[Chapter-delegates] Report - 2013 WSIS Forum and WSIS+10 discussions, 13-17 May 2013, Geneva

[Constance Bommelaer]

Dear all,


The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2013 was held 
from the 13-17 May 2013 at the ITU Headquarters in Geneva.

Annual WSIS Forums are co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP. 
They provide an avenue to take stock of the progress made by all 
stakeholders in advancing Action Lines, as defined at the WSIS: 
http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2013/forum/

This year, the WSIS Forum provided various discussion tracks on the WSIS 
process, including the Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS 
Outcomes (WSIS+10), WSIS+10 related sessions forming the “WSIS+10 
Visioning Track”. These discussions followed the first phase of the 
WSIS+10 review led by UNESCO (25-27 February 2013, Geneva), in which 
ISOC was heavily engaged: 
http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/isoc%E2%80%99s-participation-first-wsis10-review-meeting 
<http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis/isoc-participation-wsis10-review-and-wsis-forum>

The Internet Society (Markus Kummer, Constance Bommelaer, Christine 
Runnegar, Nicolas Seidler and Konstantinos Komaitis) participated to 
both the workshops and WSIS+10 tracks. An account of ISOC’s 
contributions can be found in the attached report and additional 
resources can be found at: 
http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis/isoc-participation-2013-wsis-forum-and-wsis10-review 



Discussions are now being held within the ITU Council Working Group on 
the format of the preparations of the second phase of the WSIS+10 Review 
and ISOC is advocating for the process to include all relevant 
stakeholder communities: civil society, business and the technical 
community. Upcoming UN CSTD and ECOSOC meetings will also address the 
issue of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to 
WSIS outcomes, at the regional and international levels.  As the 
participation mechanisms to the preparations leading to the next phase 
of the WSIS+10 Review (April 2014 event, additional meeting in 2015 
tbc.) get defined, the Internet Society will be actively engaged and 
seeking for its community's input.


Thank you and best regards,

-- 
Constance Bommelaer
Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships
The Internet Society
www.isoc.org







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