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

[djilali benamrane]

Wolfgang,
Is this meeting open to all or is it only for selected
human resources already invited ?
Cette rencontre du début mai est-elle ouverte à tous
ou réservée à des invités selectionnés ?

--- Wolfgang Kleinwächter
<wolfgang.kleinwaechter at medienkomm.uni-halle.de>
wrote:

> FYI
>  
> This is the agenda of the ITU meeting, may, 3 - 4,
> 2005. All documents can be downloaded for FREE.
>  
> http://www.itu.int/council/wsis/wsis_WG.html
>  
> Best
>  
>  
> wolfgang
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >Dear Bertrand, Tracey and all,
> 
> 
> 
> >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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Renate Bloem
> President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mil: rbloem at ngocongo.org
> Website: www.ngocongo.org
> 
> 
> 
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international,
> membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
> Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective
> is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's
> governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For
> more information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org
> 
> 
> 
> 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 
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