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Issues in ICT global policies
These monthly reports are aimed at improving the visibility and accesibility of existing information on key ICT issues, with the goal of fostering Southern participation in the definition and implementation of global ICT policies.
Some of these reports are based on research papers produced in the context of our project and some others are complementary to the findings and proposals included in the papers.
UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity
Government representatives from around the world met September 20-25 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris to discuss the first draft of the proposed Convention on Cultural Diversity (CCD). The CCD (formally known as the International Convention on the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions) would be an international legal agreement to implement the principle that culture cannot be reduced to a commodity. Concretely, it would potentially allow each country to exclude its cultural policies, including 'audiovisual services' -otherwise known as media- from 'free trade' deals deals that are been negotiated at the World Trade Organization (WTO). [En español]
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Panel and book @ WSIS
At the Tunis World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ITeM organised an event titled "Framing WSIS in global governance processes: Linkages and follow-up". It was held on November 17th, 2005 from 10:45 to 12:45 at the Room Mehdia (Kram Exhibition Hall). [En español]

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