[WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Civil Society Bureau - March 2004

Sat Mar 20 17:13:51 GMT 2004

For the benefit of the plenary, below is the most current details and 
contact points for the Civil Society Bureau.

WSIS Civil Society Bureau

Last revised: March 20, 2004
Most up to-date version available at: 
<http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CS_Bureau>

Description of Civil Society Bureau PDF (42.29 Kb)
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The WSIS context is tripartite: it seeks to create an exchange 
platform between governments, civil society (CS) and the private 
sector. Civil society actively participated in WSIS PrepCom 1, held 
in September 2002 in Geneva and in all the regional WSIS meetings. 
Since then, the number of participating and contributing civil 
society entities is continuously widening. The great diversity of 
civil society, the large number of organizations it comprises and the 
vast array of interests and perspectives it holds, require the 
setting up of a civil society mechanism that can ensure optimum 
representation in all aspects of the WSIS process.

To respond to this need, a Civil Society Bureau has been created 
during PrepCom 2. The role of this Bureau is to facilitate civil 
society participation in the Summit. As a facilitating body, the 
Bureau addresses questions linked to procedure, leaving content 
related issues up to caucuses and thematic working groups. As of 21 
February 2003, the CS Bureau is comprised of various "families" that 
are seen to represent different constituencies within global civil 
society.

Each family has an organizational focal point, whose role it is to 
inform the family about updates regarding the evolution of the WSIS 
preparation and to facilitate input from various family members into 
the overall process.

  Full contact Information for focal points - 
http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_FP_ContactList

Familiy Focal Points

Education, Academia and Research

Contact organization: Centro de Teletrabajo y Teleformación de la 
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Focal Point: Beatriz Busaniche (busaniche at caminandoutopias.org.ar)
Alternate: Divina Frau Meigs (meigs at wanadoo.fr)
  2nd Alternate: Francis Muguet (muguet at mdpi.org)
Website: www.caminandoutopias.org.ar

Science and technology community

Contact organisation: WFEO; ICSU.
Focal Point: WFEO, Mr. Kamel Ayadi (cic at coi-tn.org)
Alternate: ICSU:Mr. Carthage Smith (carthage at icsu.org)
Website: http://www.wfeo.org and http://www.icsu.org

  Media

Contact organization: World Press Freedom Committee
Focal Point: Tracey Naughton (t.naughton at iafrica.com)
Alternate: Rony Koven (rkoven at compuserve.com)
Third contact point: Jacques Briquemont (briquemont at ebu.ch)
Wbsite: http://www.wpfc.org

Creators and promoters of culture

Contact organization: International Federation of Library 
Associations (IFLA), International Publishers Association (IPA)
Focal Point: IPA, Alexis Krikorian (krikorian at ipa-uie.org)
  Alternate: IFLA, Ross Shimmon (ross.shimmon at ifla.nl)
Website: http://www.ifla.org, http://www.ipa-uie.org

Cities and Local Authorities

Contact organization: World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on 
the Information Society
Focal Point: Veronique Kleck (info at cities-lyon.org)
Alternate: Pierre Alain Muet
Website: http://www.cities-lyon.org

Trade Unions

Contact Organization: Union Network International (UNI)
Focal Point: Mrs. Alke Boessiger (alke.boessiger at union-network.org)
Alternate: Mr. Neil Anderson (neil.anderson at union-network.org)
  Website: http://www.union-network.org

NGOs

Contact organization: Conference Of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO)
Focal Point: Renate Bloem (rbloem at ngocongo.org)
Alternate: Bineta Diop, (congo at ngocongo.org; or info at fas.org).
  Website: http://www.ngocongo.org, http://www.prepcom.net/wsis

Youth

Contact organization: TakingITglobal
Focal Points: Nick Moraitis (nick at takingitglobal.org)
Alternate: Alex Fielding (alex at takingitglobal.org)
Website: http://www.ycdo.net/wsis

Gender

Contact organization: WSIS Gender Caucus
Focal Point: Berni Vigano (bvigano at genderwsis.org)
Alternate: Nish Matenjwa
  Website: http://www.genderwsis.org

Volunteers

Contact organization: International Conference Volunteers
Focal Point: Viola Krebs (viola at icvolunteers.org)
Alternate: Charlotte Biedermann (charlotte at icvolunteers.org)
Website: http://www.worldwidevolunteer.org, 
http://www.icvolunteers.org, http://www.cev.be

Indigenous Peoples

Contact organization: Indigenous Media Network
Focal Point: Kenneth Deer (kend at easterndoor.com)
Alternate: Ann-Kristin Håkansson (akigua at telia.com)
Website: www.indigenousmedia.org/

Networks and Coalitions

Contact organization: Communications Rights in the Information 
Society (CRIS Campaign)
Focal Point: Seán Ó Siochrú (sean at nexus.ie)
Alternate: YJPark (Yjpark at myepark.com)
Website: http://www.crisinfo.org

Multi-stakeholders Partnerships

Contact organisation: Association ISOC-Québec, Secrétariat d'ÍSOC- 
Francophonie,
  Focal Point: M. Adel El Zaim (adel.elzaim at canti.com, info at isoc.qc.ca)
Website:

  Philanthropic Institutions

Contact organization: Global Contract Foundation
Focal Point: Wolfgang Kleinwaechter (kleinwaechter at wsis-philantropic.org)
Alternate: Frithjof Finkbeiner (finkbeiner at wsis-philantropic.org)
Website: http://www.globalcontract.de/

Think Tanks

Contact organization: FUNGLODE Global Foundation for Democracy and Development
Focal Point: Mr. John R. Gagain Jr. (j.gagain at funglode.org)
Alternate: GLOCOM, Mr. Adam Peake (ajp at glocom.ac.jp)
Website:

People with Disabilities

Contact organization: DAISY Consortium
Focal Point: Hiroshi Kawamura (hkawa at attglobal.net)
Alternate:
  Website: http://www.daisy.org

Regional Groups

Africa

Coordinating organization: Africa Civil Society Bureau; African 
Women's Development and Communications Network
  Focal Point: Olivier Nana Nzepa (anais_ac at yahoo.fr)
Alternate: Alice Munyua (munyua at femnet.or.ke)

Latin America and the Caribbean

Coordinating organization: La Neta/APC La Neta; Association for 
Progressive Communications (APC).
Focal Point: Olinca Marino (info at laneta.apc.org)
Alternate:
Website: http://www.wsis-cs.org/lac/

Asia and Pacific?

Coordinating organization: Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA); 
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Focal Point: Alan Alegre (alalegre at fma.ph)
Alternate: Angela Kuga Thas (amkt at apcwomen.org)

Europe, CIS and North America

Coordinating organizations: Computer Professional for Social 
Responsibility, Free Software Foundation Europe
Focal Point: Robert Guerra <rguerra at cpsr.org>
Alternate: Georg C. F. Greve <greve at gnu.org>
Website: http://cms.privaterra.org/WSIS_CSB_EUN

Middle East and Western Asia?

Coordinating organization: Iranian Civil Society Training and 
Research Center (ICTRCT) ex-ICSORC
Focal Point: "Amir Barmaki" <abarmaki at irancsos.net>
Alternate: westasiaregion at hotmail.com
Website: http://www.irancsos.net/english/index.htm

Secretariat?:

Coordinating organization: Fondation du Devenir (Interim)
Focal Point: Alain Clerc (alain.clerc at fdd.org)
Alternate: Louise Lassonde (louise.lassonde at fdd.org)
Website: http://www.geneva2003.org, http://www.fdd.org/

	€ 	 Alain Clerc <alain.clerc at fdd.org>
	€ 	 Louise Lassonde <louise.lassonde at fdd.org>
	€ 	 Liliane Ursache <liliane.ursache at fdd.org>
	€ 	 Claire Chombeau <claire.chombeau at fdd.org>

  Each family has a contact person, do not hesitate to contact them 
for additional information.
The civil society division of the Executive Secretariat is the 
Secretariat of the Bureau.

Note: The civil society division of the Executive Secretariat ceased 
to exist as of February 2004. The Executive Secretariat (ES) has 
assumed the registration of civil society for the summit. Further 
details will be posted here as they become available.

Functions

As with the governmental Bureau, the international civil society 
Bureau's functions are essentially of an organizational nature aiming 
to maximize civil society participation at the Summit.
In this context, the civil society Bureau has the following functions:

	1.  	 Examines the logistical needs of civil society 
organizations and helps to set up operational guidelines for civil 
society events organization at PrepCom and at the Summit (time 
management plan, space, criteria for exhibits selection, etc.
	2.  	 To act as a possible"connector" within the civil 
society families to enhance mobilization and participation through 
information sharing and other initiatives.
	3.  	 To consult with other structures (eg. the private 
sector, governments and international organizations) and mechanisms 
to ensure civil society's equal participation in the Summit process.
	4.  	 To examine the various information and documentation 
issued during the Summit process and to promote maximum access to 
this information.

* We are still awaiting confirmation of details from the following 
families and/or regions:

(1) Gender Family :
- Have not confirmed if the contact information is correct
- Need contact details for both primary and alternate focal point

(2) Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
- No information on alternate focal point is available.

(3) Disabilities:
- No information on alternate focal point is available.

(4) Africa:
- Please specify if there are any sub-regions and how they relate to 
the African Caucus.

(5) Latin America and the Caribbean
- No information on alternate focal point is available.

(6) Middle East and Western Asia:
- No information on alternate focal point is available.

* Complete Report of meeting held in Tunis, March 1-3, 2004 :
By Viola Krebs, Renate Bloem, Robert Guerra & Alain Clerk is available.
  (PDF) (68.56 Kb) - http://cms.privaterra.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=44