[WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Implementation and Follow-up Meetings in Geneva - 10-19 May 2006

Tue Apr 11 19:25:48 BST 2006

Cher Philippe,

Je viens par la présente vous faire savoir que je n'ai
pas encore reçu ma lettre d'invitation pour la
conférence du 9-19 mai prochain. En tant que ONG
accréditée par l'ECOSOC au nom de Jeunes volontaires
francophones à l'ordre de Laurent SANDZA MISSIMBALOBA
qui nous a hissé à ce niveau. Pour ce faire, je joins
à ma demande les coordonnées afférentes à ma personne:
Charline  MENGUE-ME-NDOUTOUME
BP. 10206 Libreville/GABON
Tel:+241 072 92124
Tout en vous souhaitant bonne réception, veuillez
agréer Monsieur, l'expression de mon profond respect.

--- CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org> a écrit :

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> As the heavy series of meetings to be held around
> the 9th session on the
> Commission on Science and Technology is getting
> closer, I would like to
> consult you on how civil society should better
> strategize to follow-up and
> continue to better impact the outcome of these
> meetings.
> 
>  
> 
> In addition to the 9th session of the CSTD (15-19
> May 2006), 9 facilitation
> meetings for international implementation will take
> place between 12 May and
> 19 May (cf. CONGO website
>
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10206>
> ), the celebration of
> the World Day for the Information Society (17 May),
> an information meeting
> on the up-coming launch of the Global Alliance for
> ICT and Development
> (probably 15 May, to be confirmed, cf. CONGO website
>
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10210>
> ), a new consultation
> on the future role of the CSTD convened by ECOSOC
> (16 May) and a
> consultation on the IGF (19 May).
> 
>  
> 
> The full list of events is available on the website
> of the former CSB:
> http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm. You can also
> find a provisional
> timetable attached.
> 
>  
> 
> In the perspective of this week of IS related
> meeting, it would be useful to
> know:
> 
>  
> 
> 1)       Attendance: Who will participate in this
> series of meetings?
> 
>  
> 
> 2)       Orientation session: CONGO is ready to
> organise an orientation
> session for this week, with the view to discuss the
> WSIS process so far and
> help non WSIS participants to fit into the on-going
> implementation and
> follow-up process. Do you support that there is a
> need for such an
> orientation session? Friday 12 and Monday 15 are
> already packed, but would
> you agree that a lunchtime 2-hour session would be
> convenient?
> 
>  
> 
> 3)       Daily coordination or information exchange
> meetings: Charles Geiger
> announced us that a Room at ITU (100 seats) would be
> available full time to
> answer the various needs of CS meetings. We are
> still discussing with UNCTAD
> / UN about the possibility to get a room one hour
> every day (9:00-10:00) for
> possible daily meeting among Civil Society. This
> timeslot could be used to
> perform the CS Plenary function during the WSIS
> preparatory process of
> information exchange. Please forward us your
> comments about this
> possibility. This also raises the question of how
> civil society must
> self-organise itself in the WSIS follow-up and
> implementation period.
> 
>  
> 
> 4)       Meeting facilities: It will be difficult to
> organize thematic side
> events during this week. However, we would like to
> know which caucuses /
> working groups will be involved and if they need us
> to ask for specific
> meeting facilities.
> 
>  
> 
> Other information about the UN CSTD session:
> 
>  
> 
> • An invitation letter was sent by post to all
> ECOSOC accredited NGOs. This
> could be used as support document for visa requests.
> 
>  
> 
> • As previously announced, the CSTD Bureau is under
> the process of examining
> a proposed decision for interim participation of
> WSIS accredited civil
> society entities to the up-coming 9th session of the
> CSTD. We will keep you
> up-dated about the next developments, but the CSTD
> Secretariat serviced by
> UNCTAD is quite optimistic that the outcome of this
> decision would be in
> line with what CONGO proposed.
> 
>  
> 
> • Information on badging issues during the up-coming
> series of meetings will
> be made available soon. We are still exploring
> possibilities to rationalize
> the badging process between the different sorts of
> meetings (CSTD /
> Implementation facilitation / other consultations).
> 
>  
> 
> • In view of Action Line C2 facilitation, the
> ITU-BDT has created a "virtual
> group" for this Action Line. Any stakeholder
> (individual persons or NGO and
> other civil society entities) interested in the
> Action Line C2 can
> participate in this virtual group by clicking on
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c2/index.html
> and announcing
> him/herself to the group leader, Pape Gorgui Touré.
> 
>  
> 
> • Also note that UNESCO also developed a webpage for
> comments on action
> lines it is in charge:
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21495
>
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21495&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
> ION=201.html> &URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 
> 
>  
> 
> Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further
> question. Best regards,
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail:  <mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>
> wsis at ngocongo.org
> Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org>
> www.ngocongo.org 
> 
>  
> 
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international,
> membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
> Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective
> is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's
> governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For
> more information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org
> <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/> 
> 
>  
> 
> 

Charline MENGUE
rédactrice  du journal
LE TAM-TAM LITTERAIRE, 
chargée de la rubrique africanistique littéraire 
de l’Université Omar BONGO.
déléguée des problèmes de la femme et la santé
jeune volontaire fancophone 
mengue_charline at yahoo.fr

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