[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: Draft Roadmap for Second Summit PhaseAvailable

[richard t jordan]

--Hi, I will be posting this same messge on the wsis-online debate shortly, but thought to share with this list.

There would be one way to begin to address issues not only of internet governance, but also of private sector participation at the UN (post-Zedillo panel report just issued this week), NGO access issues and the internet working group.

It's a very practical solution, and even one of the working rooms at WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) is set up similarly.

At UN Headquarters in New York -- and one of the UN's ICT partners, e.g., Cisco or Markle Foundation copuld assist -- there is one room that currently could be "reconfigured" slightly to make it into a totally interactive room where civil society, private sector and Member States could participate on a full and equal basis, along with experts and persons worldwide, to work on solutions to problems of the, how to term it, "global commons."

Room 8, a small room, is configured in the shape of a horseshoe. Similar to the WIPO room, also horseshoe-shaped, place a computer at each place around the table. Enable experts to sit around the sides -- there are currently about 35-50 seats on the sides -- with outlets for laptops, and engage in seminars and ongoing working groups to solve problems, with the participation of others worldwide.

Have a couple of persons, gender balanced, North-South or East-West balanced, take questions/replies and relay them to those working.

It could be a way to break down barriers and enable solutions to arise, with the participation of academics and others worldwide.

Just a thought. Of course, with word that the SG's phone had been tapped, perhaps we should begin again!

Richrd Jordan

--------- Original Message ---------

DATE: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 08:18:00
From: Ralf Bendrath <ralf.bendrath at sfb597.uni-bremen.de>
To: 
Cc: plenary at wsis-cs.org

>Hi,
>
>Adam Peake wrote:
>
>> Is this  document an exact copy (PDF format of a MS word file?) of an
>> official document from the Tunis meeting?
>Yes. It is based on an older (and less complex) version from the ITU,
>see 
><http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/Geneva_04/Tunis-RoadMap.doc>.
>
>> (if it's just a diagram based on Robert's notes, 
>No, it is the actual file they printed it from in Tunis. :-)
>
>> >See the Draft Roadmap:
>> >http://www.worldsummit2003.de/download_en/Draft-Roadmap-to-Tunis-3-2004.pdf
>
>But this is all still drafts, no decisions taken yet. 
>That will be done at PrepCom 1, probably in June/July, maybe even in
>Geneva again.
>
>Best, Ralf
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