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Title: WSIS Youth Caucus - Egypt
Location:
Global
Categories: Technology & Innovation
Work & Economics
Independent Media & Mass Media
Status:
Completed
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a 2-part UN Summit that takes place in Geneva in 2003 and in Tunis in 2005.
Young people have been actively participating in the WSIS process so far. The First Preparatory Committee meeting held in Geneva, July 1-5, 2002, saw the formation of the Youth Caucus, bringing together all the young people participating in the meeting to coordinate activities and prepare positions on procedures, and content and themes.
The Youth Caucus aims to mainstream youth perspectives into civil society, private sector, and government input throughout the WSIS process.
You can download our strategic plan (Microsoft Word document) which outlines the coordination of our efforts throughout the WSIS process.
Young people active in the Caucus include members of youth organizations, youth-led small enterprises, and youth movements that operate access centers, run community media initiatives, and develop technology applications; student organizations representing educational concerns; and other young people active at an international level, for example national youth councils, UNESCO-affiliated groups, Independent Media Centers, and World Social Forum youth affiliates. The youth caucus was formed at the First Preparatory Committee meeting in July 2002, and receives some secretarial and other support via the Youth Creating Digital Opportunity program of TIG, IISD and GKP.
Objectives:
As young people and true citizens of Africa, we commit to the emergence of the Africa of our dreams one that we can be proud to call home.
Based on our discussions, particularly during the
eConference, we have decided to:
(a) Deliberating within the context of the WSIS processes in order to produce a workable plan of action
(b) identify, encourage and network existing youth-led initiatives that tie into the objectives of the Information Society,
(c) partner with existing networks, organizations and agencies in order to realize Information Society-specific objectives as it relates to Africa,
(d) encourage national-level consultations between youth and government to accelerate Egypt
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