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POLITICAL DECLARATION OF THE “II WORLD SUMMIT OF CITIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY”    Images   Images of the World Summit   news   18/11/2005 The president of EUDEL takes part in the closing ceremony of the Tunis World Summit on the information society to inform the world authorities about the "Bilbao Declaration" 17/11/2005 Ibarretxe hands the conclusions of the Bilbao Summit to Kofi Annan in Tunis 11/11/2005 Bilbao Summit reinforces role of local and regional authorities as new players in international relations 10/11/2005 Cities and regions setting up channels for direct cooperation at Bilbao World Summit on digital divide 09/11/2005 The Bilbao World Summit of Cities and Regions tackling the digital divide will mark out the strategies to be studied at the Tunis Summit of world leaders At the Summit’s opening ceremony, the President of the Basque Government, Juan José Ibarretxe, highlighted the need for the world’s local authorities to work together to build a truly inclusive Information Society. 09/11/2005 The Bilbao World Summit tackling the digital divide opens with a message of solidarity urgin the removal of the obstacles to Internet access + news »   interesting links   Digital Solidarity Fund: Fund created to reduce the digital bridge. CIFAL BILBAO CIFAL-Bilbao implements, along with UNITAR, the international project for capacity development and training for the local authorities of the world in the area of the Information Society. Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society The network is a valid instrument to guarantee the effective cooperation between local authorities to access Information Society. It is coordinated from the Centre CIFAL BILBAO, assigned to the CIFAL Programme. World Summit on Information Society(WSIS) The second phase will take place in Tunis hosted by the Government of Tunisia, from 16 to 18 November 2005. + links »