AGENDA. E-Participation: Empowering People through Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)

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1 AGENDA E-Participation: Empowering People through Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) A High Level Joint Expert Group Meeting by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) 1 Geneva, Switzerland, July 2013 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Headquarters DSPD-DPADM Joint Session Conference Room H Yellow Track: DSPD Session Expert Group Meeting Conference Room G1 Green Track: DPADM Session Conference Room H 1 This meeting is organized jointly by the Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) and the Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM) of the UNDESA. DSPD is responsible for the expert group meeting (yellow track) while DPADM is holding a 3-day international meeting (green track), to review the draft METEP toolkit ( the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for E-Participation Readiness) for co-design and application as part of its development account project entitled "Developing capacity for e-participation: Engaging citizens in development policy and decision-making processes through ICTs."

2 WEDNESDAY, 24 JULY :30 9:00 REGISTRATION 9:00 9:30 Opening Session Opening Remarks by: Ms. Daniela Bas, Director, DSPD, UNDESA Ms. Elia Armstrong, Chief, Division for Public Administration and Development Management (DPADM), UNDESA (video message) Mr. Anders Norsker, Chief,, Information Services Department, ITU Mr. Karim Boussaid, Head, Innovation and Partnership Department, ITU Welcome Remarks by Mr. Navid Hanif, Director, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, UNDESA 9:30 11:00 Plenary Session - E-Participation and Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges for All Facilitator: Ms. Daniela Bas, Director, DSPD, UNDESA Mr. John Mathiason, Managing Director of Associates for International Management Services (AIMS) and Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, USA Mr. Ramazan Altinok, Chief e-government Advisor at the Prime Minister's Office, Turkey Ms. Karen Tan, Senior Director, Public Communications Division, Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore 11:00 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30 13:00 E-Participation and Empowerment: Opportunities and Challenges for All (continued) Facilitator: Mr. John Mathiason, Managing Director of Associates for International Management Services (AIMS) and Visiting Lecturer, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs, USA 13:00 14:00 LUNCH Ms. Agüero María Elena, Deputy Secretary General, Club Madrid, Spain Mr. Nurlan Izmailov, Acting Chairman of the Board, Zerde National ICT Holding, Kazakhstan Mr. Ram Sewak Sharma, Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand, India

3 14:00 15:00 15:00 15:45 e-participation: Changes that Empower People Facilitator: Mr. Toshio Obi, Director, Institute of e- Government,Waseda University, Japan Mr. Jovan Kurbalija, Director, DiploFoundation, Switzerland Mr. Yih-Jeou Wang, Head of International Cooperation, Agency for Digitization, Denmark Mr. Mikhail Komarov, Department of Innovations and Business in IT, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia METEP - the Measurement and Evaluation Tool for E- Participation Readiness Facilitator: Mr. Vyacheslav Cherkasov, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, DPADM, UNDESA Mr. Deniz Susar, Governance and Public Administration Officer, DPADM, UNDESA Mr. Matt Poelmans,Director, CitizenVision, eparticipation Institute, Netherlands Mr. Yuri Misnikov, Digital Citizenship/e-Governance/e- Participation Scholar/Practitioner/Expert, Belarus 15:45 16:00 COFFEE BREAK 16:00 18:00 (continued) Three Stages of E-Participation Facilitator: Mr. Vyacheslav Cherkasov, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, DPADM, UNDESA Breakout into three separate groups: e-information, e-consultation and e- decision making after short presentation on the three stages of e- participation. 1. Legal Framework 2. Organizational Framework 3. Modalities and Channels including Outreach

4 THURSDAY, 25 JULY :00 10:00 E-Participation of Social Groups as Means for Social Inclusion: Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons Strengthening Participatory Governance: Challenges and Opportunities of Access to Information Facilitator: Mr. Axel Leblois, Executive Director, G3ict, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs Mr. Craig A. Lehmann, Dean School of Health Technology and Management, Stony Brook University, New York, USA Mr. Chris Rourke, Managing Director, User Vision, UK Mr. Claudio Giugliemma, CEO, LUCYTech AND President of Dominic Foundation, Switzerland Facilitator: Dr. Ramazan Altinok, Chief e-government Advisor at the Prime Minister's Office, Turkey Mr. Dumitru Alaiba, Advisor to the Prime Minister, Moldova Mr. Aries Kusdaryono, Section Head of Initiation of Public Service Application, & Mr. S. Juliandry Simanungkalit, Section Head of Local Government Services Applications, Direktorate of e- Government, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Republic of Indonesia 10:00 11:00 Strengthening Participatory Governance: Overcoming Current Obstacles for Better Consultation Mechanisms Facilitator: Mr. Nick Ashton-Hart, Geneva Representative, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), USA, Switzerland, Belgium Ms. Andreea Stoiciu, Coordinator, UN/WSIS, Romania Ms. Svetlana Maltsev, Dean of the Faculty of Business

5 Informatics, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia 11:00 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30 12:30 Innovative Strategies, Services and Tools for the Empowerment of People through e-participation Strengthening Participatory Governance: Decision-Making in Development Management 12:30 13:00 Facilitator: Mr. Dennis Anderson, Chairman, Department of Management and Information Technology at St. Francis College, USA Ms. Yuliya Morenets, Executive Director, Associate Professor, Strasbourg University, France Ms. Constance Bommelaer, Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships, Internet Society, Switzerland Ms. Shanu SP Hinduja, Chairperson, the Hinduja Foundation, India Facilitator: Ms. Olga Cavalli, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina Mr. Natiq Murshudov, Project Officer, Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies, Azerbaijan Mr. Simon Delakorda, M.Sc., Executive Director, Institute for Electronic Participation (INePA), Slovenia Mr. Mikhail Komarov, Department of Innovations and Business in IT, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia 13:00 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 15:15 Empowerment and E-Participation: Policy Recommendations Facilitator: Mr. Charles Y. Senkondo, Executive Director, Tanzania Global Development Learning Centre Ms. Jacqueline Rutjens, Deputy Director department Citizenship, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands Mr. Enrique Cusba, E-Government Director, Ministry of Information Communication and Technology, Columbia Ms. Ilaria Bottigliero, Acting Director, Research and Policy International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Italy Mr. Yuri Hohlov, Chair, Board of Directors, Institute of the Information Society, Russia 15:15 15:45

6 15:45 16:00 COFFEE BREAK & GROUP PHOTO 16:00 16:15 Presentation by: Mr. Amine Breakout group presentations Lamrabat, DSPD, UNDESA 16:15 16:50 16:50 17:00 (continued) Closing Remarks by: Ms. Daniela Bas, Director, DSPD, UNDESA Facilitator: Mr. Yuri Misnikov, Digital Citizenship/e-Governance/e- Participation Scholar/Practitioner/Expert, Belarus Rapparteurs: Legal Framework Ms. Olga Cavalli, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina Organizational Framework Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, India Channels and Modalities Mr. Boubker Babr, Director, Digital Economy, Government of Morrocco FRIDAY, 26 JULY :30 11:00 E-Participation: Flash Session Facilitator: Mr. Hani Eskendar, International Telecommunications Union Ms. Nathalie Labourdette, Head of Eurovision Academy, EBU Mr. Sanjay Jaju, Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, India Dr. Ramazan Altinok, Chief e-government Advisor at the Prime Minister's Office, Turkey 11:00 11:30 COFFEE BREAK 11:30 12:00 Closing Session & Way Forward Facilitator: Mr. Vyacheslav Cherkasov, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, DPADM, UNDESA

7 Dr. Ramazan Altinok, Chief e-government Advisor at the Prime Minister's Office, Turkey Mr. Nick Ashton-Hart, Geneva Representative, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), USA, Switzerland, Belgium Ms. Olga Cavalli, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina Mr. Yuri Misnikov, Digital Citizenship/e-Governance/e- Participation Scholar/Practitioner/Expert, Belarus 12:00 13:00 LUNCH 13:00 17:00 Working Group on METEP (By invitation only) Facilitator: Mr. Vyacheslav Cherkasov, Senior Governance and Public Administration Officer, DPADM, UNDESA