Preparation for the Bilbao Summit

The Bilbao Summit will be prepared by:

The mobilisation of representatives from local authorities and their associations interested in debating their role in the Information Society and the responsibilities which this entails.
The establishment of cooperation between the public sector, the private one and the UN so as to develop applications and e-services which may contribute towards the development of all countries.
The organization of a series of activities of political and technical character, has been designed, to present the input of the Local Authorities and to establish the basis for a future knowledge exchange on the development of the information society.

The final goal is to present the conclusions obtained by Local Authorities worldwide throughout the process of the Summit of Bilbao and their further transfered to the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.

MILESTONES OF THE PROCESS

Therefore, 9 Thematic Workshops, one for each of the 9 key areas identified during the Geneva Summit: Accessibility and Inclusion, Culture and Identity, e-Government, e-Democracy, e-Health, e-Education, e-Business, Infrastructures and Safety and 4 Regional Conferences, one for each geographical area: Europe, Africa, Latin America-Caribbean and Asia-Pacific will be held. The conclusions of the “Conference on Financing Mechanisms” that will take place in May 2005 in Turin will be added to the results reached by the work groups.

LINKS TO THE 4 REGIONAL MEETINGS

You may access the PROGRAMME of Shanghai, Leipzig , Sao Paulo and Dakar's Regional Conferences by clicking on their names in the image above. (The information is available in pdf format.)

SAO PAULO:

You may access more information on the event in Sao Paulo by clicking on Regional Conference in Sao Paulo

DAKAR:

You may access the Declaration of Dakar (pdf format)

You may access more information on the event in Dakar by clicking on Regional Conference in Dakar

LEIPZIG:

You may access more information on the event in Leipzig by clicking on Regional Conference in Leipzig

SHANGAI:

Also you may access the PRESENTATION DOCUMENT of Shanghai´s Regional Conference (pdf format)and the PLAN OF ACTION FOR ASIA-PACIFIC E-CITIES ALLIANCE (pdf format)

LINKS TO ROADMAP EVENTS

1-San Mateo (California,USA); 29-30 June 2004

It aims to build consensus among municipal executives, industry practitioners, and regulators involved in technology policy development and implementation through establishing the strategies to develop Internet infrastructures in municipalities especially for public safety purposes.

The partners for this event are The II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO, W2i, United Nations ICT Task Force, IBM Cooperation, Intel Cooperation, FierceWireless, FierceWifi, Wellstein Steel and Associates International, LLC, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, Wimax Forum, MuniWireless.com.

Link to the event of San Mateo

2-Monterrey (Mexico); 8-9 September 2004

The meeting looks at underserved areas which cannot be reached with wired infrastructure and solutions for underserved areas in Latin America. Keynote speakers include Mr. Jose Maria Figueres, Chairman of UN ICT Taskforce, CEO of the World Economic Forum, former President of Costa Rica. Over 30 municipal leaders (mayors, CIOs, economic development executives) are among the participants.

The partners for this event are The II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO,W2i, United Nations ICT Task Force, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Intel Cooperation, Intel Mexico, IBM Cooperation, State Government of Nuevo León, FierceWireless, FierceWifi, Wellstein Steel and Associates International, LLC, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wilkinson Barker Knauer LLP, Wimax Forum, MuniWireless.com.

Link to the event of Monterrey

3-Barcelona (Spain), 9-11 September 2004

The Dialogue was aimed at informing makers and practicioners in the field of urban and community-based security, through the sharing of experiences and best practices from around the world. The core conference themes were examined in the context of the information society paying particular attention to innovative prospects offered by the use of information and communication technologies in promoting security and harmonious intercultural coexistence.

This event has aimed at contributing to the preparation of the II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities in the Information Society (Bilbao, 9-11 November 2005) and the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (Tunis, 16-18 November 2005) by proposing concrete proposals on how to include cultural diversity in security and coexistence policiy in the information society.

The partners for this event are the II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO, the Government of Catalonia, Regional Government of Barcelona, Intergovermental Agency of the Francophony (INTIF), Audio-video Broadcasting Council of Catalonia, APCO International, Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona, Equity International, European Forum for Urban Security, School of Police of Catalonia, Spanish Association for the United Nations.

Link to the event of Barcelona

4-Valenciennes (France), 3-4 February 2005

In total 500 players from local authorities, companies, international organisations, the States of Europe, NGO’s, associations, training centres, universities,the media, audiovisual production companies technical services. As an international forum, TIC21 will also be for UNITAR (UN) the official site for preparing aspects of “TIC’s and sustainable development for IT4ALL / BILBAO and the SMSI of TUNISIA in 2005.

The partners for this event are The II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO.

Link to the event of Valenciennes

Programm of the event of Valenciennes (.htlm)

5-Shanghai (China); 21-25 February 2005

5-day training session focusing on e-application for city administration, broadband as a multi-services platform and public safety in Asian context. Mayors from 10 to 15 big cities in China are the target audience.

The partners for this event are The II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO.

Link to the event in Shanghai

Programm of the event of Shangai (.doc)

6-Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); 22-23 February 2005

This workshop specifically looks at the challenges and opportunities for underserved areas in Latin America from local government’s perspective.

Link to the event of Rio de Janeiro

Agenda of the Workshop of Rio (.html)

7-Lake Toba (Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia); 10-12 March 2005

The essential of global partnership between regional governments, local authorities on early warning system to prevent disaster, rehabilitation and reconstruction of post disaster settlement within UN system.

Link to the event of Lake Toba (information to be posted soon)

Programm of the event of Lake Toba (.pdf)

8-Plock (Poland); 4-6 April 2005

3-day training session focusing on e-applications for city administration, broadband as a multi-services platform and public safety.Mayors and chiefs of IT departments are the target audience.

Link to the event of Plock

Draft Programm the event of Plock (.doc)

9-Geneva (Switzerland); 13-15 April 2005

Technical segment:

13th:CIFAL Network Day:internal meeting with Directors of CIFAL centres.

14th:Meeting of the CIFAL directors with DCP institutional partners.

Institutional segment:

15th:official presentation of the DCP and CIFAL network strategy and work plan.

Political consultation of the associations of Local Authorities on the Action Plan and Declaration of the Bilbao Summit

The partners for this event are the II World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities for the Information Society, IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society, Centre CIFAL BILBAO, International Association of Francophone Mayors (AIMF) International Association of Francophone Regions (AIRF). United Cities and Local Government (UCLG) and its regional organizations in North American, Asia Pacific, Middle East and West Asia, Euro-Asian Regional, Section Council of Cities and Regions in Africa (CCRA), Global Cities Dialogue, European Regional Information Society Association (ERISA), METROPOLIS, TELECITIES, CITYNET, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), American Federation of Cities, Municipalities and Associations (FLACMA), Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF), Conference of Legislative Assemblies of European Regions (CALRE).

10-Philadelphia (U.S.A); 2-4 May 2005

This 3-day conference covers technological aspect, regulatory aspect and financial aspect of broadband wireless network for city administrations. There will panel discussions by experts in this field, presentation of case studies by the participants and brainstorm workshops for all interested in broadband applications for local government.

Link to the event of Philadelphia

Draft programm of the event of Phildelphia (.doc)

11Durban (South Africa); 17-19 of May 2005

Link to the event of Durban

The programme of Durban's meeting (pdf format)

12-Cape Town (South Africa); 4-7 July 2005

This conference will explore the use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education and the Teaching of Informatics.The conference will provide an opportunity for participants to: •Report on successful (and unsuccessful) ICT projects in Education •Predict trends for the future It will be a conference for everyone involved in education and training with an interest in learning more about the potential for ICT in education.

Link to the event of Cape Town

Link to the Draft Brochure of Cape Town's Round Table (pdf format)