[WSIS CS-Plenary] Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [April 11, 2005]

[Myriam Horngren]

NEWSROOM

What to do about ICANN: A proposal for structural reform
By Hans Klein and Milton Mueller
With the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunisia quickly approaching, and with the work of the UN Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) well underway, it is time to identify concrete policy options for Internet governance. Any initiatives in this area must address the criticisms that have been made of ICANN. Although the international community has defined "Internet governance" in a way that goes beyond ICANN's control of domain names and addresses, ICANN nonetheless remains central to many issues. Here we propose a series of structural reforms for it.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/812 

WIPO Development Agenda: Developing Countries Submit New Proposals
6th April 2005
Carolyn Deere
On the eve of high-level meetings next week on development and intellectual property, the fourteen co-sponsors of the proposal for the World Intellectual Property Organisation's new Development Agenda today submitted detailed elaborations of their proposals for incorporating development into WIPO's work.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/809


Civil Society damns The Economist on Digital Divide.
The Economist on March 10th published an article claiming that the mobile phone alone could bridge the digital divide. Under the title "The Real Digital Divide", it asserts that investing in internet access is unnecessary since telephony is sufficient to satisfy the development needs of poor communities, and that universal access can and will be secured through further liberalisation and private investment. Many in Civil Society were quick to respond, from Sean O'Siochru at Nexus, to the APC to Panos in London. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/808 

The Commission for Africa Report
[By Warren Feek]The "Commission for Africa", chaired by Prime Minister Tony Blair, launched its report March 11 2005 in London, UK. There were 16 other Commisioners including Benjamin W. Mkapa [President of Tanzania], Fola Adeola [Chairman of FATE Foundation in Nigeria], Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP [Chancellor of the Exchequer, UK], K.Y. Amoako [Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa & UN Under-Secretary-General, Ghana], Anna Tibaijuka [UN Habitat, Tanzania], and Michel Camdessus [Africa Personal Representative, France, previous Managing Director of the IMF].
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/801 


NEWSROOM - WSIS

Internet Governance Priorities for the Asia-Pacific: Summary Analysis
UNDP's Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) conducted a survey on Internet governance priorities that targeted all stakeholder groups in the Asia-Pacific region. The survey was open and online to the public from 8 February to 7 March 2005.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/811 

Reuniones en Quito y en Rio
En el marco del proceso de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información nuestra región latinoamericana y del Caribe se encuentra en un momento importante. En la reciente Prepcom-2 realizada en Ginebra, Suiza, se ha anunciado un proceso regional que contempla de manera primordial la realización de una reunión en Río de Janeiro del 8 al 10 de junio
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/810


The WSIS prepares to grapple with Internet governance
[By Mark Raboy]
GENEVA - The second preparatory meeting of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society closed on Friday (25th February 2005) night with a few cautious steps forward on intergovernmental projects, a great deal of on-site work by civil society, and above all a foretaste of what should be an important and heated debate on Internet governance.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/799   


CRIS/EED SOUTH PARTICIPATION FUND

The Church Development Service (EED), Germany, has generously granted funds for the facilitation of participants to CRIS related activities. The CRIS campaign is glad to inform you that it will be able to co-sponsor some delegates to events that we feel are key to the Communication Rights.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/611/ 

FONDOS PARA FOMENTAR LA PARTICIPACIÓN CRIS/EED

La Iglesia Servicio al Desarrollo (en inglés "Church Development Service", cuyas siglas son EED), de Alemania, ha donado generosamente fondos para facilitar la participación a actividades relacionadas con CRIS. La Campaña de CRIS tiene el agrado de informarles que estará en condiciones de patrocinar a algunos delegados para participar en eventos que supongan ser claves para los Derechos a la Comunicación.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/612/

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://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://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

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.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

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Myriam Horngren
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