[A2k] UNESCO's WSIS follow up on Access to info and knowledge (Paris Oct 16, 2006)

[Manon Ress]

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UNESCO and WSIS
Towards Knowledge Societies

Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C3 ''Access to information
and knowledge''
16 October 2006, UNESCO Headquarters (Room XIII), Paris, France
UNESCO is one of the lead facilitating agencies for the
implementation of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Action Lines. In accordance with the Tunis Agenda for the Information
Society and the consultation of possible Action Line Moderators/
Facilitators of 24 February 2006 in Geneva, which assigned UNESCO a
role as an interim focal point for several Action Lines, UNESCO
organizes the first multistakeholder consultation on Action Line C3
on 16 October 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters (Room XIII, view access) in
Paris, France.

The main objectives of the meeting are to:

facilitate the initial contacts and sharing of information among
multistakeholders on their priorities and expertise in the
implementation of the Action Line;
consolidate a team of stakeholders for the Action Line;
designate facilitator(s)/moderator(s) for the multistakeholder team;
agree on the working methods of the multistakeholder team including
its activities and expected outcome.

 >> Documents of the Meeting

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UNESCO's WSIS follow-up
Upcoming
16 October 2006, UNESCO, Paris, France
Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C3 ''Access to information
and knowledge''
17 October 2006, UNESCO, Paris, France
Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C10 ''Ethical dimension of
the Information Society''
18 October 2006, UNESCO, Paris, France
Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C7 ''E-learning''
19 October 2006, UNESCO, Paris, France
Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C9 ''Media''
22 October 2006, CODATA Annual Conference, Beijing, China
Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C7 ''E-science''
Past
24 February 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
Consultation Meeting of WSIS Action Lines Moderators/Facilitators
Organized by ITU, UNESCO and UNDP
9-11 May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet
Co-organized by UNESCO and ITU
12 May 2006, Geneva, Switzerland
Consultation meeting on action line C8 =93Cultural diversity and
identity, linguistic diversity and local content=94
Organized by UNESCO
UNESCO acts as interim focal point for the following action lines:
Access to information and knowledge (C3). Post suggestions
E-learning (C7). Post suggestions
E-science (C7). Post suggestions
Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local
content (C8). Post suggestions
Media (C9). Post suggestions
Ethical dimensions of the Information Society (C10). Post suggestions
See full list

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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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