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Hi All,<br>
<br>
As you know the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
summit occurred in 2005 in Tunis. One of its chief aims was to
foster the use of technology to improve peoples’ lives and to bridge
the digital divide. The WSIS Plan of Action has led to the
development of international, regional and national strategies and
plans for the development of inclusive Information Society. The
implementation of those Action Lines has helped to draw attention to
the crucial role the ICTs can play in many areas including reducing
poverty and promoting literacy. The process has also led to a
greater awareness of the importance of promoting digital inclusion
for youth, age-related disabilities, women, the vulnerable and
marginalized, indigenous peoples, local communities and persons with
disabilities and special needs, while promoting the wealth and
sustaining the diversity of the world’s languages<br>
<br>
The CSTD where the WSIS is housed is currently in the process of the
10 year review of the WSIS outcomes the CSTD invites all
stakeholders to share their experiences, views and priorities on
progress made in the implementation of WSIS outcomes at regional and
international levels by submitting contributions through a
questionnaire <b><a
href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WSIS-10yearReview.aspx">http://unctad.org/en/Pages/CSTD/WSIS-10yearReview.aspx</a></b><br>
or via email to the CSTD Secretariat at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cstd-wsis10@unctad.org">cstd-wsis10@unctad.org</a><br>
Issues that you might consider could include any or more of the
following<br>
<ul>
<li> infrastructure, access and inclusiveness;</li>
<li> content, applications and capacity-building;</li>
<li> technical, financial and related issues;</li>
<li> governance and wider public policy aspects of the
Information Society;</li>
<li> social, economic and other development activities and
impacts;</li>
<li> the implications of new trends in technology and services;</li>
<li> measurement and monitoring of the Information Society; and</li>
<li> the relationship between the Information Society,
sustainable development and the Post-2015 Development Agenda.</li>
</ul>
This is an excellent opportunity for Chapters to share some of their
best practices and lessons learned as well as to identify obstacles
and constraints encountered, actions and initiatives to overcome
them and important measures for further implementation of the Summit
outcomes. Since time is very short and responses are due by August
31 I hope that all can look through these nine questions and share
some best practices with others. It does not matter if you can not
fill in all the questions whatever answers you will give will be
helpful. For those attending the IGF in Istanbul there will be a
session by the consultant in charge of this exercise to explain and
discuss the results.<br>
<br>
The questionnaire is open to any and all stakeholders and you should
encourage anyone you know who has best practices or lessons learned
to share them so that others can benefit from them. <br>
This is also a great chance to encourage your government to have an
open and inclusive process for addressing this activity as well as
in their preparations for the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference, and
future WSIS events in 2015.<br>
<br>
Responses to the questionnaire are due August 31, 2014<br>
<br>
Cheers!!<br>
Judith Hellerstein<br>
<br>
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