[Bureau] Re: Fellowships - SDC Decision

[Olinca Marino]

Dear All,

of course I also support the letter to CSD thanking for the flexibility.

Olinca


At 04:11 p.m. 29/11/2003 +0800, Alan Alegre wrote:
>Dear friends
>
>Though a bit late, I do really want to drop a note to express my elation 
>and full support at this happy development. (I do so also because the 
>Asian co-focal points--Angela and myself--have really been vocal about 
>this since Paris and PrepCom3, and we feel we should recognize things not 
>only when something is not right, but also when things are.)
>
>I want to thank Claire, Louise and the rest of the CSD for supporting us 
>in this--I think the result below was indeed a result of CSD being in 
>alignment with the spirit of the long discussions in the CSB.
>
>Though it is indeed "satisfying", claire, after all the intense online and 
>offline discussion on this, it is really not about simple satisfaction...I 
>would  think that this is  really a victory of creativity, persistence, 
>and opening the processes which have to be so. And to do what is right 
>(i.e., gender balance).
>
>Again, solidarity pats to all families who pushed for this, and most of 
>all to SDC for showing openness and flexibility in their decision.
>
>May I suggest that a formal letter of thanks be drafted and I guess no one 
>will object to affixing their signatures on this... Since the latest 
>fellows are all from the most active women in WSIS, can we invite the 
>Gender Caucus and GSWG to put forward a draft next week?
>
>Thanks
>
>Al Alegre
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:claire.chombeau at ties.itu.int>Claire Chombeau
>To: <mailto:bureau at geneva2003.org>bureau at geneva2003.org
>Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:42 PM
>Subject: Re: Fellowships - SDC Decision
>
>Dear All,
>
>I will contact today these persons to offer a fellowship for the Summit:
>
>Les personnes suivante ont été retenues pour la liste supplémentaires des 
>boursiers:
>
>Busaniche Beatriz
>Marino Olinca
>Betancourt Valeria
>Cinco Celeste Lucia
>Ramilo Concepcion
>Raijeli Nicole
>Balleza Ma. Victoria
>George Susanna
>Goddard Gillian
>Nwakanma Nnenna
>Doshi Maitreyi
>
>I hope that you will be satisfied.
>
>Best Regards,
>Claire
>World Summit on the Information Society
>Civil Society Division
>Place des Nations
>CH-1211 Genève 20
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:hkawa at attglobal.net>Hiroshi Kawamura
>To: <mailto:bureau at geneva2003.org>bureau at geneva2003.org
>Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:53 AM
>Subject: Re: Fellowships - SDC Decision
>
>Dear Angela and all:
>
>I am pleased to inform you that Monthian is kindly invited by Swiss 
>Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired fellowship.
>Hereby I drop my recommendation for the fellowship for Monthian Buntan 
>with greatest pleasure.
>
>Best
>
>Hiroshi
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:amkt at apcwomen.org>RunningToddler
>To: <mailto:bureau at geneva2003.org>bureau at geneva2003.org
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 7:44 PM
>Subject: Re: Fellowships - SDC Decision
>
>Hello everyone,
>
>We appreciate the concensus on a couple of names from the Gender Family. 
>We would have proposed Concepcion Garcia Ramilo as well but we have only 
>very recently managed to raise and confirm funds for her. So we would 
>suggest to the Gender Family to either put up another name or support one 
>of ours, our priority besides Celeste Cinco would be Raijeli Nicole.
>
>Unfortunately, we are still proposing that only women be funded for this 
>round. While we recognise Monthian's key role for people with 
>disabillities, maybe this is something that the CSD can go back to SDC and 
>get extra funding for since this is a special case.
>
>Warm regards,
>
>Angela
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:amkt at apcwomen.org>RunningToddler
>To: <mailto:bureau at geneva2003.org>bureau at geneva2003.org
>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 1:14 PM
>Subject: Re: Fellowships - SDC Decision
>Dear Louise, Liliane and Claire,
>
>As indicated earlier, we would like to put forward five women's names from 
>the Asia Pacific region for fellowships under the Civil Society Facility 
>Fund. We have checked that for at least four of them (the first four), 
>obtaining visas would not be a problem. These are ranked as follows:
>
>1) Celeste Cinco, APC (Filipina). Was very active in WSIS Asia Pacific, 
>Tokyo, and was part of the organising team on the gender and ICT workshop, 
>and active in content and drafting. Celeste will be travelling from the 
>USA, hence costs would probably be a little reduced in terms of airfare.
>2) Raijeli Nicole, Isis International Manila (Fijian). Has been active 
>throughout the Prepcoms, playing major role in Content and Themes and in 
>advocating gender and ICT issues.
>3) Ma. Victoria Balleza, Isis International Manila (Filipina). Has been 
>active within Media and Gender. Was also part of the organising team for 
>the gender and ICT workshop in WSIS Asia Pacific, Tokyo, and was active in 
>content and drafting.
>4) Susanna George, Isis International Manila (Malaysian). Has been active 
>on Content and Themes and in advocating gender and ICT issues.
>5) Maitreyi Doshi (Youth, India, active)
>
>
>These names come from our original listing provided to the CSD.
>
>Warm regards,
>
>Angela







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