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WSIS - GENEVA
10-12 December 2003






Attendance Number of Participants Number of Entities Represented
States  4590 176
International Organizations  225 50
UN Bodies  620 37
UN Agencies  347 13
Non-Governmental Organizations  3310 481
Business  514 98
Guests  471  
Media  970 631
TOTAL  11047 1486



OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action


Political and legal results of the actions of the WSIS-SI group

Recommendations ( precise wordings in bold in below ) in favour of Open Access were adopted by the Summit, as a consequence of the work of the WSIS-SI group during the long preparatory process. It is fair to say that they would have never been voted otherwise ( for a detailed account of this long work, you can check the pages on this site devoted to each of the PrepCom of the first phase and read our Report to the Civil Society Bureau ( 4 December 2004 ). The legal value and practical usefulness of WSIS recommendations is discussed here.

Declaration of Princple :
B3 Access to information and knowledge

28. We strive to promote universal access with equal opportunities for all to scientific knowledge and the creation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, including open access initiatives for scientific publishing.

Plan of Action :
C3. Access to information and knowledge

10 Encourage initiatives to facilitate access, including free and affordable access to open access journals and books, and open archives for scientific information.

C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
22. E-science

b) Promote electronic publishing, differential pricing and open access initiatives to make scientific information affordable and accessible in all countries on an equitable basis.

c) Promote the use of peer-to-peer technology to share scientific knowledge and pre-prints and reprints written by scientific authors who have waived their right to payment.



Speeches by members of the WSIS-SI group
before the UN special plenary assembly


WSIS-SI group Civil Society Event



Towards a Free Science Scientific Information Working Group Event


Other Civil Society Speakers


Other Science-Related Civil Society Events

CIVIL SOCIETY DECLARATION
"Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs"
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENTS & PRESS RELEASES

ENSTA DELEGATION, UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION
OUR PICTURES

OTHER PICTURES


World Summit Awards.



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