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MISTICA: CMSI: Meeting in Cuba

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 08:00:09 AST

>From: "Bruce Girard" <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [CRIS Info] WSIS Meeting in Cuba
>Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 12:57:22 +0200
>
> >From UNESCO's website - http://webworld.unesco.org
>
>Meeting in Cuba to Discuss WSIS Preparation
>07/05/2003 (UNESCO)
>
>Preparations of the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS)
>will continue in Varadero, Cuba, next week, when experts from Latin
>America and the Caribbean will gather for a joint meeting of
>INFOLAC, UNESCO's Regional Programme to Enhance Co-operation
>among National Development Information Systems and Networks,
>and LACNET, the Regional Network of the UN ICT Task Force.
>
>The objective of the meeting is to initiate cooperation between
>INFOLAC that has its Secretariat at the UNESCO's Regional Office
>for Communication and Information for Latin American and the
>Caribbean (ORCILAC) in Quito and the UN ICT Task Force, to join
>forces for the WSIS preparation in Latin American and the Caribbean
>Region.
>
>UNESCO has fulfilled the role of the Permanent Secretariat of
>INFOLAC since its creation and has sustained, together with the
>Members States, this mechanism for regional cooperation in
>recognition of its potential for promoting ICT development and an
>information society for all. ORCILAC presently also provides the
>LACNET secretariat.
>
>INFOLAC has been involved in all of the consultative activities
>undertaken by UNESCO in preparation for WSIS, such as the
>consultations that took place in Itacuru�� (Brazil), Isla Margarita
>(Venezuela), R�o de Janeiro (Brazil) and, finally, the regional
>ministerial preparatory conference for WSIS that took place this past
>January in B�varo (Dominican Republic) that was organized by
>ECLAC and the government of the Dominican Republic.
>
>INFOLAC, the "Regional Programme to Enhance Co-operation
>among National Development Information Systems and Networks in
>Latin America and the Caribbean" was established in 1986 by a
>resolution of UNESCO's General Conference. As a forum for the
>exchange of expertise and experiences in the area of information
>services. it is open to all public, private or professional institutions
>which are involved in the provision of information services in the
>region.

Nota de la moderaci�n: No tenemos mas informaci�n sobre este evento y
invitamos a quienes sepa mas de compartir su informaci�n.

Debido a la carga de trabajo hemos dejado de leer y entonces reportar
los acontecimientos relativos a la CMSI desde varios d�as. Esperamos
poder retomar este tema en los proximos d�as...

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