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Swiss Report IFIP (GA’2006)

lundi 18 septembre 2006, par BOBILLIER P-A, Morel Raymond






IFIP FULL MEMBER SOCIETY REPORT 2006
to the General Assembly, Santiago (after WCC’2006) :

(report to download from

http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=29)

1. After the change of Name and By-Laws

As reported the last two years the name of the Swiss Member of IFIP is now ICTswitzerland. The main change was the important enlargement of scope from IT to ICT. Todate it encompasses 20 organizations with roughly 9’000 personal and 2’000 corporate members. A new team has replaced the committee which had operated the federation since its start in May 2004. The new committee, with the new Chairman Stefan Arn, has been completed and reinforced by the election of representatives of SME’s and country level politics. It has announced the following priority themes :

1.1 Proactive themes :

  • Education and Lifelong Learning After the basic informatization of the schools and educational institutions through the "Public Private Partnership"program (PPP), "School on the net" (PPP SiN) - see below - and "Swiss Virtual Campus" (SVC) we must now develop learning and teaching means, methods and scenarios and make them directly applicable and available to the schooling system. This is particularly true for the pedagogical schools and for the initial education of future teachers but also for the adult lifelong learning.
  • Digital ID Management A conference was held in November 2005 on "Digital ID management/One NUMBER per Person" organised by the Swiss computer science society (SI) and ICTswitzerland as well as the Federal Office for statistics, the Swiss federal data protection officer and the SAP company. A Workshop is scheduled for November 2006 on "ID management and Trust" whose objective is to formalise a Swiss strategy in this field.
  • Pervasive Computing ICTswitzerland, the Risiko-Dialog foundation and the Datenschutz (Data protection) foundation established in 2005 a yearly dialog on information security in view of self regulation. A report is expected in 2006 on the chances and risks with associated recommendations for a "code of conduct". Workshops will be organised on : - RFID in handle, - Pervasive Computing in the health system, Pervasive Computing in Traffic, etc.. in cooperation with participants of the economy, users associations, authorities and scientists.

1.2 Reactive themes :

  • Swiss Information Society After the published revision of the Federal Council strategy for the information society it was decided not to actively discuss it. It was generally accepted that it is too weak and that much more crucial efforts are necessary to allow Switzerland to catch up the existing arrears.
  • e-Government In its revised strategy for the information society the Federal Council has defined two priority domains : e-Health and e-Government. E-Government presents a large improvement potential in particular in the relations between central administrations, cantons, communes and entreprises where the current regulations are a serious obstacle to an efficient operation. A study trip is planned in 2006 to Vienna/Austria for politicians and representatives of the industry and the ICT sector to evaluate the potential improvements in the field.
  • ICT Enterprises in Switzerland In 2004 an ICTswitzerland evaluation showed 11’ 329 independent IT-enterprises. The gross value in 2003 of these software enterprises represented 12,2 billion CHF, or 2.8% of the national product. It is nevertheless accepted that these numbers are underestimated and appropriate actions are planned (inquiry among ICTswitzerland members and creation of a Task force) to find out what must be done for a better utilisation of these huge resources. In particular in aspects like education, transparency and right security, improved market visibility, etc...

ICTswitzerland is also member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering sciences (SATW) - see below- and as full member of IFIP is the voice of our country at this level.

www.ictswitzerland.ch/de/index.asp

2. The interesting Model for the Swiss Representation within IFIP managed by SARIT and supported by SATW and SARIT

One of the member societies of ICTswitzerland is SARIT (Swiss Association for Research in Information Technology) of which all Swiss university professors in Computer Science are members. SARIT is the natural body to take care of the scientific international contacts of ICTswitzerland, including those to IFIP and to ERCIM (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics). Its Board has now the delegated responsibility for the operational duties of the Swiss representation to IFIP. SARIT and SATW pay a part of the costs of the Swiss representation in IFIP. Within SARIT the "Swiss IFIP Committee" (SIC) - see below - encompasses the Swiss Delegates to IFIP’s General Assembly and TCs.

http://www.sarit.ch/ifip/index.html and
http://www.ictswitzerland.ch/de/organisation/ifip/kommission-ifip.asp and
http://www.ictswitzerland.ch/de/organisation/ifip/kommission-ifip-3.asp

Yearly spendings of Swiss IFIP delegates In order to get an evaluation of the importance of resources spent by IFIP delegates to TC’s and WG’s a survey is repeated on a regular basis. The delegates are asked how much they spend annually in :

  • person days (meeting attendance, home work, reports, meeting preparation, etc..) and
  • travel expenses (airline/train tickets, hotel and meals, registration fees or receptions for invitees, etc..)

The numbers vary significantly ; for example, the time spent varies from 5 to 50 days/year. The maximum happens when the TC rep has several IFIP functions (for example GA, Council Member, TC Officer, etc..) or when in charge of organising an IFIP event in Switzerland. The evaluation was done last for the year 2005.

For 2005 the resulting average numbers are the following :
Total expenses per TC representative : 16.3 kfr/person/year
With today (as of January 2006) 61 specialists from Swiss Academia and industry participating in 11 TC’s and 31 WG’s, this represents a total Swiss effort of approximately 995’000 fr/year of which 110 kfr for airline tickets.

These activities would of course be impossible without the IFIP delegates employers. They however tend to restrict allowing "free time" to their employees for obvious reasons. Fortunately at least the airline tickets for the TC delegates (although a small part of the total) are in principle supported by SATW and SARIT. Both organisations have therefore to be thanked for their valuable support (CHF 25000.- for all travel expenses and annual fee to IFIP, amount to compare with the global effort above).

It must be noted however that no support is provided to the Working Group members who rely only on their employers’ support.
This support for the international activities is a very important contribution for the whole Switzerland which makes possible the efficient Swiss participation in IFIP.

3. Swiss IFIP Committee (SIC)

SIC is the name of ICTswitzerland’s committee for IFIP. Its members are the delegates to IFIP Technical ctees and to the GA. and meet once a year.
ICT Switzerland is represented in TC 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13. Today 61 specialists from Swiss Academia and industry are participating in these 11 TC’s and 31 WG’s. In its January 2006 annual meeting we welcomed two new members appointed in 2005 : Prof. Y.Pigneur (TC 8) succeeding Dr.M.Junet and Prof. J.Rolim (TC 1) succeeding Prof. U.Nestmann who left EPFL for the Berlin University. We will have to appoint a successor to Markus Stolze (TC 13) who recently left Switzerland for the USA.
During the meeting were discussed : - review of the 2005 activities in every TC, - information after the 2005 Council and GA meetings, - results of WITFOR 2005, - SIC accounts 2005 and budget 2006/2007, - means for improving the speading of IFIP information in Switzerland, WCC 2006, WITFOR 2007, etc. .
It was noted that R.Morel, as IFIP trustee, is chairing the task force « New IFIP Strategy ». The 2005 SIC report is on : http://ict.satw.ch/

For more details on collaboration and exchange of information , activities and projects between IFIP, SIC, ICTswitzerland and SATW (Swiss Academy of engineering sciences) consult :
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=29
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=21
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/article.php3 ?id_article=287

2005 has also been the year of the preparation of the revision of the Federal Council strategy on the Information Society and the establishment of the e-Power initiative - see below. Several SIC members have actively participated to the ict.satw.ch reports which propose urgent significants measures in relation to the revised strategy.

http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=21

4. Education Committee (KB) of ICTswitzerland : Improving ICT Education & Competency in Switzerland

The former working group computer science training (AIA) has been reorganised under the name KB (Kommission Bildung) and is concerned with ICT education at all levels. A new charter was established and the committee was reinforced including a new very competent and experienced chairman.
A Workshop took place during which were discussed and prioritised the themes to be studied and the planned deliverables. KB is concerned at one end with education at primary school (student and teachers) where ICT is not considered enough and at the other end with continuous education of ICT working people qualification maintenance (Lifelong Learning). Working groups were organised with the objective to discuss with the establishment (status of the education system, Education policies, ..). It will organise conferences and seminars and formulate recommendations to improve the overall education situation in Switzerland.

http://www.ictswitzerland.ch/de/organisation/kommissionen-kb.asp and
http://www.bbt.admin.ch/e/index.htm and
http://www.bbt.admin.ch/berufsbi/profil/e/index.htm and
http://www.bbt.admin.ch/dossiers/bildung/e/index.htm and
http://www.bbt.admin.ch/berufsbi/grund/feld/informatik/f/ and
http://www.i-ch.ch/index_e.cfm

5. ECDL/ICDL

ECDL : European Computer Driving Licence
ICDL : International Computer Driving Licence (for territories outside Europe)

The Swiss Informatics Society (SI) is pleased to report that a significant milestone has been reached this year : Over 1% of the total Swiss population of 7.5 million have enrolled in the ECDL programme to date. There was a reason for this achievement : "The concept is very attractive and our employees feel that ECDL certificates improve their chances on the employment market" (Franz Weibel, Director, IT education services at SWISS POST, one of Switzerland’s largest employer).

"What competencies do we need for a successful life and a well-functioning society ?" asks the OECD in a recent study. "…For example, the ability to communicate effectively is a competency that may draw on an individual’s knowledge of language, practical IT skills and attitudes towards those with whom he or she is communicating" (DeSeCo News : Definition and selection of key competencies, Executive Summary (30-Jun-2005) - http://www.oecd.org/edu/statistics/deseco. The SI is fully motivated to persevere in its efforts and carry on the promotion of those key practical IT skills in Switzerland. ECDL is the ideal instrument to achieve this on a large scale and in all sectors of the population.

www.s-i.ch and
www.ecdl.ch

6. Ethics - Swiss ICT Code of Conducts

The SI (Swiss Informatics Society), member of ICTswitzerland has now adopted an "ICT Code of conduct". It was approved by the SI general assembly and is now in force and recommended to all SI members. It was the result of the work of an ad-hoc group chaired by Prof L.Hilty, Swiss delegate to the TC 9.

The next step is to discuss its possible adoption by other Swiss organisations.

http://www.s-i.ch/si_aktivitaeten_ethik_richtlinien.php ?L=d

7. The Knight of Communication competition and award

The "Knight of the Communication" is a contest organized by the federal Office of the Culture and the federal Office of the Communication (OFCOM), whose first edition took place in 2001. The goal of the contest is to promote the use of communication and information technologies (ICT) among all the layers of the population and contribute to preventing the numerical fracture within Switzerland.
All people living in Switzerland can participate. The Youth price of SATW is reserved to those born in 1975 or later.
The 2005 winners (from about fifty groups and individual persons) received their price from Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission, responsible for the Information Society and Media and Fulvio Caccia, vice-president of the Swiss Academy of engineering sciences (SATW). The first price (50’000 CHF) was won by Fabian Schweizer for a project : "RoSaNa" which was qualified as an invaluable contribution to the equal opportunity in the information society. It is a tool which uses communication and information technologies to support the mobility of people in wheelchair. It makes it possible to the disabled people to receive by GPS on a pocket computer the information useful for his way and constantly updated. Thanks to the award the project will be carried out with the supervision of the OFCOM The Youth price (10’000 CHF) was won by a school team in Zürich for the project "Security in Internet".

http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/article.php3 ?id_article=306
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/article.php3 ?id_article=305
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/article.php3 ?id_article=307

8. The Swiss Academy of Engineering sciences (SATW) and the ICT Committee with its 3 working groups

ICTswitzerland is one of the some 60 member organisations of the SATW. The ICT Comittee of the SATW was created in 2002 to promote ICT in Switzerland. Raymond Morel, its chairman and member of the SATW Scientific Board, created three working groups :e-Education, e-Health and e-Society which collaborate with many partners
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=40

Different kind of events were already organised in Switzerland to bring a scientific and professional contribution towards the revised Government Strategy for the Information Society. Several delegates to IFIP TC’s take part in these activities. Some examples :

  • Contributions of the ICT Commission of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) towards the revision of the Swiss Government Strategy for an Information Society
    ict.satw.ch/SPIP/IMG/mun200411.pdf

9. e-Power

In order for Switzerland to place itself at the head of ICT in the field of e-Government, e-Health, e-education and research and development, the initiative "more e-Power for Switzerland" was launched by important actors of the political scene and economic environment.
A Founders’ meeting took place in May 2005 for the launching of "e-Power" followed by a meeting, in September, of approximately 40 top representatives from politics, economics, science, administration and government.
At the end of 2005 over 1’ 000 actors of the ICT industry and federations had indicated their support evidencing the large acceptance of e-Power : the ICT sector is now running for the Swiss national economy not only with words but also with concrete projects. (http://www.epower-initiative.ch)
The objectives are for Switzerland to engage itself in actions leading to raise the productivity and the economic growth in using the ICT technologies and to reach a top position.

Concrete objectives :

  • Change over the priority in the administration : Starting 2008 each new process in the administration is first implemented electronically (can be converted to paper-form only if necessary),
  • Strict separation : the state dedicates itself only to its basic tasks, the remainder (infrastructures, portal and transportation functions) are done by private organisations.
    By 2010 :
  • at least the following transactions can be completed electronically by the users : setting-up of a new business, information exchange of parents with the elementary school administration, tax declaration and perception including VAT, insurance handling between employers and employees, payment of state bills, communication between citizen and public administrations.
  • citizens can - if they wish - complete all health administrative transactions, do not have to seize again data, which exist already in administrations. The keyword is :"the data run, not the citizens".
  • 12 companies from the world-wide large ICT companies or European headquarters or research laboratories should have settled in Switzerland,
  • significant parts of Swiss universities studies are available on Internet,
  • a computer science platform with the appropriate organizational structure exists, allowing an efficient knowledge and experience exchange, an effective search of experts as well as easy open forums.

ICTswitzerland has decided to fully support e-Power and contribute to its success.
Here again the COM ICT has contributed with some suggestions.
http://ict.satw.ch/SPIP/rubrique.php3 ?id_rubrique=73

10. Main Events in Switzerland

  • The Conference on "Interoperability of Enterprise Application Software", supported by WG 8.1, took place in Geneva, February 21-25, 2005. It was hosted by the University of Geneva and supported by IFIP, ACM SIGAPP (Special Interest Group on Applied Computing) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Education and Research and attracted a total of 146 participants. It was co-located and organised with the eGOV INTEROP’05 Annual Conference organized by the Observatory on „Interoperable e-Government Service".
    http://interop-esa05.unige.ch/INTEROP/index.html
  • The TC 2 VSTTE conference "Verified Software : Theories, Tools, Experiments" took place at ETH Zurich, 10-13 October 2005 and brought to Zurich many of the world’s top experts in program proving, programming methodology, program testing, model checking and other areas of software quality research. It was described as a great success and may be continued by the creation of working groups and several journal publications. See http://vstte.ethz.ch/
    IFIP TC2 sponsorship has been requested for a conference at ETH Zurich on "Software Engineering for Outsourced and Offshored Development" on 14-16 October 2006, whose call for papers is currently open ; see http://seafood.ethz.ch/
  • The conference VIS 2005 : "Visions of the Information Society", final Conference of the ’Sustainability in the Information Society’ program, was held at Empa, St. Gallen, November 3-4, 2005, with TC9 co-sponsorship including the Kick-off meeting of the new WG 9.9 ICT and Sustainable Development.
  • An other TC 2 important event took place in June 2006 in Como, near the Swiss border : the international Conference (OSS 2006) on " Open Software". OSS 2006 was the foundation conference of the IFIP TC 2 WG 2.13 on Open Source Software, and attracted many researchers from all over the world interested in how OSS is produced, in its huge innovation potential in many different application fields and in OSS innovative business models.
    http://oss2006.dti.unimi.it/

11. Public Private Partnership - A Swiss National Project
Launched in December 2002 for 5 years by the OPET (Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology), the initiative "Public Private Partnership - Scool on the Net" (PPP-SiN) has the aims to promote the use of IT resources, multimedia and the Internet for educational purposes. Primary and secondary schools throughout Switzerland are being given rapid and simple access to new information and communication technologies. The partners involved : the central Government, the cantons, and the private sector, provide services corresponding to their areas of competence. In spite of the reduction of the initial planned financial government support the progress is satisfactory.

Information on the further evolution of PPP, on running offers from the industry partners, on software, past experiences by teachers, or special events is available on the Swiss education server..2005 was also the beginning of the operation Good Pr@ctice.

http://www.educa.ch/dyn/1820.htm and

http://www.ppp-sin.ch/dyn/1916.asp ?lang=fr

12. Information Society in Switzerland - Revised Government Strategy on the Information Society

Since February 1998, the Swiss government has been conducting a massive campaign to promote the information and communications technologies (ICT). In the text which forms the basis for the Confederation’s actions in this area, various official bodies were mandated to lead the federal administration’s ICT activities and to make the Swiss population aware of the challenges of the information era.
The site http://www.infosociety.ch/site/default.asp ?dossiers=&id_fiche=2789 _ was established which describes the federal actions in promoting ICT.

As mentioned in paragraph 8 above, the ICT Committee, including several IFIP TC representatives, contribute actively to these activities.

Extracts from the introduction in the report Contributions of the ICT Commission of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) towards the revision of the Swiss Government Strategy for an Information Society
ict.satw.ch/SPIP/IMG/mun200411.pdf

During the last two years, the Federal Council tries to adapthis 1998 strategy and finally in January 2006 announces the revisionwith two major priorities :

These developments give the opportunity to SATW to underline its determination to collaborate to an achievment more complete of the information society in Switerland (see above the e-Power initiative) http://ict.satw.ch/pdf/SATW_WBR_ICT_…CH_050921_d_f.pdf

Other References :

13. The follow-up of EKS Forum (« Engineering the Knowledge Society ») during the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS)

After December 2003 and the WSIS phase I, IFIP continues to promote ideas of the Geneva Declaration and action plan, namely with :

These two declaration were presented at Bilbao beginning of November 2005 for the World Summit of Ciities and Regions) as well during the WSIS phase II in Tunis (mid-November 2005).

Now with Montreal (2002) declaration for Youth and Vilnius declaration (2003), it is now time for IFIP to go from these many recommandations to concrete actions.
According to the new IFIP strategy in elaboration - see below, some recent actions must be mentionned here :

  • At the internal level, the IFIP SDP (Sustainable Development Programme) and activities of DCSC
  • Links with other bodies at international level - see below (IITE, UNITAR, EENet, EURO-CASE, etc.)
  • IFIP’s role with DSF (Digital Solidarity Fund) - see below
  • The increase of importance of OSS (Open Source Software)- enrolement of IFIP at OSS’2006 in Como last June http://oss2006.dti.unimi.it/index.php ?panels.html

14. Digital Solidarity Fund (DSF) - Digital Solidarity Agency (DSA) and IFIP (mainly extracts from the web sites of DSF and DSA)

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=4&sub=11
The Summit provides a general framework resulting from the commitments made by the international community.

The Summit took place in two phases : Geneva, in December 2003, and Tunis, in November 2005. The Summit final documents highlight the vision and the strategies decided upon to use IT to achieve the Millenium Development Goals, reduce poverty and stimulate social and economic development worldwide.

The following WSIS documents
http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html
have become a reference for all stakeholders :

  • Geneva Summit Declaration
  • Geneva Summit Declaration Action Plan
  • The Tunis Commitment
  • The Tunis Agenda

From digital divide to solidarity

http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=4&sub=5
The digital divide has been acknowledged for a long time.
Since the beginning of the use of IT the divide has broadened. (Some figures and comparaisons with Citizens of industrialized countries)

Background of the Digital Solidarity Fund
http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/03-en.htm
The digital solidarity is an African initiative presented by His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal, in his quality of Head for new information and communication technologies (ICTs), within the New Partnership for Development in Africa (NEPAD).

On the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which first phase was held in Geneva from 10 to 12 December 2003, an initiative committee formed by the President of Senegal, the Mayor of Geneva, Mr. Christian Ferrazino, the Mayor of Lyon, Mr. Gérard Collomb, and the President of the Province of Torino, Ms Mercedes Bresso decided to establish the Digital Solidarity Fund.

The announcement of its creation by the Mayor of Lyon and the Mayor of Geneva in the WSIS Plenary of 12 December 2003 followed its adoption by the World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society (4-5 December 2003). The new Digital Solidarity Fund has been established in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Millennium Declaration, the Johannesburg Declaration and the « Monterrey Consensus ».

Political support
The Global Digital Solidarity Fund is supported by the initial contributions of the 20 Founding Members (nation States ; regions and provinces ; cities and local governments ; international agencies). In addition it has already received many political supports.
http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/03-en.htm

From the digital divide to the need for a worldwide solidarity movement
http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/02-en.htm
In order to complement existing national and international financial resources, the creation of a world Digital Solidarity Fund based on voluntary contributions and operating in a prompt and transparent manner constitutes an appropriate response to the uneven distribution and use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The mission of the newly established Digital Solidarity Fund is to promote and finance development projects that will enable excluded people and countries to enter the new era of the Information Society. (see Objectives of the Digital Solidarity Fund) http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/05-en.htm

The Digital Solidarity Fund and the « Geneva Principle »

http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/19-en.htm
The Digital Solidarity Fund is sustained through the voluntary commitment of public authorities and/or private entities who decide to implement a new financing mechanism for development, named the « Geneva Principle » by H.E. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal.

The Geneva Principle involves a 1% contribution on public ICT procurement contracts, paid by the vendor on his profit margin. Clearly stated in all ICT public calls for bids, this obligation to contribute 1% of the transaction to the Fund is neither subject to interpretation nor negotiation, and thus does not cause distortion of market competition. The contribution awards the vendor a « digital solidarity » label.

Creation of the Digital Solidarity Fund Foundation
http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/04-en.htm
At the institutional level, the Fund operates in the framework of the Digital Solidarity Fund Foundation, whose Headquarters are based in Geneva. At the closing of the WSIS in December 2003, the Mayor of Geneva, Mr. Christian Ferrazino, announced that the City of Geneva was prepared to host the new DSF Foundation by putting at its disposal the offices of the Villa La Concorde.

The Foundation Board comprises from twenty-four (24) to thirty-three (33) members. Fifteen to twenty-four of them are co-opted for a period of three (3) years. They come in equal numbers from three (3) colleges (tripartite representation) issuing from the five continents.

For more information on :
Digital Solidarity Fund intervention policy
see http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/09-en.htm
Resources of the Digital Solidarity Fund
see http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/08-en.htm
Digital Solidarity Fund Charter
see http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/18-en.htm
Statutes of DSF Foundation
see http://www.dsf-fsn.org/en/04d-en.htm

From the Statutes of DSF, article 12
« The Scientific Committee examines issues and advises the Executive Committee and/or the Foundation Board with regard to the priorities and operational details decided upon by the Executive Committee and/or the Foundation Board to manage and develop the Fund. It meets in Lyon at the registered office of the International Agency for Digital Solidarity. »

Digital Solidarity Agency (DSA)

Greater Lyon and the City of Lyon organized the first "World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society" (Lyon, December 2003) in order that the concerns of local authorities would be represented at the UN Summit. This conference launched an international initiative in favor of digital solidarity strongly supported by local authorities.
The City of Geneva is sponsoring the creation of the Digital Solidarity Fund, while Greater Lyon and the City of Lyon are establishing the Digital Solidarity Agency.
The Agency is linked to the Digital Solidarity Fund by statute through the Scientific Committee of the Fund to which the Agency will contribute its intellectual and methodological expertise, notably for instruction, creation, and evaluation of projects which will potentially be supported by the DSF.

The Agency has its headquarters in Lyon. Its activities are developed around 2 main areas :

  • Information for decision taking The Agency will offer its information and tracking services on the worldwide development of the Information Society, organize meetings and debates, and will provide forecasting analyses.
  • Expertise and accompaniment The Agency will evaluate key success factors, accompany project managers from the public and private sectors, and will facilitate their inclusion in the network.

By creating a federation of local networks on the Information Society (institutions, associations of cities and local authorities, corporations, civil society), and through its activities and influence, the Agency will promote digital solidarity and the Principles of Geneva at the global level.

The Digital Solidarity Agency was created July 5th 2005 in Lyon. The Agency was established with the view of providing the support and the tools needed by all stakeholders, in particular cities and local governments, to fully implement commitments made at the World Summit on the Information Society.

For more information on DSA upon :
Mission
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=3
Services
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=6
Clients and Audience
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=7
Funding
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=8
Organisation and Legal Status
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=24
Founding partners
see http://www.dsa-asn.org/home.php4 ?main=1&sub=25

Last developments

IFIP was asked in the beginning of 2006 if they are able to :

  • Give advices and assessments of proposed programs and actions
  • Play a proactive role in proposing good projects coming from the IFIP network
  • To be envolved as expert body to be founding member for the Board of DSA

After the positive decisions of the Palma IFIP Council in March and some meeting and negociations, the results are :

  • The World Digital Solidarity Agency is an Association established under the French Law.
    Members of the Board :
    Presidency : Grand Lyon, represented by Gérard Collomb, Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Urban Community of Lyon, President of the « Decentralized Cooperation » Commission of Cities and Local Governments United (UCLG)
    Vice-Presidency : Internationnal Federation of Information Processing, represented by Raymond Morel, IFIP Trustee
  • The statutes were signed in Lyon on the 13th of July 2006 simultaneously with
  • The contract of prestations between DSF and DSA which was signed with President of DSF G.-O. Segond
    In the next few months will start the procedure for projects with a fund reaching now 8 millions dollars.

15. NEW STRATEGY for IFIP

As trustee, Raymond Morel is chairing the Task Force (established by the IFIP Council in March 2005) to propose a revised overall Strategy for IFIP. The first Task Force report was distributed to GA Members and discussed at the GA meeting in Gaborone (September 2005). http://www.ifip.org/internal/GA2005/Tab_16b_Fut_Strat_v2.pdf

Then the joint meeting EB (Executive Board) + STF (Strategy Task Force), December 2005 in London gives the opportunity to prepare a second draft which was worked again during the Palma IFIP Council in March 2006.

A new joint meeting (EB + STF) last June allowed to integrate the diversity of comments after the 2nd document. This resulted in the 3rd document named « Goodenough Report(*) - 18th of July 2006 » which will be presented and discussed at the 2006 GA at Santiago.

As concrete efforts, apart the participation in the DSF process - see above, we have to mention :

  • the Memorendum of Understanding TC3 and IITE (Unesco International Institute for Technologies in Education at Moscow) is signed
  • the Memorendum of Understanding TC3 and UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research at Geneva) is currently under signature
  • the Memorendum of Understanding TC3 and EENet (European Experts Network for educational technologies based at Marl in Germany) is currently under signature
  • the Memorendum of Understanding TC3 and EUROCASE (the European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering at Paris http://www.euro-case.org) is under discussion
  • meetings and contacts with UNESCO
  • meetings and contacts with EU (PF6 & PF7 participation)

All these activities show how the spirit of the above strategy process is already effective to enlarge the partnerships through TCs and WGs.

(*)Goodenough is the name of the meeting place in London (Goodenough College)

Raymond Morel
Swiss GA Representative and Trustee
Geneva, August 2006
In collaboration with P.-A. Bobillier

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