[WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Briefing yesterday in New York

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear colleagues,

Apparently DPI in New York is organizing an NGO briefing on Feb 12 on 
the WSIS as well.  I believe its at 10am in the Dag Hammerskjald 
auditorium.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
WFM

On Friday, January 9, 2004, at 05:15 PM, Bahiyyih Chaffers wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> The United Nations Association-USA had a briefing yesterday in New 
> York on
> the WSIS entitled "The WSIS: What happened and Where Do We Go From 
> Here?"
> Participants included UN staff, government reps and NGO reps.
>
> It was interesting to hear the different views of whether WSIS was a
> success.  Some put forward that the Summit was a success as it is the 
> first
> time that the use of information technology for development has been 
> put on
> the map and an agenda is now set to address the issues globally.  
> Others
> expressed distress about the political wrangling that took place and
> wondered whether it would be possible to turn things around for Tunis.
>
> What was clear is that it is critical to spend more time reflecting on 
> our
> experience.  What would be constructive would be to assess what were 
> the
> achievements and challenges during the Summit process.  Once we have an
> understanding of where there was success, we can focus on how to 
> strengthen
> those areas and how to adjust for the weak spots.
>
> What is incredibly empowering about the experience is the realization 
> that
> it is just part of the learning process of learning to work together 
> as a
> global community.  The process needs to be challenging to force us to 
> learn
> from each other and find common ground.
>
> Warm wishes for the New Year,
>
> Bahiyyih Chaffers
> --
> Representative to the United Nations
> Baha'i International Community
> United Nations Office, New York
>
>
> P.s  This new journal looks interesting!
>
> Subject: Information Technologies and International Development
> Quarterly - WSIS
>
> After the first phase of the WSIS (World Summit on the Information 
> Society,
> Dec.10-12, 2003 in Geneva),  a new initiative has been launched :
>
> Information Technologies and International Development will be the 
> premier
> journal in its field, focusing on the intersection of information and
> communication technologies (ICT) with international development. It 
> aims to
> create a networked community of leading thinkers and strategists to 
> discuss
> the critical issues of ICT and development, an epistemic community that
> crosses disciplines (especially technologists and social scientists),
> national boundaries, and the North and South hemispheres. The audience 
> for
> Information Technologies and International Development will come from
> academia, the private sector, NGOs, and government.
>
> It will attract readers interested in the "other four billion" - the 
> share
> of the world population
> whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely
> considered in the design of new information technologies. The journal 
> will
> be informative, lively, and provocative. The MIT Press will publish 
> this
> exciting new quarterly periodical from Fall 2003.
>
> For the Special Call for Papers on this  World Summit in Reflection, 
> go to :
> http://mitpress.mit.edu/ITID   or contact for add'l info:  Ernest 
> Wilson :
> ejw at itid.umd.edu
>
>
>
>
>
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