The four-day World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) forum 2016, today, May 2, kicked off in Geneva, Switzerland,
reports ITRealms.
The forum expected to last till Friday this
week is being hosted by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),
United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO),
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNDP)
and UN Development Programme (UNDP) at the ITU Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland.
ITRealms also reports that the WSIS Forum
serves the UN as a mechanism for coordination of multi-stakeholder
implementation activities, information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing
of best practices and continues to provide assistance in developing
multi-stakeholder and public and private partnerships to advance development
goal, building on the UN General Assembly Overall Review
of the implementation of the WSIS outcomes which recognized
the necessity of holding this Forum on an annual basis.
In addition, the forum calls for a close
alignment between WSIS and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) processes.
The chairman of the WSIS Forum 2016 High-Level
Track, Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda (USA) said the Policy
Sessions will be moderated by High-Level Track Facilitators (HLTF)
nominated and identified by Civil Society, Private Sector, Technical Community
and Academia stakeholders. Remote participation is available through both Adobe Connect and live webcast.
Geneva time is CEST, 6 hours ahead of NYC.
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