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From: Renata BLOEM <rbloem@ngocongo.org>
To: CS Bureau <bureau@geneva2003.org>; CS Plenary <plenary@wsis-cs.org>
Cc: Sheila Bordier <congo@ngocongo.org>; Isolda Agazzi
<isolda.agazzi@ngocongo.org>; Rik Panganiban <rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 12:19 AM
Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Info for WSIS Phase 2
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> For your information, I received a call on Friday (30 February) to meet
with
> the Tunesian Minister of Communication Technologies and Transport, Mr.
Sadok
> Rabah, who was here in Geneva to meet with his Swiss Government
> Counterparts, with Mr Uzumi, also with members of the Secretariat to give
a
> boost to relance the process towards Tunesia 2005. (In this context the
ITU
> meeting, 26-27 February is, as many of you pointed already out, an
internal
> technical ITU w-shop to feed into the UN ICT Task Force Open Forum in New
> York, 25-27 March, on Internet Governance and not directly part of the
WSIS
> 2 preparatory process. However, it will determine by its outcome the
> appointment of the IG WG by the Secretay General)
>
> The Tunesian Minister wanted to inform us about some of the preparatory
> steps envisioned and at the same time to ensure us that his government
wants
> the full participation of Civil Society in the whole process.
>
> The first step will be an informal meeting with all stakeholders,
scheduled
> for 4-5 March, to be held in Tunesia to brainstorm on the process and
added
> value of WSIS phase 2. Following this meeting would come a more formal
> meeting to prepare for the first PrepCom. Dates for this more formal
> meeting are not yet set. Mentioned were end April,end May or beginning of
> July. For the first meeting he wanted at least the CS Bureau to attend.
>
> But now comes the crux: Tunesia has the capacity to help with all
> infrastructure inside of Tunesia, would also help e.g. to set up logistics
> for CS if they wanted to hold a preparatory meeting on 3 March to develop
> strategies. But they do not have funds for travel, nor the ability to
> transfer anything out of the country, to let any stakeholder, including CS
> come to Tunesia.
>
> On another point he told me that that his Government would appoint two
> Tunesian delegates to be part of the Secretariat for CS. When I asked if
> they could not continue to work with Alain and Louise, he said they would
> if somebody else would finance them, meaning if this would happen they
would
> then have 4 CSDs. (The financing of the CSD has just come to an end here
as
> of 31 January)
>
> In short: CS is welcomed (and to my question also with critical voices)
but
> has to look for its own means.
>
> CONGO will organize a Briefing on WSIS 1 and Phase 2 shortly. I will keep
> you informed.
>
> With best regards,
>
> Renate Bloem
> President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
>
>
>
> Renate Bloem
> President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
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