[WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December

[Ezendu Ariwa]

Thanks

I am interested to attend the meeting

Kindly send me an invite


Ezendu

> Dear Philippe
> Many thanks for your efforts to keep us informed about all these events
> held in the framework of WSIS and its follow-up.
> Once more I deeply regret that a meeting organized in the framework of
> WSIS follow-up is only "half open" as is the UNCTAD meeting in Geneva next
> month. Indeed, it invites only those organizations with UNCTAD status
> (general or special) to participate in these meetings, whereas the Tunis
> Summit declared that the follow-up process will be inclusive and
> multistakeholder based.
> Will CS organisations involved in WSIS follow-up be future "multicard
> organizations", each of the WSIS Action Line Coordinator/facilitator
> having its own rules for its relationship to CS, and hence demanding its
> own specific accreditation procedures (time + paper) be applied on them.
>
> At the moment being I intend to participate to these meetings but I'm
> still reluctant for asking for a UNCTAD status that will take too much
> time in my agenda.
> BTW : could we get a french/spanish version of these official documents ?
> Friendly yours
> Jean-Louis Fullsack
> CSDPTT - France
>
>
>> Message du 20/10/06 10:27
>> De : "CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam"
>> A : plenary at wsis-cs.org, bureau at wsis-cs.org
>> Copie à : "'CONGO - Philippe Dam'" , "'Renate Bloem'"
>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to
>> achieve growth and development", Geneva 4-5 December
>>
>>
> Just for clarification regarding the meeting announcement I circulated
> yesterday:
> The Expert Meeting on “Using ICTs to achieve growth and development”
> is not a WSIS Action Line Facilitation meeting, but is being held further
> to a decision taken by the UNCTAD Commission on Enterprise, Business
> Facilitation and Development at its tenth session. The Meeting is
> organized jointly by UNCTAD, ILO and OECD, in the framework of UNCTAD’s
> contribution to the WSIS follow-up through its e-commerce work.
> More details in the documents available online on the UNCTAD website:
> http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=1942&lang=1&m=11908&year=2006&month=12.
> Best,
>
> Philippe
>
>
>
>
>
> De : CONGO WSIS - Philippe Dam [mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org]
>> Envoyé : jeudi, 19. octobre 2006 17:57
>> À : 'plenary at wsis-cs.org'; 'bureau at wsis-cs.org'
>> Cc : 'CONGO - Philippe Dam'; 'Renate Bloem'
>> Objet : TR: UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and
>> development", Geneva 4-5 December
>
> Dear all,
>
> Please find below the notification of an expert meeting jointly organised
> by ILO, UNCTAD and OECD on WSIS implementation and follow-up. As you can
> see on line and on the information note, “non-governmental organizations
> in the general category and those in the special category wishing to
> participate as observers, are requested to inform the UNCTAD secretariat
> of the names of their representatives by 17 November 2006”. The general
> and special categories referred to in this information note are the UNCTAD
> observer status (for more information, click here).
>
> For NGOs which have no observer status with UNCTAD, I was explained by the
> UNCTAD Secretariat that interested participants are advised to send a
> participation request addressed to the Chair of the Expert Meeting at the
> e-mail address wsiseco at unctad.org, before 17 November 2006, clearly
> indicating:
> Name of NGO
> Representative to the meeting
> Contact information
> Status of NGO accreditation (ECOSOC Status, WSIS Accreditation…)
>
> An answer might be provided by the Chair of the Expert Meeting around 17
> November 2006, depending on the motivation of a given NGO to participate
> and its areas of interest.
> Best regards,
>
> 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: wsis at ngocongo.org
>> Website: www.ngocongo.org
>
>
>
> De : wsiseco at unctad.org [mailto:wsiseco at unctad.org]
>> Objet : UNCTAD Expert Meeting "Using ICTs to achieve growth and
>> development", Geneva 4-5 December
>
>
>>         We have the pleasure to invite you to participate to the
>
>> Expert Meeting in Support of the Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS:
>> Using ICTs to Achieve Growth and Development
>> Geneva, 4 - 5 December 2006
>
>>
>> The main objective of this event is to provide a discussion forum for
>> Government representatives, experts, business people and academia on the
>> potential of harnessing ICTs for economic and social development. During
>> this two-day event experts will examine the latest empirical evidence on
>> the way ICTs impact on the productivity and growth of firms, industries
>> and countries with a view to identify how developing countries can best
>> benefit from the information economy. Additionally, the analysis of
>> recent trends in trade in ICT-enabled goods and services, labour markets
>> and employment in the ICT sector, including outsourcing and offshoring
>> to developing countries will help experts in formulating their future
>> ICT strategies.
>>
>> Attached is the official notification. More information is available on
>> http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=3876&lang=1 and
>> www.unctad.org/ecommerce.
>
>>
>> Please confirm your participation to this event before 17 November 2006.
>>
>> We look forward to welcoming you in Geneva.
>>
>> The WSIS ECO team
>>
>>
>>
>> [ 854(E).doc (138.9 Ko) ]
>> [ 854(F).doc (139.6 Ko) ]
>> [ 854(S).doc (138.2 Ko) ]