[WSIS CS-Plenary] New APC book on WSIS: Time for lessons learned

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>APC launches new book on WSIS, developing countries and civil society: 
>Time for lessons learned
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>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202187
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>The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has been roundly 
>criticised in the past and this new study from APC concludes that the 
>summit “is not the best starting point for new action.” So, what is the 
>point of looking at how developing country delegations and civil society 
>fared at the summit? Because, says the author “it is always important to 
>learn from experience ­ particularly where it did not deliver up to 
>expectations.”
>The book “Whose Summit? Whose Information Society? Developing countries 
>and civil society at the World Summit on the Information Society”, 
>commissioned by APC and written by David Souter draws on participants’ 
>observations, detailed interviews with forty key actors and case studies 
>of experiences rooted in five developing countries.
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>WSIS holds many lessons for developing countries and civil society 
>organisations aiming to exert greater influence in international ICT 
>decision-making fora. Some lessons demonstrate what worked well ­ such as 
>the highly successful, multi-stakeholder Internet Governance Forum (IGF). 
>The majority illustrate what did not work so well ­ not least, holding a 
>four-year long meeting on such a fast-changing topic.
>Read a one-page introduction:
>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202193
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>Interview with “Whose Summit? Whose Information Society?” author David 
>Souter to discuss the study’s findings, as well as what lessons can be 
>gathered from the WSIS experience ­ for developing countries, civil 
>society, and in general by APCNews:
>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202194
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>Download the full book here [in English; pdf format]:
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_EN.pdf
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>Download the abridged versions (part of APC's Issue Papers series) in 
>English, Spanish and French:
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>In English
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf
>In Spanish
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_ES.pdf
>In French
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_FR.pdf
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>Five case studies of experience in five developing countries were 
>commissioned for the main report:
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>Bangladesh case study
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_bangladesh.pdf
>Ecuador case study
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ecuador.pdf
>Ethiopia case study
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ethiopia.pdf
>India case study
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_india.pdf
>Kenya case study
>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_kenya.pdf
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