Hi Chun
Thanks for your earlier comments on my points...I still have a few
clarifications to make on some of your reactions, but they are minor--I
would prefer that the others on the list contribute first lest this be a
dialogue just between two or three people :-)
On another note--I would be interested to join the content caucus developing
the CS alternative document--just don't know how much work I already have.
Just keep me in the loop...
Chat, Oh, Hamada and I will be in the APC Council meeting in the next 2
weeks or so (including an Internet Policy workshop) so our internet access
may be intermittent...but will try to keep updated..
Warm regards
Al
P.S. By the way, Open Forum of Cambodia is joining APC and I think Norbert
Klein will be there with us in Colombia...
----- Original Message -----
From: Chun Eung Hwi <chun@peacenet.or.kr>
To: <communication@wsisasia.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 5:55 AM
Subject: [communication 983] Proposed Framework for Civil Society
Declaration
> Dear all,
>
> As I explained earlier, in last PrepCom III, civil society group had
> started to draft Civil Society Declaration. The goal of this new document
> is not for lobbying with governments in WSIS. In considering its indirect
> effect on government, but primarily for our own future action guideline,
> it would be worked out. Here, I enclose the proposed framework of that
> document. It is one summary of our discussion in last PrepCom III C/T.
> I want to hear your comments on that framework.
>
> regards,
>
> Chun
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Chun Eung Hwi
> General Secretary, PeaceNet | phone: (+82) 2-2166-2205
> Seoul Yangchun P.O.Box 81 | pcs: (+82) 019-259-2667
> Seoul, 158-600, Korea | eMail: chun@peacenet.or.kr
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Proposed Framework for Civil Society Declaration
> Presented at Civil Society Plenary, Thursday 26th September 2003
>
>
> I. Vision (A Larger Framework of the Issues)
>
> 1. Vision of Information and Communication Societies
> - Framing the issues so that it elucidates principles such as of
> inclusive, participatory, sustainable, equitable and just
> - Information Society is an evolving concept and not an end of
> itself
>
> 2. Purposes of Information and Communication Societies
> An Information and Communication Society is a concept/metaphor that we
> re-frame in order to achieve the following goals:
> - Poverty eradication
> - Sustainable development:
> - Attainment of human rights
> - Addressing/Bridging the Divide: how ICTs are mapped onto other
> inequalities such north-south, urban-rural,
> - Building communities
> - Core labor standards for all workers
>
> 3. Roles and Responsibilities of the Stakeholders in Information and
> Communication Societies:
> - State: what is their role of the state in the national and global
> polity, address the shifting focus from sustainable development to
> economic globalisation
> - Private:
> - Public/Civil Society: can't claim to speak for all; it tries to
> ensure equal distribution of resources; Needs to show CSOs are working
> outside the negotiation
>
>
> II. Perspectives (A Focused View of the Issues)
>
> 4. Frameworks for Analysing Issues in Information and Communication
> Societies
> There are many different ways of analysing issues in Information and
> Communication Societies, but we believe that the following
> approaches/perspectives to be central for a Civil Society document which
> can be used by different stakeholders and will lead to concrete approaches
> to achieving the following goals as stated above: poverty eradication,
> sustainable development, achievement of rights, different kinds of
> divides.
>
> " Human rights framework
> - Communication rights as based in human rights
> - Information rights
> - Collective rights vs Individual rights
> - Concern about the hierarchy of rights
>
> " Equality & Empowerment Framework
> - Basic Human Security/Welfare: access to meeting basic human needs
> - Access: increased access to the resources that women or
> marginalized groups need to survive and to improve their status
> - Critical Awareness: increases women's and marginalized groups
> awareness of the structural inequalities that frequently shape their lives
> and the decisions they make
> - Control: increases in women's control and ownerships of the
> resources and decisions they need to survive, improve their status and
> address the unequal power relations
>
> " Views from the 'Periphery' - Intersectional approach
> Historical legacies/realities: Colonial legacy, slavery,
> indigenous people's, displaced
> Geographical: South-South, North-South, Rural-Urban;
> "Those who fall in-between the gaps": Groups/Communities who are
> discriminated against based on gender, age, class, race, ethnicity,
> religion, culture, sexuality
>
> " Anti-Market Driven Framework/ Neo-liberal Economic Orthodoxies
> Globalisation: economic, cultural and technological globalisation
> Privatisation, De-regulation, liberalisation
> Commodification of knowledge and culture
> [NB: Suggestion that we state Information Society issues firstly
> in the a positive focus and then address the limitations or other factors
> that may affect the issue]
>
> 5. Unpacking key concepts of Information and Communication Societies
> The CS will need to explore further and define concepts that we have been
> using loosely and inclusively:
>
> a. Society
> - Citizenship, citizens rights, public domain, social solidarity
> People-centered
> b. Information / Information Society
> - What is information?
> - Information as a commodity for economic gain and not public good
> c. Communication
> - should focus first and foremost to prepare people to live in
> culturally-complex, pluralistic societies
> - Commodification of communication, Communication as an end in
> itself
> d. Knowledge
> - Access and control of knowledge power. (e.g indigenous knowledge,
> marginalized knowledge etc)
> - Knowledge society
> e. Culture Identify and Cultural diversity
> f. Ethical Dimensions
>
>
> III. Moving Forward (From Priority Issues to Concrete Plans of Action)
>
> 6.Specific areas
> We have tried to cluster the areas identified in the CS Plenary and
> providing examples of how the complexity of themes might be organized.
>
> a. Media
> Media ownership
> Independence, pluralism, and diversity of the media
> b. Public and Community Media
> Local content development
> c. Intellectual Property Rights
> d. Regulatory Framework
> - Balance between the economic and cultural
> - Global Commons
>
> e. Information and Communication Infrastructure
> f. Governance
> ICT - Internet
> Accountability
> Transparency
> Participation
> Democratic management of International bodies dealing with ICTs
> g. Education & Research
> Using ICTs in education
> Media Education/Literacy: Critical awareness on the socio-political
> sociio-economic dimensions of information, communication and media
> h. Sustainability
> Development: Social and Sustainable
> Environment
> Technology
> i. Human Security, Secrecy & Privacy
> j. Access to Information resources
> Libraries, databases, archives
>
>
>
>