The consultation was co-organised by OneWorld South Asia and the Association of Progressive Communications (APC), in collaboration with the Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES).

The consultation had two outcomes:

I. A set of recommendations on WSIS, from South Asia, to be submitted to the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka and other relevant international forums.

II. A set of action points for ICT Policy intervention in South Asia in general and Bangladesh in particular.

It is proposed that the first set of recommendations would be submitted to the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Secretariat for inclusion in the agenda item in the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka.

Among the resolutions of the Dhaka consultation, participants (60) from the government, civil society, private sector, academia and the media from the South Asian region agreed to draw to the attention of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) at their next meeting that “SAARC should encourage multi-stakeholder participation by member states, the private sector and civil society in the UNDP-APDIP and WSIS consultation processes on Internet Governance as a way to raising awareness of the importance of Internet policy and governance in South Asia.”

Click here to read the recommendations and action points on the OneWorld site.