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MISTICA: CMSI: UN ICT TF Force meeting in Rio

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 13:54:48 AST

>From: "Gillian Marcelle" <[email protected]>
>To: "Caribbean ICT virtual community CIVIC" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [icacaribbean] UN ICT Task Force meeting for Latin America and
>Caribbean in Rio
>Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:05:15 +0200
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>The Secretariat of the UN ICT Task Force would like to announce the
>private sector regional meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean,
>"Towards the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) - Renewed
>Roles for the Private Sector" that will be held in Rio de Janeiro,
>Brazil, on 12/13 June 2003.
>
>
>The meeting, organized by the United Nations Information and
>Communication Technologies Task Force (United Nations ICT TF) through
>its Latin American and Caribbean Regional node (LACNET), and by the
>President's Committee of the World Summit of the Information Society
>(WSIS), will be carried out with the support of the Coordinating
>Committee of Business Interlocutors of WSIS, the Government of Rio de
>Janeiro, UNESCO, the Information and Communication Technology for
>Development Division of the Inter-American Development Bank, and
>Camara-e.Net of Brazil.
>
>The inclusion of the private sector in the WSIS process would ensure a
>comprehensive and balanced discussion and guarantee that the outcomes
>contribute to creating a positive environment for setting the stage for
>an enhanced business environment for IT investment and the deployment of
>ICT products and capabilities globally to advance development.
>
>However, following the conclusion of a round of Regional Meetings, as
>well as two Preparatory Committees in the WSIS process, the
>non-governmental stakeholders have expressed their concerns, in
>particular regarding the participation of the private sector in the WSIS
>process and, especially, at the Geneva phase of the Summit and its
>follow-up. The private sector believes that, in order for concrete,
>large-scale actions to be launched right upon the conclusion of the
>Geneva phase, the private sector will have to be involved in and
>committed to a number of major decisions regarding new business models
>for the provision of equipment, software, contents, etc., to a new
>families of users and projects.
>
>
>The main goal of the forthcoming Regional Meeting of the UN ICT Task
>Force and the WSIS President's Committee is to provide a platform for
>developing a regional private sector perspective on the substantive
>contents of the Summit, which is going to subsequently be communicated
>to the Executive Secretariat of WSIS. The four broad areas identified
>are:
>
>- Software,
>- Equipment,
>- Connectivity, and
>- Contents & applications,
>
>Following the Meeting, a Working Group will be formed in order to
>develop recommendations, aiming to reach major agreements before the
>Geneva phase of the WSIS in December 2003.
>
>For your information we are attaching a session structure of the
>meeting. For additional details please visit the ICT Task Force website
>at http://www.unicttaskforce.org/regional/lacnet/rio/
>
>For more information, contact Ms Enrica Murmura <[email protected]>

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