[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Clarifications on the ITU informal consultation on WSIS implimentation

Wed Apr 27 21:49:25 BST 2005

Bertrand and Wolfgang
Where can I find Bertrand's letter to Karklins ? I suppose other CS members would also be interested in its content. 
I hope getting an answer before monday afternoon, i.e. before the "stakeholder meeting"  at ITU.
Thanks in advance.
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT
> Message du 27/04/05 19:24
> De : "Wolfgang Kleinwächter" 
> A : plenary at wsis-cs.org
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> Objet : AW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Clarifications on the ITU informal consultation on WSIS implimentation
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> FYI
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> This is the agenda of the ITU meeting, may, 3 - 4, 2005. All documents can be downloaded for FREE.
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> http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/wsis_WG.html
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> Best
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> 
> wolfgang
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> Von: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org im Auftrag von Renata Bloem
> Gesendet: Mi 27.04.2005 18:18
> An: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Betreff: RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Clarifications on the ITU informal consultation on WSIS implimentation
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> 
> Hi Bill
> 
> Thanks, for these clarifications. I was out of town and therefore did not
> speak to anybody in the ITU, but my own interpretation of the meeting was
> very similar to yours. I sent this yesterday to Tracey and the CSB, see
> below.
> I was, however, surprised to hear that they expected some CONGO people to
> attend. We were not asked to send this around as they had indicated of
> having very limited space.
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> >Dear Bertrand, Tracey and all,
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> >Having been in Nairobi last week and again away until today, let me just
> >join in this discussion.
> >When I received the invitation for this consultation, I saw it mainly as an
> >attempt of the ITU to position itself in WSIS and follow-up in relation to
> >its own constituencies, (if you look at the agenda of the following
> WG->WSIS)
> >other UN agencies and the UN in general
> 
> >I have not been involved in this ITU WG-WSIS so far, but if you look at
> >some of their working papers, it becomes clear that they need to address
> >some of what the ITU should do in order to play a more substantive role in
> >WSIS follow up: e.g.
> 
> >to align it more clearly with WSIS goals and objectives;
> >to reflect more relevantly the MDGs
> >to have closer engagement with CS, (!)even
> >to have closer cooperation with the rest of the UN
> >and probably a number of other to dos.
> 
> >With other words, I see this exercise in the first place to get their house
> >in order to prepare better for becoming the whatever.overall coordinator of
> >the Plan of Action (according to the Russian proposal, not necessarily
> >endorsed by all governments).
> 
> >So the very brief consultation with other stakeholders should therefore be
> >seen in my view in this in-house perspective as one (among many)
> >consultations for follow up. (UNESCO, UNCTAD, OECD all prepare many
> >meetings, including on follow-up)
> 
> >I agree fully with Bertrand's letter (and thank you Bertrand!) to Janis
> >Karklins, in which way a more structured dialogue should take place. But I
> >would somewhat hesitate to send the other letter to Yuri Grin at this time,
> >precisely not to give more importance to that meeting than it has. However,
> >together with those who will attend, I will certainly raise the concerns.
> 
> >Best
> 
> >Renata
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> 
> Hello Tracey,
> 
> The ITU Council's Working Group on WSIS has long had a meeting scheduled on
> the 3rd and 4th http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/wsis_WG.html to talk about
> ITU's role in WSIS. The chair of the Council decided a couple of weeks ago
> to add on an informal meeting on the day prior to hear from other
> stakeholders, in part I think because ITU's been taking a lot of heat from
> CS about being a closed shop (especially in WGIG). Three key points:
> 
> First, this is not a WSIS meeting; if it was it'd have been done by the WSIS
> secretariat and would have had to follow the relevant rules etc. It's an
> ITU meeting, about ITU's role in WSIS, and an informal one at that, under
> the authority of the chair, which is why it hasn't appeared on the ITU's
> website and calendar of events. Second, given the genesis described above,
> I wouldn't read too much into the way this was done in terms of setting
> precedents on CS participation in ITU, much less in WSIS. The chair of an
> ITU body can always call an informal meeting to hear what people have to say
> and invite whomever she or he wants.
> 
> Third, I just spoke with the head of the SG's strategy and policy shop, and
> asked who was invited and why. He said that they'd simply pulled email
> addresses of people on the CS bureau, CS people based in Geneva like myself,
> and a few others they knew of. Originally they thought they'd have a room
> that seats thirty, so they were trying to keep it small. But there's been
> more demand than expected, so they've now moved it to a room that seats 100.
> He told me that about sixty people are registered at present, perhaps half
> of them from CS. I expressed surprise because I'm not aware that there's 30
> WSIS CS people in Geneva, and he said well there are CONGO people, some
> folks from out of town, etc. Didn't ask him to read a list. He emphasized
> that now that they have a bigger room, they can accommodate more people if
> others would like to register. I suggested they put the meeting
> announcement with a registration link somewhere visible on the website, and
> he said they'd get on it. So anyone else who wants to go, maybe check the
> URL above in a day or so.
> 
> I should add that it's not obvious how many ITU members will be attending,
> since ITU-T is also holding a meeting that day to provide input into the
> Council Working Group. So probably attendees will be speaking mostly to the
> chair and some staffers, rather than to governments and corporations. As to
> the Council WG itself, participation in that is more ambiguous. I was told
> I could attend as an individual 'expert' but not as a CS person, since CSOs
> have no standing right to participate unless they are Sector Members or
> Associates. Unfortunately, I can't go to any of this, as I'm speaking at
> the OECD's 2005 Forum in Paris, but if someone else wants to ask for an
> 'expert' invite it might work.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> Bill
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org]On
> > Behalf Of Tracey Naughton
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 4:43 PM
> > To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> > Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] re: invite to the ITU informal consultation
> > on WSIS implimentation
> >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > The CSB is formulating feedback for the ITU about the forthcoming
> > informal WSIS Implementation meeting. It has been convened at short
> > notice and it's unlikely to have the participation of people from
> > developing contexts, (which is not to negate the value of those who
> > will be able to attend by virtue of being based around Geneva). It goes
> > without saying that many of us would like to have input.
> >
> > It would appear that few people have been invited but we would like to
> > get a sense of who did receive an invite as background to our feedback.
> > So far we know that myself, Ralph Bendrath and Adam Peake received
> > personal invitations. Ralph also posted the invite to the plenary list
> > but it's the direct ones we would like to record.
> >
> > Please let the list know. Thanks
> >
> > Tracey
> >
> >
> >
> > Tracey Naughton
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> >
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