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

[Sean Moroney]

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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