Gaurab, Izumi, Adam, Patcha, Chat, Mavic, Sasha, Susanna, Nick, Robert,
Bobby, Chun (and all!...shouldn'th ave started naming names...)
Please be informed of this thread started by Sally of ALAI--am copying it to
you now. (Take note about the stress on Action Plans...)
Do I assume that our "final" Tokyo statement is one we will work on? Or even
the two other earlier Bangkok statements as they contain stuff not included
in the Tokyo one (which specifically reacted to the draft declaration)?
Am asking for guidance so we may know how to proceed to getting our content
in, in the most efficient and tactical way--both to the CS coordinating
bodies and to the WSIS PrepCom2 secreatariat itself.
Let this list be the forum for any comments, suggestions, questions on
this...
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: Sally Burch - ALAI <sburch@alainet.org>
To: <wsis-cscg@comunica.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [WSIS CSCG] Civil society participation in Prepcom II
> WSIS Civil Society Coordinating Group list
> Hi,
>
> I haven't seen examples of thematic causus statements, but the
> youth and gender caucuses have produced statements.
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about the length at this stage. The
> important thing is to get agreement on what the central ideas are
> and express it in a statement. And then either at the end of the
> document or on a separate one-pager, translate that into specific
> language that you consider could be part of the Action Plan.
>
> By posting these statements back to the lists, we could then hope
> to get feedback from others.
>
> Sally
>
> On 5 Feb 03, at 1:38, Hans Klein wrote:
>
> > WSIS Civil Society Coordinating Group list
> >
> > Sally,
> >
> > Thanks for raising this issue.
> >
> > I would be grateful to see an example report from a thematic caucus.
Are
> > we talking about one page here? Or five?
> >
> > Has *any* group done a report that they can post here?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Hans
> >
> >
> >
> > At 03:44 PM 2/4/2003 -0500, Sally Burch - ALAI wrote:
> > >WSIS Civil Society Coordinating Group list
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I have just been looking through the program for PrepCom II. It is
> > >clear that the main activity is the Subcommittee II (content and
> > >themes) sessions on the Plan of Action. People were mentioning
> > >last week that we wouldn't have access to that meeting but unless
> > >something has changed, as I understand it we should be admitted
> > >as observers, and with possible spaces for interventions (has
> > >anyone heard otherwise?)
> > >
> > >But more important than sitting in on the meetings themselves, we
> > >need to have proposals ready in "UN language" to submit to
> > >friendly governments. Which -if any- of the thematic caucuses
> > >have been working on their proposals? If you have produced
> > >general statements, you should now be looking at producing
> > >shorter more specific proposals in language that could be directly
> > >incorporated into the respective documents. If you have not started
> > >working yet, then this is the key moment to do so. This is the best
> > >moment to get new content into the documents. By the time we
> > >reach Prepcom III we will probably be reacting to content already
> > >elaborated, but with much less chance of including new issues.
> > >
> > >The content and themes civil society working group can collaborate
> > >with fitting the proposals into the respective sections of the Action
> > >Plan (depending on how the Subcommittee defines the structure of
> > >themes); but we can't possibly produce all the content. This needs
> > >to be done by those with a specific interest in each issue in
> > >question.
> > >
> > >Could the leaders of each caucus please report back here on how
> > >they are working, what specific issues they are covering and when
> > >they will be producing their documents?
> > >
> > >Sally Burch
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >__________________________________________________________
> > >Sally Burch - Directora Ejecutiva
> > >Agencia Latinomericana de Informacion -
> > >INTERNET: sburch@alainet.org
> > >Direccion: Casilla 17-12-877, Quito-Ecuador
> > >Telefono: (593 2) 250 5074 / 222 1570 / 252 8716
> > >Fax: (593 2) 250 5073 URL: http://alainet.org
> > >__________________________________________________________
> > >
> > >_______________________________________________
> > >Wsis-cscg mailing list
> > >Wsis-cscg@comunica.org
> > >http://comunica.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-cscg_comunica.org
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Wsis-cscg mailing list
> > Wsis-cscg@comunica.org
> > http://comunica.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-cscg_comunica.org
>
>
>
> __________________________________________________________
> Sally Burch - Directora Ejecutiva
> Agencia Latinomericana de Informacion -
> INTERNET: sburch@alainet.org
> Direccion: Casilla 17-12-877, Quito-Ecuador
> Telefono: (593 2) 250 5074 / 222 1570 / 252 8716
> Fax: (593 2) 250 5073 URL: http://alainet.org
> __________________________________________________________
>
> _______________________________________________
> Wsis-cscg mailing list
> Wsis-cscg@comunica.org
> http://comunica.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-cscg_comunica.org
>
>