 Leaders from Connect the World partner organizations gathered on
the opening day of the Summit to exchange experiences and sign a
global pledge to “connect the
unconnected by 2015.” This landmark
Connect the World
event served as a key milestone in a global effort to mobilize a growing
movement of stakeholders to help achieve the WSIS connectivity goals.The Tunis
Agenda for the Information Society recognized the Connect the World initiative
as an example of how to strengthen cooperation among stakeholders to ensure the
effective implementation of the Geneva and Tunis outcomes. In this sense,
Connect the World serves as a concrete demonstration of an emerging
international model, which gained momentum during the WSIS process: a
decentralized multi-stakeholder network of players, working together towards a
common goal, supported by a UN specialized agency as facilitator.
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