[WSIS CS-Plenary] WSIS Implementation and Follow-up Meetings in Geneva - 10-19 May 2006

Mon Apr 10 19:31:31 BST 2006

Dear Phillipe
Compliments.
The series of engagement by all NGOS in the most busy
year of the UN has kept communication very minimal
Hope you do understand that as the reason for my long
silence.
As for the followup meeting and the information that
invitation letters have been sent ALL NGOS in
Consultative relationship with the UN, ARE THESE NGOS
THAT HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE WSIS PROCESS OR
ALL ECOSOC NGOS.
Considering the time, and distance, how can we
guarantee that NGOS like ours in this part of the
globe shall receive their invitations early enough for
us to process our visa applications.
You are aware of the difficulty we face 
Please let us know if there are other measures that
can be taken for us to get our formal letters of
inviataion to participate.
Thank you.
Pastor Peters OMORAGBON
--- CONGO - Philippe Dam <wsis at ngocongo.org> wrote:

> Dear all, 
> 
>  
> 
> As the heavy series of meetings to be held around
> the 9th session on the
> Commission on Science and Technology is getting
> closer, I would like to
> consult you on how civil society should better
> strategize to follow-up and
> continue to better impact the outcome of these
> meetings.
> 
>  
> 
> In addition to the 9th session of the CSTD (15-19
> May 2006), 9 facilitation
> meetings for international implementation will take
> place between 12 May and
> 19 May (cf. CONGO website
>
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10206>
> ), the celebration of
> the World Day for the Information Society (17 May),
> an information meeting
> on the up-coming launch of the Global Alliance for
> ICT and Development
> (probably 15 May, to be confirmed, cf. CONGO website
>
<http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10210>
> ), a new consultation
> on the future role of the CSTD convened by ECOSOC
> (16 May) and a
> consultation on the IGF (19 May).
> 
>  
> 
> The full list of events is available on the website
> of the former CSB:
> http://www.csbureau.org/posttunis.htm. You can also
> find a provisional
> timetable attached.
> 
>  
> 
> In the perspective of this week of IS related
> meeting, it would be useful to
> know:
> 
>  
> 
> 1)       Attendance: Who will participate in this
> series of meetings?
> 
>  
> 
> 2)       Orientation session: CONGO is ready to
> organise an orientation
> session for this week, with the view to discuss the
> WSIS process so far and
> help non WSIS participants to fit into the on-going
> implementation and
> follow-up process. Do you support that there is a
> need for such an
> orientation session? Friday 12 and Monday 15 are
> already packed, but would
> you agree that a lunchtime 2-hour session would be
> convenient?
> 
>  
> 
> 3)       Daily coordination or information exchange
> meetings: Charles Geiger
> announced us that a Room at ITU (100 seats) would be
> available full time to
> answer the various needs of CS meetings. We are
> still discussing with UNCTAD
> / UN about the possibility to get a room one hour
> every day (9:00-10:00) for
> possible daily meeting among Civil Society. This
> timeslot could be used to
> perform the CS Plenary function during the WSIS
> preparatory process of
> information exchange. Please forward us your
> comments about this
> possibility. This also raises the question of how
> civil society must
> self-organise itself in the WSIS follow-up and
> implementation period.
> 
>  
> 
> 4)       Meeting facilities: It will be difficult to
> organize thematic side
> events during this week. However, we would like to
> know which caucuses /
> working groups will be involved and if they need us
> to ask for specific
> meeting facilities.
> 
>  
> 
> Other information about the UN CSTD session:
> 
>  
> 
> • An invitation letter was sent by post to all
> ECOSOC accredited NGOs. This
> could be used as support document for visa requests.
> 
>  
> 
> • As previously announced, the CSTD Bureau is under
> the process of examining
> a proposed decision for interim participation of
> WSIS accredited civil
> society entities to the up-coming 9th session of the
> CSTD. We will keep you
> up-dated about the next developments, but the CSTD
> Secretariat serviced by
> UNCTAD is quite optimistic that the outcome of this
> decision would be in
> line with what CONGO proposed.
> 
>  
> 
> • Information on badging issues during the up-coming
> series of meetings will
> be made available soon. We are still exploring
> possibilities to rationalize
> the badging process between the different sorts of
> meetings (CSTD /
> Implementation facilitation / other consultations).
> 
>  
> 
> • In view of Action Line C2 facilitation, the
> ITU-BDT has created a "virtual
> group" for this Action Line. Any stakeholder
> (individual persons or NGO and
> other civil society entities) interested in the
> Action Line C2 can
> participate in this virtual group by clicking on
> http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c2/index.html
> and announcing
> him/herself to the group leader, Pape Gorgui Touré.
> 
>  
> 
> • Also note that UNESCO also developed a webpage for
> comments on action
> lines it is in charge:
> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21495
>
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=21495&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT
> ION=201.html> &URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 
> 
>  
> 
> Please do not hesitate to contact us for any further
> question. Best regards,
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Philippe Dam
> CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat 
> 11, Avenue de la Paix
> CH-1202 Geneva
> Tel: +41 22 301 1000
> Fax: +41 22 301 2000
> E-mail:  <mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>
> wsis at ngocongo.org
> Website:  <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org>
> www.ngocongo.org 
> 
>  
> 
> The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international,
> membership association
> that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United
> Nations debates and
> decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective
> is to ensure the
> presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's
> governments and United
> Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For
> more information see our
> website at www.ngocongo.org
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> 
>  
> 
> 

   Pastor Peters OMORAGBON 
Executive President/CEO 
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