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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
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The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is an international summit organized by the United Nations for tackling the digital divide and other ICT issues. The first phase of the summit took place in Geneva in December 2003; the second phase will be in Tunis in November 2005. WSIS is an important opportunity for civil society to come together with government policymakers, international donors and the private sector to identify strategies for bridging the digital divide. This community has been set up to give DDN members a place where they can discuss WSIS as well as share WSIS news and resources.
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APC WSIS Blog: Zied a un rêve
Claude Almansi | November 27
This text is taken from Zied a un rêve, in APC WSIS Blog, 26/11/2005 18:38. It reports a Tunis taxi driver's sobering vision of WSIS
Zied,...
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Lancement de telecentres.org lors du SMSI
Anne-Catherine Yon | November 22
Jeudi 17 novembre 2005, sur le stand du Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP), est annoncé officiellement le lancement de "telecentres.org".
Cette annonce est l'aboutissement du travail entrepris par le groupe WSIS telecentres pour donner tout son poids aux telecentres dans le développement d'une...
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ICT4D Expo
xavier leonard | November 21
The ICT4D Expo
I had to get some help putting up an IndyMedia article about the Expo from San Diego IndyMedia because I couldn’t publish through my connection at the Golf Royale Hotel.
Here’s a link to the
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Another Tricky Day
xavier leonard | November 21
My Day 2 activity included listening to comments from the head of Tunisia’s postal service at a session called “Do ICTs Matter to the Poor?” In the official WSIS opening, both the Civil Society speaker Shirin Ebadi, and the Swiss President made references to the dangers of letting states with...
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Off To See The WSIS...
xavier leonard | November 21
My WSIS disorientation began as soon as I entered the Kram complex and set about attending to my first bit of business. Upon entering the men’s room, I discovered that it was staffed by multiple female attendants. A line of men shaking their members while two young Arab women look on was such...
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Redefining the Digital Divide
By: Subhajit Basu, Queen's University Belfast | April 18, 2007
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| Hi-tech hypesters claim that the Digital Age is vastly improving the lives and opportunities of people around the globe, while public-interest hand-wringers worry that it is creating a Digital Divide - an enormous and growing gap between the "technology-rich" and the "technology-poor," threatening social and economic stability and progress. Who is right? |
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E-commerce and the law: a review of India’s Information Technology Act
By: Subhajit Basu and Richard Jones, QUB and LJMU | June 1, 2006
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| Electronic commerce – conducting business through network technology – is no longer confined to developed nations. Countries like India, with its hugely skilled labour force, have exceptional opportunities to benefit from e-commerce. However India’s 2000 Information Technology Act is over-complex and risks hindering the development of e-commerce in India.
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WSIS Unfolds: Finding the Right Way to Tunis
By: Terri Willard | March 16, 2005
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| In this IISD Commentary, IISD Project Manager Terri Willard reviews the February 2005 Preparatory Committee meeting of the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Willard, who has been actively enagaged in the WSIS process since 2002, describes the meeting, identifies some weaknesses and casts an eye toward the remainder of the process. |
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