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News archive - Call for contribution: online dialogue on thematic focus and innovative format of WSIS Forum 2012

Following the outcomes of the WSIS Action Line Facilitators meetings during the WSIS Forum 2009, 2010 and 2011 and the exchange of views amongst several WSIS stakeholders, the organizers of the WSIS Forum, ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP are pleased to announce the Open Consultation Process on the thematic aspects and innovations on the format of the WSIS Forum 2012.

Your inputs will help shaping the WSIS Forum 2012 to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 14 to 18 May 2012.

Within the framework of the WSIS Forum 2012 preparatory open consultation process, UNESCO is organizing an online dialogue to discuss about the thematic focus and innovations on the format of this event. The results of this consultation will feed into the overall agenda of the Forum and help organizers to improve the setup.

You can participate in the dialogue either by replying to a discussion board, or by uploading a video message. It will be opened until 15 January 2012 at the WSIS KC –Knowledge Communities website (www.wsis-community.org).

Please note that a video message can be:

- recorded by mobile phone, webcam, digital camera, etc.;
- up to 10 MB in size; and
- up to 3 minutes in length

For more information about the open consultation, please visit the WSIS Forum 2012 website at www.wsis.org/forum.

Source: UNESCO WSIS Team

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International; Other

Entry created by Ines Marinkovic on December 15, 2011
Modified on November 10, 2011

Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.

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