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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Rik and all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I cannot but fully support your worrying about the
financing issue. But I do hope that the monitoring of the process that will be
set-up won't be under Worldbank auspices. These people cannot be
both "judge and party". And there are other big players in the field of
developmemnt financing like the European Union whose ACP financing mechanisms
could be considered as a good example, even in terms of gouvernance and
participation. They just need somme more active input from ACP CS organisations.
That's why I mentioned these mechanisms with some other proposals in my
contribution to the CS Declaration (topic : financing). However and despite it
was handed over to Bill in time (he still has my diskette) at the end
of PC-3b my proposed wording isn't complete in our Declaration. Thus, in my
opinion EU-ACP should be one of the leading stakeholders in whatever structure
to be in place for development financing in the framework of the WSIS
agenda.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the "Digital Solidarity Fund" (DSF) front
there is no actual pressure set, at least apparently. I do hope our african
colleagues are completing their study, because up to now we only heard and read
about spending money but nobody ever told us about the necessary amount
expected and the foreseen planning of the relevant (annual) investments.
Moreover, we are still waiting for what kind of investments are to benefit from
the DSF ! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Therefore we should take profit to re-open the
debate within the CS "virtual plenary" or C&T group and sollicit our
colleagues from "the South", especially from Africa, to fully participate and
contribute. At the end of this open and fair debate (without exclusives
please !) the CS will be able to reach a common position upon
DSF. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I agree with you that the financing issue is the
principal concern of people in the South aware of the needs and urgency of
an efficient development financing process. Let's take our responsibilities
as citizens of the world, in the North and in the South.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jean-Louis Fullsack</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CSDPTT </FONT></DIV>
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<A title=rikp@bluewin.ch href="mailto:rikp@bluewin.ch">Rik Panganiban</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=plenary@wsis-cs.org
href="mailto:plenary@wsis-cs.org">plenary@wsis-cs.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 26, 2004 1:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] events,
modalities for financing working group?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dear Colleagues,<BR><BR>I have read several news items and
heard rumors about the status of the WSIS ICT global governance working group,
and the modalities for how these ICT governance issues are going to be
addressed by governments and others (i.e. ITU, UN ICT Taskforce, etc). But I
have heard nothing about the working group on financing. Are there meetings
being planned on ICT financing issues? I wonder if the World Bank or UNDP for
example are going to exert any leadership in this area? <BR><BR>I worry that
ICT governance issues will take center stage and that the important issues of
financing will be left in the cold. This would be a terrible tragedy since
these issues are of principal concern to many of our civil society colleagues
in the South, and Southern countries in general. <BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Rik
Panganiban<BR>Special Adviser <BR>WFM<BR><BR><TT><?fontfamily><?param Courier New>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<BR>Rik
Panganiban email: rikp@bluewin.ch<BR>Mobile: +41 76 473 3274 <BR>**** as of
Feb 12, 2004, I can be reached at ****<BR>**** email: rikp@earthlink.net ****
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