[CS Bureau] Re: Up date on ITU fellowships

[Magaly Pazello]

Dear Renate,

I would like to know why the name of Maria Esther Mogollon, from Peeru, 
is not in this list. Her name was sent for Congo and she had sent the 
request form to UNDP too.

Could you please clarify urgently what happened. She is a Gender Caucus 
member very active in the Latin America region and one of the few people 
that work on ICTs and disability, been herself a person with disability.

I have a copy of the request that was sent to UNDP and CONGO too.

Magaly

Renata Bloem wrote:

>Hallo Karen,
>
>UNDP fellowships:
>
>We sent the attached list to UNDP after they sent more detailed criteria.
>This was communicated to all of you: 1 per organization with special
>emphasis on some of the issues they wanted covered, etc. ( and you had sent
>valuable information) But each candidate needed to fill out an individual
>application form. 
>
>We then sent the UNDP application form to all on this list again and asked
>to send directly to UNDP with copy to us, marked "recommended by CONGO" as
>UNDP had requested. We have received some seven in return, maybe eight. I am
>not in the Office and Philippe is in Avignon until Monday morning.
>
>It could be that some sent only to UNDP without copying us. UNDP is supposed
>to meet with their partners and make their final decision this (Saturday)
>morning. 
>
>ITU
>Anyway, we have to see what remains for the ITU fellowships for which we
>received so far 6 applications. That is why we sent it out to Plenary. The
>deadline for that one is the 24 October, and you know these two kinds of
>fellowships are not related.
>
>It is terrible to work with such delays. You might also know that I have
>gone out of my way to get funding, including with many government, EU, EU
>Commission etc and wrote then that desperate letter to Utsumi. ITU had let
>us know before that no funds were available. To get then something last
>minute was positive and yet frustrating because of the delays.
>
>It is a hassle, just for your information,
>
>Renata
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org [mailto:bureau-admin at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf
>Of karen banks
>Sent: vendredi, 21. octobre 2005 15:17
>To: CONGO - Philippe Dam; bureau at wsis-cs.org
>Cc: 'Al Alegre'; 'Robert Guerra'; 'Adam Peake'; 'west'
>Subject: [CS Bureau] Re: Up date on ITU fellowships
>
>dear philippe
>
>i'm afraid i'm very confused.. we seem to have sent many lists of 
>names, but obvisouly they are not in the right format or something else
>
>can you send back the 5 applications you have?
>
>karen
>
>At 14:05 21/10/2005, CONGO - Philippe Dam wrote:
>  
>
>>Dear all,
>>
>>This is to inform you that after several reminders and information 
>>on ITU fellowships (including the ITU fellowship form which was 
>>circulated a few days ago), we only received only 5 applications for 
>>ITU fellowships so far, whereas there might be 20 to 25 fellowships 
>>available. As based on the guidelines we received from Charles 
>>Geiger, we know that priority will be given by the ITU / WSIS ES to 
>>applicants with prior involvement in WSIS and especially with 
>>involvement in the structure of civil society (family and caucus 
>>heads and deputies) duly taking into account regional repartition 
>>(in general five to each region). Applicants should be from 
>>developing countries.
>>
>>Please one more time circulate this application form to CS 
>>participants you would recommend. You will find enclosed the 
>>application form, which should be duly completed, clearly signed and 
>>with the official stamp of the Civil Society accredited organisation 
>>under which the applicant is accredited.  You should sent this 
>>completed application form directly to us 
>>(<mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>wsis at ngocongo.org or by fax +41 22 301 2000).
>>
>>The list of candidates should be submitted to the WSIS ES by Monday 
>>24 October 2005, so that the deadline for the reception of your 
>>application is no later than 23 October 2005.
>>
>>Due to the very few number of applications, we intend to send the 
>>application form to the Plenary list in order to give a greater 
>>possibility to apply to non-CS structures members, if you do not 
>>object by 6 pm today.
>>
>>Best regards, and do not hesitate to come back to me for any further 
>>information.
>>
>>Philippe Dam
>>
>>
>>Philippe Dam
>>CONGO - WSIS CS Secretariat
>>11, Avenue de la Paix
>>CH-1202 Geneva
>>Tel: +41 22 301 1000
>>Fax: +41 22 301 2000
>>E-mail: <mailto:wsis at ngocongo.org>wsis at ngocongo.org
>>Website: <BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org>www.ngocongo.org
>>
>>The Conference of NGOs (CONGO) is an international, membership 
>>association that facilitates the participation of NGOs in United 
>>Nations debates and decisions. Founded in 1948, CONGO's major 
>>objective is to ensure the presence of NGOs in exchanges among the 
>>world's governments and United Nations agencies on issues of global 
>>concern.  For more information see our website at 
>><BLOCKED::http://www.ngocongo.org/>www.ngocongo.org
>>
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>>
>
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