS THETHA] [DG ICT for Development]
> Special Feature on the World Summit on the Information Society and the
> Role of ICT in Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
>
>
>> Dear Members of the ICT for Development community on the Gateway!
>>
>> The first meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society
>> (WSIS)
> took
>> place in Geneva on December 10-12, 2003, and discussed mechanisms for
>> harnessing the potential of Information and Communications Technology
> (ICT)
>> to promote the development goals of the Millennium Declaration,
>> through cooperative efforts among the donor community, the private
>> sector and government. It also sought to chart a path towards the
>> Summit?s second phase, scheduled for 2005 in Tunis, as outlined in
>> its draft plan of
> action.
>> The Summit is an important event, symbolizing the recognition by the
> global
>> community of the role ICT can play in social and economic development
>> and the reduction of poverty. The Millennium Development Goals,
>> sanctioned at the UN Millennium Summit in September 2000 and ratified
>> by countries
> around
>> the world, set ambitious targets for improving people?s lives in the
>> developing world, and policy makers are increasingly realizing the
> potential
>> of ICT in furthering their progress towards these targets.
>>
>> + See the Declaration of Principles from WSIS:
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_single-en-1161.asp
>>
>> + Review the Plan of Action from the WSIS:
>> http://www.itu.int/wsis/documents/doc_single-en-1160.asp
>>
>> DG ICT4D editorial team has produced a comprehensive special feature
>> on
> ICT
>> and the Millennium Development Goals in support of WSIS, and of the
> message
>> it seeks to deliver to the world.
>>
>> + See all the materials here: http://www.developmentgateway.org/ICT or
>> directly at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/sdm/docview?docid=815843
>>
>> The Development Gateway in partnership with Computer Professionals for
>> Social Responsibility organized a videoconference on December 11, on
>> the topic ?Geneva and Beyond: Operationalizing Recommendations of the
>> World Summit on the Information Society to help achieve the Millennium
> Development
>> Goals?. The videoconference connected  16 sites in 8 countries from 7
>> regions, over 250  participants, and spanned 14 time zones from Sri
>> Lanka
> to
>> Silicon Valley, and allowed civil society representatives from
>> developing and transition countries to connect with Summit attendees
>> in Geneva.  The participating sites were from India, Lebanon, Mexico
>> (8 sites), Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, and in the USA - Santa
>> Clara, and Washington, D.C. The videoconference began with the
>> introduction of participating
> sites
>> and Mohamed Muhsin's (World Bank Vice-President and CIO) welcoming
> remarks.
>> It was followed by several brief presentations delivered by Carlos
>> Braga, Senior Adviser, International Trade Department, World Bank;
>> Nagy Hanna, Senior Advisor, ISG, World Bank; Manju Haththotuwa, CEO,
>> Sri Lanka ICT Agency; Tatiana Ershova, Exeutive Director, Institute
>> for Information Society Development - Russia; and Ernest Wilson,
>> Professor, University of Maryland and others. The discussions focused
>> on the role of the donor community, how to operationalize the
>> e-development agenda, the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships,
>> e-leadership in operationalizing WSIS, and Sri Lanka's comprehensive
>> approach to e-development. The meeting was also broadcast live
>> through the Development Gateway website and an online discussion
>> component allowed webcast viewers from around the world to
> engage
>> in the discussion by posting questions for speakers in Geneva.   Look
>> out for our special feature on the videoconference (including video
>> clips, photos and summary of discussion) as part of WSIS follow-up
>> highlight in
> the
>> upcoming weeks.
>>
>> + You can learn more about it at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/221947/WSIS-Invitation.doc
>>
>> John Daly, one of our editors, has produced a series of essays over
>> the
> last
>> several months on the role of ICT in meeting each of the Goals. These
>> are compiled in our first feature into a monograph-length
>> presentation titled ?Information and Communications Technology
>> Applied to the Millennium Development Goals.?
>>
>> + Read John's essay at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/sdm/docview?docid=840982
>>
>> The World Bank is currently testing an e-Development framework which
>> moves beyond the incorporation of ICT segments in sector specific
>> projects, towards e-development projects that achieve synergies by
>> coordinated ICT investments in a number of sectors. Nagy Hanna,
>> Senior Advisor of e-Development at the World Bank, in an interview
>> with our editors,
> describes
>> the e-Development approach and relates it to WSIS and MDGs.
>>
>> + Read it at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/sdm/docview?docid=840917
>>
>> + Review our collection of WSIS, ICT and MDG Links:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/222180/MDG_Links_revised.h
>> tm
>>
>> + See DG Knowledge Base on WSIS:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.com/ict/browser/?keyword_list=481411
>>
>> +  Link to DG WSIS cross-topic special:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.com/node/130685/special/wsis
>>
>> + Upcoming special features: ICT in Korea, ICT in Sri Lanka, WSIS
> Follow-up.
>> Feel free to contribute!
>>
>> + Note from our advisor Mr. Ichiro Tambo:
>>
>> "The OECD has produced an updated version of the "Donor Information
>> and Communication Technology Strategies Matrix"  this is a follow up
>> to the February 2001 and February 2003 versions. The Matrix presents
>> the latest information on how bilateral and multilateral donors have
>> mainstreamed
> ICTs
>> in their development assistance programmes in order to more
>> effectively
> and
>> efficiently achieve development goals, particularly the Millennium
>> Development Goals(MDGs). This updated version was contributed to the
>> World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) process as a collaborative
>> input from the development community. A CD-ROM containing this Matrix
>> and other
> related
>> documents was distributed during the WSIS and Summit events. This
>> CD-ROM will also be available free of charge through our website
>> www.oecd.org/dac/ict. We believe that this Matrix contains invaluable
>> information on donor programmes  and it needs to be shared with a
>> wider audience. With best wishes, Ichiro. Advisor on Science &
>> Technology, Development Co-operation Directorate, OECD. Email
>> ichiro.tambo at oecd.org"
>>
>> + See the Matrix at:
>> http://www.developmentgateway.org/download/220519/Fullmatrix.pdf
>>
>> +  ICT for Health : A Survey of Activities and Opportunities in
>> Eurasia In his feature article contributed to the ICT for Development
>> community on the Gateway, one of our advisors, Mark Storey, a Program
>> Officer at the American International Health Alliance (AIHA), argues
>> that "over the past decade information and communication technology
>> (ICT), in particular the advent of the Internet, has presented new
>> opportunities and models for health professionals to access the most
>> current information and update
> their
>> skills?especially in countries where economic and financial conditions
> have
>> prevented medical libraries from maintaining subscriptions to
>> journals.
> This
>> article will survey many of the ways that ICT can potentially impact
> health,
>> drawing upon several specific examples from the Eurasia (here,
>> referring
> to
>> the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
>> Union)." Date: Dec. 2003.
>>
> http://www.developmentgateway.org/ict/dg-contribute/item-detail?item_i
> d=3727
>> 83&version_id=225719
>>
>> +  CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: PETERSBERG PRIZE FOR ICT AND DEVELOPMENT -
>> Nominate the individual or organization that has had the greatest
>> impact
> in
>> the field of ICT for development for the 100,000 Euro Petersberg
>> Prize. Nominations are due by February 1 for the Prize, announced
>> earlier this
> year
>> at the Development Gateway's inaugural Forum in Petersberg/Bonn,
>> Germany. The Prize will be awarded at the second annual Development
>> Gateway Forum,
> in
>> 2004. For full information, rules, and nomination forms, please visit
>> www.dgfoundation.org/prize
>>
>> Our Editorial Team would like to wish our members
>>
>> A Very Happy New Year!!!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Oleg Petrov, Nadia Afrin, John Daly and Rafael Hernandez
>>
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