<P>Hello Bill</P>
<P>I think that is organized by the WSIS Team to demonstrate in reality that ICT is job providing and economy fueling, as the Plan of Action mentions it ! Poor NGOs ...!</P>
<P>Jean-Louis Fullsack<BR><BR><BR><BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #ff0000 2px solid">> Message du 10/11/05 08:38<BR>> De : "William Drake" <WDRAKE@ICTSD.CH><BR>> A : "AaBD" <WDRAKE@ICTSD.CH><BR>> Copie à : <BR>> Objet : [WSIS CS-Plenary] Possible problem with Audiovisual services in Tunis<BR>> <BR>>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Hello,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">This may be of concern to people organizing parallel events in Tunis. If you were assuming that the conference host would provide microphones, a computer, projector, and screen to display Power Point presentations or whatever, you might need to think again. After several rounds of communication with the authorities, a colleague who's organizing the ICT4Peace event was informed that all A/V requests are being handled by one private French contractor called GL Events which charges rather hefty fees. For a two hour session, ICT4P was quoted as follows:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Audiovisual Engineer, at Overtime Rate (i.e. a person to turn on the projector for you and then sit there)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">200 euros</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Projector, 2 hours</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">600 euros</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Screen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">100 euros</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">So that's 900 euros for two hours. USAID is organizing a four hour event, and was quoted 1,800 euros.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Does anyone have different information?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=357360622-09112005><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Bill</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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