<div>Thanks Adam! </div> <div>Being from Botswana, In Africa, a country classified as a developing country, i believe this will make for interesting reading.<BR></div> <div> </div> <div>Regards, </div> <div> </div> <div>Gao</div> <div><BR><B><I>Adam Peake <ajp@glocom.ac.jp></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Expect this will be of interest to quite a few.<BR><BR>Adam<BR><BR><BR>>Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:53:55 -0300<BR>>From: Analia Lavin <ANALIA@APC.ORG><BR>>Subject: [APCNews] New APC book on WSIS: Time for lessons learned<BR>><BR>>APC launches new book on WSIS, developing countries and civil <BR>>society: Time for lessons learned<BR>><BR>>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202187<BR>><BR>>MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, September 12 2007 -- The World Summit on the <BR>>Information Society (WSIS) has been roundly
criticised in the past <BR>>and this new study from APC concludes that the summit "is not the <BR>>best starting point for new action." So, what is the point of <BR>>looking at how developing country delegations and civil society <BR>>fared at the summit? Because, says the author "it is always <BR>>important to learn from experience -- particularly where it did not <BR>>deliver up to expectations."<BR>>The book "Whose Summit? Whose Information Society? Developing <BR>>countries and civil society at the World Summit on the Information <BR>>Society", commissioned by APC and written by David Souter draws on <BR>>participants' observations, detailed interviews with forty key <BR>>actors and case studies of experiences rooted in five developing <BR>>countries.<BR>><BR>>WSIS holds many lessons for developing countries and civil society <BR>>organisations aiming to exert greater influence in international ICT <BR>>decision-making
fora. Some lessons demonstrate what worked well -- <BR>>such as the highly successful, multi-stakeholder Internet Governance <BR>>Forum (IGF). The majority illustrate what did not work so well -- <BR>>not least, holding a four-year long meeting on such a fast-changing <BR>>topic.<BR>>Read a one-page introduction:<BR>>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202193<BR>><BR>>Interview with "Whose Summit? Whose Information Society?" author <BR>>David Souter to discuss the study's findings, as well as what <BR>>lessons can be gathered from the WSIS experience -- for developing <BR>>countries, civil society, and in general by APCNews:<BR>>http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5202194<BR>><BR>>Download the full book here [in English; pdf format]:<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_EN.pdf<BR>><BR>>Download the abridged versions (part of APC's Issue Papers series) <BR>>in English, Spanish and
French:<BR>><BR>>In English<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_EN.pdf<BR>>In Spanish<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_ES.pdf<BR>>In French<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/whose_summit_FR.pdf<BR>><BR>>Five case studies of experience in five developing countries were <BR>>commissioned for the main report:<BR>><BR>>Bangladesh case study<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_bangladesh.pdf<BR>>Ecuador case study<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ecuador.pdf<BR>>Ethiopia case study<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_ethiopia.pdf<BR>>India case study<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_india.pdf<BR>>Kenya case study<BR>>http://rights.apc.org/documents/wsis_kenya.pdf<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>APCNews mailing
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