From 16 to 18 November, Tunis (Tunisia) will host the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), a United Nations (UN) initiative, in close connection with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which main purpose is to diminish the digital gap between the developed and developing countries. The two central issues of this WISI’s second phase are Internet governance and the information society’s implementation and financing mechanisms.
10 thousand participants from UN agencies and representatives from 175 countries, the private sector and civil society are expected at the WSIS.
ANACOM is part of the national delegation to this Summit, which also includes representatives from the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications, the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, UMIC - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (Agency for Information Society) and from national enterprises.
The first phase of this Summit took place in 2003, in Geneva, having resulted in the approval of a Declaration of Principles and a Plan of Action.
Further information:
- WSIS http://www.itu.int/wsis/
Related information on ANACOM's website:
- World Summit on the Information Society WG (WSIS WG) https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=110039
- IS World Summit terminates https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?contentId=148016
