RES: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS: Informal consultation on 13 June
Adam Peake
ajp at glocom.ac.jp
Wed Jun 8 08:09:38 BST 2005
http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html
Says there's a new badging process -- all clear
except after completing a typical form you are
asked for a stamp or covering letter from your
entity. No idea what a stamp is, and not clear
what form the covering letter should take. Can
anyone explain (I'm just sending a letter on
headed paper saying I exist and would like to
attend the meeting on behalf of GLOCOM.)
Thanks,
Adam
At 7:48 PM +0200 6/6/05, Wolfgang Kleinwächter wrote:
>Thanks Renata,
>
>does somebody know what the registration
>procedure is for the informal consultation next
>monday. Do we need badges. where to collexct it.
>
>w
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>________________________________
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>De: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org em nome de Renata Bloem
>Enviada: seg 6/6/2005 18:59
>Para: CS Plenary
>Cc: bureau wsis
>Assunto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS: Informal consultation on 13 June
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>Dear all,
>
>
>
>Please find below and attached "Food for
>thought" document (so far in English only) which
>will be the basis of discussion during the
>Informal Consultation meeting on WSIS
>implementation and follow-up, Monday 13 June
>2005. The meeting will be held in room XXVI at
>the Palais des Nations, Geneva
>
>
>
>With best regards,
>
>Renata
>
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>"Food for thought" for the informal
>consultations on WSIS implementation and
>follow-up
>
>Prepared by WSIS PrepCom Chair, H.E. Ambassador Janis Karklins (Latvia)
>
>
>
>Proposed mandate for Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC)
>
>1. At its meeting on 13 May, the WSIS
>Bureau decided to continue the work of the Group
>of Friends of the Chair (GFC) during the
>inter-sessional period between PrepCom-2 and 3,
>on a similar basis to that which was carried out
>between PrepCom 1 and 2, when the GFC held four
>meetings.
>
>2. In line with the Decision of
>PrepCom-2 (WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/13 rev. 1), the GFC
>should continue to draft proposals on
>implementation mechanisms (para 10-11 of chapter
>one of the operational part) and on the way
>ahead (chapter four, para 26-29).
>
>3. These new proposals will be in
>addition to the written comments and proposals
>presented during the first reading of the
>operational part on 21 February, contained in
>the compilation documents on chapter one (DT-2
>Rev. 2) and chapter four (DT-5) respectively.
>The compilation document of new proposals
>received by 31 May 2005 will be issued as a
>reference document prior to the PrepCom-3, and
>these proposals will be examined by the GFC.
>They will also be posted on the WSIS website.
>
>
>
>Tentative workplan for the GFC
>
> The following suggestions are made
>on the timetable for the work of the GFC.
>
>Monday 13 June (just ahead of WGIG)
>
>Day-long informal consultations in room XXVI of
>Palais des Nations, open to all stakeholders,
>which should provide an opportunity for an
>informal exchange of views on implementation and
>follow-up.
>
>Monday 27 June (just ahead of the WSIS Thematic Meeting on Cybersecurity)
>
>The GFC could hold its fifth session, to
>consider new proposals on implementation and
>follow-up.
>
>Monday 4 July
>
>The GFC could hold its sixth session, to
>consider new proposals on implementation and
>follow-up.
>
>Monday 11 July (just ahead of ITU Council)
>
>The GFC could hold its seventh session, to
>consider new proposals on implementation and
>follow-up.
>
>Tuesday 19th July (if required, just after
>presentation of WGIG report. Alternatively, on
>18 July, following presentation of WGIG report,
>if time permits).
>
>A second round of informal consultations, open
>to all stakeholders, could be held to review the
>proposals on implementation and follow-up.
>
>
>
>
>Possible principles to guide WSIS implementation and follow-up
>
> The following principles are offered for discussion:
>
>1). The implementation and follow-up should
>be based on multi-stakeholder partnership. It
>should be a decentralized, transparent,
>inclusive and open process.
>
>2). "Implementation" is the series of
>concerted actions taken by all stakeholders to
>implement the provisions of the Plan of Action,
>at national, regional and international levels.
>Information on implementation should be reported
>periodically to ECOSOC/UN General Assembly.
>
>3). "Follow-up" entails a political debate on
>WSIS-related issues, involving the UN family and
>other stakeholders, leading to appropriate
>policy recommendations.
>
>4). Implementation and follow-up of Internet
>Governance would be separate from that for other
>WSIS-related issues.
>
>5). Implementation would be structured
>according to the action lines set out in the
>Plan of Action.
>
>a. At the national level, implementation
>requires a structured dialogue involving all
>relevant stakeholders, including public/private
>partnerships, in devising e-strategies for the
>Information Society and for the exchange of best
>practices;
>
>b. At the international level,
>multi-stakeholder teams could be established to
>moderate implementation for each of the action
>lines;
>
>c. Participation in the multi-stakeholder
>teams should be voluntary, inclusive and based
>on partnership among governments and all
>stakeholders;
>
>d. Each of the multi-stakeholder teams, at
>the international level, would be moderated by
>one or more UN agencies, in line with their
>competencies and mandates;
>
>e. The responsibilities of the moderators
>would include establishing a forum for
>information exchange, both online and through
>physical meetings, and making periodic reports;
>
>f. In order to avoid duplication of
>efforts and redundancy, a coordination of
>activities all multi-stakeholder implementing
>teams is needed. An overall coordinator role for
>the national dialogues and multi-stakeholder
>teams may be taken, on a co-chair or rotating
>basis, by the main relevant UN agencies (e.g.,
>ITU, UNESCO, UNDP). This should be a light-touch
>function, intended primarily for the purposes of
>information gathering and exchange, avoidance of
>duplication, as well as consolidated reporting;
>
>g. The overall moderator/coordinator would
>be responsible for transmitting periodic reports
>to the UN Secretary-General's Office for
>submission to ECOSOC/UN General Assembly. This
>information reporting function would encompass
>the periodic reports on the stocktaking of
>WSIS-related activities.
>
>6). Follow-up (policy debate)
>
>a. In line with UN Resolution 59/220, the
>Secretary-General of ITU would transmit to the
>UN General Assembly the report of the WSIS, as
>soon as it is available;
>
>b. Thereafter, the UN Secretary-General
>would make periodic reports on WSIS
>implementation to the UN General Assembly;
>
>c. In line with UN Resolution 57/270,
>follow-up within the UN family would be in line
>with the existing practices for integrated
>coordination and follow-up of the outcomes of
>major UN conferences and summits;
>
>d. The overarching principle should be to
>continue the multi-stakeholder approach that has
>characterized all work carried out to date in
>the WSIS process. Continuous involvement of all
>stakeholders in the policy discussion after
>Tunis Summit is essential and modalities of such
>participation should be established.
>
>
>
>With best regards,
>
>Renata
>
>
>
>Renate Bloem
>President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
>11, Avenue de la Paix
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