[WSIS CS-Plenary] Summary of session on participation of relevant stakeholders in the ITU activities...

[CONGO - Philippe Dam]

Dear all, 

 

Find attached the Power Point presentation which was given by Thomas
Schneider, Representative of Switzerland and Co-Chair of the ITU Council WG,
and Beatrice Pluchon from the ITU Secretariat

during the Information Session on ITU Open Consultation
<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/>  on the participation of
all relevant stakeholders. This one hour session on last Wednesday was
limited to exchange information on the modalities of the on going written
consultation process in relation with the status of the negotiations within
the ITU Council WG on the Study on the Participation of all relevant
stakeholders in ITU Activities related to the World Summit on the
Information Society (WSIS). 

 

Deadline for WSIS accredited CS entities to answer the On
<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/openconsultation2008/index.h
tml>  Line questionnaire is 15 June 2008. 

 

This WG has to deliver a report of existing modalities and propose new
modalities for stakeholders’ participation in the ITU. The report would be
presented to the next Plenipot’ Conference which will then decide whether
any action should be taken. Therefore the WG report has to be ready by the
ITU Council by 2009.

 

The answers to the On
<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/openconsultation2008/index.h
tml>  Line questionnaire will be made available as such to Members of the WG
only, and the ITU Secretariat will compile a synthesis / summary on the
basis of the answers. 

 

There are two relevant documents previously compiled by the ITU Secretariat
that could be read before answering the questionnaire:

 

-
<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/Meeting-Documents/September/
WG-Study-02-08-secretariat-ITU-existing-practices2-final.doc>
WG-Study/2/08*: Secretariat Background Paper on existing practices within
ITU for the participation of relevant stakeholders in the activities of the
Union.

 

-
<http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/Meeting-Documents/January/WG
-Study-04-02-rev.2secretariat-UN-report-final.doc> WG-Study/4/02, Rev.2*:
Secretariat Background Paper on the analysis of existing mechanisms and
practices for stakeholder participation in the United Nations, other
specialized agencies and intergovernmental organizations.

 

The attached Powerpoint includes some information on the timeline of the
activities of the WG and some insights on the Draft structure of the final
report of the WG. 

 

Since the WG is only working in English, answers to the questionnaire are
advised to be provided in English – in order to have them actually impacting
on the WG members. 

 

It was also stressed that some interim measures have been taken to
facilitate CS access to ITU processes and ITU information (i.e.: ITU-T
making its recommendations publicly available) and that there are
suggestions on how to make best use of these existing modalities. 

 

Best, 

 

Philippe

 

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De : CONGO - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org] 
Envoyé : mardi 20 mai 2008 17:19
À : plenary at wsis-cs.org; governance at lists.cpsr.org
Cc : 'Philippe Dam'; congo at ngocongo.org
Objet : Infomration session - 21 May, 1.00 pm - participation of relevant
stakeholders in the ITU activities...

 

Dear all, 

 

This to remind you that the ITU Secretariat will hold an information session
on the on going consultation process on the issue of participation of
relevant stakeholders in the ITU activities related to WSIS. At the request
of the ITU WG working on this issue, a questionnaire open to all WSIS CS
accredited stakeholders has been circulated and deadline for answering this
questionnaire is 15 June 2008. 

 

The Information session, taking place tomorrow on 21 May (1.00-2.00 pm in
Room C2 at the ITU), will provide an opportunity for raising any question or
comment on this consultation process – and on the activities of the WG.

 

Note that CONGO would be happy to consider including in its answer to the
questionnaire some inputs from non-WSIS accredited CS entities who might be
interested in this issue.

 

Links:

 

-          ITU Council working on the study on the Participation of all
relevant stakeholders in ITU Activities related to WSIS:
http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/.

 

-          On Line Questionnaire for all WSIS accredited entities:
http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/openconsultation2008/index.ht
ml

 

-          Invitation to the 21 May information session on the open
consultation:
http://www.itu.int/council/groups/stakeholders/openconsultation2008/open-con
sultation-DM-08-1008-2.pdf 

 

The answers to this online questionnaire will be considered by the ITU WG at
its next meeting in September 2008. The Co-Chair of the Working Group will
be participating in this information session.

 

We will provide you with a complete summary of this session.

 

Best, 

 

Philippe Dam 

 

 

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