[WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS follow up in May

[Renate Bloem]

Dear all,

 

We have just brought to an end last night the UN Commission on Human Rights
(!) and will turn back to WSIS related follow up.

Please find below a scheme of related events in May which we received from
Charles Geiger. As CONGO we are still involved with ECOSOC on a fast track
modality for WSIS accredited entities to participate in the next Commission
on Science and Technology for Development (CSDT). More news soon..Please
follow also our revised website www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/>


 

Best regards

Renata

 

 

A cluster of WSIS-related events around the Information Society Day

 

Confirmed meetings: 

 


Dates

Who

What

Where 

Open to whom


 

9-11 May

Meeting starts on 9.5. at 9.30

 

 

ITU and UNESCO



 

Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet

 <http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/>
http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/ 

 

CICG 

3 full days

 

All stakeholders


 

12 May

10.00 to 13.00 and

15.00 to 18.00

 

UNESCO

Geneva

 

Action Line Facilitation meeting, C8, Cultural diversity and identity,
linguistic diversity and local content   *(website 1)

 

Palais des Nations, room  XX

 

All stakeholders


 

15-19 May

(usual UN timings, starting at 10.00)

 

 

UN-CSTD


UNCTAD



 

Annual meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development

(Secretariat run by UNCTAD) 
*(website 2)

 

Palais des Nations

Members of the Commission and observer entities in consultative status with
ECOSOC
 (TBC)


 

15-16 May

starting 15.5 at 9.00

 

 

ITU

TSB/SPU



 

Action Line Facilitation meeting, C5, Building confidence and security in
the use of ITCs

*(website 1)

 

ITU 
Room B

 

All stakeholders

 

 


 

16 May

(time not yet fixed)

 

UN-CSTD

,

UNCTAD

 

Second Informal Inter-Agency Consultation on the Future Role of the
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)

in the System-wide Follow-up to WSIS

*(website 2)

 

Palais des Nations

 

All stakeholders

(TBC)


 

17 May

starting at 11.00

 

ITU

 

 

Information Society Day Ceremony

 

Palais des Nations or CICG

 

 

All Stake-holders (TBC) + ITU personnel


 

18 May

(time not yet fixed)

 

 

UN-CSDT

 

 

 

Panel on the Future Role of  the Commission on Science and Technology for
Development (CSTD)

in the system-wide Follow-up to WSIS

(TBC)

*(website 2)

 

Palais des Nations

 

All stakeholders

Comment : The informal meeting scheduled 16.5 may superseed this panel


 

19 May

(time not yet fixed)

 

IGF

 

 

Second round of informal consultations on the setting up of the IGF

http://www.intgovforum.org/ 

 

Palais des Nations

 

All Stakeholders


 

22-23 May

(time not yet fixed)

 

 

IGF

 

 

First meeting of the

IGF Advisory Group

http://www.intgovforum.org/ 

 

Palais des Nations

 

Members of the Advisory Group

(TBC)

 

B. Possible other meetings that may be announced later: 

 


 

Date and time open

 

 

ITU

ITU

 

Action Line Facilitation meeting on Action line C2 

 

 

ITU

 

All stakeholders


 

Dates and times open

 

 

 

UN-DESA

 

 

3 Action Line Facilitation meetings, on Action Lines C1, C7 e-government,
C11

 

Palais des Nations

(TBC)

 

All stakeholders


 

Date and time open

 

 

CONGO



 

Civil Society Information Meeting + possibly daily coordination meetings 

 

 

Palais des Nations or ITU

 

 

All stakeholders from NGOs and civil society entities


 

Date and time open

 

 

ICC/CCBI

 

 

Business sector coordination meeting(s)

 

 

Palais des Nations or ITU

 

All stakeholders from business entities

*Websites: 

 

Website 1   http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/index.html 

Website 2   http://stdev.unctad.org/unsystem/cstd/9session.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renate Bloem
President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix
CH-1202 Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000
Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mail:  <mailto:rbloem at ngocongo.org> rbloem at ngocongo.org
Website:  <http://www.ngocongo.org/> www.ngocongo.org

 

 

 

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decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to ensure the
presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments and United
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