Title: Bamako 2002 and Africas participation in the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS
1Bamako 2002 and Africas participation in the
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
World Congress Engineering and Digital
Divide Tunis, October 14 16, 2003
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Africa and the WSIS
The African Regional Preparatory Conference on
the Information Society (BAMAKO 2002)
Bamako Declaration
Bamako 2002 Bureau ECA secretariat
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National WSIS plans contributions that enrich
Bamako Declaration Africas input during the
various processes of the Draft Plan Declaration
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3The Africa Regional Conference of the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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- Venue Palais des Congrès in Bamako, Republic of
Mali
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- 14 Pre-conference workshops and other activities
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- 14 Pre-conference workshops and other activities
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7The Africa Regional Conference of the World
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- What BAMAKO 2002 was about
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Bamako 2002 / WSISthe way forward
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- address priority issues
- Role of the civil society
- Role of the private sector
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- The Way Forward (continued)
12The WSIS Preparatory Committees
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- PrepCom 1
- Discussing the process, Geneva, July 2002
- Developing the themes, Geneva, Sept 2002
- PrepCom 2
- Geneva, 17-28 February 2003 to
- Discuss outcomes of regional conferences
- Prepare a Draft Declaration Action Plan
13The WSIS Preparatory Committees (continued)
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- PrepCom 3
- Intersessional meeting (15-18July 2003)
- Meeting (15-26 September 2003)
- Intersessional meeting (10-14 Nov 2003)
- Geneva Summit (December 2003)
- Tunis Summit (November 2005)
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