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Sixth Meeting of the UN ICT Task Force

Working Groups and Other Meetings
26 March 2004, UN Headquarters, New York


Working Groups
ICT Policy and Governance
Venue: ECOSOC Chamber

Provisional Agenda:
Welcome Address 2pm
I. Knowledge-Sharing and Capacity Building
Presentations by APC and Markle Foundation
Session Objective: Possible WG1 activities in the area of ICT policy knowledge sharing and capacity building
Background Documentation:
ICT Policy Training Initiative, ICT Policy Handbook, APC
Guide to International ICT Policy Making, Markle Foundation
2pm - 3pm
II. ICT and Trade
Presentation by William Drake
Session Objective: Identify a role for the UN ICT Task Force

The United Nations Electronic Trade Documents Project (www.UNeDocs.org), Carol Cosgrove-Sacks

Background Documentation: WTO and E-Commerce: From the Uruguay Round through the Doha Development Agenda, prepared by Sacha Wunsch-Vincent 		3pm - 4pm
III. Internet Governance
Session Objective: Strategic assessment of the role that the UN ICT Task Force can play in this process leading up to WSIS 2005
  • Conclusions of the Global Forum
  • Reactions: WSIS CS IG Caucus: WSIS Process, its broadly shared vision, CS Perspectives/reactions to the forum, gaps identified, recommendations, etc... ?
  • Others
  • Way Forward for the UN ICT Task Force and the "ICT Policy and Governance" Working Group
 4pm - 5pm
Conclusion 5pm

Human Resource Development and Capacity-Building
Venue: Conference Room 6
Provisional Agenda:
  • A brief overview of the December WSIS and key takeaways
  • Working Group Supported Initiatives: Update
    1. The Global eSchools & Communities Initiative (GeSCI) - www.gesci.org
    2. The Local Voices initiative - www.localvoices.org
    3. Portable Knowledge Asset Management System (pKADS)
    4. The eUN - an ICT strategy for the UN
    5. Overview of the Irish Centre of ICT and Development

Low Cost Access and Connectivity
Venue: Conference Room 9

Provisional Agenda:
  1. introduction by Astrid Dufborg, convenor and UN ICT Task Force member
  2. Election of new vice-chairman
  3. Review of accomplishments so far
  4. The second Open Access seminar in Stockholm 11-12 May 2004 (www.wideopenaccess.net)
  5. Report on research on refurbished computers, by Shafika Isaacs
  6. ADEN, by Beatrice Pluchon
  7. Closing of the meeting

National and Regional E-Strategies
Venue: Conference Room E

Other Meetings
ICT Indicators and MDG Mapping
Venue: Conference Room E

Agenda:
  1. Review outcomes from WSIS
  2. Status on ICT indicators - Round table on who is doing what
  3. Requirements for different types of indicators: readiness, use and impact
  4. Future work

Background Documentation: Tools for Development - Using Information and Communications Technology to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

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