[bestbits] NOTE - Call for Nomination: Stakeholder Speakers at the General Assembly High-level Meeting on WSIS+10

[Carolina Rossini]

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Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:14 AM
Subject: [NGO News:] Call for Nomination: Stakeholder Speakers at the
General Assembly High-level Meeting on WSIS+10
To: crossini at publicknowledge.org


*Deadlines:            *

*8 November 2015: Apply for Selection Committee*

*12 November 2015: Apply for Speaking Roles*

*The General Assembly High-level Meeting on the overall review of the
implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information
Society will take place on 15-16 December 2015 at the UN Headquarters in
New York.*

This high-level meeting will provide an opportunity for in-depth
discussions on important issues in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes,
including the progress, gaps and challenges, as well as areas for future
actions.

*To apply to speak at the High-level Meeting, please complete the form
available here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ffRSw8C5UGYRKrzdpCiWnyc2EMVTbmZ1SVGNnhs0FcQ/viewform>*.
Applications will be accepted from *30 October to* *12 November 2015*.

*A Selection Committee will be established* in order to ensure broad and
inclusive participation of stakeholders in the high-level meeting.
Applications to the Selection Committee will be accepted from *30 October
to 8 November 2015*. To learn more about the Selection Committee, please
see the Terms of Reference by clicking on this link
<http://csonet.org/content/documents/WSIS+10_ToR_Steering_Committee.pdf>. *To
apply to participate in the stakeholder Selection Committee, please
complete the form available **here*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pzCRKLri16XUMNYNA9QECFnhCrO9Ub7ex0Ho2vdYp2k/viewform>
*.*

*Background*

In December of 2003, the world came together in Geneva at the World Summit
on Information Society (WSIS) to declare a "common desire and commitment to
build a people-centred, inclusive and development-oriented Information
Society," and ushered in an era of harnessing the power of information and
communication technology to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs). The resulting Geneva Plan of Action established
targets and the eleven action lines, which guide development in specific
areas.

The second phase of WSIS, conducted in Tunis in 2005, built upon the
achievements of the Geneva Plan, with the resulting Tunis Agenda addressing
additional issues, such as financing and internet governance. Paragraph 111
of the Tunis Agenda, endorsed by the General Assembly in resolution 60/252,
requested the General Assembly to undertake the overall review of the
implementation of the outcomes of WSIS in 2015.  In response, the General
Assembly in resolution 68/302, decided that the overall review will be
concluded by a two-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly, to be
preceded by an intergovernmental process that also takes into account
inputs from all relevant stakeholders of WSIS.



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*Carolina Rossini *

*Vice President, International Policy and Strategy *
*Public Knowledge*
*http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>*
+ 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini


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*Carolina Rossini *
*Vice President, International Policy*
*Public Knowledge*
*http://www.publicknowledge.org/ <http://www.publicknowledge.org/>*
+ 1 6176979389 | skype: carolrossini | @carolinarossini
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