Final Outcomes and…. …the Way Forwards

Contribution by International Telecommunication Union1st Meeting of the UN General Assembly Overall Review

10-11 June 2015 / UN HQ, New York

World Summit on Information SocietyGeneva 2003 – Tunis 2005

WSIS Final Outcome Documents• Implementation Mechanism

– 11 WSIS Action Lines – Coordination Mechanism

transformed into WSIS Forum– Regional Commissions

• Financing Mechanisms • Monitoring Mechanism

– Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development

– Connectivity Targets– WSIS Stocktaking

• Enhanced Cooperation &Internet Governance– Internet Governance Forum

• Follow-up and UN Coordination – UN Group on the Information Society – CSTD: WSIS Follow-Up

WSIS Forum 2015Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for

Sustainable Development 25-29 May 2015, 26-27 High Level Track

Geneva, SwitzerlandITU Headquarters and WIPO Headquarters

ICT Revolution and Remaining Gaps

15 years of ICT growth: What has been achieved?

Towards the Overall Review of Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes

• 2003 – 2005 – World Summit on the Information Society• 2013 February – WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Meeting on Towards

Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable Development (Paris, hosted by UNESCO)

• 2013 July – 2014 June – WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform

• 2014 June – WSIS+10 High Level Event (Geneva, coordinated by ITU)• 2015 May – 18th Session of the Commission on Science and

Technology for Development: 10 Year Review of Implementation

• 2015 June – Kick off of the UNGA Overall Review• 2015 December – High Level Meeting on the Overall Review

WSIS+10 High Level Event • The WSIS+10 High Level Event

was held from the 10-13 June 2014 at the ITU Headquarters and CICG in Geneva.

• Extended version of the WSIS Forum.• Preceded by 11 months of preparatory

process by WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform.

• HLE was coordinated by ITU and coorganized by UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNDESA, FAO, UNEP, WMO, ILO, WHO, UPU, ITC, WIPO

• A series of pre-event meetings were held on 9 June 2014, on the eve of the WSIS High-Level event, to take stock of achievements, brainstorm on future outcomes and build a common vision beyond 2015.

• Outcome document endorsed on 11 June 2015.• WSIS+10 HLE attracted more than 1600 WSIS Stakeholders from

more than 140 countries. More than 100 ministers and deputies, several ambassadors, CEOs and Civil Society leaders contributing passionately towards the programme of the Forum.

WSIS+10 HLE: Negotiated Outcomes • Intergovernmental guidance:

Modalities by ITU Council Resolution 1334– To establish an open and inclusive preparatory

process, Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform, for developing drafts of the outcome documents for consideration by the WSIS+10 High-Level Event, by 1st March 2014, (for ITU under its responsibilities and other interested UN Agencies, under their responsibilities) – Draft WSIS+10 Statement on

Implementation of WSIS Outcomes – Draft WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015

under mandates of the participating agencies

WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Preparatory Process• What was the WSIS+10 MPP?

Efficient and effective multistakeholder mechanism for elaboration the negotiated texts and reaching consensus on strategic issues related to the information society development

• Timing: July 2013 – May 2014• Work Process: Six Phases, Five Physical Meetings • Chairman and Vice-Chairs: Russian Federation, Egypt,

Switzerland, Saudi Arabia• Secretariat: ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNDESA, FAO,

UNEP, WMO, ILO, WHO, UPU, ITC, WIPO

WSIS+10 Outcome Documents

WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes• A. Preamble• B. Overview of the implementation of Action Lines• C. Challenges during implementation of Action Lines and new challenges that

have emerged

WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015• A. Preamble• B. Priority areas to be addressed in the implementation of

WSIS Beyond 2015• C. Action Lines

– Introduction – Further enhancing Action Lines – Action Lines beyond 2015: Looking to the Future

WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015: Looking to the Future

• We reaffirm that effective cooperation among governments, private sector, civil society and the United Nations and other international organizations, according to their different roles and responsibilities and leveraging on their expertise, is essential, taking into account the multifaceted nature of building the Information Society.

• We emphasize great importance of continuation of the multistakeholder implementation at the international level, following the themes and action lines in the Geneva Plan of Action, and moderated/facilitated by UN agencies. The coordination of multistakeholder implementation activities would help to avoid duplication of activities. This should include, inter alia, information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public-private partnerships.

• `We reaffirm importance of the United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) created by the UN-Chief Executives Board (CEB) upon guidance by Tunis Agenda (Para 103), as an efficient and effective inter-agency mechanism with the main objective to coordinate substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations’ implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).

• We welcome holding of the annual WSIS Forum, which has become a key forum for multistakeholder debate on pertinent issues related to the Geneva Plan of Action and note that the Forum’s inclusiveness, openness, and thematic focus have strengthened responsiveness to stakeholders and contributed to increased physical and remote participation.

• We encourage all stakeholders to contribute to and closely collaborate with the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development as an international, multi-stakeholder initiative to improve the availability and quality of ICT data and indicators, particularly in developing countries.

• We emphasize/ recognize that the commitments to advance gender equality perspectives and undertake the necessary actions throughout the WSIS outcomes, as called for in Para 3 of Preamble under this document, should also be implemented, reviewed and monitored, consistent with other Action Lines, by UN Women in cooperation with other Action Line Facilitators.

• We encourage all WSIS stakeholders to continue to contribute information on their activities to the public WSIS stocktaking database maintained by ITU. In this regard, we invite all countries to gather information at the national level with the involvement of all stakeholders, to contribute to the stocktaking.

• We also welcome continuation of the WSIS Project Prizes initiative that has been launched by ITU with involvement of all Action line facilitators as a competition that recognizes excellence in the implementation of projects and initiatives which further the WSIS goals of improving connectivity to ICTs), particularly within underserved communities, and provide a high-profile, international platform for recognizing and showcasing success stories and models that could be easily replicated. In this regard, the WSIS Stocktaking Database is of utmost importance in sharing best practices amongst WSIS Stakeholders.

• We emphasize on the importance of 17 May as World Information Society Day to help to raise awareness, on an annual basis, of the importance of this global facility, on the issues dealt with in the WSIS especially the possibilities that the use of ICTs can bring for societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.

WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015: Looking to the Future

WSIS+10 High Level Event Outcome Documents and Post 2015 Agenda

Preamble of the WSIS +10 Statement: We invite the UN system organizations and all stakeholders within their respective roles and responsibilities to take full advantage of ICTs in addressing the development challenges of the 21st century and to recognize them as cross-cutting enablers for achieving the three pillars of sustainable development.Preamble of Vision for WSIS beyond 2015ICTs will play a critical role in achieving the sustainable development goals. Taking into account the ongoing dialogue on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (MDG review process) and the WSIS implementation process, all stakeholders have indicated the necessity of increased interaction between both processes in order to ensure that efforts across the UN System are coherent and coordinated to achieve maximum and sustainable impact.

Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg

Origins of the WSIS-SDG Matrix?

Identified challenges • Two communities (ICT4D and Post 2015)• Converging objectives (Sustainable Development)• Parallel review processes (WSIS and MDGs)• Gradual recognition of ICTs as enabler for sustainable development• Invite to support through relevant UN processes the creation creation of

synergies and institutional linkages between WSIS and Post 2015 Development Agenda to continue strengthening the impact of ICT for sustainable development (Res.140, PP-14)

WSIS AL

Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg

What is WSIS-SDG Matrix? • This mapping exercise draws direct linkages

of the WSIS Action Lines with the proposed SDGs to continue strengthening the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable development.

• Each UN Action Line Facilitator has analyzed the connections and relations of their respective Action Line with the proposed SDGs and their targets.

• The goal is to attempt at creating a clear and direct link and an explicit connection between the key aim of the WSIS, that of harnessing the potential of ICTs to promote and realize the development goals, and the post 2015 development agenda, so as to contribute to the realization of the latter.

• Please read the complete document at www.wsis.org/sdg

www.wsis.org/sdg

Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS \ WSIS ACTION LINES LINKAGES

www.wsis.org/sdg

WSIS+10 HLE: Other Outcomes

• WSIS+10 High Level Policy Statements• Forum Track Outcome Document• Final WSIS Targets Review

Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forwards

• WSIS Stocktaking Report • WSIS Success Stories• WSIS Action Lines Executive Summaries

(Achievements, Challenges and Recommendations)

Towards Effective Measurement

Accountability

Towards efficient and effective measurement to ensure accountability of the WSIS process beyond 2015

Final WSIS Targets Review: Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward

The report was produced by the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development, under the coordination of ITU. The lead agencies contributing to the report were ITU, the UNESCO UIS, ECLAC, WHO, UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNU. Many other organisations and representatives of civil society also contributed.A comprehensive evaluation of the achievements made towards the WSIS Targets that governments agreed upon at the World Summit on the Information Society, and:• Reviews progress made on each one of the WSIS Targets, which range from

connecting villages, schools and health centres to developing content and providing people with ICT access

• Draws attention to the availability (and lack) of data to track progress today, and over time

• Makes recommendations on policies that are most relevant in impacting the WSIS Targets

• Reviews the relevance of targets and indicators to track the information society

• Highlights lessons learnt and makes recommendations on a possible future (post-2015) ICT measurement framework

• Links a possible post-2015 ICT monitoring framework to the post-2015 Development Agenda

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/publications/wsistargets2014.aspx

ITU Contribution to the WSIS Implementation

ITU’s Ten Year Contribution to the WSIS Implementation and Follow-up is a comprehensive report on the ITU activities in context of WSIS carried out by the Union from 2005 – 2014, covering all assigned mandates with reference to the WSIS Process, in particular: – In its capacity as leading facilitator in coordinating the multi-stakeholder

implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action. (para 109 of TAIS) and primary organizer and host of the annual event in May, i.e. the WSIS Forum

– Facilitator of Action Lines C2 (Information and communication infrastructure) and C5 (Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs); as well as C6 (Enabling Environment).

– Co-facilitator of Action Lines C1, C3, C4, C7, and C11– Partner in Action Lines C8 and C9– Rotating Chair and Vice Chair of the United Nations Group on Information Society

(UNGIS) (Para 103 of TAIS)– Lead of Partnership on the Measuring the ICT for Development (Para 114 of TAIS)– Facilitator of the WSIS Stocktaking Process (Para 120 of TAIS)– Organizer of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (Para 121 of

TAIS)– Lead of the Connect the World Initiative (Para 98 of TAIS)– Others www.itu.int/en/itu-wsis/Pages/Contribution.aspx

Submission to the UNGA Overall Review

per request of ITU Membership (2015)

www.wsis.orgwww.wsis.org/sdg

www.wsis.org/reviewwww.wsis.org/prizes

www.wsis.org/stocktaking

wsis-info@itu.int

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