special coverage: information society & WSIS

We have compiled this backgrounder to give you a complete picture of the WSIS from the perspective of the civil society. Explains academic concepts and issues related to knowledge society, notes activities and concerns of the civil society, and lists actors and organisations involved in the WSIS process as well as links to related Websites.

Other lists/forums related to WSIS
Civil Society Plenary List

PrepCom Coordination List WSIS-PrepCom1 (also for PrepCom2+3)

Civil Society Participation List

List of the German WSIS Civil Society Coordinating Group

CRIS WSIS Info List

CRIS Chat List

Alternative Summit List alt.WSIS

Alternative Summit / Media Activists Prep-l List (internal)

Mandate the Future's forum on WSIS

OneWorld Netherland's forum on WSIS (closed)

Education and Academia Caucus List

Civil Society ad hoc Finance Committee

Human Rights Caucus List

Youth Caucus List