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The Scientific Information working group is one of the Thematic Working Groups of the Civil Society at the World Summit on the Information Society.


CURRENT TOPICS of ACTUALITY


Commission on Science and Technology for Development, twelfth session ( 25 - 29 May 2009, Geneva )

Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C3 (Access) and C7 (e-Science) ( 18 May 2009, 14:30 - 16:00, Room B, ITU Headquarters, Geneva ) at the WSIS Forum 2009.

Cluster of WSIS-related events ( (12-23 May 2008 Geneva )
C3 access to knowledge 19 May
C7 e-science, 21 May, Announcement PDF file - Open Office file
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) eleventh session ( 24-30 May 2008, Geneva )

World Forum on Scientific information ( WFSI ) FP7 proposal ( 18 March 2008 )

Second Internet Governance Forum ( 12 - 15 November 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil )

Cluster of WSIS-related events (14-25 May 2007, Geneva ) ( C7 e-science, 21 May, C3: Access to information and knowledge 23 May )

Scientific Publishing in the European Research Area Conference (15-16 February 2007, Brussels, Belgium)

First Internet Governance Forum
( 30 October - 2 November 2006, Athens, Greece )

First Consultation meeting on WSIS Action Line C7 "E-science" (22 October 2006, Beijing, China)

ECOSOC session to reform the CSTD for the WSIS Follow-Up
( 10-28 July 2006, Geneva )

A Bill concerning Copyright and related rights within the Information Society
( Late December 2005 - January.. July 2006, France )

Reactions to the Study on the scientific publication markets in Europe ( June 2006 )

WSIS in TUNIS ( 13 - 19 November 2005 )

Contribution of the SI group Open Office file ( also PDF file ) to the RCUK consultation : Access to Research Outputs ( 31 August 2005 )

UNESCO between two phases of the WSIS 17-19 May 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia ( A great success for Open Access as the final document includes precise recommendations in favour of Open Access)

Chronogical Account of the Civil Society Process concerning the Establishment of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)

The "Digital Object Identifiers" (DOI)

Report to the Civil Society Bureau ( 4 December 2004 )

Speech by H.E Adama Samassekou , President of WSIS PrepCom Phase I, ( CODATA,10 November 2004, Berlin )