[Telecentres] [Fwd: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Orientation Session on 14 February]

[Andy Carvin]

Hi everyone,

For those of you attending the prepcom, there will be a pre-prepcom 
civil society plenary meeting. I will not arrive in Geneva until 21 
February, so I hope other members of the telecentres group will identify 
themselves and perhaps help organize a caucus meeting during the CS 
plenary meeting.

thanks,
ac

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[WSIS CS-Plenary] Orientation Session on 14 February
Date: 	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:54:45 +0100
From: 	Renata Bloem <rbloem at ngocongo.org>
Reply-To: 	plenary at wsis-cs.org
To: 	CS Plenary <plenary at wsis-cs.org>,bureau wsis <bureau at wsis-cs.org>
CC: 	Adina Fulga Radi <adinafulgaradi at yahoo.com>



Dear all,



Please find below and attached the program for the Orientation session
to be held on 14 February. We would still like to hear who is coming;
particularly which caucuses and WGs will be represented to better meet
their needs.

Renata





* *

*Civil Society Orientation Session*

* *

*PREPARATORY MEETING*

*(PREPCOM-2 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)*

*Palais des Nations, Geneva *

*14 February 2005*



This orientation session is designed to give all participants the
necessary background information on the WSIS Phase two process thus far
to ensure effective participation. It is open to everyone: government
delegations, private sector, civil society and international organizations.




   *Program of Activities__*

_ _

_Time:_                           _Event:_



14:00 –  14:10               /Welcome and Introduction/

·         Renate Bloem (President, CONGO)



14:10 –  15:00               /WSIS Phase 2: Actors and Processes /

·         Janis Karklins (President, PrepComs Tunis Phase)

·        Charles Geiger (Executive Director, WSIS Executive Secretariat)//

·        Nitin Desai (Chair WGIG), tbc//

·        Markus Kummer (Executive Coordinator, WGIG)           //

·         Moncef  Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)



15:15 – 16:00                /Civil Society at WSIS: Structures and
Opportunities/

·         Civil Society Bureau: CONGO, NGLS, ICV

·         Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks

·         Plenary: tba

·         Caucuses and WGs: tba

·         Housekeeping: CONGO, ICV



16:00 – 16 :15               /Coffee Break   for Networking /





16:15 – 18:00                /Strategies:/

·         Breakout Groups into Caucuses and WGs



18.00 – 18.15               /Plenary           :/

·         Cultural Sensitivity: Tracey Naughton

·         Groups reporting back








*/ /*

*/ /*

*/Renate Bloem/**/, President of the Conference of NGOs (CONGO)
11, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 /**/Geneva
Tel: +41 22 301 1000, Fax: +41 22 301 2000
E-mil: /**/rbloem at ngocongo.org <mailto:rbloem at ngocongo.org>/**/,
Website: www.ngocongo.org <http://www.ngocongo.org/>/*

*/ /*

*/The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership
association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United Nations
debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major objective is to
ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the world's governments
and United Nations agencies on issues of global concern.  For more
information see our website at www.ngocongo.org
<http://www.ngocongo.org/>/**//*


       *Reminder*: CONGO Postal Address Has Changed

We will soon be unable to receive mail at our old address at the Palais
des Nations in Geneva.  So please make sure to update your records with
CONGO's new Geneva office postal address:* CP 50, 1211 Genéve 20,
Switzerland.*  Our physical office address is 11, Avenue De La Paix, 1st
Floor, 1202 Genéve, Switzerland.




-- 
-----------------------------------
Andy Carvin
Program Director
EDC Center for Media & Community
acarvin @ edc . org
http://www.digitaldivide.net
http://www.tsunami-info.org
Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com
-----------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Civil Society Orientation Session Geneva Feb 05.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 47616 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/pipermail/telecentres/attachments/20050117/3ff26e37/CivilSocietyOrientationSessionGenevaFeb05-0001.doc