[WSIS CS-Plenary] Additional Info Media Tunis

Fri Dec 2 12:22:09 GMT 2005



Dear Bernard
(sorry for the delay of this message ; i just found it in my mail box) 
I fully support your opinion. Since the beginning of the WSIS process Bertrand de la Chapelle was more driving for his own ambitions than for the CS to progress on its agendas. This was particularly obvious during last PrepCom-3 where he managed to chair the Working group B, i.e. the parallel and counterpart of the intergouvernmemntal Sub-Committee B.  However, numerous meetings of this WG -especially those who used to follow the C&T evening meeting- simply didn't happen because Bertrand was elsewhere, probably tracking some high profile (gouvernmental, Private sector) people who were more interesting for him. In my opinion, this was one of the most important failures for the CS during PrepCom-3 because the WG chaired by Bertrand was in charge of one of the paramount issues that the WSIS had to deal with : the implementation of the Geneva Action Plan and the follow-up od the WSIS after the Tunis summit. 
Moerover, Bertrand is a recidivist in  trying to associate the CS with the CCBI by some "unconventional ways". This reflects in some "common statements" in both Intergouvernmental plenaries or Press conferences that CS plenary never agreed on.  
Btw, aren't youy french speaking (your name sounds quite French) 
Best regards
Jean-Louis Fullsack
CSDPTT (www.csdptt.org) 
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> Hello,
> 
> This is a very impressive resume indeed, but it raises some basic
> questions. Basically, how can a person that is so much linked to a
> government and to the business sector (Dassault Systèmes being a
> promoter of software patents) be the voice of the civil society which
> comprises mostly small NGOs and individuals ?
> 
> Wouldn't a person coming from the grassroots movements fit better to
> defend strong civil society positions without risks of governmental
> interferences or appetence for softer compromises ?
> 
> Mr Bertrand de La Chapelle claims to be a member of the Board of the
> NGO Bridge Initiative International. But the purpose of this NGO is to
> serve as a conciliator between conflicting "multilateral organizations
> and civil society". As such it places itself outside both groups of
> interest and cannot pretend to represent either.
> 
> Thus, it should be obvious to anyone supporting the positions promoted
> by the civil society that they cannot be adequately represented by Mr
> Bertrand de La Chapelle, and would only be watered down, and that it
> would be a sham and a fraud for him to serve as representative of the
> civil society.
> 
> It must be clear that I do not question the technical qualification
> or character of Mr Bertrand de La Chapelle. I simply consider that
> civil society must be adequately represented by its own people, and Mr
> Bertrand de La Chapelle does not qualify in that respect.
> 
> The civil society needs to have a seat in future multi-stakeholed fora
> and decision bodies in ICT, and this is the position it must fight
> for.
> 
> An the civil society has no lack of extremely competent people, well
> aware of all issues, to adequately represent its views in all
> fairness.
> 
> In my opinion, to have these views represented by someone like Mr
> Bertrand de La Chapelle would simply be another proof, if more are
> needed, that this summit has been rigged by private financial
> interests from its inception to its very end.
> 
> 
> Bernard Lang
> 
> 
> 
> * Bertrand de La Chapelle , le 15-11-05, a écrit:
> > Adina, please find a bio below.
> > Best. Bertrand
> > *Bertrand de LA CHAPELLE*
> > *Co-coordinator*
> > *CS Working Group on WSIS implementation and follow-up*
> > Bertrand de La Chapelle is a specialist and promoter of multi-stakeholder
> > processes with a rare multiple experience as a diplomat, an entrepreneur and
> > a civil society actor.
> > A french diplomat by training (as Head of the Mission for New Information
> > Technologies of the French Foreign Ministry from 1998 to 2001, he was a
> > member of the G8 DOT Force), he also enjoys nine years of private sector
> > experience, particularly between 1994 and 1998 as a founder and President of
> > Virtools ( www.virtools.com ), a company providing
> > the world's leading development environment for 3D interactive content. The
> > company, now selling in 22 countries, has been recently acquired by Dassault
> > Systemes. Bertrand de La Chapelle is a member of the Board of the NGO Bridge
> > Initiative International and a regular partner of the Charles Leopold Mayer
> > Foundation, and as such participated in several panels, including most
> > recently in Brazil, Canada, Italy and China.
> > Previous assignments included Advisor to the French Minister for European
> > Affairs (1987-1988). Bertrand de La Chapelle also conducted personal
> > research in 2002 on multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms in his position
> > as Special Advisor to the Director of Institut Français des Relations
> > Internationales, the leading french think-tank on international relations.
> > Bertrand de La Chapelle has been actively involved in the WSIS process
> > since its inception, leveraging the diversity of his experiences to promote
> > dialogue between civil society, private sector and governmental
> > representatives during the last four years. He is the co-coordinator of the
> > Civil Society Working Group on WSIS Follow-up and the Director of
> > wsis-online.net , the community platform for WSIS.
> > Bertrand de La Chapelle is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (1981), the
> > Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1983) and the Ecole Nationale
> > d'Administration (1986).
> > Bertrand de La Chapelle
> > Tel : +33 (0)6 11 88 33 32
> > email : bdelachapelle at gmail.com
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