World Summit on Information Society will be held in Geneva- Switzerland in December 10-12, 2003 and in Tunis- Tunisia in November, 16-18  2005.  Two Preparatory Committee [PrepCom] meetings have been already  held  in Geneva last July and February. The third PrepCom will take place in Geneva between  September 15-26, 2003. Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21, Secretariat of Youth  for Habitat International Network is an active member of the WSIS Youth Caucus. The Secretariat has participated in the Pan-European Ministerial Conference in Bucharest in November 2002, in PrepCom II in Geneva in February 2003 and lastly in Young Women Leaders in ICT Workshop as  speaker in Cairo in June 14-15 2003.

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Workshop for Young Women Leaders in ICT

World Summit on Information Society PrepCom II

World Summit on Information Society Pan- European Ministerial Conference

Information on the World Summit on Information Society

Workshop for Young Women Leaders in ICT
in conjunction with the Pan-Arab Regional Conference

Cairo, Egypt, 14-15 June, 2003

Youth for Habitat International Network Secretariat was invited to the Workshop for Young Women Leaders in ICT as speaker. Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 had two presentations and one panel discussion during the two days workshop. The first presentation was on the activities and projects they have to empower youth in ICT’s. The second one was for the “stakeholder partnership” panel. Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 is working in youth sector since 1997 and is implementing youth development projects in national level together with its national and local partners. They by now have a great experience in creating multi-stakeholder partnerships in all levels. They have shared this experience in that panel.

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The Global Knowledge Partnership – GKP   and its two member partners, the International Institute for Sustainable Development IISD and Taking IT Global and in collaboration with the Regional Information Technology & software Engineering Center (RITSEC) have organized the workshop for Young Women Leaders in Information Communication Technologies (ICT). More 

WSIS – World Summit on Information Society PrepCom II

Geneva-  Switzerland , 17-28 February 2003

The Second Meeting of the Preparatory Committee for WSIS (PrepCom-2) gathered more than 1500 participants representing 146 Member States and numerous international agencies, and business and civil society entities. The Conference concluded with two working documents for a Draft Declaration and Action Plan.

Youth for Habitat International Network Secretariat was in Geneva for the PrepCom II last February as an active member of the WSIS Youth Caucus. From youth to local authorities, from business to governmental delegation every group represented at the PrepCom II have been discussing on issues such as the digital divide, security, local content, local languages, human rights. Panels, round tables and discussions have been organized to let representatives express their and their organizations’ opinions.  Check   WSIS process and PrepCom II outcomes to learn more

Youth Creating Digital Opportunities – YCDO

Global Knowledge Partnership, Taking IT Global  and International Institute on Sustainable Development – IISD have launched the Youth Creating Digital Opportunities – YCDO during the PrepCom II. This a coalition of the three organizations that brings youth ICT projects, programs, contacts, agenda together in global level. The free membership of the YCDO helps you to learn about the youth empowerment on ICT programs, get in touch with youth working in the ICT projects from all over the world, share your ideas and projects and use & contribute to the source book.

WSIS- World Summit on Information Society Pan- European Ministerial Conference

Bucharest, Romania, 7-9 November 2002

The Pan-European Ministerial Conference in Bucharest has focused on concrete issues of relevance for the region, but has kept the balance between regional specificity and the global dimension.

The Conference in Bucharest aimed at strengthening the relations of cooperation between the participating states with a view to adopting a common action plan in the field of communications and information technology.

It has been an opportunity for presenting national strategies, achievements and challenges that  helped the participants to have an accurate view of the stage in the transition process to Information Society as well as an opportunity to develop a platform for dialogue that includes all major stakeholders at European level – Governments, civil society, private sector and international agencies.   

Organized with the support of the International Telecommunication Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the event in Bucharest  comprised a wide range of meetings, plenary sessions, seminars, round tables and presentations that  offered the guests the opportunity to rise pressing questions as regards current and future tendencies in the domain.

Youth for Habitat International Network Secretariat has joined the WSIS process at the Pan European Ministerial Conference. The Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 have been invited to the Youth Panel where the European youth caucus members have presented their projects in empowering youth in the ICT’s.  A multi-stakeholder partnership  that Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21 have created to establish a Cisco Local Networking Academy in the least developed region of Turkey was presented at the Youth Panel. Thus the Association has become an active member of the Youth Caucus. The Caucus is coordinated by TakingIT Global.To learn more about the process click here

Click to see the documents of the Conference on the official site

WSIS- World Summit on Information Society

The UN General Assembly adopted in 2001 a resolution endorsing the organization of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be convened under the patronage of the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, with the International Telecommunication Union taking the lead role in its preparation along with interested UN organizations and the host countries.  The first phase will be held in Geneva 10-12 December 2003 and the second phase in Tunis in 2005. The Summit began as an initiative of the 1998 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference when it was recognized that the gap between information "haves" and "have nots" was increasing while at the same time telecommunications were playing an increasingly important role at the political, economic, social and cultural level.

The Summit will offer a unique opportunity for the world community to discuss and give shape to the Information Society by bringing together governments, international organizations, private sector and civil society. In preparation for this Summit regional conferences are organized to develop specific proposals.

Time table for the WSIS process

WSIS related websites