The CCBI was made up of – and open to all – representatives of individual business firms, as well as of associations and other organizations that represent business interests. The regional diversity of CCBI members ensured that its views were truly global.
CCBI contributions and interventions throughout the WSIS Geneva and Tunis preparatory processes and Summits are available from the following link:
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/id2343/index.html
Following the WSIS in Tunis, 2005, ICC and many of the CCBI members joined to create the new ICC initiative, Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS), to build on the network and experience of companies and associations from the WSIS processes, in the post-Summit environment:
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/id5871/index.html
and also at the First Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Athens, Greece:
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/id36245/index.html
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held during the week of 8 December 2003 in Geneva, culminating in the Summit segment on 10-12 December 2003. The second part of this Summit took place from 16-18 November in Tunis.
http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/ebitt/id2343/index.html
Principals of the Summit host countries and executive secretariat invited the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to create the Coordinating Committee of Business Interlocutors (CCBI) as a vehicle through which to mobilize and coordinate the involvement of the worldwide business community in the processes leading to and culminating in the Summit. ICC and the CCBI group led the private-sector effort to provide substantive input into the two phases of the Summit, and mobilized the private sector to participate in the preparatory phases and at the Summits themselves. The CCBI is constituted of business organizations and their member companies from all sectors, of all sizes and from all regions. The companies and associations range from information and communication technology service providers, product developers, and users, to legal and policy experts, as well as entrepreneurs from developed and developing countries.
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UN Secretary General's Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM)
ICC was asked to serve on the UN Secretary General's Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM), which was established following WSIS, Geneva 2003, to evaluate existing financing mechanisms for ICTs and development
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tffm/
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UN Secretary General's Working Group on Internet Governance
ICC's secretariat and members also served on the UN Secretary General's Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).
http://www.wgig.org/
The first phase of World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) agreed to pursue the dialogue on Internet Governance in the Declaration of Principles and Action Plan adopted on 12 December 2003, with a view to preparing the ground for a decision at the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis in November 2005. In this regard, the first phase of the Summit requested the United Nations Secretary-General to establish a Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG). The WGIG has been asked to present the result of its work in a report "for consideration and appropriate action for the second phase of the WSIS in Tunis 2005."
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