Note by the WSIS Executive Secretariat ACCREDITATION of NGOS, CIVIL SOCIETY and BUSINESS SECTOR ENTITIES to the WORLD SUMMIT ON
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Document WSIS/PC-3/7-E 22 August 2003 Original: English/French/Spanish Note by the WSIS Executive Secretariat ACCREDITATION OF NGOS, CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS SECTOR ENTITIES TO THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY 1. UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/56/183 encouraged effective contributions and the active participation of all relevant UN bodies, in particular the ICT Task Force, and encouraged other intergovernmental organizations, including international and regional institutions, non- governmental organizations, civil society and the private sector to contribute to, and actively participate in, the intergovernmental preparatory process of the Summit and the Summit itself. 2. According to the Arrangements for accreditation, requests for accreditation have to be submitted by mail or by fax to the Executive Secretariat. The deadline for submitting accreditation applications is six weeks before the start of each Preparatory Committee meeting. The Executive Secretariat, with the assistance of the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS), is asked to review the relevance of the work of the applicants on the basis of their background and involvement in information society issues and to make recommendations to the Preparatory Committee for its decision on the accreditation of those NGOs, civil society and business sector entities which are considered competent and whose activities are relevant to the work of the Summit. The Executive Secretariat is to circulate the list of entities recommended for accreditation to Member States two weeks before the start of each Preparatory committee meeting. 3. The Executive Secretariat has received and evaluated the completed applications received by 1 August 2003. The present document contains in Annex 1 the list of NGOs and civil society entities and in Annex 2 the list of business entities recommended by the Executive Secretariat for accreditation at PrepCom-3. 4. The Arrangements for accreditation stipulate further that those non-governmental organizations currently in consultative status with ECOSOC, that wish to attend the Preparatory Committee meetings and the Summit must inform the Executive Secretariat and register to participate. As a rule, they shall be considered as accredited. The list of such non-governmental organizations is to be circulated to Member States two weeks before the session of the Preparatory Committee. Therefore, Annex 3 contains the list of those NGOs which are currently in consultative status with ECOSOC and who have expressed, since 5 January 2003, their wish to participate in the Preparatory Committee meetings and the Summit. E:\CEC\COORDINATION\WSIS03\PREPCOM3\DOC\JUAN\007E.DOC 02.10.03 02.10.03 - 2 - ANNEX 1 NGOs and civil society entities recommended by the Executive Secretariat for accreditation to the World Summit on the Information Society (List of entities that have requested accreditation at PrepCom-3) AAT - Asociación Argentina de Teletrabajo Lange 390 1653 Malaver - Buenos Aires Argentina (+54) 11 4768-24 [email protected] www.aat-ar.org 2001 Disseminate the potential and benefits of new methods of work facilitated by ICTs. Create a participative and collaborative learning network allowing its members to generate and acquire new knowledge. Support the establishment of collaborative e-entrepreneur networks to generate and implement undertakings. Work in close collaboration with all types of community access centres (telecentres). Action Internationale pour la Paix et le Développement dans la région des Grands Lacs (AIPD-GL) Promenade de l'Europe 63, CH-1203, Genève Switzerland 004122/345.05.72 004122/345.05.72 [email protected] 1999 Participation in the 59th session of the Human Rights Commission (presentation on imprescriptible crimes in Africa), at the UN World Conference in Durban. Meeting with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the African Great Lakes Region, World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, and meeting with NEPAD. Participation in the Crans-Montana Economic Forum. Action pour le Développement Intégré et la Formation Villa n° 708, Qter Alioune Gadiaga Guédiawaye, Dakar 19068 Senegal 00221-8372323 00221-8557172 [email protected] 1994 Training, education, information, NICTs. We help basic community organizations with capacity-building and by providing all the necessary information they require to discharge their activities. E:\CEC\COORDINATION\WSIS03\PREPCOM3\DOC\JUAN\007E.DOC 02.10.03 02.10.03 - 3 - Action pour une Gestion Rationnelle de l'Environnement en Mauritanie (AGREEM) AGREEM, 42 Tevragh Zeina B.P. 311 RP Nouakchott Mauritania 00 222 529 08 66 [email protected] 2000 AGREEM is a not-for-profit NGO operating in the various sectors of the environment. It endeavours to combat desertification, pollution and persistent organic pollutants (POPs). It carries out awareness-raising in the field and advocacy for the environment. Adbusters media foundation West 7th Ave 1243, V6H 1B7 Vancouver Canada 604-736-9401 604-736-6021 [email protected] www.adbusters.org 1989 AMF is a non-profit, advocacy and education network with the principle aim of advancing media democracy. AMF's efforts focus on three fronts: publishing a bi-monthly, ad-free magazine, Adbusters (120 000 circulation worldwide); administering a website, e-mail network and online forums; and coordinating advocacy campaigns, ranging from grassroots to the international level. Above all, these efforts are designed to stimulate a major rethink about the way communication flows in the information age. AFNeT Bld Malsherbes 20, 75008 Paris France (33)153438270 [email protected] www.afnet.fr 1982 French Net User Association focuses its activities on research, communication and actions on the economical, business, social, and technological impacts of the Internet. Africa Computing Canèbiere 93, c/o Maison des associations, 13001 Marseille France +33491429112 [email protected] www.cacomputing.org 1998 Africa Computing is a French association whose activities involve the pursuit of exchanges and transfers of IT and Internet skills in Africa. Three focuses: organization and staffing of training seminars with African partners (LINUX-based); providing the African community with a free website hosting service; collection and distribution of second-hand equipment. E:\CEC\COORDINATION\WSIS03\PREPCOM3\DOC\JUAN\007E.DOC 02.10.03 02.10.03 - 4 - African Century Airlie Gardens 10A, W8 7AL London United Kingdom +44-20-7509-9401 +44-20-7221-1912 [email protected] www.african-century.com 2000 African-Century is intended to cover important issues that affect the next century. The new webzine is to be: Global Innovative Setting the agenda for the future. A place to go to find the latest and most profound thoughts on issues affecting Africans and people of African descent (Black people generally). Creativity, originality and vision are to be the hallmarks of articles on the magazine, which is named in honour of Nelson Mandela. African Public Broadcasting Foundation 303 Pacific Wharf, 165 Rotherhithe Street, SE16 5QF London United Kingdom 44 1273 323373 44 709 220 5533 [email protected] 2002 To develop public service broadcasting for Africa, and also to work - with broadcasting companies throughout Africa - towards the improvement of the infrastructure of broadcasting through training and the improvement of skills and technical base. All of Africa's State broadcasters have endorsed the Foundation's aims. African Youth Initiative MAMPROBI PO Box MP 2728 233, Accra Ghana +233-20-8165057 +233-21-257852 [email protected] www.ayinitiative.net 2001 African youth initiative is an African joint youth-led information and communication technology for accelerated development (ict4d) initiative to help bridge the digital divide in Africa and to provide sustainable development for the people of the continent. It is a network of African youth NGOs and the brainchild of go-online africa (gola), paradigm initiative nigeria (pin) and onevillage African youth initiative is also affiliated and partnering with most of the local networks of youth initiatives on the globe such as takingitglobal (tig), international young professionals foundation (iypf). African Youth Network for Sustainable Development (AYNSD) Rue Mattiben, Elmouradia 22 - 16030 Alger Algeria 213 61 505368 213 21 922942 [email protected] www.aynsd.org 1997 E:\CEC\COORDINATION\WSIS03\PREPCOM3\DOC\JUAN\007E.DOC 02.10.03 02.10.03 - 5 - To work with young people for the aims and ideals of the United Nations, to strive for national liberation, for economic, social and cultural justice, for total equality between men and women, for peace and disarmament, for the widest cooperation between nations and peoples, and against imperialism, colonialism and repressions in all their forms, for a sustainable development for the mother of the Earth; Africa. To work with young people in order to promote, especially through study and research on international issues, an informed public and larger knowledge about the United Nations, its actual meaning and its potentialities. In doing so, AYNSD will encourage a continued critical attitude towards the world organization in order to promote its universality and its effectiveness. Afrique Emergence Boulevard Mgr Steinmetz, Immeuble Net Com SABEDIS Carré 29 03, BP 1489 0000 Cotonou Benin + 229 93.96.32 + 229 31.75.52 [email protected] 1999 AFRIQUE EMERGENCE implements projects for the acquisition of know-how, pooling of experiences and cooperation between young