[WSIS CS-Plenary] FW: [startup] Consultations on Action Line 11 of WSIS

[Gurstein, Michael]

Further to Renate's note of yesterday please see the below... 
 
I'm wondering if it might be possible, on behalf of the Plenary to reply
to this "invitation" that a stakeholder "consultation" "to discuss ways
to enhance collaboration among diverse stakeholders in ensuring
effective multi-stakeholder implementation, at the international level,
of the outcomes of WSIS as regards international and regional
cooperation" held for 3 hours in a meeting room in Geneva is not a
"consultation" but simply another means to perpetuate existing closed
door exclusionary processes since only those already available in Geneva
or with the requisite budgets to attend in Geneva for such a meeting
will have an opportunity to participate.
 
Those without such resources who will, I assume, include most of those
(including their representative organizations and "caucuses") with the
most direct and immediate interest in "information exchange, creation of
knowledge, sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing
multi-stakeholder and policy/private (sic?) partnerships" as the sources
and originators and ultimately end users of such knowledge will be
excluded from participation.
 
MG
 
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Subject: [startup] Consultations on Action Line 11 of WSIS

Dear colleagues, 

We are pleased to invite you to attend a first consultation that DESA,
in its capacity of "provisional focal point" for facilitation of Action
Line 11 of the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on the
Information Society, will convene on 15 May 2005  in Salle XXV of the
Palais de Nations, Geneva. The meeting will be open to all relevant
stakeholders. The exact time of the meeting (most probably in the
afternoon) will be communicated later. 
This meeting, convened in line with paragraph 108 of the Tunis Agenda
for the Information Society, will provide an opportunity to discuss ways
to enhance collaboration among diverse stakeholders in ensuring
effective multi-stakeholder implementation, at the international level,
of the outcomes of WSIS as regards international and regional
cooperation. The other facilitators for this Action Line are the
Regional Commissions, UNDP, ITU and UNESCO. 
As stated in paragraph 110 of the Tunis Agenda, "the cordination of
multi-stakeholder implementation activities would help to avoid
duplication of activities. This should ionclude. inter alia, information
exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices, and
assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and policy/private
partnerships". We hope that at the forthcoming meeting, interested
stakeholders will present their proposals on optimal modalities for this
work, bearing in mind the specific  tasks under Action Line 11 (see
paragraph 26 of the Geneva Plan of Action here:
http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/md/03/wsis/doc/S03-WSIS-DOC-0005!!MSW-E
.doc). 
We look forward to a productive discussion. 
Best regards, 

S. Khan, Director, Office for Ecosoc Support and Coordination 
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations 
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