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The
United Nations Group on the Information Society Advocates a
Central Role for Information Communication Technologies in
the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
• UNGIS
Announcement
The
draft agenda for WSIS Forum 2013, with session descriptions
and panelists information is now available. Please
note that the draft agenda will be regularly updated.
• Draft
Agenda
Registration
for on-site participation at the
WSIS Forum 2013 is now open. In order to register
please use the online registration system, online registration will close on 17 May 2013.
• Registration
for on-site participation
• More
Information
The
Final Review Meeting of the Open Consultation Process
on the Thematic Aspects and New Innovative Format of the
WSIS Forum 2013 will be held on
The deadline
for official submissions for the Open
Consultation Process on Thematic Aspects and New Innovative
Format has now been extended to 31 January. All
WSIS Stakeholders are invited to make official submissions to the WSIS Secretariat.
• Official
Submissions Form
Registration
for on-site participation at the
WSIS Forum 2013 is now open. In order to register
please use the online registration system, online registration will close on 17 May 2013.
• Invitation
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• Registration
for on-site participation
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The
First Physical Meeting of the Open Consultation Process
on the Thematic Aspects and New Innovative Format of the
WSIS Forum 2013 was held on 16 November 2012 at the ITU
Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Main
highlights and contributions
• More
Information
Registration
is now open for the
Open Consultation Process on the Thematic Aspects and
Innovations on the Format: First
Physical Meeting. The
meeting will be held on 16 November 2012 at ITU, Geneva.
• Registration
for on-site participation
• Registration
for remote participation
• More
Information
The
Open
Consultation Process on the Thematic Aspects and
Innovations on the Format of the WSIS Forum 2013 was
opened on 8 October, the first phase invites
all WSIS Stakeholders to make online contributions and
participate in online dialogues.
• Online
Dialogues
• Official
Submissions Form
• Press
Release
ITU,
UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP invite all WSIS Stakeholders to
contribute to the
Open
Consultation Process on the Thematic Aspects and
Innovations on the Format of the WSIS Forum 2013. We look
forward to your active and enthusiastic participation and to
seeing you at the WSIS Forum 2013.
Invitation to contribute to the Open Consultation Process
The
contest of WSIS Project Prizes 2013 will start in September
with the opening of the project submission phase
online on 3 September. The submission phase will last until
16 December, and will be followed by the evaluation/voting
phase which will begin on 14 January 2013. The award ceremony will take place during the WSIS
Forum 2013.
WSIS Project Prizes 2013
The
WSIS Forum 2012 Outcome Document - Identifying
Emerging Trends and a Vision Beyond 2015 not only provides a
summary of all the sessions held during the forum but also
captures the outcomes and the way forward. The session
summaries provide a particular focus and emphasis on the
WSIS +10 review process. The document also captures the
aspect of emerging trends and identifies the main emerging
trends for a range of activities covering each Action line,
thereby providing a vision beyond 2015.
WSIS Forum 2012 Outcome Document