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<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Dear
Mr. Kambalov,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for replying to my note...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And I
agree with you that we should not give in to skepticism, suspicion or
mistrust...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>I think we all agree that the use of ICTs can and should contribute
to the achievement of the MDG's and I think further we are all in
agreement that unless those working with ICTs on the ground to support
local social and economic development are included in these processes very
little can usefully be achieved. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
challenge remains how to do that, including I should say, in the issue areas
that you have identified as being the subject of the upcoming Geneva meeting.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Certainly we all recognize financial and other resource limitations on
the part of the UN (just as the UN should recognize financial and resource
limitations on the part of its presumed interlocutors). One way of
ensuring that skepticism and mistrust doesn't enter into responses to
initiatives from and through the Global Alliance would be for example, to
publish in advance the agenda for meetings such as this one, indicate the
linkage between the discussions in such meetings and the broader
structural/operational decisions and decision processes of the GA, and making
available opportunities for broader participation/responses to those agenda
items as for example through the use of email lists such as this
one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
should say that I very much appreciate your candid and pointed response to my
note and I look forward to the opportunity of continuing this dialogue
concerning operational and structural matters concerning the GA with you and
others within the Global Alliance in the future.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yours
sincerely,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=935344110-18042006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Michael Gurstein</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> sergei kambalov
[mailto:kambalov@un.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> April 18, 2006 4:32 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Gurstein, Michael<BR><B>Cc:</B> plenary@wsis-cs.org;
startup@unicttaskforce.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fw: startup post from
gurstein@adm.njit.edu requires approval<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Dear Mr. Gurstein,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>First of all, thank you for noticing my silly mistake in re-typing the
text of the Tunis Agenda: of course it should be "public/private
partnerships". Thank you!</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Second, the
message of late yesterday sent to, among others, Renate was supposed to be
followed today by requests to her and others to tell us who else from the
civil society should be invited. So, thank you, once more, for helping us
disseminate this news and the invitation. Please spread the word!</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>BTW, I did not see Renate's message to which
you refer in your message.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Now, on a
more important subject. I am expressing my own PERSONAL opinion here, but I
take a strong exception to your statement that t</FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>his consultation is "simply another means to perpetuate existing closed
door exclusionary processes</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>".
</FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>We strongly believe that we must use
ANY opportunity to build bridges and ensure engagement of all who care about
spreading the wonders of information revolution. We in the ICT Task Force have
been trying very hard to do this, by all means at our disposal, and any honest
observer has to acknowledge that we were at least partially successful in
promoting inclusiveness. </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>We all know
that many actors, primarily those from the civil society, do not have the
means to participate physically in all events. This is why our consultations
on the Global Alliance took almost TWO years, with multiple physical meetings
in conjunction with all relevant events, PLUS virtual discussions.
</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>What would you like us to do in
this particular case - pay for everybody who want/should be present in Geneva?
You know full well that we in the UN do not have the money. Does it mean that
we should not use the opportunity presented by the Information Week in Geneva
to gather as many participants as we possibly can in one room?</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>This will be the first in a series of
consultation on Action Line 11. In addition to this physical meeting, there
will be a web-based forum.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I think we
all should focus on ways to promote inclusiveness and engagement. There is too
much skepticism, suspicion and mistrust already, so let us try to move forward
together, even if in small - but practical, realistic and sustainable -
steps.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Best regards, </FONT><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Sergei.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Sergei Kambalov, Chief<BR>ECOSOC and Interorganizational Cooperation
Branch<BR>Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination/DESA<BR>United Nations,
New York<BR>Tel: (212) 963-4751<BR>Fax: (212) 963-7454<BR>Email:
kambalov@un.org</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif color=#800080
size=1>----- Forwarded by sergei kambalov/NY/UNO on 18/04/2006 08:40 AM
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size=2><TT>As list administrator, your authorization is requested for
the<BR>following mailing list posting:<BR><BR> List:
startup@unicttaskforce.org<BR> From:
gurstein@adm.njit.edu<BR> Subject: FW: [startup]
Consultations on Action Line 11 of WSIS<BR> Reason: Post by
non-member to a members-only list<BR><BR>At your convenience,
visit:<BR><BR>
http://www.unicttf.org/mailman/admindb/startup<BR>
<BR>to approve or deny the request.<BR></TT></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
color=#800080 size=2><BR>----- Message from "Gurstein, Michael"
<gurstein@ADM.NJIT.EDU> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:22:15 -0400 -----</FONT>
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<TD><FONT size=3><gta@vancouvercommunity.net>,
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<TD><FONT size=3>FW: [startup] Consultations on Action Line 11 of
WSIS</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Further to
Renate's note of yesterday please see the below... </FONT><BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm wondering if it might be
possible, on behalf of the Plenary to reply to this "<I>invitation</I>" that a
stakeholder "<I>consultation</I>" "<I>to discuss ways to enhance collaboration
among diverse stakeholders in ensuring effective multi-stakeholder
implementation, at the international level, of the outcomes of WSIS as regards
international and regional cooperation</I>" held for 3 hours in a meeting room
in Geneva is not a "<I>consultation</I>" but simply another means to
perpetuate existing closed door exclusionary processes since only those
already available in Geneva or with the requisite budgets to attend in Geneva
for such a meeting will have an opportunity to participate.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those without such resources
who will, I assume, include most of those (including their representative
organizations and "caucuses") with the most direct and immediate interest in
"<I>information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices,
and assistance in developing multi-stakeholder and policy/private (sic?)
partnerships</I>" as the <B>sources</B> and <B>originators</B> and ultimately
<B>end users</B> of such knowledge will be excluded from participation.</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>MG</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial color=blue size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2> -----Original Message-----<B><BR>From:</B>
startup-bounces@unicttaskforce.org [mailto:startup-bounces@unicttaskforce.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>sergei kambalov<B><BR>Sent:</B> April 18, 2006 12:23
AM<B><BR>To:</B> shoji.nishimoto@undp.org; Amir Dossal; Aida Opoku-Mensah;
Joao Carlos FERRAZ; Mansour Farah; aw.khan@unesco.org; arthur.levin@itu.int;
Georg Kell; richard.manning@oecd.org; walter.fust@deza.admin.ch;
astrid.dufborg@sida.se; guy.sebban@iccwbo.org; amiller@itaa.org;
rbloem@ngocongo.org; bruck@research.at; rrogers@giic.org;
mfleeton@dgfoundation.org; grossda@state.gov; doris.bertrand@bmaa.gv.at;
mission.tunisia@ties.itu.ch; mission.pakistan@ties.itu.ch; mb@hq.unu.edu;
Marcel BOISARD; wendy.mann@fao.org; bridge@unicttaskforce.org;
advisors@unicttaskforce.org; startup@unicttaskforce.org<B><BR>Cc:</B> Guido
Bertucci; max-henri.cadet@itu.int; Makane Faye; Omar Bizri; Nikhil
Chandavarkar; charles.geiger@itu.int; Haiyan Qian; Harry.De-Backer@cec.eu.int;
Guennady Fedorov; michael.roeskau@cecd.org; Hans Hansell;
masood.hatiif@gmail.com; Gerolf.Weigel@deza.admin.ch; john.dryden@oecd.org;
raul.zambrano@undp.org; Patrizio Civili; david.benfield@fao.org; Denis
Gilhooly; rinalia@gkps.org.my; radhika.lal@undp.org; Gherardo Casini;
ayesha.hassan@iccwbo.org; smelhem@worldbank.org; Martin HILBERT;
konstantinova@icnm.net<B><BR>Subject:</B> [startup] Consultations on Action
Line 11 of WSIS<BR></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Dear
colleagues,</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><BR>We
are pleased to invite you to attend a first consultation that DESA, in its
capacity of "provisional focal point" for facilitation of Action Line 11 of
the Geneva Plan of Action of the World Summit on the Information Society, will
convene on 15 May 2005 in Salle XXV of the Palais de Nations, Geneva.
The meeting will be open to all relevant stakeholders. The exact time of the
meeting (most probably in the afternoon) will be communicated
later.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>This
meeting, convened in line with paragraph 108 of the Tunis Agenda for the
Information Society, will provide an opportunity to discuss ways to enhance
collaboration among diverse stakeholders in ensuring effective
multi-stakeholder implementation, at the international level, of the outcomes
of WSIS as regards international and regional cooperation. The other
facilitators for this Action Line are the Regional Commissions, UNDP, ITU and
UNESCO.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>As stated
in paragraph 110 of the Tunis Agenda, "the cordination of multi-stakeholder
implementation activities would help to avoid duplication of activities. This
should ionclude. <I>inter alia</I>, information exchange, creation of
knowledge, sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing
multi-stakeholder and policy/private partnerships". We hope that at the
forthcoming meeting, interested stakeholders will present their proposals on
optimal modalities for this work, bearing in mind the specific tasks
under Action Line 11 (see paragraph 26 of the Geneva Plan of Action here:
http://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-s/md/03/wsis/doc/S03-WSIS-DOC-0005!!MSW-E.doc).</FONT><FONT
size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>We look forward to a
productive discussion.</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>Best regards,</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR><BR>S. Khan, Director, Office for Ecosoc Support and
Coordination</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>Department of Economic and Social Affairs</FONT><FONT size=3>,
United Nations </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif color=#800080 size=2><BR>-----
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