PUBLICATIONS OF THE ITU GENERAL SECRETARIAT 1. World Information Society Report 2006 1st Edition, 2006 The second edition of the World Information Society Report: Beyond WSIS, published by ITU and UNCTAD, looks beyond the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS, Geneva 2003 - Tunis 2005) to the creation of an inclusive, people-centred and development-oriented Information Society, open to all. The report tracks progress in digital opportunity for 181 economies over the past few years since the start of the WSIS process and is accompanied by a series of tables providing the latest statistics on the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide. The report has been created by the \"Digital Opportunity Platform\", an open multi-stakeholder platform with contributions from governments, private sector, academics and civil society, as well as inter-governmental organisations. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR 100.- E 28974 92-61-11671-X 156 100.- E Report on the World Summit on the Information Society Stocktaking 2005, 1st edition 21 The WSIS Stocktaking is intended to fulfil the dual purpose of providing an inventory of activities undertaken by governments and all stakeholders in implementing the Geneva decisions (WSIS Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action) and of taking stock of the progress made in building the Information Society. The report has been specially prepared for the Tunis phase of the Summit, 16-18 November 2005. MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR EF 27702 84 84 40.- 27703 EF 40.- 40.- E, F 27879 92-61-11357-5 ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting: Building Digital Bridges 1st Edition - 2005 This report looks at efforts by stakeholders at the local, national and international level to bridge the digital divide. It reviews the role of new technologies, multi-stakeholder partnerships and ICT indices in reducing the gap, taking an in-depth look at the cases of Australia, Hong Kong, India, Korea (Rep. of) and Malaysia. The report also proposes a methodology for the development of a composite Digital Opportunity Index (DOI). MEDIA PRICE CHF LANGUAGE ARTICLE ISBN PAGE NBR 65.- E 27537 92-61-11321-4 474 65.- E