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<DIV><SPAN class=975564805-19042006><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mr.
Kambalov,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=975564805-19042006>Yes, you are
correct and my apologies for misreading your original message... </SPAN><SPAN
class=975564805-19042006>Since it was sent through the "(GA) Startup" e-list I
too hastily took it that the message was referring to the Global
Allliance. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=975564805-19042006><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Arial>However, I should say that even in such areas as
<U>"C.11</U><SPAN lang=EN-GB><U> International and regional cooperation"</U>,
that is developing "<SPAN lang=EN-GB
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for international cooperation and assistance on infrastructure development
projects", "<SPAN lang=EN-GB
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partnerships", and "<SPAN
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and implementation of national action plans" those involved would be well
advised and would find the outcomes of their actions to be more realistic,
useful and sustainable if those at the grassroots most directly involved in
implementing these initiatives on the ground were to be included in their
design.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2>One of the clear findings from research that we are currently
conducting in Canada on the implementation of community based technology
initiatives </FONT><A href="http://www.cracin.ca"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://www.cracin.ca</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> is rhat there is
frequently a deep mismatch between the design of these initiatives and
the realities on the ground and how this directly interferes with the
achievement of the goals of the investments being made and dare I say, leading
quite directly to "skepticism, suspicion or mistrust... " on the part of those
working in the field attempting to make these programs effective.
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></U></SPAN> </H2><BR><B>From:</B>
sergei kambalov [mailto:kambalov@un.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> April 18, 2006 9:33
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gurstein, Michael<BR><B>Cc:</B> gta@vancouvercommunity.net;
plenary@wsis-cs.org; startup@unicttaskforce.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: startup
post from gurstein@adm.njit.edu requires
approval<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Mr.
Gurstein,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I am very glad that we are
on the same page on really important things.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>I am a bit confused with the last two paras of your message: you seem
to be talking about the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. However, the
meeting that our original message referred to will be on a quite different
subject, namely on the implementation of Action Line 11 of the Geneva Plan of
Action of WSIS. </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>In our message we say
that the objective of this first meeting will be to discuss how coordination
among diverse stakeholders should be done and what it should cover. The
context of this discussion is the outcomes of WSIS, and there is a link to
relevant document in the message. If there is anything else that this notice
should address, please let me know and we shall work on it.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Regarding, on the other hand, the GLobal Alliance the
inaugural meeting is planned for 19-20 June in Kuala Lumpur. As soon as the
tentative programme for this meeting is done, it will be shared with potential
participants and finalized on the basis of their comments. At the moment, we
do not have the programme yet.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Please
let us know if we could bring more clarity.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Best regards.</FONT> <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><BR><BR>
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<TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B>"Gurstein, Michael"
<gurstein@adm.njit.edu></B> </FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>18/04/2006 12:57 PM</FONT> </P>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><plenary@wsis-cs.org>,
<startup@unicttaskforce.org>,
<gta@vancouvercommunity.net></FONT>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>RE: startup post from
gurstein@adm.njit.edu requires approval</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR>
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face=Arial color=blue size=2>Dear Mr. Kambalov,</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2>Thanks for
replying to my note...</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT
face=Arial color=blue size=2>And I agree with you that we should not give in
to skepticism, suspicion or mistrust...</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue 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><BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue 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><BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue
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>
<BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue 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> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2>Yours
sincerely,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
color=blue size=2>Michael Gurstein</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<B><BR>From:</B> sergei kambalov
[mailto:kambalov@un.org] <B><BR>Sent:</B> April 18, 2006 4:32 PM<B><BR>To:</B>
Gurstein, Michael<B><BR>Cc:</B> plenary@wsis-cs.org;
startup@unicttaskforce.org<B><BR>Subject:</B> Fw: startup post from
gurstein@adm.njit.edu requires approval<BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>Dear Mr. Gurstein,</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>BTW, I did
not see Renate's message to which you refer in your message.</FONT><FONT
size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>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>". <BR>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. <BR>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><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3>
</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3>
</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Best regards, <BR>Sergei.</FONT><FONT
size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3> </FONT><FONT face=sans-serif
color=#800080 size=1><BR>----- Forwarded by sergei kambalov/NY/UNO on
18/04/2006 08:40 AM -----</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
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mailman-bounces@unicttaskforce.org</FONT><FONT size=3> </FONT>
<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>18/04/2006 07:23 AM</FONT><FONT size=3>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>startup post from
gurstein@adm.njit.edu requires
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size=3><BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=2><TT><BR>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.</TT></FONT><FONT
face=sans-serif color=#800080 size=2><BR><BR>----- Message from "Gurstein,
Michael" <gurstein@ADM.NJIT.EDU> on Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:22:15 -0400
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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><BR>Further to
Renate's note of yesterday please see the below... </FONT><FONT
size=3><BR> </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3> <BR> </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><BR>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><FONT size=3>
<BR> </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><BR>MG</FONT><FONT size=3>
</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><BR></FONT><FONT
size=3> </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><BR>-----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</FONT><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR><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>,
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