Title:
An inclusive information society : rhetoric or realisation?
Authors:
Ferguson, J.E.
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
IICD [etc.]
Year:
2004
PAGE:
4
Language:
eng
Subject:
Information, Knowledge and Communication
Keywords:
information and communication technologies
,
capacity building
Abstract:
In December 2003, over 13.000 people gathered in Geneva, Switzerland for the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society. The Summit was convened by the United Nations in order to reach international agreement on pressing issues raised by the Internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the 21st Century: issues such as who owns the Internet and how it should be governed, how to finance affordable access by the world’s poor, combating cyber-crime and spam, promoting cultural and linguistic
diversity, and the search for an acceptable balance between international security, privacy, and freedom of speech
Organization:
IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development
,
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS)
Organization:
OneWorld (Nederland)
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2004 Hivos, IICD, and OneWorld
Document type:
Report
File:
118860.pdf