Catégorie : Civil Society

Found in Guardian unlimited, Special Reports.

OneWorld.net brings together more than 1,500 organizations from across the globe — to promote sustainable development, social justice and human rights.

Joint statement between the WSIS Civil Society Privacy and Security Working Group and the WSIS Civil Society Human Rights Caucus, which was just read in plenary of SubComittee A morning session, 29 September 2005:
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At the government level, they decided to work in two subcommittees, A for dealing with governance and the WGIG report, B for dealing with implementation and follow up as well as the political chapeau. Civil society decided to mirror that situation and has created two subcommittees within its Content and Themes group, A headed by Jeannette Hoffman and Adam Peake and B by Bertrand de la Chapelle.

The major topics being debated are thus:
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We encourage you to visit the Discussion Web site of Internet Governance Project Dialogue to review the agenda and the recommended library resources for each topic. The Guidelines and Help sections will also help you prepare. You have first to register.

Washington, D.C., September 28, 2005 – Marking International Right to Know Day, the National Security Archive commended the Department of State for including access to government information as one factor evaluated in its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
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SDNP School Program in Bangladesh

Objective: To assist the SDNP (Sustainable Development Networking Programme) School Programme of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for extending computer education at school level and develop skilled human resources that would gradually lead to Bangladesh’s competitiveness in the global ICT sector.
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Statement made by the Youth Caucus and Education, Academia & Research Taskforce Joint Statement on IG WSIS PrepCom3, 22 September 2005:

Thank you, Mr. Chairman for this opportunity to share with Governments our perspectives on Internet Governance. We are the most avid users of the Internet fueling its evolution.
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Reflections on civil society mobilisation in the Arab World around the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, by Henri Valot, CIVICUS Millennium Development Goal Campaign Manager
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iEARN – international Education and Resource Network is the world’s largest non-profit global network that enables young people to use the Internet and other new technologies to engage in collaborative educational projects, that both enhance learning and make a difference in the world. You’ll find all under http://www.iearn.org/, respectively under http://www.iearn.org/projects/index.html

Found tree websites working toward a Reform of the International Institutions.
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EDNES is a non-governmental, non-profit, international association, registered under the French law in Strasbourg, France, in 1993. EDNES headquarters are located in Strasbourg, France. Contact them through Sergei Smagin. Currently the
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Go to Global IDP Project, you’ll find articles about Internal Deplaced Peoples worldwide.

I found this under The World Citizen Foundation, as a private foundation, incorporated in Vermont, USA (February 1996) and starting its activities in 1998.
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If you are inerested in the 2 aspects above mentioned, go to Steven Clifts websites, one http://publicus.net, the other http://dowire.org .
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