[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [November 22, 2004]

Mon Nov 22 06:24:14 GMT 2004

Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [November 22, 2004]

WSIS

COMMUNICATION RIGHTS: WSIS AND BEYOND
There is a scheduled 2nd Asian Civil Society Forum in
Bangkok (Nov. 21-25). For those who remember, the
first ACSF was a venue wherein some of us (Supinya,
myself, Adam Peake, Izumi Aizu) presented the Asian
Statement on WSIS developed in the first WACC/CRIS/BfA
workshop held also in Bangkok in 2002. (This was the
precursor of our own Manila workshop). 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/551/

STATEMENT OF TWENTY TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ON THE
INCLUSION OF WEBCASTING IN THE PROPOSED BROADCASTING
TREATY, PRESENTED BY THE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER
FOUNDATION
The World Intellectual Property Organization's
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is
undertaking a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting
Organizations. This treaty will confer upon the
transmitters of information a host of "related" or
"pseudo" copyrights that have the potential to trump
true copyright and restrict the flow of information on
the Internet. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/550/

WIPO STEPS UP PRESSURE ON "SPECIAL INTEREST" BROADCAST
TREATY: IGNORES CONCERNS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND
ARTISTS
(Geneva) The World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) opened its 12th session of the Standing
Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCRR)
yesterday in Geneva to push forward on its efforts to
pass a treaty to create new rights for broadcasting
companies. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/549/

APC’S LATEST ANNUAL REPORT: 2003 - THE YEAR TECHNOLOGY
POLICY BECAME SOCIAL POLICY
In spite of the wide range of activities that took
place during last year, for APC, 2003 is memorable for
one particular process that galvanised our efforts -
the World Summit on the Information Society which took
place in Geneva in December 2003. WSIS was a watershed
in public participation as information and
communications policy shifted from the obscure world
of techno-jargon to be recognised as social policy
that affects everyone. From APC's perspective as a
network of ‘social techies’ this was a major
break-through. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/547/

OTHER ISSUES

TUNISIAN JOURNALIST FIGHTS FOR OPENNESS
 [By Stephen Leahy] The Tunisian recipient of a
Canadian award recognising her fight for media freedom
in her homeland says she will organise a counter
conference to a planned United Nations meeting on the
"information society" in Tunis in 2005. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/553/

COLOMBIA: ACERCA DE LA DEUDA SATELITAL
 [Por Cesáreo Gálvez Perdomo] Abordar el tema de deuda
satelital, en este espacio sobre cultura y
comunicación es altamente pertinente, constituye el
complemento ideal que requiere el campo de la
comunicación dentro del espacio de la cultura. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/548/

COLLOQUIUM ON MULTISTAKEHOLDER APPROACH IN
COMMUNICATION POLICIES 
An international colloquium titled “The
multistekholder approach in information and
communication policy” will be held in Venice, Isle of
San Servolo, on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2004. It
is promoted by the University of Padova (together with
Edith Cowan University, University of Colorado and the
Province of Venice) and in cooperation with the
International Association for Media and Communication
Research, WSIS-online and the World Tour Information
Society. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/525/

COLOMBIA: DIPLOMADO GARTUITO EN MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
ALTERNATIVOS
El Departamento de Acción Comunal DAACD de Colombia y
la Universidad Distrital dan a conocer este diplomado,
el cual será dictado por la Universidad Distrital
durante tres sábados consecutivos a partir del 27 de
noviembre. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/552/

ECUADOR: FORO POLÍTICAS DE TIC: ALIANZAS ESTRATÉGICAS
Infodesarrollo.ec, la Asociación para el Progreso de
las Comunicaciones (APC), y el Instituto Internacional
para la Comunicación y el Desarrollo (IICD)
extiendieron la invitación para el Foro: "Políticas de
TIC: Alianzas Estratégicas para la Sociedad de la
Información". 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/540/

¿QUIERE PARTICIPAR? FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

LA CHARTE DE CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENDORSE THE CRIS
CHARTER
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
We invite you to read more about CRIS Campaign and get
involved endorsing the CRIS Chapter:
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

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