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								      The World Summit on the Information Society has passed and has been

								      followed up by the

								      <a href="/activities/igf/igf.html">Internet Governance Forum</a>. The pages

								      here are kept for archiving purposes.

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								<h1>World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)</h1>

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								<p>The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a two-summit

								UN conference organised by the ITU at which important cornerstones for

								the information and knowledge society should be laid. After the

								summits in Geneva and Tunis, the WSIS is now in its implementation phase.</p>


								<p>FSFE has been participating for many years along with other civil

								societies to make sure that principles of freedom, human rights,

								sharing of knowledge and access to information will be upheld.</p>


								<h3>Followup-Activities</h3>


								<ul>


								<li><a href="/activities/igf/">Internet Governance Forum (IGF)</a><br />

								One of the most controversial undertakings of the second phase of the

								WSIS was the <a href="/activities/igf/wgig.html">UN WGIG</a>. Unable to

								discuss and find consensus on substantive issues, in particular the

								issues around monopolisation of knowledge and Free Software, the

								second summit in Tunisia agreed to create an international discussion

								forum on all issues internet related, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).</li>


								</ul>


								<h3>Documents</h3>


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								<li><a href="/activities/wsis/wsis-and-software.html">WSIS and the Software Challenge</a>

								<ul>Article by Georg Greve about the role of Free Software in the digital world and FSFE's involvement in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).</ul></li><br />


								<li>Statement: <a href="/activities/wipo/statement-20050721.html">FSFE statement</a> on behalf of the <a href="/activities/wsis/">WSIS</a> <a href="http://www.wsis-pct.org">Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks (PCT) Working Group</a> of Civil Society at the third <a href="http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=8487" target="_blank">Inter-Sessional, Inter-Governmental Meeting (IIM) on a Development Agenda</a>, 21 July 2005</li><br />


								<li>Towards a <a href="/activities/wipo/wiwo.html">"World Intellectual Wealth

								Organisation"</a>. <ul>Supporting the Geneva Decleration.</ul></li><br />


								<li><a href="/activities/wipo/iprip.html">On "Intellectual Property" and

								Indigenous Peoples</a><ul> Essay by <a href="/about/people/greve/">Georg

								Greve</a> about questions raised for Indigenous Peoples by the

								"intellectual property" ideology.</ul></li><br />


								<li><a href="issues.html">Fighting intellectual poverty</a><br /> (Who

								owns and controls the information societies?)<ul>Article by <a

								href="/about/people/greve/">Georg Greve</a> for a publication of the <a

								href="http://www.boell.de">Heinrich Böll Foundation</a> on the World

								Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).</ul></li><br />


								<li><a href="cs-benchmarks.html">CS Essential Benchmarks for

								WSIS</a><ul>Civil Society essential benchmarks (previously

								non-negotiables) for the World Summit on the Information Society

								(WSIS).</ul></li><br />


								<li><a href="fs.html">Free Software and WSIS</a><ul>Civil Society

								reference paper on Free Software and its impact on the World Summit on

								the Information Society (WSIS).</ul></li><br />


								<li><a href="ps-20030923.html">Civil Society Statement for WSIS

								Plenary (Geneva, September 23rd 2003)</a><ul>Georg C. F. Greve on behalf of

								Patents, Copyright, Trademarks (PCT) Working Group</ul></li><br />


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								<h3>Debriefings</h3>


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								<li><a href="debriefing-geneva.html">Debriefing for the Summit in

								Geneva</a> (Geneva, December 10-12 2003)<br />

								<ul>by <a href="/about/people/greve/">Georg C. F. Greve</a>, president of the

								FSF Europe, who took part as co-coordinator of the Civil Society

								working group on Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks (PCT), chair of

								European Caucus and Civil Society representative of German CS

								coordination circle in the German governmental delegation.</ul>

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								<li><a href="debriefing-paris.html">Debriefing for the intersessional meeting</a> (Paris, July 15-18 2003)<br />

								<ul>by <a href="/about/people/greve/">Georg C. F. Greve</a>, president of the

								FSF Europe, who attended this meeting as the representative of the WSIS coordination

								circle of the German civil society as part of the German governmental delegation.</ul>

								</li><br />


								<li><em>Past Event: <a href="event-03-12-10.html">"Free Software, Free Society"</a></em><br />

								<em>(December 10th, 2003, 17:00 - 20:00)</em><ul>

								Event of the Patents, Copyright, Trademarks (PCT) Working Group: Listen

								to and meet leading global experts on what is an essential building

								block for an empowering, sustainable and inclusive information

								society.

								</ul></li><br />


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								<h3>Mailing Lists</h3>

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								 <li><a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-euc">Civil Societies WSIS European Caucus Coordination List</a>

								<ul>

								Coordination list of the European Civil Societies Caucus for the

								World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).<br />

								Open to all civil societies/people interested in creating and

								maintaining an interface with the European governments/governance and specifically the EU that will

								allow information exchange and better cooperation.

								</ul>

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								 <li><a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/wsis-pct">Civil Societies WSIS Patents, Copyright and Trademarks (PCT) Working Group Coordination List</a>

								<ul>

								Coordination list for civil societies involved/interested in the World

								Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process.<br />

								Open to all civil societies/people interested in working on issues related

								to the questions around Patents, Copyright and Trademarks (PCTs).

								</ul>

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								<h3>More Information</h3>


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								<li><a href="http://www.wsis.org">Official WSIS homepage</a></li><br />


								<li><a href="http://www.wsis-cs.org/caucuses.html">Civil Society Caucuses, working groups and coordination spaces</a></li><br />


								<li>General information by other civil societies:

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								 <a href="http://www.worldsummit2003.de">Worldsummit 2003</a><br />

								 <a href="http://www.wsis-cs.org">WSIS Civil Society Meeting Point</a><br />

								 <a href="http://www.prepcom.net">Prepcom</a><br />

								</ul>

								</li><br />


								<li><a href="http://www.wsis-pct.org">Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks Working Group web page</a><ul></ul></li><br />


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