WSIS 2002 Bamako Declaration

The following 14 preconference workshops and other activities were organised on 25, 26 and 27 May 2002:

- Local initiatives
- NICI strategies,
- African languages and internet
- Media and ICT forum
- Gender and ICTs
- Cultural diversity and knowledge ownership
- African NGO consultation
- Review and appraisal of ICT impact: Scan-ICT Project
- Private sector forum
- Free software: the stakes for Africa
- Law and the Web
- Local communities and ICTs
- Training of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) for their participation in WSIS activities
- The National strategy of Mali

The Africa Regional Conference organised 4 workshops and a round table, namely:

- What the Information Society brings to Africa;
- What Africa brings to the Information Society;
- What Africa wants to preserve in the Information Society;
- How Africa can benefit from the Information Society: Round Table on the digital divide;
- Round Table on Africa’s image in the media.