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Ahead of the World Summit on Information Society in Tunis next month, a three-day international workshop on building an information society begins in the capital today (Sunday).
The Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are jointly organising the workshop titled "Building Information Society: Road 2 Tunis" at Bhasani Novo Theatre, reports BDNEWS.
About 22 experts from 18 countries are expected to join the workshop, according to organisers.
Science and ICT Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan will inaugurate the workshop while Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan, Bhutanese Information and Communication Minister Layonpo Leki Dorji and UNDP resident representative Jorgen Lissner will be present.
There will be a road show on the inaugural day apart from seminar sessions.
Seminars will be held on UN World Summit Award on e-content and creativity, role of ICT in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), gender and ICT, financing for ICT infrastructure and Solidarity Fund, Internet Governance and Telecom Regulation, Rural Access to ICT as a bridge to remove the digital divide, role of civil society and the private sector in building information society and e-governance: Path Towards Improved Citizens Services.
The workshop will also bring out a Dhaka Declaration, to be used in the "World Summit on the Information Society", which will take place from November 16-18 in Tunis.
The summit will provide a unique opportunity for all key stakeholders, heads of state, executive heads of United Nations (UN) agencies, industry leaders, non-government organisations (NGOs), media representatives and civil society to assemble at a high-level gathering.
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