GOVERNANCE-FOR-POVERTY ALLEVIATION WORKSHOP

AGENDA The Bishkek Stakeholder Conference on the Information Society for the CIS region (with participation of China, India, South Korea, Mongolia, and Turkey) Isyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan, 9-11 September 2002 Organized by the Kyrgyz Government, UNDP Regional Suport Centre in Bratislava, and GIPI
plenary session -- day ONE, september 9
13:30	Registration
14:30	Opening Chairman of the conference presents the conference objectives and outlines the key issues to be discussed:
14.45	Official Welcome by the President or Prime-Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic	Why Kyrgyzstan initiated and hosts the conference and how is builds the information society
15.15	Stakeholder Perspectives of the Region in the Era of Globalization
	Keynote speech: Regional Communication Union
	Keynote speech: UNDP
	Keynote speech: CIS Executive Committee
	Keynote speech: Government of Romania (host country of the pan-European Ministerial Meeting)
	Keynote speech: ITU (organizer of the World Summit on the Information Society)
	Keynote speech: UN Economic Commission for Europe
	Keynote speech: GIPI
	Keynote speech: (TBD)
16:30	Coffee-break
17.00	Country presentations on the key issues: status and best practices in infrastructure, universal access, content and applications, inclusion and partnerships.	Country presenters are free to select any of the offered topics or cover all the topics
18.30	Summary and comments by the Chairman
19.30	Reception on behalf of the government of the Kyrgyz Republic
	plenary session -- day TWO, september 10
9.00	Keynote speech: World Bank
	Keynote speech: UNICEF
	Keynote speech: Expert on the information society policies
	Keynote speech: Expert on the role of legislation
	Keynote speech: Expert on the role of partnerships (with civil society and business community)
	Keynote speech: Expert on the universal access issue
sectoral sessions
10.00-17.30	Section 1: People and the information society Harnessing ICT for social and economic benefits Opportunities for human development offered by the information society Information security, privacy and antiterrorism Gender equality in access to ICT networks and information Safeguarding national and cultural identity in the era of global information society Youth as the future of the information society.		(Facilitators and rapporteurs to be determined)
	Section 2. Development of the ICT infrastructure for the information society Opportunities for greater competitiveness in the area of ICT and telecoms development (liberalization, regulation, privatization) Regional policies in privatization Investment opportunities as a result of enabling policies Problem of the universal access Electronic commerce as a tool to promote economic development Integration of information and telecommunication networks (including World electronic trust)		(Facilitators and rapporteurs to be determined)
	Section 3. Readiness for the information society Opportunities for bridging ‘the digital divide’ National ICT-for-Development strategies (best practices) Role of electronic education in building the information society Need for unified criteria and methods in undertaking readiness assessments Need for government-citizen communication and partnerships between the state, private sector and civil society as a condition of building the information society for all		(Facilitators and Rapporteurs to be determined)
13:00	Lunch
16:00	Coffee break
17:30	Reports by the Rapporteurs; summary and comments by the Chairman
18:00	Election of the Drafting group to prepare the Resolution of the Bishkek Conference for the Bucharest pan-European Ministerial Meeting
19:00	Dinner

plenary session -- day THREE, september 11
9:00	Continuation of the work of the Drafting group to prepare the Conference Resolution
10:30	Presentation and discussion of the Resolution
12:00	Adoption of the final text of the Resolution
13:00	Concluding remarks of the Chairman on the next steps and closure of the Conference
13:30	Lunch
14:30	Trip to mountains