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Markus Kummer Secretariat of the Working Group on Governance World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) –-1 (Hammamet, Tunisia, 24 – 26 June 2004) Working Group on Governance (WGIG) This offers a e opportunity to explain the state of play as regards the work on governance and to interact with governments and all stakeholders and receive their inputs. This kind of interaction is an essential ingredient of the mandate of the WGIG: the process will need to be “ open and inclusive ” and ensure “ the full and active participation of governments, the private sector and civil society from both developing and developed countries". It will be a challenge to live up to these standards, but we mitted to upholding these principles. The way ahead is short - not much more than a year – and expectations are understandably high. All actors are impatient to get started. Before looking at the way ahead, however, it may be useful to examine the parameters set by the Geneva phase of the WSIS and to remind ourselves from where we e. There are many delegates in this room who took part in the final phase of the negotiations on governance in Geneva and I e their contributions to our discussions and their interpretations of what happened and of what are the results of our negotiations. It is essential that we share mon understanding of these parameters at the beginning of this process. As we a