8:00-9:30
ILO, Salle de Conseil
Civil Society Plenary Meeting

10:00
ILO, room 11
Volunteers Family meeting

10:00
ILO, room 6
Think Tanks Family meeting

10:00-13:00
ILO
Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable No. 5
Capacity building
CS Speaker: Rabia Abdelkrim, ENDA, Dakar
Contact: denis.gilhooly@itu.int

10:00-13:00
ILO
Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable No. 6
Enabling environment (legal and regulatory framework)
CS Speakers: Law and the Net: Abdou Abbas Sarr, Côte d’Ivoire; ICANN: Amadeu Abril
Contact: joel.desaules@itu.int

15:00-18:00
ILO
Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable No. 7
ICT applications and services
CS Speakers: SNTPT: Gabou Gueye, Senegal; T.H. Chowdary, Centre for Telecom Managemement and Studies
Contact: ibrahima.keita@itu.int

15:00-18:00
ILO
Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable No. 8
The role of the different stakeholders in the Information society
CS Speakers: GKP: Rinalia Abdul Rahim; ODI: Michael Warner
Contact: denis.gilhooly@itu.int

18:30-20:00
ILO, Room IX
NGO TASK GROUP ON E-GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNANCE (3G)
Strategy and Information Meeting on eGovernment & Governance Issues Related to the WSIS
Please bring your relevant statements, papers, and proposals.
Contact: Rik Panganiban (World Federalist Movement), rikomatic@yahoo.com, mobile (Switzerland): +41 764 733 274

18:30 - 20:30
ILO, Restaurant Francaise (Room R2 North)
Private Reception: An exploration of Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Information Society
(by Invitation Only)
Youth Caucus, TakingITGlobal, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Global Knowledge Partnership
on the occasion of the launch of the coalition: YOUTH CREATING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES
Speakers: Walter Fust, Director General, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation; José-Maria Figueres, Former President of Costa Rica, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum; Reza Jafari, Chair of ITU Telecom Steering Committee
Contact: Nick Moraitis, nick@takingitglobal.org

Thursday, 20 February

15:00 – 18:00
ILO
Multi-Stakeholder Workshop 2
Building E-communities in partnership
CS Speakers: Civil Society Division/WSIS Secretariat; UNITAR
Contact: liliane.ursache@ties.itu.int

17:00 - 19:00
ILO, Room 11 (seats 100, translation provided)
"Social Movements" 'family' meeting for discussing the concept of the Civil Society Bureau and selecting someone to be represented on it.
Sean O Siochru writes in his invitation:
"A few points about this, reflecting how open-ended and informal this process is.
1. We have no clear definition of a Social Movement is, and in fact do not have to accept the idea in the proposal (footnote 6) that a Social Movement is an 'ad hoc movement without legal status'. If you believe yours is a 'social movement' please feel free to come.
2. You are welcome to attend more than one 'family' meeting, so if you join the NGO 'family' you can also come to this.
3. Everyone is welcome, whether they agree with the Bureau idea or not. Personally, though, I would say that if you have reservations (we all do), please come with concrete proposals on what to do about them. Almost everyone agrees that some form of loose umbrella group must be formed for civil society, not to have a single view (remember the Bureau will not be involved in content), but as a form in which to organise and be coherent."
Contact: Sean O Siochru, sean@nexus.ie