Follow-up and Implementation of WSIS

This webpage displays a calendar of UN related activities for the implementation of WSIS outcome documents provisions.
For any additional information or remark, please contact wsis@ngocongo.org

Information on the various developments is also available on the CONGO website.

Scroll down to find information on past meetings.

Up-coming meetings

23 February 2006
Consultation on WSIS implementation (Geneva)
Open only to UN agencies. Closed for civil society.

24 February 2006
Consultation of WSIS Action Line Moderators/Facilitators (Palais des Nations, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders. A questionnaire is available on the ITU and UNESCO websites.
Documents:
• Registration and badge request form.
• Revised Draft Annotated Agenda.
A report prepared by CONGO is available HERE.
For more information:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/consultation24feb.html 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation

27 February - 1st March 2006
Eleventh session of the CEB High Level Committee on Programmes (Chateau de Villiers-le-Mathieu - France)
Open only to UN agencies. Closed for civil society.

7-15 March 2006
World Telecommunication Development Conference, organised by ITU-Telecom Development (Doha, Qatar)
WSIS Action Line on IC Infrastructure as well as the ITU initiative Connect the World will be discussed during this Conference.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/wtdc06/index.html

9 March 2006
WSIS Action Line Facilitation: Consultation on Information and Communication Infrastructure (C2), organised by ITU (Doha, Qatar)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders that are interested and involved in implementation process in the field of information and communication infrastructure.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c2/index.html
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Draft agenda
• Registration form
The meeting will be held during the ITU World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-06).

12 April 2006
Meeting of the UN System Chief Executive Board for Coordination (UN-CEB) on UN Groups for the Information Society
Open only to UN agencies.

19-28 April 2006
Session on the ITU Council (ITU, Geneva)
http://www.itu.int/council/C2006/index.asp 

TIMETABLE OF THE CLUSTER OF WSIS IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW UP MEETINGS IN GENEVA (10-19 May 2006: Download here)

9-11 May 2006
Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet, organised by ITU and UNESCO (CICG, Geneva)
On-Line Registration and information at http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/multilingual/ 
Documents:
• Draft Agenda

11 May 2006
Consultation meeting on Action Lines C4 "Capacity Building", organised by UNDP (10:00-13:00, Room K2, ITU Montbrillant, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders.
Documents:
• Registration form 
• Provisional agenda

11 May 2006
Consultation meeting on Action Lines C6 "Enabling Environment", organised by UNDP (15:00-18:00, Room K2, ITU Montbrillant, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders.
Documents:
• Registration form
• Provisional agenda

12 May 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C8 “Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content”, organised by UNESCO (10:00-13:00; 15:00-18:00, Room XX, Palais des Nations, Geneva)
The aim of the meeting will be discuss the WSIS multi-stakeholder implementation process in the field of cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content.
Documents:
• Draft annoucement and provisional agenda 
• Registration form

15 May 2006
Orientation session for civil society, organized by CONGO (Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva)
www.ngocongo.org

15-19 May 2006
Ninth session of the UN Commission of Science and Technology for Development (Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva)
http://stdev.unctad.org/unsystem/cstd/9session.html

15-16 May 2006
WSIS Action Line Facilitation: "Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs" (C5), organised by ITU (Room B, ITU, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders that are interested and involved in implementation process in the field of building confidence and security in the use of ICTs.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c5/index.html
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Draft agenda
• Registration form

15 May 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C11 "International and regional cooperation", organised by UN DESA (10:00-18:00, Room XXV Palais des Nations, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS Stakeholders.
More information coming soon.

15 May 2006
Information meeting on the launch of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (Geneva, time and venue to be confirmed)
More information coming soon.

16 May 2006
Consultation meeting on action lines C1 "The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development" (10:00-13:00) and C7-a "E-Government" (15:00-18:00), organised by UN DESA (Room XXV Palais des Nations, Geneva)
Open to all WSIS Stakeholders.
http://www.unpan.org/post-WSIS-C1-C7.asp
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Draft Agenda
• Registration form

16 May 2006
Second Informal Inter-Agency Consultation on the Future Role of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) in the System-wide Follow-up to WSIS (10:00-13:00; 15:00-18:00, Palais des Nations, Geneva)
Organised by ECOSOC. Open to all stakeholders (on invitation).
http://stdev.unctad.org

17 May 2006
Consultation meeting on action lines C7-b "E-business" and c7-e "E-employment", organised by UNCTAD (Geneva, 15:00-18:00, Room XXIII, Palais des nations)
http://www.unctadxi.org/templates/Event____6326.aspx
Documents:
• Invitation Letter
• Programme
• Registration form (.pdf)
• Registration form (.doc)

17 May 2006
Information Society Day Ceremony (10:45-12:00, CICG, Geneva)
Organised by ITU.
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/wisd/index.html
www.itu.int/wisd 
Invitation Letter: English (Doc) | French (Doc)

17 May 2006
"Multi-stakeholder meeting on Parliaments and the Information Society: Enhancing cooperation and building partnerships" (10:00-13:00-15:00-17:00, Room XXV, Palais des Nations)
Organized by UN DESA. Open to all participants with a UNOG or and ALF Badge.
http://www.ictparliaments.org/

18 May 2006
Second consultation meeting on action lines C2 "Information and communication infrastructure", organised by the ITU (Geneva, 15:00-18:00, Room H, ITU)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/c2/index.html
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Agenda
• Registration form
• Questionnaire

19 May 2006
Second round of informal consultations on the setting up of the IGF. Organised by the IGF Secretariat.
This meeting be open to all stakeholders and will focus on the substantive preperation of the inaugural meeting of the IGF.
www.intgovforum.org

22-23 May 2006
First meeting of the Multistakeholder IGF Advisory Group (Palais des nations, Geneva)
Only open to the members of the IGF AG.
http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc

19-20 June 2006
Inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development.
www.un-gaid.org
http://www.unicttaskforce.org

3 July - 28 July 2006
Ecocomic and Social Council Substantive Session (Palais des nations, Geneva)
UN CSTD reform was addressed in Plenary meeting on 10 July 2006.
A negotiation working group was established to discuss the review of the CSTD for the WSIS follow-up.
http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc
More information on the CONGO website: http://www.ngocongo.org/index.php?what=pag&id=10207  

16 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-3 "Access to Information and Knowledge" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
More information - Invitation letter (English - French)

17 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-10 "Ethical Dimension of the Information Society" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
More information - Invitation letter (English - French)

18 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-7e "E-Learning" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
More information - Invitation letter (English - French)

19 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-9 "Media" (Room IV, UNESCO HQ, Paris, France)
More information - Invitation letter (English - French)

22 October 2006
Consultation meeting on action line C-7 "E-science" (Huarun Hotel, Beijing, China)
More information - Invitation letter

30 October - 2 November 2006
Inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (Athens, Greece)
www.intgovforum.org
www.igfgreece2006.gr

6-8 November 2006
CSTD Panel - Promoting the building of a people-centred, development-oriented and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital opportunities for all people
Summary report and recommendations of the Paris CSTD Panel: http://www.unctad.org/sections/dite_dir/docs/dite_pcbb_stdev0045_en.pdf 
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=12233&year=2006&month=11

6-24 November 2006
ITU Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalia, Turkey)
http://www.itu.int/plenipotentiary  

4-5 December 2006
Expert Meeting in Support of the Implementation and Follow-up of WSIS: "Using ICTs to achieve growth and development" (Geneva)
Jointly organised by UNCTAD, ILO and OECD
More information:  http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=3876&lang=1 and www.unctad.org/ecommerce
as well as on the CONGO Website.

4-8 December 2006
ITU Telecom World
http://www.itu.int/WORLD2006

11-15 December 2006
Resumed ECOSOC session, including consideration of the Report of the 9th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
More information coming soon.
http://www.un.org/docs/ecosoc/ 

12-13 February 2007
Internet Governance Forum, stock-taking session of the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group, including an open consultation on 13 February 2007 (10:00-13:00, 15:00-18:00).
The meeting is open to all WSIS accredited entities and individuals with proven expertise and experience in Internet Governance related issues. Stakeholders can register for the session by filling in the online registration form.
A consultation for the IGF Rio meeting is available on the IGF website.
More information coming soon.
http://www.intgovforum.org/ 

13 February 2007
Informal briefing and informal consultation with the Secretariat of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development (13:30-15:00).
Issues to be addressed:
     • Up dates on the preparation of the 10th session of the CSTD and of the WSIS related cluster of events;
     • Consultations on the multi-year work programme and the methods of work of the CSTD (this issues will be based on the outcome summary and recommendations of the CSTD Panel organised in November 2006 in Paris).
http://stdev.unctad.org/
More information on the CONGO Website.

27-28 February 2007
Second meeting of the Strategy Council of the UN Global Alliance for ICTs and Development (Sante Clara, USA)
Documents: coming soon.
Links:
Information on CONGO website.
Meeting website: http://www.intelcorpevents.com/un
GAID Website: http://www.un-gaid.org/council 

23 March 2007
Launch of the Regional Network for Africa of GAID (Global Alliance for ICT and Development), 14:00-18:00
Venue: Addis Ababa (UN ECA)
Documents and agenda: English  |  French.
Links: 
http://www.un-gaid.org

26 March 2007
First Global Forum of the G3ICT initiative (Global Initiative for Inclusive ICT)
Venue: United Nations headquarters, New York
Documents: Agenda
Links:
http://www.g3ict.com/
http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/185  

19-20 April 2007
7th Infopoverty World Conference 2007
"Harnessing the use of ICTs towards the Millennium Development Goals"
Venue: main event at the UN Headquarters in New York; parallel meetings taking place in Milano (Politechnico), Antananarivo, Honduras, Paris (UNESCO headquarters), Geneva (ITU headquarters), Brussels (European Commission) and Rabat.
Document: provisional programme - Registration Form
http://www.infopoverty.net/

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE OF THE CLUSTER OF WSIS IMPLEMENTATION AND FOLLOW-UP MEETINGS IN GENEVA (15 - 25 May 2007: Download here) - This chart will be regularly updated. 

14-15 May 2007
2nd Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C5: Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
Venue: Geneva, ITU Headquarters (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Invitation Letter 
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

16 May 2007
Joint meeting for Action Lines C2 (Infrastructure); C4 (Capacity Building) & C6 (Enabling Environment)
Venue: Geneva, ITU Headquarters (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Invitation Letter
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

16 May 2007
World Information Society Day Ceremony - 15:30-16:30
Venue: Geneva, ITU Headquarters (Room K1/K2)
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

18 May 2007
Informal consultation between ITU and civil society on the participation of all relevant stakeholders in the ITU activities
Venue: Geneva, ITU Headquarters (Room K1/K2)
Documents:
• ITU PP Resolution 141 on the participation of all relevant stakeholders in the Union
• Invitation Letter and Agenda
• Link
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

21-25 May 2007
Tenth session of the UN Commission of Science and Technology for Development (Room XVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva)
Documents and other information:
http://www.unctad.org/cstd
http://stdev.unctad.org/

21 May 2007
UN Regional Economic Commissions meeting: "The Information Society, from Declaration to Implementation (what UN Economic Commissions are doing to achieve the Information Society)"
Venue: Geneva, Palais des Nations (Room XXVI)
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

21 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C7: E-Science (UNESCO)
Venue: Geneva, Palais des Nations (Room XXVII)
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

23 May 2007
Ambassador's briefing: "Success, Failures and Management of e-governance initiatives"
Venue: Geneva, Palais des Nations (Room XXVI)
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

23 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C3: Access to info & knowledge
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

23 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C7: E-learning
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

23 May 2007
Internet Governance Forum - Informal Consultation
Venue: Geneva, ITU Headquarters (Room C)
Open to all IGF stakeholders
Link: www.intgovforum.org
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

24 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C1: role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders / C7: e-Government / C11: international and regional cooperation
Venue: Geneva, Palais des Nations (Room XXVI by UN DESA and Room IX by UN DESA and IPU)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

24 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C7: e-business / e-employment
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

24 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C8: Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

24 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C9: Media
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

25 May 2007
2nd meeting of WSIS action line facilitator meeting, convened by ITU / UNDP / UNESCO
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room XXIII)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

25 May 2007
Action Line Facilitation Meeting, C10: Ethical Dimension of the Infomration Society
Venue: Geneva, ITU (Room K1/K2)
Open to all WSIS stakeholders
Documents: Coming soon
Registration: http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/edrs/ITU-SG/edrs15/edrs.registration.form

2 July - 27 July 2006
Ecocomic and Social Council Substantive Session (Palais des nations, Geneva)
UN CSTD reform was addressed in Plenary meeting on 19 and 25 July 2006.
http://www.un.org/ecosoc/ 

3 September 2007
Internet Governance Forum - Informal Consultation
Venue: Geneva
Open to all IGF stakeholders
Link: www.intgovforum.org 

19 September 2007
3rd meeting of the GAID Steering Committee (New York)
http://www.un-gaid.org

24-26 September 2007
First Global Forum of the UN Global Alliance for ICTs and Development (Geneva)
Youth and ICT for Development: Youth and ICT as Agents of Change
http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/587

29-30 October 2007
Connect Africa Summit (Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda)
Organised by ITU, GAID, OECD
http://www.un-gaid.org/fr/node/718

12-15 November 2007
Second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).  
Registration availe on line.
http://www.intgovforum.org/

28-30 November 2007
Intersession panel of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UN-CSTD, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). 
Documents:
     • Draft provisional program (version 5 November). 
     • Official notification: ENG  |  FRA  |  ESP.
     • Information for participants.
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=13906&year=2007&month=11

29-30 January 2008
Fourth meeting of the ITU Council WG on WSIS: Participation of stakeholders in ITU Activities.
Participation is open to ITU members.
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Draft agenda
• ITU Secretariat Report on existing mechanisms for stakeholder participation in the UN
Links:
• Webpage of the WG on the participation of the relevant stakeholders
• Other documents and ressources on civil society on the ITU website

4-5 February 2008
Launch Seminar of the GAID Latin American and Caribbean Regional Network.
Participation is open to all GAID stakeholders.
Documents:
• Invitation letter
• Draft agenda
Links:
• More information on the CEPAL website
• www.un-gaid.org

6-8 February 2008
Ministerial Conference on the Information Society (eLAC2007).
www.elac2007.org.sv

26 February 2008
First preparatory meeting of the 3rd Internet Governance Forum.
All stakeholders are encouraged to send their comments and views on the Rio meeting through the on line questionnaire.
www.intgovforum.org

26 February 2008
CSTD Secretariat briefing with Civil Society
Open to all CSTD stakeholders
14:00-15:00, Room XXVII, Palais des Nations
Links:

• Informal Summary (prepared by CONGO)
• CSTD Secretariat Briefing provisional note on CSTD-11 (26 February 2008)

25-26 March 2008
UN Meets Web 2.0 - New Media, New Entrepreneurs and New ICT Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Organised by GAID. United Nations Headquarters, New York.
Open to all stakeholder
Documents:
• Provisional programme
• Website

16-18 April 2008
8th Infopoverty World Conference
Multi-conference event at the UN Headquarters connected with Milan (Politecnico and the European Parliament Office), Paris (UNESCO), Madagascar (Sambaina Village), and other locations.
Organised by OCCAM in partnership with GAID.
Open to all stakeholder: Registration Form
Documents:
• Provisional programme
Website: http://www.infopoverty.net/