[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: PUBLIC VOICE - NAS Seeks Information on WSIS Activities

[Adam Peake]

Could someone forward to the North American region list.

Thanks,

Adam



>Delivered-To: ajp at glocom.ac.jp
>From: Marc Rotenberg <rotenberg at epic.org>
>Subject: PUBLIC VOICE - NAS Seeks Information on WSIS Activities
>Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 09:47:12 -0400
>To: "Marc Rotenberg" <rotenberg at epic.org>
>
>
>Friends,
>
>The National Academies is seeking information  on US public
>sector  projects that respond to the goals established in the
>WSIS Agenda for Action.
>
>More information below.
>
>Marc Rotenberg.
>
>----------------------
>
>
>         Dear Colleague,
>
>         As part of a major initiative at the U.S. National Academies,
>which is funded by the National Science Foundation in coordination with
>the Department of State, we are compiling an inventory of U.S.
>public-sector scientific and technical (S&T) activities that, directly
>or indirectly, respond to the actions items proposed in the Agenda for
>Action of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The main
>goal of this activity is to present and highlight the important role of
>public sector institutions in the U.S. in promoting the advancement of
>S&T information-related activities around the globe, especially in the
>developing countries. The inventory will consist of the many positive
>contributions that the U.S. has made in recent years internationally,
>and the results will be formally submitted to the WSIS Summit meeting in
>Tunis this November.
>
>         We believe that the U.S. public sector--represented by the
>government agencies, non-governmental organizations, universities, and
>foundations--has initiated many internationally focused activities that
>address areas related to e-science, e-health, and e-environment. We also
>believe that having a public record of these activities freely
>accessible online and organized in a managed database would provide a
>very useful source of information not only for U.S. researchers and
>policy makers, but also for their counterparts in the developing
>countries.
>
>         We therefore invite you to join us in this national effort by
>participating in the online survey and to submit the basic information
>about your projects and activities that respond to the goals established
>in the WSIS Agenda for Action. The survey should not take more than a
>few minutes to complete. We encourage you to identify all relevant
>activities since this will greatly assist us in making the point about
>the significant contributions of the U.S. public-sector S&T community to
>global development efforts in the emerging Information Society. We also
>ask that you forward this request broadly to others who are likely to
>provide such information as well. The deadline for submissions is
>September 30.
>
>         Please click here to access our short survey:
>http://www.nap.edu/wsis/wsis_survey.html
>
>         For further information, please contact the project team, Paul
>Uhlir at puhlir at nas.edu or Raed Sharif at rsharif at nas.edu.
>
>         Thanks in advance for your contribution, and we appreciate your
>cooperation.
>
>
>Paul F. Uhlir
>Director, Office of International S&T Information Programs
>The National Academies
>Washington, DC