Agenda

17 May 2005 г.

10:00 – 13:30 Central and Eastern Europe Regional Working Meeting of the Global Knowledge Partnership

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, Blue Hall

Organisers:

• Institute of the Information Society (Moscow, Russia)
• Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• Non-Commercial Partnership PRIOR North-West (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
• Information Society of Ukraine Foundation (Kiev, Ukraine)
• UN ICT Task Force Europe and Central Asia Regional Network

Sponsors:

• Global Knowledge Partnership
• Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation

18 May 2005

Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development.
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: New Phenomenon for the New World

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Italian Reception Room

Chairpersons:

• Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat; member of the International Advisory Panel for the World Summit on the Information Society’s ICT4D Platform (Malaysia)
• Ivan Kurnosov, Adviser, Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education, Government of Russian Federation (Russia)

Welcome addresses:

• Ambassador Walter Fust, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge Partnership; Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation [Welcome address]
• Adama Samassékou, President of WSIS Preparatory Committee for Geneva Phase; President of the African Academy of Languages; Former Minister of Education of Mali

Rapporteur:

• Tatiana Ershova, General Director, Institute of the Information Society; Chair of the Board, Russian e-Development Foundation (Russia)

Presentations:

1. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships: Governance and the Information Society
   Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Executive Director, Center for Dialogue and Democracy
2. MSP definition, principles, typology, and partnering process
   Andrei Mikheyev, Chief of News Department, Internet Policy Center at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russia)
3. Multi-Sector Partnerships to Put the New Norms and Targets into Practice
   Lesya Berezovets, Chair of the Board, the Information Society of Ukraine Foundation (Ukraine)
4. Cooperation of Business, Government and Society in Providing Maximum Access to and Effective Use of Socially Important Information for Development Purposes
   Natalia Klimova, Director for Corporate Affairs and Strategic Communications, RosBusinessConsulting (Russia)
5. Institutionalizing Multi-StakeHolder Partnerships and Constituency Engagement within an International Framework
   Francis Muguet, UN WSIS Civil Society Caucus on Science (France)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Igor Tavgen, Project Manager, United Nations Development Programme (Belarus)

Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2. Impact of the Multistakeholder Partnerships on Resolving Development Challenges

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Italian Reception Room

Chairpersons:

• Adama Samassékou, President of the African Academy of Languages; President of WSIS Preparatory Committee for Geneva Phase; Former Minister of Education of Mali
• Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Executive Director, Center for Dialogue and Democracy (Macedonia)

Rapporteur:

• Tatiana Ershova, General Director of the Institute of the Information Society; Chair of the Board of the Russian e-Development Foundation (Russia)

Presentations of Case Studies:

1. Global Knowledge Partnership
   Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat, member of the International Advisory Panel for the World Summit on the Information Society's ICT4D Platform (Malaysia)
2. Regional Network for Europe and Central Asia of the UN Information and Communication Technologies Task Force
   Ivan Kurnosov, Adviser, Department of Mass Communications, Culture and Education, Government of Russian Federation (Russia)
3. Russian e-Development Partnership and PRIOR North-West, Russian Federation
   Andrey Chugunov, Director, PRIOR North-West Non-Commercial Partnership (Russia)
4. Multilateral Partnerships in Moldova to Strengthen the Information Society for All: Case study
   Veronica Cretu, President of the “CMB” Training Center (Republic of Moldova)
5. Experience of implementations of ICT projects with international technical support based on participants partnership
   Igor Tavgen, Project Manager, United Nations Development Programme (Belarus)
6. Partnership Program in South Caucasus in the Sphere of Harmonization of National Legislations for the Information Society Development with European Practices
   Yashar Hajiev, Director, Information Problems Analyzing Center; Project Coordinator, Global Internet Policy Initiative; Assistant Professor, Azerbaijan Technical University (Azerbaijan)

Moderator:

• Ljupco Gjorgjinski, Executive Director, Center for Dialogue and Democracy (Macedonia)

19 May 2005

Section 8. Stakeholders` Partnership and Cooperation to
Foster Information Society Development
11:00 – 14:00 Session 3. Round Table on Drafting Recommendations for UNESCO Position at the World Summit on Information Society

Venue:

• Konstantinovsky Palace, The Italian Reception Hall

Chairpersons:

• Lesya Berezovets, Chair of the Board, the Information Society of Ukraine Foundation (Ukraine)
• Francis Muguet, UN WSIS Civil Society Caucus on Science (France)

Rapporteur:

• Tatiana Ershova, General Director of the Institute of the Information Society; Chair of the Board of the Russian e-Development Foundation

Discussion and drafting recommendations delivered during the previous sessions

Moderator:

• Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Executive Director of the Global Knowledge Partnership Secretariat, member of the International Advisory Panel for the World Summit on the Information Society’s ICT4D Platform (Malaysia)

Discussant:

• Yashar Hajiev, Director, Information Problems Analyzing Center; Project Coordinator, Global Internet Policy Initiative; Assistant Professor, Azerbaijan Technical University (Azerbaijan)