FW: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summary of the Briefing for NGOs on WSIS outcomes (7 december 2005)

[Gurstein, Michael]

Yes, very revealing... 
 
Not sure why it should be a government representative who is making the
point below...
 
MG
 
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Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summary of the Briefing for NGOs on WSIS
outcomes (7 december 2005)
 

Ambassador Astrid Dufborg, ICT Advisor for the Permanent Mission of
Sweden, made a much stronger statement, highlighting the failure of WSIS
to fully address the digital divide: the initial priority of the Summit
has not provided any strong outcome on ICT for Development, lacked
realism and priority. The Outcome Document provided some wishful
recommendations but not any practical answer on how to bridge the
digital divide. 

 

For the donor community, the market was still seen as the main finance
source for infrastructures, but public funding and more involvement are
also needed. According to her, the DSF, as the only solution endorsed by
the Summit after a quite poor debate, would not be a viable solution to
bridge the digital divide. Compared to the work of WGIG, the work of the
Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM) was not given space enough in
WSIS. Therefore the whole discussion on how to bridge the digital divide
is still to be done. 

 

The MDG and Monterrey processes were also too much left aside, whereas
discussions related to the use of ICTs should be more deeply integrated
in poverty reduction strategies.. 

 

 

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