[WSIS CS-Plenary] post-WSIS process questions

[Rik Panganiban]

Just to note, that the report of the Group of Friends of the Chair 
presents an interesting modality for post-WSIS follow-up and 
implementation (see below).  In particular paras 10-11 propose a "team 
of stakeholders" to work together to promote implemention, under the 
guidance of an appropriate UN agency.  The various UN agencies tasked 
with coordinating the follow-up work should report to some larger 
coordination body.  The paper proposes four alternatives as to who this 
larger coordinating body should be (including the ITU and the successor 
to the UN ICT Task Force).

Among the important process points regarding the post-WSIS phase:

•  Who decides who is on the "Team of Stakeholders"?
* Which UN agencies will coordinate work on each Action Line?  I.e. 
will the ITU coordinate work on Internet Governance implementation?
• Will NGOs currently accredited to the WSIS-process have the ability 
to participate in the meetings of the future "coordination body"?

It would be good for groups to make their views known on what they see 
as an inclusive, effective implementation process after November 2005.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO
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Except from report of Group of Friends of the Chair ( 
WSIS-II/PC-2/DOC/03 ):

> 10.	In order to assure the sustainability of the WSIS process after 
> the completion of its Tunis phase, we agree to establish an 
> implementation mechanism for the Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action, 
> based upon co-operation among governments and all stakeholders, with 
> the overarching goal of helping countries and societies to achieve the 
> development goals of the Millennium Declaration. To that end, for each 
> Action Line in the Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action (as identified in 
> the Annex), a team of stakeholders will work together to promote 
> implementation. We request the UN Secretary-General to nominate, from 
> among existing UN bodies or specialised agencies, those that will 
> [moderate/coordinate] the work of each team, based on respect for 
> their mandates and leveraging on their expertise, and within their 
> existing resources.
>
> 11.	The [moderator/coordinator] of each team identified in the Annex 
> should periodically prepare a report on the implementation of the 
> Geneva and Tunis Plans of Action based upon the information provided 
> by, and the outputs from collaboration among, stakeholders, focussing 
> particular attention on the progress towards achievement of the 
> internationally-agreed development goals of the Millennium 
> Declaration, and submit it to [a defined coordination body]. The [head 
> of a defined coordination body] will submit regular reports to the UN 
> General Assembly, following its existing rules of procedure.
>
> [Options for a defined coordination body (with participation of 
> representatives of all stakeholders):
> •	ITU/WSIS-ES;
> •	“existing UN division” (within UN DESA) for following-up major UN 
> conferences;
> •	Newly-created UN Inter-agency task force, HLSOC-type, (supported by 
> a 2-3 person secretariat);
> •	Newly-created UN ICT Task Force-type forum (supported by 2-3 person 
> secretariat);
> ]
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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations 
(CONGO)
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