[WSIS CS-Plenary] Africa and the WSIS: From Principles to Action. Perspectives from the Civil Society (call for contributions)

[Nnenna]

The Africa Civil Society for the Information Society - ACSIS, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is happy to announce the soon publication of a Handbook for ICT decision makers titled Africa and the WSIS: From Principles to Action. Perspectives from the Civil Society
 
Civil society members with the interest and capacity to write on particular  subjects are invited to submit an abstract, or short description of the  piece they would write.

To assist in shaping your contributions, here is some additional  information:

Aim of the publication: 
 
To present the Civil Society perpectives of the WSIS, showcase the lessons learned and recommend the way forward for an African Action Plan.  

Target Readers of the publication:
Decision makers, heads of states, governments, international organisations and the larger Civil Society.

Funder: Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Civil society author co-ordination: ACSIS – Nnenna Nwakanma

 
Fee per contribution on second part:  USD$100

Word length: 2500 to 5000 for the second part 
 
Best practices, success stories and lessons learned: Maximum 2000 words

Timeline

Suggestions on additional topics are welcome and need to be made  
to Nnenna by: April 10, 2005

Abstracts should be sent via the list to Nnenna by: April 26, 2005

Written go-ahead will be received by: April 30, 2005


Deadline for completed piece: June 30

The e-address to post all the above to is: infohki at yahoo.com 


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Africa and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) : 

>From Principles to Action. Perspectives from the Civil Society



 

First Part

Chapter I : The Africa Information Society Initiative - AISI- Africa’s Digital Agenda

This chapter will explain the principles, the agenda and the realisations of the AISI as Africa’s framework to the deployment of ICT for a sustainable regional development. Particular attention will be given to partnerships, grassroots mobilisation, and civil society involvement.

Chapter II The World Summit on the Information Society - WSIS

I Understanding the WSIS

This section will give background information on the WSIS, its objectives, processes and other useful information for an understanding of the summit. Special attention will be given the role of the Africa Civil Society from the beginning of the process to the present.

II The outcomes of the WSIS

The purpose of this part is to highlight the concrete parts of the Declaration of Principles and Action Plan. It will also include the other sectoral outcomes, like the Civil Society Declaration.

SECOND PART

Chapter III Issues in the use of ICT for Development

The issues here may include

   Internet Governance
   Finance Mechanisms
   Media 
   Human Rights
   Gender
   Cultural Diversity
   Content and Application
   Free and Open Source Software
   Intellectual Property Rights

Chapter IV Mainstreaming ICT for African Development

The issues here may include

   National, sub-regional and Regional policies and their implementation
   Financing Mechanisms for ICT at the grassroots level
   Poverty Reduction Strategies
   Millennium Development Goals
   Infrastructure
   Indicators and Benchmarks etc

Chapter V Partnerships for a viable and inclusive African Information Society

The objective of this section will be:

   To highlight the role, and the Action Plan of the Civil Society in the Information Society
   Seek concrete proposals on promoting partnership with the Private Sector in a win-win framework
   Understand barriers to effective partnerships in the multi-stakeholder framework of the Information Society and how to tackle them



THIRD PART



Chapter VI Best Practices and lessons learned in the use of ICT for development.

This part will aim at showcasing diverse stories from all parts of Africa and the globe. 

VII The way forward

This chapter will draw on the outcome of the African Preparatory Conference, Accra and will aim at presenting concrete recommendations on the next steps for ICT for African development. It 

 

 

 


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