Please find below the updated programme for the civil society orientation / information sessions planned for 23 June in Hammamet.
Note that Mr. Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP, has confirmed his participation in the meeting.
Veuillez trouver au-dessous du programme pour les sessions d'orientation/information a projetè pour 23 juin dans Hammamet. Notez que M. Shoji Nishimoto, Administrateur assistant et Directeur, Bureau for Development Policy, PNUD a confirmè son participation dans la reunion.
Rik Panganiban
CONGO
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Civil Society Orientation Session
PREPARATORY MEETING
(PREPCOM-1 OF THE TUNIS PHASE OF WSIS)
Medina Conference Centre, Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia 23 June 2004
This orientation session is designed to give all participants the necessary background information on the WSIS Phase Two process thus far to ensure effective participation. It is open to government delegations, private sector, civil society and international organizations.
Program of Activities
Time: Event:
10:00- 10:10 Welcome and Introduction
Renate Bloem (President, CONGO)
10:10 - 11:00 WSIS Phase 2: Actors, Process and Structures
Charles Geiger (Deputy Secretary General, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
Moncef Achour (Civil Society, WSIS Executive Secretariat)
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break for Networking
11:30 - 12:00 WG on Internet Governance
Markus Kummer (Head of Internet Governance Secretariat) tbc
WG on Financing
Shoji Nishimoto, Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP
12:00 - 13:00 Civil Society at WSIS
Families and Bureau: Renate Bloem
Content and Themes Group: Karen Banks
Plenary: tba
Caucuses: tba
WSIS Online: Bertrand de la Chapelle
13:00 - 14 :30 Lunch for Networking
14:30 - 17:00 Strategies:
Breakout Groups into Caucuses / Working Groups
CS Bureau
17:00 - 18:00 Plenary Groups report back
18:00 - 18:30 Plenary Roadmap and Deliverables:
Yoshio Utsumi, ITU Secretary General, tbc
22:00 Hotel Night-cap with Janis Karklins, Ambassador of Latvia and President elect to be of PrepCom
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RIK PANGANIBAN Communications Coordinator

Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO)
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email: rik.panganiban@ngocongo.org