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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Claire/Louise</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for sending this matrix of approved
fellowships. It is in this light that I am responding with some concrete
questions of clafirication </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is becoming a very
urgent issue given the fact that so many of people we expected to be funded are
not on the list. So please excuse the lengthy message and requests:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A. Firstly I have some immediate requests for
clarification of the list elements so we can assess your list more
rationally:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Could you identify the countries where the
accepted candidates are from. Listed down in the Excel file are only
abbreviations (or internet country codes) which we are not familiar with. It
will help us situate the countries of origin.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. Could you also identify the names of the
organizations with acronyms which are not spelled out, so we may know what
they are. (though I know some of them, including mine--APC is Association for
Progressive Communications--others may not; I know that I am not
aware several of those organizations cited (e.g., FMCU, which has a
grand total of 6 candidates accepted, five from one country, MR.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Of course we particularly want to know this to find
out what organizations from our region have been accepted. Aside from verifying
how active they have been in the ongoing WSIS process, we should eventually be
touching base with them to integrate them into our regional family structures
and mechanisms.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Related to the above: Will we assume that
everyone from the youth family is from one organization (Taking IT Global), or
are they coming from different organizations? (Nick, are these youth reps all
from TIG?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>B. Secondly, can you also help me to be clarified
on the following, based on your message:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>After merging the lists from the regional focal points and taking into
account the families who did not send their recommendations, please see in
attachement the selected candidates list."</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">(Do you have the
merged list of all the recommendations from the families that submitted names? I
assume from your statment above that you have this. If so, could you please send
this to the list? This will allow us to form a clearer picture of what choices
were made relative to our recommendations. I am aware it is on the database, but
since I was travelling when this was being discussed, I have not been able to
access it yet.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">1. when you say that
you took into account the families who did not send recommendations, what does
this practically mean? I had assumed that if some families were not able to
recommend it was because they either did not have any nominees, or did not come
to an agreement among themselves on who to recommend. Therefore, I would
just like to know what families--aside from those of us who did submit
something--you took into consideration in your choices. (This is in the light of
the request of people like Amir for example who asks clarification on why
certain people were left out from their list.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">"<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Up to now, we have to decided
what we will do with the money left for the LDCs and how we may reduce the
number of candidates from DCs/"</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">2. WE appreciate
that donors do have their requirements; can you remind us again on who these
donors are (and contact persons)? This is in line with a possibility that we may
renegotiate with them on the application of the LDC/DC ratio, given the fact
that CSB has a more wholistic set of criteria which we had worked very hard on,
which acknowledges the LDC/DC criterion as just one of many to consider. (For
example, the gender imbalance is quite apalling: 4 women out of 19 fellows
in the DCs, 5 out of 29 in the LDCs--or just 9 women out of 48
total!).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">4. Related to this,
is the DC/LDC ratio the reason why some of the most hardworking people from
the CSB and in the other working groups and families (who had been previously
awarded fellowships in the past PrepComs), were not included in the list. I am
referring to people like Beatriz Busaniche and Olinca Marino (to name just two)
who were left off the list? (If people recall, Beatriz represented CS in some of
the press conferences, while Olinca even chaired the CS Plenary last
September!--both had been granted fellowships before...)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">Louise and Claire, I
think many of us appreciate how difficult your task is, especially in this area
of work. But that is precisely why we wanted to share responsibility in both
selecting fellows, and in talking to donors as well, so that we share also in
the work as full partners in this process. We thank you for your efforts, but we
now appeal to you as well to now support us in ensuring that the spirit of the
discussions within the bureau on selection of fellows be upheld. I sense there
is a growing level of frustration in this whole fellowship process, and this
discussion may spill over to the other CS spaces; this will only serve to
strengthen the impression that the avowed "multistakeholder process" being
trumpeted by the WSIS organizers is just a slogan, and the real decisions are
left out of the hands of even the most active "stakeholders" from civil
society.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">C. Lastly, I would
like to invite the CSB to consider (quickly) drafting an urgent letter to the
WSIS Executive Secretariat? to Pres. Sammasekou? to donors (e.g., Swiss
Government), expressing our urgent concern that the fellowship process has not
resulted in the best result for civil society stakeholders. For example, it
bothers me no end that, as you say, 20 mayors from all over the world (who are
technically government personnel, not civil society) will be funded to go to the
Summit, regardless of how much they contributed to the WSIS process (probably
very little, if any), while some of the most active civil society people who
have contributed immensely to the WSIS process will be left out of the summit
due to technicality or lack of endorsement from the powers that be in
Geneva.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">I would like to
suggest that this draft emanate from the Regional Families (specifically Africa,
LAC, Asia and Western Asia). Can we also ask Renate to help in the appropriate
wording of this letter, so that this may be delivered this
week. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">Thank you for your
attention and I am hoping for a quick response to my requests for clarification.
(Apologies for the longish response.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">Al
Alegre</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">Asia Pacific
co-focal point</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int
href="mailto:claire.chombeau@ties.itu.int">Claire Chombeau</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bureau@geneva2003.org
href="mailto:bureau@geneva2003.org">bureau@geneva2003.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 18, 2003 6:25
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fellowships WSIS</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>With respect to our donors' criterias,
here are the funds available for the WSIS:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>LDCs <SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> = 192’409 CHF</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Developing
countries = 31’959.50 CHF</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>After merging the
lists from the regional focal points and taking into account the families who
did not send their recommendations, please see in attachement the
selected candidates list. We accepted all the suggestions you made for
candidates from LDCs and we had to select the most eligible candidates per
country from DCs. The estimated total amount for fellows from DCs is 57'785CHF
which is already too much.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Youth family
negotiated special accommodations and perdiems (total: 85CHF per day instead
of 180CHF) for their candidates. That is why there are more representatives
from this family.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Up to now, we have
to decided what we will do with the money left for the LDCs and how we may
reduce the number of candidates from DCs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>As time is
running, I already contacted selected candidates from LDCs, I am just waiting
for your comments to contact people from DCs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>For your
information, more than 60 indigenous representatives and more than 20 mayors
from all around the world are provided for a fellowship, thanks to the
contribution of the city of Geneva.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best
Regards,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Louise -
Claire</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>World Summit on the Information Society<BR>Civil Society
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