Hi Al,
Yeah, I think what Sally is talking about (I may be wrong) is a short
document each caucus should produce (maybe it could be like a 2 minute
speech as well?) that describes the key concerns of the grouping.
I think for practical purposes our task here wearing our Asia Pacific =
hats
is mainly to highlight those issues we think are specific to our region =
(but
also have global ramifications).=20
For example:
- The special needs of small island developing states
- the disparity in access to technology within regions (ie. Inner-city =
Tokyo
vs rural PNG)
- cultural diversity
- freedom of expression
We don't need to detail everything, just some select things that are =
most
important. We could also briefly mention the other general =
themes/approaches
we think are important.
I'm focusing on the youth one, so I hope someone else can write this.
Cheers
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan G. Alegre [mailto:alalegre@codewan.com.ph]=20
Sent: February 5, 2003 11:13 PM
To: wsis-asia
Subject: [communication 490] Fw: [WSIS CSCG] Civil society participation =
in
Prepcom II
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=20
> and gender caucuses have produced statements.
>
> I wouldn't worry too much about the length at this stage. The=20
> important thing is to get agreement on what the central ideas are and=20
> 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=20
> 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=20
> > >last week that we wouldn't have access to that meeting but unless=20
> > >something has changed, as I understand it we should be admitted as=20
> > >observers, and with possible spaces for interventions (has anyone=20
> > >heard otherwise?)
> > >
> > >But more important than sitting in on the meetings themselves, we=20
> > >need to have proposals ready in "UN language" to submit to friendly =
> > >governments. Which -if any- of the thematic caucuses have been=20
> > >working on their proposals? If you have produced general=20
> > >statements, you should now be looking at producing shorter more=20
> > >specific proposals in language that could be directly incorporated=20
> > >into the respective documents. If you have not started working=20
> > >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=20
> > >Prepcom III we will probably be reacting to content already=20
> > >elaborated, but with much less chance of including new issues.
> > >
> > >The content and themes civil society working group can collaborate=20
> > >with fitting the proposals into the respective sections of the=20
> > >Action Plan (depending on how the Subcommittee defines the=20
> > >structure of themes); but we can't possibly produce all the=20
> > >content. This needs to be done by those with a specific interest=20
> > >in each issue in question.
> > >
> > >Could the leaders of each caucus please report back here on how=20
> > >they are working, what specific issues they are covering and when=20
> > >they will be producing their documents?
> > >
> > >Sally Burch
> > >
> > >
> > >
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