[WSIS CS-Plenary] [THETHA] South African WSIS Civil Society Statement

[THETHA]

SOUTH AFRICAN WSIS CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT

Final call for comments, feedback and endorsements

Deadline: 14 September 2005

www.sangonet.org.za

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The Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will
be held from 16-18 November 2005 in Tunis, Tunisia.

The Summit is an important event, symbolising the recognition by the global
community that ICTs can play a major role in social and economic development
and contribute significantly towards poverty alleviation.

In the past few months SANGONeT has coordinated the preparation of a WSIS
South African Civil Society Statement with the support of various local
civil society organisations.

This document focuses on various important issues shaping the Information
Society, including freedom of expression, telecommunications costs, funding
and evaluation, Internet governance, media freedom, open source software and
open content, education, gender and disability.

The third draft of the Statement is now available on the SANGONeT website
and all South African civil society organisations are requested to review
the document and submit their final comments, feedback and endorsements to
SANGONeT by no later than Wednesday, 14 September 2005.

Feedback should be send to - info at sangonet.org.za

The final version of the Statement will be submitted to the Department of
Communications on 16 September 2005


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