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Crisinfo.org - news ENG ESP [October 28, 2004]

ESF & EFCR

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS FROM THE EFCR
The European Social Forum performed as a participating
scenario where important questions looked for answers.
Two experts -Roberto Verzola and Dave from Idymedia
UK- shared with AMARC theirs perspectives on
communication rights. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/497/

ESF/EFCR: DIFFERENT PATHS EMERGE 
[By Stefania Milan] The third European Social Forum
appears to mark the end of the "love story" between
grassroots social movements and the international
gatherings that are now in vogue. In any case,
discontent in both camps -- the activists and the
official organisers -- will leave a mark on future
events. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/499/

AMARC VOICES SPEAK OUT AT EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM
A delegation of the World Association of Community
Broadcasters (AMARC) participated in the European
Social Forum (ESF) that was held in London from
October 15 to 17 and played and active role in a
series of related events. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/500/

ESF: Public Service form Cradle to Grave 
[By Stefania Milan] "We still believe in the welfare
state. The challenge for us here today is to defend
and promote public services," Dave Prentis from the
British union UNISON said at a meeting on public
services and the welfare state at the European Social
Forum. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/498/

ESF: NGOs Face a Constitutional Test
[By Sanjay Suri] The European constitution emerged as
a less emotive but more immediate issue than Iraq
during the three-day European Social Forum that
concluded in London last weekend. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/502/

ESF: Public Urged to Act on Trade Agreements
[By Stefania Bianchi] African and European civil
society groups are urging European citizens to put
pressure on their governments to halt regional trade
agreements between the European Union and developing
countries. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/501/

WSIS

TALLER SOBRE INTERNET GOVERNANCE EN AMERICA LATINA
En el marco del IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho
Informático, del 13 al 15 de octubre tuvo lugar el
Taller sobre Internet Governance en América Latina
(evento de la UNICT-TF LAC.) en Cusco, Perú. Su
objetivo principal fue fomentar el diálogo sobre estas
temáticas en la región. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/496/

OPEN CONSULTATION ON FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR ICT FOR
DEVELOPMENT ON WSIS-ONLINE OCTOBER 25-NOVEMBER 12,
2004
Invitation to participate in an online forum on
Financial Mechanisms for Information and Communication
Technologies for Development. The World Summit on the
Information Society, which took place in December
2003, requested the Secretary-General of the United
Nations to setup a task force to review the adequacy
of existing financial mechanisms to meet the
challenges of ICT for Development by the end of
December 2004. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/495/

MULTISTAKEHOLDERISM, A NEW FORM OF INTERACTION IN THE
EMERGING GLOBAL DIPLOMACY OF THE 21ST CENTURY
[By Wolfgang Kleinwächter] Civil society
representatives are very pleased that they can
participate in this meeting as equal partners. Civil
Society made substantial and constructive
contributions to WSIS I and it will continue to do so
in the forthcoming second WSIS phase. The Geneva
Declaration has introduced “multistakeholderism” as a
guiding principle for the WSIS process and we hope
that this new form of interaction among different
stakeholders will lead to more efficiency and to
further innovations in the emerging new global
diplomacy of the 21st century. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/494/

1ST MEETING OF THE GROUP OF THE FRIENDS OF THE CHAIR
(GFC I)
Last week CRIS published the first draft of this
meeting. Now you have the completed Report on the
first meeting of the "Group of Friends of the Chair"
(GFC) held in Geneva on Friday 22 October 2004. It was
jointly prepared and drafted by Wolfgang Kleinwächter,
Ramin Kaweh and Viola Krebs, and in agreement with
Renate Bloem. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/493/

CRIS

COLOMBIA: INTERCULTURALIDAD Y SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA,
NUEVOS TEMAS PARA CRIS EN LA REGIÓN PACÍFICO
La Campaña CRIS por el Derecho a la Comunicación en la
Sociedad de la Información, dinamizada en Colombia
desde el proceso Planeta Paz, articula diversas
iniciativas en las regiones del país que comparten el
objetivo de "ayudar a construir una Sociedad de la
Información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación y justicia social y
económica, e inspirada por la equidad entre los
géneros y entre las diversas perspectivas culturales y
regionales". 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/487

RESOURCES

GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATING NON-PROFIT COMMUNICATIONS
EFFORTS
Written by the Communications Consortium Media Center
(CCMC), this final working paper summarises the main
findings of the first four Working Papers and offers
guidelines for the evaluation of nonprofit
communications efforts. This paper provides draft
evaluation guidelines; tips on how to apply the
guidelines to communications campaigns of various
sizes, a discussion about the theories of change
needed to conduct an evaluation, and an outline of
both behaviour change and policy change communications
campaigns. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/491/

AN EVALUATION OF 15 ACCESS RADIO PROJECTS
 [By Anthony Everitt] The Access Radio projects have
recruited many hundreds of volunteers and provided
training for most of them in radio and ICT skills.
This capacity to attract participation by members of
local communities makes Access Radio attractive to
regeneration and development agencies. There has been
a growing tendency towards individual training or
mentoring. 
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/490/

¿QUIERE PARTICIPAR? FIRME LA CARTA DE CRIS
Nuestra visión de la Sociedad de la Información se
fundamenta en el Derecho a Comunicar como un medio de
acrecentar los derechos humanos y fortalecer la vida
social, económica y cultural de las personas y las
comunidades. Para lograrlo, resulta fundamental que
las organizaciones de la sociedad civil se unan para
cooperar en la construcción de una sociedad de la
información basada en principios de transparencia,
diversidad, participación, justicia social y
económica, e inspiradas por la equidad de género y las
perspectivas culturales y regionales. Lo invitamos a
conocer más sobre la Campaña de CRIS y a participar
firmando la Carta de CRIS: 
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/97/ 

LA CHARTE DE CRIS
Notre vision de la «société de l’information» est
basée sur le droit de communiquer qui est considéré
comme un moyen pour étendre les droits de l’homme et
améliorer la vie sociale, économique et culturelle des
personnes et des communautés. Pour cela, il est
essentiel que les organisations de la société civile
se réunissent afin d’aider à la construction d’une
société de l’information basée sur les principes de
transparence, de diversité, de participation et de
justice économique et sociale et inspirée par une
approche équitable du rapport des sexes, de la culture
et des aspects régionaux.
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/95/

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET INVOLVED? ENDORSE THE CRIS
CHARTER
Our vision of the 'Information Society' is grounded in
the Right to Communicate, as a means to enhance human
rights and to strengthen the social, economic and
cultural lives of people and communities. Crucial to
this is that civil society organisations come together
to help build an information society based on
principles of transparency, diversity, participation
and social and economic justice, and inspired by
equitable gender, cultural and regional perspectives.
We invite you to read more about CRIS Campaign and get
involved endorsing the CRIS Chapter:
http://scripts.planetgrey.org/cris/sign_charter_form.html
http://www.crisinfo.org/content/view/full/98/ 

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