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CRIS gears up to the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia 

CRIS will be hosting two key events during the Summit. Communication Rights Assessment and Advocacy Workshop <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1001>  will see the launch of the Communication Rights Assessment Framework (CRAFT) <http://www.crisinfo.org/craft>  and Civil Society Moving Forward: Where to next? <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1002> , the last Civil Society event to close the Summit, a mixture of future plans with a party flavour.  CRIS will also be supporting Citizens'Summit on the Information Society <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/988> , an event organised by independent Tunisian Civil Society groups, on 16th and 17th November. Additionally, CRIS will bring you daily updates of what is happening in Tunis with governments and with Civil Society. Nestor Busso, Alejandra Davidziuk, Olga Paz, Ahmed Swapan and Luciano Sathler have been sponsored by the CRIS/EED grant and will keep you all up to date with events and activities on the ground in English, Spanish and Portuguese. http://www.crisinfo.org/ <http://www.crisinfo.org/> 

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Communication Rights: A Framework:

16th November 2005 A CRIS Workshop on: Communication Rights Assessment and Advocacy, Matama Room, 9:00 - 10:30, KRAM, Tunis, Tunisia 

http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1001 <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1001> 

Civil Society: Where to next?:

The CRIS Campaign in collaboration with others is hosting the final major civil society gathering of the WSIS, on Friday afternoon. The event will be part reflection, part projection, part celebration - all are cordially invited to participate. The Hannibal hall has a capacity of 400, so plenty of room for all.


http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1002 <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/1002> 

 

COMMUNICATION RIGHTS ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

A major publication of the CRIS campaign's CRAFT Project (Communication Rights Assessment Framework and Toolkit), originally known as the Global Governance Project, is now available for download. The project was funded by the Ford Foundation. 

The Communication Rights Handbook, coordinated by Sean O'Siochru of the CRIS Campaign, will be officially launched during the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis in November. 

The project's aim was to develop a framework and toolkit to support the emergence at national level of the concept of "communication rights", relating to local needs and dynamics but influenced by global processes. In each of four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Kenya and Philippines) and one region (European Union) the Framework has been applied in a participatory research process, and validated by workshops. 

http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/930 <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/930> 


GET INVOLVED/TAKE ACTION

SIGN UP TO THE CRIS CHARTER/FIRMAR LA CARTA/SIGNER LA CHARTE

CRIS CHARTER
La Carta de CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida social, económica y cultural de las personas y las comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la información basada en principios de transparencia, diversidad, participación, justicia social y económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y la perspectivas culturales y regionales.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/> 

La Charte de CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l'information» est basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l'homme et améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est essentiel que les organisations de la société civile se réunissent afin d'aider à la construction d'une société de l'information basée sur les principes de transparence, de diversité, de participation et de justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture et des aspects régionaux.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95 <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95> 

The CRIS Charter
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human rights and to strengthen the social, economic and cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to this is that civil society organisations come together to help build an information society based on principles of transparency, diversity, participation and social and economic justice, and inspired by equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98 <http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98> 


Myriam Horngren
WACC/CRIS Network and Advocacy Coordinator
357 Kennington Lane
London SE11 5QY
United Kingdom
Direct line: 44 (0) 207 587 3018
Fax: 44 (0) 207 735 0340
web: www.crisinfo.org/www.wacc.org.uk
email: mh at wacc.org.uk



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