[WSIS CS-Plenary] Future of this list...?

Wed Dec 7 15:25:59 GMT 2005

Thanks Laina,
I fully support your proposal to maintain the List 
All the best
Djilali

--- Laina Raveendran Greene <laina at getit.org> wrote:

> Dear Rik,
>  
> Thanks for addressing these questions for us to
> answer so we can avoid
> problems and confusion in the future. FYI, Values
> and Ethics caucus also met
> at the end of Tunis and are continuing our work
> using the wsis-cs list as
> one of the tools. I do see value keeping this
> plenary list at the least
> functional, even if just to post information about
> post-Tunis new structures
> formed in the future. This helps keep people already
> involved abreast, and
> ensures there is one place people can come to get
> the info they need on
> followup so they can organise themselves
> accordingly.
>  
> Creating a "new form of cooperation" for ECOSOC
> followup and IGF for the
> inclusive multistakeholder will be key. The work of
> all caucuses will need
> then to be channelled to offer effective input into
> the future of
> post-Tunis. Much of this could also mean keeping
> Methods Working Committee
> ongoing as well so we can input into the process
> development as well.
>  
> Thank Rik and CONGO for all your efforts to keep CS
> involved, and there is
> much we can learn from the lessons of the past to
> improve for the future.
> Despite the problems of WSIS, it still is a unique
> experiment that should be
> built upon.
>  
> Best,
> Laina
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org
> [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
> Of Rik Panganiban
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 3:33 PM
> To: plenary at wsis-cs.org
> Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Future of this
> list...?
> 
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I will re-state what I said at the close CS plenary
> in Tunis. 
> 
> All the structures and modalities that were
> developed over the course of the
> last four years in the WSIS process have effectively
> completed their
> mandates with the conclusion of the WSIS on 18
> November. Thus all of our
> caucuses, working groups, Content and Themes, the
> Bureau, and Plenary itself
> should be considered as defunct unless specifically
> re-constituted and
> re-chartered. 
> 
> I understand that the Internet Governance caucus
> wishes to continue as a
> caucus into the future, but I that's the only one I
> have heard about.
> 
> With the creation of the Internet Governance Forum
> and the renewed mandate
> of the Commission on Science and Technology for
> Development there will be
> new opportunities for civil society at the global
> level to impact the policy
> process. We can not presume that our old structures
> and methods are the most
> effective or democratic ones for achieving maximum
> impact and participation.
> In fact we can assume that they are not.
> 
> The draft of the Civil Society statement on the WSIS
> indicates that we will
> evolve our own processes:
> 
> 
> Civil society will work on the continued evolution
> of the current
> structures. This will include the use of existing
> thematic caucuses and
> working groups, the possible creation of new
> caucuses, and the use of the
> Civil Society Plenary, the Civil Society Bureau, and
> the Civil Society
> Content and Themes Group. We will organise at a date
> to be determined to
> launch the process of creating a Civil Society
> charter. 
> 
> 
> 
> Presumably whoever signs on to the final statement
> agrees to work this
> evolution and a new CS charter.
> 
> As always, we seem to act when a deadline
> approaches. I suggest that at the
> latest we have until July 2006. This is because
> ECOSOC has been tasked with
> the following:
> 
> 
> 105. We request that ECOSOC oversees the system-
> wide follow-up of the
> Geneva and Tunis outcomes of WSIS. To this end, we
> request that ECOSOC, at
> its substantive session of 2006, reviews the
> mandate, agenda and composition
> of the Commission on Science and Technology for
> Development (CSTD),
> including considering the strengthening of the
> Commission, taking into
> account the multi-stakeholder approach.
> 
> 
> The ECOSOC substantive session takes place over the
> month of July. Thus we
> might see this as a deadline to come to some basic
> level of consensus on how
> we operate together by July if we are going to have
> any kind of structured
> input into this discussion. 
> 
> Obviously it would be better if we had our act
> together before this. But
> this gives all of our respective organizations and
> ourselves time for
> internal discussions about how we wish to be
> involved from this point
> forward and how much we will need to coordinate with
> each other.
> 
> Rik Panganiban
> CONGO
> 
> On Dec 2, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Robert Guerra wrote:
> 
> 
> With the Tunis phase over, the WSIS process has
> concluded. The discussions
> on and internet governance, ICT4D and other
> information society related
> issues enter a new phase of discussion.
> 
> In that context, what do people on this and other
> WSIS related thematic
> discussions think about how to best follow and
> discuss the issues as the
> develop. For example, should this list (and others)
> continue as is, or
> should their mission be re-articulated and/or
> refocused in some way.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Director, Computer Professionals for Social
> Responsibility (CPSR)
> Tel +1 416 893 0377 Fax +1 416 893 0374
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with
> the United Nations
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