[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [November 29, 2004]

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Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [November 29, 2004]

WSIS

PRICE TAG PUSHES BACK DEVELOPMENT
[Stefania Milan] Information technology must be used
to promote development, but experts are less clear
just how. ”We should look at ICT (information and
communications technology) as an enabler of all the
other conditions of development we are moving toward,”
chairman of the United Nations ICT task force José
María Figueres Olsen said at its meeting in Berlin
last week. The meeting was called in preparation for
the second phase of the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia next year. The
first phase of the conference was held in Geneva last
year. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/565/

GENEVA INFORMAL MEETING ON FINANCIAL MECHANISMS -
POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR CIVIL SOCIETY
The Task Force on Financing Mechanisms (TFFM) held an
open meeting in conjunction with the WSIS Group of the
Friends of the Chair meeting in Geneva last week.
Chantal Peyer from the Swiss NGO coalition
Communica.ch was there and reports about a
disappointing discussion, but also about a view of
information and communication as “global public good”
gains support and offers a possible strategy for civil
society.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/568/

CIVIL SOCIETY PROCESSES IN WSIS PHASE II: ADAPTATION
OF WORKING METHODS STARTED, LESSONS STILL TO BE
LEARNED
Civil society groups involved in the World Summit on
the Information Society had some difficulties
concerning the transparency and inclusiveness of their
overall coordination structures. A review of the
structures and decision-making procedures was started
at PrepCom 1 in June and was finally kicked off at
last week’s meetings around the UN ICT Task Force in
Berlin. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/569/

ASIAN CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM 2004 STATEMENT
During the Asian Civil Society Forum 2004 held from
21-25 November at ESCAP, Bangkok, participants in the
thematic Briefings on WSIS – Tunis and beyond and
Internet Governance adopted the following statement.
They also had opportunity to connect by video with the
WGIG in Geneva. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/564/

COMMUNICATION RIGHTS: WSIS AND BEYOND
There is a scheduled 2nd Asian Civil Society Forum in
Bangkok (Nov. 21-25). The first ACSF was a venue
wherein Supinya Klangnarong, Al Alegre, Adam Peake,
and Izumi Aizu presented the Asian Statement on WSIS
developed in the first WACC/CRIS/BfA workshop held
also in Bangkok in 2002. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/551/

EL SECTOR DE LAS TECNOLOGÍAS DE LA INFORMACIÓN Y
COMUNICACIÓN COMO CATALIZADOR DE LA INCLUSIÓN SOCIAL
Durante la sesión plenaria del Tercer LAC-EU Foro
Ministerial sobre la Sociedad de la Información,
realizado entre el 22 y 23 de noviembre en Río de
Janeiro, Brasil, Valerie Peugeot de VECAM presentó su
visión sobre las comunicaciones entre Latinoamérica y
la Unión Europea durante el proceso de la CMSI: “Un
dialogo reforzado entre ALC y la UE y el proceso de la
CMSI: el sector de las Tecnologías de la Información y
Comunicación como catalizador de la inclusión social”.

http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/572/

SUIVI DU SMSI : LE RÔLE ET LA PLACE DES MÉDIAS DANS LA
SOCIÉTÉ DE L’INFORMATION 
 [By R.B.H.] Du 22 au 24 novembre 2004, la ville de
Marrakech abritera une conférence internationale de
suivi du Sommet mondial sur la société de
l'information (SMSI) sur le thème des médias. A cette
occasion, près d'une centaine de responsables
d'organisations professionnelles internationales et
régionales des médias, d'organisations
non-gouvernementales (ONG) concernées par la liberté
d'expression et son corollaire, la liberté de la
presse, ainsi que des spécialistes et experts des
médias représentant les milieux académiques et
l'industrie des médias, se pencheront sur la place et
le rôle des médias dans la société de l'information,
en particulier en Afrique et dans les pays Arabes. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/571/

PRESS RELEASES

DÉCLARATION DE CLÔTURE DE LA TABLE RONDE SUR LES
MÉDIAS COMMUNAUTAIRES ET LE
L'Association mondiale des radiodiffuseurs
communautaires (AMARC) a émis aujourd'hui la
Déclaration de Marrakech, un document rédigé par les
participants à la première Table ronde sur le thème
des médias communautaires pour un développement
durable qui s'est tenu le 21 novembre à Marrakech,
Maroc. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/559/

MESA REDONDA SOBRE LOS MEDIOS COMUNITARIOS PARA EL
DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE EMITE DECLARACIÓN
La Asociación Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC)
dio a conocer hoy la Declaración de Marrakesh, un
documento elaborado por los participantes de la
primera Mesa Redonda Sobre los Medios Comunitarios
Para el Desarrollo Sostenible, realizada en Marrakesh,
Marruecos, el día 21 de noviembre. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/558/

COMMUNITY MEDIA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE
ISSUES DECLARATION
The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC) has released today the Declaration of
Marrakesh, a document elaborated by participants to
the first Roundtable on Community Media for
Sustainable Development held on November 21, in
Marrakesh, Morocco. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/557/

¿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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