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 WSIS+10 Open Consultation Process is a Multistakeholder Preparatory
Platform for WSIS Phase
III. ITU Headquarters in
Geneva hosted the Second Physical Meeting of the high-level experts representing
different stakeholders on 16-18 December 2013.
It is
expected that the WSIS+10 High-Level Event will be held in 2014 in Egypt, the date is not yet fixed. This
event will be an extended version of the WSIS Forum held yearly in May. It is designed to
review the progress made in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes under the
mandates of participating agencies, and to take stock of achievements in the
last 10 years based on reports of WSIS Stakeholders, including those submitted
by countries, Action Line Facilitators and other stakeholders.
The WSIS+10 High-Level Event will
review the WSIS Outcomes (2003 and 2005) related to the WSIS Action Lines with
the view of developing proposals on a new vision beyond 2015, potentially
including new targets. This process will take into account the decisions of the
68th Session of the UN General Assembly.
The preparatory process is an open and inclusive
consultation among WSIS Stakeholders (governments, private sector, civil
society, international organizations and relevant regional organizations)
focused on developing multistakeholder consensus on two draft Outcome
Documents, the thematic aspects, and innovations on the format of the event. Draft WSIS+10
Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes
The
open and inclusive open consultation process will result in:
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Draft Outcome Documents for consideration by the
WSIS+10 High-Level Event
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Draft WSIS+10 State
ment on the Implementation of
WSIS Outcomes
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Draft WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015 under
mandates of participating agencies
The Open Consultation Process for the WSIS+10 High-Level
Event is structured in six phases as follows:
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Phase One: July 2013 - Initiation of the Open Consultation
Process
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Phase Two: 7-8 October 2013 - First Physical Meeting
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Phase Three: 16-18 December 2013 - Second Physical Meeting
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Phase Four: 17-18 February 2014 - Third Physical Meeting
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Phase Five:
(dates TBD) - Outcomes of the open consultation
published
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Phase Six: (dates
TBD) - Final Brief on the WSIS+10
High-Level Event
The First Physical Meeting Considered Zero Draft Outcome
Documents: Draft
WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes and WSIS+10 Vision for
WSIS beyond 2015.
Second Physical Meeting considered: Comments received on the
Zero Drafts of the WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation on WSIS Outcomes
& the WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015 and Proposals
for the First Drafts to be considered by the Second Physical Meeting: WSIS+10
Statement on the Implementation on WSIS Outcomes & the WSIS+10 Vision for
WSIS Beyond 2015.
The Second Physical
Meeting was chaired by Prof.
Vladimir Minkin, Chief Scientist,
Radio Research & Development Institute (Moscow, Russia), Chairman of ITU Council Working Group on WSIS.
The Russian
delegation included:
Natalia Timofeeva, Head of Department for International Organizations, Department of
International Cooperation, Ministry of Communications and Mass Media-
Alexandre Vassiliev, Scientific Consultant on
International Radio-spectrum
and Satellite Orbit Management Matters, Radio Research and Development
Institute
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Evgeny Kuzmin, Chairman of the
Russian Committee of the UNESCO “Information for All Program”
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Alexey Domrachev, Advisor,
Department of Informatization Projects
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Dmitry Babekin, Deputy Head of
Department on Legal Expertise, Ministry of Communications and Mass Media
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Oleg Kuznetsov, Leading Specialist
and Expert of the Internet and Information Agencies, Department of State Policy
in the sphere of Media, Ministry of Communications and Mass Media
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Tatiana Ershova, General Director,
Institute of the Information Society.
The Russian delegation made a number of proposals to the Outcome Documents that were considered and in many cases accepted by the participants of the Open Consultation.
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