[WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

Tue Oct 4 00:48:11 BST 2005

Dear Rik,

I do not see the Ethics and Values Caucus - where is it or is there an arbitrary selection.  I also strongly feel that reasons for final selection should be transparent to everyone.Please advise. 

Conchita 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rik Panganiban 
  To: plenary at wsis-cs.org 
  Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 5:35 PM
  Subject: Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

  Some people have reported having problems with the previous files I sent re the proposed list of speakers for Tunis.  I am resending as text below.

  Rik Panganiban

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  Civil Society Speakers Nominations

  30 September 2005

   World Summit on the Information Society

        Name Nominated by Caucus/WG/Family Accredited Organization (title) Country 
        Opening Ceremony

        Adama Samassekou Youth Caucus, 
        Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships Family, NGOs Community family, Scientific information WG  Mali 
        Renate Bloem NGO Community
        Philanthropic Institutions CONGO, President  Germany 

        High Level Panel

        Monthian Buntan Disability Caucus (President, Thailand Association of the Blind) Thailand 
        Pape Diouf  Caucus Africain DAPSI Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l’Information (President)
       Senegal 
        Florence Etta Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project)  Kenya 
        Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Global Coordinator, Womens’ Networking Support Programme)
       Philippines 
        Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd) India 

        Round Tables

        Izumi Aizu
       Asia-Pacific Caucus GLOCOM - Center for Global Communications (Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for HyperNetwork Society, International University of Japan)
       Japan 
        Alan Alegre
       Asia-Pacific Caucus (Foundation for Media Alternatives)  Philippines 
        Kenneth Deer   Indigenous family Indigenous World Association (Representative) Canada 
        Bertrand de la Chapelle
       NGO community family Wsis-online.net (Director) France 
        Pape Diouf Cities and Local Authorities Caucus DAPSI - Diaspora Africaine pour la Société de l’Information (President)
       Senegal 
        Tatiana Ershova  Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Family (Director General, Institute of the Information Society)  Russian Federation 
        Concepcion Garcia-Ramilo Asia-Pacific Caucus APC (Global Coordinator, Womens’ Networking Support Programme)
       Philippines 
        Anita Gurumurthy Gender Caucus IT for Change (executive director, economist, phd)
       India 
        Jeanette Hofmann NGO community family Heinrich Boell Foundation (Researcher)
       Germany 
        Wolfgang Kleinwaechter Philantropic Institutions University of Aarhus (Professor, Intl Association for Media & Communications Research)
       Germany 

       Plenary Speakers    
          Nominee Family NGO   
        1 Barry, Boubacar  Caucus Africain ENTIS, Executive  Secretary Guinea 
        2 Ben Jemaa, Tijani Science and Technology WFEO - World Federation of Engineering Organizations (Vice Chairman of CIC) Tunisia 
        3 Ben Marzouk, Mohamed Elyes  Caucus Arab Organization Tunisienne de Jeunes Medecins sqns Frontieres (President) Tunisia 
        4 Davies, Simon  CS Privacy and Security WG (Director, Privacy International) United Kingdom 
        5 Esterhuysen, Anriette  IG Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Executive Director) South Africa 
        6 Etta, Florence  Telecentres Caucus (Kenya ICT Policy Project) Kenya 
        7 Faidutti, Bruna Human Rights Caucus WFUNA - World Association of United Nations Associations  United States/Italy 
        8 Frau-Meigs, Divina Education , Research and Academia  IAMCR - International Association for Media and Communication Research (Vice-president) France 
        9 Jeet   Singh, Parminder  West-Asia Region IT For Change, Executive Director  India 
        10 Khemakhem, Jameleddine Child Rights Caucus ATUDE - Association tunisienne des droits de l'enfant Tunisia 
        11 Krebs,Viola  Volunteer Family ICV - International Conference Volunteers (director) Switzerland 
        12 Lohento, Ken   (PANOS)  Nigeria 
        13 Muguet, Francis  Scientific Information WG Global Knowledge Partnership (member) France 
        14 Nana, Delphine Caucus Africain CEFEPROD - Centre féminin pour la promotion du développement (Coordinatrice Générale) Cameroon  
        15 Njenga, Emmanuel   Caucus Africain APC Kenya 
        16 Pazello, Magaly  Gender Caucus DAWN Network (DAWN focal point for WSIS) Brazil 
        17 Sagun, Robert  Youth Caucus SchoolNet Africa (WSIS Yc Policy Coordinator) Philippines 
        18 Sarker, Partha Asia Regional Caucus, Telecentres Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (co-founder, Bytes for All) Bangladesh 
        19 Stalman, Richard    PCT group (Free Sowftware Fundation) United States 
        20 Tahmasebi, Susan  West-Asia Region ICTRC - Iranian Civil Society Organizations Training and Research Center Iran 
        21 White, Aidan  Media Caucus  International Federation of Journalists (Secretary General)
       Ireland  
        22 Zulu, Brenda  Media Caucus APC - Association for Progressive Communications (Content Person) Zambia 

  Begin forwarded message:

    From: Rik Panganiban <rikp at earthlink.net>
    Date: October 3, 2005 8:07:22 AM EDT
    To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
    Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

    Greetings to all,

    As I reported during the last Content and Themes meeting on Friday, the selection committee worked hard to try and balance the selected list of civil society Tunis speakers based on a number of considerations, including gender balance, regional balance, and thematic diversity, as well as being at a high-level in their organization, being a "high-profile" person, general competence, involvement in the WSIS, and speaking ability.  As I noted, we were not 100% satisfied with the nominations, particularly the lack of nominees from Latin America and the Carribean. But we felt all-in-all it was probably the best list we could provide in the time allotted and the restricted number of slots.

    I also noted that it was likely that the ITU was going to to continue to receive individual nominations from organizations over the next days, and to present to the Selection Committee a final list for our consideration and feedback probably by the end of this week.  At this point, the committee will see what can be done to make sure the final list of speakers in Tunis is the most representative speakers from civil society we can muster, within the requirements presented to us by the ITU.

    We will be happy to continue receiving your feedback on the nominees, which you can direct to me at rikp at earthlink.net.  I will make sure all of these concerns are directed to the committee.

    We appreciate your support and understanding.

    Rik Panganiban
    on behalf of the Selection Committee

        -----Original Message-----
        From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban
        Sent: 30 September 2005 20:52
        To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
        Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] proposed list of speakers for Tunis

        Dear Friends,

        Please find attached the list of suggested nominees to be delivered to the ITU for their consideration for the various speaking slots in Tunis, as compiled by the selection committee which met until very late last night. For your recollection, at the Plenary Session yesterday morning, you approved of a selection committee to narrow down the list of applicants composed of the following individuals:

            1 representative from each regional group
            1 representative of the CS Content and Themes
            1 representative of the CS Bureau 
            1 representative of the WSIS Executive Secretariat in an advisory capacity

        The Committee worked hard to achieve several “balances” including regional, gender, age, linguistic, and thematic.  We also worked hard to make sure that all caucuses and working groups that proposed names had at least one of their nominations included.  You see here the regional and gender breakdown of the nominees:

            Opening Ceremony
            Gender: man (1) /  woman (1)
            Geographical Balance: Europe (1): Germany; Africa (1): Mali

            High Level Panel    
            Geographical Balance: Africa (2): Kenya, Senegal; Asia (3): Thailand, Philippines, India

            Gender balance : Women (3) / Men (2)

             Round Tables
            Geographical Balance: Africa (1) : Senegal; Asia (4) : India, Japan, Philippines (2); North America (1); Europe (4) : France, Germany (2), Russian Federation
            Gender balance : Women (4) / Men (6)

            Plenary Sessions
            Geographical Balance: Africa (9): Cameroon (1); Guinea (1); Kenya (2); Nigeria (1) ; Tunisia (3); South Africa (1); Zambia (1); Americas (3):  Brazil (1), United States (2); Asia (4): Bangladesh (1), India (1), Iran (1), Philippines (1); Europe (3): Ireland (1), France (2), United Kingdom (1)  
            Gender balance : Women (10) / Men (12)

        There were many wonderful nominations, and narrowing down the list was a very difficult and painful task.  However we feel confident that the current list is a good one that we hope meets with your approval.

        Sincerely,

        Rik Panganiban
        On Behalf of the Selection Committee

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