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Civil society participated in the World Summit on the Information Society preparatory process and in the summit itself, according to the rules of procedure. This is largely the result of the European Union's efforts during the preparatory committees. Moreover, the summit's executive secretariat set up a civil society bureau organising 23 families in order to facilitate the participation of various civil society constituencies. It even held formal meetings with civil society representatives in Geneva on various occasions. It has allowed a broad convergence on key themes such as human rights, freedom of access to and communication of information, media or gender issues. I personally participated in a number of those.
Civil society adopted a declaration on the Information Society, which is available on the official summit website. Although the Commission has received rather positive feedback, some civil society representatives could estimate that their views have not been fully taken into account in the final documents adopted by the summit. Even if the proposals of civil society were not fully taken on board in the final documents, the Commission is convinced that they have played an influential role. As was also pointed out by the Conference of Non-governmental Organisations in consultative relations with the United Nations, some common language is emerging between governments and civil society representatives, paving the way for a better understanding and cooperation in the future.
Nevertheless, we must remember that the World Summit on the Information Society remains an intergovernmental process under United Nations rules, benefiting from the United Nations' legitimacy and United Nations principles of representation.
In its upcoming communication to the Council and Parliament, the Commission intends to propose to convey to the summit's executive secretariat a clear message in favour of a stronger role for civil society and to relay that position in its participation in the conference bureau as well as in its contributions."@en1
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