[Ecommerce] consensus statement on wsis (includes a2k)

[Manon Ress]

This consensus statement was adopted by Canadian civil society groups
representing a diverse range of peoples, backgrounds, expertise, and
perspectives. The group of 200 people met in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,
on 13-15 May 2005 at a conference entitled =E2=80=9CPaving the Road to Tuni=
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organized by the Canadian Commission for UNESCO with the support of
Foreign Affairs Canada, Industry Canada, Canadian Heritage, Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada, the International Development
Research Centre, and the Canada Council for the Arts. The purpose of the
meeting was to canvass the views of the civil society organizations in
Canada on the Plan of Action that emerged from Phase I of the World Summit
on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva and the prospects for Phase II
in Tunis.

http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/rguerra/view?PostID=3D4226

SNIP

Access to Knowledge

The Information Society should foster an environment of transparency and
access among all levels of government, civil society and the public,
including access to raw and geospatial framework data. It should ensure
the preservation and fair, equitable, and culturally appropriate use of
current and historical archival records and data, museum artefacts, public
domain information, and printed and non-printed library materials. Raw
data from statistical, health, environmental and mapping agencies should
be made available at no cost to citizens, civil society organizations, and
to primary and secondary schools for non-commercial research purposes