[CS Bureau] Reminder - Prepcom fellowship deadline

[Adam Peake]

From the fellowship guideline:

* NGOs and civil society entities: preference 
will be given to Bureau members from developing 
countries.

This issue of preference for bureau members has 
come up a few times and each time I've said I 
think priority should *not* go to the bureau.  We 
need people at prepcoms who lead in developing 
positions and content, not administration. 

I have not seen this matter debated in the 
bureau, and until it is I would like us to 
provide fellowships to those who are likely to 
the substance of the prepcom.

Frankly the bureau is still a mess.  I see a lot 
being done by the secretariat (Renata, Philippe 
and Alejandra), but little by the bureau itself. 
WG and caucuses on the other hand are productive.

Thanks,

Adam




At 7:20 PM -0400 7/22/05, Robert Guerra wrote:
>### Reminder - Prepcom fellowship deadline - 5 August 2005 ###
>
>Further details at:
>
>http://www.itu.int/wsis/preparatory2/pc3/index.html#fellowships
>
>[snipped]
>
>To facilitate the participation of developing 
>countries at the WSIS Third Preparatory Meeting, 
>19-30 September 2005, ITU is pleased to announce 
>that a limited number of fellowships will be 
>available to developing country representatives 
>from Government and from NGOs and civil society 
>entities, with priority being given to 
>participants from Least Developed Countries.
>
>
>Rules governing the administration of 
>fellowships for the WSIS Third Preparatory 
>Meeting, Geneva, from 19-30 September 2005A.1
>Application procedure
>
>Submission of a nomination form duly completed 
>(see Form), signed and endorsed by the official 
>responsible to nominate candidates in the 
>organization must be received no later than
>
>5 August 2005
>
>Profile of candidate:
>
>Government participants: Senior Managers 
>responsible for ICT-related issues at 
>decision-making or policy level.
>NGOs and civil society entities: Senior members 
>of accredited NGOs and civil society entities 
>with active participation in WSIS.
>
>Validated, signed applications may be forwarded to:
>
>WSIS Fellowships
>Geneva
>Fax:            +41 22 730 5778
>Email:            wsis-fellowships at itu.int
>
>--
>Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Bureau mailing list
>Bureau at wsis-cs.org
>http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/bureau