* UNGIS - United Nations Group on the Information Society
In April 2006, UNGIS was endorsed by the UN-Chief Executives Board (CEB)
as the new inter-agency mechanism with the main objective to coordinate
substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations’ implementation of
the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
UNGIS will gather CEB members (UN agencies, programs and funds as well as
other specialized agencies such as the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund or the World Trade Organization) and is designed to promote
policy and programme coordination and coherence as well as overall
guidance to the UN system.
To achieve this objective UNGIS will:
- Contribute to the implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action and the
Tunis Agenda for the Information Society, primarily at the international
level, by mainstreaming the Information Society Agenda into the activities
and programmes of CEB members. In this context, the UNGIS would be closely
coordinated with the mechanisms for national and regional implementation
established in the Tunis Agenda (paragraphs 100 and 101), as well as the
multi-stakeholder implementation process (paragraphs 108-110).
- Facilitate synergies between organizations belonging to the UN system to
maximize joint efforts, avoid duplication and enhance effectiveness in
achieving the WSIS outcomes; and
- Promote public awareness about WSIS implementation by the UN system.
http://www.ungis.org/