Consultation of e-Business Stakeholders for the WSIS+10 Review
Action Line: C7 – e-Business
C7: E-business moderator/facilitator: UNCTAD
Co-facilitators: International Trade Centre (ITC), Universal Postal Union (UPU)
You can find detailed information about the mandate from the Geneva Plan of Action as regards e-business here: http://www.itu.int/wsis/c7/e-business/index.html
The C7 e-Business action line covers the following items:
a) Governments, international organizations and the private sector, are encouraged to promote the benefits of international trade and the use of e-business, and promote the use of e-business models in developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
b) Through the adoption of an enabling environment, and based on widely available Internet access, governments should seek to stimulate private sector investment, foster new applications, content development and public/private partnerships.
c) Government policies should favour assistance to, and growth of SMMEs, in the ICT industry, as well as their entry into e-business, to stimulate economic growth and job creation as an element of a strategy for poverty reduction through wealth creation.
In view of the above, in the context of the Review of the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) 10 years of implementation, please take a few minutes to answer the following questions. Deadline for submission is 31 January 2013:
Mr./Ms.
Question 1: What do you consider to be the most important achievements in the area of e-business since 2005?
Question 2: In what areas do you think most progress has been made with regard to e-business since 2005?
Question 3: In what areas do you think least progress has been made with regard to e-business since 2005?
Question 4: What actions should be taken to make future implementation of e-business more effective?
Question 5: In your view, what important new issues or themes concerning e-business deserve more attention in the next five years?
Question 6: Please make any specific comments that you wish to make with regard to the implementation of e-business.
Your views will be shared at the WSIS+10 Review meeting in Paris, 25-27 February 2013.