|
WSIS was conducted in two phases, at Geneva in
2003 and in Tunis in 2005. ITU was named as the lead facilitator for two
action lines of the Geneva Plan of Action and as a partner in other
action lines, as shown in the table. |
| |
The eleven WSIS action lines |
| Action line |
Possible
moderators/facilitators* |
| 1. The role of
public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of
ICT for development |
ECOSOC/UN
Regional Commissions/ITU |
| 2. Information
and communication infrastructure |
ITU |
| 3. Access to
information and knowledge |
ITU/UNESCO |
| 4. Capacity
building |
UNDP/UNESCO/ITU/
UNCTAD |
| 5. Building
confidence and security in the use of ICT |
ITU |
| 6. Enabling
environment |
ITU/UNDP/UN
Regional Commissions /UNCTAD |
| 7. ICT
applications |
|
|
• E-government |
UNDP/ITU |
|
• E-business |
WTO/UNCTAD/ITU/UPU |
|
• E-learning |
UNESCO/ITU/UNIDO |
|
• E-health |
WHO/ITU |
|
• E-employment |
ILO/ITU |
|
• E-environment |
WHO/WMO/UNEP/UN-Habitat/
ITU/ICAO |
|
• E-agriculture |
FAO/ITU |
|
• E-science |
UNESCO/ITU/UNCTAD |
| 8. Cultural
diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content |
UNESCO |
| 9. Media |
UNESCO |
| 10. Ethical
dimensions of the information society |
UNESCO/ECOSOC |
| 11.
International and regional cooperation |
UN Regional
Commissions/UNDP/ITU/UNESCO/ECOSOC |
* The list of possible facilitators/moderators is
indicative and non-exhaustive.
Source: Annex to the Tunis Agenda for the Information Society. |
