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Ws11: Prep-WITFOR 2005 Workshops
Preparatory Workshops for IFIP World Information Technology Forum 2005
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Diamant-Vignemale-Carlit-Canigou-Néouvielle
Recognizing the developmental opportunities offered by the digital technologies and the need for developing countries and developed countries to collaborate to exploit such opportunities, the Second World Information Technology Forum (WITFOR) will be organized by the International Federation For Information Processing (IFIP) under the auspices of UNESCO. The Government of Botswana will host the forum, 31 August - 2 September 2005 in Gaborone.
The World IT Forum (WITFOR) focuses on the formation of the ICT-enabled development agenda and aims at assisting developing nations to implement sustainable strategies for the application of ICT by organizing state-of-the-art conferences on global trends in ICTs and relevant policy issues concerning developing countries. It also aims at initiating projects in different areas of the ICT spectrum.
The aim of WITFOR is to examine different initiatives on effective, context sensitive development and use of ICT applications, access to quality relevant information, and the development of "fair use principles" in the Internet Age. In particular the WITFOR events are intended to:
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Help put ICT-enabled development initiatives on the agenda of different organizations, governmental bodies, and groups currently involved in information and communications technologies. |
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Work with different groups to ensure that the issue of ICT diffusion and sustainable effective use is on the agenda of senior policy makers and political leaders. |
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Assist international organizations and donor agencies to build issues of the spread of ICTs and access to information into their loan and funding programmes with adequate financial and institutional allocations. |
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Develop a position paper on these issues and draft a Gaborone Protocol advising governments on strategies for the use of ICT. |
Gaborone Protocol is a document aiming at advising governments in emerging countries on how to formulate and follow the best strategy for the use of ICT in order to achieve global ICT-equity.
THEMES OF the WORKSHOPS
> Building the infrastructure
> Economic opportunity
> Empowerment and participation
> Health
> Education
> Sustainability of Natural Resources
> Agriculture
> Social and ethical aspects
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