Disability Caucus Meeting

2004 June 25

Dear all:

Towards WSIS in Tunis November 2005, there will be following regional as well as thematic meetings to prepare for the success of the summit in addition to 3 PrepComs and WGIG.

Regional Conferences

Africa; 2-4 February 2005, Accra, Ghana

Latin America and the Caribbean; 2004, Havana, Cuba

Latin America and the Caribbean; 2005, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Western Asia; 28-30 September 2004, Beirut, Lebanon (ESCWA)

Possible Candidates for the Thematic Meeting

Knowledge Sharing and Free Flow of Information; 2005, Brazil, Government of Brazil

Countering Spam; 7-9 July 2004, Geneva, ITU

Economic Implications of ICT; December 2004, UNCTAD/OECD/ILO/ITC/IDRC

Measuring the Information Society; February 2005, UNCTAD/OECD/UNESCO/UN

Regional Commissions/ITU

Empower Citizens through Knowledge; 2005, Paris, France, UNESCO

ICT-enhanced Learning; 2005, UNESCO

Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace; 2005, Paris, France, UNESCO

Cultural Diversity; 2004, Moscow, Russia, UNESCO

Multilingualism; 2005, Bamako, Mali, UNESCO

Reaching the Marginalized; 2005,Tunis, Tunisia, UNESCO

Innovations to Bridge the Digital Divide; April, 2005, Tokyo, Japan, United Nations University

Intellectual Property and Information and Communication Technologies; On-line, WIPO

ICT Applications in Natural Disaster Reduction; 18-22 Jan 2005, Kobe, Japan, WMO

Taking those proposal into account, we are going to hold a Disability Caucus meeting at 15:00-16:00 at meeting room A8 in the Medina Conference Center to discuss the roadmap to Tunis.

Best regards,
Hiroshi Kawamura
WSIS CS Disability Focal Point