[WSIS CS-Plenary] Action Plan - amendments from Community Media Workign Group

[steve at commedia.org.uk]

Attached and below are amendments and comments agreed by the Community Media 
Working Group.

Steve Buckley
AMARC


////

Community Media Working Group
Proposed amendments to the Action Plan

Section A

Paragraph 6

·	Strongly support the retention of paragraph 6 in full

Section C1

Paragraph 11

·	In the preamble, after "new technologies" add:-
“Orbital paths should be recognised as a global resource belonging to all of 
humanity and should be allocated to benefit the public interest through 
transparent and accountable regulatory frameworks"

·	In paragraph 11a) delete "relevant" and replace with:-
"appropriate and sustainable solutions including traditional as well as new 
technologies"

·	At end of paragraph 11e) add:-
"and reserve a fixed percentage of satellite capacity for educational, 
humanitarian, community and other non-commercial use"

·	Delete paragraph 11i) in its entirety

Paragraph 12

Section C2

Paragraph 15

·	Delete "electronic"

Paragraph 18

·	Add after sub-paragraph 18c) new sub-paragraph:-
"establish, by 2005, mechanisms within the ITU for the full and affordable 
participation of all civil society stakeholders"

Section C6

Paragraph 25

·	After sub-paragraph 25l) add new sub-paragraph:-
"Governments should establish specific targets for the opening up of broadcast 
licensing to allow for the operation of independent and not-for-profit 
community broadcasting services in every community by 2010 and to ensure all of 
the world's population can access community broadcasting services by 2015"

Paragraph 27

·	Replace from "The radio frequency spectrum" to "agreements" with:-
The radio frequency spectrum should be recognised as a natural resource 
belonging to all of humanity and should be managed in the public interest as a 
publicly owned asset through transparent and accountable regulatory frameworks"

·	Add after sub-paragraph 27a) new sub-paragraph:-
"Spectrum planning and regulation should ensure equitable access to spectrum 
among a plurality of media including sufficient capacity reserved for community 
media in both the analogue and the digital environment"


Paragraph 41

·	Strongly support the retention of sub-paragraph 41f)


Paragraph 42

·	After sub-paragraph 42a) add new sub-paragraph:-
"Governments should establish specific targets for the opening up of broadcast 
licensing to allow for the operation of independent and not-for-profit 
community broadcasting services in every community by 2010 and to ensure all of 
the world's population can access community broadcasting services by 2015"


Paragraph 46

·	At end, insert:-
"Establish, by 2006, a Community Media Fund to support new community radio 
development and community media content including projects that make provision 
for the poorest communities, for cultural and linguistic diversity and for the 
equal participation of women and girls. The Fund should also support community 
projects that combine the use of traditional and new communication 
technologies. The Fund should be established through a donor - civil society 
partnership involving leading community media organisations and civil society 
organisations working in this field"
 













----------------------------------------------------------
           steve at commedia.org.uk
----------------------------------------------------------
Visit the Community Media Association!
        http://www.commedia.org.uk
----------------------------------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: action plan - amendments.rtf
Type: text/richtext
Size: 15929 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/plenary/attachments/20030918/825c3e13/actionplan-amendments.rtx