[WSIS CS-Plenary] Accra kicks off with High level training for Civil Society participants.

[Nnenna]

Dear all
 
This is an invitation to benefit from the all-important  Civil Society training which willbe the starting point of the Accra Pre-conference series.  Please disseminate to your networks.  For extra information, contact Nnenna on nne75 at yahoo.com 
 
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Africa Civil Society Forum 

WSIS Africa Regional PrepCom 2005 Pre-Event: 28th January 2005

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME



The Forum has objectives/outputs: 



A: Capacity Building/Training 

B: Issue Statements & Strategies for effective civil society inputs

C: Organizational & Structural Issues 



A:

Capacity Building/Training Session

TIME

SESSION

PRESENTER

9:00 – 9.30

Welcome:

   Introductions (participants etc.)
   Adoption of agenda

Dr. Olivier Nana Nzépa

9.30 – 11:00

   An overview of civil society engagement in national, regional and international policy making
      Different types of ICT policy and the processes that shape them at national, regional and Global levels:
      Global (WSIS, WTO, WIPO, ITU, etc.)
      Regional (NICI, SADC, COMESA, ECOWAS, Nepad etc.)
      National (e-strategies, NICI, national ICT policy)

   Influencing policy: overview of a range of options (advocacy, lobbying, awareness raising, training etc.)
      Two country case studies (Guinea, DRC)


APC 

UNECA

ACSIS National Focal Points

11:00 – 11:30

Tea

11:30 – 12:15

   Policy negotiations and relations of civil society with United Nations, ECOSOC, UN mainline consultations and organizations like WIPO, ITU, WTO, AU, NEPAD

CONGO, NGLS

 

 

12:15 – 13:00

   WSIS processes and Civil Society
      Establishment and use of caucuses
      Content and themes group
      Working Groups 


APC

Civil Society Bureau
   
13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

B:

Issue Statements & Strategies for effective Civil Society inputs

14:00 – 15:15

   Position Papers: Presentation of reports from online discussion 
      Financing ICT4D
      Internet Governance
      ICT priorities for Africa


Participants discussion

15:15 – 16:00

   Strategies for effective civil society inputs
   Advocacy and Lobbying during the Accra conference

Participants forum

16:15 – 16:30

Tea
 


C:

Organizational & Structural Issues 

16:30 – 17:00

   Use of online collaboratory software for online and distance organization

Derrick L. Cogburg

17:00 – 18:00

   Africa Civil Society in the Information Society (ACSIS) Meeting

Olivier Nana Nzépa


		
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