[WSIS CS-Plenary] Financing ICTs - Documents and Panel Debate (21 Feb)

[Pablo Accuosto]

Panel Debate - 21st February, 13:15-14:45, Palais des Nations (Sale XXIII)
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Please find attached an invitation to the panel debate on "Financing
Mechanisms for ICT" that Instiuto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM) and the Third
World Network (TWN) will organize on the 21st February in the context of the
PrepComm II of the WSIS (Tunis phase).

Documents - http://wsispapers.choike.org/
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- Research papers 

During the panel two papers will be presented, aimed at contributing to
articulate a development perspective on the key issue of financial
mechanisms for ICTs.

* Financial Mechanisms for the Information Society from a Global Public
Goods Perspective (Fernando Prada, Perú) (Spanish version available
online at http://wsispapers.choike.org/financiamiento_si_gpgs.pdf ; English
version to be posted soon)

* Financing ICTs for Development with Focus on Poverty (Lishan Adam,
Ethiopia) http://wsispapers.choike.org/financing_icts_poverty.pdf


- Briefing papers

Briefing papers with specific policy recommendations are also available at:
http://wsispapers.choike.org/documentos/41.html

These include:

* A systemic vision to financing the Information Society as a Global Public
Good (Fernando Prada)
* Progress and issues in Financing ICT4D in Sub-Saharan Africa (Lishan Adam)
* Community ownership of ICTs: New possibilities for poor communities (Seán
Ó Siochrú)
* The funding of universal access (Joëlle Carron)


The papers and the panel organization are possible thanks to the
contribution of the IDRC / PanAmericas

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