information-habitat.net/projects/oewgngo.htm
peace cube - twin virtual light and colour cube peace cube - twin virtual light and colour cube

key domains | peace cubes | digital bridges in peace | uniting for peace | gandhi-king season |
key classes | peace | conferences | public participation | habitat | ecological design | index | search

Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultation with Non-Government Organizations
access to informationinformation ecologyparticipatory processespublic participationunited nations |
    Role: NGO Participant
    Active participant in consultations and presentation of written interventions focusing on the effective and systematic use of electronic communications to facilitate the participation of NGOs in the work of the United Nations.
New York, NY
1994.06-1997.06
    Documents
    International Synergy Institute
    The first web site - while serving as the UN Representative for the International Synergy Institute, a previous home of Information Habitat, and an accredited Non-Governmental Organization to the 1992 Earth Summit and subsequently to the Roster of the UN Economic and Social Council for the purposes of participation in the Commission on Sustainable Development.

New York
1994.05
    Some Critical Issues for the NGO Review
    Identification of key areas that had been addressed by the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations.
    information-habitat.net/interven/critical.htm

New York
1994.06
    Key Issues for the Open-ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations
    Identification of some of the priority concerns for NGOs from among those that were addressed during the First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group
    information-habitat.net/interven/ngoadhoc.htm

New York
1994.06
    Strengthening Procedures for Consultation
    Statement submitted at the First Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for consistency of procedures for consultation, on the role on national non-governmental organizations, practical arrangements, provisions for timely and effective access to documents, and modalities for consultation.
    information-habitat.net/interven/oewg9406.htm

New York
1994.06
    Proposal: Establishment of a Consolidated DPCSD Database
    Proposal for the establishment of an electronic database of NGO contacts, to support the long-term strategy of the Department of Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development regarding the new relationship emerging between the United Nations and the non-governmental sector. The proposal is based on a review of the existing arrangements for maintaining information on non-governmental organizations, information needs of NGO focal points, and an assessment of software alternatives.

New York
1994.08
    Strengthening NGO Participation at the United Nations
    Statement submitted at the Inter-sessional Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for strengthening NGO participation at the UN, including the creative application of information and communication technology in support of systematic arrangements for broader and more timely access to UN documents and the establishment of an Information and Communication Center for compilation and dissemination of UN documents.
    information-habitat.net/interven/oewg9411.htm

New York
1994.11
    Utilization of information and communication technology in support of broad-based participation and access to information
    Statement submitted by the International Synergy Institute at the Second Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations. Recommendations for the systematic application of information and communication technology in support of arrangements for broader and more timely access to UN documents and for consultation with non-governmental organizations.
    information-habitat.net/interven/oewg9505.htm

New York
1995.05
    Methodology for the General Assembly to examine the question of the participation of NGOs in all areas of the work of the United Nations
    Speaking notes for Information Habitat at the Informal Soundings on ECOSOC Decision 1996/297. Recommendations, inter alia, on an inclusive approach to participation of NGOs, on the value of systematic use of information and communication technology, and on examination of innovative participation processes used in the Habitat II conference.
    information-habitat.net/interven/is-9611.htm

New York
1996.12
    The application of modern information and communication technology to improve practical arrangements in support of strengthened participation of non-governmental organizations in the work of the United Nations
    Recommendations for use of information technology to strengthen participation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including enhanced access to United Nations documents, the Daily Journal and press releases by NGOs in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council.
    information-habitat.net/interven/app9701.htm

New York
1997.01
9999.99-9999.99  
Open-Ended Working Group on the Review of Arrangements for Consultation with Non-Government Organizations
access to informationinformation ecologyparticipatory processespublic participationunited nations |

peace cube - virtual light and colour cube information ecology projects peace cube - twin virtual light and colour cube

key domains | peace cubes | digital bridges in peace | uniting for peace | gandhi-king season |
key classes | peace | conferences | public participation | habitat | ecological design | index | search

a project of information habitat: where information lives
information ecology index is registered as common content
under a creative commons attribution-noncommercial-sharealike license