¡°WSIS: Asian Response Meeting¡±

Bangkok, Thailand, 22-24 November, 2002

 

Final Statement
- Statement Of Ngos At ¡±Wsis: The Asian Response¡± Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand 22-24 November 2002 (Final Version ? Dec. 8, 2002)
- List of Attendees


Presentation Materials

November 22, 2002
Session 1

- Welcome and Introductions, Purpose/Objectives of this Meeting
Somchai Homlaor, Secretary General, FORUM-ASIA, Bangkok

- The Official Presentation of the WSIS Process: History, Aims,  Procedure and Organization
Dr. Eun-Ju Kim, Senior Adviser for Asia & Pacific, ITU

- The WSIS: Expectations and Participation of Civil Society
Mr. Pradip Thomas, WACC
Ms Chantal Peyer, Bread for All, Switzerland                            
        
- The CRIS Campaign Pre and Post Prep.Comm:  Themes and Contents
Mr. Bruce Girard, CRIS Campaign

 

Session 2  
The Information Society in Asia and the Question of Cultural Diversity

- Ms Supinya Klangnarong, Campaign for Popular Media Reform  

- Internet Usage and the question of cultural diversity in Singapore
Mr. Chandramohan Prathivmohan, Think Center, Singapore

- The Information Society in Asia and the Question of Cultural Diversity  (MS word)
- The Information Society in Asia and the Question of Cultural Diversity (Power Point)
Ms Susanne Ornager, UNESCO Representative for  Communication and Information in Asia and Pacific, Bangkok

- Diverse Issues of Human rights in the Information Society
Mr. Kim Jeong-woo (PatchA), Korean Progressive Network ¡®Jinbonet¡¯, South Korea


Community-based Media:  Principles and Case Studies

-  Ms Jaba Menon, Partnership Manager, Oneworld South Asia, India
        
- Community Radio Movement: Towards Reforming the Broadcast Media in Thailand
Dr. Uajit Virojtrairatt, Director, Human Rights Promotion and Network Coordination Bureau, NHRC, Thailand

- Locating ¡°Community¡± Within the ¡°Information Society¡±- Strategic Civil Society Agendas and Advocacies for the WSIS
Mr. Alan Alegre, Foundation for media alternatives, Philippines

- Ms Gargi Sen, Magic Lantern Foundation, India


November 23, 2002
Session 3  

The Politics of the IT Economy in Asia and the Question of Access

-  On the Issues of Universal Access
Mr. Hasan Rizvi, SDNP Pakistan

- Taiwan¡¯s  access-to-the-media campaigns, 1992-2002: a critical review
Prof. Chien-san Feng, National Cheng Chi University, Taiwan

- The Politics of IT Economy and Question of Access
Dr. Pichet Durongkaveroj, Chairman of e-ASEAN Working Group and Director of Policy Innovation Center, King Monkut¡¯s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand


Panel Discussion: Case Studies of Affordable Access, Effective  Use of IT in Development

-  Mr. Sombat Boon-ngamanong, Baannok.com

- Affordable Access, Effective Use of IT in Development: Malaysia
Ms Arfa¡¯eza A Azis, Malaysiakini, Malaysia

-  Mr. Kshitij Joshi, Director, www.mandatethefuture.org, Worldview International Foundation, Sri Lanka

- The Case of JCAFE¡¯s Efforts to Create a Database for the Circulation of NGO Information Resources
Mr. Hamada Tadahisa, Chair, Japan Computer Access for  Empowerment, Japan


Session 4
Gender Justice: Information, Communication, Empowerment

- Women and New Information and Communications Technologies: The Promise of Empowerment
Ms Susanna George, ISIS International, Philippines

- Gender Justice: Digitally Empowered Women Through Information Technology
Ms Wilasinee Phiphitkul, Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

- Communication and Gender Advocacy: Towards Empowerment of the Asian (MS Word)
- Communication and Gender Advocacy: Towards Empowerment of the Asian (Power Point)
Ms Shashikala Gurpur-Murphy, ANWIC, India

- ICTs and Gender Equality - Women¡¯s Rights and the Internet
Ms Chan Yu, Association for Progressive Communications,  Women's Network Support Program, Hong Kong


November 24
Session 5
Discussion on the Draft of Content

Discussion on the Strategy between Bangkok and Japan

- About the Asian Regional Meeting: Asian Civil Society Participation
Adam Peake, GLOCOM, Japan

- General Strategies & Immediate Tasks
Mr. Alan Alegre, Foundation for media alternatives, Philippines


Final version of List of Attendees in WSIS: Asian Response Meeting

- List of Attendees