Thursday, June 24, 2004
Digital Solidarity Fund growing strong
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA June 24, 2004. In a move aimed at bridging the digital divide, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has established an Inter ministerial committee to harmonise the African position on the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).
Through the Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF), NEPAD has sought to bring Africa closer to the information age by establishing a committee that is expected to
identify needs and way forward for Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa.
Mamadou Diop, Senegalese minister of information and Pan African Cooperation says the move demonstrates that the DSF has moved from concept to action and that it will steer ICT development in Africa.
The DSF was first proposed by Abdoulaye Wade, the Senegalese president,
during the second preparatory committee meeting in Geneva in September 2003. Proposing, in his capacity as chair of NEPAD ICT committee, Wade said the fund would receive contributions from donors, individuals, governments and business entities.
While the fund was identified as a proper vehicle to bridge the digital divide, it received immense hostility from western governments who saw it as a new
form of taxation. They suggested that African countries should use the existing funding streams. However, some cities such as Geneva proposed to host the headquarters of the DSF and to finance an initial study of its status and mode of operations.
Diop confirmed that apart from the committee, the fund has received contributions amounting to U$3 million from cities such as Geneva, Paris, Lyon, Rome, Torino, Bilbao and the Basque province of Spain.
The ministerial committee was formed at the DSF conference in April where 35 African countries attended and offered their support. The meeting also
adopted a resolution launching an appeal to other African countries to contribute to the fund.
In this regard, Diop says that by February 2005, African governments are expected to have made major strides at national level. This approach is expected to harmonise the different country needs.
To demonstrate its support for the WSIS cause, Senegalese government has sent 10 members from its government to Tunis for the PrepComm and a further 30 members of the civil society are attending the meeting.
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By Rebecca Wanjiku, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA June 24, 2004. In a move aimed at bridging the digital divide, the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) has established an Inter ministerial committee to harmonise the African position on the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS).
Through the Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF), NEPAD has sought to bring Africa closer to the information age by establishing a committee that is expected to
identify needs and way forward for Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa.
Mamadou Diop, Senegalese minister of information and Pan African Cooperation says the move demonstrates that the DSF has moved from concept to action and that it will steer ICT development in Africa.
The DSF was first proposed by Abdoulaye Wade, the Senegalese president,
during the second preparatory committee meeting in Geneva in September 2003. Proposing, in his capacity as chair of NEPAD ICT committee, Wade said the fund would receive contributions from donors, individuals, governments and business entities.
While the fund was identified as a proper vehicle to bridge the digital divide, it received immense hostility from western governments who saw it as a new
form of taxation. They suggested that African countries should use the existing funding streams. However, some cities such as Geneva proposed to host the headquarters of the DSF and to finance an initial study of its status and mode of operations.
Diop confirmed that apart from the committee, the fund has received contributions amounting to U$3 million from cities such as Geneva, Paris, Lyon, Rome, Torino, Bilbao and the Basque province of Spain.
The ministerial committee was formed at the DSF conference in April where 35 African countries attended and offered their support. The meeting also
adopted a resolution launching an appeal to other African countries to contribute to the fund.
In this regard, Diop says that by February 2005, African governments are expected to have made major strides at national level. This approach is expected to harmonise the different country needs.
To demonstrate its support for the WSIS cause, Senegalese government has sent 10 members from its government to Tunis for the PrepComm and a further 30 members of the civil society are attending the meeting.
UN Fund for civil society participation in WSIS in the offing
By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisia called today for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund to ensure a wider participation of international civil society in the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), and to help build their efforts in bridging the digital divide between the developing and developed countries.
Formally opening the WSIS preparatory meeting, Mr. Sadok Rabah, minister of communication technologies and transport of Tunisia said that since Civil Society constitutes an essential element in building an ‘inclusive’ information society, the international community should ensure their participation at all the stages of preparations for the Tunis summit in 2005.
“Keen on ensuring a wider participation for the civil society, Tunisia calls for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund,” he told the gathering attending the First Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom1) in Hammamet, Tunisia from 24-26 June 2004.
The Fund would finance the activities of international Civil Society in relation to the organization of WSIS. It would also provide support and assistance to projects and programs that link ICT applications rapid economic development.
Rabah announced today that his country has made a contribution of 400 000 Dinar (U$ 380 000) to provide assistance to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Least Developed Countries. Efforts will be made to give especial attention to NGOs concerned with the disabled, with women and children, he added.
Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of International Telecommunications Union (ITU), noting that this meeting was the first preparatory committee session outside Geneva, said, it “symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the WSIS process.”
“We are building the bridges to connect different peoples across geographical, knowledge and information divides. We are beginning to connect the dots embedded in the WSIS Action Plan that will form a truly inclusive and equitable Information Society,” he said.
However, it is worth noting that “the migration of WSIS from North to South” did not result from a UN decision to be fair to developing countries. Both Rabah and Utsumi stated that Tunisia was given the chance to host the Summit as it initially proposed an information society summit in 1998.
The first phase of the WSIS, which took place in December 2003 in Geneva Switzerland closed with the adoption of the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action by 175 countries. The Geneva phase of the Summit is said to have been a success for bringing to the attention of the global political leadership to the growing digital divide in the world and the importance of ICTs for development.
The Tunis phase, which began today and will close with the summit in November 2005, is expected to extract commitments from governments and to provide solutions for the implementation of the two documents endorsed at the Geneva summit. As Utsumi noted, this phase is to be ‘the summit of solutions” and will signify a “transit from mere declaration to real actions.”
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By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisia called today for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund to ensure a wider participation of international civil society in the second phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), and to help build their efforts in bridging the digital divide between the developing and developed countries.
Formally opening the WSIS preparatory meeting, Mr. Sadok Rabah, minister of communication technologies and transport of Tunisia said that since Civil Society constitutes an essential element in building an ‘inclusive’ information society, the international community should ensure their participation at all the stages of preparations for the Tunis summit in 2005.
“Keen on ensuring a wider participation for the civil society, Tunisia calls for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund,” he told the gathering attending the First Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom1) in Hammamet, Tunisia from 24-26 June 2004.
The Fund would finance the activities of international Civil Society in relation to the organization of WSIS. It would also provide support and assistance to projects and programs that link ICT applications rapid economic development.
Rabah announced today that his country has made a contribution of 400 000 Dinar (U$ 380 000) to provide assistance to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Least Developed Countries. Efforts will be made to give especial attention to NGOs concerned with the disabled, with women and children, he added.
Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of International Telecommunications Union (ITU), noting that this meeting was the first preparatory committee session outside Geneva, said, it “symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the WSIS process.”
“We are building the bridges to connect different peoples across geographical, knowledge and information divides. We are beginning to connect the dots embedded in the WSIS Action Plan that will form a truly inclusive and equitable Information Society,” he said.
However, it is worth noting that “the migration of WSIS from North to South” did not result from a UN decision to be fair to developing countries. Both Rabah and Utsumi stated that Tunisia was given the chance to host the Summit as it initially proposed an information society summit in 1998.
The first phase of the WSIS, which took place in December 2003 in Geneva Switzerland closed with the adoption of the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action by 175 countries. The Geneva phase of the Summit is said to have been a success for bringing to the attention of the global political leadership to the growing digital divide in the world and the importance of ICTs for development.
The Tunis phase, which began today and will close with the summit in November 2005, is expected to extract commitments from governments and to provide solutions for the implementation of the two documents endorsed at the Geneva summit. As Utsumi noted, this phase is to be ‘the summit of solutions” and will signify a “transit from mere declaration to real actions.”
Confusion over media role still haunts WSIS meeting
By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 An influential figure in the Geneva phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) demanded today that the minimal role accorded to the media in building an inclusive Information Society should be altered, calling for a new round of talks on the issue in the second phase of the Summit taking place in Hammamet, Tunisia.
During the opening ceremony of the first WSIS PrepcomWSIS meeting, Mark Furrer, head of the organizing team of the Geneva phase of WSIS told participants that three pending issues remain to be solved, namely Internet governance, financing mechanisms and the role of the media.
Furrer said, “There are three issues we still need to resolve: financial mechanisms, internet governance and the role of the media in creating an inclusive information society.”
His remarks came as a surprise since other WSIS officials, including Yoshio Utsumi, the general secretary of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Janis. Karklins, president of the Tunis Prepcom, see the role of the media as a closed chapter. They agree that only two broad issues, namely Internet Governance and financing mechanisms are open for negotiation and debate during the Tunis phase.
Furrer, explaining why the issue of media should be revisited, noted that one “mistake” made during WSIS Geneva was to bring the issue “too late to the board” and as a result, he maintained, negotiations were “incomplete.”
When asked to comment to Furrer’s statement, Utsumi, however, denied that there would be a reopening of discussion. He said that the statement was not the WSIS’s official position and should be regarded as Furrer’s “personal opinion.” The role of the media was one of the issues where a consensus was reached at the Geneva Summit, he further stressed.
Furrer’s statement echoed the complaints of several participants who believed that some important issues, such as media and freedom of expression, were glossed over at the Geneva WSIS.
Two working groups were set up during WSIS first phase to find solutions and reach agreements in the fields of Internet governance and financing mechanisms. The working groups are expected to provide inputs to the second phase of WSIS in Tunis.
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By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 An influential figure in the Geneva phase of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) demanded today that the minimal role accorded to the media in building an inclusive Information Society should be altered, calling for a new round of talks on the issue in the second phase of the Summit taking place in Hammamet, Tunisia.
During the opening ceremony of the first WSIS PrepcomWSIS meeting, Mark Furrer, head of the organizing team of the Geneva phase of WSIS told participants that three pending issues remain to be solved, namely Internet governance, financing mechanisms and the role of the media.
Furrer said, “There are three issues we still need to resolve: financial mechanisms, internet governance and the role of the media in creating an inclusive information society.”
His remarks came as a surprise since other WSIS officials, including Yoshio Utsumi, the general secretary of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Janis. Karklins, president of the Tunis Prepcom, see the role of the media as a closed chapter. They agree that only two broad issues, namely Internet Governance and financing mechanisms are open for negotiation and debate during the Tunis phase.
Furrer, explaining why the issue of media should be revisited, noted that one “mistake” made during WSIS Geneva was to bring the issue “too late to the board” and as a result, he maintained, negotiations were “incomplete.”
When asked to comment to Furrer’s statement, Utsumi, however, denied that there would be a reopening of discussion. He said that the statement was not the WSIS’s official position and should be regarded as Furrer’s “personal opinion.” The role of the media was one of the issues where a consensus was reached at the Geneva Summit, he further stressed.
Furrer’s statement echoed the complaints of several participants who believed that some important issues, such as media and freedom of expression, were glossed over at the Geneva WSIS.
Two working groups were set up during WSIS first phase to find solutions and reach agreements in the fields of Internet governance and financing mechanisms. The working groups are expected to provide inputs to the second phase of WSIS in Tunis.
UN Fund for civil society participation in WSIS in the offing
By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisia called today for the
establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund to ensure a wider
participation of international civil society in the second phase of the
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), and to help build their efforts
in bridging the digital divide between the developing and developed
countries.
Formally opening the WSIS preparatory meeting, Mr. Sadok Rabah, minister of
communication technologies and transport of Tunisia said that since Civil
Society constitutes an essential element in building an ‘inclusive’
information society, the international community should ensure their
participation at all the stages of preparations for the Tunis summit in
2005.
“Keen on ensuring a wider participation for the civil society, Tunisia calls
for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund,” he told the
gathering attending the First Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom1) in
Hammamet, Tunisia from 24-26 June 2004.
The Fund would finance the activities of international Civil Society in
relation to the organization of WSIS. It would also provide support and
assistance to projects and programs that link ICT applications rapid
economic development.
Rabah announced today that his country has made a contribution of 400 000
Dinar (U$ 380 000) to provide assistance to non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) in the Least Developed Countries. Efforts will be made to give
especial attention to NGOs concerned with the disabled, with women and
children, he added.
Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of International Telecommunications Union
(ITU), noting that this meeting was the first preparatory committee session
outside Geneva, said, it “symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter in the
history of the WSIS process.”
“We are building the bridges to connect different peoples across
geographical, knowledge and information divides. We are beginning to connect
the dots embedded in the WSIS Action Plan that will form a truly inclusive
and equitable Information Society,” he said.
However, it is worth noting that “the migration of WSIS from North to South”
did not result from a UN decision to be fair to developing countries. Both
Rabah and Utsumi stated that Tunisia was given the chance to host the Summit
as it initially proposed an information society summit in 1998.
The first phase of the WSIS, which took place in December 2003 in Geneva
Switzerland closed with the adoption of the Declaration of Principles and
the Plan of Action by 175 countries. The Geneva phase of the Summit is said
to have been a success for bringing to the attention of the global political
leadership to the growing digital divide in the world and the importance of
ICTs for development.
The Tunis phase, which began today and will close with the summit in
November 2005, is expected to extract commitments from governments and to
provide solutions for the implementation of the two documents endorsed at
the Geneva summit. As Utsumi noted, this phase is to be ‘the summit of
solutions” and will signify a “transit from mere declaration to real
actions.”
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By Emrakeb Assefa, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisia called today for the
establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund to ensure a wider
participation of international civil society in the second phase of the
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), and to help build their efforts
in bridging the digital divide between the developing and developed
countries.
Formally opening the WSIS preparatory meeting, Mr. Sadok Rabah, minister of
communication technologies and transport of Tunisia said that since Civil
Society constitutes an essential element in building an ‘inclusive’
information society, the international community should ensure their
participation at all the stages of preparations for the Tunis summit in
2005.
“Keen on ensuring a wider participation for the civil society, Tunisia calls
for the establishment of a permanent United Nations Fund,” he told the
gathering attending the First Preparatory Committee meeting (PrepCom1) in
Hammamet, Tunisia from 24-26 June 2004.
The Fund would finance the activities of international Civil Society in
relation to the organization of WSIS. It would also provide support and
assistance to projects and programs that link ICT applications rapid
economic development.
Rabah announced today that his country has made a contribution of 400 000
Dinar (U$ 380 000) to provide assistance to non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) in the Least Developed Countries. Efforts will be made to give
especial attention to NGOs concerned with the disabled, with women and
children, he added.
Yoshio Utsumi, secretary general of International Telecommunications Union
(ITU), noting that this meeting was the first preparatory committee session
outside Geneva, said, it “symbolizes the beginning of a new chapter in the
history of the WSIS process.”
“We are building the bridges to connect different peoples across
geographical, knowledge and information divides. We are beginning to connect
the dots embedded in the WSIS Action Plan that will form a truly inclusive
and equitable Information Society,” he said.
However, it is worth noting that “the migration of WSIS from North to South”
did not result from a UN decision to be fair to developing countries. Both
Rabah and Utsumi stated that Tunisia was given the chance to host the Summit
as it initially proposed an information society summit in 1998.
The first phase of the WSIS, which took place in December 2003 in Geneva
Switzerland closed with the adoption of the Declaration of Principles and
the Plan of Action by 175 countries. The Geneva phase of the Summit is said
to have been a success for bringing to the attention of the global political
leadership to the growing digital divide in the world and the importance of
ICTs for development.
The Tunis phase, which began today and will close with the summit in
November 2005, is expected to extract commitments from governments and to
provide solutions for the implementation of the two documents endorsed at
the Geneva summit. As Utsumi noted, this phase is to be ‘the summit of
solutions” and will signify a “transit from mere declaration to real
actions.”
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Innovative Businesses to be honoured at WSIS II
By Rebecca Wanjiku, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisian government has announced a
plan to honour innovative business enterprises during the second phase of
the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) scheduled
for November 2005.
Sadok Rabah minister of communication technologies and transport told more
than 400 delegates gathered for the WSIS preparatory committee that his
government plans to organise an international competition to honour the best
business enterprises in ICTs.
During the Geneva phase of the Summit (December 2003) organisations and
governments were honoured for the best e_content. While the WSIS award
organisers received about 800 applications from all over the world, African
representation was very low.
The low number of entries is blamed on a lack of proper and extensive
marketing as well as the ever present digital divide between countries of
the north and those of the south.
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By Rebecca Wanjiku, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 Tunisian government has announced a
plan to honour innovative business enterprises during the second phase of
the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) scheduled
for November 2005.
Sadok Rabah minister of communication technologies and transport told more
than 400 delegates gathered for the WSIS preparatory committee that his
government plans to organise an international competition to honour the best
business enterprises in ICTs.
During the Geneva phase of the Summit (December 2003) organisations and
governments were honoured for the best e_content. While the WSIS award
organisers received about 800 applications from all over the world, African
representation was very low.
The low number of entries is blamed on a lack of proper and extensive
marketing as well as the ever present digital divide between countries of
the north and those of the south.
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New directions for WSIS
By Steven Lang, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 As the second phase of the World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS) formally opens in Tunisia today, it
will be business as usual in some respects, but there will be some
significant differences from the meetings held ahead of last year’s Prepcoms
in Geneva.
It is business as usual in that many of the same faces greet each other
enthusiastically in the halls and galleries of the brand new Medina
conference centre of Yasmine Hammamet. They are well known to each other,
as only professional conference participants can be. At the Civil Society
meetings, there are perhaps only a few dozen participants who are here to
speak up for the poor and downtrodden of the whole world.
It is business as usual in that many of the same issues debated in Geneva
will again be raised in Tunisia. Who is supposed to administer the Internet,
who should contribute to the Digital Solidarity Fund and how the Summit can
bridge the digital divide are questions that are still in centre of heated
exchanges.
There will be no changes to the Declaration of Principles adopted at the
first phase of the WSIS in Geneva. Government delegations have decided that
the process of achieving the Declaration was so laborious that they do not
want to open that “can-of-worms” again. However, some activists argue that
the rel reason for the reluctance to revisit the Declaration is that
governments do not want to accept as a principle the right to communicate.
The Geneva Declaration will stand unaltered, but it is quite possible that
the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis will produce some sort of political
statement. This statement could probably take the form of a “Tunis
Commitment” or a “Tunis Consensus”.
The Geneva Plan of Action could well be modified, or even completely
scrapped as commentators believe it is far too vague to be a real plan of
action. It is widely believed that a new Tunis Plan of Action is needed to
come up with more details.
The WSIS is unique in the context of UN summits in that it is taking place
in two phases. It is also unique in that there are no plans for follow-up
summits in the mold of “Rio plus ten” or “Beijing plus five”. As the
situation stands, there are no plans for a WSIS plus five or ten, yet many
of the goals set in the Plan of Action coincide with the UN’s Millennium
Development Goals.
Regional and thematic meetings
Phase one of WSIS was based on the outcomes of five regional prepcoms held
on five continents. Each of these regional prepcoms produced documents to
serve as the basis for the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action.
For phase two, there will be only three regional prepcoms – in Africa, Latin
America and in one of the Arab states. At the moment, it is not certain what
type of documents these meetings are likely to produce, but sources within
the conference secretariat say that it is unlikely that they will be used to
draft Summit documents.
The regional documents will be submitted to the Summit meeting, and they
will certainly be “noted”, but they will probably not go any further than
that.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and other UN agencies will
also hold a number of “thematic” meetings aimed at filling specific
requirements and also providing input to the WSIS process. The thematic
meetings cover specific issues such as spam, financing and Internet
governance.
Highway Africa reports from Tunis come courtesy of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation. Editorial decisions are solely the
responsibility of Highway Africa.
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By Steven Lang, Highway Africa News Agency (HANA)
YASMINE HAMMAMET, TUNISIA. June 24, 2004 As the second phase of the World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS) formally opens in Tunisia today, it
will be business as usual in some respects, but there will be some
significant differences from the meetings held ahead of last year’s Prepcoms
in Geneva.
It is business as usual in that many of the same faces greet each other
enthusiastically in the halls and galleries of the brand new Medina
conference centre of Yasmine Hammamet. They are well known to each other,
as only professional conference participants can be. At the Civil Society
meetings, there are perhaps only a few dozen participants who are here to
speak up for the poor and downtrodden of the whole world.
It is business as usual in that many of the same issues debated in Geneva
will again be raised in Tunisia. Who is supposed to administer the Internet,
who should contribute to the Digital Solidarity Fund and how the Summit can
bridge the digital divide are questions that are still in centre of heated
exchanges.
There will be no changes to the Declaration of Principles adopted at the
first phase of the WSIS in Geneva. Government delegations have decided that
the process of achieving the Declaration was so laborious that they do not
want to open that “can-of-worms” again. However, some activists argue that
the rel reason for the reluctance to revisit the Declaration is that
governments do not want to accept as a principle the right to communicate.
The Geneva Declaration will stand unaltered, but it is quite possible that
the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis will produce some sort of political
statement. This statement could probably take the form of a “Tunis
Commitment” or a “Tunis Consensus”.
The Geneva Plan of Action could well be modified, or even completely
scrapped as commentators believe it is far too vague to be a real plan of
action. It is widely believed that a new Tunis Plan of Action is needed to
come up with more details.
The WSIS is unique in the context of UN summits in that it is taking place
in two phases. It is also unique in that there are no plans for follow-up
summits in the mold of “Rio plus ten” or “Beijing plus five”. As the
situation stands, there are no plans for a WSIS plus five or ten, yet many
of the goals set in the Plan of Action coincide with the UN’s Millennium
Development Goals.
Regional and thematic meetings
Phase one of WSIS was based on the outcomes of five regional prepcoms held
on five continents. Each of these regional prepcoms produced documents to
serve as the basis for the Geneva Declaration and Plan of Action.
For phase two, there will be only three regional prepcoms – in Africa, Latin
America and in one of the Arab states. At the moment, it is not certain what
type of documents these meetings are likely to produce, but sources within
the conference secretariat say that it is unlikely that they will be used to
draft Summit documents.
The regional documents will be submitted to the Summit meeting, and they
will certainly be “noted”, but they will probably not go any further than
that.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and other UN agencies will
also hold a number of “thematic” meetings aimed at filling specific
requirements and also providing input to the WSIS process. The thematic
meetings cover specific issues such as spam, financing and Internet
governance.
Highway Africa reports from Tunis come courtesy of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation. Editorial decisions are solely the
responsibility of Highway Africa.
