Registration

Accreditation process for the WSIS Forum

Accreditation is required in order to attend the WSIS Forum 2018.

Accreditation is a continuous process. An organization that was granted accreditation in 2017 will normally be entitled to attend this year's Forum, under the condition that the status of the entity and/or participant has not changed since the last accreditation. In any case, ITU reserves the right to request new documents of credentials if it deems necessary.

Participants employed by the following entities will be accredited (under condition that the link between the participant and the entity is obvious):

• a Member State of the United Nations or of one of its Specialized Agencies;
• the European Union;
• any entity, intergovernmental organization and other entities that have received a standing invitation from the UN General Assembly to participate in the capacity of observers in the sessions and work of all international conferences convened under the UNGA auspices;
• the Specialized Agencies, the IAEA, the WTO, the OPCW and the CTBTO;
• other intergovernmental organizations invited by the ITU Secretary-General;
• interested organs of the United Nations;
• associate members of UN Regional Commissions;
• ITU Sector Members, Associates and Academia; and
• non-governmental organizations, civil society, and business sector entities that have physically attended WSIS Forum in 2017 (under condition that their status and the status of the applicants has not evolved since their last accreditation).

Other non-governmental organizations, civil society, and business sector entities not yet accredited or whose status has changed, who wish to attend the WSIS Forum 2018 and contribute, need to fill out the e-questionnaire with the required information and send it to wsis-accreditation@itu.int. The latest deadline for submitting the accreditation application is Friday, 2 March 2018. Participants who need a visa are strongly recommended to complete the accreditation procedures early enough so to have sufficient remaining time to organize their visa process (at least four weeks before – i.e. by mid-February 2018 – please refer to the website of the Swiss Authorities in order to know the delay in obtaining a visa for your citizenship).

Registration process for on-site participation

Please make sure you have read the accreditation process before registering.

Although individual registration remains possible, registration for entities will be facilitated if done by a designated focal point (DFP) (one per entity). Therefore, we strongly encourage accredited entities to designate a DFP who will be responsible for handling registration of participants via username and password. Your organization needs to have been duly accredited before a Focal Point may be designated. Also, participants registered via a DFP have to be part of the entity or need to have a strong link to the entity represented. Further credentials for an applicant may be requested if the WSIS team deems necessary.

If you were already an accredited DFP last year: you should normally receive an e-letter indicating your username & password to be used in order to register your team for WSIS 2018; should you not yet have received your username & password this year, or if the DFP details needs to be updated, then kindly contact sg-registration@itu.int.

Accredited DFPs can use the secured link below to access the online registration form:

• Registration to the WSIS Forum 2018 (for focal points only)

Non-accredited entities/individuals may still register via the link below, but they will also be first requested to complete the e-questionnaire:

• Registration to the WSIS Forum 2018 (without focal point)

Registration requests for non-accredited entities/individuals may not be answered if not accompanied by the/or with an incomplete e-questionnaire.

Confirmation of registration: each accredited participant will receive an e-confirmation to the email address provided in the registration form.

The e-confirmation will be the sole document provided for visa support.