WSIS Forum 2012 Outcome Document
Table of Contents
Special Address: United Nations Secretary-General
WSIS Forum 2012: Introduction
WSIS Forum 2012: Participation
Social Networks
WSIS Forum 2012: Open Consultation Process
Opening Ceremony (Handing over of Prizes)
High-Level Opening Session
Ministerial Round Table (MRT)
WSIS+10 (Plenary I)
WSIS+10 (Plenary II)
WSIS+10: Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes10- Year Country Reporting Templates
WSIS+10: Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes 10 -Years Review Reports by all the WSIS Action Lines
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - High-Level Dialogues
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - HLD1
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - HLD2
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - HLD3
HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT - HLD4
Interactive FacilitationMeetings
WSIS+10: Overall Review of the Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes10 -Years Review Reports by all the WSIS Action Lines
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C1 The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development (UNDESA)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C2 ICT Infrastructure - Innovative Technologies and New Opportunities providing - Access to ICT: Transition from Analogue to Digital Terrestrial TV and Digital Dividend (ITU)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C3 Access to Information and Knowledge- Innovative use of ICTs for Accessible Education (UNESCO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Mobile LearningAction Line: C4 Capacity Building (ITU) andAction Line: C7 ICT Applications: E-Learning C7 (UNESCO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C5 Building confidence and Security in the use of ICTs (ITU)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C6 Enabling environmentSmarter regulation of the information society: ICTs as an enabler for better governance (ITU)
Action Line: C7 ICTs Applications: E-business - Promoting the Domestic ICT Sector (UNCTAD/ITC)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C7 ICTs Applications: E-AgricultureStrengthening the Agricultural Value Chain with ICT (FAO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C7 ICT Applications: E-environment (ITU/UNEP/WMO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C7 ICT applications – e-Government - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C7 Applications: E-Health (WHO/ITU)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C7 ICT Applications: E-Science (UNESCO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C8 Culture -The relationship between Local content, Internet - Development and Access Prices (UNESCO) (OECD) (ISOC)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C9 Media - Freedom of Expression on Internet and Social Media(UNESCO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C10 Ethical dimensions of the Information Society (UNESCO)
Interactive Facilitation Meetings - Action Line: C11 International and regional cooperation (UNDESA)
Interactive Sessions
Interactive Sessions - Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (ITU/Partners) - Monitoring the WSIS Targets
Interactive Sessions - Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development (ITU/Partners) - Measuring E Waste
Interactive Sessions - WSIS Stocktaking: WSIS Project Prices Showcasing - Part 1
Interactive Sessions - WSIS Stocktaking: WSIS Project Prices Showcasing - Part 2
Interactive Sessions - WSIS 2013 Review Event (UNESCO)
Interactive Sessions - Imagining the Past: ICT Innovations in 2015 (ITU)
Interactive Sessions - Remote Participation at WSIS Forum 2012 (ITU)
Interactive Sessions - United Nations Regional Commissions
Interactive Sessions - Remote Participation (ITU/Partners)
WSIS Action Line - Facilitators’ Meeting
UNGIS (High-Level Meeting and Working Level Meeting)
Country Workshops
Country Workshop - Building of the Information Society and Development of E-Government in the Republic of Kazakhstan: Experience and Achievements (Kazakhstan)
Country Workshops - UAE Success Stories, Commitment and Dedication (UAE)
Country Workshops - "First step of adults 50+ into digital world!” – Poland’s success story in realization of C4 WSIS Action Line (Poland)
Country Workshops - Oman’s ICT Capacity Building for Women and Girls, (Information Technology Authority and Ministry of Education, Sultanate of Oman)
Country Workshops - ICT Measurement in Iran: Lessons Learned and Future Plans (Iran)
Country Workshops - Spanish digital solutions for global health/Soluciones digitales españolas para la salud global (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo ,SETSI, RED.ES)
Country Workshops - Actions to promote social coverage and access, (Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Mexico)
Country Workshops - Bangladesh
Country Workshops - Afghanistan Country Workshop (National ICT Alliance of Afghanistan)
Thematic Workshops
King Abdullah Initiative for Arabic Content (Saudi Arabia)
Thematic Workshops - ICT Innovation in Emerging Economies (ITU/Partners)
Thematic Workshops - Reaching the Third Billion – Arriving at Affordable Broadband to Stimulate Emerging Markets Transformation (Intel Corporation)
Thematic Workshops - E-Transformation & Integration; Key Perspectives in Growing Government Entities (UAE)
Thematic Workshops - Enhancing Public/Private Cooperation for Sustainable Growth (WITSA)
Thematic Workshops - Connecting the World, Linking People (Belgium-Liege Workshop)
Thematic Workshops - Smart Cities (Hewlett-Packard)
Thematic Workshops - e-Government Program: Achievements & Directions (Saudi Arabia)
Thematic Workshops - Illicit use of ICTs
Thematic Workshops - ICTs role in Poverty Eradication (CONGO)
Thematic Workshops - Affordable Internet Access in the Developing World (U.S. Department of State)
Thematic Workshops - Oman’s Municipality Services On the Go: SMS Parking Services and Integrated app with Fix my Street from Muscat Municipality for Increased Efficiency and Effectiveness (Information Technology Authority and Muscat Municipality, Sultanate of Oman)
Thematic Workshops - Data Privacy on a Global Scale: Keeping Pace with an Evolving Environment (ISOC)
Thematic Workshops - Future Government: A Global Perspective in Connection to Open Government Data and Citizen Engagement (UNDESA/ITU)
Thematic Workshops - Illicit Use of ICTs: Satellite Imagery and the Risks of Illicit Use
Thematic Workshops - E-waste: Challenges, Solutions and Benefits (ITU, UNEP/Secretariat of the Basel Conv ention)
Thematic Workshops - World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) Information Session (ITU)
Thematic Workshops - Anakbut: The UAE Advanced National & Education Network (UAE)
Thematic Workshops - Matching the Speed of the Running Code: Public Awareness and Digital Identity Management (OISTE)
Thematic Workshops - Climate Change Monitoring and Disaster Risk Reduction (ITU, UNEP/DEWA/GRID, WMO)
Thematic Workshops - Literacy, Digital literacy, and Disability Barriers and Solutions to ICT use in Developing Countries (Raising the Floor – International/Partners)
Thematic Workshops - Open Educational Resources and Practices (UNESCO, University of Jyväskylä)
Thematic Workshops - ICTs for Post Conflict Reconstruction (World Bank/ICT for Peace)
Thematic Workshops - Arabic Domain Names – the Saudi Arabian Experience (Saudi Arabia)
Thematic Workshops - Girls in ICT Day 2012 Showcase (ITU)
Thematic Workshops - Improving Economic Development, Regional GDP, Innovation, Education, Skills, Sustainability and Security by creating and growing a professional ICT workforce (IFIP IP3)
Thematic Workshops - Social Networks, Information and Power: (IGUC, GIS)
Thematic Workshops - Disability Agendas in ICT Policies and Strategies: from Rhetoric to Reality (CTO and Partners)
Thematic Workshops - Global Internet Governance for Development (University of Zurich)
Thematic Workshops - Using the Capabilities Approach in ICT4D Research and Practice (Centre in ICT4D/UNESCO Chair, RHUL/ IICD)
Thematic Workshops - Television White Spaces-Open Spectrum for development (APC)
Thematic Workshops - Driving Open Source Application Quality and Security (COVERITY)
Thematic Workshops - Role of Telecentres (Telecentre.org/ Sudan Telecentre (GDCO)
Thematic Workshops - IT & Inclusion: The digital dividend of interactivity & empowerment (WSA)
Thematic Workshops - Freedom of expression and the Internet: how to reconcile practice and principles? (ISOC/APC)
Thematic Workshops - The Protection of the Pedagogical Content Online: For Secure and Safe Use (AL Awael)
Thematic Workshops - Preparing for the Digital Challenge: The Social Aspects (eWorldwide Group ( eWWG) )
Thematic Workshops - Strategic Uses of ICTs for Development (GKP)
Thematic Workshops - WSIS Stocktaking Briefing
Thematic Workshops - Rethinking the Agenda for Development: Open Access Policies and Practice (IFLA, EIFL, SPARC and COAR)
Thematic Workshops - Net-Map: multistakeholder negotiations made easy (NewMinE Lab – Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano )
Knowledge Exchanges
Knowledge Exchanges - Child Online Protection Partners Summit (Closed Meeting)
Knowledge Exchanges - Exploring strategies to elevate and integrate the role of ICTs at the national planning level for economic and social development- Perspectives of International Organizations and Nation States (ECAE)
Knowledge Exchanges - IMPACT Partners Meeting (Closed meeting)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: Telecom 2012 (Telecom, ITU)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: Presentation on projects related to ALC2: Broadcasting, Spectrum, Broadband (ITU)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment Report (PACE/UNEP)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: OMAN Briefing about e.oman activities related to WSIS (OMAN)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: ICT Discovery, ITUs new state of the Art Museum (ITU)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication: Accelerating Development Using the Web: Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations (Web Foundation)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing and Movie: e-waste “Africa: Digital Graveyard” (UNEP)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: Basic Course for local authorities representatives on the use of ICTs by people with migrant background for better mutual understanding: EU funded project eSPRINT (TaC-Together against Cybercrime)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication: WSIS Stocktaking Report 2012 (ITU)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication release: Launch of case studies on Broadband and Millennium Development Goals- MDGs (Broadband Commission)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: WSIS KC, online platform (UNESCO)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication: IT Sector Promotion in Developing and Emerging Countries ( GIZ/BMZ)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: ITU Standardization Sector’s alliance with Academia (ITU-T)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication: Where are WEE in Africa? – Findings from Basel Convention the E-waste Africa Programme (UNEP)
Publications Release and Briefs - Publication: Youth-led Guidelines for Young Digital Citizens (eWWG)
Publications Release and Briefs - Briefing: imeetyouatWSIS (ITU)
Social Networking events at WSIS Forum 2012
High-Level Lunch Sponsored by UAE
Reception Sponsored by Intel
High- Level Lunch Sponsored by Belgium-Liege
Ceremonial Coffee by Ethiopia
Networking Coffee: Sponsored by the Republic of Azerbaijan
Networking Coffee: Sponsored by Raising the Floor - International/CLOUD4All : "Helping to build a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure"
Public Opening of the ICT Discovery/Reception
WSIS Forum 2012: Exhibition
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2012
Internet Governance Forum - Open Consultations
Internet Governance Forum - MAG
Closing Ceremony
Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD)
WSIS Forum 2012: Strategic Partners & Partners for Specific Activities
United Arab Emirates - WSIS Forum 2012: Strategic Partner (Government)
Intel Corporation - WSIS Forum 2012: Strategic Partner (Private Sector)
Belgium–Liege
Ethiopia (FederalDemocratic Republic of)
Kazakhstan (Republic of)
Oman (Sultanate of)
Poland (Republic of)
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of)
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Zimbabwe (Republic of)
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