Dear our friends,
I need your reply quite soon.
Since on Dec 26, the Japanese NGO WSIS committee will meet
again and we need to decide the basic format of the NGO panel by that
time, that it is organized by Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee,
in cooperation with Japanese committee.
So please indicate if you agree or not on this proposal outlined below,
as soon as possible.
AND if there seems enough consensus, I would like to proceed.
IF there is not enough consensus, then I will ask the Japanese NGO
committee to become the organizer.
In any case, GLOCOM will act as contact point.
Sorry for the rush, but we don't have much time, if you could understand.
So, please send your seconds, endorsements, (or objections) and comments
- to go forward.
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Now, on behalf of the members who met in Bangkok at ACSF and
discussed about NGO participation in WSIS Asia Pacific regional
preparatory meeting in Tokyo, I would like to call for the formation
of NGO Coordination Committee for WSIS.
In order to make effective participation in WSIS preparatory process,
we aggreed in Bangkok, that such a coordination body by Asia-Pacific
NGOs is necessary.
Here are the basic framework we discussed and agreed:
1. Name:
The tentative name suggested was:
1) WSIS Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee (WANCOC)
Alternative suggestion is, either
2) WSIS Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee (WAP-NGO CC)
or
3 Asia Pacific NGO Coordination Committee for WSIS (AP-NGO CCW)
2. Composition:
We agreed in Bangkok that this committee will be formed by the people who
participated in
- Asia Caucus, PrepCom1 (June)
- Bangkok Workshop by NGO/Civil Society (Nov)
who are already the members of this list, and also add
- WSIS meeting at CONGO Bangkok Conference (Dec)
plus
- Organizers of Side events at Tokyo conference.
it is also open to others committed to WSIS participation from NGO/CSO
in Asia and Pacific.
1 or 2 key persons from each body (please define yourself) will join this
committee.
3. Task
This committee will be the coordination body to the WSIS preparatory process,
including Tokyo Regional conference, but also PrepCom 2 and 3 and the summit
itself.
We need to
- organize NGO panel at Tokyo conference
- coordinate Side events - possible Open Meeting on Jan 11 and/or 12
- coordinate inputs to Tokyo conference process including
Declraration, and Conference Reports
- coordinate and bring inputs to PrepCom 2, February, Geneva
These are kind of immediate tasks to be resolved very soon.
Already, Hong Kong's Anthony Wong sent me e-mail saying that
John Y. C. FUNG agreed to be the representative to this committee,
and John also sent me an e-mail confirming that.
John Y. C. FUNG
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
<john.fung@hkcss.org.hk> www.hkcss.org.hk
Thanks again,
izumi