CIVIL SOCIETY

WORKING GROUP on FINANCING MECHANISMS

PrepCom2 Phase II
14 - 25 February 2005

• 14 February: 11H - 13H: Plenary Meeting of WGIG (open for observers without the right to speak)
• 15 - 16 February: 1000 - 1300, 1500 - 1800: Open Consultations
• Tuesday 15 February, 13:00 - 15:00 room XXII, Meeting with CS members of WGIG hosted by the Internet Governance caucus
• Wednesday, 16.02.05, 13:00 - 15:00, room XXIII. Internet Governance caucus meeting.

• Agenda
• TIME Management Plan
• Civil Society Meetings ( NGO - CONGO )
• Tentative Schedule ( Unofficial & not necessarily exhaustive WIKI )
• Civil Society Meetings ( Last update 15 Feb. Evening )
• Press Conferences :
  • WSIS Secretariat Wed. 16, 15:00 - 16:00
  • Civil Society, Wed. 16, 16:00 - 17:00

Group meetings

• 16.02.05 Wednesday Room XXII, 15:00 - 19:00 Financing Mechanisms for ICT for D: Converging or Diverging Agendas ?
  An event associated with the Group, organized by the CRIS Campaign; APC: Association for Progressive Communication; Bread for All; GKP: Global Knowledge Partnership; ITeM: Instituto Del Tercer Mundo; IT for Change; UN ICT Task Force. Open to all stakeholders
  
  
• 17.02.05 Thursday 13:30-15:00 Room XXII Open to all stakeholders
  
  
• 21.02.05 Monday 17:00 - 18:00 Room XXII WG CS meeting (to be confirmed)
  
  
• 23.02.05 Wednesday 10:00- 11:00 Room XXIII WG CS meeting (to be confirmed)
  
  
• 25.02.05 Friday 13:00-15:00 Room XXII Open to all stakeholders
  An associated event organized by the Group ( Djilali Bennamrane ) and the Digital Solidarity Fund

Other related Civil Society events

• 21.02.05 Monday 13:15-14:45, Room XXIII "Financing Mechanisms for ICT" organized by the Instiuto del Tercer Mundo (ITeM) and the Third World Network (TWN).
  
  
• 22.02.05 Tuesday 13:30-15:00 Room XXIII UNMSP proposal presentation.
  
  
• List to be completed

• 14 February 2005, 14.00 18.15 hours, room XXII (Building E, 1st floor), Palais des Nations, " Civil Society Orientation Session" (open to all stakeholders)
• 16 Feb. Financing Mechanisms ICT4D 15:00-18:00 Room XXII
• 17 - 25 February 2005, 8.30 - 10.00 hours, every day, room XXII (Building E, 1st floor), Palais des Nations, Plenary meetings of Civil Society
• 17 February 2005, 13.00 - 14.00 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, "Presentation of the World Summit Contributory Conference: ICT & Creativity (Vienna, 2-3 June 2005)", organized by the Government of Austria
• 18 February 2005, 13.15 - 14.45 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, Panel Session Promoting WSIS: MDGs synergies organized by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, and the Global Knowledge Partnership.
• 18 February 2005, 13.15 - 14.45 hours, room XXII (Building E, 1st floor), Palais des Nations, "(e-)learning about sustainable development : the GEO Data Portal organized by UNEP/DEWA/GRID-Europe and the University of Geneva with the support of the Geneva International Academic Network.
• 22 February 2005, 12.00 - 13.00 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, " ICT for Peace organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland.
• 22 February 2005, Panel sessions: "ICT for Health Action in the Tsunami crisis" and "Telecoms for disaster relief: Tampere Convention".
  • Panel session on "ICT for Health Action in the Tsunami crisis", 13.30 - 14.45 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, organized by WHO.
  • Panel session on "Telecoms for disaster relief: Tampere Convention", 18.15 - 19.30 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, organized by ITU.
• 22 February 2005, 14.00 - 16.00 room XXII (Building E, first floor), Palais des Nations, "Advocacy for ICT for Poverty Reduction in South Asia", organized by the Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES). Agenda for this event.
• 24 February 2005, 14.00 - 15.00 hours, room XI, Palais des Nations, "Communicating the MDGs, organized by the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).