The United Nations Economic and Social Council has transmitted the results of the UN-CSTD ten-year review of progress made in the implementation of WSIS outcomes to the General Assembly for its deliberations ahead of the overall review in December.
These include the summary of the substantive ten-year review discussion that took place at the Commission’ s 18th session1, along with the statements that were made in that regard, and the CSTD secretariat’s report: “Implementing WSIS Outcomes: A Ten-Year Review”.
This comprehensive report surveys available evidence on WSIS and draws on a variety of sources, including close to one hundred written inputs where stakeholders shared their experiences and views of WSIS implementation.
The Open Forum will explore CSTD’s work concerning WSIS during the past year and seek to identify key messages from the CSTD ten-year review for the General Assembly’s overall review of WSIS outcomes.
Moderator:
Mr. Peter Major, Chair of the nineteenth session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Panellists:
H.E. Janis Mažeiks, Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations and co-facilitator of the negotiations on the overall review of the implementation of the WSIS outcomes
Ms. Mervi Kultamaa, WSIS Coordinator, UNCTAD
Mr. David Souter, Managing Director, ict Development Associates
Ms. Valeria Betancourt, Coordinator, Latin America ICT Programme, Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Followed by an interactive discussion
