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WSIS -- National Consultation in Pakistan
WSIS -- National Consultation in Pakistan
Islamabad, 17-19 November 2003
The World summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is going to be
held in two phases – first in Geneva (10 to 12 December 2003), and
two years later, in Tunis (16 to 18 November 2005). It is based on a
tri-partite format involving government, civil society and the
private sector. The Government of Pakistan is also part of the
process and actively participating in this global event.
In this context, UNDP has come up with a proposal to conduct
consultations in selected countries in Africa and Asia to develop new
models of multi-stakeholder collaboration to catalyse and strengthen
implementation from Geneva to Tunis. It is being carried out by a
team of international experts in collaboration with the ICTD
(Information and communication Technology for Development) Group in
UNDP Headquarters. For a number of reasons, including GoP’s major
focus on IT in the recent years and the extensive ICTD work
undertaken by one of its own global initiatives in the country – The
Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) – UNDP has chosen
Pakistan as one of the two countries from Asia (the other is
Philippines).
SDNP Pakistan, right from its inception in 1992, has been managed by
IUCN – The World Conservation Union, and is currently part of its
Education, Communication and Knowledge Management Programme. It has
been entrusted with the responsibility to assist in facilitating this
national consultation involving all the important stakeholders of
WSIS in the country. Ministry of Information Technology and
Telecommunication (MoIT&T), Government of Pakistan is providing all
out support and guidance to achieve the goals of this national
consultation to be held during 17-19 November, 2003 in Islamabad.
It is hoped that this consultation will result in a national
initiative – based on the objectives of WSIS – that could be
implemented during the period between the two summits. The synthesis
of the consultation, alongwith the proposed project would be
presented at the summit itself in December 2003. Prime Minister of
Pakistan would lead the Pakistani delegation to this summit.
source: http://wsis.sdnpk.org/
