R: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Bureau Charter

[Claudia Padovani]

Ciao Rik, and thanks for circulating this. Much needed to clarify the CSB
role. I would suggest the wording of par 2 (The CSB is the realization ecc)
could be made clearer through something like: The CSB, paralleling the Inter
Governmental Bureau, is a mechanism that facilitate interaction among
actors, thus fostering a more concrete and effective approach to
multi-stakeholder negotiation processes 

Maybe this kind of formulation leaves some space for improvement of
mechanisms and gives the idea of an evolutionary process

Furthermore I suggest reference to the CSB relation to the Plenary (which
now appears at the end of “relationships”) should be placed at the end of
par 3 (The CSB has an operational role ecc) in order to make it clear where
the ultimate authority on substantial matter lies

Finally, in the different session (Tasks ecc) I would suggest to list first
goals and means that relate to the official process and secondly those
concerning communication channels within the civil society sector. This
would help both in differenciate between the two and also to underline the
primary reason for the CSB to be in place (as I understood it
)

Ciao

Claudia padovani

 

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Da: plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin at wsis-cs.org] Per conto
di Rik Panganiban
Inviato: lunedì 26 settembre 2005 18.03
A: plenary at wsis-cs.org
Oggetto: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Bureau Charter

 

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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