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New Delhi Hosts ICC Meeting on Challenges Facing Information Society Development

02 Oct 2006
NEW DELHI ---- 18 September 2006-------The first meeting of the Business Action to Support the Information Society (BASIS) held in New Delhi welcomed members and business executives from around the world to discuss several key business issues 
In his opening remarks, Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chair of BASIS stressed on the important role played by  businesses in these discussions.
“Business must participate in these forums to ensure that future policies are investment-friendly," Abu-Ghazaleh stated.
"In addition, it could encourage entrepreneurship and  facilitate the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) training and education" Abu-Ghazaleh added.

ITU plenipotentiary, the idea of ICC exploring the option to have a seat, and the Global Alliance on ICT’s for Development (GAID) were some of the issues tackled during the meeting..

BASIS is a new International Chamber of Commerce initiative to communicate business priorities and experience. It also represents the business priorities and perspectives in upcoming forums and discussions with governments and intergovernmental bodies, stressing the importance of creating the necessary frameworks to spur continued investment and innovation by business in ICTs.
BASIS also focuses on the importance of multistakeholder partnerships involving business to boost the diffusion of ICTs in the developing world.
The ICC created BASIS following the two World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Geneva (2003) and Tunis (2005). BASIS participates in UN-linked forums set up to launch a global dialogue on Internet governance, such as the Global Alliance for ICT and Development, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and the WSIS follow-up and implementation processes.