[WSIS CS-Plenary] New ITU proposal concerning coordination

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

Hello from Geneva

There is a very little progress
in the current negotiations.

For your information :

original source :
http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs2/pc3/contributions/co97.pdf
in text format below.

Best regards

Francis

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INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION

ITU Position on Implementation and Follow-up 1. The International
Telecommunication Union
wishes to maintain the views it previously submitted on this issue
during PrepCom-3, in particular the proposal submitted jointly with
UNESCO in Doc WSIS-II/PC-3/DT3 (rev2). In light of document DT/9 rev. 2
and DT/26, there is widespread agreement that the multi-stakeholder
nature of WSIS should be maintained through the overall implementation
and follow-up
process after Tunis. 2. The WSIS addresses a wide spectrum of issues
that involve many different parts of governments, most UN agencies and a
broad segment of the private sector and civil society. This can be
clearly seen in the Action Plan adopted in Geneva. Implementation and
followup will be a complicated process, with many tasks and operating at
many levels, so a clear division of responsibilities is vital for an
effective process that produces concrete results. 3. Paragraph 17 of
DT/9 rev. 2 provides a very useful framework upon
which to organize the implementation and follow-up, as it recognizes 3
fundamental elements following the Tunis Summit. These are: (1)
implementation (2) evaluation and (3) review, policy debate and
follow-up. An explanatory diagram, showing a possible
division/allocation of tasks under the framework in para. 17, is
attached. This paragraph has been deleted
from DT/26. 4. This diagram is based on the framework in para.17 of DT9
(rev.2), as well as the following elements. a. The WSIS outputs provide
a unique opportunity for all stakeholders to collaborate on a new issue,
which is cross-cutting in nature, and to develop new
work modalities that can effectively respond to the requirements in the
outputs. b. The implementation activities organized along the Action
Lines of the Plan of Action (para. 17a) require an appropriate and light
multistakeholder approach, in which individual Action Lines could be
moderated/facilitated by UN agencies. ITU and UNESCO are ready to play a
leading managerial role in organizing meetings of coordinators of action
lines and reporting on implementation. c. The follow-up (para. 17c) of
WSIS must be in line with UNGA Resolution 57/270 B to ensure that WSIS
is part of an integrated approach to all UN Summits and that ICTs are
mainstreamed into the Development agenda of the UN. In that respect,
existing UN processes and procedures can play an useful role, including
those of ECOSOC, on review,
policy debate and follow-up.
d. There is widespread recognition of the need for stocktaking,
statistical indicators and analytical assessment (Para. 17B) as an
evaluation component of the implementation and follow-up activities. 5.
The tradition has been that each UN style Summit establishes its own and
specific implementation process and different models have been chosen by
each Summit. Several of the key elements in DT/26, including much of
para. 29, were already considered at PreCom-3. ITU considers that the
final Outcome document of WSIS should provide more specificity than is
set forth in DT/26 as to the roles and responsibility of different
entities, so that concrete results can truly be achieved.

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DT/9 rev 2 Multi-stakeholder follow-up

International level

17 c

� Review, policy debate and coordination through ECOSOC (may involve
existing or new functional commission) � Follow-up becomes integral part
of the UN integrated follow-up to major UN conferences and � Review,
policy debate and coordination in line with UN Resolution 57/270 B

17 b

Multi-stakeholder evaluation

� Periodical evaluation, using agreed methodology (Para 44, 45 and 46
(stocktaking) of DT9/rev 2)
� No new operational bodies created
Multi-stakeholder implementation

17 a

� Bottom-up multi-stakeholder implementation activities, organized along
action lines of Geneva Plan of Action, moderated/facilitated by UN
agencies (Annex or as determined by CEB/HLSOC)
� Modalities of coordination of multi-stakeholders activities, as well
as multi-stakeholder policy discussion space are expected to be
established. �No new operational bodies created �ITU/UNESCO/ and
possibly UNDP to coordinate meetings of coordinators and reporting of
implementation

Regional level See Para 19 of DT/9 rev 2
National level (See Para
18 of DT/9 Se Rev e 2)
Para 18 of DT/9 Rev 2



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