WSIS- ITEM EVENT "Framing WSIS in global governance processes: Linkages and follow-up"

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• WSIS- ITEM EVENT"Framing WSIS in global
  governance processes Linkages and follow-up"
• TUNIS
• Nov. 17th 2005

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• WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY
• Vision from a civil society
• participant

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Daniel Pimientapimienta_at_funredes.orgNETWORKS
DEVELOPMENTFOUNDATIONFUNREDEShttp//funrede
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http//www.itu.int/wsis/
A LONG, COMPLEX, COSTLY TRANSPARENT PROCESS
IN RELATION WITH STAKES NOT AS MUCH TRANSPARENTS
WITH DECEPTING PRODUCTS RESULTS OF SOFT
CONSENSUS... A SUBJECT WHICH IS NOW INSIDE THE
POLITICAL INTERNATIONAL AGENDA IN A CONTEXT OF NO
INTEREST FROM MEDIAS BUT WITH SUSTAINABLE
SEMANTIC IMPLICATIONS...
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SUMMIT PROCESS

• FROM JULY 2002 TO NOVEMBER 2005
• 2 OFFICIAL UNITED NATIONS MEETING
• 12 PREPARATORY MEETINGS
• 8 REGIONAL MEETINGS
• 12 THEMATICAL MEETINGS
• gt 20 RELATED OFFICIAL MEETINGS
• gt 100 NON OFFICIAL RELATED MEETINGS

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SUMMIT PROCESS

• MORE THAN 3 YEARS DURATION
• MORE THAN 50 OFFICIAL MEETINGS
• BETWEEN 50 15,000 ATTENDEES PER MEETING
• A TOTAL DIRECT INDIRECT COST gt 500 M ?

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W.S.I.S.

1. A PESSIMISTIC VISION
2. AN OPTIMISTIC VISION
3. A REALISTIC VISION

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W.S.I.S. A PESSIMISTIC VISION (contents)

• TUNISIA CHOICE VS. HUMAN RIGHTS
• KEY THEMATICS AVOIDED
• MULTISTAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION NON EFFECTIVE
• LIGHT SOFT DECLARATIONS
• LOW INCIDENCE ON SOCIETY

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W.S.I.S. A PESSIMISTIC VISION (contents)

• EQUATION COST VS. FIELD NEEDS
• ISSUE OF REPRESENTATION
• HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL PRESENCE LIMITED
• DISTANCE PARTICIPATION WITH ICT?

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W.S.I.S. AN OPTIMISTIC VISION (process)

• MULTISTAKEHOLDER, MULTISECTORS, INTRASECTORS,
  NORTH-SOUTH, SOUTH-SOUTH DIALOGUES
• LABORATORY FOR NEW PARADIGM GOUVERNANCE
• OSMOSIS OF IDEAS (INFLUENCE VS. INCIDENCE)
• INJECTION OF MONEY PRIORITIES

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W.S.I.S. AN OPTIMISTIC VISION (process)

• NATIONAL AGENDA PUSHED BY GLOBAL AGENDA
• SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
• ACTIVE TRANSPARENCY
• INDIGENEOUS MOVEMENT GLOBALISATION

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W.S.I.S. A REALISTIC VISION (process ABOVE
contenTs)

• AMBIVALENCY
• PROCESS FINALLY MORE IMPORTANT
• DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND?
• ARTICULATIONS GLOBAL? LOCAL, LOCAL ? GLOBAL,
  LOCAL ? LOCAL ACROSS GLOBAL

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CONCLUSION?
NO CONCLUSION IN PROCESS... IT REINFORCE VISION
THAT TRUE DIVIDE IS EDUCATION ltltltltltltPARADIGMATIC
DIVIDEgtgtgtgtgtgt
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W.S.I.S. PRODUCTS FROM THE SOUTH
WSIS.FUNREDES.ORG REDISTIC.ORG WORDS MATTERS IN
IS WSIS.CHOIKE.ORG UTOPISTA OF I.S.
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