[WSIS CS-Plenary] Update on 23 June information sessions

[Rik Panganiban]

(Apologies if Renata sent this message out already.)

We are making the final preparations for the 23 June Civil Society information / strategy sessions in Hammamet.  They will take place in the "cinema" of the Medina Conference Centre.

As we understand it, everyone should be able to participate in the 23 June meeting, whether or not you are officially accredited.  No prior registration for the 23 June meeting is necessary.

Regards,

Rik Panganiban
Communications Coordinator
CONGO


On 21 juin 04, at 04:03, Rik Panganiban wrote:

Dear Colleagues / Chers Colleges,

Please find below the updated programme for the civil society orientation / information sessions planned for 23 June in Hammamet.  Note that Mr. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, has confirmed his participation in the meeting.

Veuillez trouver au-dessous du programme pour les sessions d'orientation/information a projetè pour 23 juin dans Hammamet. Notez que M. Shoji Nishimoto, Administrateur assistant et Directeur, Bureau for Development Policy, PNUD a confirmè son participation dans la reunion.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

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Civil Society Orientation Session

PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)

Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004


This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary background information on the WSIS Phase Two process thus far to ensure effective participation. It is open to government delegations, private sector, civil society and international organizations.

Program of Activities

Time:	Event:

10:00- 10:10	Welcome and Introduction
			Renate Bloem (President, CONGO)

10:10 - 11:00	WSIS Phase 2: Actors, Process and Structures
			Charles Geiger (Deputy Secretary General, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
			Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)

11:15 - 11:30 	Coffee Break	for Networking

11:30 - 12:00	WG on Internet Governance
			Markus Kummer (Head of Internet Governance Secretariat) tbc

			WG on Financing
			Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP


12:00 - 13:00 	Civil Society at WSIS
			Families and Bureau: Renate Bloem
			Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks
			Plenary: tba
			Caucuses: tba
			WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle

13:00 - 14 :30	Lunch for Networking

14:30 - 17:00	Strategies:
			Breakout Groups into Caucuses / Working Groups
			CS Bureau

17:00 - 18:00	Plenary	Groups report back

18:00 - 18:30	Plenary	Roadmap and Deliverables:
			Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary General, tbc

22:00		Hotel	Night-cap with Janis Karklins, Ambassador of Latvia and President elect to be of PrepCom




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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) 
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email: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
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