How was the participation process of Local Authorities during the 1st phase of the WSIS (Geneva 2003)?
February 2003: International Congress IT4ALL: Opportunities and Challenges for the Regions in the new Information Society, in Bilbao (Region of the Basque Country). Creation of the IT4ALL-Network of Local Authorities for the Information Society and the setting up of the CIFAL BILBAO centre, under the auspices of the CIFAL programme, to provide support for the network, and to promote and coordinate the process. The preparatory process for the 1st Phase of the WSIS also includes three preparatory meetings (PREPCOM meetings) which take place in Geneva, at the second of which, held in February 2003, the Committee of Representatives of Cities and Regions was formed. July 2003: Regional Conference for Africa: Nouakchott (Mauritania) October 2003: Regional Conference for Latin America – Caribbean: Curitiba (Brazil) October 2003: Regional Conference for Asia – Pacific: Shanghai (China). 4-5 December 2003: 1st World Summit of Cities and Local Authorities on the Information Society, in Lyon (Fra
