CIVIL SOCIETY
WORKING GROUP on FINANCING MECHANISMS
Message from the coordinator (Djilali Benamrane, 03 October 2004 )
On behalf of everybody I would like to thank Dr Prof.
Rainer for his wise and contructive position to remove
his List. We all are waitting for his involvement in
the future as in the past. So we can now progess
together as efficiently as possible because of we have
a lot to do, huge challenge to meet if we want to be
present and active in Tunis.
Next week, the web site http://www.wsis-finance.org
will be operating
with substantive documents if possible in 3 languages
( English, French, Spanish ).
Substantive documents will feed our List discussion.
Documents will be official ones published by WSIS,
NGOs CS Associations, Universities, UNDP, WB, UIT,
Partners in development etc... ; documents from List
members ; documents like press release and other
information to be promote (Suggestions are waitted).
Many thangs and regards to our friend fot his
achievement regarding the need for UNDP to take into
consideration the CS view concerning WSIS Finance
item. We do need to be involved in the debate starting
on the 4th October and will make proposal for the
next version, expected by the end of November.
We shall use this action to be present in the UN
ICT TF meeting in Berlin, Nov. 19-10, the global forum
on "Enabling Environment for Digital
Development". I am sure that the German CS which
already has scheduled a workshop on 18 November will
be able to report our progress to all meetings
organized in Berlin. Perhaps some of our colleagues
members of the list will be able to attend theses
meetings. Here we have a real challenge how to use CS
everywhere, anytime with an effective mandate and we
know how the German CS is powerfull.
There are only first proposals, we are interested by
comments and new proposals.
Once more many thanks to Dr Prof Rainer for his
decision and proposals.
All the best
Djilali