[WSIS CS-Plenary] Re: [CS Bureau] Review of CSB bureau

[Robert Guerra]

Philippe:

please do specify which members of the CSB were in fact consulted. I am
on the CSB, and have received no communications on the matter.

Again, the issue of transparency is an important one - please do provide
details as to who is speaking on behalf of the CSB and what they are
negotiating.

regards

Robert

WSIS wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
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> Some members of the Civil Society Bureau to the World Summit on the
> Information Society have informally discussed during lunchtime today, on
> the occasion of the UNESCO lead Action Line Facilitation meetings taking
> place in Paris. Since the question of civil society self-organising
> mechanisms in the up coming WSIS implementation and follow-up processes
> has been raised on this list, the general agreement among those
> participating in the discussion was that CSB members who are still
> committed and active in the process should continue to deal with
> immediate support to CS inclusion in the up coming events, to fill the
> existing needs and emerging expectations express! ed by CS entities,
> Governments and intergovernmental partners.
> 
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> The question of the adaptation of the CSB or of any CSB-like structure
> in the following steps should be agreed by May 2007 at the occasion of
> the expectedly wide CS gathering during the up coming cluster of WSIS
> implementation and follow-up events. The discussion on the *future
> composition*, and even most importantly on the *role* of this structure,
> should be carried on by the WSIS CSB members from now until May 2007, in
> an inclusive manner with other CS entities involved in the process.
> 
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> We surely can go in this direction asap. This issue was also discussed
> among a wider group of CS representatives at the end of the day.
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> Best regards,
> 
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> 
> Philippe Dam 
>