[WSIS CS-Plenary] Bureau Charter

[Rik Panganiban]

Dear colleagues,

Please find attached, for your information, the charter of the Civil  
Society Bureau.

Rik Panganiban
CONGO

World Summit on the Information Society



- D R A F T -

CHARTER



Civil Society Bureau



The Civil Society Bureau (CSB) is the interface between civil society  
and intergovernmental participants in WSIS, and also with the  
Executive Secretariat and other stakeholders on procedural issues as  
well.



The CSB is the realisation of the present stage of the emerging multi- 
stakeholder negotiation processes within the United Nations system,  
working in parallel/interact? with the Inter-Governmental Bureau and  
link it to the multi-stakeholder process.



The CSB has an operational role, concerning itself with logistical  
needs, procedures and interactions. It does not deal with content or  
substantive issues, but it aims to ensure the facilitation of civil  
society and to enhance effective partnership and interaction with  
other stakeholders in the process.



Mission

§       To facilitate the effective participation of civil society in  
the WSIS process

§       To enhance effective partnership and interaction among civil  
society and other stakeholders

§       To deal/set/establish? and to facilitate procedures of, and,  
interactions between working groups and families

§       To be a communication channel for the formal working  
processes of the Summit



Tasks

§       Procedural – advocacy to ensure effective civil society  
participation in all possible WSIS processes

§       Logistical – facilitation of meeting spaces, resources,  
interpretation, liaison, translation and scheduling

§       Organisational – organization and resourcing of civil  
society meetings



Composition

§       Reflects Civil Society agenda through the convening of focal  
points of civil society groupings

§       Regularly reviews composition, removing non-active groups and  
enabling new working groups or return groups to join the CSB.



Relationships

The CSB maintains relationships with the following:

§       Executive Secretariat

§       Inter-Governmental Bureau

§       Other WSIS bodies (e.g. WGIG, Working Group on Financing, the  
Group of the Friends of the Chair).

The CSB reports and communicates to CS Plenary on logistical matters,  
consults with CS Plenary where logistical matters have content  
implications.







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RIK PANGANIBAN       Communications Coordinator
Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United  
Nations (CONGO)
web: http://www.ngocongo.org
email: rik.panganiban at ngocongo.org
mobile: (+1) 917-710-5524

* Information on the WSIS at http://www.ngocongo.org/wsis
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