Your Excellency Secretary-General Guterres, Your Excellency the High Commissioner for Human Rights, We write to…
UNESCO has undertaken a consultative study on Internet-issues that will be discussed at this multi-stakeholder conference on 3-4 March 2015 in Paris. The study draws on 30 questions on Internet-related issues in the four areas of access to information and knowledge, freedom of expression, privacy, and ethical dimensions of the information society. The questions also explore the intersections between these areas and options for future UNESCO action in these fields.
This comprehensive Internet-related study was mandated by UNESCO’s 195 Member States through Resolution 52 of the Organization’s 37th General Conference Resolution in November 2013. The questions and design of the study have been elaborated through a five-month multi-stakeholder consultation process with civil society, academia, the private sector, the technical community, inter-governmental organizations and UNESCO’s Member States. In addition to written submissions from a range of stakeholders, consultation events were held in a dozen global fora, including the World Press Freedom Day International Conference, the Stockholm Internet Freedom Forum, the Freedom Online Coalition Meeting, and the WSIS+10 High Level Review Event.
A civil society side meeting will take place on the preceding day, 2 March 2015, focusing on the WSIS plus 10 process, for which UNESCO are keen for their study to be an input. Its objective is to produce a civil society strategy for what we want from the process.
10-year review WSIS report finalised and sent to UNGA though ECOSOC
Intergovernmental negotiation process towards December 2015 WSIS outcome
Consideration of CSTD 10 years WSIS report for submission to UNGA
Adoption of post-2015 development agenda
A meeting to facilitate civil society engagement in the WSIS+10 Review process is being held on October 14 and 15 (Wednesday-Thursday) in New York, USA. The meeting is being organized by Global Partners Digital (GPD), in collaboration with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Access Now, Bytes for All, the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University in Delhi, Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), Coding Rights, FGV/ CTS, Internet Democracy Project, Just Net Coalition (JNC), KICTANet, and Public Knowledge, with support of the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the GovLab at NYU.
The aim of the meeting is to facilitate civil society input and engagement in the WSIS+10 Review process. The WSIS process has been a unique vehicle in promoting a development-oriented, human rights respecting information society, recognizing the important role played by all stakeholders in its governance. This year, as WSIS marks its 10th anniversary, the UN General Assembly is set to evaluate its progress and decide its future. In order for the WSIS to continue acting as a conduit for ICT4D underpinned by human rights beyond 2015, it is important that views of all stakeholders especially those from developing countries, are reflected in its outcomes. In order to contribute towards this goal, the objective of this meeting is to further coordinate global civil society priorities, input and engagement in the Review process. The two-day meeting will take place in the run-up to the deadline for submissions on the zero-draft of the Review outcome document (October 15th) as well as the informal interactive WSIS stakeholder consultations on October 19th.
The Expression of Interest form is now closed. Thank you to all those who applied. We look forward to seeing many of you in New York. If you are unable to join us, please follow the meeting remotely. Information and links to follow the meeting can be found on the “Remote Participation” tab in the middle of this page and below.
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Time |
Agenda item |
Set-up |
Remote ptcptn? |
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Wednesday, October 14 |
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09:00-09:15 |
Run-through of agenda and meeting objectives |
Plenary |
YES |
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09:15-09:30 |
Participant introductions |
Plenary |
YES |
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09:30-09:45 |
WSIS Review status check |
Plenary |
YES |
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10:15-10:25 |
Coffee |
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10:25-13:00 |
Developing shared priorities |
Plenary/breakout groups |
TBC |
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-17:00 |
Developing key messages on zero-draft |
Plenary/breakout groups |
TBC |
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Thursday, October 15 |
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09:00-09:30 |
Day 1 Recap |
Plenary |
YES |
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09:30-10:30 |
Developing joint strategies 1 |
Plenary/breakout groups |
TBC |
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10:30-10:45 |
Coffee |
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10:45-12:00 |
Developing joint strategies 2 |
Plenary |
TBC |
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12:00-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-17:00 |
Option 1: Continue working on key messages |
TBC |
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Option 2: Groups work on own submissions |
no |
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Option 3: Meeting NY mission representatives |
no |
| Name | Affiliation | Country | |
| 1 | Ahmed M. M. Eisa | Gedaref Digital City Organization | Sudan |
| 2 | Alimi O. Adamu | Media Rights Agenda (MRA) | Nigeria |
| 3 | Amalia Toledo | Fundación Karisma | Colombia |
| 4 | Andrew Puddephatt | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| 5 | Anja Kovacs | Internet Democracy Project | India |
| 6 | Antonio Martínez | Horizontal | Mexico |
| 7 | Carolina Rossini | Public Knowledge | Brazil |
| 8 | Charles Bradley | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| 9 | Chinmayi Arun | National Law University Delhi | India |
| 10 | Coppens Pasteur NDAYIRAGIJE | BurundiX ASBL | Burundi |
| 11 | Danae Tapia | Derechos Digitales | Chile |
| 12 | Daniela Schnidrig | CELE – Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information | Argentina |
| 13 | Deborah Brown | APC – Association for Progressive Communications | US |
| 14 | Deji Olukotun | Access Now | US |
| 15 | Donny B.U | ICT Watch – Indonesia | Indonesia |
| 16 | Evelien Wijsktra | Ministry of Foreign Affairs | The Netherlands |
| 17 | Gene Kimmelman | Public Knowledge | US |
| 18 | Grace Githaiga | Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) | Kenya |
| 19 | Joana Varon | Coding Rights | Brazil |
| 20 | Juliet Nanfuka Nakiyini | CIPESA – Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa | Uganda |
| 21 | Jyoti Panday | Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) | India |
| 22 | Lea Kaspar | Global Partners Digital | Croatia |
| 23 | Luca Belli | Center for Technology & Society at Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 24 | Margareth Kang | DHITECH | Brazil |
| 25 | Maricarmen Sequera | TEDIC NGO | Paraguay |
| 26 | Matthew Shears | Center for Democracy & Technology | UK |
| 27 | Md Rezaur Rahman | Law Life Culture | Bangladesh |
| 28 | Michael Baak | Public Knowledge | South Korea |
| 29 | Miguel Morachimo | NGO Hiperderecho | Peru |
| 30 | Moses Owiny | WOUGNET – Women of Uganda Network | Uganda |
| 31 | Olga Balbine Tsafack Nguekeng | PROTEGE QV | Cameroon |
| 32 | Parminder Jeet Singh | IT for Change and Just Net Coalition | India |
| 33 | Peter Micek | Access Now | US |
| 34 | Puneeth Nagaraj | Centre for Communication Governance | India |
| 35 | Reza Salim | BFES – Bangladesh Friendship Education Society | Bangladesh |
| 36 | Rishab Bailey | Society for Knowledge Commons | India |
| 37 | Samantha Dickinson | Lingua Synaptica | Australia |
| 38 | Shahzad Ahmad | Civil Society Organization | Pakistan |
| 39 | Sheetal Kumar | Global Partners Digital | UK |
| 40 | Shita Laksmi | Hivos Southeast Asia | Indonesia |
| 41 | Stefaan Verhulst | NYU GovLab | Belgium |
| 42 | Valeria Betancourt | Association for Progressive Communications | Ecuador |
| 43 | Victor Kapiyo | ICJ Kenya / KICTANet | Kenya |
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