Based on UN resolution 56/183 The International Telecommunication
Union is to lead and carry out a World Summit on the Information Society.
The resolution promotes multi-stakeholder involvement, including UN
organisations, governments, civil society and the business sector. The
World Summit on the Information Society will be held in two phases.
The first phase of WSIS will take place in Geneva hosted by the
Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003. The second
phase will take place in Tunis November 2005. http://www.itu.int/wsis/basic/about.html
Towards and information Society for all - TISA3/Paris, 26-27 September 2004
is co-organised by British Council in France, Germany and Italy TISA3
will focus this year on national ICT policies and their practical
implications for the lives of individuals and the creation of better
communities. As a follow up it is intended that the findings from the
conference will feed into the World Summit on the Information Society
in December 2003 and a planned TISA 4 in Bucharest next year.
British Council - www.britishcouncil.fr/tisa3
Freedom of Expression in the Information Society, 2 September 2004
The conference is organised by the Danish United Nations Association
in co-operation with the Danish Library Association and will discuss
the global challenge of free information access for libraries, freedom
of expression regulation, press freedom and media pluralism ahead of
WSIS 2003. Venue: Danish Parliament, fee 150 DKK. Registration by
phone + 45 35467381.
Programme: http://www.una.dk/wsis/index.htm
