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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=433153711-16122005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>Yes, very revealing...
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=433153711-16122005>Not sure why it should be a government representative
who is making the point below...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=433153711-16122005>MG</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=433153711-16122005> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>CONGO - Philippe Dam<BR><B>Sent:</B> December 16, 2005 7:45 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
plenary@wsis-cs.org; bureau@wsis-cs.org<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'CONGO - Adina Fulga
Radi'; rbloem@ngocongo.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [WSIS CS-Plenary] Summary of the
Briefing for NGOs on WSIS outcomes (7 december 2005)<BR></FONT></FONT><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><![if !supportLists]><![endif]><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><I><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ambassador
Astrid Dufborg, ICT Advisor for the Permanent Mission of
Sweden</SPAN></FONT></I></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, made a much stronger
statement, highlighting the failure of WSIS to fully address the digital
divide: the initial priority of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> has not provided any strong outcome
on ICT for Development, lacked realism and priority. The Outcome Document
provided some wishful recommendations but not any practical answer on how to
bridge the digital divide. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For the donor community, the
market was still seen as the main finance source for infrastructures, but
public funding and more involvement are also needed. According to her, the
DSF, as the only solution endorsed by the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> after a quite poor debate, would not
be a viable solution to bridge the digital divide. Compared to the work of
WGIG, the work of the Task Force on Financial Mechanisms (TFFM) was not
given space enough in WSIS. Therefore the whole discussion on how to bridge
the digital divide is still to be done. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The MDG and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Monterrey</st1:City></st1:place> processes
were also too much left aside, whereas discussions related to the use of
ICTs should be more deeply integrated in poverty reduction
strategies.</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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