The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) is responsible for the preparations for WSIS. An intergovernmental Bureau gives guidance to the Preparatory Committee on procedural matters.

PrepCom-1: 24-26 June 2004, Hammamet (Tunisia)

PrepCom-2 : 17-25 February 2005, Geneva (Switzerland)

PrepCom-3: 19-30 September 2005, Geneva (Switzerland) and 13-15 November 2005, Tunis (Tunisia)

Group of Friends of the Chair (GFC)

Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM)

Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)

Asia-Pacific: 31 May - 2 June 2005, Tehran (The Islamic Republic of Iran). [Proxy site]

Western Asia: 22-23 November 2004, Damascus (Syria)

Africa: 2-4 February 2005, Accra (Ghana)

Latin America and the Caribbean: 8-10 June 2005, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). [Proxy site]

Subregional Conferences:

• Second Bishkek-Moscow Regional Conference on the Information Society: 16-18 November 2004, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
• The Pan Arab Conference on WSIS- Phase II; An Arab Regional Dialogue: 8-10 May 2005, Cairo (Egypt)
  

Outcomes of the Regional and Thematic Meetings

The WSIS Executive Secretariat maintains a list of WSIS Thematic Meetings and WSIS related meetings. This list is updated on a regularly basis, with extracts and links received from the organizers of the event. 

List of WSIS Thematic Meetings

Outcomes of the Regional and Thematic Meetings

2-3 March 2004, Tunis (Tunisia) - Government of Tunisia and ITU - Brainstorming Meeting on WSIS: 

• Notes on the activities of the brainstorming meeting.
• Host Country Press Release (3 March 2004): End of WSIS informal meeting in Tunis (in French)

• Chairman's report. [english] (160 kB)