In preparation for the UNGA Overall Review, two multistakeholder WSIS+10 Review Events were hosted by UNESCO and ITU in 2013 and 2014 respectively. They endorsed the following negotiated and consensus based outcome documents: - WSIS+10 Statement on Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes (Geneva, 2014) - WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS beyond 2015 (Geneva, 2014) - WSIS+10 Review Final Statement - Information and Knowledge for All: An Expanded Vision and a Renewed Commitment (Paris, 2013) In order to further the understanding of these important documents, ITU-UNESCO held Information Session on WSIS beyond 2015: Building upon Multistakeholder Consensus Based Outcome Documents of the UNESCO and ITU hosted WSIS+10 Review Events. This information session was conducted on 1 July 2015, from 13h15 to 14h30, in Conference Room 8 of the United Nations Headquarters, New York. Webcast was provided by http://webtv.un.org/

1. Final Outcomes and….
…the Way Forward
ITU-UNESCO Information Session
WSIS beyond 2015: Building upon Multistakeholder Consensus Based
Outcome Documents of the ITU and UNESCO hosted
WSIS+10 Review Events
1 July 2015 / UN HQ, New York

2. World Summit on Information Society
Geneva 2003 – Tunis 2005

3. WSIS Final Outcome Documents
• Implementation Mechanism
– 11 WSIS Action Lines
– Coordination Mechanism
transformed into WSIS Forum
– Regional Commissions
• Financing Mechanisms
• Monitoring Mechanism
– Partnership on Measuring
ICT for Development
– Connectivity Targets
– WSIS Stocktaking
• Enhanced Cooperation &
Internet Governance
– Internet Governance Forum
• Follow-up and UN Coordination
– UN Group on the Information Society
– CSTD: WSIS Follow-Up

4. Towards the Overall Review of
Implementation of the WSIS Outcomes
• 2003 – 2005 – World Summit on the Information Society
• 2013 February – WSIS+10 Multistakeholder Meeting on
Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace and Sustainable
Development (Paris, hosted by UNESCO)
• 2013 July – 2014 June – WSIS+10 Multistakeholder
Preparatory Platform
• 2014 June – WSIS+10 High Level Event (Geneva, coordinated
by ITU)
• 2015 May – 18th Session of the Commission on Science and
Technology for Development: 10 Year Review of
Implementation
• 2015 June – Kick off of the UNGA Overall Review
• 2015 December – High Level Meeting on the Overall Review

5. WSIS+10 High Level Event
• The WSIS+10 High Level Event
was held from the 10-13 June 2014
at the ITU Headquarters and CICG
in Geneva.
• Extended version of the WSIS Forum.
• Preceded by 11 months of preparatory
process by WSIS+10 Multistakeholder
Preparatory Platform.
• HLE was coordinated by ITU and coorganized
by UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNDESA,
FAO, UNEP, WMO, ILO, WHO, UPU, ITC, WIPO
• A series of pre-event meetings were
held on 9 June 2014, on the eve of the
WSIS High-Level event, to take stock of achievements, brainstorm
on future outcomes and build a common vision beyond 2015.
• Outcome document endorsed on 11 June 2015.
• WSIS+10 HLE attracted more than 1600 WSIS Stakeholders from
more than 140 countries. More than 100 ministers and deputies,
several ambassadors, CEOs and Civil Society leaders contributing
passionately towards the programme of the Forum.

6. WSIS+10 HLE: Negotiated Outcomes
• Intergovernmental guidance:
Modalities by ITU Council Resolution 1334
– To establish an open and inclusive preparatory
process, Multistakeholder Preparatory Platform,
for developing drafts of the outcome documents
for consideration by the WSIS+10 High-Level
Event, by 1st March 2014, (for ITU under its
responsibilities and other interested UN
Agencies, under their responsibilities)
– Draft WSIS+10 Statement on
Implementation of WSIS Outcomes
– Draft WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015
under mandates of the participating
agencies

7. WSIS+10 Multistakeholder
Preparatory Process
• What was the WSIS+10 MPP?
Efficient and effective multistakeholder mechanism for
elaboration the negotiated texts and reaching consensus
on strategic issues related to the information society
development
• Timing: July 2013 – May 2014
• Work Process: Six Phases, Five Physical Meetings
• Chairman and Vice-Chairs: Russian Federation, Egypt,
Switzerland, Saudi Arabia
• Secretariat: ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, UNCTAD, UNDESA, FAO,
UNEP, WMO, ILO, WHO, UPU, ITC, WIPO

8. Six phases of the Preparatory Process
(WSIS+10 MPP)
• Phase One: July 2013 - Initiation of the Open Consultation Process
» More on Phase One
• Phase Two: 7-8 October 2013 - First Physical Meeting
» More on Phase Two
• Phase Three: 16-18 December 2013 - Second Physical Meeting
» More on Phase Three
• Phase Four: 17-18 February 2014 - Third Physical Meeting
» More on Phase Four
• Phase Five: 14-17 April 2014 - Fourth Physical Meeting
» More on Phase Five
• Phase Six: 28-31 May 2014 - Fifth Physical Meeting
» More on Phase Six

9. Agreed Principles for the Preparatory
Process (WSIS+10 MPP)
• Focus on the WSIS Action Lines and measurement of their
implementation.
• Develop a vision upon existing framework of Action Lines, identifying
emerging trends, challenges and priorities for new decade, without
making existing framework of Action Lines obsolete.
• Geneva Declaration and Geneva Plan of Action still remain valid until
further decisions by General Assembly.
• Restrict the proposals on Action Lines, under the responsibility of the
respective UN Agencies, to the Geneva Plan of Action.
• Avoid proposals referring to the outcomes of the Tunis phase of WSIS on
the following, implementation mechanism, follow up, internet
governance (other than internet issues relevant to action lines), IGF,
enhanced cooperation, CSTD.
• Avoid prejudging the outcomes of the 68th Session of the General
Assembly on modalities of the Overall Review.
• Respect mandates given by Tunis Agenda and respect for the multi-
stakeholder principles.

10. From Zero Draft to Final Outcome
Document
• More than 500 submissions
• More than 10000 pages of inputs
• Several input documents (Incremental approach)
• Reports of six Regional Development Forums
• 10 Year WSIS Implementation Reports by WSIS
Stakeholders and WSIS Action Line Facilitators
• Zero Draft prepared by Chairman and Vice-Chairs of
WSIS+10 MPP (Russia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland)
– Draft WSIS+10 Statement (10 pages)
– Draft WSIS+10 Vision (70 pages)

11. Incremental Approach: Input Documents
WSIS+10 Visioning Challenge
Identifying Emerging Trends and a
vision beyond 2015! 2012 & 2013
WSIS Forum 2013 Outcome Document
Towards Knowledge Societies for Peace
and Sustainable Development: Final
Statement
Measuring the Information Society
Report 2013

12. WSIS+10 Outcome Documents
WSIS+10 Statement on the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes
• A. Preamble
• B. Overview of the implementation of Action Lines
• C. Challenges during implementation of Action Lines and new challenges that
have emerged
WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015
• A. Preamble
• B. Priority areas to be addressed in the implementation of
WSIS Beyond 2015
• C. Action Lines
– Introduction
– Further enhancing Action Lines
– Action Lines beyond 2015: Looking to the Future

13. New Emerging Trends in the
WSIS+10 Outcome Documents
• Internet of things
• Network neutrality
• Social networks
• Personal data protection, privacy, security
and robustness of networks
• Broadband
• Mobility
• Gender empowerment
• Digital inclusion
• Digital Economy
• Massive open online courses (MOOCs)
• E-participation
• New media
• Local content
• Privacy and trust issues
• Emergency communications
• Financing: Universal access/service funds
• Increasing impact of ICTs on sustainable development
• Accessibility
• Green IT and use of ICTs to mitigate climate change
• (…)
WSIS+10 Vision for WSIS beyond 2015
C: Further enhancing WSIS Action Lines
AL C1: The role of public governance
authorities and all stakeholders
in the promotion of ICTs for development
AL C2: Information and communication
infrastructure
AL C3: Access to information and knowledge
AL C4: Capacity Building
AL C5: Building confidence and security in the
use of ICTs
AL C6: Enabling environment
AL C7: ICT applications: benefits in all aspects
of life
AL C8: Cultural Diversity and identity, linguistic
diversity and local content
AL C9: Media
AL C10: Ethical Dimensions of the Information
Society
AL C11: International and Regional
Cooperation

14. WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015:
Looking to the Future
• We reaffirm that effective cooperation among governments, private
sector, civil society and the United Nations and other international
organizations, according to their different roles and responsibilities and
leveraging on their expertise, is essential, taking into account the
multifaceted nature of building the Information Society.
• We emphasize great importance of continuation of the
multistakeholder implementation at the international level, following
the themes and action lines in the Geneva Plan of Action, and
moderated/facilitated by UN agencies. The coordination of
multistakeholder implementation activities would help to avoid
duplication of activities. This should include, inter alia, information
exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices, and
assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and public-private
partnerships.

15. WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015:
Looking to the Future
• We reaffirm importance of the United Nations Group on the
Information Society (UNGIS) created by the UN-Chief Executives Board
(CEB) upon guidance by Tunis Agenda (Para 103), as an efficient and
effective inter-agency mechanism with the main objective to coordinate
substantive and policy issues facing the United Nations’ implementation
of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS).
• We welcome holding of the annual WSIS Forum, which has become a
key forum for multistakeholder debate on pertinent issues related to
the Geneva Plan of Action and note that the Forum’s inclusiveness,
openness, and thematic focus have strengthened responsiveness to
stakeholders and contributed to increased physical and remote
participation.

16. • We encourage all stakeholders to contribute to and closely collaborate with
the Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development as an international, multi-
stakeholder initiative to improve the availability and quality of ICT data and
indicators, particularly in developing countries.
• We emphasize/ recognize that the commitments to advance gender equality
perspectives and undertake the necessary actions throughout the WSIS
outcomes, as called for in Para 3 of Preamble under this document, should also
be implemented, reviewed and monitored, consistent with other Action Lines,
by UN Women in cooperation with other Action Line Facilitators.
• We encourage all WSIS stakeholders to continue to contribute information on
their activities to the public WSIS stocktaking database maintained by ITU. In
this regard, we invite all countries to gather information at the national level
with the involvement of all stakeholders, to contribute to the stocktaking.
WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015:
Looking to the Future

17. • We also welcome continuation of the WSIS Project Prizes initiative that
has been launched by ITU with involvement of all Action line facilitators
as a competition that recognizes excellence in the implementation of
projects and initiatives which further the WSIS goals of improving
connectivity to ICTs), particularly within underserved communities, and
provide a high-profile, international platform for recognizing and
showcasing success stories and models that could be easily replicated.
In this regard, the WSIS Stocktaking Database is of utmost importance
in sharing best practices amongst WSIS Stakeholders.
• We emphasize on the importance of 17 May as World Information
Society Day to help to raise awareness, on an annual basis, of the
importance of this global facility, on the issues dealt with in the WSIS
especially the possibilities that the use of ICTs can bring for societies
and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide.
WSIS Action Lines beyond 2015:
Looking to the Future

18. WSIS+10 High Level Event
Outcome Documents and Post 2015 Agenda
Preamble of the WSIS +10 Statement:
We invite the UN system organizations and all stakeholders
within their respective roles and responsibilities to take
full advantage of ICTs in addressing the development
challenges of the 21st century and to recognize them as
cross-cutting enablers for achieving the three pillars of
sustainable development.
Preamble of Vision for WSIS beyond 2015
ICTs will play a critical role in achieving the sustainable development goals.
Taking into account the ongoing dialogue on the Post-2015 Development
Agenda (MDG review process) and the WSIS implementation process, all
stakeholders have indicated the necessity of increased interaction between
both processes in order to ensure that efforts across the UN System are
coherent and coordinated to achieve maximum and sustainable impact.

19. Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg
Origins of the WSIS-SDG Matrix?
Identified challenges
• Two communities (ICT4D and Post 2015)
• Converging objectives (Sustainable Development)
• Parallel review processes (WSIS and MDGs)
• Gradual recognition of ICTs as enabler for sustainable development
• Invite to support through relevant UN processes the creation creation
of synergies and institutional linkages between WSIS and Post 2015
Development Agenda to continue strengthening the impact of ICT for
sustainable development (Res.140, PP-14)
WSIS AL

20. Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg
What is WSIS-SDG Matrix?
• This mapping exercise draws direct linkages
of the WSIS Action Lines with the proposed
SDGs to continue strengthening the impact
of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) for sustainable
development.
• Each UN Action Line Facilitator has analyzed the connections and relations
of their respective Action Line with the proposed SDGs and their targets.
• The goal is to attempt at creating a clear and direct link and an explicit
connection between the key aim of the WSIS, that of harnessing the
potential of ICTs to promote and realize the development goals, and the post
2015 development agenda, so as to contribute to the realization of the
latter.
• Please read the complete document at www.wsis.org/sdg
www.wsis.org/sdg

21. Coordinated by Elaborated by www.wsis.org/sdg
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
WSIS ACTION LINES LINKAGES
www.wsis.org/sdg

22. Towards the Third Dimension of the
WSIS-SDG Matrix Empowered by
WSIS Stocktaking Process
• Unique global platform, embraced by WSIS
multistakeholder community in 2005 with the aim
to provide an international register of ICT
activities enabling development.
• Check out 7,000 entries on WSIS Stocktaking
Platform www.wsis.org/stocktaking
• WSIS Stocktaking process has so far involved close
to 140,000 stakeholders worldwide.
• Year-around ongoing Call for Updates and New
Entries – Continue Sharing
NEW WSIS Forum 2015 proposed inclusion of
Reporting on ICT Projects Enabling SDGs

23. Advancing Sustainable Development Through
Information and Communication Technologies:
WSIS Action Lines enabling Sustainable Development
• This brochure provides an overview of several
projects carried out worldwide and reported
to the WSIS process through the WSIS
Stocktaking Process.
• All of identified projects prove an enabling
power of the ICTs for sustainable
development, while directly contributing to
the achievement of the proposed Sustainable
Development Goals
• Be part of the change! Engage in the global
reporting and mechanism of identification of
good practices.
• www.wsis.org/sdg

24. WSIS+10 HLE: Other Outcomes
• WSIS+10 High Level Policy Statements
• Forum Track Outcome Document
• Final WSIS Targets Review
Achievements, Challenges and the Way Forward
• WSIS Stocktaking Report
• WSIS Success Stories
• WSIS Action Lines Executive Summaries
(Achievements, Challenges and Recommendations)

25. Towards Effective Measurement
Accountability
Towards efficient and
effective measurement to
ensure accountability of the
WSIS process beyond 2015

26. Targets set by Geneva Plan of Action (2003)
• Connect all villages with ICTs and establish community access points
• Connect all secondary schools and primary schools with ICTs.
• Connect all scientific and research centres with ICTs
• Connect all public libraries, museums, post offices and national archives with ICTs
• Connect all health centres and hospitals with ICTs
• Connect all central government departments and establish websites
• Adapt all primary and secondary school curricula to meet the challenges of the
information society, taking into account national circumstances
• Ensure that all of the world’s population has access to television and radio services
• Encourage the development of content and put in place technical conditions in
order to facilitate the presence and use of all world languages on the Internet
• Ensure that more than half the world’s inhabitants have access to ICTs within their
reach and make use of them

27. Recommendations for Future
WSIS Targets Setting, if any…
• high-level endorsement and awareness building
among policy-makers
• open consultation processes to identify targets
• targets should be time-bound, concrete and measurable to be
able to track progress
• they should be ambitious but realistic and achievable, based
on the assessment of historical and current trends of progress
• indicators should be clear and easy to understand for policy-
makers and other stakeholders, and relevant to policy
intervention
• where possible, they should be based on internationally-
agreed statistical standards

28. Connect 2020 Global Goals & Targets
Goal 1 Growth – Enable and foster access to and increased use of telecommunications/ICTs
55%
of households
should have access
to the Internet
60%
of individuals should
be using the Internet
40%
Telecommunications/ICTs
should be 40% more
affordable
Goal 2 Inclusiveness – Bridge the digital divide and provide broadband for all
50%
of households should have
access to the Internet in
the developing world;
15% in the least
developed countries
50%
of individuals should be
using the Internet in the
developing world; 20% in
the least developed
countries
40%
affordability gap
between developed
and developing
countries should be
reduced by 40%
5%
Broadband services
should cost no more
than 5% of average
monthly income in the
developing countries
90%
of the rural population should be
covered by broadband services
Gender equality
among Internet users
should be reached
Goal 4 Innovation and partnership – Lead, improve and adapt to the changing
telecommunication/ICT environment
Enabling environments ensuring accessible
ICTs for persons with disabilities should be
established in all countries
40%
improvement in
cybersecurity readiness
50%
reduction in volume of
redundant e-waste
30%
decrease in Green House Gas emissions per
device generated by the telecommunication/ICT
sector
Telecommunication/ICT environment
conducive to innovation
Effective partnerships of stakeholders in
telecommunication/ICT environment
Goal 3 Sustainability – Manage challenges resulting from the telecommunication/ICT development

29. Target 1: Universal Broadband Policy
By 2015, all countries should have a national broadband plan or strategy or include
broadband in Universal Access / Service Definitions
Target 2: Making broadband affordable
By 2015, entry-level broadband services should be made affordable in developing
countries (amounting to <5% of average monthly income)
Target 3: Connecting homes to broadband
By 2015, 40% of households in developing countries should have Internet access
Target 4: Getting people online
By 2015, Internet user penetration should reach 60% worldwide, 50% in developing
countries and 15% in LDCs
Target 5: Achieving gender equality in access to broadband
By 2010, gender equality in access in broadband by 2020

30. ITU Contribution to the
WSIS Implementation
ITU’s Ten Year Contribution to the WSIS Implementation and Follow-up is
a comprehensive report on the ITU activities in context of WSIS carried
out by the Union from 2005 – 2014, covering all assigned mandates with
reference to the WSIS Process, in particular:
– In its capacity as leading facilitator in coordinating the multi-stakeholder
implementation of the Geneva Plan of Action. (para 109 of TAIS) and primary
organizer and host of the annual event in May, i.e. the WSIS Forum
– Facilitator of Action Lines C2 (Information and communication infrastructure)
and C5 (Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs); as well as C6
(Enabling Environment).
– Co-facilitator of Action Lines C1, C3, C4, C7, and C11
– Partner in Action Lines C8 and C9
– Rotating Chair and Vice Chair of the United Nations Group on Information
Society (UNGIS) (Para 103 of TAIS)
– Lead of Partnership on the Measuring the ICT for Development (Para 114 of
TAIS)
– Facilitator of the WSIS Stocktaking Process (Para 120 of TAIS)
– Organizer of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (Para 121
of TAIS)
– Lead of the Connect the World Initiative (Para 98 of TAIS)
– Others www.itu.int/en/itu-wsis/Pages/Contribution.aspx
Submission to the
UNGA Overall Review
per request of
ITU Membership (2015)

31. www.wsis.org
www.wsis.org/sdg
www.wsis.org/review
www.wsis.org/prizes
www.wsis.org/stocktaking
wsis-info@itu.int
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