WSIS Phase I Events organised by CONGO

• "Entertainment - Education Strategies Targeting HIV/AIDS"
  10 dec 2003 Palexpo, Room N, Halle 2, 9:30am-12:30am Download the Flyer

• "Youth's Vision on Development" - A Video Contest for Youth
  10 dec 2003 Palexpo, Room O, Halle 2 , 10:00am-12:00am Download the Poster
  
  
• "Human Rights for Women in the Information Society and the Digital Gap"
  Organised by the CONGO Committee on the Status of Women, with FAS and ATM
  8 dec 2003, Palexpo, Room A 14:00-18:00  Download the Flyer - Download the Programme

Prepcom 3A (10 - 14 November 2003) in Geneva.

Prepcom 3A on "www.prepcom.net/wsis "

WSIS December 2003 Documents

Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society - "Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs" in Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish

Civil Society Essential Benchmarks for WSIS

Draft Declaration of Principles

Draft Plan of Action

For more document , please connect to the official ITU site

1 December 2003: New "Non-Papers" published.

Civil Society statements on failure of preparatory process towards the summit
Civil Society Essential Benchmarks for WSIS
Civil Society Press Statement

latest Official Draft Documents

Last Draft of The Declaration of Principles (Revision 2B).
Download the English Version, or click here for other languages

Last Draft of The Declaration of Principles (Revision 2B Annex).
Download the English Version, or click here for other languages

Last Draft of The Plan of Action (rev. 1) (add. 2).
Download the English Version, or click here for other languages

Draft Non-Paper on the Declaration of Principles from the President of WSIS PrepCom
Download the English Version

Civil Society Facilitation Fund
Request for Fellowship - Civil Society Entities

(version Française)

Conference: PrepCom3
Dates: 15-26 September 2003
Location: Geneva, Switzerland

To facilitate the participation of Civil Society entities from developing countries at PrepCom-3, a limited number of fellowships will be available, with priority being given to participants from Least Developed
Countries.

Applicants must register to the conference on: http://www.geneva2003.org
Please find the fellowship's application form on the funding web page: http://www.geneva2003.org/wsis/index_c01_3_15.htm

A nomination form must be duly completed, then signed and endorsed by the person officially responsible to nominate candidates. Moreover the form must be received no later than: 12 JULY 2003

WSIS - Civil Society Fellowships
Geneva
Fax: +41 22 730 63 93.
Email: fellowship@geneva2003.org

I. Candidates may apply from the following categories:

• Academia and education (Includes students, teachers, professional schools, researchers, education movements, etc.)
• The science and technology community
• The media (Includes broadcasters, regulators, press, journalist associations, NGO media, freedom of expression associations, etc.)
• The creators and active promoters of culture (Music, literature, etc.)
• Cities and local authorities
• Trade Unions
• Parliamentarians
• NGOs (Entities with legal status)
• Youth
• Gender
• Indigenous People
• Disabled
• Social movements (Ad hoc movements without legal status)
• Multi-stakeholders partnerships
• Philanthropic institutions & Foundations
• Think Tank

II. Criteria for the selection process:

a) The candidate must either be accredited or have completed all requirements to be granted application at PrepCom3. (applicants must register to the conference on http://www.geneva2003.org)
b) The effective contribution to the drafts of the plan of action or declarations.
c) Active participation in the WSIS process (at the international or the national level)
d) Nomination forms must be validated by the person officially responsible to nominate candidates
e) Candidate's professional experience and position and their relevance to the WSIS PrepCom-3 agenda
f) Candidate from a Least Developed Country (LDC)
g) Candidate from a non-LDC, if funds are available
h) Geographical distribution
i) Gender balance (women candidates encouraged)

III. Selection Process

The WSIS Fellowship Selection Panel will review the nomination forms and select the fellowship recipients. This Panel is established by the Civil Society Bureau. Only successful candidates will be informed of their selection

IV. Entitlements of selected participants

- International air travel round-trip to Geneva selected and pre-paid by the Civil Society Division of the Executive Secretariat via the most direct and economical route
- Daily allowance for meals, accommodation and incidental expenses for the duration of the meeting. No additional daily allowance will be paid for alternative lodging.

Intersessional Period Meeting & Documents:

Dear friends and collegues,

Please find some information regarding the WSIS Intersessional Meeting , at the UNESCO Headquarters 7, Place de Fontenoy F- 75007, Paris 15 to 18 July 2003.

The purpose of the meeting is to advance the negotiations on the Draft Declaration of Principles and Draft Plan of Action. You can download these documents below. These documents came out of PrepCom 2, have since been refined into UN language and "enriched" by Government contributions submitted before 31 May. The entire document is currently in brackets. Contributions made by Observers, including civil society, are contained in a "reference document" (available below).
But currently part of the reference document is only available on the website. However it is supposed to be finalized by the end of the week. Since these documents are very opulent, the Secretariat will in addition prepare a reading guide of some 30 pages that will come out next week and will help to distinguish consensual from the nonconsensual parts of the represented document as well as new elements.

Civil society was given time each day to contribute to the negotiation process.

CONGO was in Paris and wanted that the NGO family use this opportunity for section by section interventions in working together with the content and themes group and existing or new caucuses, so that working documents will get a maximum of input from Civil Society.

CONGO covered the Paris session on the website www.prepcom.net/wsis that has already been used during the WSIS 2nd Prepcom.

Also note that 1 August 2003 marks the deadline for requesting accreditation for PrepCom 3 and the Summit itself, for those who are not yet accredited. For more information please visit www.itu.int/wsis/index.html

Please download :

Civil Society Priorities Document: (3 August 2003) Revised version released for consultation in preparation for PrepCom-3.

Civil Society Priorities Document: (12 July 2003) Presented to the Intersessional MeetingParis 15-18 July 2003

Draft Action Plan incorporating government proposals - 20 june - 64 pages

Draft Declaration of Principles incorporating government proposals-13 june - 36 pages

Reference Document - 12 June - 157 pages

Civil Society entities were requested to send their comments on the following documents before 31 May 2003, to the following address : wsis.ap@itu.int

• Draft Action Plan Based on discussions in the Working Group of Sub-Committee 2 (Eng , Fra)
• Draft Declaration of Principles Based on discussions in the Working Group of Sub-Committee 2 (Eng , Fra)

"Road to partnership" CONGO President Article published in the Swiss Official Bulletin No 4

Do you want to organise an event during the WSIS ? Click here

The ICT4D Platform is open to those who would like to present their projects. ICT4D has 3 objectives:

1. Showcase innovations, programmes and case studies that illustrate the potential of ICTs.
2. Open a concrete and specific debate based on knowledge and best practices, then take an inventory of the state-of-the-art lessons, innovations, approaches and perspectives regarding ICTs.
3. Facilitate financing to enable concrete and multi-stakeholder deals, action-oriented partnerships and joint programmes.

Those who are interested should request space as soon as possible by going directly to the ICT4D website at www.ict-4d.org

WSIS secretariat have posted on their website an outline of the structure of the World Summit for the Information Society, including guidelines for those persons and/or organizations planning to host events in parallel to the core Summit activity.For further inquiries, please contact Bruno Romazzotti of the Swiss Executive Secretariat.

Le secrétariat du WSIS a posté sur leur site une présentation des lieux du Sommet mondial sur la société de l'information, y compris des informations et un formulaire pour les personnes souhaitant organiser des événement en liens avec le Sommet. Pour toute information contacter : Bruno Romazzotti au Secrétariat exécutif suisse.

Bruno Romazzotti
Coordinator, Side events
Swiss executive secretariat for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005
Rue de Varembé 9-11
P.O. Box 125
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
T: +41 (0) 22 748 27 75
F: +41 (0) 22 748 27 89
E: bruno.romazzotti@seco.admin.ch

PREPCOM 3
15-26 September 2003

Follow the NGOs' activities on www.prepcom.net/wsis

Please download the latest version of :

CONGO hosted an orientation session on Sunday, 14 September 2003, preceding PrepCom-3. The session was held at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) in room 3/4. Please download the program and registration form.

Please connect to the following LINK to download the Draft Agenda, the Latest version of the Draft Declaration of Principles, the Draft Plan of Action , the Rules of Procedure of the WSIS, the list of participants...

1st August 2003 marks the deadline for requesting accreditation for PrepCom 3 and the Summit itself
For more information please visit www.itu.int/wsis/index.html

Here is the registration form for the WSIS Prepcom 3 : http://www.itu.int/wsis/docs/pc3/forms/registration_cs.doc
Please send it by fax to 00.41.22.730.5881 before 15 August 2003

PREPCOM 2
Prepcom.Net

"A technological revolution is transforming society in a profound way. If harnessed and directed properly, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have the potential to improve all aspects of our social, economic and cultural life. ICTs can serve as an engine for development in the 21st century, and as an effective instrument to help us achieve all the goals of the Millennium Declaration…This global gathering will be a unique opportunity for all key players to develop a shared vision of ways to bridge the digital divide and create a truly global information society. It will be an opportunity to develop specific solutions and tools and adopt a realistic and viable plan of action.'' Kofi Annan

The World Summit on Information Society will take place in two phases: the first will be in Geneva, 10 - 12 December 2003 and the second will be in Tunis, 2005.

The summit, which responds to the rapid growth of technology, focuses on the application of these technologies to the benefit of human development. This summit will provide and excellent opportunity for all the participants to develop a better understanding of this revolution and its impact on our societies and our global world. It is widely agreed that the information and communication technologies can have a key role in reducing poverty, improving education and health care, promoting economic growth, enhancing political participation and empowerment, and promoting sustainable development. Therefore the summit will focus on issues that help achieving development objectives such as the Millennium Declaration Goals.

The participation of civil society in the preparation process of the summit is crucial to determine the significant and relevant issues to be discussed at the summit. Civil society can provide realistic picture of the socio-economic and cultural impact of these technologies and the most practical ways to employ them in the development process.

The first Preparatory Committee was held in Geneva 1-5 July 2002. This meeting focused on determining the agenda, themes and outcomes for the World Summit on the Information Society, which will continue through other Preparatory meeting. As a result of this meeting a list of possible topics has been defined which focus on the expected outcomes for a vision of the information society, access to ICTs and applications that will extend their benefits to all.

You can also read the report of WSIS Executive Secretariat Proposed themes for the Summit and possible outcomes

For more information about PREPCOM 1, you can see:
- Civil Society's Input to WSIS (Documents, statements, contributions)
- Official documents
- Highlights
- General Statements

See the CONGO Newsletters covering Prepcom1

In addition to the Preparatory Committees there are Regional Conferences that are taking place in preparation for the WSIS:
World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society, Lyon, France. Please download the information document (PDF) - 4-5 December 2003
- African Regional Conference 28-30 May 2002
- Pan European Regional Conference 7-9 November 2002
- Asian Regional Conference 13-15 January 2003
- Latin America and Caribbean Regional Conference 29-31 January 2003
- Western Asia Preparatory Conference 4-6 February 2003
- League Arab States Regional Conference June 2003
- Bishkek-Moscow Sub regional Conference 9-11 September 2002


Documents Relevant to the WSIS:
- Joint statement from Asia Civil Society Forum participants on WSIS (Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002)
- Accreditation Procedure for the Summit: New database for Civil Society
- Final report of the informal meeting on content and themes (Geneva, 16-18 Sept 2002)
- National Preparation: Civil Society Participation at the Summit
- Participation of Civil Society, Private Sector and other Stakeholders in the Summit: by WSIS executive secretariat

WSIS-Award for e-content and creativity

Call for Nomination of National Expert, WSIS-Award for e-content and creativity

Links to WSIS:
- World Summit on Information Society official website
- International telecommunication Union
- UNESCO website for WSIS
- Civil Society Platform for WSIS (www.geneva2003.org)
- www.worldsummit2003.de

For more information about the World Summit of Information Society:
Contact for Civil Society Entities:
wsis.csd@ties.itu.int
Phone +41 22 730 63 64
Fax: +41 22 730 63 93

Attribution de bourses pour la société civile
Demande de bourse - organisations de la société civile

Conférence: PrepCom3
Dates: 15-26 Septembre 2003
Lieu: Genève, Suisse

Afin d'encourager la participation des entités de la société civile provenant des pays en développement, nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer qu'un nombre limité de bourses est mis à la disposition des
participants, la priorité étant donnée à ceux des pays les moins avancés

Les candidats doivent s'inscrire à la conférence sur notre site : http://www.geneva2003.org
Veuillez trouver le formulaire de demande de bourse sur ce même site internet (rubrique financement) :
http://www.geneva2003.org/wsis/index_c02_3_13.htm

Les formulaires de candidature doivent être dûment remplis, signés et approuvés par le responsable de la désignation des candidats au sein de leur organisation. Ils doivent être envoyés par fax avant le :
12 JUILLET 2003

SMSI - Fonds de Facilitation de la Société Civile
Genève
Fax: +41 22 730 63 93.
Email: fellowship@geneva2003.org

I. Catégories retenues pour les candidatures:

• Le milieu universitaire et éducatif (comprend les étudiants, les enseignants, les écoles professionnelles, les chercheurs, les mouvements éducatifs, etc.)
• La communauté scientifique et technologique
• Les médias (comprend les diffuseurs radio-TV, les régulateurs, la presse, les associations de journalistes, les ONG médias, les associations de la liberté d'expression, etc.)
• Les créateurs et acteurs de la culture (musique, littérature, etc.)
• Les villes et les pouvoirs locaux
• Les syndicats
• Les parlementaires
• Les ONGs (entités possédant un statut légal)
• Les jeunes
• Le groupe « Equité homme/femme »
• Les peuples autochtones
• Les handicapés
• Les mouvements sociaux (Mouvements ad hoc le plus souvent sans statut légal)
• Les partenariats multi-acteurs
• Les institutions philanthropiques
• Les Think Tank

II. Critères de sélection:

a) Les candidats doivent être accrédités ou avoir accompli toutes les démarches d'accréditation (demande et procédure d'accréditation disponible sur http://www.geneva2003.org)
b) Les contributions apportées par le candidat dans l'ébauche du plan d'action ou des déclarations du SMSI
c) Le rôle actif des candidats dans le processus préparatoire du Sommet au niveau national et/ou international.
d) Le formulaire de demande doit être validé par le responsable de l'organisation
e) Les participants de pays en développement, particulièrement des pays les moins avances
f) Le rôle des participants (nous attendrons une active contribution à la conférence) et leurs expériences professionnelles en relation avec l'agenda du SMSI PrepCom3
g) L'équité Homme / Femme (les candidatures féminines sont encouragées)
h) La répartition géographique

III. Processus de sélection

Le comite de sélection composé par des membres du bureau de la société civile examinera les candidatures et fera une sélection finale des candidats qui bénéficieront d'une bourse.
Seuls les candidats reçus seront informés de la décision finale.

IV. Détails de prise en charge

- Billet d'avion économique A/R pour Genève pré-payé par la division de la société civile du secrétariat exécutif;
- Perdiem pour les repas, l'hébergement, les transports et autres type de dépenses pour la durée de la conférence.

----Espace d’exposition à ICT4D----

La plate-forme ICT4D est ouverte à tous ceux qui désirent présenter leurs projets. Le ICT4D a 3 objectifs :

1. Présenter des innovations, des programmes et des études de cas illustrant le potentiel des TICs.
2. Ouvrir un débat concret et spécifique basé sur la connaissance et les bonnes pratiques, puis faire l’inventaire des toutes dernières leçons, innovations,
approches et perspectives en matière des TICs.
3. Faciliter les financements permettant de conclure des affaires concrètes et multi partenariales, des partenariats orientés vers l’action et des programmes
communs.

Ceux qui sont intéressés doivent demander un espace aussi rapidement que possible directement via le site Internet de ICT4D : www.ict-4d.org

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