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Subject: [Air-l] [Fwd: MISTICA: Unesco/ITU Global Symposium on Promoting
the Multilingual Internet] -------- Message original -------- Sujet: MISTICA: Unesco/ITU Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:09:45 -0400 De: Daniel Pimienta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Répondre à: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Global Symposium on Promoting the Multilingual Internet >Geneva, 9-11 May 2006 > >Registration: On-line Registration >Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Introduction >ITU and UNESCO are convening the Global Symposium on Promoting the >Multilingual Internet as a follow-up of Phase 2 of the World Summit >on the Information Society (WSIS). The Tunis Agenda for the >Information Society, adopted at the Tunis Phase of WSIS, highlights >the importance of multilingualism for bridging the digital divide. >It identifies ITU as taking the lead role in the implementation of >information and communication infrastructure (WSIS Tunis Agenda >Action Line C2), ITU/UNESCO for access o information and knowledge >(WSIS Tunis Agenda Action Line C3), and UNESCO for cultural >diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content (WSIS >Tunis Agenda Action Line C8). > >Objectives >The symposium will examine issues highlighted in paragraph 53 of the >WSIS Tunis Agenda, including: >Options for advancing the process for the introduction of >multilingualism in a number of areas including domain names, email >addresses and keyword look-up; >Options for implementing programmes, also in cooperation with other >appropriate organizations, that allow for the presence of >multilingual domain names and content on the internet and the use of >various software models in order to fight against the linguistic >digital divide and ensure the participation of all in the emerging new society; >Options for strengthening cooperation between relevant bodies for >the further development of technical standards and to foster their >global deployment; >In addition the event will review technical solutions and current >experiences, identify open issues and discuss a roadmap for further >steps to promote multilingualism in the internet. > >Call for Contributions >UNESCO and ITU are calling for written contributions on the themes >of the event and should be sent in final form to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] before 25 April 2006. Contributions will be >electronically available from the Symposium website in the language >received, for discussion at the meeting. -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of [EMAIL PROTECTED] board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the founding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.1/292 - Release Date: 24/03/2006 _______________________________________________ The [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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