[governance] Fwd: [APCNews] New APC book on WSIS: Time for lessons learned

[Adam Peake]

Expect this will be of interest to quite a few.

Adam


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