[WSIS CS-Plenary] Alternative visions for ICT4D - where?

[Christoph Dietz]

Chantal,

where will this event take place?

Christoph Dietz

Christoph Dietz
CAMECO Latin America Desk
CAMECO Dpto. Am*rica Latina
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D-52021 Aachen, Germany
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Hello,

An event that will take place at the “Citizen’s summit on the information society”

Chantal Peyer

Financing ICTD: Notes from Underground


An event at the “Citizen’s summit on the information society”
November 17th 2005, 16:15 – 18:15
The complete programm of the citizen's summit can be found under:
www.citizens-summit.org
Information about the location will also be given on this website during next week

A short programme that explores subterrannean issues of financing ICTD
that surfaced during the second phase of WSIS.

1. The Context: The Digital Solidarity Agenda and the Task Force on Financial
Mechanisms

Willie Currie, Association for progressive communication (APC)

2. ICT for empowerment and advocacy: alternative visions and approaches

a. Open access models - by Sean O’Siochru and Bruce Girard (CRIS Campaign)
b. Social Entrepreneurs: The Missing Link? by Gary L. Garriott (Digital Futures
for Development Program, Winrock International)
c. Community-based approaches: wells or dams? by Steve Buckley (AMARC)
d. Competition and Consumer movements - by Russell Southwood
e. Free and open source software for development – by Anna Badimo (linuxchix africa)

3. New Information Society paradigms and policy frameworks

a. Public goods approaches to financing ICTD – by Pablo Accuosto (Instituto del
Tercer Mundo- IteM)
b. ICTD funding as social and public investments – by Parminder Jeet Singh (IT
for Change)
c. The Digital Solidarity Fund – by Alain Clerc
d. The MDGs,IMF and national ICT policies – by Chantal Peyer (Bread for All)

4. Discussion: implications for the way ahead after Tunis

5. Concluding comments - Chair