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Consultation Process Get involved in the preparatory process of WSIS Forum 2010

Join the WSIS Forum 2010 to participate in the consultation process and get involved in the preparatory process. This event offers a series of diverse meetings, including high-level panels, thematic workshops, kick-off meetings, and more.

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Consultation Process Get involved in the preparatory process of WSIS Forum 2010

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  1. Consultation Process Get involved in the preparatory process of WSIS Forum 2010

  2. WSIS Forum 2010 Midterm Review • ITU, UNESCO, UNDP and UNCTAD in their mandated roles have the pleasure to organize the WSIS Forum 2010to be heldfrom 10 to 14 May 2010, at the ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. • (10-12 May HL Segment / 13-14 Workshops) • This event builds upon the tradition of annual WSIS May meetings, and its new format is a result of the open consultations with all WSIS Stakeholders.

  3. Participation of WSIS Forums and 2010 Objective Please note that presented statistics do not reflect participating representatives of the Governments from Geneva based permanent missions 591 479 463 454 *Expected number of participants

  4. WSIS Forum 2010 Format of the Meeting The Forum will offer participants a series of diverse meetings, including: • High-Level Panels • WSIS Action Line Facilitation Meetings • Thematic Workshops • Kick-off Meetings • Speed Exchanges • WSIS Action Line Facilitators Meeting • UNGIS Meeting

  5. WSIS Forum 2010 Preparatory Process • General Assembly Draft Resolution • 12. Notes the organization of the WSIS Forum 2009 by ITU, UNCTAD, UNDP and UNESCO to facilitate interaction between actors implementing the WSIS action lines, and invites the organizers to fully engage Governments, international organizations, civil society and the private sector in the preparations of the WSIS Forum 2010, to be held from 10 to 14 May in Geneva;

  6. WSIS Forum 2010 Open Consultation Process • STEP ONE: ONLINE DISCUSSION WSIS Community website provided an opportunity of discussing the WSIS Forum 2010 in remote mode. • STEP TWO: SUBMISSION OF OFFICIAL COMMENT/CONTRIBUTIONOfficial comment/contribution were submitted in electronic form with deadline of 5 February 2010. • STEP THREE: FINAL REVIEW MEETINGFinal review of all submitted comments, 10 February 2010 in ITU Headquarters, Geneva.

  7. Open Consultations Phase Two: Overview Contributions from 48 Countries Albania, Albania, Argentina, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bangui, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Iraq (Kurdistan Regional Government), Madagascar, Mali, Mexico, Nairobi, Nepal, New York, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Paris, Rome, Saint Lucia, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, UAE, Uganda, USA, Venezuela

  8. Open Consultations Phase Two: Overview

  9. ICT for disabled ICT and education ICT and gender ICT and environment (climate change, e-waste, etc.) ICT for youth and aging ICT for indigenous people E-Government: Best practices / Management of the information and ICTs E-health (various issues) Open access to information and knowledge / Libraries Web 2.0 / Social networking / Information literacy Financial Mechanisms MDGs / Poverty reduction Information Society for marginalized Role of ICT in rural development Community media and radio Mobile/online security / trust Cultural and linguistic diversity and local content Convergence between traditional and new ICTs Disaster management Enhancing ICT infrastructure / connectivity / LDCs, SIDS ICTs for data collection and analysis Information ethics ICT and human rights WSIS Forum 2010 Proposed Subjects …

  10. Thank you for your attention! International Telecommunication UnionPlace des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 730 60 65wsis-info@itu.intwww.itu.int/wsis Please note that this offering is directed to the private sector only. In case of no interest in this offering, the stakeholders are anyway strongly encouraged to participate in WSIS Forum pro-actively, simultaneously contributing to the WSIS implementation process.

  11. WSIS Forum 2010 Format of the Meeting • High-Level Panels • WSIS Action Line Facilitation Meetings • Thematic Workshops: • Kick-off Meetings • Speed Exchanges • WSIS Action Line Facilitation Meetings

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