1. PRESENTATION OF THE BILBAO SUMMIT Riga- Latvia, April- 2005

2. 1. THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AND THE ROLE OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre GLOBAL PROCESS OF REFLECTION SOCIETYINFORMATION 2005 2003 GENEVA, 9th-12th December TUNIS, 16th-18th November

3. 2. FROM LYON TO BILBAO: LOCAL AUTHORITIES DEVELOPING THEIR AGENDA Local Authorities 1st PHASE WSIS 123 4 PREPARATORY CONFERENCES GENEVA 2nd PHASE WSIS PREPARATORY CONFERENCES TUNIS

4. 3. THE PLAYERS AT THE BILBAO SUMMIT Members of the Civil Society 2.000 Local Authorities Representatives of companies from the ICT sector

5. 4. STRUCTURE OF THE SUMMIT OF BILBAO GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre

6. 5. PREPARATION FOR THE BILBAO SUMMIT

7. 1.1. GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre –Global process of reflection(Ginebra - Diciembre 2003 y Túnez - Noviembre 2005). –Objetivo de la CMSI: Alcanzar una visión común de la Sociedad de la Información y aprobar una Declaración y Plan de Acción. –Proceso abierto: Estados, Sector Privado y Sociedad Civil. ONLY LOCAL AUTHORITIES (CIVIL SOCIETY) RESULTS:  DECLARATION OF BILBAO  PLAN OF ACTION RESULTS:  DECLARATION OF TUNIS  PLAN OF ACTION STATES + CIVIL SOCIETY (Local Authorities)+ PRIVATE SECTOR 6. THE VISION OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES AT THE TUNIS SUMMIT

8. 7. BILBAO AND ITS COMMITMENT IN FAVOUR OF DIGITAL SOLIDARITY GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre Network of CIFAL Centers IT4ALL DIGITAL SOLIDARITY FUND PESI CIFAL BILBAO

9. 8. ORGANIZERS GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre ORGANIZERS: ORGANIZERS: the Bilbao Summit is organized by the Basque Government with the support of the UNO through the United nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

10. 8. SUPPORT GINEBRA, 9-12 diciembre SUPPORT: SUPPORT: it also has the support, among others, of:

11. www.it4all-bilbao.org/www.it4all-regions.org/ www.cifalbilbao.org/ www.it4all.net 11. Local Authorities building an Information society for all

12. MORE INFORMACIÓN Xabier Abaroa xabaroa@robotiker.es